Key Highlights
- His appointment comes at an opportune moment in the wake of Germany’s drive to up its game as an international shooting destination with a package of streamer obligations and extra funding which was announced by the culture minister last week.
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- has delivered a steady stream of high-profile independent features since its creation by brother Jakob D Weydemann and Jonas Weydemann in 2012, with recent international titles including Chile’s Academy Awards entry The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (2025), Nora Fingscheidt’s The Outrun (2024), and Cannes’ Semaine de la Critique winner Tiger Stripes (2023) by Amanda Nell Eu.
- Watch on Deadline Ritter, who served as Executive Vice President at Beta Cinema from 2012 to 2025, first worked with Weydemann Bros.
- when he handled sales on Fingscheidt’s 2019 debut System Crasher, which the company produced.
