Producers

Torben Maas

Torben Maas was born in Rheda-Wiedenbrück and grew up in East Westphalia. After graduating from high school, he studied media management with a focus on TV/film production at the MHMK in Munich and participated in various film projects as a production member. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in 2009, he worked for a short time in various advertising agencies as a project manager before switching back to film production and working as a production manager. Among other things, he was responsible for Claudia Heindel's HFF graduation film "Lucky Seven", which was shot in Northern Ireland.

In 2011, he founded the film production company filmschaft maas & füllmich together with Christian Füllmich and has since been a producer with a focus on all creative production aspects. In addition to his production work, he is also involved as a guest lecturer in the field of production and media management at the Macromedia University of Applied Sciences in Munich.

Christian Füllmich

Christian Füllmich was born in Leipzig and grew up near Ulm. After graduating from high school in 2005, he moved to Munich to gain experience in various areas of film production, including TV60, Pro GmbH and Olga Film. In the process, he worked on productions such as "Kommissarin Lucas", "Polizeiruf 110", "Unter Verdacht" and the feature film "Vincent will mehr". In 2006, he began studying media management with a focus on TV/film production at the MHMK in Munich. In 2009, he spent time in Australia, where he worked in the film industry there. After returning to Germany, he worked for various TV, feature and commercial film productions as a producer and production manager and was involved in Susan Gordanshekan's contribution "Eisblumen" for the Berlinale, among others.

In 2011, he founded the film production company filmschaft maas & füllmich together with Torben Maas and has since been working as a producer with a focus on financial production aspects.

Production Services

(selected projects)

SILVER (WT)

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"In the film "Silver" (WT), 17-year-old Liv moves to London with her mother Ann and little sister Mia. When Liv meets the mysterious Henry, everything changes. He belongs to a secret circle that possesses the ability of lucid dreaming. They do not yet suspect that the fulfillment of their dreams will come at a high price.

Constantin Film is producing a new film for Prime Video with the adaptation of Kerstin Gier's bestseller "Silver". Filming is currently taking place in Dublin and London in German and English. The film will be shown worldwide exclusively on Prime Video in 2023."
Text: Constantin Film Press

Service: Line Producer
Genre: Fantasy-Adventure
Format: Feature Film
Client: Constantin Film GmbH
Director: Helena Hufnagel
Shooting locations: Dublin, London
Release Date: 2023
Platform: Prime Video

HISTORY OF MANKIND - SLIGHTLY SHORTENED 

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"The History of Mankind - Slightly Shortened" is a parodic outline of the history of mankind with a star cast from the German comedy scene: Christoph Maria Herbst, Paul Seldmeir, Carolin Kebekus, Bastian Pastewka, Christian Tramitz, Carsten Strauch, Hannes Jaennicke, Heino Ferch and Matthias Matschke are among the cast.

Service: Production management and line producer (Bulgaria)
Format: Feature Film
Client: PANTALEON Films GmbH
Director: Erik Haffner
Shooting location: Cologne, Munich, Sofia (BGR), Madeira (PRT)
Film funding: Film and Media Foundation NRW, FFF Bayern, dfff
Theatrical release: 16.06.2022
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures Germany

COMMITMENT PHOBIA 

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Tim is seemingly incapable of being in a relationship. But when he falls in love with his female mirror image, Ghost, he suddenly finds himself on the other side of dating hell.

Based on the bestseller by Michael Nast, Hilly Martinek and director Helena Hufnagel have adapted "Generation Beziehungsunfähig" for the cinema. Frederik Lau and Luise Heyer took on the leading roles.

Service: Production management
Format: Feature Film
Client: PANTALEON Films GmbH
Director: Helena Hufnagel
Shooting locations: Cologne, Munich
Film funding: Film and Media Foundation NRW, FFF Bayern, FFA, MDM, dfff
Theatrical release: 29.07.2021
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures Germany

THE COLONY 

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The film is set in the future, where a catastrophe of global proportions has wiped out almost all of humanity. Astronaut Blake, played by French actress Nora Arnezeder, is sent back to Earth from the space colony Kepler to explore current living conditions there.

Service: Line Producer (Reshoot)
Format: Feature Film
Client: BerghausWöbke Filmproduktion GmbH
Director: Tim Fehlbaum
Shooting location: Munich, Basel, Lausitz, Studio Babelsberg, among others
Film funding: FFF Bayern, FFHSH, FFA, dfff, MBB, Zürcher Filmstiftung
Theatrical release: 26.08.2021
Distributor: Constantin Film

MONDAY UM ZEHN 

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At the latest when Helga (62) crashes through the floor of her living room, she realizes that she is stuck. Perhaps meeting Polish cleaner Ryszard can give her life a new direction.

Service: Line Producer
Format: Feature Film
Client: BerghausWöbke Filmproduktion GmbH
Director: Mareille Klein
Shooting location: Munich
Film funding: FFF Bayern, dfff
Festival premiere: Filmfest München 

VOICES FROM THE FIRE

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Three young people in search of dignity, justice and recognition. They are survivors of human trafficking and want back the humanity that was stolen from them. They will tell their story, they will tell it to us. We will follow them to the beginning. To the beginning of what makes us all human first and foremost.

Service: Line Producer
Format: Documentary
Working Title: Fever
Client: filmallee GmbH
Director: Helen Simon
Locations: Germany, Czech Republic, South Africa
Film funding: FFF Bayern, BKM, Eurimages, dfff, Gerd Ruge Scholarship.
Status: In post-production

PÄLZISCH IM ABGANG

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What happens in a family when the end of the world is imminent? "Pälzisch im Abgang", a provincial comedy with local color and a gruff Palatine tone, exposes the trivialities of life and tells of the last weeks before the end of the world with speed and a lot of black humor.

Service: Line producer and production management
Format: TV miniseries (6 x 30 minutes)
Client: teamWerk. Die Filmproduktion GmbH
Director: Matthias Schmidt
Shooting locations: Stuttgart, Bad Dürkheim
Film funding: MFG
First broadcast: 27.10.2015
Broadcaster: SWR

LENALOVE 

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As her life crumbles around her, teenager Lena (Emilia Schüle), loses herself in the depths of the internet and social media when she begins chatting with the mysterious Noah (Jannik Schümann).

Service: Production management
Format: Feature Film
Client: Rafkin Film Produktion GmbH
Director: Florian Gaag
Shooting locations: Munich, Hamburg, Berlin
Film funding: FFF Bayern, FFA, FFHSH, BKM, Kuratorium jdF, dfff
Theatrical release: 22.09.2016
Distributor: Alpen Republik