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CINDIGOfilm GmbH · Munich · Berlin · Athens

Stories that connect worlds

We specialise in low to medium budget development – from an idea to the finessed script, with the possibility of co-production with Germany (Bavaria).

Film & Screenwriting

From the idea to realisation

Our focus is development and finding the right partners. We accompany our favourite projects over years with writers, script editors and filmmakers, and we are not afraid of unusual paths. Authenticity and an individual approach call for sensitivity and a patient incubator.

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Development

Originally coming from the orbit of German public broadcasting, our preferred projects now move on a European level and at times beyond. Ideas, outlines and treatments emerge from exchange across borders.

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Screenwriting

Thanks to artificial intelligence, the step to a shooting script has become easy. Following the requirements of public broadcasters, international streaming platforms and other distribution channels, developed stories can be adapted to be politically or commercially conformant. We do not see that as our task, though. True to our company logo (CINEMA-INDEPENDENT-GO), we see ourselves as independent. Better an authentic piece shot on a smartphone than a prescribed corset.

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Co-production

No-, low- to medium-budget projects, with what are by now minimal options for co-production funding in Germany.

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Our publishing house

Many of the books we published appeared in print during the first decade of our publishing work. All were presented at German book fairs and are now sold out in German-language retail (DACH).

In the coming years, in agreement with our group of women authors, we will publish selected works as e-books in several languages. Artificial intelligence allows a cost-saving approach. Some of the works we have published we are able to offer a worldwide readership as a no-cost or low-cost reading pleasure.

Mission

“Connecting worlds” – geographical, historical, cultural, social. And yes, we do insist on a happy ending. Always.

Until now, our content has mainly addressed the positive feminine side in all of us – however people defined themselves, however old or young they felt, however well-off or not. It was mainly the roughly one hundred million German speakers who had access to our content. Only one of our documentaries made it as far as Hong Kong, Burkina Faso, New York, Montreal and beyond – and even to a distinguished film festival in Paris.

Thanks to social media, the billions of people on our globe are growing together in a new way: lived values, personal attitudes, the spiritual search for meaning and the struggle against social or inner loneliness. Real needs, challenges and opportunities.

We see this social change as positive, and it nourishes our company motto of connecting worlds. Always hoping that more people worldwide can shape their lives in positive connection rather than in fearful separation, we put our trust in communication and inspiration.

Projects

From our portfolio

A selection

Dutch Inheritance – in co-operation with Edison Filmgesellschaft mbH Berlin and Blackraven & Vanilla FoodArt Munich Amazing Food Meets Dutch Spirit – a mysterious death in Amsterdam leads to a complex family’s search for a forgotten grandmother A dodgy family comedy – six-part mixed-media series, development financed, looking for production partners in the Netherlands for 2027–2028

Mixed media · in development

Dutch Inheritance

After the mysterious death of an eccentric film patriarch in Amsterdam, international family members are faced with a bizarre testament.

Cinnamon & Beer (German title: Miriam) – a bittersweet Christmas comedy about an unlikely love, finished screenplay in German and English, 2025 Road movie style with music, two production countries needed, religious themes, children and animals, existing novel (German), pitch deck (English) Budget three million euros, arthouse cinema with cult film potential, rising stars and music hits; themes: single parenthood, immigrant challenges, racism, custody for children

Christmas comedy · feature film · finished screenplay

Cinnamon & Beer

A bittersweet romantic Christmas comedy.

View pitch deck (PDF, 4.6 MB)

Die Sonnenputzer – crime comedy, feel-good prime-time series, strong serial storyline, TV stars over 50, EU cases with suspense and humour, Greek romance, two timelines: present day and summer 1984 German-Greek writing team Nicole Joens and Sven Dagones; each 90-minute episode tells one complete case full of humour, with a private serial storyline on two timelines and a cliffhanger Locations: island of Euboea and Athens, Munich/Bavaria, Cologne/North Rhine-Westphalia, Berlin/Brandenburg

Crime comedy · TV series · in development

Die Sonnenputzer

A German-Greek team of investigators made up of has-beens gives your laughter muscles a real workout.

Treatment and outline (financed) on request

Woman Eating Her Red Dress – a humorous play for the Karystos Theater Group; documentary film (52 minutes) in development The Karystos theatre group rehearsing on an open-air stage by the sea, performers with outstretched wings Three performers in white masks in front of a black cloth Moving scene: two performers in front of a colourful projection

Documentary (52′) · in development

Woman Eating Her Red Dress

A Greek island theatre group digs deep into the secrets of women.

Short film (5′)

Jump Cut Leipzig

A philosophical meditation on family, trauma, enduring friendship and a timeless tram in Leipzig.

Contact

Talk to us

An idea, a project in development or the wish to work together – we look forward to hearing from you.

Email

nicole.joens@cindigo.de

Mobile / WhatsApp

+49 173 37375415

Offices

Munich · Berlin · Athens