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Mina Avramova is now in charge of Fortune Cookie. Most recently, she oversaw the projects “CULPA” and “Der letzter Wille” (“The Last Will”) as producer. As a new partner and…

Ulrike Grote’s impro drama “Culpa” was acclaimed “Best Narrative Feature” at the 45th annual Atlanta Film Festival. The jury of the festival was “wholly impressed by not only the film…

The comedy series “The Last Will” will be streamed on Netflix from this Thursday (April 15, 2021) on. When a benefactor’s niece inherits a retirement home and wants to sell…

Ulrike Grote’s film “Culpa” is invited to further US festivals. “Culpa” is nominated for “Best Film” and Ulrike Grote as “Best Director” at the “L.A. Festival of Cinema”. “Culpa” is…

Ulrike Grote’s improvisational drama “Culpa” will be available online from 13th to 15th November. The film was selected for the fall edition of the “Big Apple Film Festival” and can…

Ella would like to sell the ailing and underfunded “Villa September” retirement home, which she inherited from her aunt, immediately. However, a clause in the will thwarts the plan: only…

“Culpa” was named “Film of the Month” at the New York International Film Festival, where it won several awards. We are happy for Ulrike Grote, who received the award for…

To our Dear Friend Rutger, Sadly, exactly one year ago today, you left us. Your spirit, love, directness, courage, joyful laughter, and curiosity for everything that came your way are…

In the improvisational drama CULPA, a couple is at a crossroads – if they want to stay together, they have to learn to live with a heavy loss. Ulrike Grote…

Thanks to Corona, there are now many great readings online. We have bundled some of them on a platform. The offer is aimed at all ages. Poems, songs and fairy…

Dear Team Before and Behind the Scenes, We won it! The FairFilmAward 2020 is ours – thanks to all of you! This prize means a lot to us, as it…

For the second time in a row “Fortune Cookie” film production is nominated for the “Fair Film Award”. This time our series “The Last Will” is competing for the award.…

A retirement home populated by headstrong and unconventional individuals, mutinous staff members and a new management with altogether different plans. That’s the set up for a new comedy show for…

Once again Fortune Cookie is nominated as one of the fairest film productions for the “FilmFairAward 2018” with its series “The Church Stays in the Village”. In 2014 we have…

The final season of the comedy series Die Kirche bleibt im Dorf – filmed in Swabian patois – heats up and offers some black humor for the Christmas holiday season.…

The wait is almost over: The grand season finale of our series Die Kirche bleibt im Dorf is on the horizon. Beginning in the summer of 2017, Ulrike Grote –…

The Swabian road movie “Tadaah – The Church Stays in the Village” is out now on DVD.

Following the “Dragon Award” and the “Crystal Bear” the film STELLA received the Price of the city of Goetenborg of the Filmfestival. Director Sanna Lenken took the prize during the…

Twelve-year-old Stella is in the middle of puberty. She’s unsure of herself, indulges in day dreams and also happens to be in love. With Jacob, her big sister Katja’s figure…

At long last, the sequel to the Swabian saga “The church stays in the village” is now scheduled for release in movie theaters on 25 June 2015. In “Tadaah”, the…

Following the great success at the Goeteborg International Film Festival “My Skinny Sister” won again the prize for Best Film now at the Berlin Film Festival this Year plus a…

The film about two sisters shows what happens when parents are preoccupied with their own projects and what happens when the older sister Katja, who suffers from Anorexia, feels worse…

Fortune Cookie’s first Scandinavian co-production Stella – My Skinny Sister will screen as a world premiere at the Göteborg Film Festival in April. Moreover, this drama about a 12-year-old girl…

The citizens of Upper and Lower Rieslingen have been feuding since the Middle Ages and, in the meantime, they have pretty much forgotten why. Unfortunately, in one of the villages…

Half a year has passed in Upper and Lower Rieslingen since the Häberles’ and Rossbauers’ dark family secrets were revealed. Christine Rossbauer who, as it turns out, is actually the…

Recently, the final scene for the sequel to the feature film “Tadaah – The Church Stays in the Village 2” was wrapped up at the Hachberg stronghold in Emmedingen. After…

There’s no peace in sight for the villagers of Upper- and Lower Rieslingen: The shooting of scenes for the second part of season two of this Swabian comedy series started…

On 9 June, the first take of „My Skinny Sister“ was shot in Mölndal. The story about 12-year-old Stella and her anorexic sister is Fortune Cookie’s first co-production. The Swedish…

On June 11th started the shooting for the 2nd part of the Swabian movie saga “The Church Stays in the Village”. This time the quarrelsome Upper- and Lower Rieslingers have…

Shooting for season two of the Swabian comedy series “The Church Stays in the Village“ started at the beginning of February. The public TV channel SWR ordered twelve new episodes…

During the Berlinale (International Film Festival in Berlin) Fortune Cookie was honoured with the special award “Starker Einsatz” (Strong Impact) by BFFS and ver.di Union as part of the “Schauspielerpreis”…

On 06 June 2012, shooting started for the debut film „Der Sieger in Dir“ („The Winner inside“), written and stage-directed by Jan Bolender. The film will be produced as part…

With approx. 500,000 viewers, Fortune Cookie and its movie “Die Kirche bleibt im Dorf“ landed THE surpise hit in the cinema summer of 2012. Ulrike Grote’s ingredient for the success…

“The Church Stays in the Village” is nominated in the category “Best Comedy Series“ at the renowned International TV Festival of Monte Carlo. Along with US hit series like “Modern…

Starting 15 April 2013, Mondays at 20:15 and 20:45 hrs After the surprising success of the movie, SWR viewers can now watch the story about the comical-dramatic events in a…

The very first western prank with dialect-showdown Green meadows and blue sky in Swabia: the world should really be in the best of order in the two villages Oberrieslingen and…