Feature Films

ZDF Studios acquires a broad fiction portfolio for the linear and non-linear platforms of the entire ZDF family of channels, from the main channel to ZDFneo, ARTE, 3sat and the ZDFmediathek (VOD). In addition, ZDF Studios negotiates all international event programmes, multi-part series and high-end series co-produced with the ZDF family of channels.

ZDF regularly shows star-studded feature films for a broad family audience on its 8.15 p.m. primetime slot, including successful franchises such as “James Bond” or “Men in Black”, and single titles such as “Le Mans 66”, “Dirty Grandpa” or “Sully”. 

The main regular slot for cinematic productions is the Monday evening 10,15 p.m. “Montagskino im ZDF” which mixes feature films with high-end series. Titles in the first category include blockbusters such as “Cash Truck” or “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” and prominent European thriller productions such as “The Commuter”, “Bastille Day” or “S.A.S. – Red Notice”. Prebuys like Audrey Diwan’s “Emmanuelle” or “Notre Dame on fire” are titles for this slot as well.

In order to reach a new, younger audience at ZDF’s platform we buy mystery / horror like “Haching” and “Talk To Me” or coming-of-age productions like “Up-Roar” and “Fitting In”.

ZDFneo widens the scope of licenced programs with its re-runs of established audience favourites across many genres, from crime and thrillers such as “White House Down” to comedy and romance, for example “Charlie’s Angels” and “Eat Pray Love”. 

ARTE and 3sat cater for more sophisticated cinematic tastes and show a mixture of Hollywood and European classics as well as contemporary arthouse and festival-attached movies.