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WELCOME TO OUR FEATURE FILM PAGE! FILMS THAT MOVE - DIRECTLY FROM MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN

Sometimes a story begins on a country road, shimmering in the summer heat. A bus drives past, only the driver inside. In the kitchen, the sound of the fridge is the only thing you hear; outside, the day is waiting, but no one seems in a hurry.

Between dusty streets and concrete houses, we look for moments larger than the place they happen. For glances that say more than words. We tell of the inner lives behind quiet walls, of laughter in places no one sees anymore, and of pain that carries no map.

We make films that don’t just entertain – they reach into what moves people, what they hide, what they never say. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is our starting point, not our limit. Our images are rooted in this place, but their core is universal – belonging to anyone who feels.

PROJECTS

Mels Block

Today, MEL (34) is on the winning side of life, but it wasn’t always this way. The thought of her own past disrupts the happiness of the self-made millionaire so much that she buys the concrete building she grew up in. She wants to put her history behind her, but anyone who summons the old ghosts must be prepared for them to have their own opinions.

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TRAGICOMEDY / 2024

Germany

Director
Screenplay
Producer

Company

90 Min

Mark Sternkiker
Seraina Nyikos
Paula Klossner, Stephan Buske

Tidewater Pictures

FUNDED BY

MV Filmförderung

ZDF – Das kleine Fernsehspiel

The Matriarch

17-year-old Bian lives in a town on the German Baltic Sea and unwillingly takes over her mother’s human trafficking business. When she meets the half-Vietnamese Matthäus and rebels against her mother for the first time, Bian finds herself in a dangerous conflict between family loyalty and her own moral values.

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Thriller

pre-production

Germany

Screenplay
Director
Producer
Producer

Company

100 Min

Alison Kuhn
Alison Kuhn
Philipp Goeser, Martin Lehwald
Paula Elina Klossner, Stephan Buske

Schiwago Film
Tidewater Pictures

FUNDED BY

ZDF – Das kleine Fernsehspiel
MV Filmförderung
Nordmedia
Medienboard

KLAPPER

In a world shaped by melancholy and deep longing, Klapper, a quirky loner, and Bear, a headstrong outsider, discover a fragile, unlikely love – a connection that pulls him out of his loneliness and makes him believe, if only for a moment, that nothing could ever tear them apart. Based on the novel by Kurt Prödel.

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DRAMA

IN DEVELOPMENT

Germany

Screenplay
Producer
Novel by
Company
Publisher

100 Min

Nina Rathke
Paula Klossner, Stephan Buske
Kurt Prödel
Tidewater Pictures
Park x Ullstein

FUNDED BY

MV Filmförderung

Mönkwitz

When 8-year-old Ole disappears, the apparent peace in a small village in eastern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is put to the test. In her search for the child, Rostock police officer Mona uncovers a monster of vigilante justice and oppression that has grown over decades.

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Thriller

in funding

Germany

Screenplay
Producer
Producer

Company

4×45 Min

Lucas Flasch
Paula Klossner, Stephan Buske
Alexander Wadouh, Roxana Richters

Tidewater Pictures
Chromosom Film

FUNDED BY

MV Filmförderung

Wiegenlied

Johanna, a young neurologist, confronts her unsettling family past after meeting a new patient, six-year-old Lotte. Her obsession with trying to understand the girl’s mind and finding a cure for the rare condition prompts memories of the sexual abuse Johanna experienced when she was Lotte’s age.

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Drama

in development

Germany

Screenplay/ Director
Producer
Company

100 Min

Alessia Mandanici
Paula Klossner, Stephan Buske
Tidewater Pictures

FUNDED BY

Medienförderung RLP

SURVIVING PÖLKWITZ

In the provincial village community of the Baltic Sea island of Pölkwitz, which is still troubled by deadly landmines from the World War II, three young adults find themselves at a crossroads between tradition, new beginnings and loyalty to their home.

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Tragicomedy

in funding

Germany

Screenplay/ Director
Producer
Company

100 Min

Jannis Alexander Kiefer
Paula Klossner, Stephan Buske
Tidewater Pictures

FUNDED BY

MV Filmförderung

EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG WITH YOU

When a girl she is friends with online gets seriously ill, MARUŠA moves across Europe to help her. But is her friend really sick or just suffering from the loneliness epidemic?

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Drama

Postproduction

Slovenia/Germany/Serbia

Director
Producer

Company

100 Min

Urša Menart
Katja Lenarčič, Alexander Wadouh, Paula Elina Klossner
Vertigo Films
Chromosom Film
Tidewater Pictures

SCHWARZMOLL

To save her from being sent to a nursing home, a seven-year old girl sets out to find proof for her grandmother’s demented reality.

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Drama Short / 2024

Germany

Screenplay/Director
Producer
Co-Producer
Company
Postproduction

19 Min

Alessia Mandanici
Paula Klossner, Stephan Buske
Nathan Hasz
Tidewater Pictures
Gigantic Studios

FUNDED BY

Medienförderung RLP

About Us

PAULA ELINA KLOSSNER

Producer

Paula Elina Klossner grew up in Hanover. After graduating from high school, she gained experience at a film production company in Sydney, Australia. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Media Management in Magdeburg, followed by a degree in Film and Television Production at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf. After graduating, she worked for various production companies and most recently worked as a production manager on feature films such as “Orphea in Love” by Axel Ranisch and Alegro Pastell, directed by Anna Roller. The film is an adaptation of the famous romantic novel by Leif Randt. Since founding the company Tidewater Pictures, Paula Klossner has been involved in the development and financing of fictional works and acts as a producer. Her feature film debut as a producer was with “Mel’s Block”, produced in collaboration with ZDF – Das Kleine Fernsehspiel, where she also took on the role of line producer. Paula Klossner has been a regional delegate for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the Deutscher Produzent:innenverband e.V. since 2023.

STEPHAN BUSKE

Producer / DoP

Stephan Buske was born in Rostock in 1990 and works as Feature Film Producer and Director of Photography in the field of feature films, documentaries and commercials. During his studies at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF he shot numerous short and medium-length films, which were awarded with various national and international prizes. In 2016, his Bachelor’s degree film „Am Ende der Wald“ won the Student Oscar in Silver, in the category Best Foreign Short (Student Academy Award; Best Foreign Narrative). In 2019, Stephan graduated with the film „F for Freaks“ by Sabine Ehrl. This won numerous international awards and screened, among others, at the German Short Film Award and at the most important film festival for camera work, Camerimage in Poland. After graduating, Stephan Buske founded the production company Tidewater Pictures together with Paula Elina Klossner. This initially produces primarily commercials, until their feature film debut „Mels Block“ in 2023. The film is directed by Mark Sternkiker and realized in the program of „ZDF – Das Kleine Fernsehspiel“. „Mels Block“ marks the feature film debut of DoP Stephan Buske. Since founding the company Tidewater Pictures, he has also worked as a producer for fictional content.

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NOTE ON SCRIPT SUBMISSION

Unfortunately, Tidewater Pictures GmbH cannot consider any unrequested script submissions. There is no guarantee of a response.