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| Company type | Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (Germany) GmbH |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film industry |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Founder | Sam Davis Jan Mojto |
| Headquarters | , Germany |
| Website | www.rowboat.tv |
Rowboat Film- und Fernsehproduktion is a German film production company based in Cologne.
Rowboat Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH was co-founded in January 2010 by film producer Sam Davis and Jan Mojto's international film distribution company Beta Film. [1]
The company's first movie A Day for a Miracle (Das Wunder von Kärnten) had its première at the Filmfest Hamburg in 2011 and was nominated for the festival's TV producer award.[ citation needed ] Its TV première on Austria's ORF had more than one million viewers, relating to a market share of 33 percent. [2] [ failed verification ] German public broadcaster ZDF showed the film on March 5, 2012. [3] Since then Rowboat has produced Murder by the Lake [4] and Professor T . [5]
A Day for a Miracle was awarded two Austrian TV awards Romy in 2012, for "Best TV screenplay" (by Thorsten Wettcke and Christoph Silber) and "Best TV Producer" (Sam Davis, Rowboat and co-producer Klaus Graf of Graf Film, Austria), [6] [ unreliable source? ] director Andreas Prochaska won the Bavarian TV Award for "Best Directing TV Movie" in 2012. [7] On November 25, 2013, the film was awarded an International Emmy Award 2013 in the category "TV Movie/Mini-Series". [8]
The ZDF TV Movie Take me Home won in the category "Best TV-Movie" at the Seoul International Drama Awards 2022. [9]
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