Producer, author, director and indie boss Philipp Käßbohrer will likely be honored as Deadline’s 2025 German TV Disruptor at Seriencamp in Cologne, town the place his bildundtonfabrik prodco relies.
Käßbohrer and his fellow btf label boss Matthias Murmann created Netflix’s darkish comedy-drama How To Promote Medication On-line (Quick). The fast-paced half-hour sequence has distinctive visuals with graphic overlays and VFX touches weaved into the story of a high-schooler’s try to promote ecstasy on the darkish internet. The ultimate episodes of the present dropped earlier this 12 months.
For btf, touchdown a drama present with the streamer was a giant deal. When the sequence was greenlit the prodco was finest recognized within the German biz for making a well-liked late-night discuss present, however at that time had by no means made a scripted sequence.
Käßbohrer tells Deadline he didn’t wish to keep in a single lane and that’s why he began knocking on doorways with How To Promote Medication On-line (Quick). Netflix was new to German originals on the time and had its personal plan to disrupt the market, which made it match for btf. 4 seasons later, the remainder is TV historical past.
The btf prodco, in the meantime, stays one among Germany’s true indies, which is to say it’s not a label inside one of many giant producer-distributor teams. That indie spirit is writ giant in btf’s work, which spans talkshows, docs, movies, drama and music movies. It has made reveals for the legacy broadcasters in addition to Prime Video and Netflix.
Current initiatives embody drama sequence Späti for ZDFneo, Perfekt Verpasst (The Good Miss) for Prime Video, and the Bayern Munich documentary FC Hollywood.
Käßbohrer will participate in a Q+A with Deadline at Seriencamp earlier than receiving his German TV Disruptor accolade.
Seriencamp runs June 3 by means of 5.
