Akkord Film is looking for a Production Assistant / Office Management [m/f/d] part-time (10-12 hours/week) at our location in Hamburg.

We look forward to receiving your detailed applications (in English or German) at bewerbung@akkord.film!

Office Management / Production Assistant [m/f/d] Part-time 10-12 hours/week

Cologne, hometown of THE SUPER ELFKINS, hosted the celebration of the film’s premiere with 800 guests attending last weekend. Celebrity voice artists, visual artists, producers and the director, as well as distributors and some of the film funding chiefs who enabled us to make the film, came together to celebrate the event. After further premieres in Vienna, Berlin, Hannover and Stuttgart, THE SUPER ELFKINS will make families happy starting Christmas Even in cinemas everywhere in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Check out the German version of The Super Elfkins, DIE HEINZELS – NEUE MÜTZEN, NEUE MISSION!

Coming to German speaking cinemas everywhere, this Christmas Eve!

Elfie and her companions whirl back into the German TV-program with The Elfkins – Baking a Difference. On the 29^th of November, 7:30pm on KiKa, you can once again immerse yourself in the world of our favorite pointed hats. An Elfkins-foretaste for the upcoming cinema release of the second film: The Super Elfkins.

Earlier this month, Akkord’s Co-CEO Valentin Greulich was invited to Madrid by Cartoon Media to give feedback as an expert on junior projects. Akkord is looking forward to encouraging talented individuals in their endeavors!

We are overjoyed that THE SUPER ELFKINS has been so well received by Swiss audiences. There is nothing better than being honored by the very people for whom this film was made – children! Our ELFKIN heroes can’t wait for the Swiss theatrical release this Christmas Eve!

Christmas Eve 2024 marks the return of Elfkin girl Elfie and her entourage to German cinemas, followed by a worldwide rollout in 2025.
In late September already, the Elfkins will be making their way to Chemnitz, Saxony, where the film will be shown publicly for the first time at the Schlingel International Film Festival on September 28^th.
Following that, over 1,000 attendees will celebrate our Hamburg team at the MICHEL Film Festival in Hamburg on the German Unification Day (October 3^rd)
The Super Elfkins will then travel to Switzerland – to enjoy the spotlight at the Zurich Film Festival.
We would like to thank the film festivals for this brilliant festival kick-off!

We couldn’t be more proud of the many talented people who made this happen – the teaser-trailer for our film “The Super Elfkins” is finally out!
Get a taste of the incredible adventure that’s awaiting you in cinemas. Check it out and join us in the countdown to the film’s worldwide releases in 2025!

After 1.5 years of production, the first finished shots were approved by the core team at the Savoy Film Theater in Hamburg last week. The team from Vienna, Berlin, Madrid, Ludwigsburg and Hamburg came together for this emotional moment.

We can’t wait for the theatrical release this Christmas!

Just in time for Easter, our beloved film Rabbit Academy – Mission Eggpossible is premiering on German television and will be shown four times. In our big rabbit Easter adventure sneaky city rabbit Leo wants to get rid of Easter once and for all and teams up with the foxes – will Easter rabbits Max, Emmy and their friends manage to stop him?

We were amazed to see SOLA’s beautiful presentation of our upcoming family film The Super Elfkins at the European Film Market during the Berlin Film Festival last week. The film, in which Elfkin girl Elfie discovers a cool Elfkin gang, will be ready for delivery in early fall 2024 and released in German speaking territories by Tobis on Christmas Eve. (left to right: Dirk Beinhold, Solveig Langeland, Johannes Busse, Valentin Greulich, Barbie Heusinger)

Cookies, candlelight and – pointed hats! Our animated feature The Elfkins – Baking a Difference gets Christmas airtime on German television. December 26^th, 6.50 a.m. on ZDF & 1.10 p.m. on KiKA. And 24/7 in ZDF’s streaming service – starting December 24^th!

It’s getting cold again which means it’s time for a good book. Luckily the beloved witch from our TV series Petronella Applewitch is back in the McDonalds HappyMeal® all over Germany with a book telling the episode “The Moon Bellflower”. So, get cozy and find out if humans and witches can actually cooperate and what the moon bellflower is all about.

In their general meeting last week in Annecy, the members of Animation in Europe (European federation of animation producers organizations) confirmed Akkord Film’s CEO Dirk Beinhold as Vice Chairman. The new board for the next two years represents a diversity of members, including the three other vice Chairpersons, Moe Honan (Moetion Film – Ireland), Pablo Jordi (Pikkukala – Finland), and Ivan Agenjo (Peekaboo Animation – Spain). Philippe Alessandri (Watch Next Media – France) continues as Chairman.

With its call for more European animation productions on streaming platforms, Animation in Europe caused quite a stir in the media during this year’s MIFA, as well as in Kidscreen, C21Media, Cartoon Brew and many more publications.

Animation in Europe (founded in 2016) additionally announced the new membership of Estonia, Greece, and Portugal, bringing its total to 20 European member countries (including the UK).

With its six tv appearances on German television over Easter this year and the streaming availability on Amazon Prime, our film Rabbit School – Guardians of the Golden Egg was a huge success.

And of course, our rabbits are passionate travelers and also celebrated Easter with Rabbit Academy – Mission Eggpossible in other European countries. In Portugal, „Escola de Coelhos – Missão ovo dourado“ is No. 4, just like in  Greece. And in Rumania and again in Austria, the film made it into the top 10.

With the re-release of Rabbit School – Guardians of the Golden Egg (2017) and Rabbit Academy – Mission Eggpossible (2022) in over 200 German cinemas Max and his friends have broken the incredible record of over half a million admissions in Germany. Including Austria and Switzerland our rabbits accumulated a total of about 640.000 admissions.

Rabbit power let’s go! While 2023 is the year of the rabbit in Chinese culture, it’s rabbit time in German cinemas over Easter with a re-run of our film Rabbit Academy – Mission Eggpossible. And in addition to that, Max and his friends have an incredible six TV appearances with Rabbit Academy – Guardians of the Golden Egg on German tv!

Berlin based feature film and TV animation production company is looking for an experienced Line Producer, leading up to a position as Head of (Animation) Production. Applicant should be a senior production professional with an extensive background in planning, structuring, managing and overseeing CG (and ideally 2D) animation productions and should be interested in a long-term
engagement at our headquarters in Berlin.

We look forward to your application (English or German CV and ideally salary expectations/history) at bewerbung@akkord.film!

Line Producer Animation (Head of Production) [m/w/d] (32-40 hrs/wk)

And the Oscar goes to…

In an internal Akkord Oscar betting game, our team speculated on who would win one of the coveted Academy Awards®. Especially this year it has been very exciting to see a German film win so many Oscars. And not just for fun: like last year, Akkord Film donated ten times the entire prize money to the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

At this year’s toy fair in Nuremberg, some of our series characters were spotted. On display was a complete Petronella Applewitch costume that will transform any fan of our series into a charming little apple witch. For fans of our cheeky Raven the Little Rascal, there was a full body costume including his famous stripey sock. Have fun transforming!

Petronella Applewitch will soon find her way into your closet thanks to new fabrics featuring patterns from our tv-series. Starting January 27^th, the new collection “Petronella’s World” can be pre-ordered at Stoff & Liebe fabric manufacturers. With a large panel featuring great motifs of the series’ characters, on colorful allover-fabrics and various combi fabrics, there are endless opportunities to sew clothes, bags, or pillows and to create your individual Petronella fan item. Enjoy!

The 26th of December marks the airing of The Elfkins – Baking A Difference on German television for the first time at 09:15 am on ZDF. The movie will be repeated on the last day of the year, 31st of December 2022 at 05:30 am. 

One day later, on the 1st of January 2023, the elfkins once again air on KiKA at 01:25 pm. So mark your calendars and don’t miss out on the adventures of Elfie and her friends on TV. 

Max and his friends are on a trip to Spain! December 9^th, 2022 marks the release of “Rabbit Academy: El gran robo de los huevos de Pascua” in cinemas all over Spain. For a little taste of the Spanish version, the trailer is available here.

It’s Christmas time with Petronella Applewitch! With its 24 gifts, the Petronella Applewitch advent calendar  by FRANZIS offers everyday fun and education for children from 7 years until Christmas Eve. It includes an instruction book with magical tricks, fun craft ideas and insightful information about nature. Little witches and wizards in training even get a real magic wand, that helps with baking, crafting, and doing all kinds of magic.

October 22^nd marks the release of yet another book with adventures of cheeky little Raven. Der kleine Rabe Socke – Ritter Sockenherz by publisher Thienemann-Esslinger brings together 10 well-loved episodes of the Raven the Little Rascal TV-Series. Based on scripts by Jan Strathmann, Katja Grübel, Katharina Reschke and Heike Sperling, the stories are written by Nele Moost, author of the original book series “Raven the Little Rascal”.

With pictures from the TV-series and additional quiz questions for readers and listeners, the stories send Little Raven and his friends off to hunting thieves, competing in a football world championship and on several other adventures.

Starting today, PETRONELLA APPLEWITCH will fly through McDonald’s restaurants in Germany and Austria: When buying a Happy Meal©, kids can choose a book which re-tells an episode of our Petronella TV-series. The TV-episode was written by Heike Sperling and was adapted into book form by Diana Steinbrede. With every Happy Meal© including a book, McDonald’s donates 10 cents to their kids’ charity. Enjoy!

Since the 5^th of August, the second big adventure of Max, Emmy and their friends can be watched at home. In Germany and Austria, RABBIT ACADEMY – MISSION EGGPOSSIBLE is available on DVD, Blu-ray and on video on demand platforms such as CHILI, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube, Rakuten TV, Magenta TV, Microsoft Store, Sky and maxdome.