# X Filme Creative Pool

X Filme Creative Pool is a German television and film production company based in Berlin.

## History

X Filme was founded in 1994 in Berlin by the directors Tom Tykwer, Dani Levy and Wolfgang Becker and the producer Stefan Arndt. The inspiration for X Filme Creative Pool were the founders of United Artists, with the idea that artistic and, above all, economic independence should enable more creative work. In 2000, however, 50.1% of the shares were sold to Berlin-based Senator Film.
In 2000, the company founded its own film distribution company X Verleih [de], which works closely with the German branch of Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Pictures Germany, using its distribution structure. X Filme has also been working with Warner Home Video in the home entertainment sector since the end of 2001, supplying content that WHV Germany and WHV Switzerland distribute through their traditional channels.
After Senator Film went broke in 2004, the partners tried to buy the company back from the bankruptcy estate. However, this was unsuccessful, so Becker, Tykwer and Levy founded Y Filme in February 2006. In February 2008, Senator Film announced its separation from X Filme while maintaining distribution arrangements. Stefan Arndt, Dani Levy and Tom Tykwer continued to manage the company. In May 2024, Tykwer took over the managing director position from Arndt, with Uwe Schott, a producer who had joined X Filme in 2009, joining Tykwer to head the company.

## Films

The first film that X Filme produced was Dani Levy's Silent Night in 1995. In 1998, the company became synonymous with a new, young German cinema thanks to the international success of Tom Tykwer's Run Lola Run. This was followed by other films that were successful at the box office and in some cases also with film critics, such as Tykwer's Heaven, Becker's Good Bye, Lenin! and Levy's Alles auf Zucker!.

### X Filme productions

Feature films, television films and short films produced by X Filme, including co-productions and films distributed through its distribution arm X Verleih [de]:
| Year | German or Original Title | English Language Distribution Title | Director | Type |
| 1995 | Stille Nacht | Silent Night | Dani Levy | Feature |
| 1997 | Das Leben ist eine Baustelle | Life Is All You Get | Wolfgang Becker | Feature |
| 1997 | Winterschläfer | Winter Sleepers | Tom Tykwer | Feature |
| 1998 | Lola rennt | Run Lola Run | Tom Tykwer | Feature |
| 1998 | Meschugge | The Giraffe | Dani Levy | Feature |
| 1999 | Absolute Giganten | - | Sebastian Schipper | Feature |
| 2000 | de:Paul Is Dead | - | Henk Handloegten [de] | Feature |
| 2000 | Der Krieger und die Kaiserin | The Princess and the Warrior | Tom Tykwer | Feature |
| 2001 | Heidi M. [de] | - | Michael Klier [de] | Feature |
| 2001 | Wie Feuer und Flamme [de] | - | Connie Walther [de] | Feature |
| 2001 | Herz | Heart | Horst Johann Sczerba [de] | Feature |
| 2002 | Heaven | - | Tom Tykwer | Feature |
| 2002 | Väter [de] | I'm the Father | Dani Levy | Feature |
| 2003 | Good Bye, Lenin! | - | Wolfgang Becker | Feature |
| 2003 | Der alte Affe Angst | Angst | Oskar Roehler | Feature |
| 2003 | liegen lernen | Learning to Lie | Henk Handloegten | Feature |
| 2004 | Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken | Love in Thoughts | Achim von Borries | Feature |
| 2004 | True | - | Tom Tykwer | Short |
| 2004 | Jargo | - | María Solrun | Feature |
| 2004 | Lautlos | Soundless | Mennan Yapo | Feature |
| 2004 | Edelweißpiraten | Edelweiss Pirates | Niko von Glasow | Feature |
| 2004 | En Garde | - | Ayse Polat | Feature |
| 2004 | Agnes und seine Brüder | Agnes and His Brothers | Oskar Roehler | Feature |
| 2004 | Alles auf Zucker! | Go for Zucker | Dani Levy | Feature |
| 2004 | Der Rote Kakadu [de] | The Red Cockatoo | Dominick Graf | Feature |
| 2005 | Underexposure | - | Oday Rasheed | Feature |
| 2005 | Ich Dich auch | Love Me Do | Christiane Voss | Documentary |
| 2006 | Der die Tollkirsche ausgräbt [de] | - | Franka Potente | Short |
| 2006 | Ein Freund von mir | A Friend of Mine | Sebastian Schipper | Feature |
| 2007 | Mein Führer – Die wirklich wahrste Wahrheit über Adolf Hitler | My Führer – The Really Truest Truth about Adolf Hitler | Dani Levy | Feature |
| 2007 | Goodbye Bafana | Goodbye Bafana/The Color of Freedom (US) | Bille August | Feature |
| 2007 | Max Minsky und ich [de] | Max Minsky and Me | Anna Justice [de] | Feature |
| 2007 | Die drei Räuber [de] | The Three Robbers | Hayo Freitag [de] | Feature |
| 2007 | Liebesleben | Love Life | Maria Schrader | Feature |
| 2007 | Meine schöne Bescherung | Messy Christmas | Vanessa Jopp [de] | Feature |
| 2008 | Märzmelodie [de] | Melodies of Spring | Martin Walz [de] | Feature |
| 2008 | Funny Games U.S. | Funny Games | Michael Haneke | Feature |
| 2008 | Der Mongole | Mongol | Sergei Bodrov | Feature |
| 2008 | Alter und Schönheit [de] | - | Michael Klier | Feature |
| 2009 | Lulu & Jimi | Lulu and Jimi | Oscar Roehler | Feature |
| 2009 | Die Gräfin | The Countess | Julie Delpy | Feature |
| 2009 | Das weiße Band – Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte | The White Ribbon | Michael Haneke | Feature |
| 2010 | Das Leben ist zu lang [de] | - | Dani Levy | Feature |
| 2010 | Drei | Three | Tom Tykwer | Feature |
| 2012 | Little Thirteen | - | Christian Klandt [de] | Feature |
| 2012 | Liebe | Amour | Michael Haneke | Feature |
| 2012 | Nachtlärm [de] | Lullaby Ride | Christoph Schaub | Feature |
| 2012 | Cloud Atlas | - | Lana and Lilly Wachowski, Tom Tykwer | Feature |
| 2014 | Das finstere Tal | The Dark Valley | Andreas Prochaska | Feature |
| 2015 | Unter Gaunern | - | Sophie Allet-Coche [de], Andreas Menck | TV series |
| 2016 | Uns geht es gut [de] | - | Henri Steinmetz [de] | Feature |
| 2016 | Vor der Morgenröte | Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe | Maria Schrader | Feature |
| 2016 | Tatort: Die Wahrheit [de] | - | Sebastian Marka | TV episode |
| 2017 | Wunschkinder [de] | - | Emily Atef | TV series |
| 2017 | Tatort: Der Tod ist unser ganzes Leben [de] | - | de:Philip Koch | TV series episode |
| 2017 | Happy End | - | Michael Haneke | Feature |
| 2017 | Babylon Berlin | - | Henk Handloegten, Achim von Borries, Tom Tykwer | TV series |
| 2018 | Tatort: Im toten Winkel [de] | - | Philip Koch | TV series episode |
| 2018 | Tatort: Blut [de] | - | Philip Koch | TV series episode |
| 2019 | Tatort: Unklare Lage [de] | - | Pia Strietmann [de] | TV series episode |
| 2019 | Alfons Zitterbacke – Das Chaos ist zurück [de] | - | Mark Schlichter [de] | Feature |
| 2020 | Die Känguru-Chroniken | The Kangaroo Chronicles | Dani Levy | Feature |
| 2020 | Tatort: In der Familie [de] | - | Diminick Graf, Pia Strietmann | TV series episode |
| 2021 | Wild Republic [de] | - | Markus Goller [de], Lennart Ruff [de] | TV series |
| 2021 | Doktor Ballouz [de] | - | several | TV series |
| 2021 | Tina mobil [de] | - | Richard Huber [de] | TV series |
| 2021 | Furia [de] | - | Magnus Martens, Lars Kraume | TV series |
| 2022 | Die Känguru-Verschwörung [de] | The Kangaroo Conspiracy | Mark-Uwe Kling [de], de:Alexander Berner | Feature |
| 2023 | Die Unschärferelation der Liebe [de] | - | Lars Kraume | Feature |