Potsdam, October 22, 2025. Kids’ birthday parties are the best, aren’t they? At her brother’s chic country villa, single mother Marlene Frischmann (Jeanne Goursaud) has organized the perfect children’s birthday party for her son Theo (Levin Wopp): balloons, gluten-free cake, a piñata, and even wild animals are all set to make for an unforgettable day. But the lovingly planned party quickly escalates into a hilarious nightmare, complete with heated debates about parenting, notions of masculinity, and parental principles. Not entirely blameless for the chaos are Marlene’s boorish banker brother Timo (Edin Hasanović), her eccentric and out-of-touch father Hans (Heiner Lauterbach), her colleague and idealistic do-gooder Jenny (Amal Keller), and a very special gift. Amid dysfunctional family structures, overbearing helicopter moms, and childish anarchy, the party descends further and further into chaos.

Filming has wrapped in Berlin on the biting yet heartwarming ensemble comedy *DAS GESCHENK*. Director Vanessa Jopp helmed the film—produced by UFA Fiction and based on a screenplay by Ben Brooks—with Jeanne Goursaud, Edin Hasanović, and Heiner Lauterbach in the lead roles. Eric Bouley serves as executive producer, and Antonia Matthes is the producer. Bernhard Jasper handled the cinematography, and Christian Schäfer is responsible for production design. The cast also includes Sogol Faghani, Berit Künnecke, Enzo Brumm, and Bastian Reiber, among others.

THE GIFT (AT) is expected to premiere on Netflix in 2026.

About UFA Fiction

UFA bundles its activities in the program genres of fiction and serial drama as well as show, factual and documentary under one roof. UFA Fiction stands for production activities in the areas of series, serials, TV movies, events and feature films and has a remarkable portfolio that has had a lasting impact on the German television landscape. For decades, UFA Fiction has delivered outstanding programs, lasting ratings successes and productions for all established partners, both nationally and internationally. Many productions have not only been great successes with audiences, but have also won numerous national and international TV and film awards, including two International Emmy Awards. These include, for example successful cinema films such as DER MEDICUS or DER JUNGE MUSS AN DIE FRISCHE LUFT, event and high-end drama formats such as UNSERE MÜTTER, UNSERE VÄTER, DEUTSCHLAND83/86/89, CHARITÉ, KU’DAMM 56/59/63 or FAKING HITLER, SAM – EIN SACHSE and ALL YOU NEED as well as the long-running crime series and series with high ratings such as EIN STARKES TEAM, DIE DIPLOMATIN and SOKO LEIPZIG. Current UFA Fiction productions include the cinema productions DAS FLIEGENDE KLASSENZIMMER and EIN FEST FÜRS LEBEN, the high-end series GUTE FREUNDE – DER AUFSTIEG DES FC BAYERN, HELGOLAND 513, MAXTON HALL – DIE WELT ZWISCHEN UNS and WHERE’S WANDA? The managing directors of UFA Fiction are Markus Brunnemann, Nataly Kudiabor, Ulrike Leibfried and Sebastian Werninger.

Press contacts UFA Fiction:

Janine Friedrich
Head of Communications

janine.friedrich@ufa.de
Phone: +49 331 70 60 379

Leah Dümmler
Manager Communications & Events
leah.duemmler@ufa.de
Tel.: +49 331 7060378

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