Potsdam, November 8, 2024. Last night, the annual BAMBI Awards ceremony—Europe’s largest media awards show—took place in Munich. The “Best Series of the Year” was decided by a public vote, with MAXTON HALL – THE WORLD BETWEEN US Season 1 prevailing over DIE ZWEIFLERS and CROOKS. Harriet Herbig-Matten, Martin Schreier, Ceylan Yldirim, Daphne Ferraro, Valentin Debler, Petra Hengge, Philip Pratt, Runa Greiner, and Andrea Guo joyfully accepted the award, which takes the form of a golden deer.

The BAMBI Jury, in its statement explaining the nomination of *MAXTON HALL – THE WORLD BETWEEN US* Season 1: “The series is visually opulent and takes us into a world that remains closed off to many. We see a modern fairy tale featuring an excellently cast ensemble of young actors led by Damian Hardung and Harriet Herbig-Matten. *MAXTON HALL – THE WORLD BETWEEN US* casts a contemporary light on the classic youthful longings for love, recognition, and self-determination.”

Martin Schreier and Tarek Roehlinger, directors of MAXTON HALL – THE WORLD BETWEEN US, Season 1: “At a time when authoritarian forces and algorithms are increasingly trying to divide us, it’s crucial that we as artists not only draw attention to injustices but also give people inspiration and hope by showing what truly defines us and what’s worth fighting for. Love is the strongest force that unites us. That makes it all the more wonderful that love won at the Bambi Awards.”

MAXTON HALL – THE WORLD BETWEEN US Season 1 is a UFA Fiction production (producers: Ceylan Yildirim and Markus Brunnemann; executive producer: Valentin Debler) as a German Original Series for Prime Video. Martin Schreier (TRAUMFABRIK) and Tarek Roehlinger (EIN AUSNAHMEZUSTAND) directed the series, with Christof Wahl serving as director of photography. Daphne Ferraro is the head writer. The writers’ room consisted of Marc Schießer, Marlene Melchior, Zoe Hagen, Nina Rathke, Anna Schimrigk, and Juliana Lima Dehne. The series was funded by the German Motion Picture Fund (GMPF).

The Honorary Bambi of the evening was awarded to Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer. The life story of this eyewitness to the Nazi regime is also told in the UFA Documentary production *ICH BIN! MARGOT FRIEDLÄNDER*, which has already been honored this year with the German Television Award, the Blue Panther, and the Robert Geisendörfer Prize.

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

Caroline Frenzel
Public Relations Manager
Phone: +49 331 70 60 381
caroline.frenzel@ufa.de

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