Uschi Reich

Ever since Uschi Reich took over the management of Bavaria Filmverleih und Produktions GmbH in 1996, she became one of the most successful producers of German children‘s and juvenile films. When producing the movies“ “When Santa fell to Earth” based on a novel by Cornelia Funke, “Here comes Lola!", „Wild Chicks 1-3“, „Bibi Blocksberg 1+2“ and the film adaptions of the three Erich Kästner books "Punktchen and Anton", "Emil and the Detectives" and „The Flying Classroom" (1998-2002), she made sure young talents behind and in front of the camera were given a chance to prove their skills – and was sure rewarded for it by a tremendous box-office success as well as numerous awards such as the Golden Lola awarded to her for "The Flying Classroom" as well as the Bavarian Film Award. „A Year ago in Winter“ (director: Caroline Link) won the Silver Lola, i.e. the German Film Award in Silver (Silver Lola) at the German Film Awards 2009. The European bestsellernovel “The Taste of Apple Seeds” by Katharina Hagena was one of her successful films for adults, „Kammerflimmern“ and above all BELOVED SISTERS by director Dominik Graf won different German Film and international film awards.

In 2014 Uschi Reich left Bavaria Film and opened her own company. She produced 2016 a documentary about the famous Jazz Musician Klaus Doldinger and the children's film DAS DOPPELTE LOTTCHEN after the famous novel from Erich Kästner. THREE MEN IN THE SNOW, also by Erich Kästner, is now in preproduction Uschi Reich is also organizing MUSIKFESTIVAL AM WOLFGANGGANGSEE, a small but fine Festival for classical music on Wolfgangsee, near Salzburg.