MUMBAI: German producer-distributor Senator Entertainment has launched a Cologne-based production arm to be known as Senator Film Koln Produktion that will take on as an international production hub.

In addition to developing and producing German- language features, the new company will produce international and English-language in-house projects and co-productions to be shot in NRW region.

The new company will be managed by Senator Entertainment‘s board member Helge Sasse along with producer Ulf Israel.

Senator Film Köln is also talking to Cologne‘s MMC Studios for a long-term partnership on the production of international features at the facility.

Additionally, Berlin-based Senantor Film Produktion has appointed Oliver Schmitz‘s Chanda‘s Secrets as German partner with Senator Film Verlieh taking the German rights.