ABOUT
JUNAFILM is one of the most highly awarded independent production companies in Germany. Since it was founded in 2009 by Verena Gräfe-Höft, JUNAFILM has been actively committed to the creation of both standout feature films and series as well as high-quality international co-productions. With our first feature, “Nothing Bad Can Happen” JUNAFILM was presented in Cannes in 2013 (Un Certain Regard). The film won more than 20 national and international awards and was successfully received at more than 100 festivals. Ever since then, JUNAFILM is passionately developing bold and courageous stories with creatives from all over the world. JUNAFILM productions such as “Nothing Bad Can Happen”, “Pelican Blood”, “Sleep”, “The Swan”, “Antboy II” with renowned international stars such as Nina Hoss, Sanda Hüller, Nicolas Bro and Ingvar Sigurdsson have been honoured with more than 30 awards worldwide, were screened at national and international festivals such as Berlinale, Venice, Cannes and TIFF and have been sold to numerous territories worldwide. In addition to various feature film projects, JUNAFILM currently has several series in development which have been developed and presented as part of various prestigious international series programmes such as Series Mania in Lille and the Berlinale Co-Pro-Series Market.
CEO, PRODUCER
VERENA GRÄFE-HÖFT
…is a producer and the CEO of JUNAFILM. As a former journalist and author, she is intensively involved in the development and creative realisation of film and series projects. Verena Gräfe-Höft is an EAVE, ACE and Inside Pictures alumna, and was selected by German Films in 2017 as ‘Producer on the Move’ to represent Germany in Cannes. For “Pelican Blood” she won the Producer Award at the 2019 Hamburg Film Festival in the ‘German Cinema Production’ category. She is an alumni speaker and member of the advisory board at her former film school (HMS) and teaches as a lecturer in “International Cinema Coproduction”. She is also a co-founder and representative of WIFT Hamburg (Women in Film & Television). In 2025, Verena Gräfe-Höft was appointed EAVE National Coordinator for Germany and selected for the prestigious ACE Leadership Programme.
JUNIOR PRODUCER
LISA HERBERS
…joined JUNAFILM in late 2019 after completing an MA in Film at Screen Academy Scotland as well as a bachelor’s degree in Business Studies at the University of Hamburg, with semesters abroad at the prestigious National Taiwan University in Taipei and the University of Nottingham. Lisa Herbers is a board member of WIFT Germany (Women in Film & TV), working actively to enhance opportunities for women in the film and television industry and to make their voices heard. Furthermore, she has a strong interest in environmental sustainability and green storytelling. She is an alumna of TFL NEXT and the ACE Training Days, an international training program for young producers, as well as the Impact Lab at When East Meets and the Writers Campus of the Series Mania Institute. She also took part in the Hamburg Series Lab and the Sofia Meetings and was a member of the FFA delegation at Focus Asia in Udine in 2024.
TRAINEE
GRAŻYNA SOWA
JUNAFILM is one of thirteen companies in the Hamburg region selected for the “Get on Set” program 2024/2025, which is supported by MOIN Filmförderung, the City of Hamburg and Hamburg Media School. This program offers young people from different backgrounds the opportunity to deepen their film qualifications. Grażyna Sowa joined the JUNAFILM team as a trainee in September 2024. She has a background in architecture and urban design and found her way into the film industry through her passion for image design in production design and as cinematographer.
CONTACT
JUNAFILM
Behringstraße 16b,
22765 Hamburg, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)40 3990 6567
info [at] junafilm [de]
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REGISTERED OFFICE
Junafilm GmbH
Behringstraße 16b, 22765 Hamburg
Represented by: Verena Gräfe-Höft
Hamburg District Court HRB 121536
VAT ID pursuant to Section 27 a of the German Value Added Tax Act: DE 282199713