“The Guests” in the NRW competition at Film Festival Cologne
“The Guests” by Cristina Diz and Stefan Butzmühlen screens in the NRW competition at Film Festival Cologne – edited by Christoph Cepok.
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2026
Stefan Titze’s “Splash” at the 60th Hof International Film Festival
Stefan Titze’s short film “Splash” screens at the 60th Hof International Film Festival – edited by Christoph Cepok and Rainer Nigrelli.
“Drive – The Pretenders” on Prime Video worldwide from 28 October
From 28 October 2026, “Drive – The Pretenders” streams worldwide on Prime Video – edited by Rainer Nigrelli.
Edimotion 2026: Christoph Cepok on AI and de-aging
At Cologne’s festival for film editing, Christoph Cepok talks with director Facundo Scalerandi and Julian Schleef (VFX) about AI and de-aging in “Back for More”.
German Television Award: “Hundertdreizehn” is Best Drama Series
“Hundertdreizehn” wins the 2026 German Television Award for Best Drama Series. Christoph Cepok was nominated for Best Editing, Fiction together with Benjamin Kaubisch.
“Back to the 90s” premieres in Berlin
A big night at the Delphi Filmpalast: the time-travel comedy with the Elevator Boys premieres, on Prime Video from 21 August. Edited by Rainer Nigrelli.
“The Guests” celebrates its world premiere at Filmfest München
“The Guests” by Cristina Diz and Stefan Butzmühlen celebrates its world premiere in the CineCoPro competition at Filmfest München. Edited by Christoph Cepok.
“Back for More” opens Seriencamp 2026
A world premiere to kick things off: the ZDFneo series “Back for More” opens the Seriencamp Festival in Cologne. Edited by Anika Simon, Christoph Cepok and Rainer Nigrelli.
Best Editing at the SİYAD Awards
At the 58th SİYAD Awards of the Turkish film critics, “Edge of Night” wins Best Editing. Edited by Rainer Nigrelli.
2025
“Hundertdreizehn” on ARD Mediathek
After its premiere as the opening of Seriencamp, the series launches on ARD Mediathek and airs on Das Erste on 14 and 15 October. Episodes 1–3 edited by Christoph Cepok.
“Boah, Bahn!” launches
Premiere at Frankfurt Central Station: Deutsche Bahn’s social series with Anke Engelke launches on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. Edited by Christoph Cepok, Rainer Nigrelli and team.
AutoScout24 – “Romeo”
The new AutoScout24 spot (agency PinkStealthBoat) is online. Edited by Christoph Cepok.
New in Cologne: L27 GmbH
Christoph Cepok and Rainer Nigrelli found L27 GmbH – for the concept development, production and post-production of audiovisual content.
“Messiah Superstar” on Joyn
The mockumentary series starring Florian Lukas and Jonas Nay launches on Joyn. Edited by Rainer Nigrelli, Jeannine Compère and Jan Henrik Pusch.
Premiere: “Keeks letztes Ding”
“Keeks letztes Ding” premieres at the Lichtburg in Essen in front of more than 1,000 guests. Edited by Christoph Cepok and Rainer Nigrelli.
Season 4 of “How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)”
The fourth season launches worldwide on Netflix. Edited by Rainer Nigrelli, Gleb Boev, Nathalie Bartel and Julian Jakelski.
“Edge of Night” in German cinemas
Türker Süer’s thriller opens in German cinemas as “Schatten der Nacht”. Edited by Rainer Nigrelli.
2024
International Emmy for “Dear Child”
“Dear Child” wins the International Emmy Award for TV Movie/Miniseries. Edited by Christoph Cepok and Renata Salazar Ivancan.
Best Editing in Adana
“Edge of Night” wins awards including Best Editing at the 31st Adana Golden Boll Film Festival. Edited by Rainer Nigrelli.
“Edge of Night” celebrates its world premiere in Venice
Türker Süer’s thriller “Edge of Night” (Gecenin Kıyısı) celebrates its world premiere in the Orizzonti Extra section of the 81st Venice Film Festival. Edited by Rainer Nigrelli.
“Goebbels and the Führer” in cinemas
After winning the audience award at Filmfest München, “Führer und Verführer” (“Goebbels and the Führer”) opens in German cinemas. Edited by Rainer Nigrelli.
“Pauline” on Disney+
The coming-of-age fantasy series launches on Disney+. Edited by Rainer Nigrelli, Christoph Cepok and Nathalie Bartel.
2023
German Television Award 2023 for “King of Stonks”
Best Editing, Fiction and Best Comedy Series: “King of Stonks” wins twice at the German Television Award. Lead editor: Rainer Nigrelli.
“Dear Child” launches on Netflix
The thriller series based on Romy Hausmann’s bestseller launches worldwide on Netflix. Edited by Christoph Cepok and Renata Salazar Ivancan.
2022
“Buba” on Netflix
The “How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)” spin-off starring Bjarne Mädel launches on Netflix. Edited by Rainer Nigrelli and Benjamin Ikes.
“King of Stonks” launches on Netflix
After its world premiere at Filmfest München, the series launches worldwide on Netflix. Lead editor: Rainer Nigrelli.
2021
“True Demon” on ARD Mediathek
Re-edited as “True Demon – Die Serie”: the mystery horror series arrives on ARD Mediathek in eight episodes. Edited by Christoph Cepok and Rainer Nigrelli.
German Television Award for Best Editing
“How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)” wins the 2021 German Television Award for Best Editing, Fiction – for Christoph Cepok, Rainer Nigrelli and David Wieching.
Season 3 of “How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)”
The third season launches worldwide on Netflix. Edited by Rainer Nigrelli, Florian Böttger and Anton Korndörfer, with Christoph Cepok as special guest editor.
Spee – “The Boss Lady”
The new spot for Spee (Henkel, agency TBWA) is on air. Edited by Christoph Cepok.
2020
“BMW – Chasing iNEXT” is online
The branded content series with Christoph Waltz premieres on YouTube and bmw.com. Edited by Christoph Cepok, Fridolin Körner and Philipp Schneider.
Season 2 of “How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)”
The second season launches worldwide on Netflix. Edited by Christoph Cepok, Rainer Nigrelli and David Wieching.
Season 2 of “Andere Eltern”
The second season of the comedy series starts on TNT Comedy. Edited by Ole Heller, Rainer Nigrelli and Henk Drees.
2019
“Frau Jordan stellt gleich” on Joyn
The comedy series starring Katrin Bauerfeind launches on Joyn. Episodes 1–3 and 6 edited by Rainer Nigrelli.
“How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)” launches on Netflix
After its world premiere at Canneseries, the series launches worldwide on Netflix. Edited by Christoph Cepok, Rainer Nigrelli and team.
“Merz gegen Merz” on ZDF
The comedy series starring Annette Frier and Christoph Maria Herbst starts on ZDF. Episodes 3, 4, 7 and 8 edited by Rainer Nigrelli.
2018
Web series “Get Well Soon – The Horror” launches
The horror web series launches on thehorror.tv, with a new episode every week. Edited by Christoph Cepok (episodes 2–4) and Fridolin Körner (episode 1).
2017
“Kroymann” starts on Das Erste
Maren Kroymann’s sketch comedy show starts on Das Erste. Pilot episode edited by Rainer Nigrelli.
2014
World premiere in Locarno: “On the Rim of the Sky”
“On the Rim of the Sky” celebrates its world premiere in the Semaine de la critique at the Locarno Film Festival. Edited by Rainer Nigrelli and Xu Hongjie.
“Tour du Faso” opens in cinemas
The documentary about the great cycling race in Burkina Faso opens in German cinemas. Edited by Anika Simon and Rainer Nigrelli.
2013
“Art’s Home is my Kassel” premieres at Kassel Dokfest
“Art’s Home is my Kassel” screens at the 30th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival. Edited by Rainer Nigrelli.