We are working on an adaption of the wonderful comic book series "Nika, Lotte, Mangold!" in cooperation with the author Thomas Wellmann for wich we received development funding from Film- und Medienstiftung NRW in 2021/2022

Synopsis

Where the big city fades out in fields and forests, lies Dackeltal, a regular german neighbourhood. Here pensioners are torching the weeds, Becker’s enormous cat feels misunderstood and fathers buy truckloads of skimmed milk at discounts. 

But when best friends Nika, Lotte and Mangold (all 11) are together, this small world grows huge. Nika is quick and eager, a musical tinkerer with a love for darkness. Lotte has her wits in natural sciences and grace in all kinds of physical disciplines. Mangold finally is a widely grinning giant, head full of dinosaurs and silliness.  

Constantly creating, dreaming and building , they MAKE things happen when nothing is happening. Like hunting for fossils in construction sites, playing underwater golf in the stream and curing heartache with a brand new treehouse.

Sometimes silly, sometimes thoughtful and always with a lot of humor, all kinds of ideas and a zest for action, Nika, Lotte, Mangold and a bunch of other friends face the big and small adventures in in their lives.

The stories reflect this time between childhood and teenagers. Being small and big at the same time.