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UPDATED 23 October 2026 216 REPORTS · 172 COMPANIES

Germany & DACH

German producer Victus Films shoots 60-episode vertical drama for EiLiN

Trade outlet DWDL reported on 9 September 2026 that Munich-based Victus Films has shot Yes!, a 60-episode vertical series, for the German app EiLiN. No broadcaster is involved.

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Victus Films, a Munich production company, has completed principal photography on Yes!, a vertical drama running 60 episodes of one to two minutes each, according to trade outlet DWDL on 9 September 2026. The series was shot in five days at Schliersee in Bavaria under a new label the company calls Victus Verticals.

The production is not a broadcaster commission. It is destined for EiLiN, the mobile app being built by Munich startup Vertical Minds, which DWDL reports is scheduled to launch in the fourth quarter of 2026 and to pay producers per viewed minute. Rights remain with the producer, which is pursuing international licence sales.

Ben Blaskovic is credited as creator, writer, showrunner and producer, and also appears in the cast alongside Jennifer Montero and Cathy Hummels. Laura Thies directed.

DWDL puts the budget in the low six figures in euros, a figure attributed to the producer rather than to any filing. One third was covered by deferred fees before external money was raised; the remainder came from private capital and from brand partners Taittinger and Glambou, placed by the Munich agency Brandplace.

Companies Victus Films, EiLiN, Vertical Minds, Brandplace

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