ROW Pictures (formerly Rohfilm Factory) is an independent production company for feature films and series, founded by Karsten Stöter in 2016, with offices in Leipzig and Berlin-Brandenburg. We develop films with local and international talent for the global market.
In 2026, Markus Schleinzer’s historical drama ROSE premiered at the 76th Berlinale, where Sandra Hüller won the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance. In 2024, our comedy ZWEI ZU EINS (TWO TO ONE) was a box office hit in German cinemas, with more than half a million admissions. ROW previously operated under the banner of Rohfilm Factory. In 2018, Emily Atef’s film 3 Days in Quiberon premiered in the Berlinale Competition and won seven German Film Awards, including Best Film. In 2022, War Sailor by Gunnar Vikene (Norway’s submission for the International Feature Film Oscar) premiered at TIFF and was later released as a three-part series on Netflix.
Prior to that, Karsten co-founded Rohfilm in 2005 and produced 25 films until 2016, including Lore by Cate Shortland and The Lunchbox by Ritesh Batra.