International independent production company and financier Gold Rush Pictures (GRP) is ramping up its European presence with the opening of a new office in Germany, and has appointed award-winning producer-writer-director Feo Aladag director.
The company is preparing for a raft of activity at the 76th Berlinale, including the premiere of Mubi competition title Rosebush Pruning, directed by Karim Aïnouz and starring Pamela Anderson, Elle Fanning, Callum Turner, Tracy Letts and Riley Keough.
Based in Berlin, Aladag will work across development and production on both GRP-produced and co-produced projects, while continuing to lead her own existing production company, Independent Artists.
In the new role, she will “contribute to shaping GRP’s European strategy, creative slate and production partnerships, with a particular focus on high-end, auteur-driven projects with international reach.”
Gold Rush Pictures also currently has a deal with X Filme Creative Pool in Germany to participate in financing and co-produce three projects written and directed and/or produced by Tom Tykwer, following the two companies’ initial collaboration on Tykwer’s The Light, which opened the 2025 Berlinale.
Aladag said GRP founder Vladimir Zemtsov is “building Gold Rush Pictures as a creative lighthouse and a place of clarity and commitment at a time when stories that truly matter feel more urgent than ever. His dedication to championing European auteur cinema and his uncompromising vision for bold filmmaking is truly inspiring, and I feel honoured to help build this next chapter for Gold Rush,” she added.
Her credits include producing and directing 2010’s When We Leave and 2014 drama Inbetween Worlds.
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