Carousel Film is an independent production company founded in 2022 in Potsdam-Babelsberg. The company is led by Maritza Grass and Vincent Edusei.
We develop and produce feature films with a focus on international co-productions and series that we realize with larger partners.
Our projects are the result of trustful collaboration. We value a bold cinematic film language and tell stories that cultivate diverse perspectives in front of and behind the camera. We strive to continuously break down barriers for BIPOC, FLINTA*, LGBTQIA+ and parents.
Carousel films and series are centered around characters who navigate between worlds, cultures, views and realities. With a mission to redefine prevailing narratives, we want to expand traditional images of thinking, creating new spaces in a constantly faster spinning world that shape us beyond the film experience.
Carousel Film is a member of PROG (Producers of Germany, formerly Produzent*innenverband e.V.) and was supported by the STARTBÜRO Babelsberg initiative by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB), Business Promotion Bank of Brandenburg (ILB) and Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF.
Maritza Grass
Producer
Maritza Grass is a German-Dutch producer. She was born in Saarland and grew up in Bavaria. She holds a B.A. in Cultural and Media Studies from the Humboldt-University of Berlin and an M.A. in Film and TV Producing from the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF. Her short film FREE NIGHTS was selected for the NEXT GENERATION SHORT TIGER and shown at festivals worldwide. Her animated short I AM A FLOWER screened in Tallinn, Animafest Zagreb and was on the BAFTA Longlist. Her German-French short film CAREFUL screened at Festivals worldwide. Her feature length film ABOUT THEM premiered at the Hof IFF, won Best Cinematography at IFFF Dortmund+Köln and celebrated theatrical release in 2024. Maritza was a scholarship holder of the German Film and TV Producers’ Collecting Society (VFF) and is a member of ProQuote Film. In 2022 she founded Carousel Film. She is an alumna of EAVE Puentes, Alliance 4 Development and Match Me! by Locarno Pro, the ACE Training Days NL, the Cutting Edge Talent Camp, NEST Space, the KABIA programme of the San Sebastián Film Festival and the Breaking into the Industry programme of the Tallinn Industry Days.
Vincent Edusei
Producer
Vincent Edusei is a German-Ghanaian producer. He was born and raised in Berlin, studied Film and TV Producing at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF and is currently pursuing an MBA in European Film Business and Law at Erich Pommer Institut. His short film I WAS NEVER REALLY HERE was nominated for the GERMAN SHORT FILM AWARD. His graduation film ASH WEDNESDAY celebrated its world premiere at Berlinale. His short films have won several awards and are shown at festivals worldwide. Vincent was a scholarship holder of the German Film and TV Producers’ Collecting Society (VFF), is a deputy member of the German Federal Film Board’s short film jury and a board member of Germany’s Black Filmmakers Association. Since 2024, he has been managing Carousel Film together with Maritza Grass. His documentary FISSION was screened at CPH:DOX, DOK.fest, Kraków and Tallinn. He is an alumnus of programmes such as ACE Training Days NL, Cutting Edge Talent Camp, East-West Talent Lab, DOX:ACADEMY and DOK.forum Marketplace, and has participated in the EFM Visitors, the EFM Market Badge Inclusion Initiative and Cannes Talents through MOIN Film Fund.