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Malao Film is an independent film production company based in Beverly Hills, which was founded in 2012. Further sister companies of the US entity are located in Australia and Germany.

The first production called "Spaghetti for Two" (based on the book of the same name by Federica de Cesco) received prizes and awards at international film festivals.

In 2012, Malao Film acquired the film rights to Michael Ende's novel "Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer" and produced the German-language adaptation of this children's book classic together with the Munich-based Rat Pack Filmproduktion, Warner Bros. Germany and Babelsberg Studio.   The filming was directed by Dennis Gansel at the Filmpark and Babelsberg Studio, Potsdam-Babelsberg, Munich-Geiselgasteig as well as in Cape Town and the surrounding area. The film had its international release in Berlin on March 29, 2018.