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PANAREA Studios was founded in fall 2022 in Vienna, Austria, by Christina Zappella-Kindel. Our team has decades of experience in TV and media production, marketing, and communication in Europe and the USA.
SOFA TALKS: THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE inaugural CALL Film Festival featuring Kim Cattrall, the Scorpions, Parov Stelar, and Reinhold Messner.
PANAREA Studios' latest talk show series Sofa Talks covered the first CALL Film Festival 2026 in Bad Hofgastein, Austria, in three 50-minute episodes, featuring stars such as Kim Cattrall, the Scorpions, Parov Stelar, and Reinhold Messner, among others. Another highlight was a historic encounter between two astronauts who made their mark on history, taking place at the new CALL Studio in Vienna. Colonel Chris Hadfield, a three-time space traveler who captivated millions with his rendition of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” aboard the ISS, met Austria’s only astronaut, Franz Viehböck, for the debut of CALL’s new talk-show format. The CALL TV Studio in Vienna was designed and furnished by Roche Bobois, one of the world’s leading luxury furniture brands. The studio features exclusive pieces from the brand’s collaboration with acclaimed filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar. Sofa Talks aired on ProSiebenSat.1 PULS 4 in Austria and is available to stream on JOYN in Austria and Germany.
Great success: TOP RATINGS for the second season of Berg- und Talfahrt on ServusTV
PANAREA Studios has produced a second season of its TV format Berg- und Talfahrt (Roadshow in season one) for ServusTV/Red Bull Media House, hosted by actress Lilian Klebow (Vienna Crime Squad, ZDF Germany, ORF Austria; Dancing Stars, ORF Austria), which was broadcast in fall/winter 2025. A variety of stars and celebrities from different fields were among the guests in the six episodes, including actor Christian Tramitz (his latest blockbuster, Das Kanu des Manitu, has attracted more than six million moviegoers); three-time Ski world champion and Olympic champion Anna Veith; Franz Klammer, with 25 downhill victories and five World Cup wins the most successful racer in the history of the Ski World Cup; German hip-hop legend Thomas D. (Die Fantastischen Vier); the most famous mountaineer and explorer of our time, Reinhold Messner; actor Cornelius Obonya, comedian and actress Angelika Niedetzky; legendary Ski world champion Alexandra Meissnitzer; and Felix Gottwald, with three gold, one silver, and three bronze medals the most successful athlete in Austrian Olympic history, among others. The broadcast on ServusTV achieved top ratings.
SALZBURGER FESTSPIELTALKS: PANAREA Studios produced the TV specials featuring the stars of the 2025 Salzburg Festival for ServusTV
PANAREA Studios produced a series of TV specials with the stars of the 2025 Salzburg Festival for ServusTV, including Philipp Hochmair (Jedermann), Michael Maertens (Die letzten Tage der Menschheit), and Dominik Dos-Reis (Jedermann). Salzburger Festspieltalks were hosted by Lilian Klebow and recorded on locations such as Leopoldskron Castle, the Jedermann main stage at Domplatz or Pernerinsel Hallein.
NEW TV FORMAT ROADSHOW FOR SERVUS TV with austrian actress Lilian Klebow
PANAREA Studios has developed and produced a new TV format for ServusTV / Red Bull Media House with popular Austrian actress Lilian Klebow (Vienna Crime Squad, ZDF Germany, ORF Austria; Dancing Stars, ORF Austria). Roadshow—Eine Reise ins Unbekannte has been broadcast successfully in Fall 2024. Many stars and celebrities joined Lilian in the six episodes of season one, including the actores Simon Schwarz and Manuel Rubey, the singers Josh. and Ina Regen, Olympic ski jumping champion Toni Innauer, table tennis world champion Werner Schlager, and Bavarian film legend Wolfgang Fierek, among others.
SALZBURGER FESTSPIELAUFTAKT: TV SPECIal with Paul Potts, Josh., Philipp Hochmair and other inspiring people for ServuS Tv
Top ratings for the PANAREA Studios production Salzburger Festspielauftakt: Das CALL Festival 2024, produced for ServusTV/Red Bull Media House about the Salzburg Festival opening 2024: Salzburger Festspielauftakt presented the first annual CALL Festival and its inspiring guests at the Sound of Music palace, Schloss Leopoldskron. With Paul Potts (sold five million albums after winning Britain’s Got Talent), Salzburg’s festival star Philipp Hochmair, classical music super star Bo Skovhus, Eva LaRue (“CSI Miami”) and many others.
PANAREA STUDIOS’ Leadership Has Collaborated with Extraordinary Personalities.
PANAREA Studios founder Christina Zappella-Kindel with Michael Douglas in Hamburg.
Christina with legendary musician Stevie Wonder in New York City.
With Hollywood actress Teri Hatcher and former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
Christina Zappella-Kindel with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Basilicata, Italy.