{"id":30490,"date":"2025-09-24T08:24:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T12:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/spotlight-zdf-studios-magic-moves-kids\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T09:50:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T13:50:21","slug":"spotlight-zdf-studios-magic-moves-kids-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/spotlight-zdf-studios-magic-moves-kids-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight: ZDF Studios’ Magic Moves Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

Produced by CONTENT LADEN for ZDF and KiKA, Magic Moves Kids<\/em> is available as a finished tape and format from ZDF Studios.<\/p>\n

\u201cMagic Moves Kids<\/em> stands out for its emotionally resonant and captivating concept that brings magic to life, celebrating the significance of small moments,\u201d says Peter Lang, VP Junior at ZDF Studios. \u201cThrough enchanting tricks, children are empowered to shift their perspectives and embrace the extraordinary. This transformative magic operates on multiple levels, embodying the timeless dream of turning the impossible into reality. Rooted in a universal theme of hope, empowerment and wonder\u2014and woven into an innovative therapeutic framework\u2014the concept holds powerful potential to move audiences around the globe and achieve international acclaim.”<\/p>\n

The series is a fun and groundbreaking magic camp designed for children with hemiparesis (a weakness on one side of the body, often caused by a stroke or brain injury, which affects movement and coordination). Ten kids take part in a two-week program combining intensive motor skills therapy with the art of magic, guided by Germany\u2019s top magicians, the Ehrlich Brothers, and a specialized medical team from the University Hospital of Munich. Through learning magic tricks, the children not only improve coordination and physical abilities but also build confidence and independence. Each day includes tailored therapy sessions, and progress is carefully documented. The camp culminates in a heartwarming stage performance where the children showcase their new skills to family and friends. The project aims to inspire new therapeutic approaches, proving that magic can be a powerful tool in rehabilitation\u2014blending science, creativity and courage.<\/p>\n

Duration:<\/strong> 8\u00d722 min.\/4×45 min. (Ready-made & format rights available)
\nGenre:<\/strong> Junior\/Live-Action
\nProducer:<\/strong> CONTENT LADEN in association with ZDF Studios for ZDF and KiKA
\nDistributor:<\/strong> ZDF Studios
\nCommissioning Partners:<\/strong> ZDF, KiKA
\nHosts:<\/strong> Andreas Ehrlich & Chris Ehrlich
\nAuthor & Director:<\/strong> Jan Fritzowsky
\nExecutive Producers:<\/strong> Jan Fritzowsky, Tom Gamlich, Carina Hlusiak
\nTrailer:<\/strong> Watch a clip in ZDF Studios’ Screening Room here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unique Selling Points<\/strong><\/p>\n

Original Concept with Social Value\u2014<\/strong>A groundbreaking fusion of therapy and magic, Magic Moves Kids<\/em> empowers children with hemiparesis by teaching them magic tricks to improve motor skills and independence. It\u2019s not just entertainment\u2014it\u2019s transformation.<\/p>\n

Star Power: Ehrlich Brothers & Celebrity Guests\u2014<\/strong>Hosted by Germany\u2019s most beloved magician duo, the Ehrlich Brothers, the show also features high-profile guests like dancers, pop singers, TV chefs and musicians, bringing charisma and inspiration to every episode.<\/p>\n

Emotional & Empowering Journey\u2014<\/strong>Each episode follows children as they overcome physical challenges, build confidence and perform in a magical finale. Their personal growth and emotional breakthroughs make the show deeply moving and universally relatable.<\/p>\n

Scientifically Innovative\u2014<\/strong>The program is developed in close collaboration with medical professionals and therapists, whose expertise guides every step. The therapeutic methods featured in the show are part of an ongoing scientific study, with results contributing to academic research and future treatment strategies.<\/p>\n

Award-Winning Excellence\u2014<\/strong>Recognized with the prestigious German Entertainment Award 2025, Magic Moves Kids<\/em> stands out for its production quality, emotional depth and sustainable impact.<\/p>\n

Sales Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peter Lang<\/a><\/strong>, VP Junior, ZDF Studios<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Produced by CONTENT LADEN for ZDF and KiKA, Magic Moves Kids is available as a finished tape and format from ZDF Studios.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[11466,11465,8912,6434],"class_list":["post-30490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-content-laden","tag-magic-moves-kids","tag-peter-lang","tag-zdf-studios","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\nSpotlight: ZDF Studios' Magic Moves Kids - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/spotlight-zdf-studios-magic-moves-kids-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spotlight: ZDF Studios' Magic Moves Kids - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Produced by CONTENT LADEN for ZDF and KiKA, Magic Moves Kids is available as a finished tape and format from ZDF Studios.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/spotlight-zdf-studios-magic-moves-kids-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-24T12:24:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-24T13:50:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/09\/Magic_Moves-ZDFS-925-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"World Screen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"World Screen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/spotlight-zdf-studios-magic-moves-kids-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/spotlight-zdf-studios-magic-moves-kids-2\/\",\"name\":\"Spotlight: ZDF Studios' Magic Moves Kids - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-24T12:24:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-24T13:50:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/48d5d8caeca98083bf34512b4ce8c4c7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/spotlight-zdf-studios-magic-moves-kids-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/spotlight-zdf-studios-magic-moves-kids-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/spotlight-zdf-studios-magic-moves-kids-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Spotlight: ZDF Studios’ Magic Moves Kids\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/48d5d8caeca98083bf34512b4ce8c4c7\",\"name\":\"World Screen\",\"description\":\"The leading source of information for the international media business.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Spotlight: ZDF Studios' Magic Moves Kids - TVKIDS","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/spotlight-zdf-studios-magic-moves-kids-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Spotlight: ZDF Studios' Magic Moves Kids - TVKIDS","og_description":"Produced by CONTENT LADEN for ZDF and KiKA, Magic Moves Kids is available as a finished tape and format from ZDF Studios.","og_url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/spotlight-zdf-studios-magic-moves-kids-2\/","og_site_name":"TVKIDS","article_published_time":"2025-09-24T12:24:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-09-24T13:50:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":394,"url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/09\/Magic_Moves-ZDFS-925-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"World Screen","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"World Screen","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/spotlight-zdf-studios-magic-moves-kids-2\/","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/spotlight-zdf-studios-magic-moves-kids-2\/","name":"Spotlight: ZDF Studios' Magic Moves Kids - TVKIDS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-09-24T12:24:03+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-24T13:50:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/48d5d8caeca98083bf34512b4ce8c4c7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/spotlight-zdf-studios-magic-moves-kids-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/spotlight-zdf-studios-magic-moves-kids-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/spotlight-zdf-studios-magic-moves-kids-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Spotlight: ZDF Studios’ Magic Moves Kids"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/","name":"TVKIDS","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/48d5d8caeca98083bf34512b4ce8c4c7","name":"World Screen","description":"The leading source of information for the international media business.","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}