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Large German program at Planete Doc Film Festival in Warsaw, 11-20 May 2012
7 May 2012: This year's
Planete Doc Film Festival, running from 11-20 May in Warsaw and 14-20 May in Wroclaw, will feature a wide selection of German documentaries, including...
Italy and Putin in Seattle, 17 May - 10 June 2012
7 May 2012: The German documentary co-productions "Italy, Love it or Leave It" by Gustav Hofer and Luca Ragazzi, hiq productions (IT/DE) and PUTIN'S KISS by Lise Birk Pedersen, Kloos & Co Medien (DK/DE)...
German documentaries and co-productions in Tel Aviv, 3-12 May 2012
Ralf Schenk named new chair of the DEFA Foundation
24 April 2012: Leading German film journalist Dr. Ralf Schenk has been unanimously selected to succeed Helmut Morsbach as chair of the
DEFA Foundation. Schenk has written extensively...
Two Prizes for My Freedom, Your Freedom
24 April 2012: Diana Näcke's feature documentary
My Freedom, Your Freedom (Prod. TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion, Distributor: EDITION SALZGEBER) is the recent winner...
DOK.INCUBATOR training programme deadline 15 May 2012
19 April 2012: DOK Leipzig and the new Czech training initiative DocIncubator are launching an innovative training programme for the support of outstanding, artistic and creative European documentaries...
German documentaries and co-productions at Documentary Edge, New Zealand, 26 April - 3 June 2012
17 April 2012: German documentaries and co-productions are well represented at this year's
Documentary Edge Festival, running from 26 April - 3 June in Auckland and Wellington,...
German Documentaries and co-productions at Crossing Europe in Linz, 24 - 29 April 2012
Large German delegation at HotDocs, 26 April - 6 May 2012
Large German program at Nyon, 20-27 April 2012
"Meanwhile in Mamelodi" and "Vivan las Antipodas" at San Francisco, 19 April - 3 May 2012
10 April 2012:
MEANWHILE IN MAMELODI by Benjamin Kahlmeyer (Prod. Filmakademie Baden-Württtemberg) and VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS by Victor Kossakovsky (Prod. ma.ja.de...
"Raising Resistance" in Rome, 12 - 20 April 2012
29 March 2012:
Raising Resistance from Bettina Borgfeld and David Bernet (Prod: Dreamer Joint Venture, Pandora Filmproduktion (DE/CH)) will be screening in...
German Documentaries and co-productions at 11th AUDI Festival of German Films in Australia
29 March 2012: After the jubilee year in 2011, the Audi Festival of German Films, which is organised by the Goethe Institut in Australia together with German Films, will be presenting a total of 32 feature...
German Documentaries and co-productions at Indielisboa, 26 April - 6 May 2012 Istanbul, 31 March - 15 April 2012
"No Gravity" at Créteil, 30 March - 8 April 2012
19 March 2012: Silvia Casalino's feature documentary
No Gravity (DE/FR), Prod. Pefect Shot Films will be screening in the section...
German Documentaries and co-productions in Istanbul, 31 March - 15 April 2012
16 March 2012: A wealth of German documentaries and co-productions will be screening at the
31st Istanbul Film Festival, running from 31 March – 15 April in Istanbul, Turkey....
Transit at Festival of German Films in Madrid, 31 May - 4 June 2011
30 May 2011:
TRANSIT by Angela Zumpe will be playing alongside seven new feature films, a complete TV series and numerous shorts at the 13th Festival of German...
German Documentaries in Seattle, 19 May - 12 June 2011
"The Flat" at Tribeca, 18 - 29 April 2012
15 March 2012:
THE FLAT (DIE WOHNUNG) by Arnon Goldfinger, Zero one (DE/IL) will be screening in the World Documentary Feature Competition at the [Tribeca...
Grimme Preis winners announced
13 March 2012: The five winners in the category "Information and Culture" of this year's
Grimme Preis have been announced:
Regina Schilling (writer/director)...
German Documentaries and co-productions in Hong Kong, 21 March - 5 April 2012
Scores of German Documentaries and co-productions in Sofia, 9-25 March 2012
Germany Documentaries and co-productions in Montreal, 15-25 March 2012
Large German Program in Prague, 6-15 March 2012
My Adopted Family wins in Tahiti
The Pope is Not a Jeansboy wins in Saarbrücken
23 January 2012:
The Pope is Not a Jeansboy by Sobo Swobodnik is the winner of the best documentary prize a this year's Max-Ophüls-Preis film...
Lola Short List announced
19 January 2012: Twelve German documentaries and co-productions have been selected for the short list of the
German Film Prize (Lola).
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Grimme Preis nominations announced
19 January 2012: Seventeen German documentaries and three documentary series have been nominated for a [Grimme Preis.]
www.grimme-institut.de/html/in... The Grimme Preis is the most prestigious...
Pina Makes Oscar Short List
19 January 2012: Wim Wenders' 3D dance spectacle
Pina is among the nine films on the
shortlist
German documentary projects highlighted on IndieGoGo
19 January 2012: Leading crowdfunding platform IndieGoGo is featuring several German documentary projects as part of its
Global Spotlight Germany.
Large German Program at FIPA Biarritz, 23 - 29 January 2012
9 German Documentaries and Co-Productions at Göteborg, 27 Jan. - 6 Feb. 2012
Scores of German Documentaries at Helskinki, 24 - 29 January 2012
Online platform Doc Alliance partners with Zeit-Online
22 December 2011: The online platform
Doc Alliance Films and
Zeit-Online have announced a new partnership in which Doc Alliance films can be viewed free of charge...
See new German TV docs at German Screenings in Berlin, 27 Nov. - 1 Dec. 2011
27 November 2011: The
German Screenings is the largest programme market of the German speaking territories with a long tradition: This year’s German Screenings,...
Pepe Danquart and Andres Veiel Special Guests in Paris, 23-29 November 2011
17 November 2011: German filmmakers Pepe Danquart and Andres Veiel are among the special guests who will be on hand to present their films in person at the
16th Festival of German Films in Paris.
The...
9th GERMAN-FRENCH FILM MEETING IN PARIS, 23 & 24 November 2011
17 November 2011: German Films and uniFrance films are collaborating with their partners for the ninth time to organise the
German-French Film Meeting
ESoDoc International application deadline extended to 25 November 2011
15 November 2011:
ESoDoc International, a new training initiative for documentary projects with social impact, has extended its application deadline to 25 November.
ESoDoc...
Kassel Prize Winners announced
4 German Documentaries and Co-Productions in Turin, 25 Nov. - 3 December 2011
10 November 2011: Four German documentaries and co-productions will be screening at the 29th Torino Film Festival, running from 25 November – 3 December. The films by section:
International Documentaries...
4 German Documentaries and co-productions in Bilbao, 11 - 18 November 2011
4 German Documentaries in Montréal, 9 - 20 November 2011
Pina Wins in Rome
7 November 2011: Wim Wenders' 3D dance film
Pina (DE/FR, Neue Road Movies) continues to conquer the world's screens. At the recently concluded Rome International...
5 German Docs and Co-Productions in Florence, 12 - 19 November 2011
7 November 2011: Five German documentaries and co-productions will be screening at the
52nd Festival dei Populi, running from 12 - 19 November in Florence, Italy. The...
"Enemy Engagement" Wins Prix Europa
14 German Documentaries and Co-productions in Kopenhagen, 3 - 13 November 2011
31st October 2011: Thirteen German documentaries and co-productions will be screening at the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival CPH:DOX,]
www.cphdox.dk/d/a1.lasso running from 3-13...
Eurodoc 2012 registration deadline extended to 7 November 2011
EURODOC 2012 REGISTRATION
SAVE THE DATE: APPLICATION DEADLINE IS EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 7, 2011
If you are looking for an in-depth analysis of a documentary film project in development, if you want...
Herzog and Mika Kaurismäki Docs at AFI Fest, 3 - 10 November 2011
27 October 2011: The latest documentaries by Wim Wenders and Mika Kaurismäki will be screening at this year's
AFI Fest, running from 3 – 10 November 2011 in Los Angeles....
"Komeda" and "Mama Africa" in Taipei, 3 - 26 November 2011
"Michel Petrucciani" and "The Substance" in Sevilla, 4 - 11 November 2011
Vivan las Antipodas in Mar del Plata, 5-13 November 2011
25 October 2011:
VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS by Victor Kossakovsky, ma.ja.de filmproduktion (DE/NL/AR/CL) will be screening in the International Competition at the [26th Mar...
Joschka und Herr Fischer wins Hessian FIlm Prize
Pina in Philadelphia, 20 Oct. - 3 Nov. 2011
3 German documentaries and co-productions in Sao Paulo 21 Oct. - 3 November 2011
Khodorkovsky in Kyiv, 22 - 30 October 2011
Large program of German Docs at Jihlava, 25 - 30 October 2011
Newsreel Conference in Stuttgart 12-13 October 2011
11 October 2011: The [Haus des Dokumentarfilms] in Stuttgart will be hosting a two-day conference on the history and effect of newsreels in East and West Germany after 1945. The conference will take place...
Franco's Settlers receives Special Mention at Medimed Docs Market
Help keep Brussels art house cinema Arenberg alive!
10 October 2011: Recently this call for help reached us from our colleagues in Belgium. While German Documentaries does not generally call for action, we feel it is important to express our support for...
9 German Docs and Co-productions at Rio, 6- 18 October 2011
Political Documentary Conference in Cologne, 13 - 15 October 2011
5 October 2011: The
Documentary Film Initiative DFI will be hosting a conference on the subject "Documentaries and Politics. The Politics of Documentaries" a the...
3 German Documentaries at Haifa, 13 - 22 October 2011
Kassel Dokfest program now online
Germany Documentaries at Busan, 6 - 14 October 2011
Taste the Waste Wins in Wiesbaden
Four German documentaries and co-productions in Montréal, 12 - 23 October 2011
Entries now open for 2012 Munich Documentary Festival
28 September 2011: Entries are now being accepted through 15 December for the
2012 Dok.fest Munich, which will take place from 2-9 May . For complete submission guidelines...
Four German documentaries and co-productions in Ghent, 11 - 22 October 2011
28 September 2011: Four German documentaries and co-productions will be screening in the World Cinema section at the
38th Ghent Film Festival, taking place from 11...
Klaus Wildenhahn wins lifetime achievement award in Trieste
26 September 2011: Germany documentary film legend Klaus Wildenhahn received the 'Mille Occhi Film Prize' for his life's work at the
Mille Occhi-Film Festival in...
The Woman with the 5 Elephants wins Prix Italia
26 September 2011:
The Woman with the 5 Elephants by Vadim Jendreyko (Prod. Filmtank GmbH and Mira Film in co-production with ZDF/3sat and Swiss Television)...
3 German Documentaries and Co-productions in Abu Dhabi, 13 - 22 October 2011
26 September 2011: Three German documentaries and co-productions will be screening at the
5th Abu Dhabi Film Festival, running from 13 – 22 October.
The films...
Whore's Glory at London, 12 - 27 October 2011
2 German Documentaries in Tokyo, 22 - 30 October 2011
21 September 2011: Two German documentaries will be screening at the [24th Toyko International Film Festival,] running from 22 - 30 October. Wim Wenders' 3D dance spectacle
PINA
3 German Documentaries in Warsaw, 7 - 16 October 2011
21 September 2011: Three German documentaries will be screening in the Documentary Competition at the
27th Warsaw Film Festival, running from 7-16 October 2011.
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Large German Delegation at 1001 Documentary Film Festival in Istanbul, 29 Sept. - 3 October 2011
Documentary Campus 2012 applications close 30 Sept. 2011
18 September 2011: Only twelve more days to register for the Documentary Campus Masterschool 2012. Submit your project online by 30 September 2011.
Apply to the Documentary Campus Masterschool if...
Register now for Documentary Campus Final Pitching Session 2011
18 September 2011: Register now for the Documentary Campus Final Pitching Session 2011 “THE ART OF PITCHING," taking place on 15 & 16 October 2011 at the MDR Headquarters, Kantstr. 71-73, Leipzig, Germany.
This...
Special Gala Presentation of PINA at New York Film Festival, 30 Sept. - 16 Oct. 2011
13 September 2011: Wim Wenders' acclaimed 3D dance film
Pina (Prod. Neue Road Movies, DE/FR) will be screening as a Special Gala Presentation at the 49th New...
5 German Docs and German Co-productions in Zürich, 22 Sept. - 2 Oct. 2011
12 September 2011: Five German documentaries and co-productions will be screening at the 7th Zurich Film Festival, running from 22 September – 2 October 2011 in Zurich, Switzerland. The films by section:
German...
PINA at San Sebastian, 16-24 September 2011
9 September 2011: Wim Wenders' celebrated 3D dance film
PINA (Neue Road Movies, DE/FR) will be screening in the Zabaltegi -Pearls section of this year's [San...
5 German Docs and German Co-productions at Cambridge, 15-25 September 2011
6 September 2011: Five German documentaries and co-productions will be screening at the
31st Cambridge Film Festival, running from 15-25 September in Cambridge,...
German Documentaries and Co-Productions at Telluride, 2-5 September 2011
Applications now open for DOK Leipzig Cross Media Networking Lab. Deadline 28 September
The Conquest of Inner Freedom nominated for the Prix Europa 2011
Franco-German Documentary Meeting in Nancy, France 6 September 2011
26 August 2011: Cross Media projects and translation will be the featured topics at the Franco-German Documentary Meeting on 6 September during the aye aye Film Festival in Nancy.
This year's event...
German Documentaries and Co-Productions at Toronto, 8-18 September 2011
DOK Leipzig accreditations now open through 1 October 2011
Pina in Haugesund
9 August 2011: Wim Wenders' 3D dance spectacle
PINA is continuing its tour around the world. The film about legendary German choreographer Pina Bausch is the...
German Documentaries and Co-Productions at Montréal, 18 -28 August 2011
German Docs and Co-Productions at Venice, 31 August - 10 September 2011
Kassel festival application deadline extended to 22 July 2011
German Documentaries and Co-Productions in Melbourne, 21 July - 7 August 2011
Utopia Ltd. in Guanajuato, 22 - 31 July 2011
18 July 2011:
UTOPIA LTD. by Sandra Trostel, Tiny Terror Productions is an Official Selection in the Long Documentary category at the [14th Guanajuato International...
Submissions open for Winterthur Short Film Festival. Deadline 31 July 2011
German Documentaries in Jerusalem, 7 - 16 July 2011
Gangsterläufer and Carte Blanche at Locarno, 3-13 August 2011
4 German Docs awarded distribution support for theatrical release abroad
7 July 2011: German Films has allocated a total of € 72,000 funding for theatrical releases of thirteen German films abroad, including four documentaries:
KLITSCHKO in Switzerland (Filmcoopi Zürich)
THE...
DOK Leipzig applications close 10 July 2011
5 July 2011: The final deadline for entries to the
2011 DOK Leipzig festival is 10 July. The 54th edition of the Leipzig International Festival of Documentary and Animation...
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