Due COVID—19 pandemie sadly it's not possible to meet face to face, Anyway German authors and producers continue(d) producing documentaries. Check out the new edition of the catalogue and meet them in online markets and festivals throughout the year. German producers get further informations zur Unterstützung bei internationealen Festivals & Märkten  in German here .

European Film Market – efm ONLINE March 01—05, 2021 due to the current COVID-19 situation,  the AG DOK/german documentaries booth here.
From June 9-20, the Summer Special will give the general public the opportunity to see the majority of the 2021 film selection at numerous cinema screenings. An industry accreditation for the Summer Special is not planned.
Unlike in the years before the next edition of the german documentaries catalogue will be not available here at our booth at the GROPIUS BAU as a printed matter. But nevertheless the 25th edition of our catalogue is available  as PDF to download here.
68 BERLINALE 2018 | 69 BERLINALE 2019 | 70 BERLINALE 2020 — further information coming soon.

CPH:DOX, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, is one of the biggest documentary film festivals in the world. The next edition of the festival will be from March 17 — 28, 2021. The festival is postponed to April 21 — Mai 2, 2021, industry activities April 26—30, 2021,  and will take place as a hybridversion. More information available Mrach 2021. ACCREDITATION here.
Submission for CPH:FORUM until November 15, 2020.
Representative german documentaries: Björn Jensen  
More information — German only —

iREP International Documentary Film Festival, March 19—22, 2020, Lagos, Nigeria postponed due to COVID-19.
The festival has been attended by a delegation of German documentary filmmakers for many years.
Representative german documentaries: Bärbel Mauch bamauch@yahoo.de

 HKTDC Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FILMART),
[March 25—28, 2020] CANCELD
Contact Germany for registration European Film Promotion e.V. — Sabine Rolinski rolinski@efp-online.com.
german documentaries coordination: Björn Jensen
More Information - German only -

MIPTV | MIPDOC   April 12—16, 2021, Cannes, France
The two largest and most important markets for the distribution of films take place in Cannes every year in spring – and 2021 worldwide online... April 2021 MIP|DOC will be part of MIP|TV. There will be a German delegation. To be enlisted, please send an Email to Björn Jensen, Representative german documentaries
More information – German only – here.

Visions du Réel, International Film Festival Nyon, April 15—25, 2021
Visions du Réel is one of the only Swiss film festivals to present a majority of its films as world or international premieres. The Festival also has a film market with Industry activities, one of the most important in Europe and it may invite films that have not been selected for the official programme to be entered in the Visions du Réel Media Library to be viewed by buyers and professionals.
Submission open now.
More information — German only —

Rio2C Market, May 5—10, 2020 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Important festival and market in Brazil. Brazil is the only country in South America with which Germany has a co-production agreement and Brazil offers very interesting financing possibilities for co-productions.
Representative german documentaries: Teresa Curzio | tcurzio@gmx.net

Hot Docs Toronto,  April 29 - May 9, 2021, Toronto, Canada
At this time, the festival aims to present a hybrid festival, offering audiences online streaming only. Submissions for the 2021 Hot Docs Festival are open. A virtual booth representing german documentaries is planned. For more information and details, please download the PDF __ German only __
Representative german documentaries: Björn Jensen  
___hotDOCS 2020_____hotDOCS 2019___

CoPro 23 | Israeli Documentary Screen Market & Docaviv | Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival The 23rd Docaviv – the Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival will take place on the 20th - 29th of May 2021.CoPro is the most important co-production event for documentary film projects with Israeli reference. Accompanying events are held in cooperation with the Goethe Institute. The deadline for submissions of International films to Docaviv is January 14, 2021.
Representative german documentaries: Björn Jensen, 
Further information - German only  
Report_CoPro21_2019 and german documentaries NEWS 2018— CoPro20.

28 Sheffield Documentary Filmfestival, June 2021 is open now for entries from around the world that wish to be considered for launching or premiering as part the Sheffield Doc|Fest 2021 official selection, within either our film programme or our arts programme. FIRST CALL 2021 .
Keep updated by visiting the website of the festival.
and more information __ German only & additional___
Representative german documentaries: Björn Jensen   
Report german documentaries at __Sheffield Doc|Fest 2019_

24 ECRANS NOIRS Juli 2020, Jaoundé, Kamerun. The festival has been attended by a delegation of German documentary filmmakers for many years.
Representative german documentaries: Bärbel Mauch bamauch@yahoo.de

32 Sunny Side of the Doc, June 21—24, 2021 goes digital worldwider from La Rochelle, Frankreich.
Submission starts February 18, 2021. More Information — German only — here.
Representative german documentaries: Björn Jensen
The final report of 2019 here and ____2019 Germany COUNTRY in FOCUS___

MIPCOM,  October 10—15, 2020 Cannes, Frankreich
Holding MIPCOM and MIPJunior in a safe environment [October 10-11 / October 12-15]
Second call June 23, 2020 by Björn Jensen.
Report MIPCOM 2020 by Björn Jensen.
Representative german documentaries: Bernhard Simek, German Films

4rd IDF West Lake Int. Documentary Festival, Hanzhou - China, October 17—19, 2020
IDF is an International Doc Festival organized by the China Academey of Arts. It takes place in Hanzhou, one of the allegedly most beautiful cities in China, about 1.5 hours by express train from Shanghai. It has a competition program (D20), a forum, a pitching event and a training program (IDF Academy). Strong focus on films with Chinese reference. The festival is open to all lengths and genres, including Doc series. Representative german documentaries Björn Jensen, more information German only. 

Gold Panda Sichuan International TV Festival, October in Chengdu, China
Representative german documentaries Björn Jensen, more information German only. 

 

Asian Side of the Doc, autum 2020. The Asian branch of the Sunny Side of the Doc Events. The Sunny Side Events belong to the most effective markets for international projects in the financing phase. With intensive networking opportunities, a pitching forum and sales booths for finished films. German Documentaries will be represented there with its own booth, where participating companies can hold meetings and display press material. We also organize a networking event. Representative german documentaries: Björn Jensen

Asian Side of the Doc was planned for March 2020 in China. The organizers informed us, that the event unfortunately has to be postponed to autumn 2020 and the location in China has not been decided yet.

33 IDFA / Forum Amsterdam, November 18—29, 2020, Amsterdam, Niederlande.
IDFA returns to cinemas. Programm extended by limited screenings.
The most important and largest documentary film festival in the world with a renowned pitching program. Every year german documentaries organizes a big networking event during the festival.
Submission deadlines:
• May 1st, 2020 – for all films completed between August 1st, 2019 and April 30th, 2020.
• July 1st, 2020 – for all performances and interactive/immersive new media projects. 
• August 1st, 2020 – for all films completed after April 30th, 2020.
___submission___
Representative german documentaries: Cay Wesnigk
___32 IDFA 2019___

World Congress of Science and Factual Producers, December 07—10, 2020, Strasbourg, France
The very meeting place for 'Science and Factual' producers and broadcasters. Next to the SUNNY SIDE our most visited international event. It offers networking events, round-table talks and above all an excellent program with panels and workshops. It is held in a different country every year.
Representative german documentaries Björn Jensen.
Further informations — INFO 3  — German only — —

Report of 2019 — German only.

Guangzhou International Dokumentary Filmfestival, December 14—17, 2020, Guangzhou, China
International Documentary Film Festival for documentaries in China with lots of workshops, a pitching forum and one-to-one meetings. The film projects in the pitches, as well as the panels and workshops, are mainly related to China nowadays. We organize a networking event.
More information here - German only -
Report of the event of Dec 2019 __German only__
Representative german documentaries: Björn Jensen 

...will be a festival in two stages.

Due to the current COVID-19 situation, the 71 Berlin International Film Festival will unfortunately not be able to take place from February 11-21, 2021.
The Competition, Berlinale Special & Berlinale Series, Encounters, Berlinale Shorts, Panorama, Forum & Forum Expanded, Generation and Perspektive Deutsches Kino sections will have a reduced selection of films at the 71 Berlinale due to the pandemic. The great majority of them will be available online for industry professionals during the European Film Market [with industry accreditation only] in the first week of March 2021.

From June 9-20, the Summer Special will give the general public the opportunity to see the majority of the 2021 film selection at numerous cinema screenings. The city of Berlin once again will become the physical venue for the BERLINALE and the cinema will be a place of encounter and discussion. An industry accreditation for the Summer Special is not planned.

17 german documentaries @ 71 BERLINALE 2021

LineUp german documentaries

• AHORITA FRAMES by Angelika Levi, 22min, P: celestfilm, weltfilm [FORUMexpanded] __SD__


• ANAMNESIS | ANMAßUNG by Chris Wright, Stefan Kolbe, 11min, WS: Deckert Distribution [51FORUM] __SD_


• COURAGE by Aliaksei Paluyan, 90min, P: Living Pictures Production, WS: RISE AND SHINE [SPECIAL] _SD_


• THE FIRST 54 YEARS – An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation by Avi Mograbi, coP: ma.ja.de, WS: The Party Film Sales, [51FORUM] __SD__


• FATHERLAND | ZAHLVATERSCHAFT by Moritz Siebert [FORUMexpanded] __SD__


• FROM WHERE THEY STOOD | A PAS AVEUGLES by Christophe Cognet, coP: OVALmedia [51FORUM] __SD__


• GARDERIE NOCTURNE – NIGHT NURSERY by Moumouni Sanou, cop: Blinker Filmprd. [51 FORUM] __SD__


• GENDERATION by Monika Treut, 88min, P: Hyena Films, WS: Salzgeber Medien [PANORAMA] __SD__


• INSTRUCTIONS FOR SURVIVAL | ANLEITUNG ZUM ÜBERLEBEN by Yana Ugrekhelidze, 72min, P: FORTIS FEM FILM [PERSPECTIVE] __SD__


• KEEP MOVING | IN BEWEGUNG BLEIBEN by Salar Ghazi, 139min 45sec [PERSPECTIVE] __SD__


• MIGUEL'S WAR by Eliane Raheb, 128min, coP: Kabinett Filmproduktion, [PANORAMA] __SD__


• MR BACHMANN AND HIS CLASS | HERR BACHMANN UND SEINE KLASSE by Maria Speth, 217min P: Madonnen Film, WS: Films Boutique [COMPETITION] __SD__


• THE SONG OF THE SHIRT by Kerstin Schroedinger [FORUMexpanded] __SD__


• TAMING THE GARDEN by Salomé Jashi, 91min, coP: CORSO Film, WS: Syndicado [51FORUM] __SD__


• VOICES AND SHELL by Maya Schweizer, 17min [FORUMexpanded]


• WHEN A FARM GOES AFLAME by Jide Tom Akinleminu, 112min, P: Film Five GmbH [PERSPECTIVE] __SD__


• WHO WE WERE | WER WIR WAREN by Marc Bauder, 110min, P: Bauderfilm [SPECIAL] __SD__

 [ __SD__ leads participants of the EFM to the Screening Dates ]

 71 BERLINALE Film Selection 2021 of all sections and countries click here.

 

EFM MARKETSCREENINGS [click on SD for the Screening Dates)

• A BLACK JESUS  by Luca Lucchesi, 92min, WS: filmdelights, P: Road Movies _SD_


• A SYMPHONIE OF NOISE by Enrique Sánchez Lansch, 93min, WS: Rise&Shine _SD_


• BEEWILDERED COMPANIONS | EINE FRAGE DER HALTUNG by Felix Remter, Miriam Remter, 87min, WS: mindjazz pictures UG  _SD_


• BEYOND THE VISIBLE – HILMA AF KLINT | JENSEITS DES SICHTBAREN by Halina Dyrschka, 93min, WS: mindjazz pictures UG  __SD__


• THE LAST REPORTERS by Jean Boué, 96min, P: JABFILM - Jean Boué   _SD_


• LUCHADORAS by Paola Calvo, Patrick Jasim, 92min, WS: RISE AND SHINE WORLD SALES U.G. __SD_


• SILENCE OF THE TIDES by Pieter-Rim de Kroon, 103min, WS: The Party Film Sales, __SD__


• AUNT ÜMMÜ by Orhan Çalisir, 33min, P: strombuch __SD__

As the first international film market of the year, the European Film Market is where the film industry starts its business of the year. The 2021 edition of the EFM will take the form of an online market, offering a platform for sales agencies and institutions, online screenings and the EFM Industry Sessions: cutting-edge and interactive talk formats, workshops, matchmaking and networking events. The new dates of the European Film Market are March 1—5, 2021.

AG DOK / German Documentaries is our virtual booth under the umbrella of German Films Service + Marketing GmbH. Please visit us there.

IT ALL STARTS HERE

• The EFM will offer online screenings in 2021.


• The extended EFM Screening Schedule displays all online screenings and lets you filter for films, times and many more. Find film details and export your favourites to your personal calendar.


• EFM Event Schedule with virtual events or stream the recordings of selected events on demand.


• virtual EFM BOOTH for attending organisations and companies. At the AG DOK / German Documentaries booth the filmstills of the slider of the so called STAGE are direct links to the screening dates of each of the german documentaries at the EFM 2021. Additional there are direct links to the companies, such as World Sales, Production and even some German Distributers, with german documentaries in their portfolio.

Digitising the Business: The European Film Market Presents its Online Event Structure

•  During the virtual EFM in early March, panels and discussions curated by Panorama and the TEDDY AWARD team will be streamed live daily for the industry and the public on the TEDDY’s website.

as single page
• 71 BERLINALE 2021
• 70 BERLINALE 2020
• 69 BERLINALE 2019
• 68 BERLINALE 2018

 ...and the

• Audience Award goes to DEAR FUTURE CHILDREN by Franz Böhm, 


• Best Documentary is STOLLEN by Laura Reichwald


• Best Music Documentry goes to Dascha Dauenhauer for the original score of THE CASE YOU by Alison Kuhn

The online edition opens on January 17, 2021 with A BLACK JESUS, the debut film by Luca Lucchesi. In the documentary produced by honorary prize winner Wim Wenders, Lucchesi sheds light on the veneration of a Black Jesus statue in his native Sicilian village. The desire of a group of refugees from Africa housed there to participate in the religious tradition leads to tensions among the villagers.

COMPETITION DOCUMENTARY
Ten documentaries from german speaking countries, as Germany, Austria and Switzerland are competing for three prizes:

• the MAX OPHÜLS PRIZE: BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM, endowed with 7,500 euros, provided by Saarland Medien GmbH,


• and the MAX OPHÜLS PRIZE: BEST FILM MUSIC, endowed with 5,000 euros, offered by Saarland Medien GmbH and provided by the Strecker Foundation.


• The MAX OPHÜLS PRIZE: PUBLIC PRIZE DOCUMENTARY FILM is endowed for the third time by Dillinger and Saarstahl with 5,000 euros and awarded by the festival audience.

The nine German documentary productions and co-productions are:

• DEAR FUTURE CHILDREN by Franz Böhm, 89min, WS: Magnetfilm


• I AM THE TIGRESS by Philipp Fussenegger, Dino Osmanovic, 80min


• MY VIETNAM | MEIN VIETNAM by Tim Ellrich, Thi Hien Mai, 79min


• NO NEWS | NICHTS NEUES by Lennart Hüper, 81min, P:Fachhochschule Dortmund, WS: sixpackfilm


• STOLLEN by Laura Reichwald, 85min, P: Neue Celluloid Fabrik, Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF


• THE CASE YOU by Alison Kuhn, 80min, P: Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF


• OUR FATHERS | VÄTER UNSER by Sophie Linnenbaum, 76min, P: Sophie Linnenbaum


• WHO OWNS MY VILLAGE? | WEM GEHÖRT MEIN DORF? by Christoph Eder, 96min, P: ostlicht filmproduktion, Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF


• WE THE VILLAGE | WIR ALLE. DAS DORF by Antonia Traulsen, Claire Roggan, 90min, P: Koberstein Film

 and • SCHÖNBORN by Maxim Melnyk, 63min, P: Katzentisch Filmprod. [in the section festivalexchange Cottbus]

MOP—WATCHLIST
with German productions and co-productions such as

• DISPLACED by Sharon Ryba-Kahn, 90min, P: Tondowski Films, Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF


• KING BANSAH AND HIS DAUGHTER by Agnes Lisa Wegner, 86min, P: kurhaus production Film & Medien GmbH


• WITH ONE'S OWN EYES by Miguel Müller-Frank, 108min, P: 2Pilots Filmproduction

 MOP—SHORTLIST
with German productions and co-productions such as

• SEAHORSE | SEEPFERDCHEN by Nele Dehnenkamp, 16min, P: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH–


• INNDEPENDENCE by Michael Schwarz, 15min, P: nachtschwärmerfilm


• AUS DEN AUGEN AUS DEM SINN | OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND by Anna-Maria Dutoit, 11min, P: HFF Munich


• CUNTVIEW by Sarang Nes, 10min, P: Filmuniversität Babelsber KONDRAD WOLF


• DIE FRAU OHNE EIGENSCHAFTEN by Siwei Li, 11min, P: HBKsaar


• UNDENKBAR by Katharina Schacke, 22min,

Oliver Baumgarten and Svenja Böttger invite the audience to stream the selected films at home. https://ffmop.cinebox.film/

 

as single page:
• 42 FF Max Ophüls Preis 2021
• 41 FF Max Ophüls Preis 2020
• 40 FF Max Ophüls Preis 2019

Nov 16 — Dec 06 2020 in cinemas and online

runs November 18 to 29 in Amsterdam venues. Until December 6 you can enjoy more than 200 documentary films and participate in discussions with filmmakers, protagonists, and experts. Screenings will take place online and in theaters.

Alina Gorlova won the IDFA Award for Best First Appearance (€ 10,000) for the German CoProduction THIS RAIN WILL NEVER STOP. "A striking, beautifully shot and edited film that embarks on the disaster of war through a personal journey and rocks the spectator between furtive moments of joy and pain. This moving film encompasses traditions, modernity, death, and the power of moving forward. This Rain Will Never Stop is a powerful story that does not allow us to escape from the destruction and heart-wrenching losses of wars," the jury reported.

November 26, IDFA announced the winners of the competition programs during the IDFA 2020 Awards Ceremony. The ceremony took place both in Amsterdam's Vlaams Cultuurhuis De Brakke Grond and online, making it available to viewers all over the world. With 10 more days to go, the on-site part of the festival, in cinemas and venues, was almost sold out. To date, IDFA has received over 62,000 online film views. IDFA 2020 welcomed more than 3000 online guests.

In presenting the complete selection of 258 titles, IDFA offers its unwavering support to the filmmakers and industry leaders who are fighting for the future of cinema. The festival also extends a call to act together and act now for the film industry that the world cannot lose—one that values high-quality exhibition as much as inclusion, transparency, and accountability. On October 28, the IDFA 2020 press conference took place via livestream from De Balie in Amsterdam. Missed the event? Watch the video to learn all about the festival program, including exclusive details of the competitions and opening film. 

GUEST OF HONOR GIANFRANCO ROSI The only filmmaker to win top awards at two A-list festivals with documentary films, Rosi's work will be in the spotlight at 33 IDFA 2020 with a Retrospective and a Top 10 program of his favorite films. The Italian-German-French coproduction, his latest longterm documentary NOTTURNO premiered September 2020 in Venice is part of this program.

IDFA COMPETITION FOR DUTCH DOCUMENTARY one of the eight  documentaries  from both emerging filmmakers and masters of documentary cinema is the Dutch/German co-production of Windmill& Bildersturm SILENCE OF THE TIDES by Pieter-Rim de Kroon and stunnig pictures by cinematographer Dick Harrewijn.

IDFA COMPETITION OF FEATURE-LENGHT DOCUMENTARY
12 films by some of the world's leading filmmakers are selected for the IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary. The selection includes giants of documentary film, but also theater and visual art. The lineup's diversity is a force to be reckoned with, both in terms of regional spread and stylistic choices. With strong artistic concepts and bold formalist approaches, each title displays the mark of an auteur, from hybrid films to cinéma vérité. Such a selection, in this year especially, affirms the significance of documentary film for the world. • THE NEW GOSPEL by Milo Rau is a German/Swiss coproduction of a hybrid looking for the answers of questions such as: What would Jesus preach in the 21st century? Who would his disciples be? And how would today’s bearers of secular and spiritual power respond to the return and provocations of the most influential prophet and social revolutionary in human history? With THE NEW GOSPEL, Milo Rau is staging a 'Revolt of Dignity'.

IDFA COMPETITION FOR FIRST APPEARANCE
cinema of feelings, a cinema of facts: The IDFA Competition for First Appearance explores both. The 12-title selection includes 10 world premieres and a notable presence of female filmmakers from lower-volume production countries, heralding a promising future for documentary film. The two German co-productions in this programm are

• 5 HOUSES | 5 CASAS | 5 HÄUSER by Bruno Gularte Barreto, 85min, Brazil, Germany, P: Vulcana Cinema, TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. KG, Estranho Produções


• THIS RAIN WILL NEVER STOP by Alina Gorlova, 104min, Ukraine, Latvia, Germany, Qatar, P: Bulldog Agenda, TABOR Production & Avantis Promo

In the MASTERS section, IDFA selects 18 titles from today’s auteurs of documentary cinema, whose renowned names and careers never disappoint. Three of them are german documentaries as:

• NARDJES A. by Karim Aïnouz, 80min P: watchmen productions GmbH, MPM Film


• PARIS CALLIGRAMMES by Ulrike Ottinger, 129min, P: zero one film GmbH, Ideale Audiénce


• VIVOS by Ai Weiwei, 112min, WS: Cinephil

BEST OF FESTS with 30 films that lit up the selections of Berlin, Sundance, Cannes, and many more, the Best of Fests program applauds the irreplaceable work of film festivals today. This year more than ever, IDFA honors the festivals that, in spite of incredible circumstances, continue to champion the art of documentary filmmaking. The initial Best of Fests selection highlights both audience favorites and award-winning masterpieces including the german documentaries such as:

• ACASA, MY HOME by Radu Ciorniciuc, 86min, P: CORSO Film


• THE ART OF LIVING IN DANGER by Mina Keshavarz, 75min, TAG/TRAUM Filmprod. GmbH&Co.KG


• GARAGE PEOPLE by Natalija Yefimkina, 95min P: Tamtam Film GmbH


• THE MOLE AGENT by Maite Alberdi, 90min, Chile, United States, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, P: Micromundo Producciones, Motto Pictures, Sutor Kolonko, Volya Films, Malvalanda, WS: dogwoof


• OECONOMIA by Carmen Losmann, 89min P: Petrolio Film GmbH

In the PARADOCS section, IDFA showcases 11 of the year’s best experimental documentary artworks. Pushing time to its cinematic limits. Peeling back layers of representation. These films will make you question what you’re really seeing like • PURPLE SEA by Amel Alzakout, Khaled Abdulwahed, 67min, produced by pong film GmbH out of the german documentareis catalogue.

What does it feel like to be alive today? The 20 films selected for the non-competitive section LUMINOUS answer this question from a kaleidoscope of perspectives and shifting certainties. All of them give cause to pause and reflect, prompting audiences to consider lives that aren’t their own.
The German documentary production • THE CASE YOU by Alison Kuhn, 80min in this section is a student film of Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF.

12 titles are selected for the IDFA COMPETITION OF SHORT DOCUMENTARY, exhibiting ambitious approaches to filmmaking and the utmost respect for the short documentary format. Collectively, the selection is a reminder of how much artistry can be expressed in just a few minutes—it is an ode to duration, even in the shortest form. The German Anima-Doc in this section is • HOTEL ASTORIA by Alina Cyranek, Falk Schuster, 28min, P: hug films GbR Alina Cyranek & Falk Schuster

The 11 titles selected for the STUDENT COMPETITION raise the bar of student filmmaking, illustrating focused, conscious intentions behind every shot. Traveling hundreds of meters underground and to the darkest corners of the human mind, these young filmmakers are asserting who they want to be, offering glimpses of brilliance in the process. Two German documentary productions will premiere in this section.

• TABOR by Stanislav Danylyshyn, 45min, Germany, United States, CoP: DFFB — German Film and Television Academy Berlin & Crystal Goose


• UGKU TOKAI — MOVING CITY by Lars Ostmann, 45min P: Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF

With 13 titles from a wide range of countries, the KIDS & DOCS COMPETITION invites young audiences to discover art of documentary film. Difficult subject matter and vast artistic expression are the cornerstones of this selection, which caters to both preteens and young adults for the first time. Shorts, feature-length films, and virtual reality all find a home in the selection, broadening the horizons of what a documentary can be. Collectively the titles speak loud and clear: Imaginative young audiences are to be taken seriously. The German productions in this section are

• SEAHORSE | SEEPFERDCHEN by Nele Dehnenkamp, 16min, P: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH .


• CABINETS OF WONDER | WUNDERKAMMERN by Susanne Kim, VR 15min [or 80min DCP] P: Neufilm .

IDFA DocLab Competitions Each year an international jury is invited to give out the IDFA DocLab Award for Digital Storytelling, the IDFA DocLab Immersive Non-Fiction Award as well as the Special Jury Award for Creative Technology, which is granted in both competition programs. The two competitions are open to all sorts of interactive and immersive projects, ranging from web docs, audio experiences, apps, and XR projects to data art, multimedia journalism, installations, live performances and fulldome.

• BRIDGE TO SOVIETOPIA by Marie Alice Brandner-Wolfszahn, 16min, Austria, Germany, Ukraine


• CORPUS MISTY by Aubrey Heichemer, Germany


• REPLACEMENTS by Jonathan Hagard, 12min, Japan, Indonesia, Germany


• THE LEAKED RECIPES COOKBOOK by Gabriela Ivens, Demetria Glace, JBE Books, Paris, 45min, France, Germany

28 IDFA Forum, the festival’s co-production and co-financing market. The selection welcomes both established filmmakers and new voices to the international stage, with a total number of 63 projects selected to pitch including German productions and co-productions as:

• AFRICAN SPACE MAKERS by Vincenco Cavallo, P: Kenya, Germany, P: Vincenzo Cavallo Faras,TheNrbBus & Sönke Kirchhof, INVR, Germany


• AMALIE'S SHADOW by Ester Niemeier, Germany


• F@ck This Job by Vera Krichevskaya, CoP: NDR, UK/Germany


• JUST FOR ONE DAY by Dale Herigstad, Johannes Brandrup, P: ZAUBAR, Germany/UK


• LOVING HIGHSMITH by Eva Vitija, Switzerland/Germany, P: Ensemble Film CoP: Lichtblick Film,


• THE PULP by Aubrey Heichemer, Germany [in Developement]


• QUEEN OF CHESS by Bernadett Tuza-Ritter, CoP: ma.ja.de. Filmprod., Hungary/Germany


• SONG OF SUMMER AND WINTER by Talal Derki, Denmark/Germany


• A SYMPHONY OF NOISE by Enrique Sánchez Lansch, Germany, P: Kloos & Co. Medien

DOCS FOR SALE Every year, more than 300 TV buyers, sales agents, distributors and festival programmers convene in Amsterdam to watch a selection of the very latest and best documentaries available to the international market. The Docs for Sale Lounge, Meet the Professionals sessions and various other activities offer great networking opportunities. Throughout the year, the market's catalogue is available to registered buyers through Docs for Sale online.
This year, current distancing and crowd limitations mean that Docs for Sale will take place online [November 16-20], ensuring that accredited guests all over the world can participate. Nevertheless, guests who can travel in November will be welcome to watch films in cinemas and participate in additional industry activities (apart from Docs for Sale) in Amsterdam.

• 5 HOUSES | 5 CASAS | 5 HÄUSER by Bruno Gularte Barreto, 85min, WS: Vulcana Cinema, P:TAG/TRAUM Filmprod. GmbH&Co.KG


• ACASA, MY HOME by Radu Ciorniciuc, 86min, P: CORSO Film


• THE ART OF LIVING IN DANGER by Mina Keshavarz, 75min, TAG/TRAUM Filmprod. GmbH&Co.KG


• AUTOMOTIVE by Jonas Heldt, 80min, P: HFF Munich, NEOS FILM GMBH & CO. KG


• BEEWILDERED COMPANIONS by Miriam Remter, 87min WS: mindjazz pictures UG


• BEHIND THE HEADLINES | HINTER DEN SCHLAGZEILEN by Daniel Sager, 90min, P: Bauderfilm


• BEYOND THE VISIBLE — HILMA AF KLINT by Halina Dyrschka, 93min, WS: mindjazz pictures UG


• A BLACK JESUS by Luca Lucchesi,  92min, P: Road Movies, WS: Filmdelights


• BODY OF TRUTH by Evelyn Schels, 95min, WS: auTLOOK FILMSALES


• BREAD by Harald Friedl, 94min WS: MAGNETFILM GmbH


• BUTENLAND by Marc Pierschel, 82min, mindjazz pictures UG


• THE CASE YOU by Alison Kuhn, 80min, Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF.


• CHADDR - A RIVER BETWEEN US by Minsu Park, 88min, P: Karbe Film GmbH


• DISCOUNT WORKERS by Christopher Patz, 60min, P: Stefan Kloos for Kloos & Co. Medien, WS: Rise and Shine World Sales


• GARAGE PEOPLE by Natalija Yefimkina, 95min, WS: Rise and Shine World Sales


• HONG KONG GA YOU by Marco Di Noia, 41min, P: Marco Di Noia


• HOTEL ASTORIA by Alina Cyranek, Falk Schuster, 28min, P: hug films GbR Alina Cyranek & Falk Schuster


• A HOUSE IN PIECES by Jean Claire Dy, Manuel Domes, 65min, WS: Stories Beyond


• HUNTER FROM ELSEWHERE - A JOURNEY WITH HELEN BRITTON by Elena Alvarez Lutz, 97min,


• THE LETTER TO MY MOTHER by Amin Maher, 19min, P: Maherfilm,


• MEMORIES OF A RIVER by Antonia Kilian, 90min, WS: Doppelplusultra Filmproduktion GmbH,


• MENSCH HORST by Mounaim Rhozyel, 44min, P: Filmkollektiv Unterholz


• THE MOLE AGENT by Maite Alberdi, 90min, WS: Dogwoof


• MONOBLOC by Hauke Wendler, 90min, WS: Deckert Distribution GmbH


• THE NEW GOSPEL by Milo Rau, 107min, WS: CAT&Docs, P: Fruitmarket Arts & Media GmbH


• OECONOMIA by Carmen Losmann , 89min, P:Deckert Distribution GmbH ,


• OMAR SHARIF — THE LIFE OF A NOMAD by Jascha Hannover, 52min, P: Florian Fim GmbH,


• PARIS CALLIGRAMMES by Ulrike Ottinger, 129min, WS: Lightdox,


• PURPLE SEA by Khaled Abdulwahed , Amel Alzakout, 67min, P: pong film GmbH,


• SEAHORSE by Nele Dehnenkamp, 16min, P:Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH,


• THE SECOND LIFE by Davide Gambino, 90min, P: THURN FILM | Valentin Thurn, WS: NEW DOCS


• THE CHURCH – THERE IS NO SUCH PLACE by Anat Tel, 52 or 71min, coP: Ventana Film, WS: go2films


• TOWN OF GLORY by Dmitry Bogolyubov, Anna Shishova-Bogolyubova, 80min, WS: First Hand Films


• UGOKU TOKAI — MOVING CITY by Lars Ostmann, 45min, P: Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF


• THE WALL OF SHADOWS by Eliza Kubarska, 94min, WS: Rise and Shine


• WAR IS OVER by Stefano Obino , 74min, P: obino production, Nukleus Film,


• WE HOLD THE LINE by Marc Wiese, 93min, WS: Magnetfilm GmbH,


• WOOD by Monica Lazurean-Gorgan, Michaela Kirst, Ebba Sinzinger, 98min, WS: Magnetfilm GmbH

INDUSTRY PROGRAM AT IDFA 2020 . Get inspired and stay up to date with seven days of Industry Talks, Consultancies, Meetups, Hangouts and more. Everything is available online and freely accessible to guests around the world. Explore the Industry Program.

••• KEY DATES
• IDFA Forum and IDFA DocLab Forum: November 16-20
• Live online presentations of projects: Novemberb16-18, 14-18 Amsterdam time
• One-on-one meetings for selected projects: November 19-20, various time zones
• Expert meetings for observers: November 19-20, various time zones
• Social events: November 16-20, exact times to be announced

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• IDFA 2020
• IDFA 2019
• IDFA 2018
• IDFA 2017

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• The GRANIT – Hof Documentary Award 2020 goes to the film KING BANSAH AND HIS DAUGHTER by Agnes Lisa Wegner.


• HALDERN POP – VILLAGE WITH FESTIVAL by Monika Pirch receives an honorable mention.

The 54th Hof International Film Festival goes Double Feature!

The 54th Hof International Film Festival 2020 will take place as a dual model. That means there will be two festival components: Screenings in the cinema in accordance with the applicable hygiene regulations, and an extension of the festival experience with films on demand via an on-demand platform, until 1 November 2020.

54 Hof IFF 2020 CATALOGUE as PDF for download

LineUp of German documentary productions and Co-productions

• SHORTS •
  


• TOUCH ME | BERÜHR' MICH by Hendrik Ströhle, 28min


• DIE GEWICHTHEBERIN [out of the series ab 18!]  by Constantin Hatz, Annelie Boros, 40min


• FRAGMENTS OF WOMEN: GALILA | FRAUENGRAGMENTE: GALILA by Sophie Gmeiner, 9min


• INNdependence by Michael Schwarz, 15min


• PROUD OF YOU | STOLZ AUF DICH by Jens Schanze, 30min


• THE VOID INSIDE by Julian Dieterich, 18min, P: Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF


• WITHIN WALLS by Marina Schulz, 47min, P: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH


• RESIDENT GROUND FLOOR | WOHNHAFT ERDGESCHOSS by Jan Soldat, 58min


• THE WALK by Michael Jung, 12min 13sec


• WORK FOR HIM by Fariba Buchheim, Hilarija Locmele, 30min P: HFF Munich

•  FEATURE •


• AWARE — GLIMPSES OF CONSCIOUSNESS | AWARE – REISE IN DAS BEWUSSTSEIN by Frauke Sandig, Eric Black, 102min, P: Umbrella Films


• A BEE'S DIARY | TAGEBUCH EINER BIENE by Dennis Wells P: taglicht media & eva-verein


• CAFE ZELIG | DAS ZELIG by Tanja Cummings P: weltfilm GmbH


• CARBON CON SANGRE | BLUTIGE KOHLE by Christopher Stöckle, Paolo Tamayo, 51min


• CHANGE IS THE ONLY CONSTANT THING by Christoph Fleischer, 75min


• CICERO by Tina Freitag, 113min  P: Latemar Film


• GERMANY JOURNEY | DEUTSCHLANDREISE by Wolfgang Ettlich, 87min


• THE WHISPER OF THE MARIMBA | EL MURMULLO DE LA MARIMBA | DAS FLÜSTERN DER MARIMBA  by Greta-Marie Becker, 79min, P: KHM — Academy of Media Arts Cologne


• FIVE FINGERS NO SAME by Regina Wiebe, Johanna Reimann, 70min


• HALDERN POP — VILLAGE WITH FESTIVAL | DORF MIT FESTIVAL by Monika Pirch, 85min


• ISHOULD HAVE HELD ON THE CHANDELIER | ICH HÄTTE AM KRONLEUCHTER HÄNGEN BLEIBEN MÜSSEN by Diego Hauenstein, P: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH


• MR CINEMA | KINOMANN by Matthias Ditscherlein


• KÖNIG BANSAH UND SEINE TOCHTER | KING BANSAH AND HIS DAUGHTER by Agnes Lisa Wegner, 85min


• PASTA IMPERIALE  by Peter Heller P: filmkraft


• A PORTRAIT ON THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS by Benjamin Rost, 76min, P: MSZ – Production & Consulting Márk Szilágyi,


• THE RENEGADES — A LONG WAY HOME | DIE HEIMKEHR - LEBEN NACH DEM TERROR by Mariam Noori, Lisa Maria Hagen, 76min


• UFERFRAUEN by Barbara Wallbraun, P: Sunday Filmproduktion


• WOOD by Monica Lazurean-Gorgan, Michaela Kirst, Ebba Sinzinger, CoP: FILMTANK GmbH

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The Golden Dove in the German Competition Long Documentary and Animated Film in conjunction with 3,000 euros was presented to LIFT LIKE A GIRL, a joint Danish-Egyptian-German production by Mayye Zayed. The filmmaker follows Asmaa, aged 14 at the start, for four years. With the help of her coach, a former professional athlete, Asmaa makes her way to the top league in weightlifting in the streets of Alexandria.
The Silver Dove in the German Competition Short Documentary and Animated Film, in conjunction with 1,500 euros in prize money, has been awarded to ERWIN by Jan Soldat, a Austrian-German co-production.
For all the winners of the Golden and Silver Doves visit the page of the festival or watch the ceremony here.

The recipients of the partnership awards are:
• DEFA Sponsoring Prize (4,000 euros): RIFT FINFINNEE by Daniel Kötter, Ethiopia, Germany
• Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize (2,000 euros): THE GUARDIAN by Martina Priessner, Germany
• ver.di Prize for Solidarity, Humanity and Fairness (2,500 euros): 80.000 SCHNITZELS by Hannah Schweier, Germany.
• Young Eyes Film Award (2,000 euros): OPERATION MOONBIRD by Dustin Lose, Germany 
• Gedanken-Aufschluss — Short Film: RIVEN THREADS by Deborah Jeromin, Germany
for all partnerships awards visit the page of the festival or watch the ceremony here.

All of the award-winning films as well as the remaining films offered online will continue to be available to audiences in Germany the streaming platform dok-leipzig.culturebase.org. The final films of the festival will be shown online on 14 November.

GERMAN COMPETITION: 
 The selection committee has chosen a total of 17 productions for the German Competitions for Long and Short Documentary and Animated Films, including works by Andreas Voigt, Jan Soldat, Carsten Rau, Martina Priessner, Bettina Ellerkamp and Jörg Heitmann. The filmmakers take a close look at Germany and are just as curious about local stories outside of Germany.

• 80.000 SCHNITZELS | 80.000 SCHNITZEL by Hannah Schweier, 102min, P: Zum Goldenen Lamm .


• AIVA by Veneta Androva, 13min


• APPROPRIATION TAKES YOU ON A WEIRD RIDE by Nina Fischer, Maroan el Sani, 20min


• BIBI MUST GO | ELEFANTIN by Marie Zrenner, Johanna Seggelke, 29min [DOK Bildung]


• BORDERLAND | GRENZLAND by Andreas Voigt, 100min


• THE CHIMNEY SWIFT | DER SCHORNSTEINSEGLER by Frédéric Schuld, 5min, P: Fabian&Fred .


• DARK MATER by Viktor Brim, 19min52sec, P: Viktor Brim .


• ERWIN by Jan Soldat, 16min, P: Jan Soldat


• THE GUARDIAN | DIE WÄCHTERIN by Martina Priessner, 87min, P: inselfilm produktion


• HAEBERLI by Moritz Mueller-Preisser, 45min, P: HFF Munich


• LIFT LIKE A GIRL | STARK WIE EIN MÄDCHEN by Mayye Zayed, 96min P: Mayye Zayed, Cleo Media


• NUCLEAR FOREVER | ATOMKRAFT FOREVER by Carsten Rau, 94min, P: PIER 53 Filmproduktion


• OPERATION MOONBIRD by Dustin Lose, 22min


• RIFT FINFINNEE by Daniel Kötter, 79min, P: Blinker Filmproduktion .


• RIVEN THREADS | VERWUNDENE FÄDEN by Deborah Jeromin, 40min, P: Deborah Jeromin


• THERE IS | ES GIBT [Portrait of Margaret Raspé] by Lena Ditte Nissen, 16min


• WE WANTED TO KILL ALL NASTY ONES | WIR WOLLTEN ALLE FIESEN KILLEN by Bettina Ellerkamp, Jörg Heitmann, 91min, P: home productions GmbH, silent green Kulturproduktionen GmbH + Co KG

 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS .
The films in the International Competitions tell the stories of Congolese war-disabled people struggling for compensation, of a legal and medical scandal in Argentina around an abortion and of the London lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic. Some further films focus on the United States and use various approaches to provide a cinematic commentary on the state of the country. Shelly Silver returns to our festival with her new film GIRLS/MUSEUM that follows girls from seven to nineteen years of age looking at works of arts in the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig (MdbK), most of which were created by men.

THE GOLDEN SECTION  — COMPETITION FOR THE AUDIENCE AWARD

• THE BLUNDER OF LOVE by Rocco Di Mento, 84min, P: Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD


• A BLACK JESUS by Luca Lucchesi, 92min, P: Road Movies GmbH


• GIRLS/MUSEUM by Shelly Silver, 74min


• LONELY CITY | EINE EINSAME STADT by Nicola Graef, 90min, P: Lona•media


• HOTEL ASTORIA by Falk Schuster, Alina Cyranek, 28min, P: hug films GbR Alina Cyranek & Falk Schuster

 Kids DOK

• SEAHORSE | SEEPFERDCHEN by Nele Dehnenkamp, 16min, P: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg .


• PROUD OF YOU | STOLZ AUF DICH by Jens Schanze, 29min, P: maschafilm .


• STUMM by Anna Theil, 7min  

DOK Industry

 VIRAL by Udi Nir & Sagi Bornstein, 8x10 or 90min

DOK Preview  Germany Live Presentation
Monday, 26 October, 15:30 – 17:00 (CET)
Moderated by: Simone Baumann ( german films) & Tanja Georgieva (Elemag Pictures, Gera)
DOK Preview Germany is brought to you together with AG DOK & German Films.

• A SYMPHONY OF NOISE by Enrique Sánchez Lansch P: Kloos & Co. Medien


• AWALATJE — DIE HEBAMMEN by Sarah Noa Bozenhardt, P: Evolution Film


• FOLLOW ME by Joya Thome P: Flare Film GmbH


• GO HEAL YOURSELF (WT) | HEIL DICH DOCH SELBST (AT) by Yasmin C. Rams, 105min, P: Yasmin C. Rams / Perennial Lens


• IM DIESEITS by Laurentia Genske & Robin Humboldt, P: CORSO Film


• MR. CINEMA | KINOMANN by Matthias Ditscherlein, P: Kippelsteiner Filme 


• VIRAL by Udi Nir, Sagi Bornstein, P: Gebrueder Beetz Filmprod. & udiVsagi


• WE WANTED TO KILL ALL NASTY ONES by Bettina Ellerkamp, Jörg Heitmann, P: silent green Kulturproduktionen GmbH + Co KG

DOK Industry: Every year, more than 1,800 professional guests from more than 60 countries come to Leipzig to participate in over 50 events under the umbrella of DOK Industry.
Up-and-coming filmmakers gaining their first experiences as well as award-winning, veteran filmmakers from across the globe mingle with the highest-quality German and international decision makers and funders in a cosy, laid back atmosphere. This is the meeting place for artistic documentary and a growing hub for interactive and immersive arts practitioners and experts.
• 120+ festival programmers
• 300+ commissioners, buyers, distributors, sales agents and funders
• 350+ producers
• More than 1,100 scheduled individual meetings at the Co-Pro Market and Meet the Experts Meetings
• Daily networking Get Together cocktails and parties
• Over 20,000 € in services and prizes to win
• Interactive Conference Day with 80 immersive artists and experts

Due COVID-19 crisis head of DOK Industry Brigid O'Shea is preparing the very first online edition of the DOK Industry Programme at DOK Leipzig 2020.

 WEBINAR: Get to know your DOK Co-Pro

• DOK Co-Pro Market
  Due to the ongoing public health crisis COVID-19 and its impact on the audiovisual industry, the DOK Industry Programme will be an online offering in 2020. This includes the DOK Co-Pro Market. Feature-length documentaries, interactive works and series that contain creative documentary elements are welcome to submit.
  35 projects in development or early stages of production will meet online on October 26 & 27, 2020 to meet potential co-producers, co-financiers, broadcasters, funds, distributors and sales representatives. The goal is to expand networks, create fruitful opportunities to finance new creative documentaries and face the radical challenges that have presented themselves this year head on.
  Submissions ends August 1, 2020.


• DOK Film Market
  Discover more than 200 new documentary and animation titles ready for international circulation and distribution in our curated video library. Rights holders can also take advantage of priority access to the DOK Industry Services.[ DOK Film Market Catalogue]


• Interactive Conference Day
  Take a day for inspiration and community at the DOK Interactive Conference Day if you are curious about new ways of telling stories and forms of artistic expression. Look here for connection with peers also working in the fields of immersive arts!


• DOK Short n’ Sweet
  3 minutes to convince a panel of experts to finance your next short! Open for animation, documentary and whatever border-pushing format you can dream of. The pitch will take place online like the complete DOK Industry programme. The call for short films will open in September 2020.


• DOK Preview Germany
  Discover fresh new German titles ready for international audiences: DOK Preview Germany will give you a small taste of what is to come. Carefully curated with international distribution in mind, this presentation includes a mix of work-in-progress, newly completed films and world premieres from the DOK Leipzig competition. Take a guided tour through the German creative documentary landscape and stay for a drink and a snack to network with the rights holders’ of the films and your international colleagues.
  DOK Preview Germany Live Presentation
  Monday, 26 October, 15:30 – 17:00 (CET)
  Moderated by: Simone Baumann ( german films) & Tanja Georgieva (Elemag Pictures, Gera)
  DOK Preview Germany is brought to you together with AG DOK & German Films.
  
  


• DOK Preview Training Projects
  Get a small taste of excellent new films looking for festival premieres, gap financing and distribution partners in collaboration with 8 different training initiatives from across Europe. DOK Leipzig selects one outstanding project from each training initiative to participate in a presentation refresher workshop and networking events, culminating in a lively presentation. Each project, often helmed by self-confident new talents, shows exciting ambition and beautiful cinematic handwriting. We are very happy to share them with you, and give a final push for their successful global circulation.
  
  
  
  


• ...for more information please visit the website DOK Industry or DOK Industry FB

© 2017 Thomas Dietze - DOK Leipzig

  

DOK Leipzig Guest List .

This year again, AG DOK will host/hosted an event at DOK Leipzig. Due to the pandemic, it will take/took place online as all the others DOK Industry events on Monday, October 26, 2020 with the Topic FILM FESTIVALS: FRIEND OR FOE? / FESTIVALS: FREUND ODER FEIND? 
[The event has been recorded and is available in the youtube channel of AG DOK: https://youtu.be/AhGgqpGx63Q]
In the internal part in the morning there will be a discussion with filmmakers, producers, distributors and cinema operators about the increasing relevance of festivals for the exploitation chain of documentary films and the consequences of digitalisation in this area. Together there will be explored how the festival world must look like in order to provide the ideal basis for the successful exploitation of cinema documentaries.

The results of the workshop will be presented in a publicly accessible [ZOOM]webinar in the afternoon:
14:00 h to approx. 15:00 here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88516226867
Spectators* can participate via the chat function. The presentation is recorded and will be available on the websites of AG DOK and DOK Leipzig.

With directors and producers susan gluth (gluthfilm) & Hauke Wendler (Pier 53), producers Ira Tondowski (Tondowski Film) & Erik Winker (CORSO Film), cinemamanagers Christian Pfeil (AG-Kino) & Petra Rockenfeller (Lichtburg Filmpalast Oberhausen). World Sales agents Elina Kewitz (New Docs) und Stefan Kloos (Rise and Shine World Sales), distributers Holger Recktenwald (mindjazz pictures) & Joachim Kühn (RFF — RealFiction Filmverleih). Further with Simone Baumann (German Films) & Katrin Mersmann (FFHSH) .

FESTIVALS: FREUND ODER FEIND?

You can find more about the workshops and their guests here—German only—.

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•  63 DOK Leipzig 2020 .
•  62 DOK Leipzig 2019 .
•  61 DOK Leipzig 2018 .

More than 75,000 spectators watched the films of DOK.fest Munich @home and the events of DOK.forum and DOK.education. The number of actual viewers of the online edition is probably even higher, as it is not possible to determine how many people were sitting in front of the screens at any one time.

Around 170 experts and participants took part in the co-production market with projects in the development stage. More than 700 filmmakers from all over the world attended the online workshops and discussions. So the industry platform DOK.forum online can be considered as great sucess as well.
For next year Daniel Sponsel and his team are of course planning another festival on the big screen, but as well planning to take a piece of this online edition with them. So you can look forward to the 36 DOK.fest Munich May 5 —16, 2021

Click here for the full press release May 25, 2020

35 DOK.fest Munich — more than 75,000 spectators

 

Cinema is dead, long live cinema! Confessions of a film festival taking place online.
Greeting for DOK.fest München @home by Daniel Sponsel and Adele Kohout

opening ceremony 35 DOK.fest Munich @ home

2020 DOK.fest Munich comes to your home!

The full programm is online now.

Due to the COVID-19 crisis and all the official requirements, the organisators feel compelled not to let the 35th edition of the DOK.fest München May 6—17, 2020 take place in the usual form. The festival takes place as an online festival DOK.fest München @Home 2020.

Stay healthy!

BEYOND THE VISIBLE – HILMA AF KLINT
© 2018 Ambrosia Film GmbH 

 VFF Documentary Film Production Award 2020 goes to Eva Illmer and Halina Dyrschka.
 Sponsored by VFF Verwertungsgesellschaft der Film und Fernsehproduzenten mbH

For the documentary film JENSEITS DES SICHTBAREN – HILMA AF KLINT | BEYOND THE VISIBLE – HILMA AF KLINT, producers Eva Illmer (director, production) and Halina Dyrschka (production) receive this year's award, endowed with 7,500 Euros, which puts courageous and innovative production projects in the spotlight.

A wonderful signal in difficult times: We are pleased to be able to award all prizes of the festival in full this year and cordially invite you to the festive award ceremonies. Special thanks go to the prize donors of the VIKTORs, Bayerischer Rundfunk and Petra Kelly Foundation, as well as to the prize donors FilmFernsehFonds Bayern and megaherz. We will present the winning films in the presence of the prizewinners as well as representatives of the jury and prize donors.

• VIKTOR Main Competition DOK.international
  The main prize of the festival honours outstanding films in the main competition DOK.international. The VIKTOR Main Competition is endowed with 10,000 euros and is donated by Bayerischer Rundfunk.
  ••• and the winner is  ACASA, MY HOME by Radu Ciorniciuc, coP: CORSO Film (DOK.International)


• VIKTOR DOK.deutsch
  The DOK.deutsch competition presents films that deal with people and events in the German-speaking world. The VIKTOR DOK.deutsch is endowed with 5,000 euros.
  ••• and the winner is  WEIYENA – EIN HEIMATFILM by Weina Zhao und Judith Benedikt


• VIKTOR DOK.horizonte
  The films in the DOK.horizonte competition tell of countries in transition. They are nominated for the VIKTOR DOK.horizonte, endowed with 5,000 euros, donated by the Petra Kelly Foundation.
  ••• and the winner is THEY CALL ME BABU by Sandra Beerends


• FFF Talent Award Documentary Film
  The prize for young directors from Bavaria, endowed with 5,000 euros, is a cross-row award. It is donated by the FilmFernsehFonds Bayern.
  ••• and the winner is CHADDR – A RIVER BETWEEN US | CHADDR – UNTER UNS DER FLUSS by Minsu Park, P: KARBE Film (DOK.horizonte)


• Megaherz Student Award
  The films of our partner universities compete for the prize for the best film in our student competition. The award is endowed with 3,000 Euros, the prize donor is megaherz.
  ••• and the winner is RULES OF THE ASSEMBLY LINE, AT HIGH SPEED | REGELN AM BAND, BEI HOHER GESCHWINDIGKEIT by Yulia Lokshina P: HFF Munich, wirFILM (Student Award, DOK.4teens)

Ceremony for the FFF Talent Award Documentary Film and Megaherz Student Award: Friday, May 15th, 8 pm @home (available via the front page of the festival)

Ceremony for the main prizes Saturday, May 16th, 8 pm @home (available via the front page of the festival).

LineUp German productions and coproductions
(click on the sections for the website of the film at the webpage of the festival, to stream the documentary)

• ACASA, MY HOME by Radu Ciorniciuc, coP: CORSO Film (DOK.International)


• AUTOBAHN by Daniel Abma, P: Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF  (Student Award)


• AUTOMOTIVE by Jonas Heldt. P: NEOS FILM GMBH & CO. KG, MOTEL FILM,  HFF Munich,  (Student Award)


• AFTERMATH | NACHSPIEL by Christoph Hübner, Gabriele Voss, P: CORSO Film (DOK.deutsch)


• BEYOND THE VISIBLE – HILMA AF KLINT | JENSEITS DES SICHTBAREN – HILMA AF KLINT by Halina Dyrschka, P: Ambrosia Film  (DOK.panorama)


• BEEWILDERED COMPANIONS | EINE FRAGE DER HALTUNG by Felix Remter, Miriam Remter P:primate visions (Münchner Premieren)


• THE CAVE by Feras Fayyad, P: Danish Documentary Production, ma.ja.de. Filmprod. (DOK.special National Geographic)


• CHADDR – A RIVER BETWEEN US | CHADDR – UNTER UNS DER FLUSS by Minsu Park, P: KARBE Film (DOK.horizonte)


• CORONA DIARIES | CHORONA-CHRONIKEN by Elke Sasse P: Berlin Producers (DOK.panorama)


• DEMOCRACY – IM RAUSCH DER DATEN by David Bernet (DOK.special 40 years AG DOK)


• DER SUBJEKTIVE FAKTOR by Helke Sander (DOK.special 40 years AG DOK)


• DISPLACED by  Sharon Ryba-Kahn P: Tondowski Films (DOK.deutsch, DOK.4teens, DOK.focus lasting memories)


• DREIVIERTELBLUT LIVE IM CIRKUS KRONE by Marcus H. Rosenmüller, P: Südkino Filmproduktion GmbH (DOK.music)


• ELSA IN-BETWEEN | DAZWISCHEN ELSA by Katharina Pethke, Christoph Rohrscheidt, P: FILMGARNITUR GmbH (DOK.education, DOK.4teens)


• FRITSCH'S FLUB | FRITSCHS PFUSCH by Lisa Wagner, P: Pulverfilm (BEST OF FESTS)


• HALF DREAM | HALB TRAUM by Dandan Liu, Mayc Eccher, P: KHM Cologne (Student Award)


• HILARY HAHN – EVOLUTION OF AN ARTIST by Benedict Mirow, P: NIGHTFROG GmbH (DOK.music)


• THE HOMECOMING | DIE HEIMREISE by Tim Boehme, P: TOB Filmproduktion (DOK.deutsch)


• HONG KONG MOMENTS by Zhou Bing, P: Gebrüder Beetz Filmprod.  (DOK.international)


• IF YOU DON'T KNOW by Julian Monatzeder, P: Spielen in der Stadt e.V (Münchner Premieren, DOK.4teens)


• THE INVISIBLE LINE | DIE GESCHICHTE DER WELLE by Emanuel Rotstein, P: A+E Networks Germany (DOK.special Crime & Investigation)


• LAST YEAR TITANIC | LETZTES JAHR TITANIC by Andreas Voigt (DOK.special 40 years AG DOK)


• LENE UND DIE GEISTER DES WALDES by Dieter Schumann (DOK.panorama, DOK.4teens)


• LOSERS AN WINNERS by Ulrike Franke, Michael Loeken (DOK.special 40 years AG DOK)


• LOST IN FACE by Valentin Riedl, P: CORSO Film (DOK.deutsch)


• MEIN OPA, KARIN UND ICH | MY GRANDPA, KARIN AND I  by Moritz Springer (Münchner Premieren)


• PARIS forever | PARIS kein Tag ohne dich by Ulrike Schaz, Production: MADE IN GERMANY Filmproduktion (DOK.deutsch)


• PROGRESS IN THE VALLEY OF THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW | FORTSCHRITT IM TAL DER AHNUNGSLOSEN by Florian Kunert KHM Cologne  (Student Award)


• RULES OF THE ASSEMBLY LINE, AT HIGH SPEED | REGELN AM BAND, BEI HOHER GESCHWINDIGKEIT by Yulia Lokshina P: HFF Munich, wirFILM (Student Award, DOK.4teens)


• SCHLINGENSIEF – A VOICE THAT SHOOK THE SILENCE | SCHLINGENSIEF – IN DAS SCHWEIGEN HINEINSCHREIEN by Bettina Böhler, P: Filmgalerie 451 (DOK.panorama)


• THE SECOND LIFE by Davide Gambino, P: THURN FILM  (DOK.panorama)


• SPACE DOGS by Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, P: IT WORKS! medien GmbH, (BEST OF FESTS)


• SUMMERWAR | SOMMERKRIEG by Moritz Schulz, P: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Student Award)


• SWINGER – THE WOUNDERFUL WORLD OF LIFESTYLE | SWINGER – DIE WUNDERBARE WELT DES PARTNERTAUSCHS by Stefan Zimmermann, P: White Mexicans GmbH (Münchner Premieren)


• TACHELES – THE HEART OF THE MATTER | ENDLICH TACHELES! by Jana Matthes, Andrea Schramm P: HANFGARN&UFER, Schramm Matthes Film (DOK.deutsch, DOK.focus lasting memories)


• A TUNNEL by Nino Orjonikidze, Vano Arsenishvili, P: VENTANA FILM  (DOK.horizonte)


• UTA by Mario Schneider. P: 42film GmbH (DOK.deutsch)


• VIVOS by Ai Weiwei (DOK.international)


• WALCHENSEE FOREVER by Janna Ji Wonders  P: Flare Film GmbH (Münchner Premieren)


• WAS TUN by Michael Kranz (DOK.deutsch)


• WINTER JOURNEY by Anders Østergaard, P: zero one film (DOK.focus lasting memories

The sections are:

DOK.international
Slices of life, insights and perspectives: the films of the international competition open doors into new worlds. They compete for the VIKTOR Main Competition, worth 10,000 Euros, sponsored by Bayerischer Rundfunk.

DOK.deutsch
The DOK.deutsch competition presents films that deal with people and events in the German-speaking region. In in-depth narratives we are exposed to extraordinary experiences and gain valuable insights.

DOK.horizonte
The films collected in the competition section DOK.horizonte talk about countries undergoing transition. They are nominated for the VIKTOR DOK.horizonte, worth 5,000 Euros, sponsored by Petra-Kelly-Stiftung.

DOK.panorama
DOK.panorama shows innovative documentary films from all over the world mapping the diversity and current trends of documentary storytelling.

Student Award
The Student Award of DOK.fest München presents outstanding documentary films by students of German-speaking film schools. The films are nominated for the Megaherz Student Award, worth 3,000 Euros.

BEST OF FESTS
Innovative cinema and intimate insights: The BEST OF FESTS series brings together films that have already been screened at other important festivals and celebrated or awarded prizes there.

DOK.music
From rock and pop, heavy metal and other weird sounds to classical music: DOK.music, as a new section, provides music for eyes and ears.

DOK.forum – INDUSTRY PLATTFORM

DOK.forum is a think tank for the documentary film industry and a platform for projects in the development process. It has established itself as a meeting place for the German-speaking industry and offers a growing range of services for international filmmakers.

Due to the current exceptional situation, the DOK.forum cannot take place in its usual form. In order to enable filmmakers to continue their training and networking, our industry events will be transferred to the digital realm this year.

The DOK.forum Perspectives with digital and events invite you 2020 to develop visions and impulses, and a diverse range of workshops is also part of the program. As an online co-production and ideas market, this year the DOK.forum Marketplace will again offer various formats for the realization of new documentary film projects.

Participation in the DOK.forum Marketplace and the DOK.forum Perspectives is free of charge this year, and we would like to help ease the current economic situation of many filmmakers.

DOK.forum experts The Who's Who of experts of the digital DOK.forum Marketplace 2020 can be found here.

NETWORKS FOR FUTURE! 
Joining Forces for the Documentary Film Industry
May 07. 2020, 02:00 p.m.
in cooperation with various Creative Europe MEDIA Desks Industry experts* from all over Europe will gather online examining the power of networks to address the challenges the documentary industry is facing. We want to find out what solidarity means for today's film professionals and how we can collaborate to help our films reach their audiences. This is a unique opportunity for the European documentary community to enter into a discussion and learn from each other.

DOK.digital
The Future of Storytelling
May 08, 2020 04:00 p.m.
The new award DOK.digital seeks answers to the question of how facts and stories can be told in the future. With the online event DOK.digital - The Future of Storytelling we present the five nominated projects. They tell their stories interactively, cross-media - and above all digitally. The journalists and documentary filmmakers use the characteristics of the respective media for their content, thus enabling unique and novel perspectives on stories, situations and events. Whether browser game, audio walk or Instagram channel - there is something for every.n user.in to discover! The pitches for the €2,500 prize will take place online, live and in the presence of the jury.

PLAYGROUND DOCUMENTARY

• Workshop for a Successful International Distribution
Speaker: Pauline Mazenod (Windrose)?Saturday, 09. May, 10.00 am
Click here for the event
 
• Reach the Audience! Digital Marketing Strategies for Documentaries
Speaker: Mathias Noschis (alphapanda) Saturday, 09. May, 12.00 am
Click here for the event
 
• Expand Your Narrative Space with Digital Storytelling 
Speaker: Patrick Mueller (Docmine) Saturday, 09. May, 2.00 pm
Click here for the event
 
• SPACE DOGS – A Case Study on Editing for Documentary Filmmakers
Speaker: Anne Fabini, Iikka Vehkalahti (Rough Cut Service) Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter (Filmmakers) Saturday, 09. May, 4.00 pm [SPACE DOGS]
Click here for the event

DOK.special 40 years AG DOK

A small circle of documentary filmmakers joined together in 1980 with the aim of creating a lively documentary film culture in Germany. 40 years later, AG DOK is a professional association of more than 900 filmmakers and is also the largest film association in Germany.
DOK.fest München is celebrating this with an anniversary programme: four selected documentary films by AG DOK members shed light on important socio-political issues of their respective times and thus exemplify four decades of a lively documentary film culture in Germany.

DOK.special — 40 years AG DOK

• DER SUBJEKTIVE FAKTOR by Helke Sander ©1981 (DOK.special 40 years AG DOK) Fighting the patriarchy: the women’s movement in the 1970s.


• LAST YEAR TITANIC | LETZTES JAHR TITANIC by Andreas Voigt ©1990 (DOK.special 40 years AG DOK) D-Mark, election campaign, freedom of travel – what the turnaround meant in everyday life.


• LOSERS AN WINNERS by Ulrike Franke, Michael Loeken ©2006 (DOK.special 40 years AG DOK) Ruhrgebiet goes China: Construction and dismantling of a coking plant. Who benefits from globalisation?


• DEMOCRACY – IM RAUSCH DER DATEN by David Bernet ©2015 (DOK.special 40 years AG DOK) Data protection in the EU parliament. A politician in the sights of the economic lobby.

 more Information 40 years AG DOK at the DOK.fest Munich (German only)

CORONOGRAPHY – is the first visible outcome of a collective project by filmmakers from all over the world launched by members of AG DOK, the German Documentary Association in March 2020 that will constantly evolve, expand and grow — much alike the numbers and curves of  COVID-19.
CORONOGRAPHY's interactive map at the 35 DOK.fest Munich is showing the first wave of films created during the initial weeks of the pandemic, despite all the restrictions. The interactive map is a platform to make them easily accessible.
Participants of the project founded the association DOCFILMPOOL e.V. on April 28th as a collective platform for filmmakers from all over the world to share and contribute their stories.

Anne Harder (Neues Maxim), Kerstin Schmidt (Rio Filmpalast), Daniel Sponsel (DOK.fest Munich), Daniel Kuonen (Rio Filmpalast) and Bruno Börger (City Kinos Munich). © 2020 Ute Bolmer

Festival director Daniel Sponsel was able to hand over 19,000 Euros to long-standing partner cinemas. The amount came about through the solidarity contribution when buying tickets for the last festival.
DOK.fest Munich 2020 counted approx. 75000 streams of documentary films, which Kulturserver brought to living rooms and/or home offices all over Germany.

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Due to the current COVID-19 crisis, the team of Sheffield Doc|Fest announces that this year’s edition will not take place in its original form.
The pitching forums, the MeetMarket and Alternate Realities Talent Market, will both proceed in June via virtual means. As part of a series of weekends throughout the Autumn, the Sheffield Doc|Fest team aims to present film screenings, talks, panels, artists’ events and community engagement activities.
For more information please visit the website of the festival .

The team of Sheffield Doc|Fest hope everyone is staying healthy and sane in these trying times. In the spirit of togetherness they have put together a list of Sheffield Doc/Fest films you can watch. They will keep adding to it as filmmakers continue making films available to audiences online. 
One of the is the german documentary:
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JOHN IRVING by André Schafer, produced by George Roy Hill, MeetMarket 2010 | ©Germany 2012 is one of them. Available on Amazon.

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JOHN IRVING by André Schäfer

German documentary productions and co-productions

• BREAKING BARRIERS - The Casteless Collective by Maja Meiners


• ASWANG by Alyx Ayn Arumpac


• BRING DOWN THE WALLS by Phil Collins


• OECONOMIA by Carmen Losmann


• SANTIKHIRI SONATA by Thunska Pansittivorakul


• SCHLINGENSIEF – A VOICE THAT SHOOK THE SILENCE by Bettina Böhler


• THE ART OF LIVING IN DANGER by Mina Keshavarz

The pitching initiatives MeetMarket (for features and series) and Alternate Realities Talent Market (for new media creatives) are set to proceed via virtual video-conferencing from 8 to 10  June, 2020. 

For the 15th edition of the MeetMarket 48 projects, chosen from over 500 applications, have been invited to present to international industry representatives including funds, foundations, commissioning editors for broadcast and SVOD platforms, distributors, sales agents, festival programmers, NGOs, and co-production partners. 

Organisations so-far confirmed to take part include Altitude Film Sales, ARD/NDR, ARTE France, AVROTROS, BBC Storyville, Berlinale EFM, Blue Ice Docs, Boudica Films / Initialize, Canal+ / Movistar+, Cargo Film Sales, CAT&Docs, Catapult Film Fund, Chicken and Egg, Cinephil Distribution & Co-Productions, Cinereach, Cineteve, Compulsory Viewing, Creative Artists Agency, Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR), Deckert Distribution, DocSociety, Documentary Educational Resources, Dogwoof, ESPN, Field of Vision, First Hand Film Sales, Fremantle Media, Globo News, Icarus Films, IFP Independent Filmmaker Project, Impact Partners, Java Films, Journeyman Pictures, Kino Rebelde, KinoSmith, Kloos & Co. Medien / Rise and Shine World Sales, Little Dot Studios, Mediawan, Monoduo Films, MUBI, National Geographic, NEON, New York Times, NHK, NRK, NTR, Open City Documentary Festival, ORF, Passion Pictures Films, Picturehouse Entertainment, POV, RBB/ARTE, SBS, Sideways Film, Sky, SomeSuch & Co, Submarine, Sundance, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Institute Fund, SVT, Sweet Spot Docs, Syndicado Film Sales, Taskovski Films, The Film Sales Company, The Guardian, The Party Film Sales, Together Films, TOPIC Media, Tribeca Film Institute, TRT World, Upside, VPRO, VRT, Whicker’s World Foundation, WideHouse, WRD, YesDocu / DBS, ZDF.

German productions and co-productions of the MEET MARKET SELECTED PROJECTS 

• MIDWIVES by Hnin Ei Hlaing, P: Ulla Lehmann – AMA FILM GmbH, [Myanmar, Germany, Canada]
  Two midwives work side by side in a makeshift medical clinic. Filmed over three tumultuous years, their remarkable relationship reveals both tensions and the hope inherent in their common cause.


• DON'T CALL ME MAD by Zora Küttner, P: Delaval Films, Sandpaper Film, [United Kingdom, Germany]
  Filmmaker, Zora follows her father back to Germany to explore a radical social experiment he carried out twenty-five years earlier. Did he succeed in altering the life arc of a group of severely mentally ill patients? A very personal film in which a psychologist and his daughter explore what constitutes a life worth living.


• I AM SARAH by Charly Wai Feldman, P: Anna Von Dziembowska, Daniel Druhora, [United Kingdom, Germany]
  I am Sarah follows young Sarah Mardini, a Syrian swimmer turned humanitarian in Europe, at a critical point in her life: she’s accused of running a people smuggling operation by the Greek government and could face a life sentence. In her fight for justice, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery

The Alternate Realities Talent Market, now in its 7th edition, exists to foster collaborations between artists, creatives and organisations focused on using digital technologies to push storytelling in exciting new directions. This year 20 teams have been selected for match-made connections with curators, exhibitors, galleries, museums, international festivals, broadcasters, funding bodies, NGOs and distributors.

The creative teams this year range from exciting emerging artists working in digital for the first time, to veteran VR Award winners at Venice Film Festival. There is a wide range of media that the participants are working in, ranging from VR headset experiences, to multi-channel video installations, augmented reality, live motion capture, and immersive dance and theatre performances.

Confirmed industry representatives so far include Abandon Normal Devices, Artangel, ARTE, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Birmingham Open Media, National Science and Media Museum, British Underground, Centre Phi, Coventry City of Culture Trust, Crossover Labs, Digital Catapult, FutureEverything, HOME MCR, HTC Vive, Iconic Engine, National Film Board of Canada (NFB), Open City Documentary Festival, Raindance Film Festival, Serpentine Gallery, Sky VR, SXSW, Tate Galleries, Tribeca Film Institute, Wellcome Trust, Venice Biennale, and York Mediale.

...until we meet face2face again!

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• 27 Sheffield Doc|Fest 2020 •
• 26 Sheffield Doc|Fest 2019 •
• 25 Sheffield Doc|Fest 2018 •
• 24 Sheffield Doc|Fest 2017 •

For the first time two documentaries receive the Deutschen Dokumentarfilmpreis:
• LOVEMOBIL by Elke Margarete Lehrenkrauss 
• THE CAVE by Feras Fayyad.
The jury of the SWR Doku Festival 2020 found the documentaries so impressive that they awarded them both the main prize of the festival. Fayyad and Lehrenkrauss share the prize money of 20.000 Euro. The German Documentary Award is donated by SWR and the Media and Film Society Baden-Württemberg (MFG).

The German Documentary Award used to be presented at the SWR Doku Festival in Stuttgart. Due COVID 19, this year's festival goes online, hosted by Max Moor. The award-winning documentaries as well as those nominated for the German Documentary Award can be viewed online here until 3 July 2020.

• PARIS CALLIGRAMMES by Ulrike Ottinger was awarded the Norbert Daldrop Prize.
• LOVE EATS UP LIFE  — Portrait of Tobias Gruben by Oliver Schwabe, was awarded with the Opus GmbH prize for best music documentary.
• LOST IN FACE by Valentin Riedl was awarded with the promotional prize

A total of 33,000 euros prize money in various categories. Out of 122 submissions, twelve productions were nominated for the main prize. In addition, three documentary films in the field of music were nominated by a jury of experts for the Opus GmbH prize.

Nominees German Documentary Award

• BAMBOO STORIES by Shaheen Dill Riaz P: Mayalok Filmproduktion


• DEAR BROTHER | BRUDERLIEBE by Julia Horn P: CORSO Film u.a.


• WE WANTED MORE - How on women's team changed the German football world | DAS WUNDER VON TAIPEH by John David Seidler P: CORSO Film


• GARAGE PEOPLE | GARAGENVOLK by Natalija Yefimkina P: Tamtam Film


• LITTLE GERMANS | KLEINE GERMANEN by Mohammad Farokhmanesh, Frank Geiger P: brave new work, Little Dream Entertainment, Golden Girls Film


• LOST IN FACE by Valentin Riedl P: CORSO Film, FILMSTAHL


• LOVEMOBIL by Elke Margarete Lehrenkrauss, P: Elke Margarete Lehrenkrauss


• PARIS CALLIGRAMMES by Ulrike Ottinger P: zero one film GmbH


• SUMMERWAR | SOMMERKRIEG by Tetiana Trofusha, Moritz Schulz, P: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg


• THE WHALE AND THE RAVEN by Mirjam Leuze, P: busse & halberschmidt .


• WALCHENSEE FOREVER by Janna Ji Wonders, Nico Woche P: FLARE FILM

Nominees Music Documentary—Prize of the OPUS GmbH

• LOVE EATS UP LIFE | DIE LIEBE FRISST DAS LEBEN — Tobias Gruben, seine Lieder und die Erde by Oliver Schwabe P: field recordings filmproduktion


• LUGAU CITY LIGHTS — Ein DDR-Dorf schreibt Popgeschichte [MDR/arte] by Alexander Kühne, P: Wilde.Stein Filmproduktion und Medienagentur UG


• WOLFGANG RIHM — DAS VERMÄCHTNIS [SWR] by Victor Grandits, Magdalena Adugna P: Tosca Media Fernsehproduktion GmbH

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• German Documentary Award 2020
• German Documentary Award 2019
• German Documentary Award 2018

AGENDA OF SUNNY SIDE OF THE DOC, JUNE 22—25, 2020

• With BERLIN 1945 produced by Zero One Film, Autentic Distribution presents a historic documentary that takes us into Berlin's most fateful year through the eyes of those who lived through it: the German population and the Allied soldiers.
The Archive Workshop #1: Sourcing with Patrick Hörl, Managing Director, Autentic GmbH - Autentic GmbH and Mirjam Strasser Head of Sales & Acquisitions - Autentic GmbH as well as the well known Filmeditor Andrew Bird hosted by Elizabeth Klinck, Archive Producer & Copyright Clearance Specialist - Elizabeth Klinck Research is scheduled for Monday, June 22 at 03:00pm. [source PR June16, 2020]
For more information and UpDates cklick here.

Information as May 28, 2020, download as PDF.

Sunny Side of the Doc‘s DNA goes digital: content, trends, networking

In response to the massive disruption brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and the importance of keeping the documentary community's activities alive, the 31st edition of Sunny Side of the Doc and the 4th edition of PiXii Festival will move to an exclusively online format for the very first time, taking place on 22nd to 25th June and streamed from La Rochelle, France.

As the virus forces us indoors, we have been thinking of ways to invest in our digital spaces, and build robust connections that can compensate some of the physical proximity we're losing. These measures demonstrate our long term commitment to sustaining the creative health of the industry and making sure WE return together to a rich and vibrant ecosytem at the end of the crisis.

In an interconnected world, this year's Connected Edition aims to provide the viable funding opportunities, valuable market intelligence, and networking services Sunny Side of the Doc is known for.
 
This unique platform will enable all major industry stakeholders to connect for a series of tailor-made activities including pitch sessions, one-to-one meetings and also a significant programming of video resources and topical webinars (livestreamed Q&A, hands-on workshops, case studies) designed by top-level experts to foster extensive interactions with professional peers. What's more, the new digital format allows for some of the online offerings to remain accessible beyond 25th June 2020.
 
The Sunny Side of the Doc Connected Edition is structured around three elements that are the foundation of this international marketplace's DNA:

• Content First: showcasing quality-driven projects and programmes through pitches and an online screening library;
• Trends and Industry Focused: having a finger on the pulse for the lastest trends and practices to help beat the crisis;
• Community Driven: strengthening our real-world ties and maintaining international collaboration between talent, production companies, distributors, broadcasters and cultural centres.

All our delegate passes will be streamlined into a new All Access - Connected Pass at a flat-rate fee of €200 (excl. tax) for the entire offering.

Sunny Side of the Doc will also host an online screening library where buyers can watch programmes from international distributors and find projects currently in development. The library will remain running until the end of 2020. A new Rough Cuts section for documentaries in production from Central and Eastern Europe will be launched, in preparation of its country focus in 2021. The screening room will also host a selection of documentaries from peer festivals which have gone digital, in order to increase the exposure of their top programmes.

Sunny Side of the Doc continues to provide a platform for exchanging crucial information to help navigate the international marketplace and anticipate developments during this current streaming age. History is this year’s theme of choice, running throughout the programme’s range of events from coproduction case studies, archives workshops and channel lineups, which have all been restructured and adapted for online viewing.

Furthermore, the new online format means there will be more 30-minute Meet The Execs interactive sessions, enabling decision-makers from channels, platforms and cultural stakeholders to share their programming, acquisitions and co-productions strategies, as well as their projects for the season to come.

As a physical showroom is no longer possible, the 2020 official selection will receive online exposure enabling creators from around the globe to showcase their immersive works via short video clips and targeted meetings.
A series of digital culture kickstarters will also help boost professional development and enhance collaborative partnerships.

• TRAILER •

An international jury of industry experts will award prizes to:
• The Best Immersive Experience
• The Best Educative Content
• The Best Museal Installation

...just to remember 30SSD in Summer 2019 when Germany was the COUNTRY in FOCUS

 

Congratulation to the producers Ira Tondowski & Alex Tondowski, winners of the German Film Award BEST DOCUMENTARY 2020 for the Production BORN IN EVIN by Maryam Zaree

Nominees for DEUTSCHER FILMPREIS category Best Documentary
 • Alex Tondowski & Ira Tondowski for BORN IN EVIN
 • Heino Deckert for  HEIMAT IS A SPACE IN TIME
 • Frieder Schlaich & Irene von Alberti for SCHLINGENSIEF – A VOICE THAT SHOOK THE SILENCE 

BETTINA BÖHLER, director as well as editor of the filmportrait of Christoph SCHLINGENSIEF – A VOICE THAT SHOOK THE SILENCE is one of the four nominees in the category BEST EDITING. Among others Bettina Böhler is also nominated for BEST SOUNDDESIGN with the fiction film UDINE.

The awards will be presented by Edin Hasanovic in a ceremony at the PALAIS AM FUNKTURM at Hammarskjöldplatz in Berlin, April 24, 2020, 5p.m. For invited guests only, broadcasted by rbb/ARD at the same day. The presentation of BEST DOCUMENTARY starts at 54:30 by Charlie Hübner.

More than 2 000 members of the German Film Academy from all trades decide on the nominations for the German Film Award 2020. The official announcement of the nominations in the 17 award categories is presented by Film Award Ambassadors Emilia Schüle and Kostja Ullmann, Academy President Ulrich Matthes and Minister of State Prof. Monika Grütters March 11, 2020.

 The three nominees for DEUTSCHER FILMPREIS category BEST DOCUMENTARY productions are:

BORN IN EVIN by Maryam Zaree, Producers: Alex Tondowski & Ira Tondowski, Companies: Tondowski Films, Golden Girls Film

HEIMAT IS A SPACE IN TIME | HEIMAT IST EIN RAUM AUS ZEIT by Thomas Heise, Producer: Heino Deckert, Company: ma.ja.de. Filmproduktions GmbH

SCHLINGENSIEF – A VOICE THAT SHOOK THE SILENCE | SCHLINGENSIEF – IN DAS SCHWEIGEN HINEINESCHREIEN by Bettina Böhler (nominated for Best Editing), Producers: Frieder Schlaich & Irene von Alberti, Company: Filmgalerie 451

For the full list of the nominees #lola20 click here.

Foto: © Florian Liedl - Deutscher Filmpreis 

The members of the preselection committee DEUTSCHER FILMPREIS DOKUMENTARFILM (German Film Award) are: Kerstin Stutterheim, Frank Marten Pfeiffer, Martin Rabanus, Irene Höfer, Matthias Petsche, Isabelle Casez, Ali Samadi Ahadi, Christoph von Schönberg, Eva Kemme, Matthias Elwardt, Catrin Vogt.

The german documentaries shortlisted for the German FilmAward and screened in the section LOLA@Berlinale are:

• AQUARELA by Victor Kossakovsky, Producers: Heino Deckert, Aimara Reques, Sigrid Dyekjær, Companies: MA.JA.DE. Filmproduktions GmbH, Aconite Productions, Danish Documentary


• BORN IN EVIN by Maryam Zaree, Producer: Alex Tondowski, Companies: Tondowski Films, Golden Girls Film


• DEAR BROTHER | BRUDERLIEBE by Julia Horn, Producers: Erik Winker, Martin Roelly


• CUNNINGHAM by Alla Kovgan, Producers: Helge Albers, Ilan Girard, Alla Kovgan, Companies: Achtung Panda! Media, Arsam International, Chance Operations


• DARK EDEN by Jasmin Herold, Michael Beamish, Producer: Melanie Andernach, Companies: Made in Germany Filmproduktion


• THE FORUM | DAS FORUM by Marcus Vetter, Producer: Christian Beetz, Companies: Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion, Filmperspektive, Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion


• THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES | DAS GEHEIME LEBEN DER BÄUME by Jörg Adolph, Producer: Friederich Oetker, Company: Constantin Film Produktion


• HEIMAT IS A SPACE IN TIME | HEIMAT IST EIN RAUM AUS ZEIT by Thomas Heise, Producer: Heino Deckert, Company: MA.JA.DE. Filmproduktions GmbH


• HELMUT NEWTON — THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL by Gero von Boehm, Producers: Felix von Boehm, Torsten Bönnhoff, Companies: Lupa Film, Monarda Arts


• ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS | DIE INSEL DER HUNGRIGEN GEISTER by Gabrielle Brady, Producers: Alexander Wadouh, Gizem Acarla, Gabrielle Brady, Companies: Chromosom Film, Various Films, Third Films, Echotango


• GERMAN CLASS | KLASSE DEUTSCH by Florian Heinzen-Ziob, Producers: Florian Heinzen-Ziob, Georg Heinzen, Company: Polyphem Filmproduktion


• LOVEMOBIL by Elke Margarete Lehrenkrauss, Producer as well as Company: Elke Margarete Lehrenkrauss


• SCHLINGENSIEF – A VOICE THAT SHOOK THE SILENCE | SCHLINGENSIEF – IN DAS SCHWEIGEN HINEINESCHREIEN by Bettina Böhler, Producers: Frieder Schlaich, Irene von Alberti, Company: Filmgalerie 451


• THE WHALE AND THE RAVEN by Mirjam Leuze, Producer: Marcelo Busse, Company: busse&halberschmidt Filmproduktion oHG


• DIE TOTEN HOSEN — YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE | WEIL DU NUR EINMAL LEBST – DIE TOTEN HOSEN AUF TOUR by Cordula Kablitz-Post, Producer: Cordula Kablitz-Post, Company: avanti media fiction GmbH

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   • German Film Award | LOLA@Berlinale 2020
   • German Film Award | LOLA@Berlinale 2019
   • German Film Award | LOLA@Berlinale 2018

 ENTIRELY FOR FREE!

 The 51st edition of the festival has been transformed into a digital version. Visions du Réel 2020 will take place online from April 17 to May 2, 2020.

• TRAILER • 

The sections of the festival are:
• Burning Lights International Competition: An international competition dedicated to new vocabularies and expressions, to research and to narrative and formal experimentation.
• Grand Angle: Feature films that have already wowed audiences at other festivals or that shall mark the coming year.
• International Feature Film Competition: Contemporary documentary filmmaking through a selection of original and singular feature films..
• International Medium Length & Short Film Competition: Contemporary documentary filmmaking through a selection of original and singular medium length and short films.
• Latitudes: A non-competitive section that aims to reveal a panorama of current documentary practices.
• National Competition: A competition dedicated to feature and medium length films produced or coproduced by Switzerland.
• Opening Scenes: A section dedicated to first short films or student films. The invited filmmakers present their films as part of the Festival’s official selection and participate in a specially developed programme of industry-related professional activities..

LineUp German productions and co-productions

• COWS ON THE ROOF | KÜHE AUF DEM DACH by Aldo Gugolz, 80mins, Switzerland (National Competition)


• MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL by Sascha Schöberl, 84mins, Germany, China P: DOCDAYS Productions GmbH, PBS... (Grand Angle)


• NARDJES A. by Karim Aïnouz, 80mins, Algeria, France, Germany, Brazil, Qatar P: watchmen productions GmbH, MPM Film, Inflamavel (Latitudes)


• OECONOMIA by Carmen Losmann, 89mins, Germany, P: Petrolio Film GmbH, (Grand Angle?)


• ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SPOON by Pierre Borel, Lea Lanoë, 18mins, France, Germany (Opening Scenes)


• THE PAGEANT by Eytan Ipeker, 82mins, Turkey, France, Israel, Germany P: KAMARA, weltfilm,... (Compétition Internationale Longs Métrages)


• PURPLE SEA by Amel Alzakout, Khaled Abdulwahed, 67mins, Germany P: pong film GmbH, (International Feature Film Competition)


• SING ME A SONG by Thomas Balmès, Switzerland, France, Germany WS: dogwoof, (Grand Angle)


• AN UNUSUAL SUMMER by Kamal Aljafari, 80mins, Germany, Palestine  (Burning Lights)

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• 51 Visions du Réel, Nyon 2020
• 50 Visions du Réel, Nyon 2019
• 49 Visions du Réel, Nyon 2018

It's not over till it's over! CPH:DOX 2020 continues online until April 30 with an extensive selection of documentaries, available for everyone based in Denmark.

CPH:CONFERENCE 2020 live on Facebook
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­Due to the current global situation, the CPH:CONFERENCE will be streamed live between Monday, 23rd and Friday 27th of March on the CPH:DOX Facebook page - no accreditation is needed, the access is for free for everyone. Please find below a short overview of the updated schedule. For more programme details please visit CPH:CONFERENCE.

Monday 23 March, 14.00 – 16.00 GMT+1
Science is Culture
Curated and moderated by Jessica Harrop, Sandbox Films. Together with an array of invited guests she will explore new approaches to science communication, engaging new audiences who do not think of themselves as science enthusiasts.

Tuesday 24 March, 13.00 – 16.00 GMT+1
Art, Technology & Change: The Descent of Man
The host of the day is Mark Atkin, Crossover Labs. Mark will explore the role of the human in the Age of the Machine. He is joined by artists and thinkers who are questioning the place of (hu)man in our society and explore whether the interconnectedness of species extends to intelligent machines.

Wednesday 25 March, 12.00 – 16.00 GMT+1
Tackling Disruption: Industry, Platforms, Audiences
Host of the day is CEO and founder of Storytek Sten-Kristian Saluveer. Documentaries are more relevant today than ever... if only they reach the right audiences at the right time, through the right format, mastering platforms and data, and embracing converging forms of storytelling. Meet the frontrunners that are preparing the industry for tomorrow.

Thursday 26 March, 13.00 – 16.00 GMT+1
Making Media Matter when the World is on Fire
Hosted by Patricia Finneran, executive director at Story Matters. While the climate crisis rages and political divisions turn violent, how do we ensure that our movies matter, and who will fund them? Hear from global leaders in impact entertainment and a new crop of funders investing in real stories for change.

Friday 27 March, 13.00 – 16.00 GMT+1
Documenting the Future
The CPH:CONFERECE concludes with a a day curated and moderated by CO-Founder of DIS Lauren Boyle. While imagining new possibilities doesn't guarantee making them come true, it sets the stage for new potentialities. How can documentary practice not only capture what has happened, but what could happen? Hear from artists, filmmakers, and thinkers who find truth through fiction or the fictional in everyday truths.

CPH:CONFERENCE is presented in partnership with and in the framework of CPH:DOX, Copenhagen.


 

 Stay healthy!

 

CPH:INDUSTRY online activities

• CPH:FORUM is CPH:DOX’s financing and co-production event dedicated to facilitate the development and financing of creative and visually strong film projects with international potential, whether they are features, series or new media projects. CPH:FORUM 2020 will take place in a digital version.
  Click here for the CPH:FORUM 2020 online schedule March 23-27, 2020


• CPH:MARKET is a curated film market that reflects CPH:DOX’s overall commitment to visually and artistically strong documentary films and offers professionals easy access to an extensive line-up of 165 contemporary documentary titles selected for CPH:DOX 2020.
  The online curated video library at Cinando is open to professionals during the entire festival 18-29 March 2020 and 30 days afterwards online through their CPH:DOX profile page.


• CPH:LAB is CPH:DOX’s talent development programme that encourages creative risk taking, celebrates raw talent, facilitates collaboration across borders and business sectors and supports visionaries to push the existing boundaries of documentary filmmaking.
  This year the CPH:LAB participants will present their projects online to accredited guest on Kaleidoscope.fund on Thursday March 26 from 17:00-18:30. Pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings will be held on Friday March 27.

CPH:DOX 2020 is set to roll out in a digital version

In the light of the global COVID19-situation, this year CPH:DOX is rolling out in a digital version. The festival has partnered with Festival Scope to make an online film and talk programme available for a local audience. If you are based in Denmark, find out here how to participate in the festival. If you have an industry or press accreditation, more info will follow soon.
We have had three days to create a brand new platform. If it isn’t working optimally, we promise that we will fix it. We have technicians working around the clock to help us. If you experience technical issues, please contact us at hotline@cphdox.dk or by phone on: +45 33 9307 34

1) At cphdox.dk/online you will find the program of films with additional debates and Q&A’s, that can be watched in the period 18th March – 5th ofApril. More films are being added as we go along, so don’t fear if yourfavourite film is not there yet! It might appear at some point.
2) Choose the film you want to see and start watching by clicking the ”Rent6€” button and creating your personal user.
3) Enjoy the brand new virtual festival experience!

  The full programme for CPH:DOX 2020 was announced on February 20, 2020, with 52% of the 65 titles in competition directed by one or more female directors.

LineUp of German documentary productions and co-productions: 

• ACASA, MY HOME by Radu Ciorniciuc, 85min coP: CORSO Film, WS: auTLOOK. [Romania, Germany, Finland]


• BRING DOWN THE WALLS by Phil Collins, P: Shady Lane Productions [USA, Germany]


• CHAINED (Agora II) by Yorgos Avgeropoulos, Commissioning Editor: Jutta Krug [Greece, Germany]


• CUNNINGHAM by Alla Kovgan, 93min, WS: dogwoof [USA, France, Germany]


• FAMILY ROMANCE by Werner Herzog, 89min P: Roc Morin, WS: Film Constellation. [USA, Germany]


• FANTAVENTURA by Mike Robbins, Harmke Heezen, 45min, interaktiv, P: Gebrueder Beetz Filmprod. [Germany]


• GARAGE PEOPLE | GARAGENVOLK by Natalija Yefimkina, 93min, P: Tamtam Film, WS: Rise And Shine World Sales [Germany]


• HEIMAT IS A SPACE IN TIME | HEIMAT IST EIN RAUM AUS ZEIT by Thomas Heise, 219min, P: ma.ja.de., Navigator Film WS: Deckert Distribution [Germany, Austria]


• LOST IN FACE by Valentin Riedl, 81min, P: CORSO Film, WS: NEW DOCS [Germany]


• LOVEMOBIL by Elke Margarete Lehrenkrauss, 103min, P: Elke Margarete Lehrenkrauss [Germany]


• MARTIN MARGIELA: IN HIS OWN WORDS by Reiner Holzemer, 90min WS: dogwoof [Belgium, Germany]


• ME & MY ROBOT by Mark Decena, 38min, [international]


• NOW by Jim Rakete, 74min, P: Starhaus Produktionen GmbH WS: The Party Film Sales [Germany]


• OECONOMIA by Carmen Losmann, 89min, P: Petrolio Film GmbH WS: Deckert Distribution [Germany]


• PERFECT BLACK by Tom Fröhlich, 76min, P: Neue Celluloid Fabrik [Germany]


• SPACE DOGS by Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, 90min, WS: Deckert Distribution. [Germany]


• SPACE CLEANERS by Marco Hülser, 23min, P: Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg [Germany]


• SING ME A SONG by Thomas Balmés, 99min, WS: Dogwoof [France, Germany, Switzerland]


• THE TREE HOUSE by Truong Minh Quy, 84min P: Xiao-Dong Guo, WS: Levo Films [Vietnam, Singapore, China, France, Germany]


• THIS IS NOT A MOVIE by Yung Chang, 106min coP: SUTOR KOLONKO [Canada, Germany]


• TRACES by Aysun Bademsoy, 90min, P: ma.ja.de. Filmprod. WS: Deckert Distribution [Germany]


• VIVOS by Ai Weiwei, 112min WS: Cinephil [Germany, Mexico]


• WE HOLD THE LINE by Marc Wiese, 93min, WS: MAGNETFILM [Germany]


• WOOD by Monica Lazurean-Gorgan, Michaela Kirst, Ebba Sinzinger, coP: FILMTANK [Austria, Germany, Romania]

 articles:
CPH:DOX unveils 2020 competition line-up with 50/50 gender split (exclusive) by Orlando Parfitt

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• CPH:DOX 2020
• CPH:DOX 2019

27 Hot Docs 2020
• postponed the festival’s public screenings 
• pivots the onsite industry market to a digital offering

Hot Docs Industry All-Access Online
The Doc Shop, our secure viewing room, will be this year’s hub for industry content. The content will be accessible from April 30 to May 31, and includes: 

• Hot Docs Forum: Video-captured pitches and feedback from the industry’s leading decision makers.

• Professional Development Sessions: Close Up With... sessions, Micro-Meetings, and a selection of COVID-19 and industry-focused sessions will be available to support documentary productions in this new paradigm. There will also be resources on emergency funding and mental health. 

• 2020 Festival Film Selections: Discover and enjoy a curated selection of this year’s festival films.
Available in The Doc Shop.

• Upload Your Film: One upload of your finished or rough-cut film to The Doc Shop, where buyers and decision makers can access it and connect with you directly about sales opportunities. Capacity limited.

• NEW! Online Guide to Decision Makers: A digital guide to the companies and decision makers participating in this year’s market programs.

In addition, Hot Docs Deal Maker and Distribution Rendezvous will proceed as planned, with Hot Docs facilitating these curated pitch meetings between participants.

 27 Hot Docs  announced the full list of 2020 Festival selections!

LineUp of German productions and co-productions :

• ALL HER DYING LOVERS by Anna Benner, Eluned Zoe Aiano, 6min


• THE CHIMNEY SWIFT | DER SCHORNSTEINFEGER by Frédéric Schuld, 5min P: Fabian&Fred GmbH


• COMFORT ZONE | KOMFORTZONE by Jonas Egert, 24min P: Emilia Möbus, HFF Munich
  


• THE FORUM by Marcus Vetter, 116min P: Gebrüder Beetz Filmprod., Dschoint Ventschr Filmprod.


• HONG KONG MOMENTS by Bing Zhou, 90min coP: Gebrüder Beetz Filmprod.,


• JUST A GUY by Shoko Hara, 15min P: Stefan Michel, Studio Seufz.


• MEIN VIETNAM by Tim Ellrich, Thi Hien Mai, 70min P: Filmakademie Ludwigsburg,


• MERRY CHRISTMAS, YIWU by Mladen Kovacevic, 94min WS: Deckert Distribution 


• SUMMERWAR | SOMMERKRIEG by Moritz Schulz. 78min P: Filmakademie Ludwigsburg,


• THE WALL OF SHADOWS by Eliza Kubarska, 94min P: CORSO Film , Braidmade Films .


• WOOD by Monica Lãzurean-Gorgan, Michaela Kirst, Ebba Sinzinger, 95min coP: FILMTANK .

CLOSE UP WITH... SESSIONS
Learn what commissioners and funders are looking for—right from the source! Featuring A24 Documentaries, ARTE France, Al Jazeera English - Witness, NHK and NHK Enterprises, Radio Télévision Suisse and Sveriges Television (SVT).

DIGITAL GUIDE TO DECISION MAKERS
This valuable resource, featuring company profiles, contact information and more, is now available to all registered industry delegates via the Hot Docs Online Community.
See Decision Makers >> .

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• 26 Hot Docs 2019 .
• 25 Hot Docs 2018

JUNE 2020 Information:
BACK TO BUSINESS OFFER €375.-
Holding MIPCOM and MIPJunior in a safe environment
10-11 October / 12-15 October 2020
Second Call for German producers
 

SEE YOU IN CANNES?

MIPTV & MIPDOC 2020 goes online

SORRY, we will not get face to face at Palais -1 Stand N° P-1.A50 during MIPTV & MIPDOC March 28—April 2, 2020, Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France. BUT the latest edition of our catalogue is available for download here: german documentaries 2020.

MIPTV & MIPDOC 2020  has been cancelled due to concerns related to the COVID-19 and takes place online.
MIPTV Online+, a free service for MIPTV, MIPDoc & MIPFormats 2020 delegates, launches Monday, March 30. Featuring screenings, showcases, pitches & market intelligence sessions, it's the next best thing to the real thing! Meet the Producers to Watch! Check out the curated list of international producers, with global potential across drama, factual, formats and kids, and bring great stories to life. Download the full list, and find out more about MIPTV Online+ now!

 goes online

 

MIPTV - The Global Content Market for the Future takes places as MIPTV ONLINE+
Starting from March 30, Connect to miptv.com, log in and access premium MIPTV, MIPDOC & MIPFormats content curation, resources and tools by using the new MIPTV online+ service. Watch project pitches, tune in to exclusive market intelligence presentations and networking online in the comfort of your office or home.

March 28-29 2020 the SCREENINGS LIBRARY comes to Your home! 

Sabine Pollmeier, Anja Unger, Björn Jensen 
Let's get face to face next year!

 MIPTV – The Global Content Market for the Future,
April 12—15, 2021 - Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France
4 days of opportunities
• launch and discover new content • forge partnerships • negotiate financing and distribution agreements
• find co-production opportunities • explore the latest trends.

 MIPDoc - The world’s largest conference and co-production marketplace and screenings library for the factual community.
April 10-11, 2021 at Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France.

Cannes 2018 with german documentaries 2018

german documentaries 2020 published at EFM durng the 70 Berlinale
Sadly, not available in Cannes April 2020

Cannes, MIPTV & MIPDOC April 2019, german documentaries 2019 

Find the PDF of the newest edtition as well as those of the past decade german documentaries catalogue here or browse german documntaries online.

Watch german documentaries in MIPDoc's Screenings Library, the perfect destination for creators, producers and distributors to stand out to the Factual Industry most influential leaders. This time at your office or home.

Let's get face to face April 2021!

MIPTV 20.20 registered Buyers & Commissioners as of February 7, 2020.

directed by Feras Fayyad , co-produced by Heino Deckert [ma.ja.de.] and Sigrid Dyekjær [Danish Documentary Production]

Editor Per K. Kirkegaard is proud of THE CAVE's road to the Oscars. The documentary from filmmaker Feras Fayyad immerses viewers into the Syrian Civil War, showing the brutality and tragedy of the conflict. Fayyad and his team shot in the heart of Syria, amid bombings, over a five-year period. “We are so glad we can give the people of Syria a voice,” Kirkegaard says. “Getting to the Oscars means we can get the message out to society about what is going on.” (read the whole article here ‘The Cave’ Editor on Cutting Syrian Civil War Footage: ‘It Was Like Hell Going Into Work Every Day’ by Jazz Tangcay)

Dr. Amani Ballour and the brave DoPs of THE CAVE.
Cinema for Peace gave money for her foundation 

 

 Postponed due to COVID-19.

iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Festival is the only documentary genre-specific film festival in Nigeria. The festival has grown in popularity since its inception in 2011 and has been widely attended by filmmakers from different parts of the World.

The iRepresent International Film Festival
has announced the theme for it's 10th Anniversary.

AFRICA IN SELF-CONVERSATION

From March 19th to the 22nd, @irepfilmfestival will host the world with the foremost Documentary Film gathering in Lagos, Nigeria.
The Conceptual framework of iREPRESENT Documentary Film Forum is AFRICA IN SELF-CONVERSATION, and it is designed to promote awareness about the power of documentary format to serve as a means of deepening and sharing social and cultural education as well as encouraging participatory democracy in our societies.
iREP is conceptualized to create a platform of awareness and expression for aspiring and practising filmmakers who are creating socially relevant documentary films to positively impact our world. To fully engage an array of trans-cultural creativity, iREP will provide a forum for everyone’s ingenuity to be showcased without prejudice to style or subject. iREP celebrates the ever-expanding world of documentary films by inviting talents from across the globe to share ideas on trends and technological advancements in the format.

Johannes Preuss, producer and director of NOLLYWOOD — FILMBUSINESS AFRICAN STYLE is invited to attend the festival with his documentary.

Discussions
Keynote Presentations and Panel Discussions are important parts of the festival programming. Over the years, iREP has attracted some of the most brilliants minds in visual arts to speak at the festival, this includes Professor Manthia Diawara, Jane Mote, Jihan El Tahir, Professor Awam Amkpa, Professor Niyi Coker, Wehinmi Atigbi, Emeka Mba, Sandra Obiago, and many more.
Beyond keynotes and panel discussion, there is also "In-Conversation". This brings a leader of thought in filmmaking or film theory in conversation with the community of filmmakers present at the festival, it is an in-depth interaction that goes beyond the top-down approach of paper presentations.

Training and Workshops
Through the iREP Training and workshop platform, we have been able to train over 200 young and upcoming filmmakers in the rudiments of filmmaking and understanding of the documentary film art. The goal of the training is to introduce more young filmmakers in Nigeria to the art of documentary films and to increase their interest in the art form. Some of the participants in our workshops have gone on to make their own films with some of them winning awards.

Producers Round Table
The Producer's Round Table has come to be known for insightful discussions that are solution driven and engage producers in a pro-active prognosis into the opportunities that can grow impact of the documentary film genre. This is usually an idea exchange opportunity that filmmakers look forward to and it also provides a ground for international collaboration and co-production.

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Best Documentary goes  to  RULES OF THE ASSEMBLY LINE, AT HIGH SPEED  by Yulia Lokshina 

The Audience Award Documentary goes to LOST IN FACE by Valentin Riedl as well as  Best Score Documentary for Antimo Sorgente.

 CONGRATULATION!

 For 41 years, the Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival has been dedicated to the presentation and promotion of young German-language films. With its focus exclusively on works by new talents from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg, the Max Ophüls Prize is regarded as the most important young film festival in the German-speaking world.

 LineUp of German productions — competition documentary: 

• A PERFECT RUN | DER PERFEKTE RUN by Lea Becker, 94min P: Jupiter Fiction, HFF Munich


• FRITSCH'S FLUB | FRITSCH'S PFUSCH by Lisa Wagner, 79min, P: Pulverfilm


• GLITTER AND DUST | GLITZER UND STAUB by Anna Koch, Julia Lemke, 91min, P: FLARE FILM GmbH


• KIW by Frederik Arens Grandin, 73min, P: Blinker Filmprod.


• LOST IN FACE by Valentin Riedl, 81min, P: CORSO Film


• PASSION PLAYS | PASSIONSSPIELE by Luka Lara Steffen, 76min P: KHM


• RULES OF THE ASSEMBLY LINE, AT HIGH SPEED | REGELN AM BAND, BEI HOHER GESCHWINDIGKEIT by Yulia Lokshina, 92min, P: wirFILM GmbH & HFF


• SILVIA IS MY NAME by Max Benyo, 63min, P: Max Benyo & Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF


• SUMMERWAR | SOMMERKRIEG by Moritz Schulz, 78min, P: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg


• STANDING IN FRONT OF MANY HOUSES by Ekaterina Reinbold, 68min

Rosa von Praunheim

...and the Award of Honour 2020 goes to Rosa von Praumheim

"Countless contributions in the past 40 years of our up-and-coming film festival would never have come about without the influence and work of Rosa von Praunheim. For the young talents, but also for our society, he is an unconditional role model in his multi-faceted work," says festival director Svenja Böttger. "We are very pleased to award Rosa von Praunheim with the festival's honorary prize for his inspiration and encouragement to us all to draw art from the heart".

download the PDF with the whole program of 41ffmop2020 here

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• 41 Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2020
• 40 Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2019

See you next year

 

Planning in view of the Corona crisis 35 DOK.fest Munich, May 6–17, 2020
In view of current developments and the ban on major events until 19 April 2020, we are examining all the conditions for holding our festival from 6 to 17 May 2020. The DOK.fest Munich team is currently continuing to work on the planning and organisation of this year's festival. At the same time, we are of course monitoring further developments and are in contact with the responsible authorities and our partners. In the event that no major events can take place in May, we are working on a plan B. We will keep you up to date.

The 34th edition of DOK.fest Munich presents 159 films from 51 countries at 20 venues in the city, categorised in 12 sections. Such as DOK.international, the international competition of the festival. 13 documentaries compete for the VIKTOR Main Competition, worth 10,000 EUR. DOK.horizonte with films about countries undergoing transition, nominated for the VIKTOR DOK.horizonte. DOK.panorama shows innovative productions from all over the world mapping the diversity and current trends of documentary storytelling. 24 of the 36 films are premieres, discoveries that have not been seen on German screens. DOK.deutsch — documentaries with people and events in German speaking countries. Student Award — the student competition of DOK.fest Munich presents outstanding documentary films by students of German-speaking film schools, nominated for the Megaherz Student Award. DOK.focus humaNature with films tracing the connection betweenman and nature. Munich Premieres with documentaries by directors or producers based in Munich.  DOK.network Africa filmmakers and audiences from Germany and African countries meet on eye-level: the role of documentary films, filmmaking and perceptions of each other are on the agenda. DOK.4teens [DOK.education] with documentaries recommended for people from the age of 14. DOK.special works together with cultural and social institutions and the media industry, with films about particular events and topics at often unusual places in the heart of Munich. BEST OF FESTS with a total number of 21 films that have already been shown and awarded at international festivals. Nine of them are German premieres. DOK.guest Russia with six documentaries answering the question "What is people’s everyday life like in the vast country from the Polar Sea to China and its diverse ethnicities?"

STRESS TESTING AND GRETCHENFRAGE
click picture for the opening speech of the festival director Daniel Sponsel

GANZ GROSSES KINO — CINEMA AT IT'S BEST with four German documentary productions and co-productions premiering in the Deutsche Theater:

• THE WHALE AND THE RAVEN by Mirjam Leuze, 93min, P: busse & halberschmidt. Opening film.


• ANOTHER REALITY by Noël Dernesch, Olli Waldhauer, 100min,  P: elemag pictures GmbH, IT'S US Media, Cognito Films GmbH,  •


• MISSION LIFELINE by Markus Weinberg, Luise Baumgarten, 67min P: ravir film GbR •


• THE RED LINE — RESISTANCE IN HAMBACH FOREST | DIE ROTE LINIE – WIDERSTAND IM HAMBACHER FORST by Karin de Miguel Wessendorf, 116min, P: Thurn Film

 ALL awarded documentaries of 34 DOK.fest 2019 are screened on Sunday May 19 2019.

AWARD WINNING german documentaries 2019 

German Documentary Film Music Award 2019 goes to Jana Irmert for her work with STRESS by Florian Baron. "The special way in which Jana Irmert combines composition and film not only reflects the destructive tension and the permanent psychological state of alarm of the severely traumatised young war veterans, but also creates an important space for the sound of the words that characterises the content, thus creating an echo chamber for the audience's thoughts and feelings. In her soundtrack to STRESS, the composer dissolves the boundaries between sound design and musical composition in a virtuoso and at the same time self-evident way, thus creating a sound cosmos that, through uncompromising reduction, generates brutal knowledge." according to the jury.

 

VFF Documentary Film Production Award 2019 goes to Fabian Driehorst - Fabian&Fred GmbH - producer of BOY OF WAR by Cyprien Clément-Delmas and Igor Kosenko. 
'The film consistently pursues a difficult topic: a young man from the Ukraine dedicates his life to the fascination of war and wants nothing more than to finally move to the real battlefield. Directors and producers encounter this life plan without prejudice and curiously. The company works without smoke and mirrors. Not only do they run full financial risk, they also accept to shoot in dangerous war and crisis scenes. With this award we reward the high commitment of the producer, his firm belief in this mysterious material in which war becomes a cult, and his great willingness to take risks' according to the jury. Members of the jury are Birgit Schulz (CEO of BILDERSTURM Filmprod. GmBH and last year winner), Prof. Ulrich Limmer (Collina Filmrod. GmbH & HFF Munich) and Thomas Frickel (AG DOK chairman).

FairFilmAward Non-Fiction 2019  is presented by the members of Crew United with the support of numerous industry associations, including the FVSW Filmverband Südwest and honors production companies offering particularly fair working conditions.
The winner are Andrea Haas-Blenske, Volker Schmidt-Sondermann, CEO's of the production company Ifage Filmproduktion GmbH and the two other nominies have been Flare Film GmbH as well as
Bilderfest Factual Entertainment.

DOK.fest Award of the SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit 2019  Focus on young life worlds - the DOK.fest Award of the SOS Children's Villages worldwide honours documentary films that tell an outstanding story from the perspective of children and young people. The award is endowed with 3,000 euros. The award is sponsored by B.O.A. Videofilmkunst. Joost Vandebrug receives this award 2019 for his debut film BRUCE LEE & THE OUTLAW. He accompanied the Bucharest street boy Nicu for six years. Nicu found a home at Bruce Lees, the king of the underworld, at his underground tunnels. He gets food and something like a family. But drugs are omnipresent, like the silver Aurolac that the children constantly inhale with their plastic bags.
The nominated german documentaries have been BEFORE FATHER GETS BACK by Mari Gulbiani. In a Georgian village from which many men have left for Syria, two girls escape the common longing for their fathers through the magic of cinema. GODS OF MOLENBEEK by Reetta Huhtanen. The friends Amine and Aatos live in the same house. Their universe is about spiders, the search for God and one day about terror, which changes life in their district Molenbeek. A contemporary childhood study far removed from all clichés. ISIS, TOMORROW. The Lost Souls of Mosul by Francesca Mannocchi, Alessio RomenziISIS may have lost the war, but the simple act of surrender cannot erase the deadly ideology. What happens to the youngest losers (and their mothers) who have no memory of a world before ISIS?.   Click for all of the nominees here.

VIKTOR Main Competition DOK.international goes to
DER NACKTE KÖNIG – 18 FRAGMENTE ÜBER REVOLUTION | REVOLUTION REVISITED by Andreas Hoessli, 107min, Polen/Switzerland/Germany [DOK.international] "We recognize a precise psychological portrait of a perpetually shattering world. As this essay moves across time, it transcends the power of record and documentation alone, to survey the remains of revolution, in conversation with romanticism and limitation." Sponsored by Bayerischer Rundfunk and Global Screen, worth 10,000 Euros

FFF Bayern Documentary Talent Award goes to CONGO CALLING by Stephan Hilpert, 90min, Germany [Münchner Premieren]
"Stephan Hilpert's CONGO CALLING tells the story of the dilemma of European development aid and its failure, both large and small, in a reserved and yet very close way. The fact that this cinematic balancing act succeeds is not least due to the unobtrusive and at the same time precise camera, which takes the viewer on a journey into the politically restless heart of Africa."
Sponsored by FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, worth 5,000 Euros, for upcoming Bavarian directors

VIKTOR DOK.horizonte goes to ESTA TODO BIEN - IT'S ALL GOOD by Tuki Jencquel, 70min, [DOK.horizonte] 
"In his cleverly constructed documentary film Tuki Jencquel recounts how the people in Venezuela are suffering from a shortage of medicines and a real exodus of doctors who are migrating abroad. Patients for whom the lack of medicinal supplies amounts to a death sentence; young doctors who have decided to stay against the odds; and despairing pharmacists whose shops stand empty are used as examples by the director to reveal what is seldom shown in news coverage on the subject."
Sponsored by Petra-Kelly-Stiftung, worth 3,000 Euros

megaherz Student Award goes to
IN SEARCH... by Beryl Magoko, 90min, [megaherz student award]
"IN SEARCH ... is personal research and political act at the same time, told in a humorous and touching way, without ever being judgmental or dogmatic. It is a difficult subject, not captivating by its dramatization, but precisely by the opposite. Here, film aesthetics and concept step into the background in favour of the director's immediate gaze, thereby creating a space for the incomprehensible yet deeply human"
Sponsored by megaherz, worth 3,000 Euros

Special Mention Student Award goes to ANOTHER LIFE by Jan Prazak, 72min, DE/A, [megaherz student award]

BR kinokino Audience Award goes to
ANOTHER REALITY by Noël Dernesch, Olli Waldhauer, 100min, Switzerland/Germany [DOK.deutsch]
Awarded by kinokino, the film magazine of Bayerischer Rundfunk.

BR kinokino Audience Award goes to  MISSION LIFELINE by Markus Weinberg, Luise Baumgarten, 67min, Germany [DOK.panorama]

Best Doks - Shortlist Megaherz Student Award .
• IN SEARCH... by Beryl Magoko, 90min, [megaherz student award]
• TIERE | ANIMALS by Jonas Spriestersbach, 75min,  [megaherz student award]

Best Doks Shortlist
• BRUDERLIEBE | DEAR BROTHER by Julia Horn, 106min,  [DOK.deutsch]
• CLOSING TIME by Nicole Vögele, 116min, Switzerland/Germany [DOK.international]
• NO GOLD FOR KALSAKA by Michel K. Zongo, 79min, Burkina Faso/DE [DOK.horizonte]
• ANOTHER REALITY by Noël Dernesch, Olli Waldhauer, 100min, Switzerland/Germany [DOK.deutsch]
• DER NACKTE KÖNIG – 18 FRAGMENTE ÜBER REVOLUTION | REVOLUTION REVISITED by Andreas Hoessli, 107min, Polen/Switzerland/Germany [DOK.international]

Best Doks - Audience Favourite
• LIONHEARTED — OUT OF COVER | LIONHEARTED – AUS DER DECKUNG by Antje Drinnenberg, 93min, Germany [Münchner Premieren]
• SEARCHING EVA by Pia Hellenthal, 84min, Germany  [BEST OF FESTS]
• I AM ANASTASIA by Thomas Ladenburger, 95min, [DOK.deutsch]
•TANZ AUF DEM VULKAN by Maya Reichert, 90min, [Münchner Premieren]

Best Doks Shortlist DOK.deutsch
• ANOTHER REALITY by Noël Dernesch, Olli Waldhauer, 100min, Switzerland/Germany [DOK.deutsch]
• BRUDERLIEBE | DEAR BROTHER by Julia Horn, 106min,  [DOK.deutsch]
• OUT OF PLACE by Friederike Güssefeld, 80min, Germany [DOK.deutsch]

LineUp german documentary productions and co-productions

• 100 MILLION VIEWS by Itamar Rose, 60min, Israel/Germany [DOK.special]


• ANOTHER LIFE by Jan Prazak, 72min, DE/A, [megaherz student award]


• ANOTHER REALITY by Noël Dernesch, Olli Waldhauer, 100min, Switzerland/Germany [DOK.deutsch]


• AQUARELA by Victor Kossakovsky, 90min, [DOK.focus humaNature]


• AUS LIEBE ZUM ÜBERLEBEN by Bertram Verhaag, 86min [Münchner Premieren]


• BASTARD IN MIND by Sobo Swobodnik, 86min, [DOK.deutsch]


• BEFORE FATHER GETS BACK by Mari Gulbiani, 75min,  [DOK.horizonte]


• BOY OF WAR by Cyprien Clement-Delmas, Igor Kosenko, 79min [DOK.special]


• BRUDERLIEBE | DEAR BROTHER by Julia Horn, 106min,  [DOK.deutsch]


• CLOSING TIME by Nicole Vögele, 116min, Switzerland/Germany [DOK.international]


• COFFEE & MISUNDERSTANDINGS - FOREVER FLÜCHTLING II by Annelie Boros, Anja Scharf, 11min [DOK.special]


• CONGO CALLING by Stephan Hilpert, 90min, Germany [Münchner Premieren]


• DEAD SEA DYING byRebecca Zehr, Katharina Rabl, 29min,  [megaherz student award]


• DOPPELGÄNGER by Michaela Taschek, 20min, [megaherz student award]


• DRAW A LINE – RICHARD SIEGAL AND THE BALLET OF DIFFERENCE by Benedict Mirow, 85min, Germany/Nigeria [Münchner Premieren]


• EL PESO DEL ORO by Yves Itzek, Milosz Zmiejewski, Oscar Diaz, 30min,   [megaherz student award]


• ESTA TODO BIEN - IT'S ALL GOOD by Tuki Jencquel, 70min, [DOK.horizonte]


• EYE CANDY by Katharina Kraft, 60min,  [megaherz student award]


• FEBRUARY 27TH  by Marie-Therese Jakoubek, 44min, [megaherz student award]


• FOOTBALL-MAD | FUSSBALLVERRÜCKT by Manuele Deho, 91min, Germany [Münchner Premieren]


• GODS OF MOLENBEEK by Reetta Huhtanen, 73min, Finland/Germany, [DOK.international]


• DIE GRUBE | THE PIT by Hristiana Raykova, 73min, [megaherz student award]


• GRUPPE SPUR – DIE MALER DER ZUKUNFT by Sabine Zimmer, 85min, Germany [DOK.spezial]


• HAMADA by Eloy Dominguez Serén, 88min SE/DE  [DOK.horizonte]


• HÖHENFLÜGE | HIGHFLYER by Lena Leonhardt, 88min [DOK.deutsch]


• I AM ANASTASIA by Thomas Ladenburger, 95min, [DOK.deutsch]


• IN MEINER HAUT | IN MY SKIN by Anna-Sophia Richard, 72min,  [megaherz student award]


• DAS INNERE LEUCHTEN |  THE INNER LIGHT by Stefan Sick, 95min, [DOK.panorama]


• ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS by Gabrielle Brady, 94min, UK/Germany/Australia [BEST OF FESTS]


• IN SEARCH... by Beryl Magoko, 90min, [megaherz student award]


• VERLORENE SEELEN - DIE KINDER DES IS | ISIS, TOMORROW. THE LOST SOULS OF MOSUL by rancesca Mannocchi, Alessio Romenzi, 80min, [DOK.international]


• KABUL, CITY IN THE WIND by Aboozar Amini, 88min, The Netherlands/Germany/Afghanistan, [BEST OF FESTS]


• KINDER | KIDS by Nina Wesemann, 77min, Germany [Münchner Premieren]


• DIE KINDER DER UTOPIE | CHILDREN OF UTOPIA by Hubertus Siegert, 82min [DOK.panorama]


• KLAUS WILDENHAHN. DIRECT! PUBLIC AND PRIVATE by Quinka F. Stoehr ©2010
  


• DER KRIEG IN MIR | THE WAR IN ME by Sebastian Heinzel, 83min, Switzerland/Germany [DOK.deutsch]


• LAS HERMANAS DE ROCINANTE by  Alexandra Kaufmann, 82min [DOK.internatinal]


• LET THE BELL RING by Christin Freitag, 90min,  [megaherz student award]


• LIONHEARTED – OUT OF COVER | LIONHEARTED – AUS DER DECKUNG by Antje Drinnenberg, 93min, Germany [Münchner Premieren]


• LOVEMOBIL by Elke Margarete Lehrenkrauss, 103min, Germany, [DOK.deutsch]


• MANN AUF BLAU by Friedrich Tiedtke, 12min,  [megaherz student award]


• MASTER OF DISASTER by J.rg Haaßengier, Jürgen Brügger, 79min, Switzerland/Germany,  [DOK.deutsch]


• MISSION LIFELINE by Markus Weinberg, Luise Baumgarten, 67min, Germany [DOK.panorama]


• MORGEN, WENN DIE HUNDE SCHLAFEN by Louis Marioth, 15min [megaherz student award]


• MURGHAB by Martin Saxer, Daler Kaziev, 81min, Germany [Münchner Premieren]


• DER NACKTE KÖNIG – 18 FRAGMENTE ÜBER REVOLUTION | REVOLUTION REVISITED by Andreas Hoessli, 107min, Polen/Switzerland/Germany [DOK.international]


• NO GOLD FOR KALSAKA by Michel K. Zongo, 79min, Burkina Faso/DE [DOK.horizonte]


• O‘PFLANZT IS – 6 JAHRE GEMEINSCHAFTSGARTEN by Mickel Rentsch, 99min [Münchner Premieren]


• OUT OF PLACE by Friederike Güssefeld, 80min, Germany [DOK.deutsch]


• PHIL UND DAS TRAURIGSEIN by Marco Giacopuzzi, 25min [DOK.education]


• THE RAFT  | FLOTTEN by Marcus Lindeen, 90min. Sweden/Danmark/USA/Germany [BEST OF FESTS]


• LOS REYES by Bettina Perut, Ivan Osnovikoff, 77min, Chile/Germany [DOK.panorama]


• THE RED LINE — RESISTANCE IN HAMBACH FOREST | DIE ROTE LINIE – VOM WIDERSTAND IM HAMBACHER FORST by Karin de Miguel Wessendorf, 115min, Germany [DOK.focus humaNature]


• SATYA – ROUGHCUTS OF LIFE by Karuna A. Fuchs, Elisa Maria Nadal, 97min, [megaherz student award]


• SEARCHING EVA by Pia Hellenthal, 84min, Germany  [BEST OF FESTS]


• SPIRIT OF THE BALL by Murad Abu Eisheh, 90min, Germany, [DOK.special]


• STRESS by Florian Baron, 80min, Germany [DOK.special]


• STRONGER THAN FEARS by Tobias Rehm, 85min, [DOK.deutsch


• TAHRIIB by Lisa-Ena Ottenschläger, 5min, Germany [megaherz student award]


• TALKING ABOUT TREES by Suhaib Gasmelbari, 93min [DOK.network Africa]


• TANZ AUF DEM VULKAN by Maya Reichert, 90min, [Münchner Premieren]


• THINKING LIKE A MOUNTAIN by Alexander Hick, 93min,Germany/Colombia [Münchner Premieren]


• TIERE | ANIMALS by Jonas Spriestersbach, 75min,  [megaherz student award]


• UNA PRIMAVERA by Valentina Primavera, 80min Austria/Germany [megaherz student award]


• VERTEIDIGER DES GLAUBENS | DEFENDER OF THE FAITH by Christoph Röhl, 90min, Germany [DOK.panorama]


• WIR IM WALD - FOREVER FLÜCHTLING I by Dirk Schaefer  [DOK.special]


• WAR OF ART by Tommy Gulliksen, 82min, Norway/Germany  [DOK.panorama]


• WARUM ICH HIER BIN | WHY I AM HERE by Susanne Mi-Son Quester, 65min, [DOK.4teens]


• WENN WIR ERST TANZEN | ONCE WE ARE DANCING by Dirk Heth, Olaf Winkler, Dirk Lienig, 93min, Germany [DOK.deutsch]


• THE WHALE AND THE RAVEN by Mirjam Leuze, 101min, Germany/Canada [DOK.international]


• WOODSTOCK by Barak Goodman, 97min, USA/Germany [DOK.panorama]


• DIE QUELLEN SPRECHEN www.die-quellen-sprechen.de (lecture with prepremiere screening of parts of the film)

DOK.special in memoriam  This year we mourn the death of four pioneers of European documentary film who have shaped the style of entire generations. Four great names closely interwoven with the history of the 20th century: Agnès Varda, Marceline Joridan-Ivens, Claude Lanzmann and Klaus Wildenhahn,  founding member of AG DOK.

 

AG DOK Brunch in the back yard of Hansa-Haus, Brienner Straße 39, starts 11o'clock on Sunday, May 12, 2019. Visitors of DOK.fest Munich wellcome.

Sunday, May 12, 14 o'clock at the HFF: Deutschland – Doku-Land symposium with Fritz Wolf, hosted by AG DOK - Germany Documentary Association.

SPEED DATING for women in the film business and editors of TVstations. May 10, 2019, 19:00 - 21:30 at the HFF Munich.
Registration ended April 29, 2019.

Oragnizing this event ProQuote Film, AG DOK and BVR will give participating female filmmakers the opportunity to get to know other trades and form new networks as part of DOK.forum Perspektiven at the 34 DOK.fest Munich. Editors are invited to introduce their fields of work and to get to know filmmakers and their projects at 12-minute one-on-ones. After the event, the DOK.forum Lounge will offer the opportunity to deepen one or two new acquaintanceships.

 DOK.forum Marketplace May 9—11, 2019  at HFF MUNICH
The most exciting concepts for documentary film, film composition, series, webdoc, VR and interactive media. The DOK.forum Marketplace uses targeted matchmaking to bring projects in the development stage together with producers, commissioning editors and distributors - in competition for awards and grants.

• ROUNDTABLES In moderated 90-minute Roundtable Sessions, filmmakers discuss their latest projects in an exclusive and pleasant atmosphere with commissioning editors, producers, distributors, sales agents and funders.

• EXTENDED ONE-to-ONE To complement the discussions in the roundtables and after the pitchings, the DOK.forum Marketplace offers carefully curated One-to-One Meetings of 15 minutes each. The meetings will be arranged in advance and during the marketplace upon request of the decision makers.

• MARKETPLACE SCREENINGS Up to 10 projects in rough cut will be presented in a closed screening buyers, distributors, sales agents and festival curators.

 • DOK.forum MARKETPLACE AWARDS  With the new British Pathé Archive Award for outstanding archive film projects, the German Composition Funding Award for Film Composition and the Pitch Award of Haus des Dokumentarfilms, DOK.forum Marketplace offers three endowed competitions. 

•• This year's German Composition Funding Award goes to Max Gausepohl for the composition project for MAU KE MANA - OR: WHERE ARE YOU GOING? directed by Max Sänger.

  • ALL DIGITAL?—THE DOCUMENTARY SLAM Pitching for the future of filmmaking Digitalization is rapidly changing the film industry. Conventional strategies of the industry are challenged in all areas of filmmaking - from development, financing and production to distribution: no one can escape digital change. In order to actively shape this development, we must see it as an opportunity for our industry.
With the Documentary Slam ALL DIGITAL? we provide a platform for ideas that put the potential of digitization to good use for the film industry in a creative and courageous way. We offer film professionals the opportunity to present their concepts, impulses, practical reports and experiments to a broad industry audience at the 34^th DOK.fest Munich. 
DIGITISATION ALL OVER? DER DOCUMENTARY SLAM will take place on 9 May 2019 at the HFF Munich as part of the DOK.forum, the industry platform of the DOK.fest Munich. The participants will each have 10 minutes to present their ideas. Afterwards there will be an opportunity for questions from the moderator and the audience. CALL FOR CONCEPTS ended April 1, 2019.

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• DOK.fest Munich gallery

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•   33 DOK.fest Munich 2018

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German Films’ range of activities includes: Close cooperation with and presence at all major international film festivals and selected TV markets; hosting selection delegations from international festivals; PR and press work for all major national and international media representatives; information and advice for international buyers, German producers and exporters; publication of informational literature on current German films and the film industry; organization of the annual “Next Generation” short film program; administration of the selection procedure for the German entry for the OSCAR for Best Foreign Language Film; staging of “Festivals of German Films” worldwide and “German Premieres” in selected cities; collaboration with Deutsche Welle’s DW-TV KINO program; organization of the “German Films Previews”; selective financial support for the foreign releases of German films; organization with Unifrance of the annual German-French film meeting.

For additional information and a complete list of the current shareholders, board members and staff, please visit the German Films Website.

For over ten years, the 'german documentaries' catalogue has accompanied all activities of the German documentary film scene at markets and festivals. At first, the German Documentary Association AG DOK – with over 900 members, the largest German professional association of independent directors and producers – published the catalogue at its own expense. Then the film division of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology became a solid supporter.
Since 2004, 'german films,' the national information and advisory centre for the promotion of German films worldwide, has financed the publication of 'german documentaries,' whose content remains solely in the hands of filmmakers and producers, and not a publisher, sales department, or institution. In its twelve editions, 'german documentaries' has presented some 1000 films – from ten-minute shorts to feature-length theatrical documentaries, from artistically crafted film essays to documentary series – complete with photos, synopses, and contact information – to audiences worldwide.

Now, once again thanks to the support of German Films, we have been able to launch this german-documentaries website.

We are planning to make this site an ever-growing and invaluable source of information on the German documentary scene for you.

Hope to see you often!

With kind regards,

Thomas Frickel, Chairman of AG DOK

'Chairman & Managing Director Thomas Frickel did not want to be reelected after 34 years. We say THANK YOU! and WELCOME Chairwoman Susanne Binninger and Chairman David Bernet in this position including Managing Director.' [February 27, 2020]

The festivals with markets are:

BERLINALE | efm
DOK.fest Munich | DOK.forum
DOK Leipzig | DOK INDUSTRY   

Schedule of the international documentary festivals as well as festivals with sections of documentaries chronologic throughout the year.

42 Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis January 18-24, 2021 [FB] ___Submission___ until End of October

 

71 BERLINALE - International Filmfestspiele Berlin, February 11—21, 2021 postponed to June 2021 in selected ciinemas as well as open air.

efm - European Film Market at the BERLINALE, February 11—19, 2021 [FB] postponed to March 1—5, 2021 as an online event.

17 dokumentarfilmwoche hamburg, April 15 - 19, 2020
[FB]  [... download as PDF the programm of 2020]. Part of the programm was included in the HAMBURGER FILMFEST 2020.

The 18 dokumentarfilmwoche hamburg is sheduled April 21—25, 2021 as a local event with documentaries from or about Hamburg.
Submission until December 31, 2020.

 

38 Internationales FrauenFILMfestival Dortmund|Köln, Dortmund, Cologne, April 25—25, 2021 The Dortmund|Cologne International Women’s Film Festival takes place annually, alternating between Dortmund and Cologne. [FB] ___Submission__ended Nov 16, 2020_

   36 DOK.fest Munich, May 5—16, 2021
   cancelled as public event in Munich cinemas.  [FB]
   ___35 DOK.fest Munich 2020@home

IKFF - 37 Hamburg International Short Film Festival, June 1—7, 2021
___Submission___ until February 14, 2021 [FB]

#FFMUC | 38 FILMFEST MÜNCHEN, Munich, June 25 - July 4, 2020. All films screened at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN are selected by the festival programmers. So it may be Summer 2021.

NaturVision Filmfestival, Ludwigsburg, July 14—18, 2021 [FB]
___Submission___ ends Januar 29, 2021 for internation competition. Others Februas 15, 2021.

Filmfest Hamburg, September 24 – October 3, 2020
_ Submission _  [FB] with part of the programm of the 17 dokumentarfilmwoche 2020.
for further informtion regarding FILMFEST HAMBURG 2021 please visit the Website of the festival.

55 Internatonale Hofer Filmtage | Hof International Film Festival, October 26—31, 2021
[FB] For futher Information please visit the website of the festival.

63 DOK Leipzig, October 26 - November 1, 2020
International Leipzig Film Festival for Documentary and Animated Film [FB]  Submission 3 March - 7 July 2020
16 DOK Co-Pro Market, deadline for submission August 1, 2020. For further information regarding 64 DOK Leipzig please visit the website of the festival.

62 Nordic Filmdays Lübeck, November 3–8, 2020  [FB]. For further information regarding 63 Nordic Filmdays please visit the website of the festival.

44 DUISBURGER FILMWOCHE, the festival of documentaries produced in Germany, Austria and Switzerland  in Duisburg, November 2-8, 2020. For further information concerning 45 DUISBURGER FILMWOCHE please visit the website of the festival.

19 doxs! festival - creative European documentaries for children and adolescents, Duisburg, November 3-8, 2020. For further information concerning 20 dox! please visit the website of the festival.

 

37 KASSELER DOK-FEST, Kasseler Dokumentarfilm und Video Fest, November 17—22, 2020. For further information concerning 38 KASSELER DOK-FEST please visit the website of the festival.
[FB]

among others...

here some of our NEWS 2019

• 69 BERLINALE


• LOLA@Berlinale 2019


• FIPADOC 2019 with FOCUS ON GERMANY


• 40 Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2019


• 50 Visions du Réel, Festival international de Cinéma Nyon, April 5—13, 2019


• KOUDOUGOU|Doc April 23-27, 2019, Burkina Faso


• 30 SunnySide of the Doc | Germany Country in Focus


• 26 Sheffield Doc|Fest June 6-11 2019


• 26 Hot Docs, April 25-May 5, 2019


• 34 DOK.fest Munich


• 16 dokumentarfilmwoche hamburg 3-7 April 2019


• DEUTSCHER DOKUMENTARFILMPREIS 2019  Stuttgart, June 26—29
  German Documentary Award

here some of our NEWS 2018

• 68 BERLINALE.


• 20 ONE WORLD March 2018 Czech Republic


• CPH:DOX 2018, March 15 - 25


• Nominated for 90 OSCAR® - Documentary Feature Length


• GRIMME PREIS 2018


• LineUp german documentaries 40th CINÉMA DU RÉEL


• 49 VISIONS DU RÉEL, IFF Nyon 2018


• 25th Hot Docs April 26 - May 6, 2018


• iRepresent International Documentary Film Festival 2018


• 71 FESTIVAL DE CANNEs & 57 Edition SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE 2018


• 29 Sunny Side of the Doc, 25-28 2018


• AQUARELA Premiering at 75 IFF Venice 2018


• 21 ONE WORLD IN SAFE PROXIMITY


• 15 dokumentarfilmwoche hamburg


• 33 DOK.fest Munich 2018


• 60 Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Ocotober 30 - Novenber 4


• German Documentary Award 2018


• FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2018: June 28 - July 7

here some of our NEWS 2017

• German Documentaries and Co-productions in Shanghai,  June 17 - 26, 2017


• German Documentaries and Co-productions in Shanghai,  June 17 - 26, 2017


• Four German documentary and co-productions at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2017


• Two German documentaries and co-productions in Seattle, May 18 - June 11, 2017


• Large program of German documentaries and co-productions in Sheffield, June 9 -14, 2017


• Taste of Cement wins in Nyon


•  German Documentaries and Co-productions at Hot Docs 2017


• POWER TO CHANGE at Festival of German Films in New York


• LOLA@BERLINALE 2017


• Winners of Germany's top TVaward the Grimme Preis 2017 announced


• 67th Berlinale 2017 - and the winners are...


• Guest of Honour in Guadalajara, March 10 -17 2017


• German Documentaries and Co-Productions at the 67th Berlinale 


• German Documentary co-productions win in Sundance 2017


• Andreas Voigt wins Bavarian Film Prize 2017