'German Documentaries' is the international label for the promotion of German documentary films abroad. An initiative of the German Documentary Association AGDOK and German Films Service + Marketing GmbH, 'German Documentaries' presents German non-fiction films at international festivals and markets, and organizes co-production meetings and film series. 'German Documentaries' also publishes an annual catalogue featuring some 200 new films which are available for distribution worldwide.

19 July 2010: The German-Swiss co-production Das Schiff des Torjaegers ("The Goal-Kicker's Ship") by Heidi Specogna will celebrate its world premiere in the 'Semaine de la Critique' section of this year's Festival del Film Locarno, running 4-14 August. The film investigates the events surrounding the 2001 story of an old ferry off the West African coast which was transporting hundreds of African children sent away by their parents as child laborers. When it became known that the Nigerian football star Jonathan Akpoborie, who played in the German Bundesliga, was the owner of the ship, the story made the headlines and Akpoborie was out of a job overnight. In her film, Specogna tracks down Akpoborie and numerous children who were aboard the ship, and weaves their stories into a portrait of the modern-day slave trade.

15 June 2010: The Festival International du Documentaire FID Marseille (July 7 to 12) will feature three productions from Germany in the International Competition: the feature-length films DAY OF THE SPARROW (DER TAG DES SPATZEN) by Philip Scheffner and THE DUBAI IN ME by Christian von Borries as well as the medium-length film MADMAN’S DICTIONARY by Benno Trautmann.

15 June 2010: Five German or German-international documentary productions have been invited to the [8th Silverdocs International Documentary Film Festival,] silverdocs.com/ taking place from 21-27 June in Silver Spring, Maryland. The festival is organised by the American Film Institute and the Discovery Channel and is one of the most important in North America. 10 films are competing for the Sterling Award in the main competition for feature-length films. Germany is represented by THE WOMAN WITH THE 5 ELEPHANTS (DIE FRAU MIT DEN FUENF ELEFANTEN) by Vadim Jendreyko (D/CH) and A FILM UNFINISHED by Yael Hersonski (IL/DE). LA ISLA – ARCHIVES OF A TRAGEDY ( LA ISLA – ARCHIVE EINER TRAGOEDIE) by Uli Stelzner (DE/GT) will be shown in Silver Spectrum. ARIRANG: LETTER TO BARACK by Gerd Conradt and HOLDING STILL by Florian Riegel are screening in the Sterling Short Competition .

7 May 2010: The short documentary WAGAH by Supriyo Sen has been selected for the Short Films section of this year's Los Angeles International Film Festival, running from 17-27 June.

20 June 2010: Numerous German documentaries and German co-productions will be screening at the 32nd Moscow International Film Festival, running 17 – 26 June. The Free Thought Documentary Cinema Program is presenting A FILM UNFISHED by Yael Hersonski (IL/DE), BANANAS by Frederik Gertten (SE/DK/US/DE/FI/NO/CH/NL/ES), THE WOMAN WITH THE FIVE ELEPHANTS (DIE FRAU MIT DEN FUENF ELEFANTEN) by Vadim Jendreyko (CH/DE) and PIANOMANIA by Lilian Franck and Robert Cibis. LEBANON by Samuel Maoz (IL/FR/DE) can be seen in the8 ½ Films section. DAVID WANTS TO FLY by David Sieveking and THE JOURNEY TO METROPOLIS (DIE REISE NACH METROPOLIS) by Artem Demenok can be seen in the Atelier section.

6 June 2010: For the 12th year straight, German documentary filmmakers will be presenting their latest productions under the label ”german-documentaries.de“ at Sunny Side of the Doc in La Rochelle, France. The delegation will be composed of thirty members of the German documentary film industry representing sixteen different production companies. Download the PDF flyer with information about all the German participants. Feel free to visit our booth C23 in the 'European Spot' area for a personal meeting and a free copy of the German Documentaries 2010 catalogue featuring 200 brand new documentaries on a wealth of subjects in every imaginable documentary genre. Surely you'll find exactly what you're looking for.

6 June 2010: Four German documentaries will be screening in the [Magnolia International Documentary Awards]mida.smg.cn/ section of the Shanghai Television Festival, running 7-10 June 2010. Shanghai Fiction by Busso von Mueller and Julia Albrecht, Forgetting Dad by Rick Minnich & Matt Sweetwood, Children. As Time Flies By Thomas Heise and the German-Swiss co-production Staub(Dust) by Hartmut Bitomsky. Most of the filmmakers will be in attendance and will present their films personally. Click here for the complete screening schedule. Grit Lemke, vice-president of DOK Leipzig will also be in attendance to participate in the Summit of International Documentary Festival Presidents on 7 June. The German Films Service + Marketing GmbH will have...

3 May 2010: DOK Leipzig is one of four internationally renowned documentary film festivals which will present a "best of" program at the World's Fair in Shanghai, which runs from 1 May to 31 Octoberi. Head documentary programmer Grit Lemke will present nine films from the DOK Leipzig festival in the largest cinema in the city of 18 million. For the official DOK Leipzig press release and list of films, please click here. The other festivals presenting programs in Shanghai include the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), the Yamagata International Documentary Festival (Japan) and the Taiwan International Film Festival. The host MIDA (Magnolia International Documentary Awards) will be putting on a European Asian American Forum aimed at networking members of the documentary communities on the three continents. DOK Leipzig will be...

16 June 2010: The 12th Festival of German Films in Madrid, which took place from June 1 to 5, registered over 5,000 admissions again this year. And featured seven new feature films, two documentaries, a TV film and numerous shorts. The two documentaries from the world of dance showed two different stagings of Pina Bausch’s piece „Kontakthof“: DAMEN UND HERREN AB 65 by Lilo Mangelsdorff and DANCING DREAMS (TANZTRAEUME) by Anne Linsel and Rainer Hoffmann.

25 May 2010: PLUG & PRAY by Jens Schanze was selected to screen in the Documentary Competition at this year's Seattle International Film Festival, running 20 May - 13 June. It is one of 15 German productions playing at one of the largest film festivals in the US.

20 May 2010: The German Documentary Association AG DOK shows its solidarity with our American colleague Joe Berlinger, who has come under attack for his film "Crude". We have signed the open letter in support of Berlinger and his team and have posted a message on the IDA website. We urge our fellow filmmakers around the world to do the same. For more information about this horrendous case, which could potentially have devastating effects on the international documentary filmmaking community, please read on. What follows can be found on the IDA website. The IDA and a group of filmmakers that includes Academy Award winners and nominees have issued an open letter in support of Joe Berlinger, the director of Crude, and objecting to a judge's ruling that Chevron could subpoena Mr. Berlinger's footage from his film. Read about the developing story in the NY Times here. And...

10 May 2010: Selections have been announced for the 2nd German-African Documentary Co-Production Workshop, which will take place in Yaoundé, Cameroon from 31 May to 4 June. The workshop is being hosted by the Goethe-Institut Cameroon, the "Ecrans Noirs" festival, APIC (Association of Independent Producers in Cameroon) and the German Documentary Association AGDOK, and will feature films screenings, panels, presentations, lectures, and individual meetings.All events will take place at the Goethe Institut in Yaoundéduring the "Ecran Noirs" Film Festival. The list of participants and projects can be downloaded here.

30 March 2010: The 2nd German-African Documentary Co-Production Workshop will take place in Yaoundé, Cameroon from 31 May to 4 June. The workshop is being hosted by the Goethe-Institut Cameroon, the "Ecrans Noirs" festival, APIC (Association of Independent Producers in Cameroon) and the German Documentary Association AGDOK, and will feature films screenings, panels, presentations, lectures, and individual meetings.All events will take place at the Goethe Institut in Yaoundéduring the "Ecran Noirs" Film Festival. Producers and directors from Germany, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, Nigeria, Ghana and Gabun are encouraged to apply for the workshop regardless of the status of their current projects. The application deadline is 11 April 2010. Please download the application form and additional information here: Microsoft Word file [PDF...

20 April 2010: German Films will be presenting 28 new German films and the Next Generation 2010 short film program at the Marché du Film during the Cannes Film Festival (12 - 23 May, 2010) on behalf of German producers and sales companies. The following documentaries are part of the program: TO FIGHT FOR – THE YEAR OF DECISION (FRIEDENSSCHLAG – DAS JAHR DER ENTSCHEIDUNG) by Gerardo Milsztein PIANOMANIA by Robert Cibis, Lilian Franck DANCING DREAMS – TEENAGERS PERFORM “KONTAKTHOF” BY PINA BAUSCH (TANZTRAEUME) by Rainer Hoffmann, Anne Linsel In addition to the New German Films screenings, the documentary NOSTALGIA DE LA LUZ by Patricio Guzman, which was co-produced by Blinker Film/Cologne, will be screening in the Séance Speciale section. "New German Films“ is one of the important services for the rightsholders of German films....

3 May 2010: The 7th Festival Planete Doc Review (7 – 16 May) in Warsaw has invited over 20 feature-length and short documentaries or co-productions from Germany. DAVID WANTS TO FLY by David Sieveking (DE/CH/AT), JAFFA, THE ORANGE’S CLOCKWORK by Eyal Sivan (IL/BE/FR/DE) and LULLABY (WIEGENLIEDER) by Tamara Trampe and Johann Feindt are competing in the International Competition for the € 8,000 Millenium Award. Showing in the festival’s other sections are: 9 TO 5: DAYS IN PORN by Jens Hoffmann and Cleonice Comino, CATO by Dagmar Brendecke (DE/FR/PL), THE WOMAN WITH THE FIVE ELEPHANTS (DIE FRAU MIT DEN FUENF ELEFANTEN) by Vadim Jendreyko (CH/DE), IN BERLIN by Michael Ballhaus and Ciro Cappellari as well as PLUG AND PRAY by Jens Schanze and Judith Malek-Mahdavi....

3 May 2010: Four German productions or co-productions will be screening at the 12th International Documentary Film Festival Doc Aviv in Tel Aviv (6 – 15 May). THE BLOOD OF THE ROSE by Henry Singer (GB/DE/FR) will be screening in the International Competition. The Israeli Competition will be showing the German-Israeli-Spanish co-production THIEVES BY LAW by Alexander Gentelev. RABBIT À LA BERLIN (MAUERHASE) by Bartok Konopka and Piotr Rosolowski (PL/DE) and SHADOWS by Gregor Theus will be presented as part of the 'Special Screenings.’

23.4.2010: The German Documentary Association AGDOK will host a daily lounge from 11:00-22:00 from 6-9 May at DOKfest Munich. Drop by for free drinks and conversation from 19:00-20:00. Enjoy a host of new German documentaries throughout the festival. For a detailed schedule, click here.

10 March 2010: Cannes may not exactly be the place to go for documentaries, but top representatives from the all the major German film funds will be on hand at the German Pavilion during the festival. So feel free to drop by for more information about the German film industry. The "German Pavilion“ in the "International Village“ of the "Marché du Film“ has been a popular platform for several years for the accredited festival visitors from the German and international film industry in Cannes to meet each other and exchange information. The location of the pavilion right next to the Festival Palais is ideal for a (short) visit to make interesting new contacts or to concentrate on reading through the latest trades on the pleasant terrace by the beach. The sea-view and the relaxed atmosphere in the pavilion not only offer a real chance to catch a breather in the hurly-burly of the festival, but also lots of inspiration for new projects and conversations. German Films and FOCUS...

26 March 2010: Ten German productions and co-productions will be screening at this year's Hot Docs International Documentary Festival in Toronto from 29 April to 9 May. The festival is regarded globally as one of the most important in the field of documentary. Four German-international co-productions have been invited to the competitive section International Spectrum: HARVEST GOLD – FIGHTING TIME AND AGE (HERBSTGOLD) by Jan Tenhaven (DE/AT), DAVID WANTS TO FLY by David Sieveking (DE/CH/AT), I SHOT MY LOVE by Tomer Heymann (IL/DE) and THIEVES BY LAW by Alexander Gentelev (DE/IL/ES). THE WOMAN WITH THE 5 ELEPHANTS (DIE FRAU MIT DEN FUENF ELEFANTEN) by Vadim Jendreyko (CH/DE), FREETIME MACHOS by Mika Ronkainen (FI/DE) and NEXT: ANNE PERRY – INTERIORS by Dana Linkiewicz can be seen in World Showcase. TIME’S UP

7 April 2010: Six documentaries will be screening at this year's KINO!2010: New Cinema from Germany film series at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York running from 21 April - 2 May. Laurence Kardish, senior curator of the Film & Media Department at the MoMA, is focusing on documentaries this year, which make up six of the ten films being screened. These documentaries include ALL MY FATHERS (ALLE MEINE VAETER) in the presence of director Jan Raiber; COMRADE COUTURE (EIN TRAUM IN ERDBEERFOLIE) by Marco Wilms, who will be in New York with the costume designer Sabine von Oettingen; FROM RAMSTEIN WITH LOVE (LIEBESGRUESSE AUS RAMSTEIN) by Irene Langemann, THE WONDROUS WORLD OF LAUNDRY (DIE WUNDERSAME WELT DER WASCHKRAFT) by Hans-Christian Schmid and the Academy Award™-nominated Polish-German documentary short RABBIT À LA BERLIN (MAUERHASEN)

26 March 2010: The German documentary KINSHASA SYMPHONY will open this year's Visions du Réel festival in Nyon, Switzerland, running 15 – 21 April. In addition to the opening film, another 25 German films and German co-productions have been invited to this highly respected festival in Switzerland. BERLIN –STETTIN by Volker Koepp and LULLABY (WIEGENLIEDER) by Tamara Trampe and Johann Feindt will be competing for the CHF 20,000 Grand Prix in the International Competition. The following films will be screening in the newcomer competition Regards Neufs: ALIAS by Jens Junker, NOWHERE IN EUROPE (KEIN ORT) by Kerstin Nickig (DE/PL), KICK IN IRAN by Fatima Geza Abdollahyhan, THIS MOMENT IS NOT THE SAME by Marion Neumann...

19 March 2010: The German-international co-productions FREETIME MACHOS by Mika Ronkainen (FI/DE) and THIEVES BY LAW by Alexander Gentelev (DE/IL/ES) will screen in the World Documentary Feature competition at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. running from 21 April - 2 May. Bjoern Richie Lob' documentary KEEP SURFING will screen in the Discovery section. The TRIBECA Film Festival was founded in 2001 by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff. It has since become a permanent fixture in the New York film scene and is one of the largest audience festivals in the United States.

17 March 2010: For the 12th year straight, German documentary filmmakers will be presenting their latest productions under the label german-documentaries.de at the MIPTV in Cannes 12-16 April. This year, ten companies will be on hand – all with many years of experience in producing and co-producing. Download our flyer (PDF 328 kb) with details about all the participating companies. The German Documentaries 2010 catalogue features 200 brand new documentaries on a wealth of subjects in every imaginable documentary genre. Surely you'll find exactly what you're looking for. Ask for the printed catalogue or view it online. And come visit us at the German-Documentaries booth 01.15 im Palais du Festival in Cannes!

25 March 2010: An impressive total of 36 German films and German co-productions will be screening at the 12th Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI), running from the 7th to 18th April. Among them are numerous documentaries. The German co-production RUHR by James Benning will be screening in the Trayectorias section. COMRADE COUTURE (EIN TRAUM IN ERDBEERFOLIE) by Marco Wilms will be presented in Flashback. Rosa von Praunheim‘s films SURVIVING IN NEW YORK (UEBERLEBEN IN NEW YORK) and NEW YORK MEMORIES will screen in the Dialogos section. ANNE PERRY: INTERIORS by Dana Linkiewicz, NEUKOELLN UNLIMITED by Agostino Imondi and Dietmar Ratsch and THE WOMAN WITH THE 5 ELEPHANTS (DIE FRAU MIT DEN 5 ELEFANTEN) by Vadim Jendreyko...

22 March 2010: The documentaries COMRADE COUTURE (EIN TRAUM IN ERDBEERFOLIE) by Marco Wilms and DANCING DREAMS (TANZTRAEUME) by Anne Linsel and Rainer Hoffmann will be screening in the Documentary Time with NTV sidebar at the 29th International Istanbul Film Festival April 3-18th. This year a German-Turkish producers‘ meeting will be part of the "Meetings on the Bridge“ event. German Films is supporting this meeting which is being organised by Media-Antenne/Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg in collaboration with Filmfoerderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein. Held for the first time as part of the International Istanbul Festival in 1982, the International Film Festival Istanbul aims to advance the development of cinema at home as well as facilitate the access of international productions to the Turkish market. Today, the festival exists as an independent...

3 March 2010: Two German documentaries will be screening at this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival, running 21 March - 6 April. BERLIN-STETTIN by Volker Koepp and PIANOMANIA by Lillian Franck, Robert Cibis (DE/AT) can be seen in the section 'Documentaries.' The Hong Kong International Film Festival is one of the most renowned film festivals in Asia, alongside Pusan and Shanghai.

5 March 2010: Three German co-productions will be playing in the documentary competition at the 14th Sofia International Film Festival, running 4 - 14 March: THE WOMAN WITH THE 5 ELEPHANTS (DIE FRAU MIT DEN 5 ELEFANTEN) by Vadim Jendreyko (CH/DE), PIANOMANIA by Lilian Franck and Robert Cibis (DE/AT) and RABBIT À LA BERLIN by Bartosz Konopka (PL/DE).

4 March 2010: The German documentary VILLALOBOS by Romuald Karmakar and the German-Canadian-UK co-production ONCE UPON A TIME PROLETARIAN by Xiaolu Guo will be screening in the Dox Competition at this year's Miami International Film Festival, running 4-15 March.

1 March 2010: The Cinema du Reél Film Festival in Paris (18 – 28.3.2010) will be presenting nine German documentaries. The short CONTRE-JOUR by Christoph Girardet and Matthias Mueller will be screened in the International Competition, DAYS OF RAIN (Tage des Regens) by Andreas Hartmann will be playing in the 'Premiers Films' section. BERLIN-STETTIN by Volker Koepp, DEATH AND DEVIL (TOD UND TEUFEL) by Peter Nestler (SE/DE) and VILLALOBOS by Romuald Karmakar will be screening in the 'News from…' sidebar. Five older German shorts can also be seen in various other sections.

1 March 2010: Two German documentaries will be screening at the prestigious SXSW festival in Austin, Texas 12 - 20.3.2010. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF LIFE by Stefanie Brockhaus and Andy Wolff will have its North American premiere in the 'SX Global' section and the Next Generaton short documentary SUNRISE DACAPO by Nina Poppe will shown in the section 'SX Global Shorts.'

1 March 2010: An astounding eleven German productions will be screening at the One World Film Festival in Prague (10 – 18.3.2010). The festival is considered one of the most important Human Rights festivals worldwide. WRONG TIME, WRONG PLACE (UEBERALL NUR NICHT HIER) by Tamara Milosevic and WAR AND LOVE IN KABUL by Helga Reidemeister will be screened in the Competition section. FACE THE WALL (GESICHT ZUR WAND) by Stefan Weinert, HIDDEN CHILDREN, UNKNOWN HEROES by Kirsten Esch as well as pereSTROIKA – reCONSTRUCTION of a Flat (pereSTROIKA – umBAU EINER WOHNUNG) by Christiane Buechner can be seen in the Panorama section. GOD BLESS ICELAND by Helgi Felixson (IS/DE/SE) as well as HUNGER by Marcus Vetter and Karin Steinberger will be screened under the motto 'Right to Know.' THE JUNGLE RADIO

1 March 2010: Three German productions have been invited to New Zealand for the Documentary Edge Festival (27.2 – 4.3.2010, formerly DOC NZ). FORGETTING DAD by Rick Minnich and Matt Sweetwood will be screening in the Best of Fest section, the focus of Spotlight China will be showing the German-Chinese co-production THE RED RACE by Gan Chao, and World Cinema will be featuring MY FATHER, MY UNCLE (MEIN VATER, MEIN ONKEL) by Christoph Heller

22 Feb. 2010: Two productions from the HFF Munich will be screening at the True/False Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri USA (25. – 28.2.2010): KICK IN IRAN by Fatima Geza Abdollahyan and ON THE OTHER SIDE OF LIFE by Stefanie Brockhaus and Andy Wolff. The program will also feature the short WAGAH by Supriyo Sen. True/False is one of the premiere documentary film festivals in the USA.

17 February 2010: Last June, the German Documentary Association AGDOK sent a letter of protest to the Dole Food Company, Inc. for harrassing Swedish filmmaker Fredrik Gertten, director of the documentary BANANAS!, and sponsors of the Los Angeles International Film Festival. Dole used every trick in the book to try to prevent the film from screening at the festival, but a last-minute compromise led to the film screening out-of-competition. Since then, BANANAS! has been attracting well-deserved attention around the globe. At this year's Berlin International Film Festival we are pleased to welcome filmmaker Frederick Gertten along with BANANAS! producer Margarete Jangård and ZDF/ARTE commissioning editor Sabine Bubeck-Paaz for a number of highly visible events We were especially proud that Fredrik publicly expressed...

11 Feb. 2010: Several German documentary films will be playing at this year's Berlin International Film Festival, which opens today and runs through 21 Feb. Here is the complete list by section: PANORAMA: - ALL MY TUMBLER GIRLS- Or All About Women Who Dare To … ( Alle Meine Stehaufmaedchen - Von Frauen, die sich was trauen) - Dir. Lothar Lambert, Prod. Lola Film Lothar Lambert, Berlin - DAVID WANTS TO FLY - Dir. David Sieveking, Prod. Lichtblick Film, Cologne - FRITZ BAUER - DEATH BY INSTALMENTS (Fritz Bauer - Tod auf Raten) Dir. Ilona Ziok, Prod. CV Films, Berlin - LULLABY (Wiegenlieder) - Dir. Tamara Trampe & Johann Feindt, Prod. zero one film GmbH, Berlin - NEW YORK MEMORIES - Dir. & Prod. Rosa von Praunheim, Berlin - POSTCARD TO DADDY

5 Feb. 2010: Once again, German Documentaries will be present at the European Film Market as part of the German Films section (Stand No. 13). Representatives of German Documentaries / German Documentary Association (AGDOK) can be reached at the booth at +49 (0)30-259 398 430.

A wealth of German films, including several documentaries, is being presented at the 2010 Gothenburg International Film Festival - Scandinavia's premiere film event. The documentary section features GUENTER WALLRAFF: BLACK ON WHITE (GUENTER WALLRAFF: SCHWARZ AUF WEISS) by Pagonis Pagonakis, Susanne Jaeger, LOST TOWN by Joerg Adolph, PIANOMANIA by Robert Cibis, Lilian Franck (DE/AT), DIE ANWAELTE – EINE DEUTSCHE GESCHICHTE by Birgit Schulz, MY LIFE WITH CARLOS by German Berger (ES/CL/DE) and THE WOMAN WITH THE 5 ELEPHANTS (DIE FRAU MIT DEN 5 ELEFANTEN) by Vadim Jendreyko (DE/CH). The documentary ON/OFF – MARK STEWART POP GROUP TO MAGGIA by Toni Schifer (DE/GB) can be seen in the section Music Nonstop.

Once again, a delegation of filmmakers from Germany will be traveling to GZ DOC - Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival in Guangzhou, China to present their films and to discuss new projects with potential partners in China. Members of this year’s delegation include: Daniel Burkholz, Hans-Stefan Heyne (Studio Hamburg), Rick Minnich, Viola Stephan, and C. Cay Wesnigk. Thursday, Dec. 10th is “German Day” and will feature nine recent German documentaries, three of which are also in competition. The films will also be shown at various venues throughout Guangzhou from Dec. 7-11, 2009. Screening schedule Industry events

30 January 2010: Under the motto 'Globalisation, Migration, Homeland,' the 1st German-Chinese Documentary Film Forum took place from 27 November - 13 December 2009 in Shanghai. Six German documentaries were selected for participation: - Mirabella (Dir: Andreas Pichler, Prod: filmtank, Hamburg) - House Hold Help (Dir: Petra Valentin, Prod: CineVa-Filmproduktion) - Hotel Sahara (Dir: Bettina Haasen, Prod: Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion) - Rich Brother (Dir: Insa Onken, Prod: twenty twenty vision) - Human Capital (Dir: Lilian Franck, Robert Cibis, Prod: majade) - On the Cutting Edge (Dir: Sören Lauinger, Ephraim Broschowski, Prod: fechner media) The two-week event opened with a screening...

Come join us for a reception hosted by the AGDOK and German Films with the support of ONLINEFILM AG during this year's International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam IDFA. This is a terrific opportunity to meet German documentary filmmakers, producers, commissioning editors and distributors. The reception takes place Sunday, Nov. 22nd from 19-21.00 at Studio 80 on Rembrandtplein 17, right at the heart of IDFA and only a short walk from the Tuschinski Theatre. Some of you might remember the location from last year's reception. We look forward to meeting you. There will be an open bar.

For the third year in a row, a delegation of German filmmakers and producers attended DocFest Sheffield. Over the past several years, DocFest has become the premiere documentary event in the UK. With the recent opening of the British television market, DocFest has emerged as an excellent opportunity for foreign filmmakers and producers to meet the key players in the UK documentary industry. This year's festival featured four German documentaries: - Home from Home by Sung-Hyung Cho - Pink Taxi by Uli Gaulke - Pianomania by Robert Cibis and Lilian Franck - Wagah by Supriyo Sen The German delegation was comprised of thirteen members, who introduced themselves at the 'Meet the Germans' reception. With over 200 industry guests, the event was a terrific success, and an excellent opportunity to network in a relaxed environment. German producer...

The 52nd International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film DOK Leipzig will take place from 26 October through 1 November 2009. It is the largest German and one of the leading international festivals for artistic documentaries and animation films, and includes four competition sections, numerous special programs and a wide spectrum of representatives from the film and media industries. It is a great place to get an overview of the latest trends in both German and international documentary filmmaking The German Documentary Association AG DOK and DOK Leipzig will once again continue their successful collaboration. The AG DOK is sponsoring the "Doc Summit" on 28 October, and welcomes all event participants to lunch. In the evening, the AG DOK, the Haus des Dokumentarfilms (HDF), and the MFG Baden-Wuerttemberg invite all festival guests to the big "DOK Night" in the Spiegelzelt. Here the AG DOK will award the "Thick Skin"...

We are pleased to have a delegation of German documentary producers attending DocFest Sheffield for the second year in a row. This year 12 German directors and producers will be presenting their new films and projects. Four German films will be shown in the official program: PINK TAXI, Flying Moon, Uli Gaulke HOME FROM HOME, Flying Moon, Sung Hyung Cho PIANOMANIA, Oval Filmemacher, Robert Cibis WAGAH, Detailfilm, Supiryro Sen We cordially invite you to the "Meet the Germans" reception on Friday, 6 November from 17:50-19:00 at Yorkshire Arts Space, Pasternoster Row, Sheffield S1. This is your opportunity to meet representatives from: AG DOK Detailfilm Flying Moon Filmproduktion Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion Knut.Ogris.Films L.E. Vision Media Atelier Media Film Oval Filmemacher Parnass Films Download flyer (PDF, 9.2 MB)

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 800 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...

is the largest professional association of independent producers in Germany, numbering more than 750 members. It is first and foremost a film and media lobbyist for the documentary genre, but is open to representatives from all film genres. a. fights to prevent documentaries from vanishing from television screens and movie theatres. b. is developing new strategies to counter broadcasters’ demands for more rights from independent producers for dwindling licensing fees. c. becomes involved wherever and whenever fi lm politics are debated in Germany. d. commissions studies and legal reports relating to independent film production in order to provide solid arguments in film political debates. e. provides its members with legal consultation and, in some cases, assistance in lawsuits. f. provides free legal consultation with established media lawyers for every contract. g. is constructing a platform for effi cient foreign sales of German...