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German-language brochure "Wegweiser Weltvertrieb" now available
DOK Leipzig accreditation applications available now through 1 October 2010
26 August 2010: Accreditations for this year's DOK Leipzig festival can now be applied for online for a fee of 60 euros
here. The...
BBC World News looking for German documentaries
19 August 2010: This is a call for German documentaries from BBC World News. Please direct all enquiries to Juliet Perry at the address at the bottom.
I'm working on a series called My Country which...
"Seamstresses" Wins in Sarajevo
5 August 2010: SEAMSTRESSES by Madedonian director Biljana Garvanlieva won the Heart of Sarajevo prize for the Best Documentary Film Award at the
16th Sarajevo Film Festival.
In...
"The Lawyers - A German Story" wins PHOENIX Documentary Film Prize
Submissions now open for DOK Leipzig DOK Market
27 July 2010: Submissions are now open for this year's DOK Leipzig
DOK Market. Producers can now submit their...
Doc Alliance summer special: Stream 10 films for 3 Euros
27 July 2010: Doc Alliance is offering a summer special for anyone who registers a new account. Stream 10 films within two months of registering for only 3 Euros. Register for free
here.
New cooperation between onlinefilm.org and German newspaper Freitag
24 July 2010: In a new partner project, German newspaper
Freitag is now offering its readers films from the filmmaker-run online film portal
onlinefilm.org.
Deadline extended for 6th DOK Leipzig Co-Production Meeting
20 July 2010: The deadline for submissions to the 6th DOK Leipzig Co-Production Meeting has been extended until 30 July 2010.
DOK Leipzig cordially...
Special Mention for "The Dubai in Me" at FID Marseille
15 July 2010:
The Dubai in Me by Christian von Borries received a special mention in the First...
2 German docs win in Budapest
5 July 2010: Two German documentaries are among the winners at this year's Dialëktus European Documentary and Anthropological Film Festival, which took place in Budapest from 23 to 28 June. Jana Richter...
German Cinematography and Editing awards presented
29 June 2010: At a gala ceremony in Cologne on 27 June, this year's
German Cinematography Award in the category "Best Documentary Camera" was presented to Gerardo...
"The Woman with the Five Elephants" wins SILVERDOCS
Two German Docs win in Shanghai
German Docs and Co-productions win at Hot Docs
Applications now open for 19th DokART in Neubrandenburg and Szczecin
Winners of DOKfest Munich announced
Applications now open for 27th Kassel Dokfest, 9-14 Nov. 2010
10 May 2010: The 27th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival is inviting filmmakers, artists, distributors, producers, gallery owners, universities and institutions to submit their latest works and...
"Pianomania" wins Golden Gate Award
7 May 2010: The German-Austrian co-production
Pianomania by Robert Cibis and Lilian Franck won the Golden Gate Award for the Best Feature Documentary at the...
"The Heart from Jenin" wins German Film Prize
23 April 2010:
The Heart from Jenin by Marcus Vetter and Leon Geller won the German Film Prize 2010 for the best feature-length documentary. Producers Ulli...
German Short Films Catalogue 2010 in "Online Preview"
19 April 2010: The short films catalogue "German Short Films 2010" appeared at the beginning of the year in the printed version. The detailed information about 100 of the most interesting new German short...
DOK Leipzig submissions now open
Nominees for the German Film Prize (Lola) announced
19 March 2010: The nominations for the
German Film Prize (Lola) - the German equivalent of the Oscars - were announced today. The two documentaries...
Watch exclusive interviews from the Documentary Campus Masterschool 2009
15 March 2010: Watch these exclusive interviews with some of the top television executive in Europe conducted during the Documentary Campus Masterschool Final Pitching Session in Leipzig, Germany 24-25...
Winners of the Grimme Preis (German Emmy) announced
10 March 2010: Five German documentaries have been awarded the coveted Grimme Preis – the German equivalent of the Emmy – in the category 'Information and Culture': Eisenfresser by Shaheen Dill-Riaz...
German documentary wins in Berlin
20 Feb. 2010: The German documentary
NEUKÖLLN UNLIMITED by Agostino Imondi and Dietmar Ratsch won the Crystal Bear for the best film in the section Generation...
'Komeda - A Soundtrack for Life' wins in Biarritz
3 Feb. 2010: The German-Polish documentary
KOMEDA – A SOUNDTRACK FOR LIFE by Claudia Buthenhoff-Duffy won the 'FIPA d'Argent' (2nd prize) in the category...
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Oscar nomination for 'Rabbit à la Berlin'
2 February 2010: The German-Polish co-production 'Rabbit à la Berlin' has been nominated for the 2010 Oscar® in the category best documentary short. The film was directed by Bartek Konopka and Piotr...
Overview of German Documentaries activities for 2010
Here's an overview of events where German producers and filmmakers will be participating during 2010. Check back later for more details.
27-29 January:
History Makers
2010 German Documentaries catalogue to appear at Berlinale
1 February 2010: For the 14th time, the English-language "German Documentaries" catalogue will appear in print form during the
Berlinale running from 11-21 February. A joint project...
German history doc wins in New York
30 January 2010:
The ZDF Enterprises production [Busting the Berlin Wall] won the prize for the 'Best History Production' at
History Makers 2010 , which concluded...
Nominations for German Film Awards announced
18 January 2010
Nine documentaries have been pre-selected for consideration for the German Film Award – Germany's equivalent of the Oscars.
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The Lawyers - A German Story
Onlinefilm.org registers 999th film
21 December 2009: Onlinefilm.org, the online film distribution platform started by the German Documentary Association and launched at the 2008 Berlinale just registered its 999th film being offered as...
German films win big in Guangzhou
MEDIA Desk UK documentary study
11 Dec. 2009: MEDIA Desk UK has published a 23-page study outlining how documentary filmmakers can benefit from the MEDIA Program – from direct financial support to training initiatives and film festival...
C. Cay Wesnigk named new EDN Chairman
6 December 2009: Director and producer Cay Wesnigk, member of the boards of the German Documentary Association AGDOK and Onlinefilm AG/Germany, has been named the new chairman of the board of the European...
Forgetting Dad receives William Dieterle Film Prize (Special Prize)
23 October 2009: During the opening ceremony of the Ludwigshafener Festspiele at the Pfalzbau in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rick Minnich and Matt Sweetwood were awarded the
William Dieterle Film Prize
German Documentaries nominated for the European Film Awards 2009
One German and two German co-productions have been nominated for the European Film Academy Documentary Prix ARTE. Congratulations to "The Heart of Jenin" (Germany, Dir. Leon Geller and Markus Vetter),...
Hessen Film Prize for Henner's Dream and Writing and Keeping Silent
Audience Award in Kos for "Forgetting Dad"
"Pianomania" wins in Locarno
Robert Cibis and Lilian Franck received the Prize of the 'Film Critics' Week' at the Locarno International Film Festival in August 2009 for their film "Pianomania." The film was produced by WILDart FILM...
First Steps Award an "Die Maßnahme" by Maik Bialk
Maik Bialk from the Filmakademie Ludgwigsburg was awarded the First Steps Award in the documentary category for his film "Die Maßnahme" (The Measures Taken) in August 2009. The prize is the most prestigious...
New Catalogue online and downloadable for BERLINALE 2009
In its thirteens editions, “german documentaries” has presented
more then 1000 films – from ten-minute shorts to feature length
theatrical documentaries, from artistically crafted
film essays...
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