The German nationwide documentary filmdays LETsDOK 2024, organized by the Association for the Promotion of Documentary Film Culture [Verein zur Förderung der Dokumentarfilmkultur] in Cologne and Partners all over Germany, take place for the fifth time and started as documentary day celebrating the 40th anniversary of the AG DOK, German Documentary Association in September 2020.
Here a selection of German documentary productions and co-productions in the program of the 5th edition of LETsDOK showcasing all across Germany in September 2024 here. Find the screening dates via [LETsDOK]
- 2UNBREAKABLE by Maike Conway, 93min, D: Cine Global, [LETsDOK]
- 7 OR WHY I EXIST | 7 ODER WARUM ICH AUF DER WELT BIN by Antje Starost, Hans Helmut Grotjahn, 84min, P: Antje Starost Film Produktion, [LETsDOK]
- 7 OR HOW TO STOP THE TIME | 7 ODER WIE HALTE ICH DIE ZEIT AN by Antje Starost, Hans Helmut Grotjahn, 86min, P: Antje Starost Film Produktion, [LETsDOK]
- AS LONG AS YOU STILL HAVE ARMS | SOLANGE SIE NOCH ARME HABEN by Luisa Bäde, 93min, P: Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln | KHM, [LETsDOK]
- BALTIC HEALING – RETURNING TO YOUR MOTHER’S WOMB by Baiba Baika, Andrea Lötscher, 92min P: mondrosen Dokumentarfilme, [LETsDOK].
- BREAKTHROUGH STAGE | SPIELEN ODER NICHT SPIELEN by Sebastian Bergfeld, Kim Münster, 80min, WS: NEW DOCS, P: Treibsand Film, [LETsDOK]
- THE CINEMA ARE US | DAS KINO SIND WIR by Livia Theuerm 81min, [LETsDOK]
- CITY FOR SALE | STADT ALS BEUTE by Andreas Wilcke P: weltfilm GmbH, IT WORKS! medien, [LETsDOK]
- CLOWN*ESSES by Jana Rothe, 22min, P: Pinkmovies GmbH, [LETsDOK]
- THE CORRIDORS OF POWER | KULISSEN DER MACHT by Dror Moreh, 141min, WS: auTLOOK FILMSALES, [LETsDOK]
- CRAZY OR THE ROOSTER IS DEAD | IRRE ODER DER HAHN IST TOT by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke, 78min, P: Behring Film & Klotz Media, defi - Filmproduktion, D: Cine Global, [LETsDOK]
- DANCING DREAMS | TANZTRÄUME by Anne Linsel, 92min, [LETsDOK]
- DANCING PINA by Florian Heinzen-Ziob, 111min, P: FONTÄNE FILM, D: mindjazz pictures UG, [LETsDOK]
- DANGER ZONES & OTHER HAMBURGENSIEN | GEFAHRENGEBIETE & ANDERE HAMBURGENSIEN by Rasmus Gerlach, 67min, [LETsDOK]
- DEMOCRACY by David Bernet, 105min, P: INDI FILM, D: farbfilm verleih, [LETsDOK]
- DIE DEUTSCHEN UND IHRE MÄNNER by Helke Sander, 97min, © 1989 [LETsDOK]
- A DREAM OF REVOLUTION | EIN TRAUM VON REVOLUTION by Petra Hoffmann, 95min, P: HANFGARN & UFER Filmproduktion, hope medien Film- und Fernsehproduktion, [LETsDOK]
- EINHUNDERTVIER [ONE HUNDRED FOUR] by Jonathan Schörnig, 93min, WS: UCM.ONE GmbH, [LETsDOK]
- ETERNAL YOU by Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck, 87min, P: beetz brothers film production, D: farbfilm verleih, [LETsDOK]
- EXILE NEVER ENDS by Bahar Bektas, 100min, P: Pink Shadow Films, D: JIP Film und Verleih, [LETsDOK]
- EXIT – LEAVING EXTREMISM BEHIND | EXIT – MEIN WEG AUS DEM HASS by Karen Winther, 51min, WS: DECKERT DISTRIBUTION i.L (FILM HARBOUR), [LETsDOK]
- FACING TIME by Annett Ilijew, 82min, [LETsDOK]
- FASIA, ON DEFIANT WOMEN AND A TROUBADOURA | FASIA – VON TRUTZIGEN FRAUEN UND EINER TROUBADORA by Rea Karen, 85min, P: Gernot Steinweg, [LETsDOK]
- FEMOCRAZY | DIE UNBEUGSAMEN by Torsten Körner, 99min, P: BROADVIEW TV, D: MAJESTIC, [LETsDOK]
- FOREST FIRE | WALDBRAND by Klaus Tümmler, 90min, P: CONDOR Filmproduktion Berlin, [LETsDOK]
- THE GATE | THE GATE – Ein Leben lang im Krieg by by Jasmin Herold, Michael Beamish, [LETsDOK]
- A GERMAN PARTY | EINE DEUTSCHE PARTEI by Simon Brückner, 111min, D: Majestic Filmverleih, P: spicefilm, [LETsDOK]
- GHOST OF THE ALPS | ALPGEISTER by Walter Steffen, 98min, P: Konzept+Dialog.Medien, [LETsDOK]
- GOLDRUSH – HOW TO SELL A COUNTRY OFF | GOLDRAUSCH - DIE GESCHICHTE DER TREUHAND P: zero one film, D: RFF – Real Fiction Filmverleih, [LETsDOK]
- GOOD ENEMIES – MY FATHER, THE RED ORCHESTRA AN I | DIE GUTEN FEINDE – Mein Vater ... die Rote Kapelle und ich by Christian Weisenborn, 90min, ©2017, P: Kick Film, D: Salzgeber, [LETsDOK]
- HAPPY by Carolin Genreith, 85min, P: CORSO Film, [LETsDOK]
- HAUSNUMMER NULL by , 90min, P: now films, Torero Film, Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, [LETsDOK]
- HELKE SANDER: CLEANING HOUSE | HELKE SANDER: AUFRÄUMEN by Claudia Richarz, 82min, coP: LICHTBLICK FILM, D: barnsteiner-film, [LETsDOK]
- HIS PARENTS | JENSEITS VON SCHULD by Katharina Köster, Katrin Nemec, 79min, P: Trimafilm, D: RFF – Realfiction Filmverleih, [LETsDOK]
- HOLY SHIT by Rubén Abruña, 87min, WS: auTLOOK FILMSALES, P: ThurnFilm, D: farbfilm verleih, [LETsDOK]
- AN HOUR FROM THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE by Ole Elfenkaemper, Kathrin Seward, 88min, P: Walnut + Schultz Productions, [LETsDOK]
- HUGO HERCULES & THE WILD WEST by Martina Fluck, 88min, P: YUCCA Filmproduktion, [LETsDOK]
- I'M OKAY | ALLES GUT by Pia Lenz, 95min, ©2016, P: PIER 53 Filmproduktion, [LETsDOK]
- IN HEAVEN, UNDERGROUND | IM HIMMEL UNTER DER ERDE by Britta Wauer, 90min, D: SALZGEBER, [LETsDOK]
- IN WOLF COUNTRY | IM LAND DER WÖLFE by by Ralf Bücheler, 102min, WS: RISE AND SHINE WORLD SALES, P: if… Productions Film, D: mindjazz pictures, [LETsDOK]
- KICK IT LIKE A GIRL | KICKEN WIE EIN MÄDCHEN by Karin de Miguel Wessendorf, 95min, P: Karin de Miguel Wessendorf, [LETsDOK]
- LA EMPRESA by André Siegers, 94min, P: FÜNFERFILM UG, [LETsDOK]
- LANDEN by Vanessa Nica Müller, 64min, P: Vanessa Nica Müller, [LETsDOK]
- LIFE IS NOT A COMPETITION, BUT I'M WINNING by Julia Fuhr Mann, 79min, WS: First Hand Films, P: Schuldenberg Films, HFF Munich, [LETsDOK]
- LIVING BACH by Kathrin Freyburg-Scharnick, 114min, [LETsDOK]
- LOVE FOR LIFE | DIE LIEBE ZUM LEBEN by Annette Ortlieb, 63min, P: Inseltöchterfilm, [LETsDOK]
- LA EMPRESA by André Siegers, 94min, P: FÜNFERFILM UG, [LETsDOK]
- LONELY OAKS | VERGISS MEYN NICHT by Fabiana Fragale, Kilian Kuhlendahl, Jens Mühlhoff, 100min, WS: NEW DOCS, P: Made in Germany Filmproduktion, [LETsDOK]
- MISS HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR by Radek Wegrzyn, 87min, D: farbfilm verleih, P: Magical Realist UG, [LETsDOK]
- MOTHER LANDS | MUTTERLAND by Miriam Pucitta, 96min, P: if… Productions Film, Mira Film, [LETsDOK]
- MY STOLEN PLANET by Farahnaz Sharifi, 82min, WS: CAT&Docs, P: JYOTI Film, [LETsDOK]
- NEVER ALONE, ALWAYS TOGETHER | NIEMALS ALLEIN, IMMER ZUSAMMEN by Joana Georgi, 90min, D: Neue Visionen, DVD: goodmovies!, P: Joana Georgi, Anna-Katrin Winkler, Irina Thiab, [LETsDOK]
- NOT JUST YOUR PICTURE by Anne Paq, Dror Dayan, 59min, [LETsDOK]
- ONCE WE WERE PITMEN | WIR WAREN KUMPEL by Christian Johannes Koch, Jonas Matausche, 105min, P: Catpics, Elemag Pictures, [LETsDOK]
- PARCHIM INTERNATIONAL by Stefan Eberlein, 93min, [LETsDOK]
- PASTOR LOTHAR STOPS | KÖNIG HÖRT AUF by Tilman König, 85min, P: Neue Bioskop Film, D: WELTKINO FILMVERLEIH, [LETsDOK]
- PETRA KELLY – ACT NOW! by Doris Metz, 90min, WS: NEW DOCS, P: BILDERSTURM Filmproduktion, [LETsDOK]
- PLASTIC FANTASTIC by Isa Willinger, 101min, WS: RISE AND SHINE WORLD SALES, [LETsDOK]
- PLAYLAND USA by Benjamin Schindler, P: zeitgebilde Filmproduktion UG, Hübner/Wallenfels GbR, [LETsDOK]
- RISE UP by Marco Heinig, Steffen Maurer, Luise Burchard, Luca Vogel, 89min, D: Neue Visionen, [LETsDOK]
- SAND FLIGHT | SANDFLUG by Dorothea Carl, 17min, P: Dorothe Carl, [LETsDOK]
- SCHLEIMKEIM – Otze an the GDR from Under Ground by Jan Heck, D: ARSENAL Filmverleih, [LETsDOK]
- SHAHID by Narges Kalhor, 82min, P: Michael Kalb Filmproduktion, [LETsDOK]
- SHE CHEF | WANDERJAHRE by Gereon Wetzel, Melanie Liebheit, 105min, WS: MAGNETFILM, P: HORSE&FRUITS München, D: camino FILmVERLEIH, [LETsDOK]
- SING, IRIS, SING by Gisela Tuchtenhagen, Monika Held, 93min, ©1978, NDR, [LETsDOK]
- SOLD CITY by Leslie Franke, Herdolor Lorenz, 2x102min, D: SALZGEBER, P: Kernfilm, [LETsDOK]
- SPALTPROZESSE by Bertram Verhaag, Claus Strigel, 91min, ©1987 [LETsDOK]
- STICK TOGETHER | BIS HIER HIN UND WIE WEITER? by Felix Maria Bühler, 91min, D: W-film Distribution, [LETsDOK]
- SURF ON, EUROPE! by Constantin Gross, Lukas Steinbrecher, 92min, P: VeyVey Films, [LETsDOK]
- TASTENARBEITER – Alexander von Schlippenbach by Tilman Urbach, 106min, D: SALZGEBER, [LETsDOK]
- THIS IS OUR EVERYTHING by Frederik Subei, 82min, P: Frederik Subei & Manuel Domes, WS: UTOPIA DOCS, [LETsDOK]
- TRANS – I GOT LIFE by Doris Metz, Imogen Kimmel, 95min, WS: NEW DOCS, coP: FLORIANFILM, D: mindjazz pictures, [LETsDOK]
- TO BIO OR NOT TO BIO by Kay Gerdes, Jess Hansen, 65min, [LETsDOK]
- WALCHENSEE FOREVER by Janna Ji Wonders, 110min, P: Flare Film, D: farbfilm verleih, [LETsDOK]
- WAR AND JUSTICE by Marcus Vetter, Michele Gentile, 96min, WS: Atlasfilm, [LETsDOK]
- WATCHING YOU: The World of PALANTIR and Alex Karp | WATCHING YOU by Klaus Stern, 99min, WS: RISE AND SHINE WORLD SALES, D: RFF – Real Fiction Filmverleih, [LETsDOK]
- WE CALL HER HANKA | BEI UNS HEISST SIE HANKA by Grit Lemke, 92min, P: IT WORKS! medien, D: Neue Visionen, [LETsDOK]
- WHO OWNS MY VILLAGE? | WEM GEHÖRT MEIN DORF? by Christoph Eder, 96min, P: ostlicht filmproduktion, [LETsDOK]
- WHO WE WERE | WER WIR WAREN by Marc Bauder, 110min, WS: FILMS Boutique, P: bauderfilm, D: X VERLEIH AG, [LETsDOK]
- WRITING AND KEEPING SILENT | DAS SCHREIBEN UND DAS SCHWEIGEN by Carmen Tartarotti, 90min, [LETsDOK]
- YES WE CAN ... Agricultural Change NOW! | UND ES GEHT DOCH – Agrarwende JETZT! by Bertram Verhaag, P: DENKmal-Film Verhaag, [LETsDOK]
- YVES' PROMISE | YVES' VERSPRECHEN by Melanie Gärtner, 79min, P: STOKED FILM, [LETsDOK]
- RETROSPECTIVE Volker Koepp, C: SALZGEBER,
- BERLIN STETTIN ©2009, 110min, [LETsDOK]
- NEUES IN WITTSTOCK ©1992, 97min, [LETsDOK]
- PIECE OF LAND | LANDSTÜCK @2016, 122min, [LETsDOK]
- SEESTÜCK ©2018, 135min, [LETsDOK]
- SPECIAL MENTION a swiss production by an Ukrainian team:
- PUSHING BOUNDARIES by Lesia Kordonets, 102min, [LETsDOK]
PUSHING BOUNDARIES by Lesia Kordonets
When the Crimean peninsula was annexed by Russia in 2014, the Ukrainian Paralympic team lost their new training centre overnight...
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