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NewsIlker Catak, Helene Hegemann in production on first two German Dogma25 films
EXCLUSIVE: Leonie Benesch, Hanna Schygulla among cast of Catak’s untitled feature.
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NewsBelarusian director Andrei Kutsila’s ‘Letters From The Silenced Country’ leads winners at DOK Leipzig
Award comes with €10,000 prize and automatic qualification for consideration for the Academy Awards.
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NewsMunichFilmUp! unveils six international filmmakers for mentoring and residency programme
EXCLUSIVE: Six recent film school graduates selected for the sixth edition of the programme.
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NewsKarim Ainouz, Talal Derki films among 20 projects to receive German funding support
A total of over €600,000 in non-repayable grants have been awarded to 20 screenplays and treatments
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Reviews‘>1.5°C Pyropolitics And The New World’ review: Slight but urgent doc observes the human cost of climate change
Austrain filmmaker Lukas Marxt’s study of the 2025 LA wildfires premieres at DOK Leipzig
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Features‘Birds Of War’ producer Sonja Henrici on her new Iran doc ‘The Enemy’ and being based in Scotland
The Edinburgh-based documentary producer is also planning to venture into fiction films.
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FeaturesDOK Leipzig industry head Nadja Tennstedt on taking a different approach to its coproduction event
This year’s CoPro market features several projects focused on the topic of women’s bodies in relation to state structures and heirarchies.
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Features“Filmmakers trust us”: DOK Leipzig’s Ola Staszel on curating her debut edition
Germany’s most important documentary film festival runs from October 26 to November 1.
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FeaturesPawel Pawlikowski on why a commitment to fictional authenticity doesn’t always work out
The ‘Fatherland’ filmmaker was giving a masterclass at the Rome Film Fest.
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NewsFilmFest Cottbus selects AI-generated feature ‘A Woman Asleep’ for main competition
Artist and director Vikki Bardot’s film is one of 10 in Cottbus’ main competition.
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NewsEast-West co-production market Connecting Cottbus unveils 2026 lineup
Lineup is dominated by projects from women filmmakers from the region.
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NewsDOK Leipzig 2026 reveals co-pro market selection
Female filmmakers have directed 50% of the projects being presented.
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NewsLos Angeles wildfire title among world premieres at Dok Leipzig 2026
The line up will include 30 world premieres and 29 debut features.
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NewsLaila Marrakchi’s ‘Strawberries’ among FilmFest Hamburg winners as 2026 edition breaks attendance records
Other winners included Lav Diaz’s ’Let Us Through’ and ’Just An Illusion’ by French directing duo Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache.
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NewsGerman production incentive schemes in the spotlight after 2026 funding runs out
Industry gathers at FilmFest Hamburg to debate the impact of €250m production incentive budget running out at the end of August.
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NewsFilmFest Hamburg unveils producer award winners, honours French distributor KMBO
Producer awards hand out prizes worth €85,000, while Kokh presented with distribution award.
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NewsEuropean Works in Progress presents over €100,000 worth of prizes at FilmFest Hamburg
Winners included Mirjana Karanovic’s Folk Play, Suman Sen’s debut feature Eka and Latvian black comedy Karmic Knot.
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Reviews‘The Ideas’ review: Six witty vignettes power director/star Fabian Stumm’s slice-of-life German anthology
Angela Winkler and Maren Eggert join an ensemble cast for Stumm’s follow-up to ‘Sad Jokes’
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News“It’s been eye-opening,” say African distributors participating in EFM Toolbox Distribution Academy
The training and networking programme is aimed at empowering a generation of film distributors across Africa.
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Reviews‘Call Me Queen’ review: Eliane Umuhire is magnetic in Emily Atef’s well-intentioned drama based on real-life Kenyan AIDS activists
The 1990s-set feature plays Hamburg before releasing in Germany in October