All Germany articles – Page 2
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NewsClaire Simon on her Annie Ernaux documentary ‘Writing Life’ and the magic of listening
Source: © DOK Leipzig / Susann Bargas Gomez DOK Talk with Claire Simon Acclaimed French documentary director Claire Simon has an unusual but not very lucrative way to ensure her fans can watch her old films – she makes them available on her website. Anyone ...
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NewsFrom colonial horrors to rebuilding Ukraine, the buzzy documentary projects at DOK Leipzig’s co-pro market
Projects pitched this week at DOK Co-Pro Market received mixed responses from sales agents and festival programmers
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Reviews‘Active Vocabulary’ review: Intimate, experimental doc explores indoctrination of Russian school children
Yulia Lokshina’s insightful film centres on an exiled Russian teacher working in Berlin
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FeaturesChristophe Terhechte reflects on six years at DOK Leipzig and gives key advice to his successor
“Maintaining institutional funding, ensuring fair pay, and securing third-party funding” are key challenges going forward.
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FeaturesCo-production markets are becoming more vital than ever, says DOK Industry head Nadja Tennstedt
As financing sources change, doc filmmakers need to work with more partners.
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NewsThorsten Ritter leaves Beta Cinema after 13 years
Ritter had been executive vice president, acquisitions, sales and marketing.
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NewsBeta Cinema boards ‘Operation Napoleon – Tears Of The Wolf’ with production underway
Film is shooting on the Finnish island of Oro.
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NewsGerman government to support cinemas showing European and arthouse films
“We need the unifying power of film art,” says Germany’s culture minister Wolfram Weimer at launch of €7m fund for exhibitors.
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NewsBeta Cinema boards Nazi massage therapist drama ‘I Is Another’ starring Claes Bang for AFM
Bang plays Felix Kersten, former massage therapist to Nazi official Heinrich Himmler.
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NewsTop German arthouse distributor Neue Vision takes on streamers with its own platform
Launching today, Neue Visionen Plus streaming service will offer titles such as German Oscar entry Sound of Falling.
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NewsBerlinale’s EFM launches Toolbox Distribution Academy for African distributors
Source: Berlinale Participants of the EFM Toolbox Distribution Academy 2026 The Berlinale’s European Film Market (EFM) has launched a three-year training and networking programme for film distributors from Africa. The EFM said th Toolbox Distribution Academy is designed to empower a generation of film distributors across Africa. ...
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NewsNordic Film Days Lubeck appoints new artistic director
Incumbent Thomas Haller will depart role at end of March 2026.
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NewsFilms from Chile, Canada and Uganda unveiled in diverse DOK Leipzig 2025 lineup
The 2025 festival will be the final edition under director Christoph Terhechte.
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NewsMedia investment bank ACF expands into Germany
Appoints Bernd Wendeln as head of M&A for Europe.
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NewsBeta Cinema signs key deals on Fatih Akin’s ‘Amrum’ including Italy, Australia-NZ
India, Latin America, Portugal among other new territory sales.
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NewsEquity financiers need data, say speakers at Filmfest Hamburg’s Explorer Konferenz
“Sales estimates are crucial,” said Marie Garrett, svp of sales and acquisitions at XYZ Films.
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NewsFilmfest Hamburg 2025 hits record-breaking numbers boosted by extended industry programme
Lloyd Lee Choi’s Lucky Lu won the €5,000 young talent award.
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FeaturesMilan Skrobanek on The Unspoken Language’, about the love affair between a blind man and a deaf woman
Skrobanek explains the challenges he found when casting the feature.
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Reviews‘Hen’ review: Greek life seen from the perspective of a plucky chicken makes for a compelling drama
Hungarian director György Pálfi’s emotive film takes the point of view of a hen escaping an industrial farm to reflect on humanity