DOK.forum Marketplace – follow-up
What has become of the participating projects of the DOK.forum Marketplace?
In the Follow-Up we keep you informed about our success stories.
Marketplace projects 2023
Director: Camilla Magid, Production: FINAL CUT FOR REAL, Producer: Heidi Elise Christensen, Distribution: Cinephil
Festival: DOK.fest München 2024, Thesssaloniki Film Festival 2024 (world premiere), Nordische Filmtage Lübeck 2024
Director: Farahnaz Sharifi, Production: JYOTI Film GmbH, Producers: Anke Petersen, Lilian Tietjen, Pak Film - Farzad Pak, Distribution: CAT&Docs.
Festivals 2024: DOK.fest München, Berlinale Panorama (Premiere), Thessaloniki Film Festival, IDFA, Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival, International Film Festival Innsbruck, Der Neue Heimatfilm, Bildrausch Filmfest Basel
Award: Roman Brodmann Preis by Haus des Dokumentarfilms
Marketplace projects 2022
Director: Bahar Bektaş, Production: Pink Shadow Films, Producers: Antonia Kilian
Festivals 2024: DOK.fest München, Filmfestival Max-Ophüls-Preis 2023 (premiere), achtung Berlin Filmfestival
Awards: FFF Talent Award Documentary Film at DOK.fest München 2024, Hessischer Film- und Kinopreis 2024 in the categorie Best Documentary Film
Director: Lilith Kugler, Production: Torero Film & now films, Producers: Rouven Rech, Bettina Morlock, Teresa Renn
Festivals 2024: DOK.fest München (Winner of Student Award), Filmfestival Max-Ophüls-Preis (Premiere), achtung Berlin Filmfestival, Filmkunstfest MV
Awards: megaherz Student Award at DOK.fest München 2024
Director: Petra Mäussnest, Production: DOCDAYS Productions GmbH, Producers: Antje Boehmert, Petra Mäussnest
Festivals: DOK.fest München 2023
Nomination: Grimme-Preis 2024
Director: Efthymia Zymvragaki, Production: GRIS MEDIO SC, Producers: Efthymia Zymvragaki, Valentin Thurn, Angelo Orlando, Anna M. Bofarull, Patricia Sánchez, Iris Lammertsma, Maurizio Santarelli
Festivals: IDFA 2022 (World Premiere), DOK.fest München 2023, Festival de Malaga 2023
Nomination: IDFA 2022 – Best First Feature
Marketplace projects 2021
Directors: Katharina Köster, Katrin Nemec, Production: Trimafilm, Producers: Isabelle Bertolone, David Armati Lechner, Trini Götze, Distribution: Realfiction.
Festival: DOK.fest München 2024
Award: kinokino Audience Award – donated by BR and 3sat (DOK.fest München 2024)
Marketplace projects 2020
LOVE WILL COME LATER
(MERCI DE VOTRE VISITE, 2018)
Director: Julia Furer, Production: Franziska Sonder, Stella Händler
Festival: Zurich Film Festival 2021
Award: Pitch Award of Haus des Dokumentarfilms (DOK.forum Marketplace 2018)
AMONG US WOMEN
(AWALATJE – THE MIDWIVES, 2017)
Directors: Sarah Noa Bozenhardt, Daniel Abate Tilahun, Production: Evolution Film, HFF Konrad Wolf, ZDF
Festivals: DOK Leipzig 2021, Biberacher Filmfestspiele 2021, DOK.fest München 2022
Award: Pitch Award of Haus des Dokumentarfilms (DOK.forum Marketplace 2017)
Marketplace projects 2019
Director: Afraa Batous, Production: Tondowski Films, Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf (Co-Production), Producer: Alex Tondowski
Festivals: DOK.fest München 2023
Director: Nathalie Berger, Produytion: Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Producer: Philippe Grob
Festivals 2023: DOK.fest München, Vision du Réel
Award: Prix de la Compétition Nationale at Vision du Réel 2023
Director: Maksym Melnyk, Production, Distribution and Rental: Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Festivals: DOK Leipzig 2022, DOK.fest München 2023, dokKa 2023
Directors: Andreas Hartmann, Arata Mori, Production: Ossa Film, Producers: Andreas Hartmann, Arata Mori, Distribution: CAT&Docs, Rental: Real Fiction Filme
Festivals: Sunny Side of the Docs Juni 2019, Thessaloniki Film Festival 2024 (world premiere), CPH:DOX 2024, DOK.fest München 2024
Awards: VIKTOR Main Competition DOK.international at DOK.fest München 2024 (main award winner)
Director: Lea Najjar, Production: Film und Fernsehlabor Ludwigsburg, Producers: Matthias Drescher, Jinane Dagher
Festivals 2022: DOK.fest München, Berlinale, dokKa
Awards: First Steps Award 2022, Deutscher Dokumentarfilmpreis 2023
KUSUNDA
Directors: Felix Gaedtke, Gayatri Parameswaran, Production: NowHere Media, INVR.space, Fasad, Poké Poké Creative
Festivals: Biennale di Venezia 2021, Silbersalz 2021, Tribeca Immersive 2021, IDFA 2021, Lagos International Festival of Animation 2021, Raindance Film Festival 2021
Awards: Storyscapes Award (Tribeca 2021), Best Documentary Experience (Raindance 2021), Grand Prize, Best Immersive Cinema (both VRNow Awards 2021), Best Interactive Entertainment (nextReality Contest 2021)
LUCHADORAS
Directors: Paola Calvo, Patrick Jasim, Production: Tumult Film, Sutor Kolonko, ZDF
Festivals: SXSW 2021, Hofer Filmtage 2021
Award: Granit / Hofer Dokumentarfilmpreis (2021)
Director: Melanie Liebheit, Gereon Wetzel, Production: Horse&Fruits Filmproduktion OG, Producers: Florian Brüning, Thomas Herberth, Distribution: Magnetfilm, Rental: Camino Filmverleih
Festivals: DOK Leipzig 2022 (Premiere), Vision du Réel 2023, DOK.fest München 2023, Crossing Europe 2023
Awards: FFF Talent Award Documentary Film at DOK.fest München 2023
Directors: Constantin Gross, Lukas Steinbrecher, Production: VeyVey Films GmbH, Producer: Constantin Gross
Festivals: Filmfestival Max-Ophüls-Preis 2024 (Premiere)
Marketplace projects 2018
Director: Bianca Gleissinger, Production: Egoli Tossell Pictures and Mischief Films, Producers: Ralph Wieser, Jens Meurer, Judy Tossell
Festivals: DOK.fest München 2023, Filmfestival Max-Ophüls-Preis 2023 (World Premiere)
A PORTRAIT ON THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS
Director: Benjamin Rost, Production: MSZ Production and Consulting Márk Szilagyi, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Festivals: Internationale Hofer Filmtage 2020, Camerimage 2021, Biberacher Filmfestspiele 2021, DOK.fest München 2021
B12 – GESTORBEN WIRD IM NÄCHSTEN LEBEN
Director: Christian Lerch, Production: Südkino Filmproduktion GmbH, Producers: Johannes Kaltenhauser, Patrick Lange, Broadcaster: BR, Distributor: 24 Bilder
Festivals: DOK.fest München 2019, Kasseler Dokfest 2019
Directors: Jana Matthes & Andrea Schramm, Production: HANFGARN & UFER and SCHRAMM MATTHES FILM
Festivals: DOK.fest München 2020, Kasseler Dokfest 2020
Director: Hauke Wendler, Production: Pier 53 Filmproduktion, Rau & Wendler, NDR
Festivals: DOK.fest München 2021, Braunschweig International Filmfestival 2021, Nordische Filmtage Lübeck 2021
REGELN AM BAND, BEI HOHER GESCHWINDIGKEIT
(ELECTIVE AFFINITIES, 2018)
Director: Yulia Lokshina, Production: wirFILM, HFF München
Festivals 2020: Max Ophüls Preis, DOK.fest München, Kinofest Lünen, Doc Lisboa, Neiße Filmfestival, Fünf Seen Filmfestival
Awards: Best Documentary Film (Max Ophüls Preis 2020), Student Award (DOK.fest München 2020), Preis der Deutschen Filmkritik 2020
Director: Johannes List, production: if... Productions
Festivals: DOK.fest München 2018, Travel Festival Leipzig 2018, OUTshine Film Festival 2018
Awards: German Documentary Film Music Award, BR kinokino Audience Award (both DOK.fest München 2018), First Steps Award Dokumentarfilm (2018)
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Festivals 2021: Berlinale, DOK.fest München, Dokumentarfilmwoche Hamburg, BFI London Film Festival, Shanghai International Film Festival, CPH:DOX, Biografilmfestival, FESPACO, Africa in Motion, Achtung Berlin Filmfestival, IDFA
Awards: Ecumenical Jury Award, Special Mention Best Cinematography (both Achtung Berlin Filmfestival 2021)
Marketplace projects 2017
BELLA PALANKA
Director: Johanna Bentz, production: Film Five, TV editor: Nicole Baum (ZDF/3sat)
Festivals: Internationale Hofer Filmtage, Crossing Borders
Nominations: Grimme-Award 2019
BOY OF WAR
Directors: Cyprien Clement-Delmas, Igor Kosenko
Festivals: Molodist International Film Festival, Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, Kolkata International Film Festival, Beldocs International Documentary Festival, DOK.fest München, Finale Plzen Film Festival, Jihalava International Documentary Festival
Award: VFF Documentary Film Production Award (DOK.fest München 2019), Student Jury Award, Special Jury Mention (both Jihlava 2018)
GARAGENVOLK
Director: Natalija Yefimkina, production: Tamtam Film, sales: Rise and Shine
Festivals: Berlinale 2020, Filmkunstfest MV 2020, IDFA 2020, Sarajevo Film Festival 2020, Docaviv 2020, Astra Film Festival 2020, Trieste Film Festival 2021, Doc Point Helsinki 2021, Artdocfest 2021, Crossing Europe 2021, ZagrebDox 2021
Awards: Eurimage Audentia Award (Sarajevo 2020), Werner Herzog Filmpreis (2020), Heiner Carow Preis (Berlinale 2020)
GODS OF MOLENBEEK
(THE MERCURIUS OF MOLENBEEK, 2017)
Director: Reetta Huhtanen, Production: Zone2 Pictures Oy, Sales: CAT&Docs, Dstributor: Tondowski Films, Real Fiction
Festivals: DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Göteborg International Film Festival, Tampere Film Festival, One World International Film Festival, Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, Visions du Réel, Hot Docs, Docaviv, DOK.fest München u.a.
Awards: Best Foreign Language Film (Doxs! Documentaries for children and youth festival), Young Onion Award for the best newcomer’s film und Moral Approach Award (MakeDox), Golden Lynx Award for Best Documentary Feature (New Directors | New Films Festival), Special prize und Church Media Foundation prize (Tampere Film Festival), Audience Award and The Critic's Choise Award (DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival)
IMMER NOCH JUNG
Directors: David Schlichter and Fabian Halbig, Production: Nordpolaris
Festival: Filmfest München 2017
Award: Audience Award Filmfest München 2017
LAS HERMANAS DE ROCINANTE
(DIE PFERDERETTERINNEN – SPANIENS VERGESSENE TRAGÖDIE, 2017)
Director: Alexandra Kaufmann, Production: Evolution Film
Festivals: DOK.fest München, Festival dei Populi
Nominations: ARRI AMIRA Award and FFF Talent Award Documentary Film (DOK.fest München 2019)
Award: Publikumspreis (Festival dei Popoli 2019)
PA VA HÊNG, DUST OF MODERN LIFE
(THE DUST OF MODERN LIFE, 2017)
Director: Franziska von Stenglin, Production: Francis Pfitzner
Festivals: FID Marseille 2021, DOK Leipzig 2021
SOMETHINGS ARE HARD TO TALK ABOUT
Director: Stephanie Brockhaus, Production: Brockhaus/Wolff GbR, University for Television and Film Munich
Festivals: IDFA 2017, DOK.fest München 2017
WATERPROOF
Director: Daniela König, Production: Kloos & Co
Festivals: DOK Leipzig 2019, IDFA 2019
Director: Christoph Eder, Production: Ostlicht Filmproduktion
Festivals: Max Ophüls Preis 2021, DOK.fest München 2021, Sehsüchte 2021, Crossing Europe 2021, Natur Vision Filmfestival 2021
Awards: MDM Nachwuchs-Förderpreis (2017), DFM Works-in-progress-Prize (DOK Leipzig 2019)
Marketplace projects 2016
CONGO CALLING
Director: Stephan Hilpert, Production: HFF München, ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel
Festivals: German Screenings DOK Leipzig 2018, Max Ophüls Preis 2019, Filmkunstfest MV 2019, DOK.fest München 2019, SWR Doku Festival 2019, Fünf Seen Filmfestival 2019
Awards: Audience Award (Max Ophüls Preis 2019), FFF Funding Award (DOK.fest München 2019), Best Cinematography (Filmkunstfest MV 2019)
GWENDOLYN
Director: Ruth Kaaserer, Production: Soleil Film
Festivals: DOK Leipzig 2017, Diagonale Graz 2018, Fünf Seen Filmfestival 2018
Awards: Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Fritz-Grabner-Award (all Diagonale 2018)
HI, AI
(WE ARE THE ROBOTS, 2016)
Director: Isa Willinger, production: Kloos & Co
Festivals: Max Ophüls Preis 2019, CPH:DOX 2019, IDFA 2019, Visions du réel 2019, Hot Docs 2019, Sheffield 2019, Camerimage 2019
Nomination: Best Documentary Deutscher Filmpreis
Award: Max Ophüls Preis 2019
SEWOL – DIE GELBE ZEIT
Director: Minsu Park, production: Dreamlead Pictures, Nominal Film
Festivals: DOK.fest München 2017, SWR Doku Festival 2018
Awards: Kulturpreis Bayern, Studio Hamburg Nachwuchspreis, Grimme-Awards: Editing, Directing, Script, Information and Culture (2018)
SPACE DOGS
(STRAY DOGS, 2016)
Regie: Levin Peter, Elsa Kremser, Production: Raumzeitfilm Produktion
Festivals: DOK Leipzig, Max Ophüls Preis, Locarno Film Festival, Viennale, DOK.fest München, Docs Barcelona, Athens International Film Festival, Make Dox, CPH:DOX, RIDM
Awards: German Composition Funding Award (DOK.forum Marktplatz 2016), Vienna Filmprize, MehrWert Filmprize (both Viennale 2019), Best Cinematography (Diagonale 2020)
Marketplace projects 2015
GUARDIANS OF THE EARTH
(THE CONFERENCE, 2015)
Director: Filip Antoni Malinowski, production: SOLEIL FILM GMBH, co-production: Perfect Shot Films
Festivals: CPH:DOX, Docpoint Helsinki, DocsMX, UNAFF – United Nations Association Film Festival, Watch Docs IFF, Transitions Film Festival
LOST IN FACE
(LOST IN FACE, EIN LEBEN OHNE GESICHTER, 2015)
Director: Valentin Riedl, production: Corso Film Roelly Winker GbR, sales: NEW DOCS
Festivals: DOK.fest München, Max Ophüls Preis
WHO'S AFRAID OF ALICE MILLER?
(DER SOHN, 2015)
Director: Daniel Howald, production: SwissDok GmbH, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRG SSR, sales: SwissDok GmbH
Festival: Soloturner Filmtage, DOK.fest München 2021
THE OSLO DIARIES (Koop CoPro Israel)
Directors: Mor Loushy, Daniel Sivan, production: Hilla Medalia
Festivals: DOK.fest München, Hot Docs, Sundance
Marketplace projects 2014
TANZ AUF DEM VULKAN
(JUST ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE, 2014)
Director: Maya Reichert, production: R&S Filmproduktion, Fruitmarket Filmproduktion, Kaamos Film
Festivals: DOK.fest München 2019
MORITZ DANIEL OPPENHEIM
Director: Isabel Gathof, production: Feinshmeker Film, distributor: RealFiction
Festivals: Moscow Jewish Film Festival, Jüdisches Filmfestival Berlin-Brandenburg
VOM TÖTEN LEBEN
(DIE WAFFENSTADT, 2014)
Director: Wolfgang Landgraeber, production: Eikon Südwest GmbH
Festivals: DOK.fest München 2016, SWR DOKU Festival Stuttgart 2017
ZEICHNEN GEGEN DAS VERGESSEN
Director: Bärbel Jacks, production: Final Frame GmbH
Festivals: DOK.fest München 2015, Jüdisches Filmfestival Wien 2015, Camerimage Film Festival 2015, DocPoint Helsinki 2016, JFF Zagreb 2016, Washington Jewish Film Festival 2016
Awards: 3 Gold Medals (New York Festivals 2015), Hauptpreis (Garden State Film Festival 2016), Hauptpreis (Fimucinema / Teneriffa 2015)
Marketplace projects 2013
GIRLS DON'T FLY
Director: Monika Grassl, production: INDI FILM GmbH, sales: Rise and Shine World Sales
Festivals: DOK.fest München, Chicago Film Festival, Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Durban International Film Festival, Hot Docs
LOVE ALIEN
Director: Wolfram Huke, Production: HFF München
Festivals: DOK.fest München, Internationale Hofer Filmtage, American Documentary Film Festival, Starter Filmpreis
TRANSIT HAVANA
Director: Daniel Abma, production: Kloos & Co. Medien, co-production: Witfilm, sales: Rise & Shine Worldsales
Festivals: DOK.fest München, FilmFestival Cottbus, Favourites Filmfestival Bremen, China Women's Film Festival, Berlin & Beyond Film Festival, Frameline San Francisco