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 2020
LOVE WILL COME LATER
(MERCI DE VOTRE VISITE, 2018)
Director: Julia Furer, Production: Franziska Sonder, Stella Händler
Festival: Zurich Film Festival 2021
Preis: 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
Award: Pitch Award of Haus des Dokumentarfilms (DOK.forum Marketplace 2017)
Marketplace projects 2019
LUCHADORAS
Directors: Paola Calvo, Patrick Jasim, Production: Tumult Film, Sutor Kolonko, ZDF
Festivals: SXSW 2021, Hofer Filmtage 2021
Award: Granit / Hofer Dokumentarfilmpreis (2021)
KUSUNDA
Regie: Felix Gaedtke, Gayatri Parameswaran, Produktion: 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
Preise: Storyscapes Award (Tribeca 2021), Best Documentary Experience (Raindance 2021), Grand Prize, Best Immersive Cinema (both VRNow Awards 2021), Best Interactive Entertainment (nextReality Contest 2021)
Marketplace projects 2018
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
B12 – GESTORBEN WIRD IM NÄCHSTEN LEBEN
Director: Christian Lerch, production: Südkino Filmproduktion GmbH, broadcaster: BR, distributor: 24 Bilder
Festivals: DOK.fest München 2019, Kasseler Dokfest 2019
ENDLICH TACHELES!
Directors: Jana Matthes & Andrea Schramm
Production: HANFGARN & UFER and SCHRAMM MATTHES FILM
Festivals: DOK.fest München 2020, Kasseler Dokfest 2020
WHEN A FARM GOES AFLAME
Director:
Festivals: Berlinale 2021, DOK.fest München 2021, Dokumentarfilmwoche Hamburg 2021, BFI London Film Festival 2021, Shanghai International Film Festival 2021, CPH:DOX 2021, Biografilmfestival 2021, FESPACO 2021, Africa in Motion 2021, Achtung Berlin Filmfestival 2021, IDFA 2021
Preise: Ecumenical Jury Award, Special Mention Best Cinematography (both Achtung Berlin Filmfestival 2021)
REGELN AM BAND, BEI HOHER GESCHWINDIGKEIT
(ELECTIVE AFFINITIES, 2018)
Director: Yulia Lokshina
Production: wirFILM, HFF München
Festivals: Max Ophüls Preis 2020, DOK.fest München 2020, Kinofest Lünen 2020, Doc Lisboa 2020, Neiße Filmfestival 2020, Fünf Seen Filmfestival 2020
Awards: Best Documentary Film (Max Ophüls Preis 2020), Student Award (DOK.fest München 2020), Preis der Deutschen Filmkritik 2020
TACKLING LIFE
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)
MONOBLOC
Director: Hauke Wendler, Production: Pier 53 Filmproduktion, Rau & Wendler, NDR
Festivals: DOK.fest München 2021, Braunschweig International Filmfestival 2021, Nordische Filmtage Lübeck 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, distributor: 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, Produktion: 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
WEM GEHÖRT MEIN DORF? / WHO OWNS MY VILLAGE?
Director: Christoph Eder, Production: Ostlicht Filmproduktion
Festivals: Max Ophüls Preis 2021, DOK.fest München 2021, Sehsüchte 2021, Crossing Europe 2021, Natur Vision Filmfestival 2021
Preise: 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