DOK.forum Marketplace
As the market for co-creation and co-production of DOK.fest München, the DOK.forum Marketplace invites around 45 selected, strong documentary film projects in the development stage to Munich every year. At pitching events, Roundtable Sessions and One-to-One Meetings the project teams meet around 250 experts such as commissioning editors, producers, funding representatives, distributors and sales agents.
The aim is to provide a forum for relevant ideas through targeted matchmaking, to provide valuable feedback, to enable and new partnerships, and thus help the projects to get realised.
The next edition of DOK.forum Marktplatz will take place from 3 to 8 May 2023.
Award Winners DOK.forum 2023
It's a wrap! Read the project descriptions and jury statements on this year's award winners.
DOK.digital – Award for New Narrative Formats: TRUTH DETECTIVES, Serious Game by Anja Reiss und Raphael Perret
DOK.archive Award: BERLIN CHIC by Sigal Rosh
DOK.composition Award: HARVEST MOON by Rama Ayasra, Composer: Zeina Azouqah
DOK.talent Award: EIN KLEINER MOMENT / A SMALL MOMENT by Daniela Magnani Hüller
DOK.forum Marketplace 2023 – Projects and Experts
DOK.forum Marketplace – Formats
The DOK.forum Marketplace 2023 offers numerous specialised formats. Every approved project has the chance to qualify for the selection. A committee of industry experts and the DOK.forum team decides on all nominations, curates the individual projects and assigns them to the respective formats of the DOK.forum Marketplace. The aim of the selection is to ensure the best possible matchmaking for both the Marketplace participants and the Marketplace experts.
Master's Pitch
Up to nine projects with a particularly strong international potential will be pitched on stage and receive feedback from top-class international experts, who themselves will present their insights on current industry topics. A unique format for training and collaboration in partnership with Documentary Campus. Read more
Roundtables
One table, four project teams, five experts: In moderated 90-minute roundtable sessions, filmmakers discuss their latest material in a targeted manner and in an exclusive setting with experts from editorial, production, promotion and sales departments. To the Marketplace Projects 2023
One-to-One Meetings
To complement the discussions at the roundtables and in the pitching events, we offer carefully curated one-to-one meetings of 15 minutes each. The meetings are arranged in advance at the request of the decision makers.
DOK.forum Marketplace – Awards
With the DOK.archive Award from British Pathé for outstanding archive film projects, the DOK.composition Award for composition ideas, donated by Sonoton Music, and the DOK.talent Award by Haus des Dokumentarfilms for students, the DOK.forum Marketplace offers three endowed competitions with prize money totalling 7,500 euros as well as further mentoring and festival awards.
DOK.archive Award
The funding award honours projects with a large proportion of archive material and thus strengthens a documentary genre rich in tradition. The winning project will receive British Pathé archive material worth 15,000 euros or, alternatively, 2,500 euros in cash. British Pathé is the prize sponsor. Read more
DOK.composition Award
In order to strengthen the artistic collaboration between filmmakers and composers, the best musical concept for a documentary film will be endowed with 2,500 euros. Sponsored by Sonoton Music. Read more
DOK.talent Award
The pitch competition, donated by Haus des Dokumentarfilms, offers students from our partner universities the opportunity to further develop their current projects in exchange with editors, producers and distributors and to win new financing partners. Read more
DAE Talent Award
The award offers tailored mentoring sessions with an industry professional. The aim is to promote talent development. The award will be conferred among all participating marketplace projects. Read more
Doc Around Europe Award
The new Doc Around Europe Focus network is launching a mentoring programme between Biarritz, Barcelona, Munich and Skopje: three marketplace projects will be selected to visit the partner markets. Read more
Visioni dal Mondo Award
A top-notch documentary project – whether already in its final stages or still in development – will be given the opportunity to participate in the Visioni Incontra Marketplace at Milan's Visioni dal Mondo documentary festival in autumn. Read more
Nebulae Project Selection Award
The prize is awarded by Nebulae, the networking space of Doclisboa – International Film Festival Portugal. The director and producer of a German-language project will have the opportunity to be selected and pitch the project during Doclisboa 2023. Read more
Retrospect & Success Stories
Marketplace Success Stories
An overview of the success stories of the DOK.forum Marketplace projects since 2013. Read more
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