Marketplace Open Training Session in partnership with Documentary Campus
Seven films – seven perspectives, moderation: Peter Jaeger (founder of AUTLOOK Filmsales)
Industry expert Peter Jaeger introduces selected guests from the international film and television scene. Filmmaking projects with international potential – narrative documentaries, series, web-based formats, VR and 360 ° experiences – will be presented on stage in dialogue with keynotes and statements by international guests.
The aim of the Open Training Session is an open jury situation in which the public learns to understand the decision-making processes in the industry and can exchange information among themselves.
Unlike the closed sessions of the Marketplace, this event takes place in a public setting. All this year´s DOK.fest juries, market experts and participants have the opportunityto have a common look at film material and points of view and to discuss.
Selected projects
2020 – EUROPE`S FOOTBALLING HOPES: Henning Drechsler, director and Ümit Uludag, producer
100 MILLION VIEWS: Itamar Rose, director, Tal Barda, producer and Noam Pinchas, producer
DER MENSCH IM TIER / THE ANIMAL WANTED: Jonas Spriestersbach, director and Nicole Leykauf, producer
DISCOUNT WORRKERS: Chris Patz, director and Veronika Janátkove, producer
FEMIMAM: Maria Skovgaard, director and Jesper Jack, producer
THE MERCURIOS OF MOLENBEEK: Iris Pakulla, producer
WATERPROOF: Daniela König, director and Stefan Kloos, producer
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Head of Content Local Heroes Magazine Zoomin.TV
I am an Italian journalist and producer, specialized in the production of short documentaries for web distribution. My goal? Changing the world, 10 minutes at the time!
Redakteurin (ZDF/ARTE)
Kathrin Brinkmann studied Applied Dramatic Arts in Giessen, Germany. From 1994 she has been commissioning editor for the European Culture Channel ARTE and ZDF/Das Kleine Fernsehspiel, responsible for the development and production of ARTE “Theme Evenings”. She has worked on new programme formats for “Quantum”, the Television Workshop of Das Kleine Fernsehspiel/3Sat. Since 2000 she is a member of the new production department ARTE THEMA and ARTE CULTURE within ZDF.
Warner Bros. ITVP Deutschland GmbH (Warner Bros. ITVP Deutschland GmbH)
Since September 2025, Emanuel Rotstein has been Executive Producer for contemporary history at Warner Bros. ITVP Germany. He previously led the ICON DOCS brand at Bavaria Fiction as Head of Documentaries until 2025. The multi-award-winning author and producer (e.g. ‘The Liberators’, ‘The Eleventh Day’) also served as Director of Programming at A+E Networks. A University of Westminster graduate, Rotstein moderates on topics such as Jewish history, cultural heritage, and remembrance.
- (NEW DOCS)
E. KEWITZ is Managing Director at NEW DOCS, an independent worldwide distributor specialised in documentaries that have been produced for the international market. Based in Germany, NEW DOCS offers a select portfolio of one-offs & series from the fields of history, science, current affairs, culture, human interest & travel. Before running NEW DOCS she worked for 7 years as Sales Manager at United Docs, the distribution subsidiary of Germany’s public broadcaster ARD & it’s regional channels such as WDR, NDR, SWR & HR.
Cinema and debut (Bayerischer Rundfunk)
1993-1996 Studies at HFF Munich 1997-2016 TV Journalist BR (KinoKino, Capriccio) since 2016 Commissioning Editor BR, cinema and debut
Commissioning Editor, Programmer and Co-Programmer, YLE
Erkko Lyytinen, 43, commissioning editor, programmer and co-producer from YLE- The Finnish Broadcasting company. He has a background of Documentary filmmaking, festival directing and producing. From the year 2015 Mr Lyytinen has been in the new position as commissioning editor of feature length creative documentaries.
Redaktion Dokumentarfilm (WDR)
1992 first job at ARTE in Strasbourg as part of the founding team; since 2000 commissioning editor at WDR within the culture department
