BEST DOKS
Special screening
This film will be brought back to the screen as part of re:collect – a screening format of the CreatiF Centre – from the HFF archive. HFF I F – reviving forgotten stories.
DER LETZTE DOKUMENTARFILM
Deutschland, Niederlande 2000 – Director: Sponsel Daniel, Jan Sebening – Original language: German – Subtitles: German – Length: 65 min.
THE LAST DOCUMENTARY guides the spectator through over 100 years of documentary history. We take a very personal look at highly ambivalent material, such as: the first Lumière films, color film shots of World War II and family pictures on Super 8. Through interviews we encounter some of the most famous documentarists of the post-war era. Moreover we look at small model worlds and try out a Webcam and think about the future of moving images. THE LAST DOCUMENTARY is anything but a eulogy, it is instead an homage to a genre, that is more independent and vital than ever.
Biography
Daniel Sponsel studied photography at the HfbK and documentary film directing at the HFF Munich. He is the author, director and cinematographer of numerous, award-winning documentary films. From 2009 to 2025 he is the director of DOK.fest München, in October 2025 he will become president of HFF München.
Jan Sebening studied documentary film at the NFA. He has subsequently realised documentary films for German and international broadcasters that have won several awards at festivals. He teaches at several universities and is responsible for the Student Award at DOK.fest München.
Filmography
Daniel Sponsel
ÜBER DAS MEER, 2009
SÜD WIE SÜDWEST, 1994
DAS FEST, 1991
Jan Sebening
MAYBE..., 2012 (video installation)
BE TO BE – BUSINESS TO BUSINESS
SÜD WIE SÜDWEST, 1994
Writer: Daniel Sponsel, Jan Sebening. Camera: Anne de Clercq, Daniel Sponsel, Jan Sebening, Klaus Ulrich. Sound: Giel van Geloven. Editing: Ulrike Tortora, Talia Stone. Music: Bernd Friedmann. Production: Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München. Producer: xx.
