DOK.digital Pitch
With the DOK.digital award we aim to encourage the emergence of innovative projects that combine different media formats and platforms with content in a meaningful way.
Moderation: Sebastian Sorg
Pitching projects
CITYFLOW - LOOMITS MÜNCHEN / CITYFLOW - LOOMITS MUNICH | Germany
Pitching team: Carl Amadeus Hiller (director and producer), Janis Winkler (director and producer) & Stafen Göppel (producer)
LIBRARY OF DREAMS | Germany, Israel
Pitching team: Davide Cocchiara(co-production), Jane Rzheznikova (director) & Alena Mikhaleva (producer)
OH EUROPA! DANGEROUS GAMES | Germany, Italy
Pitching team: Martina Mahlknecht (director and producer) & Martin Prinoth (director and producer)
SCRATCHING THE SURFACE | Germany
Pitching team: Wiktor Filip Gacparski (director) & Alexander Mettin (producer)
UNHOME VR - ÜBERLEBEN AUF DER STRASSE / UNHOME VR - APART FROM SOCIETY | Germany
Pitching team: Henning Westerwelle (director)
Jury
- Katharina Schulz (BLM)
- Deborah Reinmüller (MOIN Filmförderung)
- Dana Melaver (DOK.Leipzig DOK Neuland)
- Benjamin Seuffert(Staatstheater Augsburg )
- Manuel Steitz (Wunderkammer Visual Engineering )
Award donor
DOK Neuland (DOK Leipzig)
Dana Melaver is an artist and cultural worker based in Berlin. She has been the curator of DOK Neuland since 2024. DOK Neuland, the XR and Expanded Filmmaking exhibition which is part of DOK Leipzig, has been showcasing works at the meeting point of storytelling and technology since 2015. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
Projektkoordinatorin für Immersive Medien (MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein)
Deborah Reinmüller is the Project Coordinator for Immersive Media at MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein. In this role, she is responsible for the fund’s activities in the field of innovative audiovisual content and supports creators working across film, technology, and emerging storytelling formats. She coordinates funding programmes, curates and contributes to industry and networking events, and acts as a point of contact for international partners. Alongside her work at MOIN, she has been active as an XR artist since 2016, developing projects at the intersection of visual art, performance, and digital storytelling. With a background in interactive media, she also teaches and mentors, fostering transdisciplinary collaboration and contributing to the development of new formats across the creative industries.
Referentin bei der Bayerischen Landeszentrale für neue Medien (BLM) (Bayerische Landeszentrale für neue Medien (BLM))
Team Lead Digital Theatre (Staatstheater Augsburg)
(Sebastian Sorg Creative)
Sebastian Sorg is a project developer for film and innovative media who is based in Munich, Germany. After creating and managing DOK.forum at DOK.fest Munich, he focussed on project development, financing strategies and funding.
Geschäftsführer (Wunderkammer)
Manuel Steitz is the founder and creative director of WUNDERKAMMER, a pioneering visual engineering studio established in 2023, based in the Netherlands and Germany. With a background in film as well as design and art, Steitz has led WUNDERKAMMER in developing a unique approach to spatial imaging, pushing the boundaries of technology, human experience, and the future of digital culture through artistic experimentation and a cross-disciplinary mindset. His award-winning work has been exhibited around the world.
