Ingo Fliess

if... Productions was founded in 2007 by Ingo Fliess in Munich and today ranks among Germany's most successful independent production companies. In 2024, THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE (directed by İlker Çatak, screenplay co-written with Johannes Duncker) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Film. With the most recent Berlinale winner YELLOW LETTERS (Golden Bear for Best Film in the International Competition), the successful collaboration with İlker Çatak continues. The company's roots lie in documentary film. EL BULLI – COOKING IN PROGRESS (2011, directed by Gereon Wetzel) marked its first international success. ELTERNSCHULE (2018, directed by Jörg Adolph & Ralf Bücheler), observationally filmed in a psychosomatic children's clinic, sparked nationwide debates and was nominated for the German Film Award.