Today, two of our films have been awarded one of Germany’s most prestigious TV awards. THE BRANCH, I AM SITTING ON and LOST TRACES both received The Grimme Award in the category “information and culture” Congratulations to the directors Luzia Schmid and Andreas Christoph Schmidt!
He was an icon, flamboyant pianist, egomaniac, showman par excellence: Liberace – the King of Bling – enjoyed an unparalleled career. The salon pianist turned megastar lived the American dream, but it was a life of unmatched paradox and eccentricity.
We are happy to announce that Frauke Sandig and Eric Black’s feature documentary AWARE – GLIMPSES OF CONSCIOUSNESS will be the opening film Illuminate Film Festival in Arizona in May. Congratulations!
A gripping road movie that follows two free spirits on a daredevil journey as they explore monumental landscapes on their motorcycles, discover the magic of foreign cultures, and laugh in the face of the toughest of trials. In six months they cover 28,000 kilometres, from Germany to Goa in India.
We are thrilled to announce that BEHIND THE HEADLINES/HINTER DEN SCHLAGZEILEN by Daniel Andreas Sager will be the opening film of this year’s DOK.Fest Munich on May 5th, 2021. Check out DOK.fest online programme here.
We are happy to announce that BEHIND THE HEADLINES by Daniel Andreas Sager will have its world premiere at CPH:DOX in the F:ACT AWARD competition and its North American premiere at the Hot Docs Festival in the section Special Presentations. Find out more about the CPH:DOX and Hot Docs programmes […]
We are very happy to release our spring 2021 line-up. You can download the full line-up as pdf here:
We are very happy that Roman Vavra’s documentary about Mucha will have it’s North American at Sonoma International Film Festival. SIFF 2021 will be a virtual event.
In December 2010, the Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in protest, sparking a movement that still has repercussions throughout the Arab world today. Ten years later, we provide a comprehensive overview of the Arabellion. How did it all start and what is life like today in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt?
The hihgly talented composer Johannes Brahms was a close friend of Clara and Robert Schumann. International music critics put his work on a par with Beethoven’s. The docudrama combines dramatic re-enactments with documentary sequences, painting a vivid picture of Brahms’s musical pursuits and private life.
What is consciousness? Is it in all living beings? Why are we predisposed for mystical experience? And what happens when we die? AWARE follows six brilliant researchers approaching the mystery from radically different perspectives, opening as a science film but emerging beyond the explicable.
Since the pro-Russian separatist uprisings began in eastern Ukraine, hundreds of women have joined the armed struggle. Only a few have made it to the front, because female soldiers are still relegated to administrative posts. Three female soldiers report on their fight against the separatists and patriarchal society.
