THIS STOLEN COUNTRY OF MINE by Marc Wiese has a busy November: first it will be part of the Green Zone Program at Serbia's Free Zone Film Festival (November 3-8, 2022, programme here), then the film will be theatrically released in German cinemas by Real Fiction on November 10 and then it's heading to Oslo Films from the South Festival in their Doc:South Competition (November 11-20, 2022). More info here.

Congratulations to Lea Najjar and team for the selection of KASH KASH to the upcoming DOC NYC Festival!
The film is part of the 'Winner's Circle' section and the in-person screening is Saturday, November 12, 2022:  9:15 PM @ IFC Center with director Lea Najjar and writer Alia Haju in attendance. More details here.

Thrilled to be able to announce the world premiere of SHE CHEF (OV: WANDERJAHRE) by Gereon Wetzel and Melanie Liebheit at DOK Leipzig in the German Competition! The film follows young chef Agnes who recently finished her apprenticeship from luxury kitchen to luxury kitchen. She is making her way in the male dominated field and facing the pressure working in high end kitchens brings, from Bergisch Gladbach (Germany) via Barcelona to the Faroe Islands. Produced by Florian Brüning and Thomas Herberth (Horse&Fruits Filmproduktion).
In Leipzig, the films is nominated for VER.DI Prize for Solidarity, Humanity and Fairness, Young Eyes Film Award, DEFA Sponsoring Prize.

19.10.2022, 18:30, CineStar 2
21.10.2022, 17:30, Schaubühne Lindenfels
23.10.2022, 21:00, CineStar 5

More info & tickets here.

Watch MAGNETFILM Docs at the following festivals in September 2022:

THE ART OF SILENCE
GBG Mime Fest, Sweden, Sep 12-18

COME BACK ANYTIME
International Intangible Heritage FF, South Korea, Sep 16-25
Genuss Festival Zug, Switzerland, Sep 29 - October 6

DEAR FUTURE CHILDREN
Indie Street FF, USA, Sep 7 – 11

CONTRADICT
Black Star IFF, Ghana, Sep 20 –25

THIS STOLEN COUNTRY OF MINE
Al Jazeera Balkans Documentary Film Festival (AJB DOC), Official Competition, Bosnia Herzegovina, Sep 9-13

WOOD
CineMA (Mex- Al), Mexico, Sep 22-24

Watch MAGNETFILM Docs at the following festivals in August 2022:

THE ART OF SILENCE
Locarno Film Festival, Panorama Switzerland, Aug 3-13
EBS International Documentary FF, South Korea, Aug 23-19

COME BACK ANYTIME
EBS International Documentary FF, South Korea, Aug 23-19

DESCENDING THE MOUNTAIN
Ińsko Film Summer Festival Poland, Aug 12-21

KASH KASH
BlackStar Film Festival, USA, Aug 3 – 7

THIS STOLEN COUNTRY OF MINE
Dokufest, TRUTH Competition, Kosovo, Aug 5-13

Congratulations to Franz Böhm & team for winning the German Documentary Film Award & Audience Award!
The German Documentary Film Award is one of the most prestigious awards for filmmakers in the German documentary industry. Half of the main prize, worth €20,000, is donated by Südwestrundfunk (SWR) and the Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg (MFG). The main jury, chaired by film and television producer Prof. Regina Ziegler, decided in 2022 to split the prize and prize money between DEAR FUTURE CHILDREN and MR. BACHMANN AND HIS CLASS.

The jury statement: "The great film 'Dear Future Children' gives faces and voices to a generation. The young filmmaker Franz Böhm and his cinematographer Friedemann Leis capture all their anger, energy and resourcefulness in such an impressive way that they allow us to witness all the desires, hopes and fears of these special young people.”
DEAR FUTURE CHILDREN also won the Audience Award worth 3.000 EUR by the audience jury of the SWR Landesschau.

More info here.

Watch MAGNETFILM Docs at the following festivals in June 2022:

CONTRADICT
SoundTrack_Cologne, See the Sound, Germany June 8-11

DEAR FUTURE CHILDREN
FINCA, Youth Section, Festival Internacional de Cine Ambiental Argentina June 1-12

DESCENDING THE MOUNTAIN
SILBERSALZ, nominated for Homeland Earth Award, June 15-19
BuddhaFest/Tricycle Online Festival, USA, June 20 - August 14, 2022

INSIDE THE UFFIZI
Docs Ireland, Maysles Competition for Observational Documentary, UK 29 June – 3 July

KIDS CUP
Europe on Screen Indonesia, June 16-30
Louisville Children's Film Festival, USA, June 22 - August 21

Watch MAGNETFILM Docs at the following festivals in May 2022:

THE ART OF SILENCE
Millennium Docs Against Gravity, competition section for the best film on art, Poland, May 13 - 22, 2022

DEAR FUTURE CHILDREN
Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF), Nextwave Global Features program, USA May 5-19
FICMEC The International Environmental Film Festival of the Canary Islands, Spain, May 26 -June 17

FRITZ BAUER'S LEGACY
LICHTER Filmfest Frankfurt International, Germany, May 10-15

INSIDE THE UFFIZI
Millennium Docs Against Gravity, Poland, May 13 - 22
Resene Architecture + Design Film Festival,  New Zealand, May 6 - June 22

KASH KASH
Dok.fest Munich, DOK.horizonte competition, Germany, May 4-15
Millenium Festival Brussels, Belgium, May 5-13
Ethnocineca - Ethnographic And Documentary Filmfest (Opening Film), Austria, May 12 - 19
Karlsruher Dokumentarfestival dokKa, Germany, May 25-29

KIDS CUP
Millennium Docs Against Gravity, Poland, May 13 - 22, 2022

THIS STOLEN COUNTRY OF MINE
Dok.fest München, DOK.panorama, Germany, May 4-15
DocAviv, Beyond the Screen Competition, Israel, May 26 - June 5

ROAMERS
Millennium Docs Against Gravity, Poland, May 13 - 22, 2022

Watch MAGNETFILM Docs at the following festivals in April 2022:

THE ART OF SILENCE
Hot Docs, Artscapes, Canada, April 28 - May 8

DEAR FUTURE CHILDREN
Human Rights Arts & Film Festival in Melbourne Australia, April 28 - 7 May
Kristiansand International Children's FF, Norway April 26 - May 1
Martinique International Documentary FF, April 28 – May 7

DESCENDING THE MOUNTAIN
Academia Film Olomouc, Czech Republic, April 28 – May 3

INSIDE THE UFFIZI
Master of Art Film Festival, Bulgaria, April 7 – 28

THIS STOLEN COUNTRY OF MINE
CPH:DOX, F:ACT AWARD Competition, Denmark, March 23 – April 3

WOOD
7th Ulju Mountain FF, South Korea, April 1-10

We're delighted to be able to announce the world premiere of Marc Wiese's THIS STOLEN COUNTRY OF MINE at CPH:DOX in the F:ACT AWARD Competition. Marc won the same competition with WE HOLD THE LINE in 2020. In his new documentary, Chinese mining in Ecuador’s mountains sets the stage for an epic battle between eco-guerrillas and a corrupt government in an intensely dramatic feature about the country's ruthless economic exploitation.

CPH:DOX screening dates and times:
March 28, 16:30: Nordisk Film Dagmar  *director in attendance
March 30, 12:45: Cinemateket Carl
April 2, 17:00: Vester Vov Vov Blå sal

Congratulations are in order as well for the film's original music composer Alva Noto (aka Carsten Nicolai) who has been awarded the German Documentary Film Music Award 2022 for the original score. This news was recently announced by DOK.fest München, where the film will be shown next May 4-15.

Watch MAGNETFILM Docs at the following festivals in March 2022:

COME BACK ANYTIME
Bellville Downtown Docfest, Canada, March 4-13
Sonoma Int'l FF, USA, March 22-27

CONTRADICT
Chiayi International Art Documentary FF, Taiwan, March 11-27

DEAR FUTURE CHILDREN
Sofia IFF, Cinema Politica program, Bulgaria, March 10-20
FEMCINE Santiago Women's Film Festival, Chile, March 22-27
Dutch Global Health FF, The Netherlands, March 26 - April 2

INSIDE THE UFFIZI
Chiayi International Art FF, Taiwan, March 11-17
EPOS – The International Art Film Festival, Israel, March 30 - April 2

KIDS CUP
New York Int’l Children’s FF, Feature Competition, USA, March 4-13
Docville, Belgium, March 23 - 31

NOT ME - A JOURNEY WITH NOT VIDAL
International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA), Canada, March 15-27

WE HOLD THE LINE
Guth Gafa, Ireland, March 2-6

WOOD. GAME-CHANGERS UNDERCOVER
Eunic Festival, Brazil, March 3-23
Sofia IFF, Bulgaria, March 10-20

With great sadness we just learned today, that Latvian animator and film director Nils Skapāns (born 1969) has passed away in September 2021.
We are distributing several of his short films which he created with studio Lokomotīve: OUR GRANNY ROCKS, MARTIAN, GHOST HOUR, and CAT IN THE BAG.
Nils was the creator of over 40 films, especially known for his plasticine animation, and has several national and international awards to his name.
He will be greatly missed in the world wide animation community!

Congratulations to Natalia Malykhina for the selection of URSA - SONG OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS to the young audiences programme at the 2022 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival! The film will compete for CANAL+ Family channel award, so fingers crossed.

The wonderful children's film about a lonely polar bear pup in the Arctic had a very sucessful festival run so far and was awarded "Best Norwegian Short Film" at Kristiansand International Children’s Film Festival (2021), "Best Short Film for Children" at Goldn Kurier - IAFF in Bulgaria (2021), "Best Children's Film" at TIAF-Tbilisi International Animation Festival in Georgia (2021) and "Best Animation for Children - Bronze" at the Los Angeles Animation Festival LAAF (2021).

KIDS CUP wins "Best Feature Documentary Award (of the Children’s Juries)" and DEAR FUTURE CHILDREN director Franz Böhm wins "Best Feature Documentary" and our short film I, JULIA by Arvin Kananian wins the "European Children’s Film Association (ECFA) Award for Best Short Fiction Film" at the at the Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People in Greece (2021).
Big Congratulations to all!

Dutch premiere of KIDS CUP tonight at IDFA! Director Line Hatland will be in attendance and we hear tickets are going fast! The screening on Sunday is already sold out, so please check out the other dates for the film below:
19 Nov 18:30 - 20:03, Rialto de Pijp Bovenzaal
21 Nov 12:00 - 13:50, Munt 9
23 Nov 14:15 - 16:05, Ketelhuis Zaal 2
28 Nov 13:45 - 15:18, Tuschinski 6
Ticket Sales here.

And today also starts the Gijon Film Festival, where INSIDE THE UFFIZI will celebrate the Spanish premiere in the Exbilla section. More info here.

DEAR FUTURE CHILDREN just won the "Young Audience Award" at Pordenone Docs Fest - Le Voci dell'Inchiesta (Italy) - Congratulations!

Our Japanese ramen documentary COME BACK ANYTIME is currently making the rounds at several US festivals and it has just been announced that it will be in the International Competition of the biggest documentary film festival in the US: DOC NYC!
Big congratulations to director John Daschbach and producer Wataru Yamamoto , who will holding a Q&A as well.
Find out about tickets and online screenings for November 10-19 at docnyc.net/film/come-back-anytime

We're delighted to announce that we've picked up the wonderful heart-warming and mouth-watering COME BACK ANYTIME by John Daschbach and produced by JD Media Co., Ltd. after the world premiere at Hot Docs this year.
This warm and intimate look at ramen master Masamoto Ueda and the community of patrons in his restaurant in Tokyo will nourish your soul and make you want to share a meal among with friends. Attention all Australian ramen lovers: you still have the chance to catch the film at Melbourne International Film Festival MIFF Player online until August 22!

The first ever Doc Alliance Award – Best Short Film went to BLESS YOU! (Zdrastvuyte!), directed by Tatiana Chistova and nominated by Millennium Docs Against Gravity. (...) The jury stated that Bless You! “captures the feeling of anxiety, isolation, boredom and confusion in the pandemic and finds a very simple, but powerful and honest way to do it.”
Congratulations to Tatiana Chistova and writer/producer Maciej Hamela of Impakt Films! The winners are, along with a selection of the nominees, available on Doc Alliance’s platform, DAFilms.com, until 18 July 2021.

INSIDE THE UFFIZI, the brand new doc by Corinna Belz and Enrique Sánchez Lansch, will celebrate the international premiere at the prestigious Shanghai International Film Festival in the SPECTRUM: SIFF RHAPSODY section.

Screening Dates & Times:
11.06. Fri 18:30 – ShangHai Majestic Theatre AUDIENCE HALL
15.06. Tue 10:45 – SFC Shanghai Film Art Center HALL 2
17.06. Thu 15:30 – Shangying-Bailian Cinema (Metropol) HALL 1
20.06. Sun 18:30 – Tianshan Cinema-Hongqiao Art Center Flagship Store HALL 4

More info on the festival website siff.com

This is amazing: DEAR FUTURE CHILDREN won the AUDIENCE AWARD at HOT DOCS!
Many thanks to the Canadian audiences for showing the love, many thanks to the festival for selecting the film in the first place and the warm welcome it received and the biggest congratulations to Franz Böhm & the whole team!
Winning the Hot Docs Feature Audience Award qualifies for consideration for the Oscar for Documentary Feature at the upcoming Academy Awards®.

You can find the complete list of festival winners here.

Watch MAGNETFILM Docs at the following festivals in April 2021:

DEAR FUTURE CHILDREN
CPH:DOX, Denmark April 21 - May 12
HOT DOCS, Canada, April 29 - May 9

NUCLEAR FOREVER
CPH:DOX, Denmark April 21 - May 12
Academia Film Olomouc, Czech Republic, April 27 – May 11

WOOD
Movies that Matter, The Netherlands,April 16-25, 2021
Trento Film Festival, Italy, April 30 - May 9

Say yes to YES-PEOPLE! The Icelandic short animation by Oscar Gísli Darri Halldórsson is nominated at the 93rd Academy Awards® in the Animated Short Film category and you can watch it now on MAGNETFILM's Vimeo on Demand at https://vimeo.com/ondemand/yespeople

Happy to announce the North American Premiere of DEAR FUTURE CHILDREN at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival showing as part of the World Showcase programme! More information here.

The 2021 Hot Docs Festival will be available for audiences across Canada to stream April 29 to May 9.