About Film Five GmbH

    FILM FIVE is an award-winning independent production company based in Berlin, dedicated to producing high-end documentaries and documentary series for local and global audiences.

    LOVE, DEUTSCHMARKS AND DEATH won the Audience Award of the Panorama section of the 72. Berlinale, the German Film Critics Award for best documentary and best editing and was nominated for the German Film Award 2023 and received the Grimme Award 2024.

    Our documentary feature GLADBECK: THE HOSTAGE CRISIS is streaming on NETFLIX and won the German Television Award for best editing, received two awards at the German Academy for Television and was nominated for the Grimme Award 2023.

    Our 6-part documentary series SCHWESTA EWA - RAPPER. CONVICT. MOTHER is streaming on RTL+ and our investigative documentary THE HUNGARIAN PLAYBOOK is available on ZDF/ZDFinfo. The six-part documentary series HIP HOP - THE FUTURE IS FEMALE is streaming on RTL+.

    For ProSieben prime time we produce JENKE.CIME and our series BEZZEL & SCHWARZ - DIE GRENZGÄNGER is enjoying its 6th season for the ARD.

    Known for

    Movies as production

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    YearTitleGenreDirectorComment
    2025A Hole in the Roof (WT)DocumentaryChristoph Mushayija Rath
    2025Bezzel & Schwarz - Die GrenzgängerDocumentary Series, BR [de]Ekkehard 'Ekki' Wetzel
    2024ARD Crime Time - Die Mafiamorde von DuisburgDocumentary (multi-part), ARD [de], WDR [de]Peter Jeschke
    2024I Was There (WT)Teaser (Series Concept)Vito Nicholas
    2024Jenke. Crime.Documentary Series, ProSieben [de]Timon Modersohn
    2024Let's talk about PornDocumentary Series, rbb [de]Julia Krampe
    2024Bezzel & Schwarz - Die GrenzgängerDocumentary Series, BR [de]Ekkehard 'Ekki' Wetzel
    2024Rising Up at NightDocumentaryNelson Makengo
    2023Jahre, die kommen, Jahre, die gehen / Years that come, years to pass (WT)Independent Feature FilmMassih Parsaei
    2023Jenke. Report.
    Künstliche Intelligenz
    Documentary Series, ProSieben [de]Niklas WeiseKünstliche Intelligenz
    2023Jenke. Crime.
    Der Kampf gegen die Mafia
    Documentary Series, ProSieben [de]Timon ModersohnDer Kampf gegen die Mafia
    2023Green Seven Report 2023Documentary, ProSieben [de]Jana Buchholz
    2023Die Uffizien - Erzählt von ihrem AufsichtspersonalDocumentary (Series), arte, ZDF [de]Corinna Belz
    2023Der Prado - Erzählt von seinem AufsichtspersonalDocumentary (Series), arte, ZDF [de]Tuan Lam
    2023Das Wallraf-Richartz-Museum - Erzählt von seinem AufsichtspersonalDocumentary (Series), arte, ZDF [de]Corinna Belz
    2023Das Centre Pompidou - Erzählt von seinem AufsichtspersonalDocumentary (Series), arte, ZDF [de]Tuan Lam
    2023Bezzel & Schwarz - Die GrenzgängerDocumentary Series, BR [de]Ekkehard 'Ekki' Wetzel
    2022Family of ChoiceDocumentary Series, RTL+ [de]Multiple
    2022Hip Hop - The Future is FemaleDocumentary Series, RTL+ [de]Multiple
    2022ErenDocumentary FeatureMaria Binder

    Movies as distributor

    YearTitleGenreDirectorComment
    2023ErenDocumentary FeatureMaria Binder

    Film awards

    YearFilmAwardCategory 
    2024Love, Deutschmarks and DeathGrimme Award [de]Information & CultureWinner
    2023Love, Deutschmarks and DeathGerman Film Award (Lola) [de]Best DocumentaryNominated
    2023Love, Deutschmarks and DeathDeutscher Dokumentarfilmpreis [de]DocumentaryNominated
    2023Gladbeck - The Hostage CrisesGrimme Award [de]Information & CultureNominated
    2022The Hungarian PlaybookDIG Awards [it]Investigative DocumentaryNominated
    2022Gladbeck - The Hostage CrisesThe German Television Award [de]Best DocumentaryNominated
    2022Gladbeck - The Hostage CrisesDAfFNE, Deutsche Akademie für Fernsehen [de]Beste Dokumentation/ReportageWinner
    2021When a Farm Goes AflameAchtung Berlin [de]Prize of the Ecumenical JuryWinner
    2021Proll!Int. Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen [de]Deutscher WettbewerbWinner
    2021Proll!Achtung Berlin [de]Special Mention Best Medium-Length FilmWinner
    2021Proll!German Short Film Award [de]Short films 10 up to 30 minNominated
    2020No Gold for KalsakaAfrica Movie Academy Awards [ng]Best DocumentaryWinner
    2019Koka the ButcherBlack Maria Film Festival [us]Stella Award WinnerWinner
    2019Koka the ButcherBBC Arabic Film Festival [uk]Best Short DocumentaryWinner
    2019No Gold for KalsakaCarthage Film Festival [tn]Special MentionWinner
    2019OsloRhode Island International Film Festival [us]Best EditingWinner
    2019OsloJerusalem Film Festival 2019HONORABLE MENTIONWinner
    2019OsloOdense International Film Festival 2019EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS - CANDIDATE SHORT FILMWinner
    2019OsloNYC Indie Film Awards [us]Best Short Film Bronze AwardWinner
    2019Bella PalankaGrimme-PreisNominated
    2018Koka the ButcherBig Sky Documentary Film Festival [us]Best ShortWinner
    2018Koka the ButcherBoston Short Film Festival [us]Best Documentary ShortWinner
    2018Koka the ButcherViewpoint Documentary Film Festival [be]Public Award Best ShortWinner
    2018Koka the ButcherSt. Louis Intl. Film Festival [us]Best Documentary ShortWinner
    2018Sudan's Forgotten Films - WitnessThe Association for Int. Broadcasting [uk]Best Arts & Culture ProgramWinner
    2018Don't Forget MeTarkovsky Film Festival Zerkalo [ru]Best Feature FilmWinner
    2017Sudan's Forgotten Films - WitnessForeign Press Association Media Awards [uk]Arts & Culture Story of the YearWinner
    2017Don't Forget MeTorino Film Festival [it]Best Feature FilmWinner

    Company data

    Experience abroadAustralia and Oceania: Tonga
    Central Europe: Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland
    North Africa: Egypt, Sudan
    North America: Canada, Mexico, USA
    Northern Europe: Denmark
    East Africa: Eritrea, Kenya, Mozambique, Uganda
    East Asia: Japan
    South Africa: South Africa
    Southern Europe: Italy
    Southeastern Europe: Serbia
    West Africa: Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria
    West Asia: Israel, Palestine, Syria, Turkey
    Western Europe: France, United Kingdom
    Central Africa: Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), South Sudan
    Date of company foundation2017
    Associations
    Immediate working areaHead office: Berlin