DOK Archive Market
Meet with international archives at the DOK Archive Market, find out about their footage and stills collections and forge connections with the archive representatives.
The DOK Archive Market screening and panel programme presents exciting discussions offering insights into the nuts and bolts of archival research, production and rights clearances.
In one-on-one consultations archive researchers and archive producers give concrete advice on researching and licensing footage for projects.
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Accredited guests welcome
Stasi FC
Arne Birkenstock, Daniel Gordon, Zakaria Rahmani, UK, 2023, 87 minutes
Namibia – The Forgotten Colony
Sabine Katins, GDR, 1976, 62 minutes
Arne Birkenstock, Daniel Gordon, Zakaria Rahmani, UK, 2023, 87 minutes
The Stasi’s preferred team, football club Berliner FC Dynamo, had a decade of uninterrupted success before the collapse of the Berlin Wall. The Stasi allegedly used bribery, intimidation, surveillance, forced transfers and murder.
The documentary uses personal testimony from survivors of the era combined with materials from Stasi Files – unseen Stasi paperwork and communications from the Stasi Records Agency unearthed from 111 kilometres of corridors. “Stasi FC” portrays a previously overlooked part of German and football history.
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No ticket needed. Admission on first come, first served basis for DOK Archive Market pass holders and accredited guests.
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Sabine Katins, GDR, 1976, 62 minutes
Produced for East German TV, “Namibia – The Forgotten Colony”, directed by Sabine Katins, was filmed undercover in Namibia in 1975. The film highlights the Namibian struggle for independence under SWAPO’s leadership, aligning it with the East German state’s narrative and criticizing West Germany for its involvement in Namibia’s illegal occupation and its ties to the German minority there.
The documentary was shot by two white camera teams posing as tourists, with British, West German, and Australian passports. The project was coordinated with SWAPO’s European office, led by Peter Katjavivi, and National Organizer Aaron Mushimba, who co-directed the filming. The material was later edited in East Berlin and broadcast in the spirit of international solidarity. An English version was presented to the United Nations Decolonization Committee and is now housed in the National Archives of Namibia.
Please be aware that the film includes depictions of explicit racism.
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No ticket needed. Admission on first come, first served basis of DOK Archive Market pass holders and accredited guests.
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The GDR, Namibia and the Film Heritage of Today
Starting from the documentary “Namibia – The Forgotten Colony” (Sabine Katins, GDR, 1975/1976) this panel will delve into the aesthetics and archive politics of (neo)colonialism
Featuring international panellists from German and Namibian archives, members of the original film crew behind the GDR-produced TV-documentary and representatives from the contemporary Namibian film industry, the discussion will present a wide range of perspectives. Raising critical questions on how the struggle for independence was portrayed from the outside, whom the portrayed struggle belongs to and on how the political climate of the GDR shaped the narrative. Today, German archives have to confront the question on how to handle the colonial legacy preserved in their aisles on 8, 16, and 35 mm film. Are they even the ones who should decide?
The recording of the event will be available on this page the day after.
Moderator:
Laura Horelli, Visual artist and Filmmaker
Panellists:
Dr. Andrea Hänger, Vice President Bundesarchiv
John Green, Cinematographer “Namibia – The Forgotten Colony”
Sarah Negumbo (video statement), Director for Namibia Library and Archives Service
Naomi Beukes, Namibian Filmmaker
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Researching and Producing Stasi FC
This panel takes a deep dive into the archive-heavy documentary Stasi FC. The meticulously researched film won the FOCAL 2024 award for “Best Use of Footage in a History Feature” showcasing rare materials that reveal how the Stasi – GDR’s intelligence agency – interfered with the football industry in Eastern Germany.
Archive producers Stephen Maier and Vanessa Christoffers-Trinks and producer Erik Winker (CORSO Film) give detailed insights into their working process. Their different perspectives delve into the research of archive materials and work with the film materials as well as into the budget planning and licensing process.
The documentary will be screened on Wednesday, 30 October for accredited guests and Archive Market pass holders.
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Admission for DOK Archive Market pass holders and accredited guests.
The recording of the event will be available on this page the day after.
Moderator:
Elizabeth Klinck,
Archive Producer, Canada
Panellists:
Vanessa Christoffers-Trinks, Archive Producer, Germany
Stephen Maier, Archive Producer, Germany
Erik Winker, Producer, CORSO Film, Germany
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Discussing the Trends and Developments from the Inside
Archive Producers from Germany and Canada review the industry developments of the past year and take a look into the future, to see what it holds for Archive Producing.
It now has been two years since the founding of the “German Researchers and Archive Producers” (GRAP e.V.), time for a look back, ahead and around the globe. In the USA the Archival Producers Alliance published a guideline on how to work with AI in archive producing. The professional field has to deal with the more widespread and ever growing use of AI in different parts of the work. Some of the uses seem reasonable, others are putting the archival work ethic to a test. Is it possible or desirable to set a global standard?
The recording of the event will be available on this page the day after.
A conversation between
Elizabeth Klinck, Archive Producer, Canada
Monika Preischl, Archive Producer and Founder of GRAP, Germany
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One-on-Ones with Archive Researchers & Producers
DOK Industry participants are invited to consult with archive researchers and archive producers on researching and licensing footage for their projects. On-site registration at the information counter during the event. First come, first served.
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DOK Industry is realised with the support of Creative Europe MEDIA Programme of the European Union, the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media upon a Decision of the German Bundestag.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the MEDIA sub-programme of Creative Europe. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
