About us

KINESCOPE FILM is an independent film production company based in Bremen with offices in Hamburg and Cologne.

The team led by producer and director Matthias Greving has been producing national and international feature films, series, documentaries, and reports for cinema, TV, and streaming services since 2015, including award-winning productions such as ELAHA (director: Milena Aboyan), which was nominated for the 2024 German Film Award in the categories “Best Feature Film” and “Best Female Lead”, and DIE HÄNDE MEINER MUTTER by Florian Eichinger (Munich Film Festival, awards for “Best Director” and “Best Leading Actor”). KINESCOPE FILM focuses on young film talents with their own signature style as well as experienced female directors and authors.

In 2018, KINESCOPE FILM produced the six-part documentary PORN CULTURE for Sky. 2019, the two-part documentary DIE AKTE BND: WAFFENGESCHÄFTE DEUTSCHER REEDER was shown as “Story im Ersten” after seven years of research. The international production BAUMBACHER SYNDROME with actor Tobias Moretti celebrated its world premiere as the opening film at the Hof Film Festival in 2019. In the documentary section, the focus is on music documentaries: Starting with ANNE CLARK – I’LL WALK OUT INTO TOMORROW and LOOK ME OVER – LIBERACE, both for the big screen – via A-HA – THE MOVIE, KOSMOS LIGETI – 100 YEARS OF GYÖRGY LIGETI and the 50th anniversary of John Neumeier at the Hamburg Ballet with DONA NOBIS PACEM through to live coverage of the BAYREUTHER FESTSPIELEN for Sky Deutschland, Sky Austria, Sky Italia and Sky UK. This format won the Broadcast Award in 2016, was nominated for a Grimme Award in the “Entertainment and Information” category in 2018, and was honored with the Bavarian Television Award in 2019. Further live musical shows followed as international broadcasts and recordings, including with HANS ZIMMER from Krakow and Dubai, DAVID GARRETT from Rome, Taormina, and Verona, as well as MATTEO BOCELLI, JONAS KAUFMANN, and CHILLY GONZALES.

With director Marie Noëlle, Kinescope Film approaches the biography of one of the most important German artists in HEINRICH VOGELER – AUS DEM LEBEN EINES TRÄUMERS and successfully expanded the feature film series about Bremen and Worpswede artists in 2024 with the film BERNHARD HOETGER – ZWISCHEN DEN LEBEN. Preparations are currently underway for the filming of the third part of the so-called “Zeitwende” trilogy about the artist PAULA MODERSOHN-BECKER. The children’s film TOUR DE FRANZI is also being pre-production with the support of Der Besondere Kinderfilm. The true crime project ROSA RIESE is currently in production in the documentary film sector.

Kinescope Film produces serial formats in both the factual and fiction sectors: The four-part true crime series SCHWARZER SCHATTEN – SERIENMORD IM KRANKENHAUS as a co-production with Sky Deutschland and Radio Bremen attracted a lot of attention in 2021, as did RETOURE for NDR, directed by Torsten Wacker, the following year. In 2022, KINESCOPE FILM produced the documentary BOLSCHOI and the debut feature film GEWALTEN (director: Constantin Hatz), which took part in the Berlinale in the same year and won the Heiner Carow Prize.

While the feature film ELAHA (director: Milena Aboyan) also premiered at the Berlinale in 2023, it was nominated for the German Film Award in the categories “Best Feature Film” and “Best Female Lead” in 2024. The film won the prize for “Best Young Actress” (Bayan Layla) at the Bavarian Film Awards in advance, as well as over twenty other awards. The documentary DAS GAZPROM-GEHEIMNIS and the reportage series THW – ABENTEUER EHRENAMT were also completed in 2023. After ERFUNDENE WAHRHEIT – DIE AFFÄRE RELOTIUS premiered for Sky Deutschland at the CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, this project won both the German Camera Award (“Doku Screen”) and the German Television Award (“Best Camera Documentary”).

In July 2024, the documentary WOHIN DIE FLÜSSE VERSCHWINDEN – LEBEN IN DER WASSERKRISE was shown on television for the first time. It caused quite a stir in the area of the environment, resulting in the documentary being nominated for the German Environmental and Sustainability Film Award, among others. The documentary ARMENIENS NATIONALPARKS was also broadcast on ARTE in 2024, and the concert recording THE WORLD OF HANS ZIMMER was broadcast on ZDF in December.
In 2023, Kinescope Film co-produced the successful children’s film GRÜSSE VOM MARS with Leitwolf Film and celebrated the premiere of Annelie Boros’ cinema documentary DIE ZÄRTLICHE REVOLUTION at the Nordic Film Days. The film will go on a cinema tour in 2025 before being shown in the ZDF format Das Kleine Fernsehspiel, as will the documentary NONKONFORM (director: Arne Körner) about Dietrich Kuhlbrodt. KINESCOPE FILM also produced the opening of the Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen in 2024 and successfully participated in the Max Ophüls Festival 2025 with GOD’S OTHER PLAN.

The debut film GOTTESKINDER (director: Frauke Lodders) is currently showing in German cinemas after winning awards at the Schlingel Festival, Warsaw, and many other festivals. The documentary series DIE SEENOTRETTER about the missions of the DGzRS can be seen on television and in media libraries. The four-part documentary series GAME OVER about the Credit Suisse case—a co-production with Contrast Film—will also be shown first in cinemas in spring and then be available for streaming.


Shooting begins in March 2025 for the high-end series SCHWARZES GOLD, a six-part historical drama set in Lüneburg Heath at the beginning of the 20th century. It is being produced in collaboration with NDR.

With more than 60 projects in development and around 20 other films, concerts, documentaries, series, and serials, KINESCOPE FILM is looking forward to an exciting 2025 and continues to focus clearly on European and international co-productions with partners from the UK, Switzerland, the US, Canada, Hungary, France, and Poland. These include feature film and documentary projects in particular, as well as animated films with Hollywood stars such as Glen Keane.

As part of SWISS STUDIOS AG, we are committed to major pan-European film projects and live the partnership between the German-speaking countries.

Awards & Nominations

Awards
exground Filmfestival Wiesbaden, Internationaler Jugendfilmwettbewerb: Kategorie: Preis der Jugendjury und Publikumspreis, 2024
Europäisches Filmfestival Göttingen, Kategorie: Publikumspreis, 2024
Hessischer Filmpreis, Kategorie: Bestes Drehbuch, 2024
Max Ophüls Preis, Kategorie: Preis der Jugendjury, 2024
34. Internationales Filmfest Emden/Norderney, Kategorie: NDR Filmpreis für den Nachwuchs (Publikumspreis), 2024
SCHLiNGEL, Wettbewerb Blickpunkt Deutschland: Hauptpreis der Stadt Chemnitz, verliehen durch die Fachjury National, 2024
Filmtage Oberschwaben, Kategorie: Hans W. Geissendörfer Preis, Bester Spielfilm, 2024
Warsaw International Film Festival: Winner 1-2 Competition, 2024
Nominations
Europäisches Filmfestival Göttingen, Kategorie: Göttinger Goldliesel, 2024
FilmFestival Cottbus, Kategorie: U18 Youth Film Competitions, 2024
Kasseler Dokumentarfilm und Video Fest, Kategorie: Goldener Herkules, 2024
Biberacher Filmfestspiele, Kategorie: Hauptwettbewerb Spielfilm, 2024
Max Ophüls Preis, Kategorie: Bester Spielfilm, 2024
Max Ophüls Preis, Kategorie: Beste Regie, 2024
Max Opühls Preis, Kategorie: Bestes Drehbuch, 2024
Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International, Kategorie: Bester Regionaler Langfilm, 2024
Fünf Seen Filmfestival, Kategorie: Fünf Seen Filmpreis, 2024
Willkommen Zuhause Filmfestival, Kategorie: Bewegendster Film des Programms, 2024
Awards
Filmfest Emden/NDR-Filmpreis für den Nachwuchs – Emden/Deutschland, Kategorie: NDR-Filmpreis für den Nachwuchs, 2023
Filmfest Emden/DGB Filmpreis – Emden/Deutschland, Kategorie: DGB Filmpreis, 2023
Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt/Publikumspreis – Frankfurt/Deutschland, Kategorie: Publikumspreis Langfilm, 2023
Caligari-Preise – Wiesbaden/Deutschland, Kategorie: Petra Mosselman-Gedächtnispreis der UFA Fiction GmbH, 2019
Locarno Film Festival/Kaiju Cinema Diffusion Prize – Locarno/Schweiz, Kategorie: Kaiju Cinema Diffusion Prize, 2022
New Faces Award – Berlin/Deutschland, Kategorie: Beste Nachwuchsschauspielerin & Bester Debütfilm, 2023
Heimat Europa Filmfestspiele – Hunsrück/Deutschland, Kategorie: Preis für den besten modernen Heimatfilm, 2023
Nominations
73. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin – Berlin/Deutschland, Kategorien: Kompass-Perspektive-Preis, Amnesty Filmpreis, Heiner-Carow-Preis, 2023
Prix Europa – Berlin/Deutschland, Kategorie: TV/Video Fiction, 2023
First Steps Award – Berlin/Deutschland, Kategorie: Nachwuchs, 2023
Thomas Strittmacher Preis – Berlin/Deutschland, 2023
Heimat Europa Filmfestspiele – Hunsrück/Deutschland, Kategorie: Publikumspreis, 2023
Deutscher Schauspielpreis – Berlin/Deutschland, Kategorie: Nachwuchs, 2023
Awards
61st Golden Prague International Television/Czech Television Prize, 2024
Awards
Deutscher Fernsehpreis – Köln/Deutschland, Kategorie: Beste Kamera Dokumentation, 2023
Festivals
Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival Kopenhagen – Kopenhagen/Dänemark, Premiere, 2023
Awards
Films for Future Festival 2024, Kategorie: Publikum-Award Natur/Landwirtschaft, 2024
Nominations
Deutscher Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitsfilmpreis, 2024
Awards
ECFA Award: Winner Best European Feature Film, 2024
Nominations
Goldener Spatz, 2024
Nominations
60th Golden Prague International Television Festival 2023 – Prag/Tschechien, Kategorie: Recordings of stage work, 2023
Nominations
Deutscher Wirtschaftsfilmpreis – Berlin/Deutschland, Kategorie: Wirtschaftsfilme, 2023
Deutsch-Französischer Journalistenpreis – Berlin/Deutschland, Kategorie: Investigation, 2023
Awards
73. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin – Berlin/Deutschland, Kategorie: Heiner-Carow-Preis | Beste Kamera, 2022
Nominations
73. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin – Berlin/Deutschland, Kategorie: Kompass-Perspektive-Preis, 2023
Awards
AV News Awards – Barcelona/Spanien, Kategorie: Project of the year (Live Shows), 2020
Awards
Festival des deutschen Films – Ludwigshafen/Deutschland, Kategorie: Ludwigshafener Auszeichnung, 2021
Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival – Mallorca/Spanien, Kategorie: Evolutionary Island Award, 2020
Snowdance Independent Film Festival – Landsberg am Lech/Deutschland, Kategorie: Bester Spielfilm, 2020
Nominations
Internationale Hofer Filmtage – Hof/Deutschland, Kategorie: German Cinema New Talent Award, 2019
Filmfestival Türkei Deutschland – Nürnberg/Deutschland, Kategorie: Bester Spielfilm, 2019
Filmfestival Kitzbühel – Kitzbühel/Deutschland, Kategorie: Bester Film, 2019
Transatlantyk Festival – Posen/Polen, Kategorie: Golden Ark, 2020
Festivals
Internationale Hofer Filmtage – Hof/Deutschland, Eröffnungsfilm, 2019
Awards
Bayerischer Fernsehpreis/Blauer Panther – München/Deutschland, Kategorie: Kultur und Bildung, 2019
Awards
Achtung Berlin – Berlin/Deutschland, Kategorie: Bester Dokumentarfilm, 2018
Nominations
Hot Docs Toronto – Toronto/Kanada, 2018
DOK Leipzig – Leipzig/Deutschland, Kategorie: ver.di-Preis für Solidarität, Menschlichkeit und Fairness, 2017
Nominations
Grimme-Preis – Marl/Deutschland, Kategorie: Information und Kultur Spezial, 2018
Awards
67. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin – Berlin/Deutschland, Kategorie: Special Screening, 2017
Awards
World Film Festival – Montreal/Kanada, Kategorie: Documentaries 1st Prize
Nominations
67. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin – Berlin/Deutschland, Kategorie: Special Screening, 2017
Festivals
Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München – München/Deutschland, 2017
Filmfest Hamburg – Hamburg/Deutschland, 2017
Film Festival Cologne – Köln/Deutschland, 2017
Duisburger Filmwoche – Duisburg/Deutschland, 2017
Awards
Docuart Fest – Bukarest/Rumänien, Kategorie: Beste Kamera, 2015
66. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin – Berlin/Deutschland, Kategorie: LOLA, 2016
Bad Aibling/Deutschland, Kategorie: Non-fiktionaler Preis, 2019
Guardini-Stiftung – Berlin/Deutschland, Kategorie: Dekalog-Filmpreis, 2015
Human Rights Festival – Bukarest/Rumänien, Kategorie: One World Romania IHRDFF, 2015
Nominations
Deutscher Filmpreis – Berlin/Deutschland, Kategorie: Vorauswahl, 2016
Festivals
Astra International Film Festival – Sibu/Malaysia, 2015
12. Dokumentarfilmwoche – Hamburg/Deutschland, 2015
Awards
International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights – Genf/Schweiz, Kategorie: Special Mention of the Jury, 2019
Sundance Film Festival – USA, Kategorie: World Cinema – Documentary - Grand Jury Prize, 2016
Sundance Film Festival – USA, Kategorie: World Cinema – Documentary - Audience Award, 2016
Portland International Film Festival – USA, Kategorie: Best Documentary, 2016
Sarasota Film Festival – USA, Kategorie: Best in World Cinema - Audience Award, 2016
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival – USA, Kategorie: Center for Documentary Studies Filmmaker Award, 2016
Montclair Film Festival – USA, Kategorie: World Cinema – Audience Award, 2016
Montclair Film Festival – USA, Kategorie: Social Justice – Junior Jury Special Jury Prize, 2016
Sheffield International Documentary Festival – USA, Kategorie: Sheffield Youth Jury Award, 2016
Biografilm Festival – Italien, Kategorie: Best Debut Film – Hera Award, 2016
East End Film Festival – Großbritannien, Kategorie: Best Documentary, 2016
Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München – München/Deutschland, Kategorie: SOS-Kinderdörfer Award, 2016
IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival – Lissabon/Portugal, Kategorie: Audience Award, 2016
Millennium Docs Against Gravity – Polen, Kategorie: Millennium Award – Special Mention, 2016
Documentary Edge Festival – Neuseeland, Kategorie: World Cinema Award, 2016
Camden International Film Festival - Großbritannien, Kategorie: Audience Award, 2016
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival – USA, Kategorie: Best Documentary Feature – Jury Award, 2016
Moscow International Film Festival – Russland, Kategorie: NETPAC Award, 2016
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam – Amsterdam/Niederlande, Kategorie: IDFA Audience Award, 2015
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam – Amsterdam/Niederlande, Kategorie: DOC U! Award, 2015
Nominations
Cinema Eye Honor Awards – USA, Kategorie: Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize, 2017
Film Independent Spirit Awards – USA, Kategorie: Independent Spirit Award, 2017
Sarasota Film Festival – USA, Kategorie: Best Documentary Feature – Jury Prize, 2016
Cleveland International Film Festival – USA, Kategorie: Music Movies Competition, 2016
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival – Kanada, Kategorie: Audience Awards, 2016
Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München – München/Deutschland, Kategorie: Viktor Award, 2016
Melbourne International Film Festival – Australien, Kategorie: Most Popular Documentary, 2016
Hamptons International Film Festival – USA, Kategorie: Brizzolara Family Foundation Award for a Film of Conflict and Resolution – Best Film, 2016
Luxembourg City Film Festival – Luxemburg, Kategorie: Documentary Award, 2016
Awards
Filmfest München - München/Deutschland, Kategorie: Förderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino, 2016
Filmfest München - München/Deutschland, Kategorie: Beste Regie, 2016
Filmfest München - München/Deutschland, Kategorie: Bester Darsteller, 2016