Category
Documentary
director
Maik Reichert
production
nachtaktivfilm
country
Germany
format
HD
runtime
52/88 min
year
2015
broadcaster
RBB, ARTE
language
German
subtitled_versions
English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian
genre
Arts & Culture, History, Society
OSTKREUZ - AGENCY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHERS
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OSTKREUZ - AGENCY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHERS
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Synopsis

OSTKREUZ, today’s most famous photographers' agency in Germany, was founded with the Magnum agency as a role model in East Germany shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990. Today 20 photographers from East and West organize it, united by their humanistic worldview and documentary photography that is engaged. Maik Reichert’s film shines a spotlight on the otherwise very different photographers and their own working practices, portraying their joint passion of making images to picture our society.

Festivals

  • Documentary Competition, achtung berlin – new berlin film award, Germany (2015)
  • Released theatrically in Germany (GMfilms)