A DIFFERENT LOOK

Documentaries about
people and their worlds

The content focus of our films is the in-depth examination of topics from the fields of science, medicine, environment, politics and current affairs, which are often based on an ethical issue.

The company was founded in 2003 as "Valentin Thurn Filmproduktion" and transferred to "ThurnFilm GmbH" in 2019.

ThurnFilm successfully cooperates with the public broadcasters ARD, ZDF, WDR, NDR, SWR, BR, HR, RBB, MDR and ARTE as well as with TV stations in Sweden (SVT), France (France 5), Switzerland (SRG) den Niederlanden (BOS), Großbrittanien (BBC Storyville), USA (PBS) und Sky International. Einige unserer Filme sind internationale Koproduktionen und wurden im Fernsehen in über 40 Ländern auf der ganzen Welt ausgestrahlt. Wir kooperieren mit den Kino-Vertrieben Prokino, MindJazz, RealFiction, Farbfilm and Alamode and the world distributors Autlook, Lucky You and New Docs.

Our films have been screened at Berlinale , IDFA , CPH:DOX Copenhagen and many other international festivals. They won important awards such as the German Nature Film Award of the Darßer NaturfilmFestivals and Social Justice Award of the Santa Barbara International Filmfestival (USA).

Holy Shit
Can poop save the world?

Der Film Ein abendfüllender Dokumentarfilm von Rubén AbruñaIn Koproduktion mit PEACOCK FILM (CH) Deutscher und österreichischer Kinostart geplant für Herbst 2023.Kinoverleih: Farbfilm, World distributor: Autlook

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