HANFGARN & UFER Filmproduktion with offices in Berlin and Hamburg was founded by Andrea Ufer and Gunter Hanfgarn in 1991. We produce films with international broadcasters, coproduction partners and film funds. Most of our prize-winning films have been screened during international festivals and were distributed worldwide.

SELECTION OF FILMS

CARNE DE PERRO (2012) by Fernando Guzzoni Feature in coproduction with Ceneca Producciones, Chile and JBA Production, France. Funded by Audiovisual Fund, Chile, Fonds Sud, Fondation Groupama Gan, France; World Cinema Fund.
1. Prize New Directors, San Sebastian Filmfestival; „Best First Feature“ – Havanna Film Festival; „Movie City Award“ – Valdivia Film Festival; „Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award“ – Filmfestival Gotenburg

MOTHER`S DAY (2012) by Bin Chuen Choi Documentary Feature funded by BKM, Nordmedia and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg Semaine de la Citique, Locarno Filmfestival, DOK-Fest Leipzig

SHIT JOB (2012) by Anastasia Vinokurova, 60 mins Dokumentary in coproduktion with Telepool and Bayerischer Rundfunk 2. Prize Dokumentarfilmwettbewerb BR / Telepool; Saratov Sufferings („Documentary Award“); Nomination Grimme Prize

BETWEEN HOME (2012) by Jack Rath Documentary Feature in coproduktion with Yaman Films, Australia and Instinctive Films, Los Angeles New Berlin Film Award, Berlin; Dungog Indie Festival, Australien

EPHEMERAL WEDDINGS (2011) by Reza Serkanian Feature, Associate Producer with Overlap Films, Frankreich, funded by Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres; Fond Culture and Communication, Fonds Sud, Frankreich; EZEF, Germany; Experimental and Documentary Film Center, Iran. Cannes Filmfestival 2011, ACID

BROTHER SISTER (2011) by Maria Mohr, 3SAT, Filmstiftung NRW, Doc Alliance Participant 2011

GANGSTER RUNNER (2011) by Christian Stahl, RBB/ARTE, ZDF Kleines Fernsehspiel, FFA. Semaine de la Critique, Locarno 2011, Prix Europa (Special Mention") Filmwochenende Wuerzburg ("Best Documentary")

ADOPTED (2010) by Rouven Rech and Gudrun Widlok, Torero Film ZDF/ARTE, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, MFG, Filmbüro Bremen, Goethe Institut. Filmschau Baden-Wuerttemberg (“Best Documentary”), Saratov Sufferings Filmfestival (“Best Documentary”)

BALLADA (2009) by Andreas Maus, WDR/ARTE, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmstiftung NRW. Munich Filmfest, Cambridge Int´l Filmfest, Int´l Filmfest Barcelona; Festival of German Film in Russia, Tranzyt Festival Poland

SPORTSMAN LÖTZSCH (Germany 2007) 90 min. Script / Dir.: Sandra Prechtel and Sascha Hilpert, Best Script treatment competition 2005 of Telepool and Bayerischer Rundfunk, Discovery Channel Audience Award DOK-Leipzig 2007

FRIENDLY ENEMY ALIEN (Germany 2006) by John Burgan, ZDF/Kleines Fernsehspiel, Filmstiftung NRW and Filmförderung Hamburg. New Berlin Film Award 2006 („Best Documentary“)

CALLING HEDY LAMARR (Germany, Austria, England 2004) by Georg Misch
Mischief Films Vienna, Lone Star Pictures, London. WDR/ARTE, BBC-arena, Semaine de la Critique, Festival Locarno ("Special Mention”)

CINEMANIA (Germany, USA 2002) by Angela Christlieb, Stephen Kijak, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmstiftung NRW. More than 80 festivals worldwide. Semaine de la Critique, Festival Locarno; The Hampton´s Film Festival, USA 2002 (“Best Documentary”)

I AM FROM NOWHERE (Germany/Austria /England 2002) by Silvia Beck, Georg Misch, Worldwide Group London, Navigator Film, Wien, BBC-arena, ZDF/ARTE. OFFICIAL SELECTION, Locarno, Hof, Bratislava, Saarbrücken weniger