Natural wonders of the high mountains

Filming for our 4-part series “Natural Wonders of the High Mountains” begins at the end of August in the Julian Alps. Author and director Sebastian Saam will initially focus on the natural beauty of the cross-border high mountains in Slovenia and Italy and – as in his 7-part lake series – the effects of climate change.

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Feature film LUISA in post-production

After seven weeks of inclusive filming with a balanced cast of around 20 actors with and without disabilities, LUISA is now being edited. Directed by Julia Roesler, the debut film deals with the topic of sexual violence in residential facilities for people with disabilities.

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IN produktion

I’M FREEZING IN THE SUN

In “I’m freezing in the sun,” director Frank Amann accompanies five young people aged 12 to 14 who are growing up in a satellite town in Neubrandenburg. They are not only confronted with the challenges of puberty, but also with their origins, influences and attributions.

Lakes – Sources of life

The next three episodes of our 7-part series STILLE WASSER are waiting to be broadcast on ARTE. After Saimaa, Balaton, Lake Van and Alqueva, the films about Lake Mälaren in Sweden, Lough Corrib in Ireland and Ohrid with its neighbour Prespa in North Macedonia have now been completed.

LUISA

A film by Julia Roesler, Silke Merzhäuser and Insa Rudolph. 24-year-old Luisa lives in a group home for people with disabilities with seven roommates. She works in a laundry. It is unexpectedly discovered that Luisa is pregnant.

ER + ich Fried

It’s a strange thing, sharing your father with a generation of young Germans who couldn’t trust their own. To us he was just ‘Papa’, but a caravan of ‘visitors’ continually streamed to him – like to a guru.

IN PREPARATION

Forbidden Fruits

In FORBIDDEN FRUITS, Bianca Gleissinger uses honest self- and social criticism to explore the question of whether, in times of body positivity and Instagram filters, we find ourselves in similarly toxic areas of tension as our mothers and grandmothers.

Esther Ofarim

The whole world was amazed by Esther, but the Germans were mesmerized. Esther and Abi Ofarim appeared to them not only as representatives of musical internationalism, but above all as ambassadors of Israel and of a new generation that could find ways of reconciliation.

Delivery Heroes

They are the human element of a merciless system with “10 minute delivery guarantees.” Your industry is one of the fastest growing in the world. But who are the people in the colorful uniforms and the bulky boxes on their backs who bring us the food?

Decolonize Me

David finds his family’s involvement in the slave trade and sets out to meet descendants of the victims to find out what we still have to do with the whole thing today.

Golem

A feature film about artificial intelligence and mobility.

FILMOGRAPHY

  • All
  • Documentary
  • Feature film

About Us

HANFGARN & UFER Filmproduktion, founded in 1991, is headquartered in Berlin and has offices in Hamburg and Bremerhaven. With great attention to creative auteur films, we support our authors and directors, including many debutants, in the realization of their documentaries and feature films. Many of our productions have won awards at international film festivals, and some have been released internationally. We cooperate with German and international co-producers, TV channels, sponsors, other donors and sales companies.

TEAM

Gunter Hanfgarn

Author & Producer

  • 1984-90: Studied psychology in Landau and Berlin
  • 1988-90: Editorial assistant and TV writer at RIAS-TV
  • 1991 Founding of HANFGARN & UFER film production with Andrea Ufer
  • 2009-12: Vice President of the Documentary Film Working Group (AGDOK)
  • Member of the German and European Film Academy. IMDB >>

Focus: Development, production, rights and licenses

hanfgarn@hu-film.de

Andrea Ufer

Writer & Producer, Director

  • 1982-87: Studied German, media studies and politics at the TU Berlin
  • Editorial assistant and TV writer at RIAS TV
  • Since 1988 she has been a freelance journalist and filmmaker for ARD, ZDF and ARTE
  • 1991 Founding of HANFGARN & UFER film production with Gunter Hanfgarn
  • Member of the AGDOK and the German Film Academy. IMDB >>
Focus: Development, production, film management

ufer@hu-film.de

 

Bettina Morlock

Production Manager

Since completing her production studies at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy in Ludwigsburg, Bettina Morlock has worked as a production manager and line producer as well as a self-employed producer for documentaries. 

Bettina is also a certified Green Consultant.

morlock@hu-film.de

Heiko Hobohm

Accounting

Contact

HANFGARN & UFER Filmproduktion GbR

Apostel-Paulus-Str 6
10823 Berlin

+49-30-84 85 5000 / / 5016

info@hu-film.de

HANFGARN & UFER Nord GbR

Händelstr 5
22761 Hamburg

+49-40-226 16474
+49-172 310 0203

info@hu-film.de

HANFGARN & UFER West GbR

Lutherstr 7
27576 Bremerhaven

+49-471 304 04 244

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