FRUITMARKET ARTS AND MEDIA is a multi award winning film production company based in Cologne, Germany.
Since its foundation in 2004, Fruitmarket has produced numerous theatrical documentaries, series and transmedia projects with acclaimed directors like David Bernet, Uli Gaulke, Dan Gordon, Tonje Hessen Schei, Michael Madsen, Florian Opitz, Milo Rau, Yasemin Samdereli, Enrique Sánchez Lansch, Marcus Vetter and Arne Birkenstock.
Our productions have been awarded with numerous national film awards and were successful worlwide in box office, television, platforms and festivals like Berlinale, Venice, IFF Rotterdam, CPH:DOX, Sheffield, HotDocs, Locarno, IDFA, DokLeipzig, GZ Doc, Montreal, Yamagata and others.
We cooproduce with broadcasters, platforms, financing-, distribution- and coproduction partners from all over the world, bring together strong international teams with experienced talents and develop new distribution and marketing strategies for documentaries.
Latest releases have been “TILL MURDER DO US PART - SOERING VS. HAYSOM“ on Netflix, „STASI FC“ on Sky Documentaries, "CAPITAL B - WHO OWNS BERLIN“ on Arte and the theatrical documentaries „POL POT DANCING“, „GOLDHAMMER" and „CENTURY OF WOMEN“.
Till Murder Do Us Part: Soering vs. Haysom
Did Jens Soering murder his girlfriend's parents in 1985 — or was she the killer? This docuseries digs into questions that still swirl around the case.
Capital B - Who Owns Berlin?
Capital B draws us into the maelstrom of a unique city and into the battles that have been waged in Berlin for thirty years to decide one question: Who does the city belong to?
Stasi FC
A Cold War thriller on and around the soccer field, in which the soccer anthem “You‘ll never walk alone” takes on a whole new meaning.