FRUITMARKET ARTS AND MEDIA was a multi award winning film production company based in Cologne, Germany from 2004 until 2025.
It is with great sorrow that we have to inform you that Arne Birkenstock has died in November 2025. We have lost a wonderful friend and inspiring filmmaker and producer. He is missing!
Fruitmarket Arts and Media, his company, has ceased operations in 2025 and is now in the process of liquidation. Documents thereof have been published in the “Bundesanzeiger”.
Since its foundation in 2004, Fruitmarket has developed and produced numerous theatrical documentaries, series and transmedia projects with acclaimed directors. Our productions have been awarded with numerous national film awards and were successful worlwide in box office, television, platforms and festivals. We cooproduced with broadcasters, platforms, financing-, distribution- and coproduction partners from all over the world. Latest releases have been “TILL MURDER DO US PART - SOERING VS. HAYSOM“ on Netflix, „STASI FC“ in Cinemas and on Sky Documentaries, "CAPITAL B - WHO OWNS BERLIN“ on Arte and the theatrical documentaries „POL POT DANCING“, „GOLDHAMMER" and „CENTURY OF WOMEN“.
If you are interested in licensing one of our films or if you have other requests, please contact tobias.muendemann@gmx.de
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?
