- Company
Kloos & Co. Medien GmbH, Rise and Shine - Occupation
Distributor, Producer - Country
Germany
Kloos Stefan
(*1968). After 6 years at leading youth and music TV producer MME, an Adolf Grimme TV-Award for ARD-series POP 2000 and a 2-year-interval in multimedia, he founded Kloos & Co. Medien in 2002 and has since produced creative documentaries with international TV broadcasters and for the cinema. Recent productions include Czech-German documentary Breathless (ZDF/WDR/ARTE, theatrically released), Berlin Today Award finalist The Day We Danced On The Moon (premiere at Berlinale 2011), cross-media project Planet Galata and Of Sharks and Fish. The Other Chelsea won the Max Ophüls Preis and First Steps Award 2011 and was nominated for the Germise and Shine World Sales and has since been successfully involved in international distribution of selected award-winning documentaries.
Kloos & Co. Medien GmbH
Schlesische Strasse 29/30
10997 Berlin Since 2002 we have produced and marketed award-winning creative documentaries for TV and cinema. We love films that dare to be different and pursue new and innovative ways of storytelling or that cross formal and structural borders. We love to laugh and we believe that documentary films may and must also entertain their audiences. Our main topics include social issues, human interest and human rights related issues, pop culture and the arts.
Schlesische Strasse 29/30
10997 Berlin Since 2002 we have produced and marketed award-winning creative documentaries for TV and cinema. We love films that dare to be different and pursue new and innovative ways of storytelling or that cross formal and structural borders. We love to laugh and we believe that documentary films may and must also entertain their audiences. Our main topics include social issues, human interest and human rights related issues, pop culture and the arts.
Rise and Shine
Rise and Shine World Sales markets and sells outstanding documentary films to broadcasters and local distributors around the world. Founded in 2007, the company’s Managing Director Stefan Kloos and his team Diana Karklin and Anja Dziersk take a selection of 12-16 new films per year plus a growing exquisite catalogue to the major markets and directly to broadcasters and other distribution channels. Strong storylines and style, universal topics, personal perspectives. Youth and pop culture. Current affairs, human rights issues, popular science, ecology, geopolitics. We do everything to see each film “rise and shine”.
Rise and Shine World Sales markets and sells outstanding documentary films to broadcasters and local distributors around the world. Founded in 2007, the company’s Managing Director Stefan Kloos and his team Diana Karklin and Anja Dziersk take a selection of 12-16 new films per year plus a growing exquisite catalogue to the major markets and directly to broadcasters and other distribution channels. Strong storylines and style, universal topics, personal perspectives. Youth and pop culture. Current affairs, human rights issues, popular science, ecology, geopolitics. We do everything to see each film “rise and shine”.
Breathless - Dominance of Moment - 2008
East European Forum - 2012
Ex Oriente Babies - 2011
Company profile:
Rise and Shine World Sales markets and sells outstanding documentary films to broadcasters and local distributors around the world. Founded in 2007, the company’s Managing Director Stefan Kloos and his team Diana Karklin and Anja Dziersk take a selection of 12-16 new films per year plus a growing exquisite catalogue to the major markets and directly to broadcasters and other distribution channels. Strong storylines and style, universal topics, personal perspectives. Youth and pop culture. Current affairs, human rights issues, popular science, ecology, geopolitics. We do everything to see each film “rise and shine”.
What are the ways the company gets involved? / Distributor, Executive Producer, Co-Producer, Sales Agent…. Will it be the same also the next year? Please explain if there are any changes planned:
World sales, getting involved as sales agents taking the films to all international markets and platforms. We sometimes get involved in theatrical and DVD releases, but rarely as Executive Producers and/or co-producers, this would be handled by our sister company Kloos & Co. Medien.
Documentary genre(s) preferred:
We rather think of good films than subjects. But we have a preference for geopolitics, social and human interest issues, ecology, music and arts.
Average number of titles annually acquired:
12-16.
Three recent titles from international companies. Please specify the countries or territories:
Ameer Got His Gun (Black Sheep, Israel), The Other Chelsea (Kloos & Co. Medien, Germany), Life In Stills (Heymann Brothers, Israel), Punk In Africa (Czech Republic/South Africa).
Third-party percentage:
N/A.
Cash advance / Guarantees:
Usually no.
Other platforms / VOD, mobile, podcasting, etc.:
Yes, absolutely.
Preference regarding the length and format (single/series):
We like feature-length films and are quite successful to take them to market. But, we strongly recommend and request producers to come up with a 52min. edit, thus increasing sales estimations.
What do you expect of the East Doc Platform?:
The best of Eastern European talents, learning about early-stage projects, following up on those that are in progress and signing the best of those well further advanced.
Rise and Shine World Sales markets and sells outstanding documentary films to broadcasters and local distributors around the world. Founded in 2007, the company’s Managing Director Stefan Kloos and his team Diana Karklin and Anja Dziersk take a selection of 12-16 new films per year plus a growing exquisite catalogue to the major markets and directly to broadcasters and other distribution channels. Strong storylines and style, universal topics, personal perspectives. Youth and pop culture. Current affairs, human rights issues, popular science, ecology, geopolitics. We do everything to see each film “rise and shine”.
What are the ways the company gets involved? / Distributor, Executive Producer, Co-Producer, Sales Agent…. Will it be the same also the next year? Please explain if there are any changes planned:
World sales, getting involved as sales agents taking the films to all international markets and platforms. We sometimes get involved in theatrical and DVD releases, but rarely as Executive Producers and/or co-producers, this would be handled by our sister company Kloos & Co. Medien.
Documentary genre(s) preferred:
We rather think of good films than subjects. But we have a preference for geopolitics, social and human interest issues, ecology, music and arts.
Average number of titles annually acquired:
12-16.
Three recent titles from international companies. Please specify the countries or territories:
Ameer Got His Gun (Black Sheep, Israel), The Other Chelsea (Kloos & Co. Medien, Germany), Life In Stills (Heymann Brothers, Israel), Punk In Africa (Czech Republic/South Africa).
Third-party percentage:
N/A.
Cash advance / Guarantees:
Usually no.
Other platforms / VOD, mobile, podcasting, etc.:
Yes, absolutely.
Preference regarding the length and format (single/series):
We like feature-length films and are quite successful to take them to market. But, we strongly recommend and request producers to come up with a 52min. edit, thus increasing sales estimations.
What do you expect of the East Doc Platform?:
The best of Eastern European talents, learning about early-stage projects, following up on those that are in progress and signing the best of those well further advanced.
