JYOTI Film is dedicated to auteur-driven documentary cinema with a distinctive visual and narrative language. With the films we develop and produce, we aim to shed light on untold stories. Based in Hamburg and Berlin, we produce feature documentaries, short films, and digital and immersive formats for the international market, with a strong focus on international co-productions and long-term artistic collaborations. We are currently broadening our scope to include feature films, with a few projects already in development. In addition, we work as certified green consultants, driven by our belief in the film industry’s responsibility to contribute to a just and sustainable world.

Our films regularly premiere and win awards at major festivals: My Stolen Planet premiered in the Berlinale Panorama, winning the Audience Award (2nd place) and a nomination for the German Film Critics Award; Abo Zaabal 89 world-premiered at IDFA and won Best Documentary Feature at Cairo IFF; our co-production Les Enfants Terribles won the Special Jury Award at Visions du Réel, was shortlisted for the European Film Awards and the Human Rights Award in Sarajevo. Further honours include the Golden Dove in Leipzig for Lift Like A Girl.

JYOTI Film has built a strong international network as an alumna company of Documentary Campus Masterschool, co-producing with partners across Europe, the SWANA region, and beyond. Our editorial focus lies on bold cinematic voices, socially relevant and emancipatory themes, and stories from and about women and queers, with a commitment to diversity, sustainability, and international collaboration. Our goal is to spark empathy and deep connection between the film, the filmmakers, and the audience.