Closing session: The future of storytelling: Final reflections on collaboration

DOK.forum Industry Training Talks 2025

As we wrap up, this session offers a space for final reflections on collaboration, innovation, and resilience in documentary filmmaking. Who can help, who needs support, and how do we move forward together? Let’s Keep our heads up, share insights, and build connections that extend beyond this event. A Moment to reflect, inspire, and take the next steps toward a stronger, more connected future in storytelling.

Speaker

Paul Rieth

Event information and tickets

  • The event will end at approx. 4.45 p.m.
  • The event will be held in English.
  • The event will be held on site.
  • The event is open to DOK.forum accredited; to attend, please book a paid ticket (valid for all Industry Training Talks) in advance.
  • The event is open to DOK.fest accredited (professionals), DOK.forum Marketplace guests and DOK.forum Marketplace Observer (Plus) accredited; free of charge.

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Paul Rieth
(GET YOUR CROWD)

Paul Rieth is an audience strategist, marketing consultant, and content producer based in Berlin. Through his agency GET YOUR CROWD, he offers consulting and workshops on audience design, marketing, storytelling, and crowdfunding for companies, organizations, and individuals, and produces a variety of video formats. He frequently gives lectures and presentations at universities and film festivals and serves as a lecturer, consultant, and mentor for audience design and marketing. His collaborations include institutions such as TorinoFilmLab and Documentary Campus Masterschool. Paul is the author of DOK & CROWD, a book on financing and distributing documentary films. From 2021 to 2024, he worked at the Film University Babelsberg in the fields of Audience Design, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship. For more information, visit www.paulrieth.de.