Cinema
IDFA · AAIFF · FIPADOC · DOC.BERLINInternational festival selections and awards.
Independent · International
Film production & distribution.
In distribution
Symphony for the Future
A documentary following 150 student musicians as their orchestra travels from Tokyo to concert halls across Europe.
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Founder Lars Ostmann
Selected experience and credentials.
Training
Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLFMA Film Directing.
Cross-cultural experience
Hong Kong · Germany · UK · France · JapanLived and worked across diverse cultural contexts.
Commissioned work
Embassy of Japan · Fuji Television · PHINEO · DJWSelected institutional and media clients.
Selected films by Lars Ostmann
2020 · Hybrid feature · 95 min
Ugoku Tokai — Moving City
Festival selections & awardsIDFA · AAIFF Best Asian Feature · DOC.BERLIN Best German Documentary · FICIMAD Best Editing · ISFMF Best Music – Horizon
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2021 · Documentary · 90 min
Building Common Ground
Festival selections & awardsInternational Migration & Environmental Film Festival Honorable Mention · Global Peace Film Festival · Sustainable Living Film Festival
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Die Insel — The Island
Festival selections & awardsSevilla · DOKer Competition · Kadoma International Film Festival Best Documentary · FIPADOC
In development
Documentary · Development
Wind
A poetic, visual exploration of the many ways human lives and cultures are connected to the wind.
Hybrid project · Development
Future Visions
Imagine the unimaginable. We take time to face life’s riddles and ask how we might share life on Earth in peace. Could you accept the consequences?
About
An independent film company for stories across cultures.
Common Frame produces and distributes films. Founded by director Lars Ostmann, it provides a home for independent documentary and hybrid projects with an international perspective.
Founder
Lars Ostmann
Lars Ostmann is a Berlin-based director. A former media journalist with a background in the arts, he studied film directing at Film University Babelsberg. Having lived in Hong Kong, Germany, the UK, France, and Japan, he brings a cross-cultural sensitivity to his storytelling.
Principles
How we make films matters as much as what we make.
Mindful filmmaking
Attention to people, context and the relationships that make a film possible.
Equality
Collaboration built on acknowledgement, listening and transparency.
Peace & culture
Film as a space for curiosity, encounter and understanding across differences.
Contact
Let’s talk.
Film distribution · Production · International collaboration
office [at] commonframe [dot] orgBerlin, Germany