Dokumentale'25 D'Salon Fuckup Night
D'25 D'Salon Fuckup Night
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D'Salon

Fuckup Night

14 Jun, 2025, 7.00 PM @ Atelier Gardens

Event language: German, English

Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn–Get ready to embrace failure like never before!
In collaboration with Fuckup Night Berlin, we’re thrilled to host our very first Dokumentale edition of the legendary event. For five years, Fuckup Night Berlin has been breaking the stigma around failure, and now, together with them, we’re bringing this incredible experience to the Dokumentale stage! Join us for a unique event, where brave speakers share their most powerful stories of professional downfalls and Fuck-Ups, sparking thought-provoking discussions and inspire you to be brave enough to fail from time to time. Together, we’re pushing boundaries, celebrating imperfection, and creating space for conversation about the mistakes that shape us.Don’t miss this chance to learn, laugh, and reflect on your own journey.
Failure isn’t the end—it’s just the beginning.

Tickets

D'Salon
14 Jun
7.00 PM
Atelier Gardens

Program Info

Doors Open

Moderation

Ralf Kemmer

Prof. Ralf Kemmer has been based in Berlin for many years and has taught Marketing and Communication at SRH University since 2014. That same year, he launched Berlin’s first Fuckup Night to promote a positive culture of failure. As founder of the Society for Error Culture, he supports companies through transformation and innovation processes using playful, creative approaches—inspired by science fiction as a space for imagining change and the future.

Vivian Schröder

Guest

Vivian Schröder

Vivian Schröder started her career in the film industry producing commercials in the entertainment sector.Since 2012 she has been working closely with Boekamp & Kriegsheim.There she focused on the production of documentaries and series.Through B&K's production The Bornio Case, she got to know the principle of Impact Producing and has been working as Germany's first Impact Producer since 2020. She co-founded The Good Media Network and Dokumentale.

Valentin Thurn

Guest

Valentin Thurn

Director Valentin Thurn gained international recognition with 'Taste the Waste - Global Food Waste' and '10 Billion - How can we feed everyone? Both films were huge hits with audiences and won numerous awards at home and abroad. In 2003, he founded ThurnFilm GmbH in Cologne and has since produced films by other authors and directors - always with a focus on socio-political content. In 2022 he was elected as one of the board members of AG Dok.

Ally Derks

Guest

Derks Ally

Ally Derks founded and directed the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) from 1988. She also led the IDFA Bertha Fund until 2015 and served on juries at major festivals like Sundance and Hot Docs. Derks curated retrospectives on global documentary traditions. She received awards including the DocAviv Lifetime Achievement Award, Hot Docs Doc Mogul Award, and was named Chevalier des Arts et Lettres in 2015.

Partner

Fuck Up Night Berlin
7.00 PM Doors Open
8.00 PM Vivian Schröder
8.30 PM Valentin Thurn
9.00 PM Ally Derks

Tickets

D'Salon
14 Jun
7.00 PM
Atelier Gardens

Atelier Gardens

Oberlandstraße 26-35
12099 Berlin

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