about us	play loud! productions is a Berlin-based record label, publishing and film production company founded in 1997 in New York by filmmakers Dietmar Post and Lucía Palacios. They are primarily known for their documentaries on music (Monks, Klangbad, Donna Summer) and politics (Franco’s Settlers, German Pop and Circumstance, Franco on Trial) in addition to fiction short films (Bowl of Oatmeal, Cloven Hooved). Their films convey multiple perspectives on their subjects with in-depth interviews (conversations), allowing viewers to draw their own conclusions. Like many writers, labels and musicians, such as, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Can, Kraftwerk, Faust, ESP, Ton Steine Scherben, Dead Kennedys, EA 80, Einstürzende Neubauten, SST, Trikont, Frederick Wiseman, and others play loud! releases their films on their own film and music label. In 2008 the filmmakers started working on a large archive project, the “play loud! (live) music series”, which is based on three precepts: Alan Lomax‘s work as an archivist and chronicler, John Peel‘s BBC radio sessions, and the work of Direct Cinema pioneers, such as the Maysles Brothers, Leacock, Wildenhahn and Pennebaker. “Filming live shows means not doing things TV-style, but in a very personal, intuitive and adventurous manner – nothing is staged for the shoot. You go along with things as they happen.” Some of the live performances are filmed with only one camera in one continuous shot and without any edits. Some critics have dubbed it “minimalist filmed paintings/painted films”. Musicians who appear in the series include Doc Schoko, Die Regierung, Lydia Lunch, Philipp Petit, Faust, Locust Fudge, Floating di Morel, Camera, Dieter Moebius, Michael Rother, Guru Guru, Limpe Fuchs, Burnt Friedman, Jaki Liebezeit, Christy & Emily, Gebrüder Teichmann, FM Einheit, Hans-Joachim Irmler, Damo Suzuki, Ilpo Väisänen, SchneiderTM, and many more. In 2018 Post and Palacios released the DVD of their film Franco´s Settlers which was accompanied by a book titled Franco´s Settlers: An example of the marginalization of the investigative documentary. They hope to open up a discussion based on the function and significance of the documentary in democratic societies and how neoliberalism has influenced the aesthetic and content of documentary films. play loud´s film and music releases are distributed by FORCED EXPOSURE (USA), ALIVE! (Germany/Austria/Switzerland), MUNSTER RECORDS (Spain), CARGO RECORDS (UK). They can also be found on DISCOGS. The digital distribution is managed by FINETUNES + THE ORCHARD INC (Sony Music Ent.) worldwide. Its publishing division is administered by SONGS UNITED PUBLISHING. Other collaborators are ZDF/3sat, ARTE, SWR, WDR, Phoenix, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Hanfgarn&Ufer Filmproduktion, Odyssee Film-Thomas Schadt, Reiner Holzemer Produktion, Absolut Medien, Cine Impuls, Sugar Film Produktion, Peter Stockhaus Filmproduktion, Klangbad, Cameo/CVFilm, Icestorm Entertainment, SPV (Germany) | Canal+, TVE, Elías Querejeta P.C. (Spain) | Grey Advertising Agency, The Jim Henson Company, DOC TV-Robert Duncan, New Video Group, Sundance Channel and Anthology Film Archives (USA), among others.
Dietmar Post	Dietmar Post (director, producer, writer) was born in Germany in 1962. He worked as an offset printer before obtaining a master’s degree in Theatre and Film Studies and Spanish Language at Free University in Berlin and at Complutense University in Madrid. Between 1995 and 2002 Post worked and lived in New York. He attended film school at New York University (SCE) where he made his first short film, the award-winning "Bowl of Oatmeal". His second short film "Cloven Hoofed" premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival in 1998. Dietmar Post and his longtime business partner Lucía Palacios have produced and directed several award-winning documentary films such as "Monks - The Transatlantic Feedback" (Grimme Award 2008), "Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping", "Klangbad: Avant-garde in the Meadows", "Donna Summer: Hot Stuff", "Franco's Settlers", "German Pop & Circumstance (Nominated for the Grimme Prize 2016)" and "Franco on Trial". Their films have also won several international awards and have been screened in theatres and TV channels worldwide. They are currently developing several documentary film projects. Post is member of the Association of German Documentary Filmmakers (AG Dok). He also works as a voice-over talent.
Lucía Palacios at Filmkunst, Berlin	Lucía Palacios (director, producer, writer) was born in Spain in 1972. She obtained her master’s degree in Cinema Studies at the Complutense University in Madrid. Between 1996 and 2002 she studied (NYU) and worked in New York as a TV producer for the Spanish channels Canal+ and TVE. In year 2002 she moved to Berlin. Her first short film "Cloven Hoofed" premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival in 1998. Palacios and her longtime business partner Dietmar Post have produced and directed several award-winning documentary films such as "Monks - The Transatlantic Feedback" (Grimme Award 2008), "Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping", "Klangbad: Avant-garde in the Meadows", "Donna Summer: Hot Stuff", "Franco's Settlers", "German Pop & Circumstance (Nominated for the Grimme Prize 2016)" and "Franco on Trial". Their films have also won several international awards and have been screened in theatres and TV channels worldwide. They are currently developing several documentary film projects. Lucía Palacios is also works as voice-over talent.

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