Thomas Tielsch founded Filmtank in 2001 which has since made nearly 80 high-quality, international and prize-winning documentaries for cinema and television. Most projects are realised with European co-production partners (e.g. from Bulgaria, Spain, Finland), broadcasters and Film Funds.
Filmtank productions have received international awards including the renowned PRIX ITALIA, the Swiss Film Prize and a nomination for the German Film Prize. Recently the Cross Media project "netwars/ out of CTRL" has received the “Nordmedia Award for Crossmedia Program Innovation 2015” and the “Interactive Innovation Award” at SXSW 2015.