PROGRESS, one of the biggest distributors of repertoire films in Germany, has in its film stock the complete DEFA film heritage, Eastern European film classics, award-winning children’s films as well as documentaries, historical periodicals and newsreels. The classic repertoire is constantly complemented by new acquisitions, among them new Arthouse films like Strike, but also children’s films and documentaries like And if they haven't passed away... The Children from Golzow.



Ever since the foundation of PROGRESS Film-Vertrieb GmbH in 1950, all PROGRESS activities have been centred around DEFA films. PROGRESS Film-Verleih holds the exclusive worldwide rights for all media to the DFEA film stock. This unique film heritage includes feature and short films, animated films and documentaries, newsreels and periodicals produced between 1946 and 1990. Fourteen of the "100 most important German films of all times", chosen by film journalists and historians, are part of the PROGRESS film stock.