ABOUT US
Directors丨Authors丨Film 丨Two humans with cameras and a lot of heart.
We're Isabella and Felix S. Hoffmann, the founder behind Dough Studios in Berlin.
We make documentaries about people and the worlds around them. We're drawn to subculture, activism and politics, but also to stories that might seem small at first and reveal something much bigger once you stay with them.
We spend time with our subjects. We listen, observe and let their experiences shape the film rather than forcing them into a story we already have in mind. Sometimes we probably get too close. But that's often where we find what we're looking for. Not just how something works, but what it actually feels like to live inside it. At the centre are always real people and their experiences. We want to understand the systems around them, but we want to understand the human being first.
Our films move between documentary observation and a cinematic, visually driven approach.
We work together across the entire process, from research and writing to producing, directing,
camera, sound and edit.
We make documentaries about people and the worlds around them. We're drawn to subculture, activism and politics, but also to stories that might seem small at first and reveal something much bigger once you stay with them.
We spend time with our subjects. We listen, observe and let their experiences shape the film rather than forcing them into a story we already have in mind. Sometimes we probably get too close. But that's often where we find what we're looking for. Not just how something works, but what it actually feels like to live inside it. At the centre are always real people and their experiences. We want to understand the systems around them, but we want to understand the human being first.
Our films move between documentary observation and a cinematic, visually driven approach.
We work together across the entire process, from research and writing to producing, directing,
camera, sound and edit.