Since 1999 producer Uwe Dierks and producer/director Thomas Grube have produced numerous quality documentary and music films for cinema and television. Art and culture have been an important focus of their productions and co-productions.

Boomtown Media’s films have gleaned many awards, ranging from a nomination for the German Television Prize in 2000 for the documentary WARSAW EXPRESS and the Moving Pictures Award of Toronto in 2003 for the dance film ELEMENTS OF MINE, through the Bavarian Film Prize and two German Film Prizes in 2005 for Thomas Grube’s theatrical documentary RHYTHM IS IT! to the German Cinema Guild Award 2008 for Best Documentary and the Valladolid International Film Festival’s “Tiempo de Historia” Award 2008  for TRIP TO ASIA – THE QUEST FOR HARMONY. In addition to many international accolades, RHYTHM IS IT! became one of the most successful documentaries ever in German cinemas. The company’s latest theatrical documentary TO FIGHT FOR – THE YEAR OF DECISION by Gerardo Milsztein had its world premiere in the 60^th Berlinale and received the German Cinematography Award. In May 2009, Boomtown Media was awarded the prestigious “Hermann Voss Prize” for triggering “important impulses with lasting impact for the musical landscape”. 

In 2004, Grube and Dierks launched the world sales company BOOMTOWN MEDIA INTERNATIONAL to handle the global distribution of their films’ licenses.

Meanwhile, Boomtown Media has been involved in the German-Palestinian joint venture to re-open the Cinema Jenin in the Palestinian West Bank in summer 2010 as well as develop accompanying initiatives such as film workshops and a mediatheque. The theatrical documentary CINEMA JENIN by Markus Vetter had its world premiere in competition at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2011 (idfa) and is theatrically released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland by Senator Film in 2012. 

The company’s team consists of producer and chief executive Uwe Dierks, producer/director Thomas Grube, project and label manager Christian Struck, line producer Marc Wächter, tax advisor and lawyer Irmela Schmidt.