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Media Kit · as of September 2026

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For boards, funding applications and internal briefings: references with documentation, process and terms. The German page is the canonical version; a PDF is also available.

WhoIlja Kagan — filmmaker and photographer, Draw-A-Change Filmproduktion, Düsseldorf, since 2014
SpecialisationTestimony interviews, interview series, portraits, documentaries
ExperienceMore than 600 projects, including over 20 major documentary and interview projects since 2021
LanguagesGerman · Russian · English · French (conversational: Italian, Hebrew)
Response timeUsually within two working days

Selected references (with documentation)

ProjectClientYearDocumentation
Interview series for the permanent exhibition (eleven conversation films, as of 2026) — production, camera, edit, directing in one handNS Documentation Centre Krefeld / Villa Merländer2024–2026Invoices; exhibition opened May 2026
„#jüdisch" — five portraits + 44-minute conversation format (co-direction, edit: Fabian Beeren)Jewish Museum Westphalia, Dorsten2022Cinema premiere (Dorstener Zeitung, 26 Mar 2022); LWL Mediacentre cooperation
Four films, including „60 years of NRW–Israel relations" (premiered 2025)State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia2022–2026Invoices, public premiere
Media coverage of the Maccabi Winter Games 2023 (first Jewish winter games since 1936); Maccabi Games Duisburg 2016; further games 2021/2023; portrait seriesMaccabi Germany / Maccabi Youthsince 2016Invoices, federation channels
Award-winning entry for the Jewrovision (edit: Fabian Beeren)Jewish Community of Düsseldorf2022Client confirmation, publication on production channels
„8x2 jüdische Perspektiven" — 8 conversation films + documentary (edit: Fabian Beeren), available on Malmad (ZWST)Jewish Community of Düsseldorf (SABRA)2021Festival year 1700 Years of Jewish Life; Deutschlandfunk Kultur feature 6 May 2022
„Press Play — A Jewish Mixtape" — documentary (premiered 29 June 2022, edit: Fabian Beeren)Own production, Draw-A-Change2022Public premiere
Interview and documentation formats within the federal programme „Demokratie leben!" (Live Democracy!)Programme context2021–2023Invoice

A selection, not exhaustive. Full reference list (over 100 clients since 2013) on request; all statements follow the principle „only what is documented".

Packages, terms and delivery

Modules

Interview episode · production day · screening/discussion format · educational module (teaching material, method kit, training) · commissioned documentary. Calculated module by module; figures in the first conversation.

Terms

40% on commission, 60% on delivery, 14 days net, plus 7% VAT (reduced rate for artistic-cultural services). On request the calculation is structured to fit grant applications (EVZ, federal and state programmes, municipal cultural funding).

Delivery

Film versions (4K or Full HD) with subtitles (WebVTT) · documentation per person (name, place, date, occasion, rights note) · rights documentation with scope · handover protocol for archive and exhibition teams. Production in 4K; up to 8K on request. Privacy-conscious hosting on own servers in Germany.

Media Kit forwarded — what next?

The usual path: a 20-minute phone call for assessment, then a written modular offer. Contact via WhatsApp, form or e-mail.