42 is strictly a german film
most of these directors organized themselves in or partially cooperated with the film production and distribution company filmverlag der autoren established in 1971 which throughout the 1970s brought forth a number of critically acclaimed films
 german film academy the deutsche filmakademie was founded in 2003 in berlin and aims to provide native filmmakers a forum for discussion and a way to promote the reputation of german cinema through publications presentations discussions and regular promotion of the subject in the schools