DJHT event and trade fair documentation in Leipzig
Every four years, the German Child and Youth Welfare Day (DJHT) brings together those involved in child and youth welfare in Germany and Europe – as the largest specialist congress of its kind. In 2025, the 18th DJHT took place at Leipziger Messe – with around 30,000 visitors on site and digitally, over 400 exhibitors, almost 300 face-to-face events, an extensive specialist and trade fair program and a remarkable cultural and evening program.
For three days, we accompanied the event on film – on behalf of our client, the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Kinder- und Jugendhilfe – AGJ. Our task: to make the diversity, energy and depth of content of the 18th DJHT visible in a compact event film. To this end, we were out and about with our team on the exhibition grounds – attending panels, discussions, selected activities and many different encounters at the trade fair. We met committed people and conducted lots of interviews, for example with the new Federal Minister for Family Affairs Karin Prien, with climate activist Luisa Neubauer and sociologist Aladin El-Mafaalani and, of course, with numerous trade fair visitors. We have collected cinematic impressions and captured the lively events at the fair.
On location film and post-production at the Leipzig trade fair
Our entire production took place “on location” – i.e. entirely at the event venue. For us, this means: filming, viewing, editing and finishing – all mobile, efficient and coordinated with the pace of the event. Instead of time-consuming post-production in the studio, we rely on well-coordinated processes, quick decisions and a flexible team.
The film was made during the entire trade fair and was presented just in time for the closing event. This allowed everyone to take in the special atmosphere of the DJHT after three eventful days: Professional exchange, socio-political debates, new impulses – and palpable enthusiasm for working with and for young people. Concept, filming, editing and publication: all on location.
One event – three movie versions
One film – but in triplicate, please: we produced three versions for the AGJ. We showed the first version at the end of the trade fair – still without the closing show and the graphics package summarizing the key figures of the trade fair. This was followed by a crisp social media clip for Instagram & Co. that was also convincing in just a few seconds. And for the AGJ's YouTube channel and website, we supplemented the film with impressions of the closing event and summarized information such as visitor numbers.