​For over a year, award-winning directors Gereon Wetzel and Jörg Adolph filmed on site at Düstere Strasse 4 in Göttingen, recording first-hand the organized chaos that is daily working life at Steidl Publishers. From book concept to design, from editorial and prepress to printing, How to make a book with Steidl exposes the craft of bookmaking today. Accompanying Gerhard Steidl on travels to artists’ studios and galleries – from New York and Mabou, to Doha and Vancouver – Wetzel and Adolph also capture some of the unique characters and collaborations through which Steidl books come into being.

Photo © Gerhard Steidl