The German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB), founded in 1966, is one of the most prominent film schools in Europe. Focusing on the essential crafts of filmmaking, the school offers five specialisations: Screenwriting, Cinematography, Directing, Producing, and Editing & Sound. The DFFB is a place where young filmmakers from Germany and abroad come together to tell stories and to make creative and innovative films. Prominent DFFB graduates include Helke Sander, Christian Petzold, Angela Schanelec, Wolfgang Becker, Lars Kraume, and Emily Atef. The DFFB also offers attractive networking and specialisation opportunities through its internationally oriented education programmes: Serial Eyes, NEXT WAVE, UP.GRADE, and Filmnetzwerk Berlin.

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COMPONENTS OF LOVE
Feature Film by Miriam Bliese

AREN`T YOU HAPPY
Feature Film by Susanne Heinrich

O BEAUTIFUL NIGHT
Screenplay written by Ariana Berndl

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DFFB CELEBRATES SUCCESS AT THE FIRST STEPS AWARDS

2019/09/11

The German Film and Television Academy Berlin is delighted to announce that two DFFB students received awards at the 20th FIRST STEPS AWARDS, which were presented yesterday evening on the stage of the Theater des Westens: Author Jacob Hauptmann received the FIRST STEPS SCREENPLAY PRIZE, which came with a €10,000 prize, for his screenplay …

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Screen Daily reports on SERIAL EYES and the DFFB

2019/08/30

Two alumni of our SERIAL EYES programme have been featured in an article on the renowned industry website SCREEN DAILY (a branch of the British SCREEN INTERNATIONAL). Judit Banhazi from Hungary and Ivan Knežević from Serbia are two of the five up-and-coming talented screenwriters from Southeast Europe. “Germany’s leading film and TV school, Berlin DFFB, …

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DFFB films you should know about

At the DFFB, around 120 films — including 15 feature films — are written, directed, produced, and edited each year. They travel to around 200 film festivals worldwide and, in 2018, they won prizes in 25 festivals.

Here you can find a selection of DFFB films that are either brand new or currently travelling to the most important international festivals.