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21. August 2025
Seven nominations for four DFFB Films at First Steps in 7 categories
Great news: Four DFFB graduation films have been nominated this year for one of the prestigious FIRST STEPS Awards — in the categories Feature Length Film, Documentary Film, Screenplay, the Michael Ballhaus Award, and the Götz George Newcomer Award. The following films are nominated: The feature film THE GOOD SISTER by Sarah Miro Fischer has […]
23. July 2025
THE GOOD SISTER at the 73. San Sebastián Filmfestival
We are pleased to announce that the diploma film THE GOOD SISTER (D: Sarah Miro Fischer, S: Sarah Miro Fischer & Agnes Maagard Petersen, DoP: Selma von Pohlheim Gravesen, E: Elena Weihe, P: Janna Fodor & Nina Sophie Bayer-Seel) has been invited to the prestigious Zabaltegi Tabakalera section of the 73rd San Sebastián International Film […]
8. July 2025
THE PLANT FROM THE CANARIES celebrates its premiere at the Locarno Film Festival 2025
This year, the DFFB is represented at the renowned Locarno Film Festival (August 6–16) with chinese filmmaker Ruan Lan-Xi’s feature film. THE PLANT FROM THE CANARIES (DoP: Jonathan Steil) will celebrate its world premiere in the Cineasti del presente competition. The film tells the story of May, a Korean woman in her early thirties, who […]
