We pro­vide train­ing in screen­writ­ing, cin­e­matog­ra­phy, direct­ing, pro­duc­tion and edit­ing & sound — in a cre­ative, inter­na­tion­al­ly con­nect­ed envi­ron­ment where stu­dents from around the world devel­op their unique ‘artis­tic voice’.

slack­ers wins prize for best script at gold­en­er spatz film fes­ti­val
ero­ge­n­e­sis gewin­nt den canal+ award bei der semaine de la cri­tique in cannes
HAY UN DOLOR wins the main award of the ger­man com­pe­ti­tion at the 71. Kurz­film­tage Ober­hausen
impa­tience of the heart wins the main and act­ing prize at the 22. neisse film­fest

News

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 […]

1. July 2025

Ange­li­ka Levi becomes the new Artis­tic Direc­tor of the DFFB

Ange­li­ka Levi will take over the cre­ative lead­er­ship of the Acad­e­my start­ing in Octo­ber 2025. The Board of Trustees con­firmed her appoint­ment dur­ing its meet­ing on June 25, 2025 – fol­low­ing the rec­om­men­da­tion of the selec­tion com­mit­tee. For Levi, it is a return to her old place of work: she her­self stud­ied at the DFFB […]

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Mark’s invis­i­ble Hand

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