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How can film build bridges and invite dia­logue in polar­ized times, reach­ing beyond its usu­al audi­ence? From Octo­ber 14 to 16, 2026, the Ger­man Film and Tele­vi­sion Acad­e­my Berlin (DFFB) invites inter­na­tion­al film­mak­ers and indus­try experts to a con­fer­ence at the Forum of its new cam­pus on Friedrich-Krause-Ufer. Over three days, pan­el dis­cus­sions, keynote talks, […]

The FIRST STEPS Awards 2026 nom­i­nat­ed three projects by DFFB stu­dents and grad­u­ates. The award is con­sid­ered the most impor­tant prize for emerg­ing tal­ent and grad­u­a­tion films in the Ger­­man-speak­ing world. In the fea­ture film cat­e­go­ry, THE PLANT FROM THE CANARIES (screenplay/​​direction/​​editing/​​production: Ruan Lan-Xi, cin­e­matog­ra­phy: Jonathan Steil) is nom­i­nat­ed. The grad­u­a­tion film had its world […]

We are delight­ed to announce that BODY OF GLASS (Dir. Naë­mi Ada, Cin­e­matog­ra­phy: Sel­ma von Pol­heim, Edit­ing: Ele­na Wei­he, Pro­duced by Lalise Mud­da) will cel­e­brate its world pre­miere at the 74th San Sebastián Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val. The DFFB grad­u­a­tion film has been select­ed for the pres­ti­gious New Direc­tors sec­tion, where it will com­pete for the […]

We are delight­ed that I PLANT MY HAND IN THE GARDEN (direction/​​screenplay: Hoda Taheri & Boris Hadži­ja, pro­duc­tion: Max­i­m­il­ian Feld­kamp) will have its world pre­miere at the 83rd Venice Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val (La Bien­nale di Venezia). Boris Hadži­ja’s DFFB grad­u­a­tion film has been invit­ed to the main com­pe­ti­tion of Gior­nate degli Autori (Venice Days), one […]

We warm­ly con­grat­u­late alum­nus Francesco Sos­sai and alum­na Cecil­ia Trautvet­ter on the extra­or­di­nary suc­cess of their lat­est fea­ture film LE CITTÀ DI PIANURA (THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD) at Italy’s pre­mier film awards, the David di Donatel­lo Awards 2026. As the evening’s major win­ner, the film received a total of eight awards, includ­ing the […]

The Arse­nal Filmin­sti­tut e.V., the Deutsche Kine­math­ek – Muse­um für Film und Fernse­hen and the Deutsche Film- und Fernse­hakademie Berlin (DFFB) are fur­ther expand­ing their col­lab­o­ra­tion. In the future premis­es of the DFFB, the lead­er­ship of the three insti­tu­tions signed an agree­ment that builds on their suc­cess­ful coop­er­a­tion at the for­mer Filmhaus at Pots­damer Platz. […]

Sev­er­al stu­dent films are fea­tured at this year’s achtung berlin film­fes­ti­val (15–22 April 2026). Every year, the fes­ti­val show­cas­es the lat­est film pro­duc­tions from Berlin and Bran­den­burg – high­light­ing the diver­si­ty and artis­tic strength of region­al film­mak­ing. The fes­ti­val kicks off with the DFFB grad­u­a­tion film MAMBO MATERNICA by Bor­bála Nagy (DoP: Moritz Friese, E: […]

Numer­ous projects by our stu­dents, alum­ni and lec­tur­ers are rep­re­sent­ed at the 76th Berli­nale – both in the offi­cial pro­gramme and in oth­er areas of the fes­ti­val. MY Wife CRIES by alum­na Angela Schan­elec is in the offi­cial selec­tion for this year’s com­pe­ti­tion. The film was pro­duced by alum­nus Kir­ill Krasovs­ki, with stu­dent Raf­fael­lo Lup­perg­er […]

Great recog­ni­tion for film­mak­ers asso­ci­at­ed with the DFFB: the stort­film DOG by Marieke de Zwaan and sev­er­al DFFB alum­ni have been nom­i­nat­ed for the 2025 Ger­man Film Crit­ics’ Award. In DOG, a taxi dri­ver checks in on his dog through a pet cam­era installed at home. When his wife appears on screen, he uses the […]

Fol­low­ing its world pre­miere at the Berli­nale, where it won the Best Fea­ture Film award at the 2025 First Steps Awards, THE GOOD SISTER is now being released in cin­e­mas across the coun­try. The film tells the sto­ry of Rose, who tem­porar­i­ly moves in with her old­er broth­er Sam fol­low­ing a break-up. The close bond […]

From 1 to 31 Decem­ber 2025, twelve new fea­ture films and doc­u­men­taries from eight coun­tries will be avail­able to watch for free at arte​.tv/​a​r​t​e​k​i​n​o​f​e​s​t​i​val in 32 coun­tries and six lan­guages. The DFFB is rep­re­sent­ed by two Ger­man con­tri­bu­tions: ARTHUR & DIANA tells the sto­ry of a chaot­ic road trip deal­ing with fam­i­ly role mod­els and […]

A fan­tas­tic night for the DFFB: At this year’s Ger­man Short Film Awards, two of our pro­duc­tions received a Gold­en Lola. GARNELIUS by Julia Ketel­hut won in the Medi­um-Length Film cat­e­go­ry, while MOTHER IS A NATURAL SINNER by Hoda Taheri and Boris Hadži­ja was award­ed Best Short Film up to 15 min­utes. The jury praised GARNELIUS […]