About us

The DFFB was found­ed in 1966 as a non-prof­it GmbH. It is exclu­sive­ly owned by the Berlin gov­ern­ment, from which it receives insti­tu­tion­al fund­ing for its aca­d­e­m­ic activ­i­ties.

The DFFB was found­ed in 1966 as a non-prof­it GmbH. It is exclu­sive­ly owned by the Berlin gov­ern­ment, from which it receives insti­tu­tion­al fund­ing for its aca­d­e­m­ic activ­i­ties.

The DFFB trains stu­dents in the fol­low­ing spe­cial­i­sa­tions: Direct­ing, Cin­e­matog­ra­phy, Pro­duc­ing, Screen­writ­ing, and Edit­ing & Sound. Stu­dents are award­ed a cer­tifi­cate of com­ple­tion upon grad­u­a­tion.

The DFF­B’s study pro­grammes (and their entrance require­ments) are com­pa­ra­ble to the fine arts or arts and sci­ences pro­grammes of Ger­man state uni­ver­si­ties. The DFFB does not offer bach­e­lor’s or mas­ter’s degrees.

The cur­ricu­lum is struc­tured accord­ing to aca­d­e­m­ic reg­u­la­tions.

The DFFB has a stu­dent coun­cil, which is com­posed of stu­dents from all aca­d­e­m­ic years.

Wolf Ples­mann is the man­ag­ing direc­tor of the DFFB.

 

Aca­d­e­m­ic Pro­fil and Code of val­ues

In 2024, we cre­at­ed two basic texts for our acad­e­my in an inten­sive process and with a great deal of input and com­mit­ment from all DFFB mem­bers involved. At the begin­ning of Jan­u­ary 2025, the DFF­B’s code of val­ues and aca­d­e­m­ic pro­fil, with which we work and live at the DFFB, were adopt­ed by the Akademis­ch­er Rat.

Aca­d­e­m­ic Pro­fil and Code of val­ues

 

The Advi­so­ry Board

Staatssekretär Flo­ri­an Graf, Vor­sitzen­der des Kura­to­ri­ums
Iris Brock­mann, Sen­atsver­wal­tung für Finanzen
Lucia Haslauer, ZDF
Nataly Kudi­a­bor, UFA Fic­tion GmbH
Fred Burle, One Two Films GmbH
Jörg Heit­mann, silent green Kul­turquarti­er GmbH
Fabi­an Gas­mia, DETAILFILM GmbH
Sarah Duve-Schmid, Film­förderungsanstalt

 

Mem­ber­ships

The DFFB is a mem­ber of the fol­low­ing organ­i­sa­tions: CILECT (the Inter­na­tion­al Asso­ci­a­tion of Film and Tele­vi­sion Schools), the Euro­pean asso­ci­a­tion GEECT and media:net berlin­bran­den­burg, (a region­al net­work of the media and dig­i­tal econ­o­my in Berlin/​Brandenburg).