The grad­u­a­tion film DIE EINZELTEILE DER LIEBE (direct­ed and writ­ten by Miri­am Bliese, cin­e­matog­ra­phy by Markus Koob, and pro­duced by Clemens Köstlin) will be released in Ger­man cin­e­mas on 22 August with the help of Arse­nal Filmver­leih!

The film, which cel­e­brat­ed its world pre­miere at this year’s Berli­nale, will be screened in the fol­low­ing cin­e­mas:

BERLIN: City Kino Wed­ding, fsk-Kino, Kino in der Brot­fab­rik, Wolf Kino, Soho House

MAGDEBURG: Moritzhof

AACHEN: Apol­lo

MÜNSTER: Cin­e­ma

FREIBURG: Har­monie

HEILBRONN: Kinos­tar Arthaus

HAMBURG: Aba­ton

HANNOVER: Kino im Kün­stler­haus

DRESDEN: Kino im Dach

LEIPZIG: Pas­sage Kinos

NÜRNBERG: Casablan­ca

SEEFELD: Kino Bre­it­wand

STUTTGART: Del­phi

TÜBINGEN: Ate­lier

We are pleased to announce that Gre­gor Bozic‘s grad­u­a­tion film STORIES FROM THE CHESTNUT WOODS will cel­e­brate its world pre­miere at the renowned Toron­to Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val (TIFF) in the Dis­cov­ery sec­tion.

The film is a fairy­tale that takes place in the post-war peri­od on the Yugosla­vian-Ital­ian bor­der and explores the themes of new begin­nings and tran­sience.

STORIES FROM THE CHESTNUT WOODS is a Sloven­ian-Ital­ian-Ger­man co-pro­duc­tion by Nosoro­gi, Trans­me­dia Pro­duc­tion, RTV Slove­nia, and the DFFB.

Our grad­u­ate Anna Sofie Hart­mann and her film GIRAFFE were invit­ed to Locarno Film Fes­ti­val. GIRAFFE will be pre­sent­ed in the Fuori Con­cor­so sec­tion. The Ger­man-Dan­ish copro­duc­tion was pro­duced by Kom­plizen Film in copro­duc­tion with Pro­file Pic­tures and rbb Fernse­hen.

Hart­mann worked on the film with oth­er DFFB grad­u­ates and stu­dents, includ­ing:

Jen­ny Lou Ziegel (DoP), Jonas Dorn­bach (pro­duc­er), Ben von Dobe­neck (line pro­duc­er), and Daria Wich­man (pro­duc­tion man­ag­er).

We warm­ly con­grat­u­late the whole team!

Source: http://​www​.kom​plizen​film​.de/​d​/​f​i​l​m​s​/​g​i​r​a​f​f​e​.​h​tml

On June 7, 2019, DFFB screen­writ­ing stu­dent Mireya Hei­der de Jahnsen won the first Deutschen Nach­wuchs-Drehbuch­preis from Up & Com­ing for her screen­play LOST LUGGAGE. The award comes with €2,000 in prize mon­ey pro­vid­ed by the Fed­er­al Min­istry of Edu­ca­tion and Research (BMBF) and by an author spon­sor­ship. The Ver­band Deutsch­er Drehbuchau­toren (VDD) (Asso­ci­a­tion of Ger­man Screen­writ­ers) also donat­ed a one-year junior mem­ber­ship.

LOST LUGGAGE: “A dis­as­ter film with­out a dis­as­ter by Mireya Hei­der de Jahnsen.”

…or a film with­out an on-screen dis­as­ter. In her fea­ture-length screen­play, Hei­der de Jahnsen tells the sto­ry of two sis­ters who both work for the same air­line, until one of them fails to return home. In the here­after of the plane crash, the sur­vivors are left to face their dev­as­ta­tion. The jurors not­ed, “The read­er is very close to the char­ac­ters, mov­ing through the dif­fer­ent lay­ers of their psy­ches. The young screenwriter’s obser­va­tion pow­ers are enor­mous. Tonight, she is receiv­ing the first Ger­man Screen­play Award for Emerg­ing Screen­writ­ers to help her con­tin­ue to devel­op her unique cin­e­mat­ic per­spec­tive.”

We warm­ly con­grat­u­late Mireya on her award!

The DFFB is rep­re­sent­ed at the 15th Achtung Berlin ‑New Berlin Film Award (10.–17.4.2019) with 15 film con­tri­bu­tions in dif­fer­ent cat­e­gories. The one-week fes­ti­val has spe­cialised in new Ger­man cin­e­ma from Berlin and Bran­den­burg and is an impor­tant plat­form for young tal­ents from this region. The fol­low­ing DFFB films are part of the pro­gramme:

WETTBEWERB SPIELFILM

DAS MELANCHOLISCHE MÄDCHEN (R/​B: Susanne Hein­rich, K: Agnes Pakoz­di, P: Jana Kreissl)

DREISSIG (R/​B: Simona Kos­to­va, K: Anselm Belser, P: Cey­lan-Ale­jan­dro Ata­man-Checa)

LIEBESFILM (R/​B: Robert Bohrer/​Emma Rosa Simon, K: Emma Rosa Simon)

SMILE (R: Stef­fen Köhn, B: Silke Eggert, Stef­fen Köhn, Pro­dro­mos Anto­niadis, K: Mario Krause, P: René Frotsch­er)

WETTBEWERB MITTELLANGER FILM

DER KUSS DES HONIGDACHSES (R: Bas­t­ian Gascho, B: Philipp Gärt­ner, Bas­t­ian Gascho, K: Nor­win Hatschbach, P: Eweli­na Rosinska/​Leonie Minor)

LINGER ON SOME PALE BLUE DOT (R/​B: Alexan­dre Koberidze, K: Mei­dan Ara­ma, P: Dana Gal)

WETTBEWERB KURZFILM

DER JUNGE IM KAROHEMD (R/​B: Alek­san­dra Odić, K: Katha­ri­na Wahl, P: Ibrahim-Utku Erdo­gan)

DIE SPIELER (R/​B: Samuel Auer, K: Lukas Eylandt, P: Tama­ra Erbe & Tobias Gaede)

HISTORIA MAGISTRA VITAE (R/​B/​K/​P: Tama­ra Erbe)

ICH GEH JETZT (R/​B: Oliv­er Moser, K: Moritz Friese, P: Romana Janik)
LICHT, DAS DURCH BÄUME GESCHIENEN HABEN WIRD (R/​B/​K/​P: Anselm Belser)

LUI (R: Janin Halisch, B: Isabel­la Parise Oliveira Kröger, K: Car­men Tre­ichl, P: Clara Gerst)

MINDEN RENDBEN (R/​B: Bor­bála Nagy, K: Con­stan­tin Campean, P: Luise Hauschild)

TOM SCHÄFER (R: Ger­ald Som­mer­auer, B: Isabel­la Kröger, K: Jasper Techel, P: Clara Gerst)

WETTBEWERB DOKUMENTARFILM

LET THE BELL RING (R/​B: Christin Fre­itag, K: Max Preiss, P: Eva Kemme, Tobias Siebert, Ans­gar Frerich)

Fur­ther infor­ma­tion about the fes­ti­val and the pro­gram can be found here.

At the 40th film fes­ti­val Max Ophüls Preis (14.–20.1.2019) in Saar­brück­en two DFFB films were award­ed three prizes. LET THE BELL RING (R/​B: Christin Fre­itag, K: Max Preiss, P: Eva Kemme, Tobias Siebert, Ans­gar Frerich) won the prize for the best music in a doc­u­men­tary and DAS MELANCHOLISCHE MÄDCHEN (R/​B: Susanne Hein­rich, K: Agnes Pakoz­di, P: Jana Kreissl) won the prize of the ecu­meni­cal jury as well as the prize for the best fea­ture film.

The jury jus­ti­fies its deci­sion for LET THE BELL RING as fol­lows: “Vir­tu­os wer­den pulsierende Song-Pro­duk­tio­nen mit Score-Musik ver­webt, gekon­nt wer­den pathetis­che Musikklis­chees ver­mieden. Ener­getisch verdichtet sich die Musik immer mehr bis hin zum pack­enden Finale. Doku­men­tarfilme feiern das Leben. Die Film­musik von Jonathan Ritzel feiert den Traum des Box­ers Mal­com mit ein­er Kar­riere als Profi­box­er zu reüssieren und begleit­et ihn auf sein­er Helden­reise.“

The jury con­cretizes their deci­sion for DAS MELANCHOLISCHE MÄDCHEN as fol­lows: „Unendlich komisch und gle­ichzeit­ig tod­trau­rig, bis ins Detail kom­ponierte Bilder, poet­is­che Dialoge, in denen Beziehun­gen zum Lifestyle erko­ren wer­den. Der Blick für den anderen verbleibt in der Leere. Die eigen­willig-kon­se­quente Bild­sprache eröffnet Leer­stellen und Räume zum Wei­t­er­denken. Scho­nungs­los und präzise wer­den gesellschaftliche Zustände vorge­führt, hin­ter­fragt und an die Zuschauen­den weit­ergegeben. Eine junge Frau wird zur Symp­tomträgerin ein­er Gesellschaft, die ihre Glücksver­sprechen nicht ein­löst.“

The com­plete state­ments can be read here.

The DFFB is rep­re­sent­ed with two films at this year’s 48th Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val Rot­ter­dam (23.1.–3.2.2019). The fol­low­ing films are invit­ed:

Bright Future Com­pe­ti­tion

DREISSIG (R/​B: Simona Kos­to­va, K: Anselm Belser, P: Cey­lan-Ale­jan­dro Ata­man-Checa)

Bright Future

DAS MELANCHOLISCHE MÄDCHEN  (R/​B: Susanne Hein­rich, K: Agnes Pakoz­di, P: Jana Kreissl)

The Rot­ter­dam Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val is one of the most impor­tant film events in Europe. Fur­ther infor­ma­tion about the fes­ti­val and the screen­ing dates can be found here.

Sev­en DFFB film con­tri­bu­tions will be shown at the anniver­sary edi­tion of the 40th Film Fes­ti­val Max Ophüls Preis (14.–20.1.2019) in Saar­brück­en. The fol­low­ing projects are invit­ed:

Com­pe­ti­tion Fea­ture Film:
DAS MELANCHOLISCHE MÄDCHEN (R/​B: Susanne Hein­rich, K: Agnes Pakoz­di, P: Jana Kreissl)

Com­pe­ti­tion doc­u­men­tary film:

LET THE BELL RING (R/​B: Christin Fre­itag, K: Max Preiss, P: Eva Kemme, Tobias Siebert, Ans­gar Frerich)

Short Film Com­pe­ti­tion:

DER JUNGE MIT DEM KAROHEMD (R/​B: Alek­san­dra Odić, K: Katha­ri­na Wahl, P: Ibrahim-Utku Erdo­gan)

ABDRIFT (R: Gian Suh­n­er, B: Gian Suh­n­er, Jacob Haupt­mann, K: Nina Reich­mann, P: Mari­am Shat­berashvili, Lucas Thiem)

MOP-Visions:

STRAIGHT FAMILY (R: Jas­mine Alakari, Eline Gehring, Sanela Salket­ic, K: Patrick Jasim, Agnes Pakoz­di, Pao­la Cal­vo, Raphael Bein­der, P: Daria Wich­mann, Cecil­ia Trau­vet­ter, Lucas Thiem, Bern­hard Schnei­der, Simon Lubin­s­ki, Vic­tor Buza­l­ka)

MOP — Watch­list

LIEBESFILM (R/​B: Robert Bohrer/​Emma Rosa Simon, K: Emma Rosa Simon)

NIXEN (R/​B: Katin­ka Nar­jes, K: Car­men Tre­ichl, P: Sabine Schmidt)

The annu­al film fes­ti­val Max-Ophüls-Preis is one of the most impor­tant forums for young Ger­man-lan­guage film tal­ents. Fur­ther infor­ma­tion on the film fes­ti­val and a detailed overview of screen­ing dates can be found  here.

We are very pleased that four DFFB films are nom­i­nat­ed for the FIRST STEPS Award 2018:

Full-length fea­ture films:

HAGAZUSSA (R/​B: Lukas Feigelfeld, K: Mariel Baque­iro, P: Simon Lubin­s­ki, Lukas Feigelfeld)

SARAH SPIELT EINEN WERWOLF (R: Katha­ri­na Wyss, B: Katha­ri­na Wyss, Josa Sesink, K: Armin Dierlof, P: Christophe Marzal)

Götz George Young Tal­ent Award:

SARAH SPIELT EINEN WERWOLF (R: Katha­ri­na Wyss, B: Katha­ri­na Wyss, Josa Sesink, K: Armin Dierlof, P: Christophe Marzal)

Doc­u­men­tary:

LET THE BELL RING  (R/​B: Christin Fre­itag,  K: Max Preiss, P: Eva Kemme, Tobias Siebert, Ans­gar Frerich)

Michael Ball­haus Prize for cam­era grad­u­ates::

HAGAZUSSA  for the cam­era by  Mariel Baque­iro

Fur­ther infor­ma­tion on the FIRST STEP Award can be found here.