Author: kathrin_dffb

DFFB Screen­ing Sched­ule @ Berli­nale

Journal,

The 75th edi­tion of the Berli­nale is com­ing up! This year, a DFFB grad­u­a­tion film will cel­e­brate its world pre­miere in the Panora­ma and numer­ous alum­ni and lec­tur­ers will present their works to the pub­lic between 13 and 23 Feb­ru­ary 2025. Here you can find all infor­ma­tion about the events and films:

Grad­u­a­tion film DFFB

SCHWESTERHERZ/​THE GOOD SISTER

Panora­ma
R: Sarah Miro Fis­ch­er, B: Sarah Miro Fis­ch­er & Agnes Maa­gaard Petersen, K: Sel­ma von Pol­heim Gravesen, M: Ele­na Wei­he, P: Nina Bay­er-Seel & Jan­na Fodor

  • Fr, 14.02. um 17:30 Uhr, Haus der Berlin­er Fest­spiele
  • Sa, 15.02. um 10:00 Uhr, Cubix 9
  • So, 16.02. um 13:15 Uhr, Cubix 7
  • Di, 18.02. um 16:00 Uhr, Zoo Palast 2
  • Sa, 22.02. um 21:30 Uhr, Zoo Palast 1
  • So, 23.02. um 10:30 Uhr, Cubix 7

Films and Events with members/​alumni of DFFB

Come (Bite) Back! Wie Untote Genre neu erfind­en

Ret­ro­spek­tive Event
With alum­nus Till Klein­ert

  • Mi, 19.02. um 18:30, Deutsche Kine­math­ek /​ E‑Werk

Lis­ten to Your Cre­ative Core: Why Film­mak­ing Needs Courage

Berli­nale Tal­ents
With alum­na Sara Fazi­lat 

  • So, 16.02. um 17:00, HAU Hebbel am Ufer (HAU2)

ISLANDS

Berli­nale Spe­cial Gala
With Alum­nus Jan-Ole Ger­ster (Regie)

  • So, 16.02. um 22:00 Uhr, Zoo Palast 1
  • Mo, 17.02. um 16:00 Uhr, Uber Eats Music Hall
  • Di, 18.02. um 18:30 Uhr, Colos­se­um 1
  • Mi, 19.02. um 10:00 Uhr, HKW 1 – Miri­am Make­ba Audi­to­ri­um

ZIRKUSKIND

Gen­er­a­tion Kplus
With Alum­na Julia Lemke (director/​script) und Alum­na Anna Koch (director/​script)

  • Sa, 15.02. um 09:45 Uhr, Cubix 6
  • Mo, 17.02. um 09:30 Uhr, Zoo Palast 1
  • Di, 18.02. um 16:00 Uhr, Cubix 6
  • Mi, 19.02. um 15:45 Uhr, Filmthe­ater am Friedrichshain
  • Do, 20.02. um 12:30 Uhr, Zoo Palast 1
  • Sa, 22.02. um 16:00 Uhr, Cubix 6

PATERNAL LEAVE

Gen­er­a­tion 14plus
With alum­na Cécile Tol­lu-Polonows­ki (pro­duc­er)

  • Sa, 15.02. um 12:15 Uhr, Zoo Palast 1
  • So, 16.02. um 18:45 Uhr, Zoo Palast 2
  • Mo, 17.02. um 09:30 Uhr, Stage Blue­max The­ater
  • So, 23.02. um 19:00 Uhr, HKW 1 – Miri­am Make­ba Audi­to­ri­um

WHEN LIGHTNING FLASHES OVER THE SEA

Forum
With alum­na Eva Ney­mann (director/​DOP), Alum­nus Saša Orešković (DOP) and alum­nus and lec­tur­er Kir­ill Krasovs­ki (pro­duc­er)

  • Sa, 15.02. um 11:00 Uhr, Del­phi Film­palast
  • So, 16.02. um 17:45 Uhr, Cin­e­ma Beton­halle @ Silent Green
  • Sa, 22.02. um 12:30 Uhr, Arse­nal 1

DELICIOUS

Panora­ma
With alum­nus Jonas Dorn­bach (pro­duc­er)

  • Di, 18.02. um 18:30 Uhr, Zoo Palast 1
  • Mi, 19.02. um 15:30 Uhr, Ura­nia
  • Do, 20.02. um 22:00 Uhr, Cubix 7
  • Fr, 21.02. um 22:00 Uhr, Cubix 9
  • So, 23.02. um 19:15 Uhr, Cubix 8

WELCOME HOME BABY

Panora­ma
With alum­na Car­men Tre­ichel (DOP) und Ser­i­al Eyes alum­na Daniela Baumgärtl (script)

  • Do, 13.02. um 21:00 Uhr, Zoo Palast 1
  • Do, 13.02. um 21:30 Uhr, Zoo Palast 2
  • Fr, 14.02. um 14:30 Uhr, Uber Eats Music Hall
  • Sa, 15.02. um 20:30 Uhr, City Kino Wed­ding
  • Sa, 15.02. um 22:00 Uhr, Cubix 9
  • So, 16.02. um 10:15 Uhr, Cubix 7
  • Do, 20.02. um 22:00 Uhr, Cubix 6

MIT DER FAUST IN DIE WELT SCHLAGEN

Per­spec­tives

With alum­nus Alexan­der Wadouh (pro­duc­er), lum­na Rox­ana Richters (pro­duc­er) and alum­nus Mar­tin Heisler (pro­duc­er)

  • So, 16.02. um 18:30 Uhr, Stage Blue­max The­ater
  • Mo, 17.02. um 13:00 Uhr, Cubix 9
  • Di, 18.02. um 21:30 Uhr, Cubix 8
  • Do, 20.02. um 15:30 Uhr, Colos­se­um 1
  • Fr, 21.02. um 14:45 Uhr, Cubix 9

MINIMALS IN A TITANIC WORLD

Forum
With alum­nus Alexan­der Wadouh (pro­duc­er) and alum­na Rox­ana Richters (pro­duc­er)

  • Mi, 19.02. um 21:00 Uhr, Del­phi Film­palast
  • Do, 20.02. um 15:30 Uhr, Stage Blue­max The­ater
  • Fr, 21.02. um 10:00 Uhr Arse­nal 1
  • Sa, 22.02. um 13:00 Uhr, Cubix 8

KÖLN 75

Berli­nale Spe­cial Gala
With alum­nus Sol Bondy (pro­duc­er) und alum­nus Fred Burle (pro­duc­er)

  • So, 16.02. um 14:00 Uhr, Haus der Berlin­er Fest­spiele
  • Mo, 17.02. um 16:00 Uhr, Akademie der Kün­ste
  • Di, 18.02. um 20:00 Uhr, Odeon
  • Di, 18.02. um 21:30 Uhr, Colos­se­um 1
  • Fr, 21.02. um 15:15 Uhr, Haus der Berlin­er Fest­spiele
  • So, 23.02. um 10:00 Uhr, Uber Eats Music Hall

PETER HUJAR’S DAY

Panora­ma
With alum­nus Sol Bondy (pro­duc­er) und alum­nus Fred Burle (pro­duc­er)

  • Fr, 14.02. um 18:30 Uhr, Zoo Palast 1
  • Sa, 15.02. um 15:30 Uhr, Ura­nia
  • So, 16.02. um 22:00 Uhr, Cubix 7
  • Mo, 17.02. um 21:45 Uhr, Filmthe­ater am Friedrichshain
  • Sa, 22.02. um 12:30 Uhr, Cubix 9

THE NATURE OF INVISIBLE THINGS

Gen­er­a­tion Kplus
With alum­nus Fred Burle (pro­duc­er)

  • Fr, 14.02. um 15:30 Uhr, HKW 1 – Miri­am Make­ba Audi­to­ri­um
  • Sa, 15.02. um 10:00 Uhr, Zoo Palast 2
  • Sa, 15.02. um 11:30 Uhr, Cubix 6
  • So, 16.02. um 16:00 Uhr, Cubix 6
  • Do, 20.02. um 13:00 Uhr, Zoo Palast 2
  • Fr, 21.02. um 09:30 Uhr, Zoo Palast 1

UNSERE ZEIT WIRD KOMMEN

Forum
With alum­nus and lec­tur­er Frank Amann (DOP)

  • So, 16.02. um 14:00 Uhr, Del­phi Film­palast
  • Mi, 19.02. um 18:15 Uhr, Kino Beton­halle @ Silent Green
  • Fr, 21.02. um 10:00 Uhr, Cubix 8

19 Going on 20: Short Films from 19 Years of Forum Expand­ed

Forum Expand­ed Jubiläum
With alum­nus Harun Faroc­ki (Direc­tor ZUR BAUWEISE DES FILMS BEI GRIFFITH)

  • So, 16.02. um 12:00 Uhr, SAVVY Con­tem­po­rary
  • Mo, 17.02. um 12:00 Uhr, Silent Green Kul­turquarti­er
  • Di, 18.02. um 12:00 Uhr, SINEMA TRANSTOPIA

EINER VON UNS BEIDEN

Ret­ro­spek­tive
With alum­nus Wolf­gang Petersen (direc­tor)

  • Fr, 14.02. um 22:00 Uhr, Akademie der Kün­ste
  • Mo, 17.02. um 21:30 Uhr, Akademie der Kün­ste

DFFB members/​alumni at the Ger­man Film Crit­ics’ Award

The Ger­man Film Crit­ics’ Asso­ci­a­tion has nom­i­nat­ed the DFFB grad­u­a­tion film WAS HAST DU GESTERN GETRÄUMT, PARAJANOV? by alum­nus Faraz Fes­hara­ki (C: Faraz Fes­hara­ki & Moritz Friese, P: Eweli­na Rosin­s­ka & Luise Hauschild & Mari­am Shat­berashvili) in the cat­e­go­ry “Best Doc­u­men­tary Film” of the year 2024.

Our alum­nus Thomas Arslan (VERBRANNTE ERDE) is nom­i­nat­ed in the ‘Best Fea­ture Film’ cat­e­go­ry. And alum­ni Ramon Zürcher and Alex Haßk­erl are nom­i­nat­ed for ‘Best Screen­play’, ‘Best Edit­ing’ and ‘Best Visu­al Design’ (DER SPATZ IM KAMIN).

The award cer­e­mo­ny will take place on Sun­day, 16 Feb­ru­ary 2025 at the Akademie der Kün­ste in Berlin.

DFFB members/​alumni at Euro­pean Film Mar­ket

This year, the Euro­pean Film Mar­ket (EFM) will once again take place along­side the Berli­nale. Our stu­dent Yusuf Çelik is also on the jury for the Gen Z Audi­ence Award, which will be pre­sent­ed for the first time. The prize is award­ed by the jury of film stu­dents to a pro­duc­tion that appears par­tic­u­lar­ly inter­est­ing for an audi­ence aged 20–28.

DFFB film at the Semaine de la Cri­tique

Journal,

We have news from Cannes film fes­ti­val!

Our Angst Film and Hel­lo Trou­ble co-pro­duc­tion EROGENESIS (D: Xan­dra Popes­cu, B: Xan­dra Popes­cu & Clara Puhlmann, C: Maayane Bouh­nik, M: Vanes­sa Heeger, P: Clara Puhlmann) has been select­ed for the com­pe­ti­tion of the Semaine de la Cri­tique at this year’s Fes­ti­val de Cannes!

In EROGENESIS , the few remain­ing humans after a mys­te­ri­ous cat­a­stro­phe are no longer able to repro­duce. The last hope lies in the hands of five female researchers who have devel­oped a tech­nol­o­gy to cre­ate human life out­side the body.

We are incred­i­bly proud to see our film at this pres­ti­gious fes­ti­val! Con­grat­u­la­tions to the whole team, we wish you and the film a won­der­ful fes­ti­val!

DFFB Con­nect 2025

Journal,

This year’s pitch­ing event DFFB Con­nect took place on 8 April 2025 in the Säälchen am Holz­markt. Stu­dents pitched their (grad­u­a­tion) projects, a doc­u­men­tary film and a series.

After­wards, there were quick, sev­en-minute round table dis­cus­sions with the pro­duc­ers, edi­tors and agents present, who got to know all the stu­dents and their projects even bet­ter.

Any­one inter­est­ed in the projects pre­sent­ed is wel­come to get in touch at presse@​dffb.​de.

Ser­i­al Eyes X STREAM

Journal,

Our post­grad­u­ate train­ing pro­gramme Ser­i­al Eyes, as part of the STREAM net­work, has demon­strat­ed fur­ther com­mit­ment to improv­ing and expand­ing the Euro­pean series land­scape.

STREAM (Series Train­ing Resources, Engage­ment and Media) con­sists of 10 of Europe’s lead­ing insti­tu­tions for fur­ther edu­ca­tion in the series indus­try. Through shared val­ues and goals, the ini­tia­tive pro­motes col­lab­o­ra­tion, knowl­edge shar­ing and inno­va­tion in the Euro­pean series land­scape to fos­ter the next gen­er­a­tion of the indus­try.

Dur­ing this year’s Series Mania Fes­ti­val in Lille, the insti­tu­tions (Series Mania Insti­tute, Den Danske Film­skole, ECAM, Inter­na­tionale Film­schule Köln, Il Cen­tro Sper­i­men­tale di Cin­e­matografia, La Fémis, Lodz Film School, MIDPOINT Insti­tute, Tori­no Film Lab, Ser­i­al Eyes), led by the French Series Mania Insti­tute, agreed on a com­mon char­ter. The val­ues and objec­tives con­tained there­in, such as a strong Euro­pean iden­ti­ty, com­mit­ment to an eth­i­cal and sus­tain­able indus­try and the strength­en­ing of inter­na­tion­al coop­er­a­tion, are intend­ed to fur­ther pro­mote coop­er­a­tion and exchange with­in the Euro­pean series indus­try.

DFFB @ Achtung Berlin

Journal,

The achtung berlin film­fes­ti­val starts soon! The 21st edi­tion runs from 2 to 9 April 2025. Eleven DFFB pro­duc­tions are includ­ed in the fes­ti­val pro­gramme, while stu­dents and alum­ni have worked on oth­er films and series. Here you can find infor­ma­tion about the pro­duc­tions and screen­ings.

Filme der DFFB

DIE FARBE DER LUFT

Wet­tbe­werb Spielfilm
(R: Oliv­er Moser, B/​P: Lin­da König & Oliv­er Moser, K: Malte Siepen, M: Isabel­la Kohl & Oliv­er Moser)

  • Do, 03.04. um 17:30 Uhr, Baby­lon 1
  • Fr, 04.04. um 22:15 Uhr, Baby­lon 3
  • So, 06.04. um 20:45 Uhr, fsk Kino am Oranien­platz

NULPEN

Wet­tbe­werb Spielfilm
(R/​B: Sori­na Gajwes­ki, K: Hannes Schulze, M: Raf­faél­lo Lup­perg­er, P: Sab­ri­na Holzapfel)

  • So, 06.04. um 18:00 Uhr, City Kino Wed­ding
  • Mo, 07.04. um 17:45 Uhr, Baby­lon 3
  • Di, 08.04. um 18:30 Uhr, fsk Kino am Oranien­platz
  • Sa, 12.04. um 15:30 Uhr, Schuku­ra­ma Beeskow

UNGEDULD DES HERZENS

Wet­tbe­werb Spielfilm
(R: Lau­ro Cress, B:  Lau­ro Cress & Flo­ri­an Plumey­er, K: Jan David Gün­ther, P: Loren­zo Gan­dol­fo)

  • Sa, 05.04. um 19:30 Uhr, Baby­lon 1
  • Mo, 07.04. um 18:00 Uhr, Bali Kino
  • Mi, 09.04. um 20:30 Uhr, fsk Kino am Oranien­platz

SONNENSTADT

Wet­tbe­werb Doku­men­tarfilm
(R: Kristi­na Shtu­bert, K: Han­na Mayser)

  • Sa, 05.04. um 19:15 Uhr, Licht­blick-Kino
  • So, 06.04. um 19:00 Uhr, ACUD­ki­no
  • Mo, 07.04. um 20:00 Uhr, Baby­lon 3

EX VOTO

Wet­tbe­werb Mit­tel­langer Film
(R/​B/​M: Joze­fien van der Aelst, K: Jakob Raban Friedrich, P: Max­i­m­il­ian Sei­del)

  • Do, 03.04. um 18:00 Uhr, City Kino Wed­ding
  • Fr, 04.04. um 22:30 Uhr, Baby­lon 2

GARNELIUS

Wet­tbe­werb Mit­tel­langer Film
(R/​B: Julia Ketel­hut, K: Rocío Díaz Freire, P: Melvyn Zeyns & Jonas Nemela)

  • Mo, 07.04. um 18:00 Uhr, City Kino Wed­ding
  • Di, 08.04. um 20:00 Uhr, Baby­lon 3

HAY UN DOLOR

Wet­tbe­werb Mit­tel­langer Film
(R/​B/​M: Froilán Urza­gasti Mon­tero, K: Leo Wolters, P: Shan­ice Quauke)

  • Sa, 05.04. um 20:15 Uhr, Baby­lon 2
  • Di, 08.04. um 21:15 Uhr, ACUD­ki­no

AS IF MOTHER CRIED THAT NIGHT

Wet­tbe­werb Kurz­film
(R/​B: Hoda Taheri, B: Mag­dale­na Jacobs, K: Lena Thie­mann, P: Julia Rose Gostyn­s­ki, B/​M: Boris Hadži­ja, SD: Vanes­sa Heeger)

  • Fr, 04.04. um 19:15 Uhr, City Kino Wed­ding
  • Sa, 05.04. um 22:30 Uhr, Baby­lon 2
  • So, 06.04. um 17:45 Uhr, Baby­lon 3

ICEBERGS

Wet­tbe­werb Kurz­film
(R/​B: Car­los Pereira, K: Karim Marold, P: Car­lot­ta Cornehl & Clara Puhlman, M: Vanes­sa Heeger)

  • So, 06.04. um 15:45 Uhr, City Kino Wed­ding
  • Mo, 07.04. um 20:15 Uhr, Baby­lon 2
  • Mi, 09.04. um 17:45 Uhr, Baby­lon 3

OBEY, OBEY

Wet­tbe­werb Kurz­film
(R/​B/​M/​P: Aki­ra Kawasa­ki, K: Maayane Bouh­nik)

  • Fr, 04.04. um 19:15 Uhr, City Kino Wed­ding
  • Sa, 05.04. um 22:30 Uhr, Baby­lon 2
  • So, 06.04. um 17:45 Uhr, Baby­lon 3

UN TORO LLAMA

Wet­tbe­werb Kurz­film
(R/​B: Nel­son Algo­me­da, K: Luis Hart­mann, P: Sinan Özarslan & Lucas Mil­holmem, M: Juan C. Bautista)

  • Mo, 07.04. um 20:15 Uhr, City Kino Wed­ding
  • Di, 08.04. um 22:30 Uhr, Baby­lon 2
  • Mi, 09.04. um 20:00 Uhr, Baby­lon 3

Oth­er DFFB relat­ed per­sons

NINJA MOTHERF*CKING DESTRUCTION

Wet­tbe­werb Spielfilm
With stu­dents Fion Mutert (DOP), Lydia Leer­stelle (Edit­ing), Astrid Hohle-Hansen (Sound), Lisa-Marie Lutz (pro­duc­er)

  • Mo, 07.04. um 17:30 Uhr, Baby­lon 1
  • Di, 08.04. um 19:00 Uhr, IL KINO

SABBATICAL

Wet­tbe­werb Spielfilm
With Alum­nus Michael Kotschi (DOP)

  • So, 06.04. um 20:30 Uhr, Bali Kino
  • Mo, 07.04. um 21:30 Uhr, Baby­lon 1
  • Di, 08.04. um 21:00 Uhr, IL KINO

TRUTH OR DARE

Wet­tbe­werb Doku­men­tarfilm
With stu­dents Ali­na Albrecht (DOP) und Sab­ri­na Rück­er (Edit­ing)

  • Sa, 05.04. um 22:00 Uhr, Baby­lon 1
  • So, 06.04. um 20:15 Uhr, Baby­lon 2

CAMEL BLUES

Wet­tbe­werb Mit­tel­langer Film
With stu­dents Leo Geisler (director/​script), Regi­na Wiebe (DOP), Teri Mir­ba­ha (editing/​sound) und André Igisch (pro­duc­er)

  • Mo, 07.04. um 18:00 Uhr, City Kino Wed­ding
  • Di, 08.04. um 20:00 Uhr, Baby­lon 3

LA PASSERELLA DI AMELIE

Wet­tbe­werb Kurz­film
With stu­dent Arda Görkem (actor, Sound) und Alum­nus Bas­t­ian Gascho (sound)

  • Mo, 07.04. um 20:15 Uhr, City Kino Wed­ding
  • Di, 08.04. um 22:30 Uhr, Baby­lon 2
  • Mi, 09.04. um 20:00 Uhr, Baby­lon 3

RECORDARI

Wet­tbe­werb Kurz­film
With stu­dent Eli Bör­nicke (DOP)

  • Mo, 07.04. um 20:15 Uhr, City Kino Wed­ding
  • Di, 08.04. um 22:30 Uhr, Baby­lon 2
  • Mi, 09.04. um 20:00 Uhr, Baby­lon 3

SORBET AUF TRÜMMERN

Wet­tbe­werb Kurz­film
With stu­dent Naza­farin Has­san­pour

  • So, 06.04. um 15:45 Uhr, City Kino Wed­ding
  • Mo, 07.04. um 20:15 Uhr, Baby­lon 2
  • Mi, 09.04. um 17:45 Uhr, Baby­lon 3

MARZAHN MON AMOUR

Berlin Series
With alum­na Clara Zoë My-Linh von Arn­im (direc­tor) und Stu­dent Raf­faél­lo Lup­perg­er (edit­ing)

  • Mo, 07.04. um 19:00 Uhr, ACUD­ki­no

In autumn 2018, the DFFB will launch its new pro­gramme of study, Editing/​​Sound.

Uncategorized,

This com­ing Sep­tem­ber, the DFFB will offer six stu­dents the oppor­tu­ni­ty to study edit­ing and sound on a full-time basis. This pro­gramme, titled Editing/​Sound, joins the exist­ing four DFFB pro­grammes: Direct­ing, Pro­duc­ing, Cin­e­matog­ra­phy, and Screen­writ­ing.

The Appli­ca­tion Tasks Editing/​Sound 2018/​2019 are the first steps for apply­ing.  Our appli­ca­tion plat­form opens 22nd May 2018. Appli­ca­tions must be sub­mit­ted by 7 June 2018. The entrance exam­i­na­tion will take place in Berlin dur­ing the week of 9 July–13 July 2018.

The first year of stud­ies is the same for all DFFB stu­dents: the cur­ricu­lum is gen­er­al­ist. Dur­ing this time, the the­o­ret­i­cal and prac­ti­cal foun­da­tions are laid for future col­lab­o­ra­tions between the dif­fer­ent dis­ci­plines. Through­out the course of stud­ies, the bound­aries between these dis­ci­plines remain open – stu­dents become well-round­ed film­mak­ers. They devel­op a holis­tic under­stand­ing of cin­e­ma and gain spe­cialised knowl­edge rel­e­vant to their indi­vid­ual dis­ci­plines. Under­stand­ing all stages of film­mak­ing is an essen­tial part of the DFFB’s teach­ing phi­los­o­phy. Through work­ing togeth­er on film projects, stu­dents test film­mak­ing the­o­ries to see what works best for them.

Editing/​sound stu­dents will ben­e­fit from this struc­ture. From the onset of their stud­ies and dur­ing the course of each project in which they par­tic­i­pate, they are con­sid­ered equal part­ners to their direct­ing, pro­duc­ing, cin­e­matog­ra­phy, and screen­writ­ing peers. Editing/​sound stu­dents con­tribute to sto­ry devel­op­ment, under­stand the cin­e­mat­ic ele­ments of dra­matur­gy, and are able to assess the qual­i­ty of an actor’s per­for­mance. Fur­ther­more, they have knowl­edge in the fields of music, sound design, art his­to­ry, and, above all, film edit­ing.

Through film edit­ing and sound design sem­i­nars, editing/​sound stu­dents acquire film­mak­ing tools and meth­ods for their own prac­tice. Work­ing on col­lab­o­ra­tive film projects is at the core of the DFFB’s teach­ing phi­los­o­phy. For editing/​sound stu­dents, the cut­ting room is the ulti­mate class­room – it is where con­ver­sa­tions with peers and teach­ing staff take place. Through the process of edit­ing, the cin­e­mat­ic pos­si­bil­i­ties of image and sound are expe­ri­enced and exam­ined. In the spir­it of Pudowkin: “The devel­op­ment of mon­tage — this is the path that will secure the future of cin­e­ma.”

 

In the mat­ter of: film shoot in Dubrovnik

Uncategorized,

“A crew of DFFB stu­dents who were assigned the exer­cise of mak­ing a short doc­u­men­tary have been film­ing a still pho­tog­ra­phy ses­sion planned by the sub­ject of the film. We now under­stand that the shoot includ­ed semi-nude pho­tog­ra­phy in the loca­tion of a Dubrovnic ortho­dox church. Some­times when film­mak­ers are giv­en con­sid­er­able free­dom to make their ear­ly films, basic mis­takes are made which can cause hurt and offence to oth­ers, how­ev­er unin­ten­tion­al­ly.  The acad­e­my, which val­ues artis­tic free­dom very high­ly, was in fact not aware of the speci­fici­ties of the scene or the loca­tion cho­sen. To the degree that our academy’s unit has caused offence with this film­ing, we whole­heart­ed­ly apol­o­gise to the con­gre­ga­tion of this church and the peo­ple of Dubrovnik.”

Ben Gib­son, Direc­tor of the DFFB