It is with great sad­ness that we must say farewell to Hart­mut Bit­o­m­sky. He was a stu­dent of the very first cohort of the DFFB, at first com­pelled to leave after one year, grad­u­at­ing in 1970 and ulti­mate­ly return­ing as direc­tor of the DFFB from 2006 to 2009. A doc­u­men­tary film­mak­er („Der VW Kom­plex“, „Reich­sauto­bahn“, „High­way 40 West“, „Das Kino und der Tod“ or „Staub“, to name a few), film the­o­rist and author (“Die Röte des Rots von Tech­ni­col­or”), and an excep­tion­al­ly keen observ­er of the world.

The DFFB owes Hart­mut Bit­o­m­sky an immense debt of grat­i­tude. Over the years, he shaped and inspired count­less stu­dents and film­mak­ers, always approach­ing their work with open­ness and curios­i­ty.

Hart­mut Bit­o­m­sky has passed away at the age of 83. Our heart­felt con­do­lences go to his fam­i­ly and all those who shared his jour­ney.

Great news: Four DFFB grad­u­a­tion films have been nom­i­nat­ed this year for one of the pres­ti­gious FIRST STEPS Awards — in the cat­e­gories Fea­ture Length Film, Doc­u­men­tary Film, Screen­play, the Michael Ball­haus Award, and the Götz George New­com­er Award.

The fol­low­ing films are nom­i­nat­ed:

The fea­ture film THE GOOD SISTER by Sarah Miro Fis­ch­er has received nom­i­na­tions in three cat­e­gories: Fea­ture Length Film, Screen­play (Agnes Petersen), and the Michael Ball­haus Award for Best Cin­e­matog­ra­phy (Sel­ma von Pol­heim Gravesen). The film tells the sto­ry of the intense bond between Rose and her old­er broth­er Sam. When Sam is accused of rape and Rose is called to tes­ti­fy as a wit­ness, their sib­ling rela­tion­ship is put to a severe test — as is Rose’s moral com­pass.

THE GOOD SISTER cel­e­brat­ed its world pre­miere in the Panora­ma sec­tion of this year’s Berli­nale and is cur­rent­ly tour­ing suc­cess­ful­ly at inter­na­tion­al fes­ti­vals, includ­ing San Sebastián.

UNGEDULD DES HERZENS by Lau­ro Cress has been nom­i­nat­ed in the cat­e­gories Fea­ture Length Film and the Götz George New­com­er Award (Lad­i­na von Frisching). At its cen­ter is a young Bun­deswehr sol­dier who, out of shame, pity, and a deep need for recog­ni­tion, feigns roman­tic feel­ings for a par­a­lyzed woman — even giv­ing her hope of recov­ery. But as her grow­ing mis­trust clash­es with his increas­ing obses­sion to “save” her, they are drawn into a dan­ger­ous spi­ral that near­ly ends in tragedy.

The film, like THE GOOD SISTER, was pro­duced as part of the Leucht­stoff ini­tia­tive by rbb and Medi­en­board Berlin-Bran­den­burg. Already at the Max Ophüls Preis Film Fes­ti­val in Saar­brück­en, UNGEDULD DES HERZENS won the main award as well as both act­ing prizes.

The mul­ti-award-win­ning film ABODE OF DAWN by Kristi­na Shtu­bert, also a Leucht­stoff project, is nom­i­nat­ed in the Doc­u­men­tary Film cat­e­go­ry. The film fol­lows the dream of a new soci­ety deep in the Siber­ian taiga. It pre­miered at DOK Leipzig 2024 and went on to win the Next:Wave Award at CPH:DOX as well as the Ursu­la Bick­le Foun­da­tion Award at dokka:12 in Karl­sruhe.

Last but not least, MY BOYFRIEND EL FASCISTA by Matthias Lint­ner is also nom­i­nat­ed in the Doc­u­men­tary Film cat­e­go­ry. The film sheds light on how per­son­al rela­tion­ships can suf­fer under polit­i­cal ten­sions: when the direc­tor and his part­ner col­lide over their oppos­ing polit­i­cal views, their love is put to the ulti­mate test. This co-pro­duc­tion with Helios Sus­tain­able Films and Mariq­ui­tas Film has already screened at inter­na­tion­al fes­ti­vals such as Bolzano and Hot Docs Toron­to.

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 from 1985 to 1991. Since then, she has been active as a film­mak­er, her works have screened at inter­na­tion­al fes­ti­vals, in exhi­bi­tions and in cin­e­mas — and have received numer­ous awards. Levi works across gen­res, with a strong focus on socio-polit­i­cal and his­tor­i­cal themes. Her sig­na­ture style is unmis­tak­able: com­plex mon­tages of dif­fer­ent per­spec­tives and mate­ri­als — includ­ing film, video, audio, pho­tog­ra­phy and texts, often from archives of var­i­ous ori­gins.

Ange­li­ka Levi has been a pro­fes­sor of film at the Hochschule für Gestal­tung in Offen­bach am Main since 2022.

The deci­sion to estab­lish an Artis­tic Direc­tor­ship at the DFFB with­out exec­u­tive man­age­ment respon­si­bil­i­ties was made by the Board of Trustees in Decem­ber 2024. The posi­tion was pub­licly adver­tised in Feb­ru­ary 2025, and the appli­ca­tion process ran until mid-March. A sev­en-mem­ber selec­tion com­mit­tee – con­sist­ing of rep­re­sen­ta­tives from the Board of Trustees, lec­tur­ers, stu­dents, staff, and the man­ag­ing direc­tor – reviewed a wide range of high­ly qual­i­fied appli­ca­tions. Through a mul­ti-stage process involv­ing pre­sen­ta­tions and inter­views, Ange­li­ka Levi ulti­mate­ly impressed the com­mit­tee.

We warm­ly wel­come her and are very much look­ing for­ward to work­ing togeth­er!

On 15 May 2025, the twelve par­tic­i­pants of Ser­i­al Eyes #12 pre­sent­ed their orig­i­nal series con­cepts at the pro­gram­me’s Final Pitch at SoHo House in Berlin. This closed indus­try event marks the cul­mi­na­tion of Europe’s lead­ing post­grad­u­ate train­ing pro­gramme for tele­vi­sion writ­ers and showrun­ners.

Over the course of eight inten­sive months, these twelve aspir­ing writ­ers from around the world have devel­oped bold, orig­i­nal series, hon­ing their col­lab­o­ra­tive and cre­ative skills in a writ­ers’ work­shop. Under the guid­ance of inter­na­tion­al­ly recog­nised showrun­ners, pro­duc­ers and writ­ers, the par­tic­i­pants have explored the entire devel­op­ment cycle of a series — from con­cept cre­ation to pitch­ing and beyond.

The par­tic­i­pants of the Ser­i­al Eyes cohort of 2025:

Anni­ka Cizek, Ger­many

Kri­ti Kapoor, India

Adrien Mabile, France

Lud­mi­la Naves, Brazil

Thùy Trang Nguyễn, Ger­many

Lara Panah-Iza­di, France /​ USA

Kate­ri­na Papanas­tasatou, Greece

Nuno Sol­er, Por­tu­gal

Lara Sper­ber, Ger­many

Pan­ni Szur­di, Hun­gary

Alex Tibu, Roma­nia

Juliana Yling Tu, Por­tu­gal /​ Brasil

We look for­ward to shar­ing their future suc­cess­es with you. If you’d like more impres­sions of this year’s final pitch, fol­low us on social media or con­tact us for the pitch book­let: info@​serial-​eyes.​de

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.

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.

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 and stu­dents and alum­ni have also 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

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.