Films & Fes­ti­vals

The fes­ti­val office is in charge of the non-com­mer­cial dis­tri­b­u­tion of stu­dent films. We have two goals: to increase the vis­i­bil­i­ty of DFFB stu­dent films and to build the rep­u­ta­tions of our direc­tors, pro­duc­ers, cin­e­matog­ra­phers, and screen­writ­ers. DFFB films are select­ed to screen in the most promi­nent film fes­ti­vals – Berlin, Cannes, Locarno, Venice, and Toron­to – as well as in oth­er major fes­ti­vals such as Rot­ter­dam and South by South West.

Togeth­er with our stu­dents, we devel­op a dis­tri­b­u­tion strat­e­gy for their films. This process allows the stu­dents to gain a sol­id under­stand­ing of the inter­na­tion­al film fes­ti­val land­scape – an under­stand­ing from which they can draw through­out their careers.

In addi­tion to film fes­ti­vals, the fes­ti­val office is also respon­si­ble for the com­mer­cial dis­tri­b­u­tion of DFFB films. We are in close con­tact with dis­trib­u­tors and sales agents in order to help bring stu­dent films into cin­e­mas, onto video and video on demand plat­forms, and to tele­vi­sion sta­tions.

It is a pri­or­i­ty for us to intro­duce our stu­dents to the film indus­try at the begin­ning of their careers. This allows stu­dents to devel­op a pro­fes­sion­al net­work ear­ly on.