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To mark 60 years of the DFFB, a film series explores con­nec­tions between the acad­e­my’s past and present. Three spot­lights, fem­i­nist, migrant and queer, bring into focus per­spec­tives that still have to fight for vis­i­bil­i­ty today: women who cam­paigned for equal­i­ty, stu­dents with migrant and inter­na­tion­al biogra­phies, and a queer cin­e­ma that con­tin­ues to rene­go­ti­ate its […]

Do you have ques­tions about apply­ing to the DFFB? We’re offer­ing online con­sul­ta­tions to help you with the appli­ca­tion tasks, your mate­ri­als, or find­ing the right pro­gram for you. The con­sul­ta­tions take place on 02.11.2026 at 16:00 (CEST) and 20.11.2026 at 14:00 (CEST). The Zoom link for both days is avail­able here

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On 26 Sep­tem­ber, the clos­ing gala of the pres­ti­gious fes­ti­val took place in north­ern Spain, and the grad­u­a­tion film BODY OF GLASS (Dir./Writer: Naë­mi Ada, DoP: Sel­ma von Pohlheim Gravesen, Edi­tor: Ele­na Wei­he) was hon­oured with the Kutx­a­bank-New Direc­tors Award, which comes with prize mon­ey of EUR 50,000. About the film: At its cen­tre is […]

How can film build bridges and invite dia­logue in polar­ized times, reach­ing beyond its usu­al audi­ence? From Octo­ber 14 to 16, 2026, the Ger­man Film and Tele­vi­sion Acad­e­my Berlin (DFFB) invites inter­na­tion­al film­mak­ers and indus­try experts to a con­fer­ence at the Forum of its new cam­pus on Friedrich-Krause-Ufer. Over three days, pan­el dis­cus­sions, keynote talks, […]

The FIRST STEPS Awards 2026 nom­i­nat­ed three projects by DFFB stu­dents and grad­u­ates. The award is con­sid­ered the most impor­tant prize for emerg­ing tal­ent and grad­u­a­tion films in the Ger­­man-speak­ing world. In the fea­ture film cat­e­go­ry, THE PLANT FROM THE CANARIES (screenplay/​​direction/​​editing/​​production: Ruan Lan-Xi, cin­e­matog­ra­phy: Jonathan Steil) is nom­i­nat­ed. The grad­u­a­tion film had its world […]

We are delight­ed to announce that BODY OF GLASS (Dir. Naë­mi Ada, Cin­e­matog­ra­phy: Sel­ma von Pol­heim, Edit­ing: Ele­na Wei­he, Pro­duced by Lalise Mud­da) will cel­e­brate its world pre­miere at the 74th San Sebastián Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val. The DFFB grad­u­a­tion film has been select­ed for the pres­ti­gious New Direc­tors sec­tion, where it will com­pete for the […]

We are delight­ed that I PLANT MY HAND IN THE GARDEN (direction/​​screenplay: Hoda Taheri & Boris Hadži­ja, pro­duc­tion: Max­i­m­il­ian Feld­kamp) will have its world pre­miere at the 83rd Venice Inter­na­tion­al Film Fes­ti­val (La Bien­nale di Venezia). Boris Hadži­ja’s DFFB grad­u­a­tion film has been invit­ed to the main com­pe­ti­tion of Gior­nate degli Autori (Venice Days), one […]

We warm­ly con­grat­u­late alum­nus Francesco Sos­sai and alum­na Cecil­ia Trautvet­ter on the extra­or­di­nary suc­cess of their lat­est fea­ture film LE CITTÀ DI PIANURA (THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD) at Italy’s pre­mier film awards, the David di Donatel­lo Awards 2026. As the evening’s major win­ner, the film received a total of eight awards, includ­ing the […]

The Arse­nal Filmin­sti­tut e.V., the Deutsche Kine­math­ek – Muse­um für Film und Fernse­hen and the Deutsche Film- und Fernse­hakademie Berlin (DFFB) are fur­ther expand­ing their col­lab­o­ra­tion. In the future premis­es of the DFFB, the lead­er­ship of the three insti­tu­tions signed an agree­ment that builds on their suc­cess­ful coop­er­a­tion at the for­mer Filmhaus at Pots­damer Platz. […]

Sev­er­al stu­dent films are fea­tured at this year’s achtung berlin film­fes­ti­val (15–22 April 2026). Every year, the fes­ti­val show­cas­es the lat­est film pro­duc­tions from Berlin and Bran­den­burg – high­light­ing the diver­si­ty and artis­tic strength of region­al film­mak­ing. The fes­ti­val kicks off with the DFFB grad­u­a­tion film MAMBO MATERNICA by Bor­bála Nagy (DoP: Moritz Friese, E: […]

Numer­ous projects by our stu­dents, alum­ni and lec­tur­ers are rep­re­sent­ed at the 76th Berli­nale – both in the offi­cial pro­gramme and in oth­er areas of the fes­ti­val. MY Wife CRIES by alum­na Angela Schan­elec is in the offi­cial selec­tion for this year’s com­pe­ti­tion. The film was pro­duced by alum­nus Kir­ill Krasovs­ki, with stu­dent Raf­fael­lo Lup­perg­er […]