The 42nd edition of the Max Ophüls Preis Film Festival in Saarbrücken ended yesterday. The award ceremony on Saturday evening was a joyous one for both DFFB students and alumni:   DFFB student Sara Fazilat was awarded the Max Ophüls Prize for Best Young Actress for her role in NICO (director/screenwriter: Eline Gehring, cinematographer/screenwriter: Francy …

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The new year has just started and the 42nd Max Ophüls Preis Film Festival is already about to begin! In this year’s edition, the films of young filmmakers will be screened online from January 17 to January 24 in the feature film, documentary, medium-length film, and short film competitions, as well as other program series, …

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On Wednesday, November 25, 2020, at 8 pm the Golden Lola will be awarded to young filmmakers by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Minister of State Prof. Monika Grütters, as part of the German Short Film Award. This is the most important award for short film in Germany. This year, the …

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The 54th International Hofer Film Festival has come to an end, and once again there were many offerings from the DFFB. “Home of Films” is the motto of the festival, and it describes the success of our students and alumni well. Two of our student films celebrated their world premiere at this festival: BABY BITCHKA …

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This year the Wim Wenders Scholarship was awarded for the 7th time by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and the Düsseldorf Wim Wenders Foundation. The renowned scholarship assists young filmmakers who endeavour to tell their stories in new ways and to develop their projects independently. To this end, the scholarship holders provide a total of …

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It is with a heavy heart that the DFFB says goodbye to its alumnus and former lecturer David Slama. The filmmaker died on October 15 at the age of 74. After studying with Michael Ballhaus and Peter Stein at the DFFB in Berlin, David Slama worked as a cinematographer on more than 80 feature and …

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In the coming academic year, we will accept the new students who are currently undergoing the selection process. This is part of the 2019 application process, which had to be interrupted due to the Corona Pandemic. As a medium-term effect of the pandemic, there will be no application procedure at the DFFB in 2020. Those …

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The Academic Council – represented by students, lecturers and staff – of the DFFB would like to express its solidarity with the members of the University of Theater and Film Arts in Budapest (SZFE). The task of the cinema is a versatile and precise analysis of the world. This analysis is only possible by seeking …

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Well, this is cause for celebration! On June 15 and 16, the meeting of the Jury for Feature Film Funding of the BKM took place. Following the recommendations of the independent jury, Minister of State Monika Grütters is supporting numerous feature film projects with a total of 4.74 million euros. We congratulate no less than …

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