Keen commitment to German film: Goethe Institutes around the world compile a panorama from 900 current and classic German filmsmore
Dieter Kosslick has been directing the Berlinale, Germany’s biggest film festival, since 2001. In an interview he talks about the art of selecting films and the significance of stars on the red carpetmore
Germany’s most successful female director makes films outside the mainstream: Caroline Link tackles difficult stories and enthralls audiences of millionsmore
The Baden-Württemberg Film Academy is one of six film academies in Germany and is seen as a source of talented young filmmakers. A portraitmore
The competition for the Golden Bear is always unleashed in February: that’s when the Berlinale rolls out the red carpet for glamour and talent, the art of film and the film marketmore
The current popularity of German films abroad is comparable to that of the 1980s. This can be attributed to the films themselves and the German Films marketing agencymore
Studio Babelsberg, successor of the Ufa dream factory, is reconnecting with the good old days. An overview of the German film industrymore
The themes range from a search for the meaning of life to an ice-cold mountaineering drama: a number of German film productions that had been awaited with anticipation by cinema-goers worldwide are now finally on show. Here a...more
Akin, Donnersmarck, Link & Co.: the young generation of film directors from Germany has a gift for great cinema and a way with compelling themesmore
They make you forget that it’s all just cinema: the youngest generation of German actresses in particular are currently making their mark with depth, courage and great abilitymore
Powerful images, international prizes: current German cinema is harking back, so to speak, to its great past and once again presenting compelling themes and charactersmore
Michael Ballhaus has achieved what many German actors and directors can only imagine in their wildest dreams. The cinematographer is a star in Hollywood. A portraitmore
FilmFestival Cottbus experienced record visitor numbers on its 18th birthday – and received personal congratulations from Federal Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeiermore
From socially critical crime stories to spectacular melodrama, some 200 TV movies are produced in Germany every year. Many of them are successful abroadmore
They have a nose for good material, write cast lists and sometimes direct. And they decide which ideas are made into moviesmore
The Film Academy Baden-Württemberg
Founded: 1991 in Ludwigsburg
Students: around 450
Courses: 14
University partnerships: Paris, Lodz, Toronto, Havana
Internet: www.filmakademie.de
The Film Academy is a publicly funded...more