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Award winner in 2010: “Reise ohne Rückkehr“ Photo: © Evangelische-Medienzentrale-Bayern

The German Human Rights Film Award

The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms came into general force in 1953. The German Human Rights Film Award presents awards every two years to significant media productions.More ...

Film education: You no longer have to go through the established channels to make it. Photo: Tim Denison © iStockphoto

The best way into the film business, please. The new educational opportunities to break into the industry

There are a number of ways to get into film.More ...

Children in a year four primary school class dealt with the subject of experimental film for the first time. Photo: Daniel Gasenzer © Kurzfilmtage

“Cinema Chaos with Flying Fish”: Children and Experimental Film

As part of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in May, children dealt with the subject of experimental film, presenting a programme they had compiled themselves to an interested audience.More ...

What brought about the system’s collapse – glasnost, Western pop culture, or even alcoholism? Photo: © Gebrüder Beetz und Artline Films

“Farewell Comrades!” – A Television Series Sheds Light on the Collapse of Communism

The Soviet Union came to an end 20 years ago. What brought about the system’s sudden collapse? “Farewell Comrades!” traces the extraordinary stories of ordinary people.More ...

Curators, filmmakers and artists are working on the theme of Living Archive to research and process Arsenal’s film material. Photo: Gerd Mittelberg

The Film Art Project “Living Archive”

The “Arsenal” in Berlin has built up an impressive archive of film rarities. Artists and curators view the material and use it to create something new on the basis of the maxim that “films exist when they are seen”.More ...

Copyright: Loriot / Mit freundlicher Genehmigung des Diogenes Verlags Zürich

“What I Am Interested In Most of All Are People with Communication Problems”

He is one of Germany’s greatest comics. Loriot never really wanted to make cinema films, but allowed himself to be persuaded at the age of 65.More ...

The task of the staff at the German Film Archive is to preserve valuable assets by restoring or copying them to new, long-lasting carriers; Copyright: picture-alliance/ ZB

Film Restoration in Germany

Old films are increasingly attracting new audiences. Restoring the films, however, is a laborious job.More ...

Film|Neu

The newest films from German-speaking countries appeared in our 20th annual festival January 20-26, 2012 at Landmark’s E Street Cinema in Washington, DC.

Filmportal.de

Intnet portal for the German film offering filmographic data and information on 30,000 German films (including plot summaries, biographies, photos, posters and advertising materials, reviews etc.)