CANCELLED: 20 Years First Steps & DFFB: Film Mat­ters!

Due to the cur­rent sit­u­a­tion in con­nec­tion with the coro­na virus, we have decid­ed, togeth­er with the Deutsche Fil­makademie and First Steps, to can­cel the event.

We would like to deal with the sit­u­a­tion respon­si­bly and con­tribute to con­tain the spread of the virus and pro­tect endan­gered risk groups.

We are very pleased about the great pop­u­lar­i­ty of the event, but at this point we ask for your under­stand­ing for the deci­sion, which was made after care­ful con­sid­er­a­tion.

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At the clos­ing event for the 20th anniver­sary of the Ger­man Young Tal­ent Award FIRST STEPS, three DFFB grad­u­ates at the begin­ning of their pro­fes­sion­al careers will reflect on their expe­ri­ences and strate­gies, wish­es and demands: How do they suc­ceed in find­ing and assert­ing their own ideas dur­ing their stud­ies and after­wards? Why and about what do we want and will we make films?

The film­mak­ers each rep­re­sent dif­fer­ent, very indi­vid­ual atti­tudes, cin­e­mat­ic worlds and artis­tic self-under­stand­ings:

• Julia Lang­hof, direc­tor of LOMO — THE LANGUAGE OF MANY OTHERS (2017)
• Lukas Feigelfeld, direc­tor of HAGAZUSSA (2018)
• Agnesh Pakoz­di, cin­e­matog­ra­ph­er of DAS MELANCHOLISCHE MÄDCHEN (2019)

The inter­view will be con­duct­ed by Ulrich Matthes, Pres­i­dent of the Ger­man Film Acad­e­my. The evening will be opened by Dr. Rain­er Rother as host and Artis­tic Direc­tor of the Deutsche Kine­math­ek, which makes the cin­e­mat­ic her­itage of the DFFB — and thus the tra­di­tion of the own and the obsti­nate, acces­si­ble to the pub­lic. In addi­tion, the Deutsche Kine­math­ek will be show­ing excerpts from the cur­rent grad­u­a­tion films of the pan­elists.

The dis­cus­sion will take place on the 4th floor of the Filmhaus at Pots­damer Platz. The event is open to all film enthu­si­asts and admis­sion is free.

Pho­to Cred­it: Anne Fri­day