TEACHING GUIDESfor selected DEFA films |
2025 Programming AwardDeadline: April 1, 2025 |
Apply by Feb. 10, 202512th Biennial Summer Film Institute |
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Our Teaching Guide #6 for Blond Tango is out and available for free download. The new teaching guide was developed by Carla Steinbrecher (University of St Andrews, Universität Bonn). |
The DEFA Film Library launched a Programming Award in celebration of its 30th anniversary in 2023. This award of up to $1,000 will be offered annually for three years (2023-2025). |
The 2025 Summer Film Institute will take place June 22-28, 2025 co-directed by Maria Stehle (Univ. of Tennessee) and Stephan Ehrig (Univ. of Glasgow). |
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Stielke, Heinz, Fifteen...
Young Berliner Heinz Stielke is a fanatic member of the Hitler Youth. He has only just achieved the rank of Rottenführer when he finds out that his father, who died as a hero for his fatherland, was Jewish. From one day to...
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Concern for Mother and Child
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