Filmfunke. 50 Jahre DFFB / Film Sparks. 50 Years of DFFB

Das deutsch- und englischsprachige Buch stellt 50 Filmschaffenden die Frage, ob es Momente in ihrem Leben gab, in denen sich durch eine Begegnung mit Menschen, mit Film, mit Kunst Entscheidendes verändert hat in ihrer Arbeit. (Eigenverlag) Mit Beiträgen unter anderem von Angela Schanelec, Jeannine Meerapfel, Pia Marais, Helke Sander, Thomas Heise, Harun Farocki, Nina Menkes, Einar Schleef, Ulrich Seidl, Amie Siegel, Christian Petzold, Ulrike Ottinger, Hartmut Bitomsky, Georg Seeßlen, Lav Diaz, Cristina Nord, Julian Radlmaier, Helmut Färber, Ulrich Köhler und Lars Henrik Gass. Hrsg. von Nicolas Wackerbarth und Marcus Seibert.
FILM SPARKS – 50 Years of DFFB
Just out: A German-English bilingual book, in which 50 film professionals have written about special moments of illumination in their understanding of filmmaking. Contributors include Angela Schanelec, Jeannine Meerapfel, Pia Marais, Helke Sander, Thomas Heise, Harun Farocki, Nina Menkes, Einar Schleef, Ulrich Seidl, Amie Siegel, Christian Petzold, Ulrike Ottinger, Hartmut Bitomsky, Georg Seeßlen, Lav Diaz, Cristina Nord, Julian Radlmaier, Helmut Färber, Ulrich Köhler and Lars Henrik Gass. Ed. by Nicolas Wackerbarth and Marcus Seibert.
“The collected texts range from contemplations on formative seminars and films, to revelations about the beginnings of a filmmaker’s journey, to the experience of birthing an individual creative vision, which cannot be taught. This film book reflects upon the tension sparked between the act of teaching and the act of resistance towards being taught – a tension that is at the heart of the DFFB’s history. Contributors include Angela Schanelec, Ulrich Seidl, Helke Sander, Lav Diaz, Christian Petzold, Cristina Nord, Einar Schleef, Hartmut Bitomsky, Ulrike Ottinger, and Harun Farocki.”
Nicolas Wackerbarth and Marcus Seibert (editors)
50 Years DFFB
The DFFB celebrated its fiftieth birthday in September 2016. In 2016 and 2017, we presented a variety of events such as the DFFB Film Festival in the Eiszeit Kino, the major retrospective of DFFB films at the Arsenal cinema, the DFFB sessions, the symposium The Shock of the Real, and the urban cinema series Back on Location. All these events focused on DFFB filmmakers and showcased their work. Now, at the end of this period of celebration, we have published FILMSPARKS – 50 Years DFFB, a book, written in both German and English, in which filmmakers, practitioners, theorists, and DFFB alumni and friends share their thoughts on filmmaking and reflect on the history of the DFFB.