Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
| Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF |
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| founding | November 1, 1954 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place |
 Potsdam
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 Brandenburg
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| country |
 Germany
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| President | Susanne Striker |
| Students | 660 (2016) |
| Website | www.filmuniversitaet.de |
The Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf (spelling: Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF ; officially: University of Film and Television Potsdam-Babelsberg ) is a state art and film university with the right to award doctorates in the Babelsberg district of Potsdam . It is the oldest and largest film school in Germany and the only one in university rank since 2014. It is also the only art college in Brandenburg and, together with u. a. the Babelsberg studio in the media city of Babelsberg .
history
The institution was founded with effect from November 1, 1954 as the German Academy for Film Art in Babelsberg Palace, with its headquarters in Potsdam-Babelsberg, and was renamed the GDR Academy for Film and Television in 1969 . In 1985 it received the suffix after the director Konrad Wolf , which it retained after its formal renaming in 1990 to the Potsdam-Babelsberg Film and Television Academy (HFF) and the conversion to the Babelsberg Konrad Wolf Film University on July 8, 2014 .
In October 2010, a founding board of trustees was set up to convert the previous university into a university , which advised the university management and the academic senate on the implementation of the tasks associated with the conversion and provided the Brandenburg Ministry of Science, Research and Culture with a decision proposal Conditions of conversion submitted. Effective July 1, 2014, the then incumbent Minister for Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg, Sabine Kunst , declared the Potsdam-Babelsberg University of Film and Television a university.
Until May 2000, the heads of the university held the title of rector, and since then president. The first rector of the university was Kurt Maetzig from 1954 to 1964 . He was replaced by Konrad Schwalbe , who headed the film school until 1969. Successors up to the political turning point were Lutz Köhlert (1969–1973), Peter Ulbrich (1973–1980), Konrad Schwalbe (1980–1986) and Lothar Bisky (1986–1990). After the reunification, Wolf-Dieter Panse was rector until 1995 . His successor and first president from 2000 until 2013 was Dieter Wiedemann . The first woman at the head of the university since 2013 and the university since 2014, Susanne Stürmer is the managing director of UFA Film & TV Produktion .
Education
The Film University Babelsberg offers courses on the subject of film. The degrees to be achieved are the Bachelor of Arts or Master of Arts. The 2015/16 taught courses were animated , animation director, audio-visual application design, cinematography, digital media culture, writer / drama , film and television production , film heritage, film music , film and TV directing , media studies , installation , directing , acting , sound, Sound for picture, scenography / production design and scenography.
The Media Studies course is the most research-oriented course at the Film University and includes basic academic research and application-oriented research that reflects artistic practice. This includes media analysis, reception aesthetics, media conception and planning, culture and event management, program planning and development in audiovisual media, advice on the production and distribution of audiovisual media, journalistic, editorial and conceptual activities, conception and planning of educational and further training offers with media support , as well as university teaching and research. Students of the Media Studies course organize the largest student film festival in Europe every year with Sehs Bäumen , which takes place in April on the university campus and the Thalia art house cinema at the Babelsberg S-Bahn station .
The Film University is the only university in the German-speaking region to provide explicit training in the area of media-specific representation in its Acting degree program on the basis of sound theater training. In addition to participating in film and television productions, the drama students are already on stage at a city theater during their studies thanks to the long-standing cooperation with the Hans Otto Theater .
With its acting degree, the Film University is a member of the Standing Conference on Acting Education (SKS) . The courses film music and sound cooperate with each other and both are working, among other things with the in Film Studio Babelsberg -based German Film Orchestra Babelsberg together.
The Film University has set up institutes to expand research, teaching and further education as well as to profile its national and international collaborations . These include the Institute for Artistic Research and the Potsdam Film Museum . The Erich Pommer Institute and the Institute for Vocational Research and Corporate Planning Media are both organizationally and legally independent institutes .
Personalities
A number of well-known personalities studied and taught at the Film University and its predecessor, the Babelsberg Film Academy. These are included in the list of well-known personalities at the Babelsberg Film University .
Known movies
Over the years many films have been made at the university that have been shown at prestigious festivals and won awards. In 2005 the works Netto , Nine Scenes and Hallesche Kometen were created . In 2006 the Berliner Reigen was filmed and in 2007 At the End Tourists Come . From the year 2010 illness of the youth , Topper does not give up , After Klara and Renn, if you can . Further works were 2011 3 room / kitchen / bathroom , warrior , fat girl and Little Thirteen , 2012 After Wriezen and Am Himmel der Tag , 2013 Love Steaks , 2015 After Spring Comes Fall , 2016 At the End of the Forest , 2017 Between the Chairs and Rocket Perelman , 2019 Silently loud .
Others
In 2011 the University of Film and Television donated an honorary prize for special artistic and scientific achievements. The first prize winner was Jürgen Böttcher as a successful graduate of the university "for outstanding international success in film and painting, for artistic freedom and political responsibility".
Web links
- Official website
- Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF on filmportal.de
- Filming in the GDR: University on the DEFA Foundation website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Babelsberg Film University is being expanded. In: www.berliner-zeitung.de. Berliner Zeitung , April 19, 2017, accessed on April 16, 2020 .
- ↑ § 1 Basic Regulations of the University of Film and Television Potsdam-Babelsberg "Konrad Wolf" , as of March 22, 2019: "As a university, the University of Film and Television Potsdam-Babelsberg is a state university of the State of Brandenburg according to § 2 Para. 1 No. . 1 BbgHG. It bears the designation 'Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF ' as an independent addition to its name . ”See Section 2 Paragraph 1 No. 2 BbgHG .
- ↑ Marion van der Kraats: In Babelsberg should also be researched . In: Rheinische Post , August 20, 2014, p. D7 (interview with Susanne Stürmer, President of the university).
- ↑ a b Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf . Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg, accessed on April 6, 2019.
- ^ Ordinance on the formation of the German Academy of Film Art of October 14, 1954 (Journal of Laws p. 847)
- ↑ Kerstin Decker: The HFF Potsdam becomes the Babelsberg Film University . In: Der Tagesspiegel , July 7, 2014.
- ^ First step towards the film university: founding board of trustees starts work. (No longer available online.) HFF Potsdam, press releases, October 15, 2010, archived from the original on February 22, 2014 ; accessed on February 6, 2014 .
- ↑ Ordinance on changing the typifying designation of the Potsdam-Babelsberg University of Film and Television from July 4, 2014, accessed on April 6, 2019.
- ↑ Jan Kixmüller: Onslaught on strikers. In: PNN.de , October 8, 2013, accessed October 9, 2013.
- ↑ Film University Babelsberg , http://www.hff-potsdam.de (accessed on March 1, 2011)
- ↑ Own presentation of sehs Bäumen , http://www.sehsuechte.de (accessed on March 1, 2011)
- ↑ Bacherlor drama course ( memento from March 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), on www.hff-potsdam.de (accessed on March 1, 2011)
- ↑ Partners / friends / sponsors. HFF Potsdam, archived from the original on January 21, 2014 ; accessed on February 6, 2014 .
- ↑ The participating universities. Theatertreffen.com (SKS), accessed February 6, 2014 .
- ↑ About the course ( memento from November 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) on filmmusik.hff-potsdam.de, welcome to the website of the film music course! ( Memento from July 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on filmmusik.hff-potsdam.de (accessed on March 1, 2011)
- ↑ Institutes and Cooperations ( Memento of October 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), http://www.hff-potsdam.de (accessed on October 15, 201x)
- ↑ IBF Medien, An-Institut der Filmuniversität ( Memento from July 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), http://www.ibf-institut.de (accessed on October 15, 201x)
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