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Bauhaus University Weimar is not a traditional film school. It is more.

Between the two professorships Media Events (Media Art and Design) and Crossmedial Moving Image (Visual Communication), works are created from classic live-action film, commercials, experimental video, interactive formats, documentaries, animation and games. This often results in exciting and innovative mixtures of different disciplines.

We support filmmakers and video artists with a view to the entire process of audiovisual storytelling. To this end, students are trained in creative storytelling as well as provided with technical know-how in workshops and using relevant software. Studios and equipment are made available but guest lecturers from a wide variety of fields are also invited to provide constant fresh input. Experimental and creative approaches are encouraged, but the craft as a foundation is not forgotten.

Thus, Bauhaus Film offers a space where creative ideas find their language and interfaces are created between different profiles of students and teachers, resulting in multi-faceted, entertaining and surprising cinematic works.

Film education, film research, and film art at a university level.
The Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF is an artistic institution of higher education with a focus on film and television. New media technologies are an integral part of the curriculum, alongside a strong emphasis on the cultural roots of these media and scholarly reflection on their historical and contemporary forms.

This takes place within a dynamic interplay of tradition and innovation, individual talent development and teamwork, classical film materials and digital image/sound production, and academic programs that range from classical film professions to technologically creative careers in IT-related fields. Creativity and imagination are paired with practical demands throughout the educational process.

A defining feature is the collaborative student work on practical productions and the consistent development of team skills.
A core mission of Film University Babelsberg is the integration of artistic and academic programs through a theory-driven, practice-oriented approach to study.

Founded in 1991, the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg is today one of the most renowned international film schools. The project-oriented curriculum triggers learning by doing during all the stages of a film and television production. More than 350 experts from the film and media business instruct the 450 students and take care of their projects.
About 250 films of all genres and formats are produced by teams of students every year which are presented with great success at film festivals throughout the world. The Filmakademie´s international appeal is enhanced by several exchange programmes with film schools in Canada, Poland, France or the USA, and by the Atelier Ludwigsburg/Paris postgraduate masterclass.

Andreas Dresen and Maren Ade have been here. Harun Farocki, Wolfgang Kohlhaase, and Dani Levy have held masterclasses at filmArche — and they will return. Not because of high fees, but because they believe in the school’s concept.

As a non-profit organization based in Berlin-Kreuzberg, filmArche offers an alternative to state film schools and commercial training programs. Because when it comes to learning how great films are made, the most important factor is an environment where the necessary skills can be developed and put into practice.

filmArche not only provides a solid education in the fundamentals of filmmaking, but also a space for passionate filmmakers to expand, deepen, and — above all — apply their knowledge and skills together. The school deliberately moves away from traditional lecture-based teaching in favor of collaborative, self-directed, and autodidactic learning.

The DFFB was founded in 1966 as the first film school in West Germany. Thirty students, selected from over 800 applicants, started the initial class of the academy. The DFFB offers a professional education for artistic jobs in film and television. The school is financed by the federal state of Berlin and is independent of commercial interests and influence.

The DFFB has about 150 students altogether and over 250 student productions are completed every year. The DFFB mostly works with freelance lecturers, professionals who work in the film and television business most of their time. The DFFB cooperates with the Berlin/Brandenburg TV station RBB and ARTE and produces 3 short films of 30minutes lengths for RBB and 10 short films of 5 minutes lengths for ARTE.

A brand new, state-of-the-art sound studio began operating in 2008. In 2009/2010 the DFFB built the entire production and post-production to digital technology, including the installation of a digital 2K cinema, with an expected completion date of autumn 2011.

The DFFB is a full member of CILECT and GEECT.

The Hamburg Media School was founded in 2003. The school offers master degrees in media management, journalism, film and a bachelor degree in digital media. Students in the M.A. Film have the opportunity to specialize their interest in directing, producing, camera/screenplay and editing. The curriculum deeply connects practical knowledge with scientific research.
The student’s works are regularly screened on more than 400 festivals and film competitions. Three HMS-Film have been awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: “Die rote Jacke” (2003), “Der Ausreißer” (2005) and “Raju” in 2011.

Strong together – the idea behind the founding of the Hessen Film and Media Academy (hFMA) in 2007. Unique within Germany, this institution subsumes four universities, five universities of applied science, and four art schools from the Land of Hesse under its virtual umbrella. Pan-university activities and focussed supplementary programmes not only provide quality intensification in the fields of training, research and production, but also strengthen the media location of Hesse. Its activities include the presentation of the annual “Hessen Talents” short film roll at the Berlinale European Film Market, the organization of cross-university pitching workshops, and the introduction of young talents to the industry at theme days entitled “Profis Plaudern Praxis” (lit: “Professionals Parley Practice”). “ Better never stops!” is the hFMA motto. The network aims at setting the course for new ideas, technology, and ground-breaking innovation – for a Generation Q that can think laterally across various disciplines. hFMA is seated at the University of Art and Design Offenbach, with Anja Henningsmeyer as its Executive Director.

Since 1965 the "Film" department has been teaching forms of expression art.
Within the "Film" department, students will gain the knowledge and skills needed for film production. At the same time value is placed on the development of artistic work which explores free-form and experimental approaches to documentary and feature films and also to digital cinema. The aim of this area of study is to go beyond classic professions such as directing, screen-play writing or camera, so as to develop art and artists whose strength lies in independent creative innovation and not only in applying established or conventional knowledge and techniques.
Professors are Udo Engel, Pepe Danquart, Robert Bramkamp, Katharina Pethke, Angela Schanelec and Wim Wenders.
Since 2008, a BA and MA have replaced the diploma. Some graduates of HFBK - "Film" department are Fatih Akin, Lars Becker, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Hermine Huntgeburt, Ulrich Köhler, Wolfgang Lauenstein, Patrick Orth, Jan Peters, Zoltan Spirandelli, Henner Winkler und Yüksel Yavuz.

The ifs internationale filmschule köln is a recognized full study and further education institution serving aspiring media professionals. The school is an initiative of the NRW state government and the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and was founded in 2000 as a non-profit company. The ZDF, along with the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, is also a principal partner of the ifs.
The ifs offers students in cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences Cologne the bachelor program FILM with a total of six majors (Screenwriting, Directing, Creative Producing, Director of Photography, Editing Picture & Sound and Digital Film Arts), providing a hands-on artistic education under one roof. 

Individual and intensive supervision is the core focus of the study and further education programs at the ifs. For this reason, the organizational framework is structured on small numbers of students and a 2-year admissions cycle to the programs.
The education and training is focused on combining a foundation of scientific-theoretical and technical skills with artistic hands-on project work. The combination of professional specialization and interdisciplinary cooperation is characteristic for the education at the ifs. Early on, students work together with all the crafts involved in the filmmaking process, thereby generating important contacts in the industry already during their studies. Close collaboration with national and international teachers from both the industry and academia guarantees the students a first-class education, comparable to international standards.

The art academy was launched in 1990 as a “talent factory”, “a new type of art academy”, an “electronic Bauhaus”, a “bird of paradise”, an “experiment with no guarantee of success” and also an “unloved child” of Cologne's cultural landscape. Initially, it was primarily associated with the closure of the former Cologne Werkschulen and thus with the loss of training in “fine arts” and the “end of the printed word”.
Today, the KHM is firmly and successfully part of the canon of German art and film schools. It has remained true to and unique in its project-oriented approach (no master classes, cross-disciplinary supervision by professors, diploma degrees in undergraduate and postgraduate studies), which produces “cross-over talents” between art, media, film and science.

The University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf (Hochschule Düsseldorf (HSD)) – founded in 1971 under the name Fachhochschule Düsseldorf – is a modern educational institution located in the heart of North Rhine-Westphalia’s vibrant capital city. Across its seven departments, it offers students innovative Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs, with teaching and research closely tied to professional practice, strong links to industry and social actors, and a modern, well-equipped campus in Derendorf that provides a welcoming and intercultural learning environment.

Within the AG Kurzfilm the two departments Peter Behrens School of Arts and Faculty of Medi are represented.

 

The Institut for the Study of Art, Aesthetics and Art Education at the University of Bremen combines scientific and artistic research and education with regard to art- and media-science topics as well as questions relating to art education within and outside the school-environment. During the course of the study program the (optional) making of videos in the tradition of the auteur-cinema plays a significant role in enabling students to tap into, develop and reflect upon, their own creative potential.

The University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) offers all students a modern, future-oriented preparation for the full range of media professions.
Your training at HFF will prepare you for a wide range of audio-visual careers: for professions in such fields as directing, screenwriting or cinematography; for work as a dramaturg, television journalist, production manager, or producer.
That is why it is so essential that prospective students gain a clear understanding, as early as possible, of the demands involved in these professions; and that they make a realistic appraisal of their personal aptitude, achievement potential and creativity.