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FIAF Education & Outreach Autumn Lab

Save the date — 21 and 22 October 2025 in Berlin

FIAF (Fédération Internationale des Archives du Film) and the Deutsche Kinemathek invite you to Berlin for the first FIAF Education & Outreach Autumn Lab. Right before the Film Restored film heritage festival, people working in the field of film education and members of the FIAF will come together to exchange ideas and jointly design the new format of an international network meeting.

What is the FIAF Autumn Lab?

The annual FIAF Education & Outreach Autumn Lab creates a platform to discuss questions and perspectives relating to education, training, and outreach for film heritage today, as well as with a view to the future. We will be discussing concepts and approaches to film education, presenting exemplary services in the fields of education and training, and putting examples of good practice to the test. 

Within the FIAF network, we would also like to work on industry-specific, topic-specific, and social challenges to develop solutions and initiate joint projects. In this way, we can jointly reflect and strengthen educational work in the film heritage field using many different approaches that range from aesthetic, historical, and media-critical dimensions to creative and practical methods. The Autumn Lab offers film archives, cinematheques, film museums, and an enthusiastic professional audience a regular platform for dialogue, knowledge-sharing, and networking.

The FIAF Autumn Lab is conceived as a collaborative service to enable member institutions and other selected stakeholders to actively shape future priorities, methods, and forms of work.

Dates and facts

Date

Tue 21 October and Wed 22 October 2025

Locations

Deutsche Kinemathek – Museum für Film und Fernsehen, Berlin 

Selected arthouse cinema in Berlin (tbc)

Program 2025

The program will be published at the end of August 2025. The kick-off event will serve as an inaugural date, during which participants will work together to develop focus topics and possible fields of work for the upcoming specialist meetings. After introductory keynote speeches that offer different perspectives on film education, institutional education, and outreach, joint work will take place in groups and plenary sessions. The FIAF Autumn Lab and all related events are held in English.

Costs

The FIAF Autumn Lab 2025 is designed as a kick-off event and opening meeting, and is therefore free of charge. Travel expenses and accommodation must be covered by participants. Some catering (drinks and snacks) is offered on the days of the event.

Eligibility

The Autumn Lab aims to offer FIAF members the chance to connect and exchange ideas on a long-term, sustainable basis. In addition, independent stakeholders in film education and outreach are an important part of the lab. 

Participation requires prior film education experience as well as involvement in specialist meetings and working groups. This experience will be collected in advance and incorporated into the selection process. 

In order to ensure the optimal consolidation of existing FIAF structures, the majority of places are reserved for education directors and representatives of FIAF member institutions.

Registration

Registration will be possible on the FIAF website from 20 August 2025. 

Due to the limited number of participants, places are allocated in a two-stage process. The closing date for entries is 3 September 2025. 

The selected participants are expected to be informed from 10 September on.

Funding and partners

Funding

  • The FIAF Education & Outreach Autumn Lab is kindly made possible via funding from the Arbeitskreise selbständiger Kultur-Institute e.V. (AsKI).

Partner

  • The FIAF Education & Outreach Autumn Lab 2025 will be carried out with partnership and funding from the Fédération Internationale des Archives du Film (FIAF).