Academics & Professionals

Universities and other interested educational institutions can take advantage of individually tailored programs. The modularly organized offers are compiled according to the interests and needs of the visiting group. Offers include visiting and gaining familiarity with the different uses of the archives of the Deutsche Kinemathek and the various possibilities of putting them to use. Their inventories will be presented using exemplary documents and objects. The scope and topics addressed are tailored to the needs of each visiting group. For example, a project day could include the following:

• Guided tour of an exhibition focusing on a specific topic
• Introduction to resources for research and other academic work
• Independent research in the archives and library
• Expert discussions
• Film screenings
• Workshops

The museum provides event and screening rooms equipped with modern media technology. Please contact bildung@deutsche-kinemathek.de for assistance in planning and organizing your visit.

Young Berlin filmmakers provide insights into their works based on one of their films, a series or another audiovisual work that will be jointly screened. These talks introduce a filmmaker’s personal working methods and delve into the process of filmmaking - ranging from finding a subject and developing the material, to the work’s actual staging and production. Moreover, the various cinematic trades, including directing, cinematography and film editing will be explained. Programs can be booked with a focus on documentaries, animation, children’s movies or feature films, etc., as well as in diverse formats such as series or video art. The content and scope of the programs are coordinated individually.

Duration  2 hours
Groups  150 € (max. 25 people)

The Deutsche Kinemathek offers film talks on a variety of German and international film classics, but also on contemporary productions. These group bookings combine introductions presented by museum staff, digital film screenings and moderated film assessments and discussions. A film can be analyzed, interpreted and discussed in terms of its contents, aesthetics or ideological aspects, for example.

Film talks can be organized on the following films, among others:

• Angst essen Seele auf (Fear eats the Soul)
• Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari)
• Im Westen nichts Neues (All quiet on the Western Front)
• Nosferatu
• Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt (Berlin: Symphony of a great City)

Duration  2–3 hours
Groups  from 150 € (max. 20 people)

The world of audiovisual media is undergoing radical change: Digital dominates today, while the analog medium as well as its related techniques and skills are disappearing. Nevertheless, analog film technology and the materials produced as a result have shaped both the development of the film medium and our viewing habits. The “Analog Film Workshop” makes it possible to journey back in time to the analog era of film, inviting participants to take part in a concentrated and practical examination of this film medium. In the course of creating individual short films, participants adopt the roles of directors and cameramen and women, accompanying works from production through projection. Under the guidance of a film expert each short film is first planned and then realized with cuts, using a Super 8 professional camera. Participants meet on a subsequent date, after the film negatives have been developed, to jointly view and discuss the films. For further information please contact us.

This program is carried out in cooperation with the COLOR CLUB cinematic art project.

Duration  2 days
Groups  5–10 people

In the tradition of the German special effects pioneer Lotte Reiniger (1899–1981) and other animators working in this field, participants produce a richly imaginative story under the expert guidance of animation specialists. The workshop begins with a review of film history, in which select design options are presented and individual ideas are developed. Afterwards, participants create their own short cinematic narrations in the style of silhouette animation.
To make animated films from silhouettes or cutouts, black silhouettes of self-made figures - plants, animals and imaginary creatures – and other materials are brought to life on a backlit glass surface. The images are montaged into an animated film using the stop motion technique and digital software. Professional animators lead the workshop.

Duration  3 hours
Groups  150 € (max. 10 people) / 300 € (max. 20 people)

The cameraman or the camerawoman is often a true artist with the camera. Great directors like Wim Wenders or Jim Jarmusch value their work, because it is only with a good cameraman – today the title Director of Photography is also common – and his team that a film can become a masterpiece. Important aesthetic decisions are made in collaboration with the director. Creativity and expertise are required if the perfect image is to be provided – by means of lighting, field of view or camera movements, for example.
Inspired by the work of renowned cinematographers and led by a young film professional, the participants in the workshop address the basic techniques of filming and the artistic and creative possibilities of working with digital camera technology. Cinematic language plays as great a role here as the selection of motifs and the play of light. First the team for the shoot is organized, then the participants develop their own way of approaching the work, finding their own motifs, and developing creative cinematic forms of design. This is followed by implementation, in which the cinematic impressions and camera movements are adopted and finally mounted into a clip.

Age  16+
Duration  4 hours
Groups  180 € (max. 10 people) / 360 € (max. 20 people)

This workshop can be organized for larger groups on request.

Film is a powerfully effective medium. Its potential for manipulation was recognized in the early days of film and has since been exploited by a number of governments, parties and institutions. One of the best known examples of this practice is the film propaganda used by the National Socialists.
However, ideological messages and propagandistic intentions can be detected even in current German and international productions. Entertainment, particularly in the genres of action films, war dramas and history films, tends to convey moral concepts, philosophies of life and recommended actions that often go unnoticed by viewers, although they deserve to be critically scrutinized.
In a combined exhibition tour, screening of film clips and a moderated discussion, participants pursue questions concerning which ideological or propagandistic messages contemporary film and television productions convey, and which means they employ for these messages to come across.

Duration  3 hours
Groups  150 € (max. 25 people)

In this workshop, the participants deal with the creation process of a film – from script to storyboard to cinematic realization. First, they will learn the basics of cinematic design. Using German and international productions such as Lola Rennt or Das weiße Band as examples, the storyboards for individual script sequences and their cinematic implementation will then be analysed. The students work with excerpts from original screenplays and storyboards from the archives of the Deutsche Kinemathek.

Age 16+
Duration 3 hours
Groups 150 € (max. 25 people)
Reduced 125 €

What longings, fears and visions are reflected in science fiction films? What do these films tell us about their time of origin? What contemporary references, for example, can be found in the fictional societies of the future?

This workshop encourages an intensive examination of the science fiction genre. A special focus will be on the interplay of cinematic and extra-film reality. A science fiction film is always at the same time an entertainment medium, as well as a testing ground, a projection screen or a place of longing. The mostly dystopian social drafts of the films present possible technological and social developments as well as their consequences for mankind: social grievances and visions, the hostility toward technology and the belief in progress are critically examined. Current topics such as the lack of resources and environmental protection, (medical) research and pandemics, technological progress and the surveillance state play just as important a role as questions of ethics and social justice.

Using film excerpts and supplementary source material, the workshop participants will analyse selected science fiction films and gain insights into the genre, its development and its references to the present.

Age 16+
Duration 3 hours
Groups 150 € (max. 25 people)
Reduced 125 €