Professors

Studied at the USP Universidades de São Paulo. Freelance film editor and sound designer in Munich since 1988. 2004 President of the Palermo Film Festival del Mediterraneo. Founding member of the German Film Academy DFA. Member of the Bundesverband Filmschnitt Editor e.V. Member of the European Film Academy EFA.

FILMOGRAPHY (Selection)

2020 Hello Again 2018 – 2019 The Love Europe Project 2018 Der Hauptmann (German Film Award 2018 in the category »Best Sound Design«, European Film Award for »European Sound Designer« 2018) 2018 Die Schneekönigin – Zusammen erreichen wir alles! 2015 – 2018 Trannbach (6 Folgen) 2018 Glück ist was für Weicheier 2017 Der Puppenspieler 2017 Offene Wunde deutscher Film 2017 Revolution of Sound: Tangerine Dream 2016 Nesseltal 2016 Aufbruch 2015 Hirngespinster 2013 Bergmannskind 2012 Die Brücke am Ibar (Bernhard Wicki Filmpreis – Die Brücke – Der Friedenspreis des Deutschen Films, Nachwuchspreis & Darstellerpreis) 2011 Der Sommer der Gaukler 2011 Mama Africa 2010 Bergblut 2010 Picco (Bernhard Wicki Filmpreis – Die Brücke – Der Friedenspreis des Deutschen Films, Nachwuchspreis) 2010 In der Welt habt ihr Angst 2009 Alias (Starter-Filmpreis 2010 des Kulturreferats der Landeshauptstadt München) 2009 Die Stimme des Adlers 2007 Selbstgespräche 2007 Steel Trap 2007 Ein fliehendes Pferd 2006 Wer früher stirbt ist länger tot 2006 NimmerMeer 2006 Vier Töchter 2005 Fratricide (Silberner Leopard Filmpreis Locarno) 2004 Schneeland (Nominierung Deutscher Filmpreis in der Kategorie »Beste Tongestaltung«) 2004 Musica Cubana 2003 Verschwende Deine Jugend 2003 The Poet 2002 Tattoo 2001 Das Sams 2000 Fandango 1997 Smillas Sense of Snow 1995 Der Totmacher 1994 Lisbon Story 1992 Knight Moves

PERSONAL STATEMENT:

»The ifs is like a magnet, a place of intensive creativity where fi lm is lived. And this is the only way to make good films. My position as a professor at the ifs makes it possible for me to share my experience as well as continue to expand it. And the best thing about this process is to experience how the ifs grows and develops. Film is life, film is passion and film should be fun! All this is possible here!«

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Seine Since his studies at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB), he has worked internationally as a writer, director and cinematographer of feature films and documentaries. In his films, he deals with topics such as social stigmatisation or racism. For his work, he has been awarded the Sundance Cinema 100 Award and the Adolf Grimme Award, among others. Since 2007, Ciro Cappellari has been a member of the European Film Academy. He can also look back on two decades of international teaching experience – for example, at the DFFB and most recently as a professor at the CalArts – California Institute of the Arts.

SELECTED FILMS:

2012 The Street and the Rag Ball – writer, director, producer and DoP (documentary) 2011 Francesco and the Pope – writer, director and DoP (documentary) 2009 In Berlin – director / co-director Michael Ballhaus; writer, producer and DoP (documentary) 2007 Bridging the Gap – writer, director, and DoP (documentary) 2006 Sleeping Beauties – DoP, Director: Vadim Glowna (Feature Film) 2005 Abdullah Ibrahim: A Struggle for Love (Adolf Grimme Award) – Writer, Director, Producer, and DoP (Documentary) 2003 My Name is Bach – DoP, Director: Dominique de Rivaz (Feature Film) 2002 Tatort: Endspiel – Director (TV Movie) 1997 Sin Querer – Time of the Flamingos (Sundance Cinema 100 Award for Best Screenplay) – Writer and Director (Feature Film)1995 Hijo del Rio – Son of the River (Premio Opera Prima at the Trieste Latin American Film Festival) 1992 Schwarzfahrer (Academy Award Oscar for Live Action Short Film) – DoP, Director: Pepe Danquart (short film) 1989 Amor América – writer, director, producer and DoP (documentary)

PERSONAL STATEMENT:

»Experimenting openly with content and materials to achieve artistic goals – this is the attitude I want to pass on to students. The heart of my teaching lies in the grammar of the audiovisual language for moving images. This involves, for example, relating questions of narrative, composition, the ‘rhythm’ of a particular scene to the demands of our time. The intensive examination of these aspects should enable students to analyse how different techniques create a characteristic aesthetic – and help them to find their own film language.«

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SCIENTIFIC CAREER:

• Studies at Freie Universität Berlin in General and Comparative Literature (AVL), German Studies, American Studies, and History
• Magister Artium (with distinction)
• Research Assistant at the Institute for AVL of the FU Berlin
• Doctorate to Dr. phil. (summa cum laude)
• Since 2004 Professor at the ifs internationale filmschule köln, initially for Aesthetics and Communication, since 2006 for Applied Media Studies
• since 2010 – together with Prof. Björn Bartholdy – Director of the Cologne Game Lab
• since 2012 – together with Prof. Dr. Lisa Gotto – editor of the series “Bild und Bit. Studies on Digital Media Culture” (transcript, Bielefeld)
• since 2014 Professor of Media and Game Studies at the Cologne Game Lab of the TH Köln and Associate Professor of Comparative Media Studies at the ifs

TEACHING AND RESEARCH PRIORITIES:

• Theory and History of Digital Media, Art and Communication
• Audiovisuality in modern times
• Game Studies
• Theory and history of cultural
  interconnectedness
• Theory and Pragmatics of Media Transfer: Adaptation and Transmedia
• The Relationship between Fact and Fiction in Modernity
• Media-technical foundations of narration, transmission, authorship

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (Selection):

• Der Televisionär. Wolfgang Menges transmediales Werk. Hg. von Gundolf S. Freyermuth und Lisa Gotto. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 2016
• Games | Game | Design Game Studies. An Introduction. With Contributions by André Czauderna, Nathalie Pozzi und Eric Zimmermann. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag 2015
• Games | Game | Design Game Studies. Eine Einführung. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag 2015.
• New Game Plus. Perspektiven der Game Studies: Genres – Künste – Diskurse. Hg. mit Benjamin Beil und Lisa Gotto. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag 2015.
• Serious Games, Exergames, Exerlearning. Zur Transmedialisierung und Gamification des Wissenstransfers. Hg. mit Lisa Gotto und Fabian Wallenfels. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 2013.
• Bildwerte. Visualität in der digitalen Medienkultur. Hg. von Gundolf S. Freyermuth und Lisa Gotto, Bd. 1 der Schriftenreihe Bild und Bit, 338 Seiten, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 2013

  ARTISTIC AND JOURNALISTIC ACTIVITIES (Selection):

• Erzähler: Romane (»Der Ausweg«, »Bogarts Bruder«, »Perlen für die Säue«), Kurzgeschichten, Rundfunkarbeiten, Drehbücher, Dokumentarfilme
• Kulturjournalist: Redakteur TransAtlantik, Kulturressortleiter und Reporter stern, Chefreporter Tempo
• Fachautor für Literatur, Film und digitale Medien: zahlreiche Sachbücher (»Reise in die Verlorengegangenheit«, »Der Übernehmer«, »Cyberland«) sowie ca. 400 Aufsätze, Reportagen und Essays

More detailed information on vita, publications, lectures, etc. can be found at www.freyermuth.com

PERSONAL STATEMENT:

»The digitalization of images, sound, and text has radically changed all artistic work. For the art of filmmaking, this phase is as exciting as the transition from silent fi lm to sound once was. Being able to work with young film talents at this important turning point is a special privilege.«

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Joachim Friedmann is a German screenwriter, comic writer, developer of online formats, and media scholar. He worked for popular TV series like »In aller Freundschaft«, »Die Camper«, »Der letzte Bulle (The Last Cop)«, and »Die Lindenstraße«. As a comic writer, he is the only German to write »Donald Duck« stories in English. He created the comics series »Lais and Ben« (Carlsen Publishing House) and wrote the comic adaptation of the TV movie »Mörderische Entscheidung« with Oliver Hirschbiegel. Another focus of his work is interactive, online-based formats and games. In this field, he was responsible for concept and storytelling of the transmedia project centering on the DFB mascot »Paule« and designed the award-winning interactive learning game »Die Schlaumäuse«. Since 2001, he has been teaching dramaturgy, series development, and series writing at the University of Hildesheim and at various film schools. In 2017 he became professor of Serial Storytelling at ifs internationale filmschule köln. Friedmann’s dissertation on »Transmedia Narrative: Narrative Design in Literature, Film, Graphic Novel and Game« was published in 2016, his textbook »Storytelling« (UTB) in 2019.

FILMOGRAPHY (Selection)

2019 In aller Freundschaft – Ganz in Weiß (90 min. special) since 2014 In aller Freundschaft – Die jungen Ärzte 2009-2014 Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten since 2009 In aller Freundschaft (Bambi Publikumspreis 2014) 2011 Der letzte Bulle 2008 Klinik am Alex 2007 Sekretärinnen (nominated for Grimme award 2014) 2006 Hinter Gittern 1999-2005 Die Camper (nominated for Deutscher Comedypreis 2002, nominated for Golden Rose of Montreux 2002) 2004 Nicht von dieser Welt 2001-2004 Für alle Fälle Stefanie 2003 Die wahren Abenteuer des Baron Münchhausen 2001 Lupin III (dubbing books) 1997-2001 Lindenstraße (Goldene Kamera 1998, Adolf-Grimme award 2001)

GAMES & ONLINE (Selection)

2014 Paule (Author and concept developer for transmedia portal of DFB-mascots) 2013 Schlaumäuse (awarded with »Digita 2013«; Microsoft Deutschand)  2012-2013 Rakuns (Stiftung Kindergesundheit, rakuns.de) 2012 Galileo Genial (Pro7)

COMIC (Selection)

1995-2003 Donald Duck 1991 Mörderische Entscheidung (Adaption gem. mit O. Hirschbiegel) 1990-1995 Lais und Ben 1994-1997 Lindenstraße

PERSONAL STATEMENT:

»Serial storytelling does not begin with the ›Sopranos‹ and ›Six Feet Under‹, but with the ›Odyssey‹ and the ›Mahabharata‹. Serial and epic storytelling is a trans-historic and transcultural phenomenon. On this basis, I will work together with the students to create contemporary and future-oriented serial formats, explore the possibilities of interactive and transmedia narrative, and show that artistic thinking and marketability are not mutually exclusive.«

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Honorary Professor at the ifs
Director, composer, actor and scriptwriter. Studied at the Academy for Film and Television in Munich. Already during his studies he worked as an actor and author for the Bavaria Atelier Gesellschaft. His graduation film »Der kostbare Gast« is awarded the Bavarian Film Prize in Gold for the best young director.

FILMOGRAPHY (Selection)

2020 Fabian – Der Gang vor die Hunde 2019 Tatort – In der Familie I 2019 Polizeiruf 110 – Die Lüge, die wir Zukunft nennen 2018 Hanne 2017 Philip Rosenthal – Der Unternehmer, der nicht an den Kapitalismus glaubte 2017 Tatort – Der rote Schatten 2017 Philip Rosenthal – Der Unternehmer, der nicht an den Kapitalismus glaubte  2017 Am Abend aller Tage 2016/17 Offene Wunde Deutscher Film 2016/17 Tausend Arten den Regen zu beschreiben 2016 Am Abend aller Tage 2016 Zielfahnder: Flucht in die Karpaten 2016 Verfluchte Liebe deutscher Film 2015 Was heißt hier Ende? 2014 Polizeiruf 110 – Smoke on the Water 2014 Die reichen Leichen. Ein Starnbergkrimi 2014 Die geliebten Schwestern 2013 Tatort – Aus der Tiefe der Zeit 2013 Es werde Stadt! 2012 Lawinen der Erinnerung 2011 Das unsichtbare Mädchen 2011 Dreileben – Komm` mir nicht nach (Adolf-Grimme-Preis Spezial) 2011 Polizeiruf 110 – Cassandras Warnung 2010 Im Angesicht des Verbrechens (Bayerischer Fernsehpreis, Adolf-Grimme-Preis) 2009 Deutschland 09 – Der Weg, den wir zusammen gehen 2008 Kommissar Süden und der Luftgitarrist (Adolf-Grimme-Preis) 2007 Das Gelübde 2011 Polizeiruf 110 – Er sollte tot… (Adolf-Grimme-Preis) 2006 Eine Stadt wird erpresst (Adolf-Grimme-Preis, Fernsehfilmpreis der Deutschen Akademie der Darstellenden Künste – Sonderpreis für Regie) 2006 Der rote Kakadu 2005 Polizeiruf 110 – Der scharlachrote Engel (Adolf-Grimme-Preis mit Gold, Deutscher Fernsehpreis) 2004 Kalter Frühling (Deutscher Fernsehpreis) 2003 Hotte im Paradies 2002 Der Felsen 2002 Die Freunde der Freunde (Adolf-Grimme-Preis) 2000 München – Geheimnisse einer Stadt 1999 Bittere Unschuld 1999 Deine besten Jahre 1998 Sperling und der brennende Arm (Adolf-Grimme-Preis, Fernsehfilmpreis der Deutschen Akademie der Darstellenden Künste) 1997 Denk ich an Deutschland… – Das Wispern im Berg der Dinge (Adolf-Grimme-Preis)  1997 Das Wispern im Berg der Dinge 1997 Der Skorpion (Bayerischer Filmpreis in the category Nachwuchsregie, Bayerischer Fernsehpreis, Fernsehfilmpreis der Deutschen Akademie der Darstellenden) 1996 Doktor Knock (Bayerischer Fernsehpreis, Adolf-Grimme-Preis)  1996 Reise nach Weimar 1996 Sperling und das Loch in der Wand 1995 Tatort – Frau Bu lacht 1994 Die Sieger 1989 Tiger, Löwe, Panther (Fernsehfilmpreis der Deutschen Akademie der Darstellenden Künste) 1988 Die Katze (Deutscher Filmpreis Filmband in gold) 1986 Tatort – Schwarzes Wochenende 1980 Der kostbare Gast (Bayerischer Filmpreis in the category Nachwuchsregie)

PERSONAL STATEMENT:

»The students give me the feeling that the fronts and the strict boundary lines in German film – between ›film as art‹ and ›commercial film‹, between pure craftsmanship and applied art – are gradually beginning to open up. Maybe we will be able to push this development even further.«

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Uli Hanisch, born in Nuremberg, grew up in the Ruhr area and initially worked as a graphic artist. In 1990 he began to design the films of Christoph Schlingensief. Shortly afterwards he worked with Helge Schneider. Hanisch supervises the films of many renowned directors such as Adolf Winkelmann, Sönke Wortmann, Max Färberböck, Andreas Dresen, Oliver Hirschbiegel and Leander Haußmann. Since 2009 Hanisch has also been working on American productions abroad. He has worked closely with Tom Tykwer for many years, including »Das Parfum« in 2005, for which he received several film awards, and the American production »The International« in 2007. He received his third German Film Award in 2012 for the production »Cloud Atlas«. In 2015, work begins on the historical series project »Babylon Berlin«, for which Hanisch also designs the new permanent outdoor backdrop »Neue Berliner Straße« in Babelsberg. Uli Hanisch has been a guest lecturer at all relevant film schools in Germany since 2001.

FILMOGRAPHY (Selection)

2020 Das Damengambit (Golden Globe in the category »Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made For Television«) 2017/2018 Babylon Berlin (Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2018 in the category: best equipment) 2015 Timm Thaler 2014 A Hologram for the King 2012 In Secret 2011 Cloud Atlas (Deutscher Filmpreis 2013) 2010 Hotel Lux 2009 Drei 2008 Season of the Witch 2007 The International 2006 Das Parfum: Die Geschichte eines Mörders (Deutscher Filmpreis 2007, Bayerischer Filmpreis 2007, Europäischer Filmpreis 2007) 2003 Stauffenberg (TV) 2002 Das Wunder von Bern 2001 Heaven 2000 Das Experiment (Deutscher Filmpreis 2001) 1999 Der Krieger und die Kaiserin 1997 Winterschläfer 1996 Praxis Dr. Hasenbein 1990 Das Deutsche Kettensägenmassaker

PERSONAL STATEMENT:

»The world becomes a stage for the stories we tell. Space and place are defined by their narrative demands, provide the basis for the characters, and must remain true to the message. Everything that appears characteristic to us is possible. Production design is a partner to a central motivation and translates stance and purpose into a conscious design.«

CONTACT:

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RESEARCH FOCUS:

• History and Theory of Film
• Film Aesthetics and Film Philosophy
• Media Theory and Methods of Media Historiography
• Avantgarde Cinema and Experimental Film
• History and Theory of Video Art
• Digital Cinematography
• Performance and Live Art
• Feminist Film and Video Practices, Feminist Concepts of Education, Queer Theory

Ulrike Hanstein was born in Erfurt. She graduated in theatre studies at the Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen. She developed collaborative performance pieces, both as site-specific works and for theatre spaces. She worked as assistant director and production manager for theatre and performance projects. She gained her PhD in film studies at the Freie Universität Berlin, with a thesis on the melodramatic film aesthetics of Lars von Trier and Aki Kaurismäki. She was postdoctoral fellow in the research team »Transmissions: Media and Religion« (Weimar, Jena, Erfurt), and held academic positions at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena. She was a fellow at the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. She worked as lecturer at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater »Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy«, Leipzig and at the University of Vienna. She served as an interim professor of Film Studies at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Graduate Academy in Jena.

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Hanstein is Equal Opportunities Officer of the ifs.

PUBLICATIONS (selection)

Books:

• Unknown Woman, geprügelter Held: Die melodramatische Filmästhetik bei Lars von Trier und Aki Kaurismäki. Berlin/Köln: Alexander Verlag 2011
• Mit Anika Höppner, Jana Mangold (Hg.): Re-Animationen: Szenen des Auf- und Ablebens in Kunst, Literatur und Geschichtsschreibung. Köln/Weimar/Wien: Böhlau 2012.

Current publications of essays:

• Feminist Studio Workshop Videoletter: Performances der Zuneigung, Zueignung und Verbundenheit. In: Nach dem Film, 17/2019. Themenheft: Film und Feminismus. 
• Videoed Memories and Movements, Rediscovered and Regained: It’s Aching like Birds (2001). In: Susanne Foellmer, Maria Katharina Schmidt, Cornelia Schmitz (Hg.): Transfer in the Performing Arts: Moving Between Media. London/New York: Routledge 2018, S. 113–125.
• Nachklänge des Tanzens und Bildbewegungen der Improvisation: The Nine Muses (2010) In: Nach dem Film, 16/2018. Themenheft: Film | Tanz | Diskurs.
• Retracing Movements: Gestures of Film. In: Asbjørn Grønstad, Henrik Gustafsson, Øyvind Vågnes (Hg.): Gestures of Seeing in Film, Video and Drawing. London/New York: Routledge 2017, S. 13–30.

PERSONAL STATEMENT:

»While watching a film, the outside world recedes. All you have to do is look and listen. Films set perception in motion and transport it to ever new, familiar or never-before-seen places. Films form a particular, perceivable world that discloses knowledge about itself and about the reality beyond the images. For me, Film Studies means to learn together with students from films and through films something we do not know yet.«

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Honorary Professor at the ifs

Barbara Hennings was trained as an editor by the AG Nachwuchsförderung in Hamburg from 1962-1964. Her training brought her together with renowned editors such as Alice Ludwig-Rasch. Later she worked among others with the film directors Michael Verhoeven, Max Färberböck and Peter Timm. Barbara Hennings is a founding member of the Bundesverband Filmschnitt Editor and was a managing director for twelve years. In addition to her work as an editor, she has also worked as a sound engineer and assistant director, as well as directing documentary films. Barbara Hennings is honorary chairman of the Bundesverband Filmschnitt-Editor e. V. (Federal Association of Film Editors) and member of “deutsche Filmakademie”.

In 2009 she received the Geißendörfer Ehrenpreis Schnitt.

FILMOGRAPHY (Selection)

2017 Atempause 2016 Solo für Weiss – Das verschwundene Mädchen 2014 Bach in Brazil 2013 Der Kommissar und das Meer – Der böse Mann 2013 Nord Nord Mord – Clüver und die fremde Frau 2011 Vater Mutter Mörder 2011 Löwenzahn – Das Kinoabenteuer 2010 Liebe deinen Feind 2010 Eiserne Hochzeit 2009 Liebe Mauer 2009 Bis nichts mehr bleibt 2008 Mein Song für Dich 2008 Dornröschen 2007 Rennschwein Rudi Rüssel 2 – Rudi rennt wieder! 2005 Der Feigling 2004 Mein Bruder ist ein Hund 2003 Das schönste Geschenk meines Lebens 2001 Der Zimmerspringbrunnen 2001 Albtraum einer Ehe (nomination: Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2001, best cut) 2000 Und morgen geht die Sonne wieder auf (Deutscher Kamerapreis 2000, scenic cutting performance) 2000 Marlene 1997 Aimée & Jaguar (nomination: Golden Globe) 1989 Das schreckliche Mädchen (nomination: Oscar and Golden Globe) 1981 Die weiße Rose

PERSONAL STATEMENT:

»Right from the start, I have been part of the ifs and its commitment to the education of editors. Through the changes triggered by the arrival of the new technologies, the film editing education concept has had to be revised to tread new and different paths. The Specialization in Editing Picture & Sound is dedicated to both the picture and sound montage and design of a film, giving students the opportunity to orient themselves according to their particular aptitude. As an honorary professor, I am delighted at this opportunity to pass on the love I have for this profession and the ifs, thanks to its fl exibility, has proven to be the best partner.«

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Studied ethnology in Munich, followed by documentary film director and producer. The first feature film as executive producer is DER TOTMACHER (Director: Romuald Karmakar), which was awarded the German Film Prize for Best Director and Best Film. Numerous productions followed, including Roland Suso Richter’s EINE HANDVOLL GRAS, which won the children’s film section in Cannes in 2001, Jan Schütte’s FETTE WELT and the award-winning TV two-parter DIE BUBI SCHOLZ STORY. With Caroline Link and her joint film NIRGENDWO IN AFRIKA, he won the German Film Award in several categories and numerous awards at international festivals in 2003 as well as the Oscar ® for Best Foreign Language Film. Many of his films are set in different parts of Africa, including WÜSTENBLUME (directed by Sherry Hormann) and EXIT MARRAKECH (directed by Caroline Link). WÜSTENBLUME was not only a great success at German box offices, but also sold very well internationally and won several prizes. Peter Herrmann is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of German Films, the official export and promotion organization of the German film industry, and a member of the Awards Committee of the Filmförderanstalt Berlin.

FILMOGRAPHY – (Selection)

2013 Exit Marrakech 2012 Anleitung zum Unglücklichsein 2009 Wüstenblume (Bayerischer Filmpreis, producer) 2003 Hip Hop: A Tale from the Hood 2002 Der Felsen 2002 Olgas Sommer 2001 Nirgendwo in Afrika (Bayerischer Filmpreis, producer; Deutscher Filmpreis, best feature film; Oscar, best foreign-language film) 2000 Eine Handvoll Gras 1998 Die Bubi Scholz Story 1998 Fette Welt 1995 Der Totmacher 1994 Tatort – Klassen-Kampf 1994 Tatort – Perfect Mind: Im Labyrinth 1994 Polizeiruf 110 – Gespenster 1989 Gin für die Götter

PERSONAL STATEMENT:

»In recent years, German film has enjoyed an excellent reputation abroad. More than 100 million people worldwide view our films in cinemas, on TV and in the web every year. Surprising as that may seem, one thing is certain, the impact and significance of international audiences will continue to grow in the future. Producing today is much more than developing materials, inspiring people for them, and bringing them to life. Above all, it means extending our vision to the horizon and beyond.«

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Mika Kallwass studied directing at the National Film & Television School in Beaconsfield near London. She started her filmmaking career in London with music videos and documentaries for Channel 4. After her return to Germany she made a feature film for cinema and TV for ZDF. In 1995 she was participant of the first cohort of the Schreibschule Köln e.V., a forerunner of ifs’ »Screenwriters’ Program«. In 2001 she received a scholarship for screenwriting and directing at Columbia University in New York, where she studied with Nora Ephron, James Schamus, and Mike Hausmann. Mika Kallwass works as a freelance screenwriter and script consultant in Germany. Since 2017 she holds the professorship for Screenwriting and Dramaturgy at ifs internationale filmschule köln.

FILMOGRAPHY – Selection (Author / Dramaturge)

2020 Solo für weiss – In der Nähe des Feindes (in progress) 2019/20 Versuchung 2019/20 Jagdzeit (in progress) 2020 Sterben für Fortgeschrittene (cinematic film in progress) 2017 Fluch der bösen Tat (TV film in progress) 2017 Der Tod der Anderen (TV film in progress) 2017 Lobbyistin 2016 Glückskinder (cinematic film in progress) 2016 Tatort Dresden: König der Gosse 2015 Tatort Dresden: Auf einen Schlag 2014 Stromberg – Der Film (Bayrischer Filmpreis) 2013 Mordshunger – Wilder Westen 2012 Mordshunger – Beste Freunde 2011 Mordshunger – Der Heiler 2003-2011 Stromberg, Staffel 1-5 (Adolf-Grimme Preis; Deutscher Fernsehpreis; Deutscher Comedypreis) 2006-2008 Dr. Psycho, season 1-2 (Adolf-Grimme-Preis; Deutscher Fernsehpreis) 2008 Der kleine Mann 2001 Frosch & Skorpion (Deutscher Drehbuchpreis KunstSalon)

FILMOGRAPHY – Selection (Director)

1999 Schreckliche Mädchen (documentary) 1998 Freundinnen und andere Monster (cinematic film) 1998 Bond & Azura (music video) 1996 Moving Edna (documentary) 1996 George and Ramona (Time Out Audience Award, British Short Film Festival) 1995 Private View

PERSONAL STATEMENT:

»Your curiosity about the story of the world you are telling is the basis for everything. Encountering this reality with a discerning eye, approaching it again and again from both inside and out, forgetting yourself in the process – that is the true work and the adventure of writing. The dramaturgy is your accomplice, creating the bond between your story and those you want to reach.«

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Honorary Professor at the ifs

Graduate psychologist and psychotherapist, since 1985 producer, author and director of documentary films and series as well as docu-dramas mainly in the fields of history, science and nature for German and international television.

1970-1982 Worked for the WDR, including in the editorial department of »Tagesschau«. From the beginning to the end of 1980 he was also on location as a film sound engineer. 1985 he founded the »Uwe Kersken-Filmproduktion«. In 1989 he co-founded Gruppe 5 Filmproduktion and was its managing partner until April 2014. Uwe Kersken has also made an international name for himself with Gruppe 5 with primetime documentary formats for ARD, ZDF, Arte and international partners. Especially important and successful were »The Forgotten Island« for BBC & WDR, arte, »Die amerikanische Reise« (Humboldt) for ZDF, also WDR & arte and BBC, »Die Juden, Geschichte eines Volkes« for ARD & arte, 20 parts »Die Deutschen« for ZDF, »Sturm über Europa« for ZDF & arte, »Die Varusschlacht« for ZDF & arte, »2057 – Die Welt in 50 Jahren« for ZDF, Discovery, Science Channel, arte, SBS, Sogecable & NHK, »Welcome to China« (10 parts; History of China) for ZDF Nat Geo, Discovery, arte, »Armageddon – Der Einschlag« for ZDF, Discovery & France 2, »Dawn of the Oceans« for National Geographic & ZDF, »America Before Columbus« for National Geographic US and ZDF, »Planet Egypt« for History, NY, arte and ZDF, as well as the major series »Fabulous Animals« for Canal +, ARD and Nat Geo and »Dolphin-Stories« for ARD & Discovery, and docu-dramas on ADENAUER for SWR, WDR and STRAUSS for BR. FILMOGRAPHY (selection), see Internet Movie Database.

At the ifs in 2009, Uwe Kersken initiated and conceived the professional training program Masterclass Non-Fiction. As a program sponsor, he is significantly involved in the further development of the program and the supervision of the participants.

In 2014 he founded G5fiction with ZDF-Enterprises. With G5fiction Uwe Kersken is responsible for the development, financing, production and exploitation of high-quality, original drama programs with national and international market potential, including »Duell der Brüder«, RTL and »Goldjungs«, WDR & Degeto. In the financing phase are: Die Nibelungen, La Légion, Alexander der Große, Ellis Island, Radio Cold War. See www.g5fiction.de

PERSONAL STATEMENT:

»In my professional life as a film producer it has always been important to me to give talented people a chance. In the Masterclass Non-Fiction at the ifs, which I have been leading since 2009, I have always supported the participants internally in working through complex topics in such a way that they find audiences in the end, and in doing so, break new and unexpected ground – this is how many of the material could be realized. I look forward to passing on my experience to students in the Masterclass in the future and encouraging them to work innovatively, to think outside the box and to look beyond their own national borders.«

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Content executive with extensive international leadership experience in non-fiction entertainment with a focus on program strategy, format development and production for streaming services and TV stations and extensive expertise in the international format licensing business.

Jennifer Mival was most recently responsible at Netflix for building up the new Non-fiction Original Series programming area for the German-speaking market and Scandinavia, with stations in Los Angeles, London and Berlin. Previously, she was Executive Producer and Head of Formats at Seapoint, ITV Studios and ProSiebensat1, and Head of Programming at youth channel Joiz. Jennifer Mival began her professional career in London as a development producer at FremantleMedia.

She was nominated with her formats at the German Academy of Television (»Frank Elstner: Wetten, das war’s«, Netflix), the German Television Award (»Jung & Naiv«, Joiz) and the Rose D’Or (»Promi ärgere Dich nicht«, Sat.1) and won the Kristallen Award with the factual entertainment format »Angry Carpenter« (Channel 5, Sweden) and at the Rose D’Or with the comedy format »Your Face or mine« (Channel 4, UK).

Since 2011, she has held a teaching position at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf for format development and transmedia storytelling for the Master of Media Studies and the Bachelor of Digital Media Culture.

Jennifer Mival studied for her Master’s degree in Communication Studies, Political Science and Modern History at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich as well as at Edinburgh University in the UK and for her Diploma in International Relations at Johns Hopkins University in Bologna, Italy.

PERSONAL STATEMENT:

»Given the current pressure to innovate coming from new, digital players and changing viewing habits, it’s hard to imagine a more exciting time for the entertainment genre. The MA Entertainment Producing adds a ‘Learning by Understanding’ in the best possible way to the ‘Learning by Doing’ principle which is so prevalent in the entertainment field – a great initiative from the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and ifs given the genre’s growing importance. I am looking forward to helping shape this new course of study and to working with my colleagues from the industry to prepare students for future forms of entertainment production. We are looking to promote originality as well as an awareness of the interplay between economic and social responsibility through a critical examination of the genre and an open exchange with the industry.«

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Study of Visual Communication in Münster, Master of Computer Arts at the Academy of Arts University in San Francisco, scholarship of the Fulbright Commission. Since 2000 working in the field of Animation and Visual Effects as Visual Artist, Technical Director, Animation Director and CG/VFX Supervisor.

FILMOGRAPHY (Selection)

2020 Oktoberfest 1900 2020 Berlin, Berlin 2020 Der Überläufer 2020 Das Geheimnis der Freiheit 2019 Als Hitler die rosa Kaninchen stahl 2019 7500 2018 Deutschland ’68 2018 Mackie Messer – Brechts Dreigroschenoper 2017 Vorwärts immer! 2017 Lacrimosa 2017 Die Häschenschule: Jagd nach dem goldenen Ei 2016 Radio Heimat 2016 Pettersson und Findus 2 – Das schönste Weihnachten überhaupt 2016 Mullewapp – Eine schöne Schweinerei 2016 Duell der Brüder – Die Geschichte von Adidas und Puma 2016 Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank 2016 Mullewapp 2015 Der Fall Barschel 2014 Landauer 2013 Pinocchio 2012 The Hobbit: An unexpected Journey 2012 Cloud Atlas 2011 Legends of Valhalla: Thor 2011 A Dangerous Method 2011 Vorstadtkrokodile 3 2009 Contact High 2009 Hilde 2008 Adam Resurrected 2008 La possibilité d’une île 2008 Palermo Shooting 2008 The Children of Huang Chi 2006 The Flying Scotsman 2006 The Thief Lord 2005 Valiant 2004 George and the Dragon 2001 The Musketeer

Commercials (Selection): Ahoj Brause, ARD, Bluna, BMW, Braun, Bärenmarke, Bayer, Coca Cola, Ferrero, IKEA, L’Oreal, Mars, Media Markt, Nestle, Nikon, Procter & Gamble, Schweppes, Sony, Vodafone, Volkswagen, Unicef, ZDF

PERSONAL STATEMENT:

»The art of film making is constantly changing. The creation of moving images with the help of digital technology offers us almost infinite possibilities. It is important to always set these possibilities in relationship to the idea and the basic concept. This is the only way to adopt the combination of art and technology as one’s own. These are exciting times and I really enjoy going that way with the students at ifs.«

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Ruth Olshan was born in Russia and grew up in Israel and Berlin. She studied directing and film production in Leeds (UK) and Cologne. Today she lives in Germany and works as a freelance director and screenwriter for feature films and documentaries. Ruth Olshan has received numerous awards and scholarships such as the »Sir Richard Attenborough Prize«, the »Prize for Women Artists in North Rhine-Westphalia«, the »Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Prize« and the »Deutscher Fernsehpreis«. Her films have been shown at international festivals such as Venice, Locarno, Munich, Tbilisi, Berlin, and Oberhausen. Since 2018 she also holds the professorship for Documentary Narratives in Audiovisual Media at ifs internationale filmschule köln.

FILMOGRAPHY / catalogue bibliography (Selection)

2020 Himbeeren mit Senf 2019 Immergrün (novel) 2018 Bo – Life Is Sheep (animation film in progress) 2018 Himbeeren mit Senf (cinema children’s film in financing) 2017 Shugar Shock (cinema documentary film in progress, co-directed) 2017 Swimmingpool am Golan (cinema documentary film, co-director) 2017 Was vom Himmel fällt (kids film in progress) 2017 Ich gehöre ihm (TV film, co author) 2017 Aufbruch in die Freiheit (TV film, co author) (Hamburger Produzentenpreis 2019, nomination: Grimme-Preis 2019, nomination: Goldene Kamera 2019) 2016 All die schönen Dinge (novel, Verlag Friedrich Oetinger) 2015 Die Sache mit der Liebe und den Flügeln (Roman, Boje Verlag) 2014 Hilft nur küssen (feature film) 2009 Nicht ganz koscher (cinema documentary film) 2008 Was ist koscher für Dich? (interactive film installation, Jewish Museum Berlin) 2007 Mädchenwelten (Art and media project, Berlin Senate) 2005 Wie Luft zum Atmen (cinema documentary film) 2003 Savannah (cinema feature film) 2002 Tanz der Saris (documentary film) 2000 Der Handstand (shortfilm)

PERSONAL STATEMENT:

»We filmmakers are storytellers. We shape our stories and our stories shape us. Working in documentary necessitates very good preparation in order to be able to make narrative decisions in the moment. Knowledge of the film-narrative crafts is essential. Another important aspect of the program is working together with the students to explore, understand and develop working methods. Bringing these two aspects of film work together – filmmaking skill and mastery on the one hand, and personal development on the other – has always been at the core of my teaching work. From the initial idea to the final product, making a film requires stamina, reflection, and a good sense of humour.«

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After graduating from high school, Jutta Pohlmann gained her first experience at the Tisch School of Arts, New York University, where she completed the summer course »Beginning Film Production« in 1991. From 1991 to 1997 she studied camera and directing at the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest, Hungary. As part of her studies she participated twice in the »Seminar for Director of Photography Students« – Masterclasses in Budapest, Hungary under Zsigmond Vilmos, Billy Williams and Dean Cundey.
Since 1995 Jutta Pohlmann has been working as a freelance camerawoman for cinema, television and documentary films for directors such as Alexander Adolph, David Schalko, Petra Lüschow, Achim von Borries, Katalin Gödrös and Detlev Buck. She has directed numerous commercials, music videos and art films for renowned artists. She has received several awards for her work.
Among other teaching activities, she was camera mentor for the feature film KATI KATI in Kenya, Africa in winter 2015, which was produced as part of Tom Tykwer’s »One Fine Day Film«.

FILMOGRAPHY (Selection)

2020 Nord, Nord, Mord – Sievers und der schönste Tag 2020 Schwartz & Schwartz – Wo der Tod wohnt 2019 Jetzt erst Recht 2018 Ausgezählt – Tatort 2017 Der grosse Rudolph (nominiert als Bester Film beim Filmfest München, beim Fernsehpreis und beim Fünf Seen Filmfestival) 2016 Petting statt Pershing 2016 Höhenstrasse (Bester Film: Fernsehkrimi Festival & Ehrenpreis der Wiener Umweltschutzabteilung / Green Producing, nominiert: Filmfestival Cologne, Prix Europa) 2015 Taxi nach Leipzig – 1000. Tatort, Jubiläumsfolge 2014 Mein Sohn Helen 2014 Der sanfte Tod 2013 Morgengrauen – Polizeiruf 110 (nominiert als Bester Film: Filmfest München, Fernsehkrimi Preis, Grimme Preis, Jupiter Award) 2012 Einmal Hans mit scharfer Sosse 2012 Der tiefe Schlaf –Tatort (nominiert für Adolf Grimme Preis & Fernsehkrimi Preis) 2010 Am Abgrund 2009 Der letzte Angestellte (Bester Film: Mexico City Int. Horror Film Festival, Leeds International Film Festival, nominiert: International Fantasy Film Award) 2008 So glücklich war ich noch nie (nominiert für den Max Ophüls Preis) 2006 Die Anruferin 2006 Maroc en Vogue 2004 Eden 2003 Die Fremde Frau (nominiert für Adolf Grimme Preis) 2002 Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken (Bester Film: Film Festival Verona, Bester Debütfilm – New Faces Award) 2001 Baader (in Zusammenarbeit mit Bella Halben / Alfred-Bauer-Preis) 2001 Die 12 Cellisten, The Berlin Philharmonics 2000 England! (Preis der deutschen Filmkritik) 1996 The Revolution in Hungary 1995 Hack, the fake Mantails 1995 Hajdu Kinga + Kosa Janos 1995 A Jorney to Budapest

AWARDS FOR IMAGE DESIGN:

Nomination for the Austrian ROMY, category best picture design TV, for »Höhenstrasse« (2017 ) Nomination for the German Camera Award for »Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken«, category: feature film (2005) Nomination for the German Camera Award for »Die fremde Frau«, category: TV Film (2004) Camera Award of the German Film Critics for the feature film »England!« (2002) »VW -Autostadt« – Merit Award, film for the automobile fair (Director/Cinematographer: J. Pohlmann) (2002) Camera Award of the »Femme Fatale« Festival, Dortmund for the feature film »England!« (2001) The New York Festivals, Silver World Medal for »VW -Autostadt, IAA«, film for the automobile and tourism trade fair (Director/Cinematographer: J. Pohlmann) (2001) Student Camera Award of the Int. Festival der Filmschulen, Munich – Award of the »Film & TV-Kamera« magazine for »Halberstadt« (Short film, 1998) Camera Award, Hungarian Film Week, Budapest for »Murder, they said!« (short film, 1996) Camera Award, 48th International Filmfestival, Locarno for »Murder, they said!« (short film, 1995)

PERSONAL STATEMENT:

»My goal is to see and hear together with the students, to sharpen the senses in order to recognize the substantial inside of a material and to transform it into pictures.
Every image designer has two identities. On the one hand, the technical craftsmanship, on the other hand the artistic, creative identity.
I would like to support students in merging these two identities in order to develop visual concepts and implement them technically. Only in this way can we serve a story and become creative partners in the process of making a film.
The students should get to know the visual realization of a film as a creative process based on the division of labour, in which the image designers are involved at an early stage in considerations about the development of the story, to think in terms of content, and then to position themselves as a mediator between all the trades.«

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Diploma studies camera at the University of Applied Sciences Dortmund. Guest semester at the Film & Television Institute of India, Pune. Practical semester at the Anthology Film Archive, New York. Cameraman and Director of Photography since 1999.

FILMOGRAPHY (Selection)

2020 Der Ast, auf dem ich sitze (Grimme-Preis) 2020 Rockin’ Olaf (AT) 2020 Hyperland (AT) 2020 Insular Bodies 2020 Die Erfindung eines Mörders – Der Fall Bruno Lüdke 2019 Wie es kam, dass Viktor Feliksovich Vekselberg unser Nachbar wurde (AT) 2019 Loveparade – Die Verhandlung 2018 Vatersland 2018 Es hätte schlimmer kommen können – Mario Adorf 2017 Mr Gay Syria 2017 Das große Loch 2015 Kokolampy (D/B/DoP) 2015 Der Hannover-Komplex 2015 Der Kuaför aus der Keupstrasse 2014 Grenzbock 2013 10.000.000.000 2013 Raumfahrer 2012 Blick in den Abgrund 2012 Mein Weg nach Olympia 2011 PEAK 2011 Schönheit 2011 Geschlossene Gesellschaft (Grimme Preis) 2010 Im Hause meines Vaters sind viele Wohnungen (D) (Preis der dt. Filmkritik, best documentary) 2010 The Real American – Joe McCarthy 2007/2008 Soko Köln (various episodes) 2008 Freundschaft! – Die freie deutsche Jugend 2007 Ich, Reich Ranicki 2006 Lost in Liberia 2006 Benidorm (nomination: Deutscher Kamerapreis; Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis) 2004 Die große Depression 2004/2005 Mein eigener Herr 2004 Magic Eye (Mejor Fotografia –Best Photography des XXVII. Mostra de Valencia, Silver Pyramid »Best Film« Kairo Film Festival, Fipresci Award »Best Film« Kairo Film Festival) 2004 Das Goebbels-Experiment 2004 Geschwister Vogelbach 2003 Ich und das Universum (Director) (Preis der dt. Filmkritik, best shortfilm; Prix UIP Sarajevo; »Short Tiger« of FFA; Uppsala: Special Prize of the Jury; Jameson Award) 2003 Paralelluniversen 2002 Narren 2002 Golden Lemons 2002 groundspeed 2003 Schleyer – eine deutsche Biographie (Grimme-Preis in gold) 2001 SAINKHO 2000 Silverstar (nomination: Deutscher Kamerapreis)

PERSONAL STATEMENT:

»What do we want to see? What should it look like? About what would we like to talk? Which topics are relevant to us? What kind of position do I take up in my work? And, how do I develop an aesthetic persuasiveness, a self-assured imagery? Throughout the DoP studies, we are dedicated to meet these questions with a formal and aesthetic perspective, trying to find answers especially with regard to content.«

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The ifs mourns the loss of a great artist, wonderful teacher and good friend.

Born in Prague in 1946, David Slama was one of the leading cameramen in German-language film. He has worked with many German directors, including Adolf Winkelmann, Philipp Kadelbach, Andreas Prochaska and Luc Bondy, and together with his mentor and friend Michael Ballhaus for Martin Scorsese. He has received numerous awards for his image design, including the German Film Prize (»Jede Menge Kohle«), the Grimme Prize, the German Camera Prize (both for »Der letzte Kurier«), the German Television Prize (»Die Hindenburg« 2011, »Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter« 2013) and the Roland Film Prize (»Spuren des Bösen – Begierde«). In 2007, David Slama was honoured with the German Camera Award for his lifetime achievement.

We will miss his passion for filmmaking, his ability to inspire this passion in others, his great commitment to the next generation of filmmakers and last but not least, his affectionate, warm and humorous nature.

The ifs is deeply indebted to David Slama and will honour his memory.

Lena Thiele, author and creative director of the Berlin-based media company Miiqo Studios UG, has been designing and producing award-winning digital media formats such as web series, interactive storytelling formats and games since 2003.

Her main focus is on the creative combination of state-of-the-art technology and high-quality journalistic content to create innovative formats that intensively involve the recipient and create an experience.

The production, the web series netwars/out of CTRL, has received numerous awards including the SXSW Innovation Award for Best Visual Media Experience, the Grimme Online Award and the Prix Italia 2015.

Since 2012, as Head of Studies and Trainer, she has developed the Audience Design Training Program at TorinoFilmLab. In addition, she worked as a trainer for international programs and universities such as the Dok Leipzig NetLab, Berlinale Residency, the HFF Munich, Filmakademie Ludwigsburg, or the ZHdK and as a consultant for the international media industry. In recent years she has been a member of the jury of the International Digital Emmy® Award in the non-fiction sector on several occasions. In 2018 she was a member of the jury of the Grimme Online Award. Lena Thiele completed her studies at the Berlin University of the Arts with a Magister Artium degree.

AWARDS (Selection)

Prix Italia, Best Transmedia Experience  for »Netwars – Out of CTRL« (2015) Grimme Online, Knowledge and Education for »Netwars – Out of CTRL« (2015)  SXSW/South by Southwest Interaction Innovation Award for Best Visual Media Experience for »Netwars – Out of CTRL« (2015) Preis für crossmediale Programminnivationen for »Netwars – Out of CTRL« (2015)  Deutscher Digital Award, Bronze, Category Website, Mobile and Stationary for »Netwars – Out of CTRL« (2015) Japan Award for Best Work Creative Frontier for »Netwars – Out of CTRL« (2014) The FWA – Site of the Day (2014)REMI Winner Worldfest Houston for »Farewell Comrades! Interactive« (2013) Focal International Award 2012 for »Farewell Comrades! Interactive« (2012) Best Webdocumentary France24/RFI 2012 for »Farewell Comrades! Interactive« (2012) Nominated for Deutsch-Französischer Journalistenpreis 2012 for »Farewell Comrades! Interactive« (2012) In Competition: FIPA 2012 mit »Farewell Comrades! Interactive« (2012) Nominated for WEBTV Festival 2012 for »Farewell Comrades! Interactive« (2012) Nominated for France 24-RFI Web Documentary Award for »Farewell Comrades! Interactive« (2012) Nominated for Prix Europa for »Farewell Comrades! Interactive« (2012) Nominated for DocLab Award for »Farewell Comrades! Interactive« (2011) Deutscher Entwicklerpreis / Best Mobile Actiongame: Project: »Werner: Haat am Ball« (2006) Deutscher Entwicklerpreis / Best Mobile Strategy Game for »Armored Forces« (2006)

PERSONAL STATEMENT:

»My work has been shaped by the transformation of digitalization. It is an exciting time to be in as we have the rare opportunity to reshape and co-create the way stories are being told and how we can connect people through story by using the innovation of digital technology to create a real human emotional experience.«

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