DEUTSCHE FILM- UND FERNSEHAKADEMIE (DFFB)

The Goethe-Institute's Film Expert Tour included a visit to Professor Reinhard Hauff, Director of the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie (DFFB), a world-class institute, 15 Feb 2005. There are 150 students from all over the world at DFFB, which was established 38 years ago. Many German directors in the Berlinale programme are DFFB alumni. There are seven film schools in Germany for the moment. Germany's biggest film library, the former DFFB library, with 80.000 volumes, is in the house, now managed by Filmmuseum Berlin.