Screened EncountersThe Leipzig Documentary Film Festival, 1955-1990 |
DEFA Film Library turns 25!25 Screenings for 25% Off |
The Founder's Fundfor Student Researchers |
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Volume one of our new book series—Screened Encounters: The Leipzig Documentary Film Festival, 1955–1990, by Caroline Moine—is now available for 50% off! Enter MO1097 when you check out at Berghahn Books! |
We’d like to celebrate our 25th anniversary with you! PLEASE JOIN US! The first 25 people to contact us about screening one of our films at their cinema, cultural institution, university or college in 2018 will get 25% off our regular screening fee! |
The Founder’s Fund is being established in honor of Founding Director Barton Byg, with the goal of supporting student researchers from outside of the Five Colleges. Check back soon for details of this program starting in 2019! |
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DVD Releases
Dusk: 1950s East Berlin Bohemia
Berlin in the 1950s: divided, but not yet walled. Young artists, at the start of their careers and seeking a new lifestyle, frequented the East Berlin cafés and bars that were meeting places for intellectuals, as well as Cold War secret service agents and black marketeers. Former East Berlin bohemians gather at Ganymed, the legendary...
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Under the Pear Tree
A dreadful secret binds innkeepers Abel and Ursula Hradscheck together. When Szulski, a debt collector from Krakow, arrives one day, unusual events begin to happen. The couple's financial difficulties are suddenly resolved with money supposed stemming from an inheritance and the maid and stable-boy report that Szulski...