Screened EncountersThe Leipzig Documentary Film Festival, 1955-1990 |
The Founder's Fundfor Student Researchers |
DEFA Film Library turns 25!25 Screenings for 25% Off |
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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! |
The Founder’s Fund, established in honor of retired founding director Barton Byg, aims to support the work of student researchers interested in East German cinema and DEFA Film Library collections. Application guidelines now posted! |
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! |
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Seed Corn Should Not Be Ground
At 47, German sculptor and graphic artist Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945) lost her beloved son Peter in WWI. She began to process her grief in drawings and sculptures, including the famous memorialThe Grieving Parents,...
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New Year's Eve Punch
In the sequel to The Punch Bowl (Maibowle, 1959), the Lehmann family is preparing to celebrate New Year's Eve. The family's two sons, cultural enthusiast Franz (Heinz Draehn) and sport fanatic Michel (Achim...