… took me to the countryside! More precisely: 2 hours north of Berlin, near Angermünde.
A former student of the DFFB (Wiki says: “The Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB) was founded on 17 September 1966 as the first film school in West Germany, officially opened by the Mayor of Berlin, Willi Brandt. Established as a non-profit limited company under the sole ownership of the State of Berlin.
In the late 1960s, DFFB became involved in student political movements; in May 1968 the school was briefly occupied and renamed, and later that year 18 students were expelled amid debates over management and governance.
From the 1970s onward, the academy was associated with politically engaged and documentary filmmaking.”)…
… bought an old, large railway station building together with friends. The station is still a station, trains come and go … but the large building was no longer needed (buy your tickets online!).
My co-teacher Ute, six students and I lived, worked, cooked, ate, slept and developed there for two days.
16 mm film, developing with food scraps, chestnuts and flowers… in buckets! Great fun and wonderful results!
And that was it for this year (or was it?) with the workshops. I will now have a little more time for my own projects!
