Masterclass
Traditionally, the jury president doesn't just sit in judgment on the films by participating young directors at the festival of film schools but also shares his own insights and personal experience with them in a masterclass. Throughout the years the festival also invited other speakers to share their knowlegde.
2019: Anca Miruna Lăzărescu & Mihnea Rareș Hanțiu
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Anca Miruna Lăzărescu (Jury president / director - WE ARE THE WAVE (2019), HAPPINESS SUCKS (2019), HACKERVILLE (2018), THAT TRIP WE TOOK WITH DAD (2016), SILENT RIVER (2011)) & Mihnea Rareș Hanțiu (2. Unit Director WE ARE THE WAVE)
2018: Philip Gröning
Jury president / director - MY BROTHER’S NAME IS ROBERT AND HE IS AN IDIOT (2018), DIE GROSSE STILLE (2005), L’AMOUR, L’ARGENT, L’AMOUR (2000), THE TERRORISTS! (1992) etc
2015: Marco Kreuzpaintner
Jury president / director on "The Director and his Ego", u.a. GANZ UND GAR (2003), SUMMER STORM (2004), TRADE (2007), KRABAT (2007), COMING IN (2013) - Video Masterclass
2013: Suri Krishnamma
jury-president / director, A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE (1994), GOOD SHARMA (2010), DARK TOURIST (2012), BAD KARMA (2012)
2012: Dennis Gansel
jury-president / director / writer, THE PHANTOM (2000), NAPOLA (2004), THE WAVE (2008), WE ARE THE NIGHT (2010), THE FOURTH STATE (2012) - Video Masterclass
2011: Sebastian Schipper
jury president / actor, RUN LOLA RUN (1998), 3 (2010), LUDWIG II (2012); director / writer u.a. GIGANTIC (1999), SOMETIME IN AUGUST (2009) - Video Masterclass
2009: Hans Steinbichler
Jury-President 2009 / director, HIERANKL (2003), WINTER JOURNEY (2006), AUTISTIC DISCO (2007), DAS BLAUE VOM HIMMEL (2011) - Video Masterclass
2003: Dito Tsintsadze
director (Germany/Georgia), ZGVARZE (On the Borderline, 1993), GUN-SHY (2003), INVASION (2012) / jury president 2010
2001: Francesco Rosi
writer / director (Italy), SALVATORE GIULIANO (1962), THE MATTEI AFFAIR (1972), CHRIST STOPPED AT EBOLI (1979), THREE BROTHERS (1981), CARMEN (1984) with Caterina D'Amico, an Italian producer
1998: Monte Hellmann
Jury-President 1998 / director / editor / producer (USA), FLIGHT TO FURY (1964), TWO-LANE BLACKTOP (1971), RESEVOIR DOGS (1992), ROAD TO NOWHERE (2010)
1997: Mario Monicelli (1915-2010)
director / writer / actor (Italy), THE ORGANIZER (1963), CASANOVA '70 (1965), UN BORGHESE PICCOLO PICCOLO (1977), IL MARCHESE DEL GRILLO (1981), CARI FOTTUTISSIMI AMICI (1994)
1996: Lina Wertmüller
director / writer (Italy), THE BASILISKS (1963), FILM D'AMORE E D'ANARCHIA (1973), SEVEN BEAUTIES (1975), CAMORRA (1985), PEPERONI RIPIENI E PESCI IN FACCIA (2004)
1995: Michael Cacoyannis (1922-2011)
director / writer (Greek), ELEKTRA (1962), ALEXIS SOBRAS (1964), IPHIGENIA (1977), THE CHERRY ORCHARD (1999) with Reinhard Hauff and jury president Peter Lilienthal
1994: Arthur Hiller
president of the Director's Guild of America (DGA) 1989-1993 / president of the Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences (1993-1997) / director, THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY (1964), TOBRUK (1967), LOVE STORY (1970), THE HOSPITAL (1971)
1993: Samuel Fuller (1912-1997)
director / writer / producer / actor (USA), PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (1953), SHOCK CORRIDOR (1963), THE BIG RED ONE (1980), STREET OF NO RETURN (1989) with Wim Wenders
1992: Julius Epstein (1909-2000)
writer (USA), FOR DAUGHTERS (1939), CASABLANCA (1942), PETER ‘N‘ TILLIE (1972), REUBEN, REUBEN (1983)
1981-1991: Dick Ross
journalist (BBC), professor (Royal College of Arts London, Columbia University New York, NY Tisch School of the Arts, HFF Munich), since 1981 staff/guest of the filmschoolfest For each of his ten years at the festival, professor Dick Ross delivered a lecture exploring aspects of storytelling: “For the three months before each festival, I cursed Wolfie (Wolfgang Längsfeld) as I wrote draft after draft of lecture notes. I forced myself to make an order out of my random ideas. The annual task helped me clarify the many aspects of my craft I had learned across the years I spent working with students from many countries.”