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.”