The Freie Universitaet Berlin (Germany) has the pleasure to offer to you an
International Summer University courses on
"Berlin: A German Cinema Metropolis".
The International Summer University will take place from July 31st through
August 27th 1999.
The language of instruction will be English.
The course will examine the history and the current situation of German
film, focusing on Berlin as a major center for the film and media industry.
Beginning with the first publicly screened movies, the Skladanowsky Brothers
’ film program in the “Wintergarten” variety show in 1895, we will trace the
history and evolution of German cinema production, distribution and
reception until today. Selected films and clips will illustrate developments
in film aesthetics as well as in contemporary cultural and political
contexts (Wilhelminian Germany, the Weimar Republic, National Socialism, the
immediate post-war period, the division of Germany into East and West, the
60’s and 70’s, and the present). As the location of major German studios,
including UFA and DEFA, Berlin and Babelsberg will also provide excellent
examples of fundamental developments in the movie business. The course will
close with a look at current German popular films, at the recent activity
going on in the film schools, and at Berlin as a site of TV and innovative
multi-media productions. The German film industry’s position and its
prospects for the future will also be considered in a European and
international context.
Excursions are planned to the Potsdam Film Museum, the Berlin Film Academy,
and a TV studio or multi-media company.
This class will be instructed by Dr. Stephen Lowry. He is teaching German
film history at the School of Arts in Braunschweig, Germany.
For further and up-to-date information on the program, please visit our web
site on the internet: http://www.fu-berlin.de/summeruniversity or contact
our Summer University coordination office through e-mail:
[log in to unmask], fax: +49 30 838 73 444 or phone: +49 30 838 73
445.
Contact person:
Jens Westerfeld
Freie Universität Berlin
Abt. IV
Kaiserswerther Str. 16-18
14195 Berlin
Germany
Tel.: +49 30 838 73 445
Fax: +49 30 838 73 444
Email: [log in to unmask]
Please visit the FUBiS web site on the internet:
http://www.fu-berlin.de/summeruniversity
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