Projects

Hardly anywhere else is the topical and methodological wealth of research at the Film University more evident than in the creative proliferation of postgraduate qualification projects. At the same time, these projects, their development, and their success are the touchstone for the quality of our support for young talent. The projects are in a constant state of flux until they are completed, which is why the following overview offers only a snapshot. Completed and published dissertations can also be found under Publications and in the library catalog.

2025 - 2028 Sebastian Greßmann: Artificial intelligence in trailer production: Transformations of processes, roles, and aesthetics. How artificial intelligence is changing the production process of trailers and what this means for future trailer producers.
Artificial intelligence is fundamentally transforming trailer production – this dissertation project explores how AI is evolving from a tool to a…
2025 - 2028 Katharina Kücke: Being-Live. A Media-Philosophical and Power-Critical Approach
The PhD project pursues a media-philosophical and power-critical examination of human modes of existence under the technological condition of…
2025 - 2028 Beyond the limits of humor? Ethical and aesthetic aspects of comedy about disability—a theoretical and practical examination.
Can comedy, of all things, be suitable for breaking down stigmas about disability? If so, how? Are there forms of comedy that are particularly…
2024 - 2027 Judit Oláh: Truth in personal documentaries: Analyzing the Impact of Dramaturgy and Human Memory on truth in personal documentaries
This academic inquiry explores the intricacies of truth-seeking within the realm of personal documentaries that delve into the past. A case when the…
2024 - 2027 Blue Circular Scenes – Social Art for Transformation
Research is being conducted into how social art can promote transformative processes in society and the environment through transdisciplinary…
2024 - 2027 Johanna Rubinroth: Disenchantment oft the Chaos-Princess
DISENCHANTMENT OF THE CHAOS PRINCESS. On the representation and narrative style of female characters with ADHD-like characteristics. Scientific…
2024 - 2027 Sound dramaturgical writing as a transdisciplinary tool for screenplay development
The doctoral project seeks artistic methods that integrate sound dramaturgy into the screenwriting process in a character-centred approach. They will…
2024 - 2027 Gor Margaryan: Immersion of War
In a time when images of war are omnipresent, the question arises as to how immersive media influences the perception of war and how these media can…
2024 - 2027 Anna Guddat: CO-CREATIVITY & COLLABORATION - WORLDBUILDING IN FEATURE FILM DEVELOPMENT AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CREATIVE PRODUCERS (WT)
New methods and tools allow more disciplines to be involved in the development of feature films. In this dissertation project, a development sprint is…
2024 - 2027 Alexander Walmsley: “Earth-Building” and the image of the planet in digital real-time media in the 21st century
How is the Earth represented in real-time media of the early 21st century? How does the notion of real-time alter perception of the earth? And what…