Application

All applicants must submit their application online via the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF admissions portal. Please first register on the admissions portal and then submit your application there.

If you have a foreign transcript and have already registered and applied through uni-assist, you must still apply separately via the KONRAD WOLF Film University Babelsberg admissions portal.

Note: Please have all required documents and files ready before beginning the application process.

ATTENTION! Shortly before the application deadline, server issues and delays in the online application process may occur due to a large number of (last-minute) applications. So don’t wait until the very last day of the deadline! Applications and supplementary documents submitted after the application deadline will not be accepted!

Please note:

• Applications in paper form will NOT be considered.
• Registration/application in the university application portal is exclusively possible during the application period. Please note that the application deadline is a cut-off deadline.
• An administrative fee is charged for the application. Applications for which the administrative fee has not been remitted will not be considered for the assessment procedure.
• Do not include any links with your application. For security reasons, we are not permitted to open external links; therefore, their content cannot be taken into consideration.
• Incomplete applications will not be considered for the assessment procedure.
• You can track the processing status of your application in the university application portal. Please refrain from making inquiries by telephone.

• a table of contents (please also list your work samples)
• a CV in tabular form

The entrance examination is only for applicants without a professionally qualifying university degree, i.e. not for applicants who have already obtained a professionally qualifying university degree (Bachelor, Diplom,...) or will still obtain one due to missing individual examinations!
Please find more information here. 

If you obtained your university entrance qualification at a non-German-speaking institution and do not hold German citizenship, you must provide evidence of sufficient German language proficiency at least at the DSH-2 level or an equivalent language certificate according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Please upload this with the other application files in the university application portal.

The recognized language examinations for the Master program Screenwriting / Dramaturgy are detailed here.

 The following samples of your work must be uploaded to the admissions portal:

•  a synopsis for a feature-length film for theatrical release or television, or for a series
• a dialogue scene (no more than 3 pages)
• an additional artistic work (screenplay, film, prose text, play, radio play, or similar; PDF, 45 MB) and an accompanying synopsis (approx. 1 page, PDF, 3 MB)
• ppitch papers (3 different ideas for feature films and/or series)

The following standards apply to all submissions: 12-point font and 1.5 line spacing.

The restrictions specified by the student application portal apply. Video files must be playable in current browsers without additional software or codecs.

Please do not include any links in your application materials. For security reasons, we are not permitted to open external links; therefore, their content cannot be considered.

Based on the materials submitted, the admissions committee will decide which applicants will receive permission to take the admission test and inform them in writing.

The admission test comprises an interview on the applicant's work samples and main focus of interest.

Normally, the admission test results will be communicated in writing to the applicant no later than 4 weeks after the last test.