Transfer & Showcase
Film tells stories. It generates insights, communicates knowledge, stimulates debate and opens up new perspectives. At Film University Babelsberg, film is therefore simultaneously an art form, an object of research and a driver of innovation. It gives rise to collaborations, technologies, start-ups, cultural projects and impulses for social change. Film University brings creative ideas, artistic work and academic findings into the wider world. Through dialogue with society, culture and the media industry, new perspectives, partnerships and projects emerge. We promote knowledge transfer, connect people and institutions, and raise the profile of our film-related work well beyond the University.
Film – understood both as a process and as a finished work – depends on communication and collaboration at every stage of its creation and impact. Accordingly, as Germany's only university specialising in film, our teaching and research profile encompasses the entire film value chain, from the initial idea and script development through production and distribution to academic reflection and archival preservation. Film University takes an expanded approach to the concept of film, encompassing all audiovisual media and art forms. This includes cinema and television, as well as newer audiovisual formats such as social media and virtual reality. As film is increasingly accessed on demand and via mobile devices, a wide range of new ways of engaging with audiovisual content are emerging. These influence both production and reception, while creating opportunities for innovation in society and the economy.