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13. März 2026 - 22. März 2026

Between state interference and personal perspectives

The Filmmaker Gitta Nickel

Gitta Nickel learned the craft of filmmaking from scratch without any academic training and, thanks to her talent and assertiveness, became one of the few female documentary filmmakers to hold her own in the male-dominated world of the DEFA documentary film studio for a long time.

27. March 2026 - 28. March 2026

Collect Films!

The Collection of Gari Vanisian

Our series Collect Films! focuses on private collectors and independent archives. Filmmaker, curator, author, and translator Vanisian began collecting film copies nearly 15 years ago, at a time when the “digital wave” was sweeping through the cinema, and analog projection technology was being replaced by digital.