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Join BFC! Free seminars, members only events, free filmmaking gear rentals, 10% discounts on all workshops/seminars and a voice to shape us going forward! We'd love to have you!
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Are you passionate about film making? Are you a professional looking for new opportunities and challenges? Are you a film lover curious how to get started? If you have experience behind or in front of the camera, or just starting up with dreams and aspirations - bring your talent and let's work together to make independent films. We are a group of passionate film creators focused on development, creativity and production of film in Berlin. We also offer help, film equipment, advice and all that goes into a film project.
The purpose of our community is to :
1. develop ideas for films, either narrative or documentary
2. build partnerships so that films can get shot andÂ
3. building the team/crew and shoot the short film(s)
4. educateÂ
4. If you already have an ongoing project and you need help/crew, this can be the group for you.
We want to stress is that we are not here to select or have opinions about what type of films you want to develop, it can be of any type or genre. The more diverse the better! But we do want to get started and shoot as soon as possible so that we get to start working together and learn more together.
Not all of us will work on all projects, you choose freely what project you want to get involved with and in what capacity. The community will support and assist all projects and facilitate planning and meetings and also create our own ideas together with you. And for those of you who don't have a massive experience already - this will be an excellent opportunity to get down and dirty and learn by doing :)
Upcoming events
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Frame by Frame: Breakdown of Parasite (2019)
Space Meduza, Skalitzer Strasse 80, Berlin, al, DE***
This is an exclusive Berlin Film Community Member Event. To join go to:
https://berlinfilmcommunity.com/framebyframe
Become a member and register for this as well as any other events. A membership only cost €30/year and has many benefits.***
While not required, it will be very helpful if you have seen the movie and preferably somewhat recently.
Seminar Info
There are so many aspects that make a scene work; script, acting, directing, camerawork, sound, set design, editing, themes, tone, pacing, the list is nearly endless. This seminar is geared to take sections of film and tv and break them down into their component parts so we can learn from them. Why does this scene work so well? What is it about this scene that makes you feel something? Or conversely, why doesn't this scene work? What happened that made this scene fail. This will be a highly subjective seminar, that will be very opinion driven. However, this is also a discussion. I am not the authority on film theory. Your voice and opinions are also welcome.
In this Frame by Frame we will breakdown Parasite by Bong Joon Ho. This movie is an absolute masterclass in building suspense, using visual language to tell your story, and exploring themes of class without resorting to worn out tropes. I will show a synopsis of the movie before we start, but as the themes are deeply embedded in the movie it will be much better for the discussion if you have watched the movie, and preferably somewhat recently. However, even if you haven't seen it, it will still be very interesting and fun.
This event will be held in person at Space Meduza, 80 Skalitzerstr. Berlin 10997 in the third room, all the way at the back.
5 attendees 
Seven Ways to Tell the Truth in Documentaries
·OnlineOnlineLevel Beginner - No previous experience required
Must be at least 15 years old
Language English
Date FRI, NOV 6, 2026 · 19:00 – 21:00
Cost Free for Members - Join to attend
Location Online
Contact linda@berlinfilmcommunity.com
Sign in https://berlinfilmcommunity.com/course.php?slug=seven-ways-to-tell-the-truth-in-documentariesIn this 2-hour seminar, we will explore the different modes documentary filmmakers use to shape reality on screen — from the authoritative "voice of God" of expository film to the raw immediacy of direct cinema, the self-aware provocations of reflexive work, and the visual poetry of the experimental mode. Since the term "documentary" in 1926 was coined as the "creative treatment of actuality," filmmakers have been negotiating the tension between truth and construction — and every choice of style is also a choice about how you relate to your subject, your camera, and your audience.
This session challenges participants to move beyond instinctively imitating the documentaries they've grown up watching, and instead to consciously identify which mode — or combination of modes — actually serves the story they want to tell, through concrete film examples and case studies drawn from key movements in documentary history.
Whether you are a filmmaker, student, or simply curious about how nonfiction storytelling really works, this workshop invites you to rethink how you look at — and make — documentary film.
What You Will Learn
- The seven core documentary modes — expository, observational, participatory, reflexive, performative, and poetic/experimental — and what distinguishes each
- The historical roots of direct cinema and cinéma vérité, and why two nearly-identical movements diverged philosophically
- How the presence (or absence) of the filmmaker changes the ethics and meaning of a scene
- How narration, image, and structure work differently depending on mode
- How to recognize which mode a film — or your own footage — is actually working in
- How mixing modes (as most contemporary documentaries do) can serve a specific creative intention
- How to identify which mode resonates with your own voice and the story you want to tell
Workshop Mentor
Linda Paganelli is an artist, anthropologist, and filmmaker integrating more than human perspectives in her storytelling. Drawing on over 13 years of experience across diverse contexts, Linda guides participants toward non-extractive, ethically grounded visual practices that challenge dominant knowledge paradigms and foreground embodied positionalities. Since 2018, she has been working with More-Than-Human frameworks, creating short documentaries such as Journey of Waves and Imprinted, as well as installations including Carbon Spa in collaboration with scientists from the university of Twente (Netherlands) and ECO-MOURNING developed through the Community of Practice with CitizensLab (Germany). Her practice center interspecies relationships, ecological interdependence, and the agency of non-human beings in visual storytelling.2 attendees
Pitch and Planning Session # 62
House of music, Revalerstr. 99,, Berlin, DEThe next Pitch and Planning Session will be on: 🕰️ Mon. Nov. 09th at 18:30
đź“ŤHouse of Music
RAW Gelande
Revalerstr 99,
10245 BerlinThe event is on the ground floor, by the bar. This is a very large and amazing space that we are now calling home.
We are super looking forward to hearing your pitches and watching you meet people ready to help you make your films a reality in the really real world!Please note that this is a free event. In order to support the work we do, our community, and the lovely space that is gracious enough to let us hold events there, all we ask is that that you have 2 drinks of some kind or at least some snacks. That would help us out a lot! 🍸
For those who are new, our Pitch and Planning Session is a monthly English language event held here in Berlin for people who have an idea for a film and would like to pitch it, as well as those people who are eager to work on films. It's all about getting films made.
If you have a film idea that is burning a hole in your brain, tell the people in the audience your story idea and hopefully you will meet people who can help you make your idea into a reality!
This event is also for people who want to help out in all aspects of filmmaking to help make these pitches happen. So if your passion is camera, sound, hair and makeup, writing, lighting, fighting, or anything that could help, you are always welcome. Whether you're new to filmmaking or experienced and want to work on something cool and creative, no matter what your area of expertise/interest is, this is for you!
Be sure to show up to either pitch your idea or be ready to listen to some interesting pitches from excited people and potentially help someone make their film. Let's make some cool shit!If you still want more information you can head on over to our website:
https://berlinfilmcommunity.com/pitch-planning.phpI have been a part of making some of these pitched projects into real world movies and I have always had a blast.
14 attendees
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