Category – Lecture & Discusion

Master Class @ Moscow Kurdish Film Festival | July 2022

EUPHORIA & MISERY of DEVELOPING STORIES, SCRIPTS and FILMS with RELEVANT CONTENT

Lecture & discussion

Donat F. Keusch | Gabriele C. Sindler
dfk*films & script*service | www.dfkfilms.com

In 1982 Yılmaz Güney’s film YOL got the most important festival award of the world: The Golden Palm in Cannes. But the CEO of the production company, Donat F. Keusch, still didn’t know what makes a film successful. After having produced 20 films and having distributed more than 300 films which won all sort of prizes and were praised by film critics, he asked himself: How is it possible that 80% of our films attract only a small audience? Why are most of our “great films” flops? So, he looked for the basics and started to concentrate on the essence of film: STORY and SCRIPT.

Today his multilingual team of dfk*script*service, run by Gabriele Sindler, analyzes 120 scripts per year from all over the world. They are convinced that filmmaking is a process of collective creation and that every successful film is based on a good and professional script. A film’s impact on the audience is intrinsically bound to the quality of its script. Based on a bad script you will shoot a bad film with no chance to become successful – with a good script your chance rises to 50% at least. The definitions of a good story and a good script and much more will be part of our lecture.

Donat Keusch and Gabriele Sindler will present a brief impression how they evaluate, analyze stories and scripts. We kindly invite you to ask all sorts of professional questions.

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DER ANSTÄNDIGE (German version only)

Film&Discussion | 21.06.2022

Bundesplatzkino | Berlin

Series PSYCHE & FILM
Cooperation of the C.G. Jung Society Berlin with Bundesplatz-Kino and dfk*films
Tuesday, 21.06.2022 at 8:30 pm

Moderation: Edith Rosin | Speaker: Donat Keusch * Gabriele Sindler
DER ANSTÄNDIGE
D 2014 | 94′ | directed by Vanessa Lapa, screenplay co-written with Ori Weisbrod | edited by Noam Amit, Sharon Brook

In 2014, private letters of Heinrich Himmler, the “architect of the Final Solution,” were published, which had been in private Jewish possession for decades. Vanessa Lapa has used the Himmler estate and other archival material (151 sources from 53 archives in 13 different countries) to make a documentary about a man who was at peace with himself, both professionally and personally.
Lapa transforms the documents into a psychogram about the perverse thinking of a senior member of the Nazi regime. Using his own records, the filmmaker exposes Himmler’s ideals, plans and most secret thoughts. She shows photos and films and underpins everything exclusively with quotations left by Himmler, his wife, children and the Nazi criminal’s mistress.
DER ANSTÄNDIGE premiered in 2014 in the Berlinale section “Panorama Dokumente” and received the Van Leer Award for Best Israeli Long Documentary at the Jerusalem Film Festival.

About the speakers:
Edith Rosin studied psychology at the FU Berlin, trained as an analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute Berlin, working in her own practice since 1996. Since 2012 lecturer for Active Imagination at the Lindau Psychotherapy Days.
Donat Keusch studied psychology and journalism. Experience in film distribution, world sales, production, screenwriting and as a teacher. Most successful film: “YOL – The Way” (Golden Palm). For 30 years working as a screenplay analyst/consultant/writer under pseudonym or unnamed. Motto: “The screenplay is the film!”
Gabriele Sindler Political Scientist | Screenplay Expert | Lecturer

Location: Bundesplatz-Kino | Bundesplatz 14 | 10715 Berlin
Fee: 10,50 € | reduced 9 €

AUS EINEM DEUTSCHEN LEBEN (German version only)

Film&Discussion | 31.05.2022

Bundesplatzkino | Berlin

PSYCHE & FILM
Cooperation of the C.G. Jung Society Berlin with Bundesplatz-Kino and dfk*films

Tuesday, 31.05.2022 at 8:30 pm
Moderation: Edith Rosin | Speaker: Donat Keusch * Gabriele Sindler

AUS EINEM DEUTSCHEN LEBEN
D 1977 | 145′ | Written & directed by Theodor Kotulla based on a novel by Robert Merle
with: Götz George | Kurt Hübner | Elisabeth Schwarz | Hans Korte | Matthias Fuchs

The life of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höß, uniquely embodied by Götz George.

AUS EINEM DEUTSCHEN LEBEN is based on the novel Der Tod ist mein Beruf (Death is My Profession) by the French Robert Merle, who was able to draw on numerous documents because Höß, despite false papers identifying him as Franz Lang, was arrested alive and willingly gave information. He saw himself as a recipient of orders and thus represents the prime example of a high-ranking desk jockey of the Nazi regime.

Kotulla’s 1977 feature film traces the career of its protagonist, named Franz Lang. AUS EINEM DEUTSCHEN LEBEN dispenses with a pronounced staging, which would always be a judgment as well. Without musical accompaniment, the film describes the most important events in Franz Lang’s life in fourteen chapters. With his non-judgmental approach, Kotulla gives the audience the opportunity for level-headed reflection: at what point in his “career” could Lang have left this system?

Lang’s career seems almost unspectacular and straightforward, the genocide he organized inevitable. AUS EINEM DEUTSCHEN LEBEN succeeds in illustrating the nature of an authoritarian system and documenting the despondency of the individual.

A rare opportunity to see and discuss this outstanding film work in the cinema, which is unfortunately more topical than ever.

About the speakers:
Edith Rosin studied psychology at the FU Berlin, trained as an analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute Berlin, working in her own practice since 1996. Since 2012 lecturer for Active Imagination at the Lindau Psychotherapy Days.
Donat Keusch studied psychology and journalism. Experience in film distribution, world sales, production, screenwriting and as a teacher. Most successful film: “YOL – The Way” (Golden Palm). For 30 years working as a screenplay analyst/consultant/writer under pseudonym or unnamed. Motto: “The screenplay is the film!”
Gabriele Sindler Political Scientist | Screenplay Expert | Lecturer

Location: Bundesplatz-Kino | Bundesplatz 14 | 10715 Berlin
Fee: 10,50 € | reduced 9 €

2 ODER 3 DINGE, DIE ICH VON IHM WEISS (German Version only)

Film&Discussion | 26.04.2022

Bundesplatzkino | Berlin

Series PSYCHE & FILM
Cooperation of the C.G. Jung Society Berlin with Bundesplatz-Kino and dfk*films

Tuesday, 26.04.2022 at 8:30 p.m.

Guest: Author and director Malte Ludin, son of a war criminal
Moderation: Edith Rosin

2 ODER 3 DINGE, DIE ICH VON IHM WEISS

D 2005 | 85′ | Screenplay & Director Malte Ludin | Cinematography Franz Lustig | Editing Hanka Knipper, Amos Ponger

Malte Ludin’s documentary begins with the words: “This is the story of my father, a war criminal, my mother, my siblings, nieces and nephews. A typical German story.

Family legends and historical truth collide in the film about the legacy of prominent Nazi Hanns Ludin, who was executed for war crimes in 1947. The son Malte Ludin, breaks through 60 years of silence and repression. He addresses and shows his father’s crimes and questions his sisters who continue to deny them. The film is an intimate look at the descendants of a Nazi perpetrator, most of whom refuse to accept their families’ history in Nazi Germany and confront the murderous family shadow.

Malte Ludin, who barely knew his father, makes these processes of repression visible. His courageous film is an indispensable provocation.

Quote from the FBW jury, which unanimously awarded the rating “especially valuable”:

“2 ODER 3 DINGE, DIE ICH VON IHM WEISS is one of the most exciting and intense German documentaries of recent years. In its psychological complexity and aesthetic precision, the film is a remarkable one-off. The extremely relationally reflected German family cosmos is exemplary as an antithesis to the current tendencies of repressing history and frivolous media games with taboo violations. Last but not least, this is a cinematically virtuosic work (camera Franz Lustig), whose sound level and music are also highly interesting.”

Following the screening, Malte Ludin will discuss his film with the audience.

About the speakers:

Malte Ludin, born* 1942 in Bratislava (Pressburg, Slovakia) studied political science in Tübingen and at the FU Berlin as well as directing at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB). Since 1976 Malte Ludin has been working as a freelance author, filmmaker and producer.

Edith Rosin studied psychology at the FU Berlin, trained as an analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute Berlin, has been working in her own practice since 1996. Since 2012 lecturer for Active Imagination at the Lindau Psychotherapy Days.

Location: Bundesplatz Cinema | Bundesplatz 14 | 10715 Berlin
Fee: 10,50 € | reduced 9 €

A GREATER WORLD | UN MONDE PLUS GRAND

Film&Discussion | 22.02.2022 |

Bundesplatzkino | Berlin

PSYCHE & FILM

Cooperation of the C.G. Jung Gesellschaft Berlin with the Bundesplatzkino and dfk*films

Tuesday, 22.02.2022 at 20:30

A GREATER WORLD | UN MONDE PLUS GRAND | OmU

FR & BEL 2019 | 100′ | Screenplay Claire Barré together with director Fabienne Berthaud | Cinematography Nathalie Durand
With Cécile de France, Narantsetseg Dash, Tserendarizav Dashnyam, Ludivine Sagnier, Arieh Worthalter, Catherine Salée, Thomas Coumans, Steven Laureys, et al.

After the death of the love of her life, Corine travels to Mongolia to record traditional songs of reindeer herders. An encounter with the shaman Oyun upsets her journey and her life. When Corine falls into a trance during a ceremony, the shaman reveals that she has a rare gift and needs to be trained in the shamanic traditions. Corine objects to this calling. In France, she undergoes psychiatric and neurological examinations. Finally, she returns to Mongolia to begin her initiation and discover a larger world.

The film tells the true story of Corine Sombrun, who since her training as a shaman has helped neurologists and brain researchers to study the neurological processes during a trance state and use the findings for therapeutic treatments.

 

The speakers:

Dipl.-Psych. Edith Rosin studied psychology at the Free University of Berlin, was trained as an analyst at the C.G.Jung Institute in Berlin, and has been working in her own practice since 1996. Since 2012, she has been a lecturer in Active Imagination at the Lindau Psychotherapy Days.

Donat Keusch studied psychology and journalism. Experience in film distribution, world sales, production, screenwriting and as a teacher. Most successful film: “Yol – Der Weg” (Golden Palm). For 30 years working as a script analyst/consultant/writer under pseudonym or unnamed. Motto: “The script is the film!”

Gabriele Sindler Political Scientist | Screenplay Expert | Lecturer

Location: Bundesplatz-Kino | Bundesplatz 14 | 10715 Berlin
Fee: 10,50 € | reduced 9 €
Advance booking of tickets by telephone is recommended.

LIFE OF PI

Film&Discussion | 21.12.2021 |

Bundesplatzkino | Berlin

PSYCHE & FILM

Cooperation of the C.G. Jung Gesellschaft Berlin with the Bundesplatzkino and dfk*films

Tuesday, 21.12.2021 at 20:30

LIFE OF PI | OmU

USA 2012 | 127’ | written by David Magee – based on the novel of  Yann Martel | directed by Ang Lee |
starring Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall, Tabu (aka Tabassum Fatima Hashmi), Gérard Depardieu

“Pi” Patel describes how he lost his family in a shipwreck in the Pacific at the age of 16. He became the only survivor in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger . A multi-award winning poetic work about the power of healing stories.

 

The speakers:

Dipl.-Psych. Edith Rosin studied psychology at the Free University of Berlin, was trained as an analyst at the C.G.Jung Institute in Berlin, and has been working in her own practice since 1996. Since 2012, she has been a lecturer in Active Imagination at the Lindau Psychotherapy Days.

Donat Keusch studied psychology and journalism. Experience in film distribution, world sales, production, screenwriting and as a teacher. Most successful film: “Yol – Der Weg” (Golden Palm). For 30 years working as a script analyst/consultant/writer under pseudonym or unnamed. Motto: “The script is the film!”

Gabriele Sindler Political Scientist | Screenplay Expert | Lecturer

Bundesplatz Cinema | Bundesplatz 14 | 10715 Berlin
Contribution to costs: 9,50 € | reduced 8 €

JOKER

Film&Discussion | 30.11.2021 |

Bundesplatzkino | Berlin

PSYCHE & FILM

Cooperation of the C.G. Jung Gesellschaft Berlin with the Bundesplatzkino and dfk*films

Tuesday, 30.11.2021 at 20:30

Speaker: Donat Keusch | Gabriele C. Sindler | Moderation: Edith Rosin

Joker | OmU

USA 2019 | 122’ | written by Scott Silver & Todd Phillips & Bob Kane | directed by Todd Phillips |
staring Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Frances Conroy, Zazie Beetz

Surprisingly psychological and realistic the film tells the transformation of Arthur Fleck into the Joker – known as Batman’s antagonist.
A cinematic delight – especially for sceptics of comic book adaptations.

Arthur Fleck lives with his illness-stricken mother in a run-down apartment building. All he wants is to make people laugh, but he is bullied: by his colleagues in a small entertainment company, by drunken Wall Street bankers in the underground and even by a group of teenagers whom he then beats up. THE JOKER by Todd Phillips is the story of a brutalisation and demoralisation in our time. Fleck, alias Joker, is a beaten, maltreated human being with a severe childhood trauma.
This tortured soul is portrayed outstandingly by the emaciated Joaquin Phoenix. He was deservedly honoured with an Oscar for his outstanding acting interpretation in the film surprise of 2019.

The speakers:

Dipl.-Psych. Edith Rosin studied psychology at the Free University of Berlin, was trained as an analyst at the C.G.Jung Institute in Berlin, and has been working in her own practice since 1996. Since 2012, she has been a lecturer in Active Imagination at the Lindau Psychotherapy Days.

Donat Keusch studied psychology and journalism. Experience in film distribution, world sales, production, screenwriting and as a teacher. Most successful film: “Yol – Der Weg” (Golden Palm). For 30 years working as a script analyst/consultant/writer under pseudonym or unnamed. Motto: “The script is the film!”

Gabriele Sindler Political Scientist | Screenplay Expert | Lecturer

Bundesplatz Cinema | Bundesplatz 14 | 10715 Berlin
Contribution to costs: 9,50 € | reduced 8 €

CHINATOWN | USA 1974

Film&Discussion | 26.10.2021 |

Bundesplatzkino | Berlin

PSYCHE & FILM

Cooperation of the C.G. Jung Gesellschaft Berlin with the Bundesplatzkino and dfk*films

Tuesday, 26.10.2021 at 20:30

Speaker: Donat Keusch | Moderation: Edith Rosin

CHINATOWN | OmU

USA 1974 | 131’ | written by Robert Towne & Roman Polanski | directed by Roman Polanski | produced by Robert Evans |
starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston

A private detective. A femme fatale. A family secret. Sex & Crime & Politics.
The plot is based on real events of the California Water Wars and the bursting of the St Francis Dam in the beginning of the 20th century. The Californian hydraulic engineer William Mulholland served as role model for the character of Hollis Mulwray. Producer Robert Evans, screenwriter Robert Towne and director Roman Polanski set the family drama in an atmosphere of distrust and shady morals – characteristic for film noir. The screenplay won an Oscar in 1975 as well as numerous other awards. The best film noir of all time.

The speakers:

Dipl.-Psych. Edith Rosin studied psychology at the Free University of Berlin, was trained as an analyst at the C.G.Jung Institute in Berlin, and has been working in her own practice since 1996. Since 2012, she has been a lecturer in Active Imagination at the Lindau Psychotherapy Days.

Donat Keusch studied psychology and journalism. Experience in film distribution, world sales, production, screenwriting and as a teacher. Most successful film: “Yol – Der Weg” (Golden Palm). For 30 years working as a script analyst/consultant/writer under pseudonym or unnamed. Motto: “The script is the film!”

Bundesplatz cinema | Bundesplatz 14 | 10715 Berlin
Contribution to costs: 9,50 € | reduced 8 €

FESTEN | THE CELEBRATION

Film&Discussion | 28.09.2021 |

Bundesplatzkino | Berlin

PSYCHE & FILM

Cooperation of the C.G. Jung Gesellschaft Berlin with the Bundesplatzkino and dfk*films

Tuesday, 28.09.2021 at 20:30

FESTEN | THE CELEBRATION | OmU

DK & SWE 1998 | 101′ | written by Mogens Rukov & Thomas Vinterberg |  directed by Thomas Vinterberg |

starring Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen, Birthe Neumann, Bjarne Henriksen, Trine Dyrholm, Therese Glahn, Helle Dolleris.

In his speech for his father’s 60th birthday, Christian reveals a family secret. He relentlessly describes how the head of the family regularly raped two of his four children. Christian’s twin sister killed herself because of the abuse.
In order to end the collective silence, denial, ignoring, turning back the blame, a lot has to happen. Finally, the abuser is forced to admit his guilt in destroying the family and his crimes.

 

The speakers:

Dr. Jörg Rasche, doctor of psychotherapeutic medicine, psychoanalyst (DGAP), sandplay therapist (DGST/ISST), musician, lecturer at the C.G.Jung Institute Berlin and Zurich, 2nd chairman C.G. Junggesellschaft Berlin

Gabriele Sindler Political Scientist | Screenplay Expert | Lecturer

Bundesplatz Cinema | Bundesplatz 14 | 10715 Berlin
Contribution to costs: 9,50 € | reduced 8 €

DRUK | ANOTHER ROUND | DER RAUSCH

Film&Discussion | 27.07.2021 |

Bundesplatzkino | Berlin

PSYCHE & FILM

Cooperation of the C.G. Jung Gesellschaft Berlin with the Bundesplatzkino and dfk*films

Tuesday, 27.07.2021 at 20:30

DRUK | ANOTHER ROUND | DER RAUSCH |  | OmU

writen by Thomas Lindholm & Thomas Vinterberg | directed by Thomas Vinterberg |
starring Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang

Is life better with the right level of alcohol?

 

The speakers:

Dipl.-Psych. Edith Rosin studied psychology at the Free University of Berlin, was trained as an analyst at the C.G.Jung Institute in Berlin, and has been working in her own practice since 1996. Since 2012, she has been a lecturer in Active Imagination at the Lindau Psychotherapy Days.

Gabriele Sindler Political Scientist | Screenplay Expert | Lecturer

Bundesplatz Cinema | Bundesplatz 14 | 10715 Berlin
Contribution to costs: 9,50 € | reduced 8 €