Jasný. Film historians and scholars: Monika Albrecht, Seán Allan, Christine Becker, Lothar Bisky, Benita Blessing, Oksana Bulgakova, Burghard Ciesla, Thomas Elsaesser, Thomas Fox, Sabine Hake, Dina Iordanova, Konrad Jarausch, Lars Karl, Heinz Kersten, Mario Kessler, Sylvia Klötzer, Thomas Lindenberger, Claus Löser, Hanno Löwy, Tom Maulucci, Larson Powell, Eric Rentschler, Ralf Schenk, Elke Schieber, Ursula Schröter, Lu Seegers, David Shneer, Frank Stern, Katie Trumpener, Annette Weinke, Johanna Frances Yunker and others. Scriptwriters: Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Stefan Kolditz, Helga Schubert, and others. Composer: Stefan Carow. Summer Film Institutes 2015 | Sex, Gender & Videotape: Love, Eroticism & Romance in East Germany Facilitated by Victoria Rizo Lenshyn (UMass Amherst), Benita Blessing (Oregon State University) and Kyle Frackman (University of British Columbia) 2013 | DEFA & Amerika: Culture Wars, Culture Contact Facilitated by Sky Arndt-Briggs, Sara Lennox, Barton Byg and Victoria Rizo Lenshyn (all UMass Amherst) 2011 | Cold War, Hot Media – DEFA and the Third World Facilitated by Sky Arndt-Briggs, Barton Byg and Evan Torner (all UMass Amherst) 2009 | Rewriting (East) German Cinema: Issues in Film Methodology and Historiography Facilitated by Sabine Hake (University of Texas at Austin) and Larson Powell (University of Missouri - Kansas City) 2007 | Solidarity! DEFA & Latin America Facilitated by Barton Byg and Sky Arndt-Briggs (both UMass Amherst) 2005 | Changing World, Shifting Narratives: Films and History / Film as History / Film History Facilitated by Barton Byg (UMass Amherst) and Katie Trumpener (Yale University) 2003 | DEFA and East European Cinema Facilitated by Barton Byg (UMass Amherst), Eric Rentschler (Harvard University) and Katie Trumpener (Yale University) 2001 | Interdisciplinary Approaches to the DEFA Film Facilitated by Barton Byg (UMass Amherst) Curated film series Awarded! East German Films from Behind the Wall [2013, premiere Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago] Eight major award-winning films from the GDR in one series, including all the East German titles ever submitted for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. REEL WOMEN in East Germany [2012, premiere at the German Studies Association conference] Recommendations for programmers and teachers interested in the lives and work—including as filmmakers—of women in the GDR. Suggested thematic groupings for film series, classes and research on a range of topics. FILM+ART+JAZZ = Jürgen Böttcher STRAWALDE [2011, premiere at UMass Amherst] Filmmaker and painter, Böttcher/Strawalde has turned eclectic events and materials into painterly films that are known for their striking visual style. Ten films on art, jazz, and