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FIAF Education & Outreach Autumn Lab

Schedule

The first edition of the FIAF Education & Outreach Autumn Lab, hosted by the Deutsche Kinemathek, will take place at Sinema Transtopia and the E-Werk in Berlin. The one-and-half-day programme is only open to registered participants and will take place as follows:


Tuesday 21 October 2025

Morning | Location: Sinema Transtopia

Welcome | Introduction
"Inputs: Perspectives on Film Education"

Christine Kopf

"Aesthetical and anti-discriminatory film education as a driving force of transformatory processes in film heritage institutions"

Christine Kopf studied film studies, German philology and cultural anthropology. In Wiesbaden, she directed the goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film and (together with Barbara Dierksen) the German TV Crime Film Festival for several years. She developed concepts, exhibitions and film series for institutions such as Filmhaus Nuremberg, ZKM – Centre for Art and Media Karlsruhe, the Wiesbaden Cultural Office, Offenbach University of Art and Design (HfG), and, most significantly, for the DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum in Frankfurt, where she has been curating exhibitions, programming film series and organizing special events for over 20 years.

From 2013 to spring 2019, she served as curator for the Robert Bosch Stiftung Film Prize for international cooperation between young filmmakers from Germany and the Arab world. Since 2013, she has been head of the Film Education Department at the DFF. In May 2018, she additionally took on the role of co-head of Strategic Development, and from 2021 she also served as Deputy Director for funding matters. Over the years, she has initiated numerous successful film education projects and played a key role in shaping the field of film outreach in Germany. She is the initiator and head of the working group on film education and outreach within the German Cinematheque Association and is a frequent guest on international panels addressing film literacy.

Since April 2025 Christine Kopf has been the Artistic Director and board member of the DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum.


Mosa Mpetha

"Cinema Africa! An experiment in the exhibition of African cinema with a community co-curation model"

Based in Leeds, and from Liverpool & South Africa, Mosa Mpetha is a film curator & researcher of Black, African and Archive films. Mosa co-founded Black Cinema Project, an evolving space for Black people to gather and watch and discuss films with care; And she curates Cinema Africa! a permanent African film strand at Hyde Park Picture House screening 3-5 films a month in partnership with local African communities. In her role at the cinema she also specialises in audience and partner engagement, as well as delivering Pan-African curation and archive film training.

Mosa is a supporter of and advocate for DIY exhibitors, she is involved in the Scalarama Leeds Film Festival, she created the Leeds Film Network and mentors new programmers.

Mosa has a passion for archive films and in particular the preservation and protection of African heritage. She is a part-time digital projectionist and is undertaking training in film restoration and archival film practice. 


Emese Erdös

"Klassz Programme and Beyond: Film Education Across Departments and Borders"

Emese Erdös has been working at the National Film Institute Hungary since 2017, for two and a half years as the Fast Forward Programme’s coordinator, where she organized workshops and masterclasses for young filmmakers. She has been working at the Film Archive since March 2020.

She develops educational content and coordinates the Klassz Programme, an educational and youth programme. She organizes screenings, lectures, workshops, summer camps for students (age 6–25), conferences, a pedagogical film club, and trainings for teachers. Since 2020 she has worked on the Budapest Classic Film Marathon’s student screenings and family programmes, and in 2022 she also worked as a programmer of the festival.

Previously, Emese was a cultural programme coordinator at Budapest Film, an arthouse cinema exhibitor company, and the curator of the exhibition 90 years old Puskin Cinema.

Between 2013 and 2017, as a programmer, she organized screenings and a cultural programme called Suli-Mozi (School Movie – target audience: age 6–20) and Puskin Kuckó (Puskin Nook – target audience: age 3–12). Prior to that, she worked as a drama teacher and the artistic director of the Mandragora Theatre.

Noon | Location: Sinema Transtopia

Working Session: Exchange and collaborative discussion of selected topics in groups


Afternoon | Location: Sinema Transtopia

Plenary: Groups present their initial ideas and results 


Afternoon | Location: E-Werk

Transfer to Deutsche Kinemathek / E-Werk
Small inhouse tour at Deutsche Kinemathek (E-Werk and film archive)


Evening | Location: E-Werk Neighbourhood

Please note:

  • Throughout the day there will be coffee breaks and a light lunch.
  • An after-hour programme will take place in the evening.


Wednesday 22 October 2025

Morning | Location: Sinema Transtopia

Recap and Presentation of outcomes from the previous day
Plenary


Noon | Location: Sinema Transtopia

Presentation: "Film Education at Sinema Transtopia"


Malve Lippmann

"Sinema Transtopia and CINEMAPlural: Curatorial and Film Education Practices in the Transnational Urban Society"

Malve Lippmann is an artist, curator, and cultural manager. She is co-founder and artistic director of bi‘bak and Sinema Transtopia in Berlin where she is responsible for various programmes, events, and exhibitions.

With the question: “How can a new cinema be collectively shaped in a transnational society?” Malve Lippmann and Can Sungu from bi’bak launched the cinema experiment Sinema Transtopia, envisioning cinema as a space for social discourse, exchange, and solidarity. Sinema Transtopia establishes itself as a transnational space for film culture, art, knowledge, and community, creating a bridge between urban space and film as cultural practice. Here a place is created where urbanity and transnationalism coexist, a place that enables access, stimulates discussion, educates, moves, provokes and encourages.

The SINEMAplural Fellowship Program builds on the practice of Sinema Transtopia. It aims to expand perspectives on film curation and education in Germany, create new approaches and viewpoints, and develop innovative, diversity-oriented, and power-critical methodologies. 

Afternoon | Location: Sinema Transtopia

Farewell | Closing Gathering

Please note:

  • Throughout the day there will be coffee breaks and a light lunch.
  • Additional programmes in the context of Film Restored start the same afternoon (see below)


After the Autumn Lab (additional programme)

After the Autumn Lab the following programmes and events of interest will take place. Separate registration via the festival is required: