Sehsüchte Film Festival 2025
International Student Film Festival

“The foundation for the Sehsüchte Film Festival was laid as early as 1972, when the University for Film and Television of the GDR organized the “FDJ-Student Days” for the first time and presented its own works, later expanding to include other “friendly” countries. Subsequently, the Studententage grew to become the Eastern Bloc’s largest student film festival. In 1995 the Media Studies students took on the Festival and renamed it Sehsüchte. Since then, each edition is newly formed under a team composed of that year’s class. This has enabled Sehsüchte to develop into a renowned platform for the next generation of international film talent. ..…“