Best Practices

To stimulate discussion in the cultural sector and at film schools on the topic of gender and diversity, the ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln and Internationales Frauen Film Fest Dortmund+Köln (IFFF) regularly show selected feature films and documentaries as well as experimental works created by women. The screenings introduce the work of the filmmakers and are followed by discussions and where possible Q&A sessions with the filmmakers.

This project uses a collaborative multi-layered approach using voices and lived experiences to develop and embed race equality for first year students.

Stories explore what it means to be human. They enable audiences to navigate through often complex relationships between characters, conflicts and worlds so that we might get closer to the universal themes in our lives. The "Handling Ideas" systemic approach helps writers lay out these connections so that they resonate with the underlying themes that are to be explored.

The Critical Diversity blog focuses on Diversity Studies, Intersectional Perspectives in Film, Art and Media in order to reflect and develop critical thinking of our own institutional practices and hierarchies.