Andreas Dresen Andreas Dresen was born in Gera in 1963. He was an intern at the DEFA Feature Film Studio from 1985-86 and studied at the "Konrad Wolf" Academy of Film & Television in Babelsberg from 1986-1992. His first feature Stilles Land (1992) was awarded the Hesse Film Prize and the German Critics' Award. He directed Goethe's Urfaust at the Staatstheater in Cottbus in 1996 and made his second feature Night Shapes (Nachtgestalten) in 1998, which won the German Film Award in Silver in 1999 and the Pilar Miro Award for the Best New Director at Valladolid in 1999. His other films include: Der kleine Clown (short, 1985), Schritte des anderen (short, 1987), Jenseits von Klein-Wanzleben (documentary, 1989), Zug in die Ferne (short, 1990), Mein unbekannter Ehemann (1995), Raus aus der Haut (TV, 1997), The Policewoman (Die Polizistin, 2000), Grill Point (Halbe Treppe, 2001), and Vote for Henryk! (Herr Wichmann von der CDU, 2003).
In 2004 we screened Die Polizistin aka The Policewoman and Halbe Treppe aka Grill Point. Director's Portrait Andreas Dresen - The Unbearable Lightness Of Film These films were made possible by the generous support of the Goethe Institute. 
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