Seminarteilnehmerin Charlotte Hafner verfasste einen ausführlichen Bericht zum Workshop. Der vollständige Text sowie alle im Workshop entstandenen Filmkritiken sind auf der Plattform Letterboxd zu finden.

Over the past year, cinemas in Germany have been mostly closed - apart from a few weeks in summer and again in early winter, audiences in various stages of lockdown had to enjoy films from the isolation of their own homes. It was therefore all the more exciting for the 23 participants of the film criticism workshop held in participation with the 14. Lichter Filmfest in Frankfurt to come together via Zoom for five days of intense discussions about the diverse number of films in the festival’s programme. Bert Rebhandl and Carolin Weidner, senior film critics and festival programmers in their own rights, took on the task to guide the next generation of German film critics, giving them extensive advice on common writing and business practices, while also helping the young writers to connect to a number of local industry professionals. [Mehr]