ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on Germany and of course as well on Potsdam’s filmmakers and film industry. As for other players in the film industry, the COVID-19 pandemic brought dramatic changes for the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF. Constanze Beyer, coordinator of the Film Section at babelsberger filmgymnasium, pointed out that distance learning comes with solitude and is physically and mentally challenging, but it is also very focused and shaping new skills, among them technical skills on the one hand, and self-management and a growing ability to listen to someone else on the other. Potsdam has a vibrant film tourism industry and usually welcomes guests from all over the world every year. In addition, a new backlot tour is being created with large-scale props and quotes from films made in Babelsberg.
