This course introduces students to Contemporary German Cinema after unification. Topics include the "Berlin School" and transnational film production, Ostalgie, European identity, migration, and historical memory. The relationship to the auteurism of post-war New German Cinema will also be examined.

Antirequisite(s): Film Studies 2242F/G, if taken in 2016-2017, German 2261F/G, or Comparative Literatures and Culture 2292F/G, if taken in 2015-2016, the former Film Studies 2243F/G.

Prerequisite(s): At least 60% in Film Studies 1020E or Film Studies 1022 or permission of the Department.

Extra Information: 2 lecture/seminar hours, 1 3-hour lecture/screening.