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TO BE A TEACHER

Education is one of our most valuable resources. This is a rare look behind the scenes, this is a story of three young teachers in the making that are thrown in the (harsh) reality of the German educational system. TO BE A TEACH­ER is the emotional story of three young teachers and their first years in school, a period called “Referendariat” in Germany. Here they come to realize that their studies did not prepare them at all for what it means to work in one of the most responsible and important jobs of society. A rare insight into fabricating one of the most essential re­sources of modern times: education. A coming-of-age story about three young people whose idealism clashes with a harsh reality.

Director

JAKOB SCHMIDT was born in 1989. He has worked in journalism and completed several production internships. A student at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, his films include: the shorts I'D RATHER BE A MURDERER (2012), 517 FÜWATOWN (doc, 2012), RESTLESS (2013), STORM CELLS (2015), and his feature-length documentary TO BE A TEACHER (2016).

Jakob Schmidt
Jakob Schmidt
photos © Evgeny Revvo
  • Genre
    Educational
  • CATEGORY
    Documentary
  • YEAR OF PRODUCTION
    2016
  • DIRECTOR
    Jakob Schmidt
  • SCREENPLAY
    Jakob Schmidt
  • CINEMATOGRAPHY
    David Schittek, Evgeny Revvo, Jakob Schmidt
  • PRODUCER
    Marie-Luise Scharf
  • PRODUCTION COMPANY
    Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF,
    in co-production with ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel
  • RUNTIME
    110 min
  • LANGUAGE
    German
  • FESTIVALS
    DOK Leipzig 2016
  • Sales
    Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
    distribution@filmuniversitaet.de
    www.filmuniversitaet.de