The second season of the ADAs – Assistant Directors Awards – is now open for voting!
From now until April 26th, you have the opportunity to participate in the voting phase and support your favourite nominees.
THE
ASSISTANT
DIRECTORS
UNION
DIRECTORS
UNION
The Assistant Directors Union represents the occupational and economical interests of all Assistant Directors, AD-PAs and Regieassistent*Innen working in the fictional movie industry in Germany.
LATEST NEWS
ADAs 2024
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AWARDS SEASON 2
LATEST NEWS
INITIATIVE FAIR FILM
2ND LETTER TO CLAUDIA ROTH
Together with around 30 other associations and organizations of filmmakers, we are a member of the Fair Film Initiative. On November 7th, the second letter was sent to the Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth. In it, we call on her to finally anchor social sustainability in the new version of the 2024 Film Funding Act. Now that the ecological standards have made it into the FFG, also with pressure from the EU, it is now time to focus on the employees of the funded film projects.
You can find the second letter here.
LATEST NEWS
ADAs 2023
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AWARDS RESULTS
We are so proud that this year’s AD-Awards included 3 winning teams from the ADU. This means we were more than well represented at the first international ADAs and couldn’t be prouder of our members. We won “gold” and “bronze” in the FEATURE category and “silver” in the SERIES category. We congratulate the AD-teams from “All Quiet On The Western Front” (Feature, Gold), “Tar” (Feature, Bronze) and “1899” (Series, Silver)!
LATEST NEWS
EVALUATION OF THE
ADU SALARY SURVEY 2018 – 2021
On June 01st we released the evaluation of our ADU salary survey 2018 – 2021.
More info: Link
April 29th, 2024 | 7 pm
Jour Fixe – Collab | AD x Intimacy Coordination
May, 09th & 11th + May, 18th-19th 2024
Fuzzlecheck + Scheduling Workshop
Registration: now open
Lecturers: Leslie Fritz (1st AD) & Franca Drewes (1st AD)
Guestlecturer: Hannes Hirsch of Fuzzlecheck
Location: Zoom (09. + 11.05.24) & in Berlin (18. – 19.05.24)
Contact: training@ad-union.org
June 30th 2024 | Time tba
ADU panel ‘Leadership’ and 5 years ADU celebration
Location: Filmfestival Munich
Contact: event@ad-union.org
December 2024 | Date tba
Workshop ‘Stunt – Planning. Budget. Implementation.’
Location: Cologne
Details: tba
December 2024 | Date tba
ADU Members general meeting
Location: via Zoom
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March 17th, 2024 | 3 pm
ADU Members general meeting
Location: via Zoom
March 08th, 2024 | 7 pm
Open ADU & Friends Get-Together || Hamburg
Location: Goldfischglas – Schanze
March 2nd, 2024 | 5 - 6.30 pm
Online Workshop – Topic: Appreciative communication
Registration: January 2024
Lecturers: Anke Werner
Location: via Zoom
Contact: training@ad-union.org
February 16th, 2024 | 7:00 pm
Open ADU & Friends Get-together || Berlin
Location: tba
Contact: ijanssen@ad-union.org
February 13th, 2024 | 3.30 - 5 pm
Internal online seminar – Topic: Legal advice Themis
January 20th & 21st + 27th - 29th 2024
2nd AD Crowd Workshop
Registration: open now
Lecturers: Ann Sophie Heier (2nd AD Crowd), Henriette Rodenwald (2nd AD Crowd) & David Wunderlich (2nd AD Crowd)
Location: Zoom (20. – 21.01.24) & in person (27. – 29.01.24)
Contact: training@ad-union.org
January 26th, 2024 | 7:00 pm
Open ADU & Friends Get-together || Berlin
Location: Bar “Intimes”, Boxhagener Str. 107, 10245 Berlin
Contact: ijanssen@ad-union.org
January 10th 2024 | 7 - 9 pm
Open Jour Fixe – ‘Meet the AD’s of … TÁR’
Guests: Sebastian Fahr-Brix (1st AD), Maria Mehnert (Key 2nd AD), Ann-Sophie Heier (Crowd 2nd AD), Tobias Asam (3rd AD)
Location: via Zoom
Registration: mail to training@ad-union.org
December 29th 2023 | 7:00 pm
Open ADU & Friends Get-together || Hamburg
Location: Bar Goldfischglas, Bartelsstr. 30, 20357 Hamburg
Contact: ijanssen@ad-union.org
December 3rd 2023 | 3 pm
ADU Members general meeting
Location: via Zoom
November 5th 2023 | 5:30 pm
Jour Fixe || Topic: EasyExtra
August 20th 2023 | 6 pm
Open Jour Fixe || Topic: Filmindustry – Abuse of power
Hosts: Anna Kaiser (AD-PA) & Inken Janssen (1st AD)
Location: via Zoom
Registration: mail to training@ad-union.org
June 30th 2023 | 7:30 pm
Open ADU & Friends Get-together || Munich
Location: Wirtshaus in der Au, Lilienstraße 51, 81669 München
Contact: jeiber@ad-union.org
May 30th 2023 | 6 pm
Open Jour Fixe || Topic: Job-Sharing
Guests: Frederike Karsch (Key 2nd AD) & Johanna Hein (Key 2nd AD)
Location: via Zoom
Registration: mail to training@ad-union.org
May 12th 2023 | 7:30 pm
Open ADU & Friends Get-together || Berlin
Location: Bar Intimes, Boxhagener 107, 10245 Berlin
Contact: ijanssen@ad-union.org
January 14th & 15th + 20th - 22nd 2023
Key 2nd AD Workshop
Registration: open from 11.11.2022
Lecturers: Carlos Fidel (Key 2nd AD) & Gemma Read (Key 2nd AD)
Location: Zoom (14. – 15.01.) & Berlin (20. – 22.01.)
Contact: training@ad-union.org
January 19th 2023 | 7:30 pm
Open ADU & Friends Get-together || Berlin
Location: Berlin
Contact: ij@ad-union.org
January 16th 2023 | 7:30 pm
Open ADU & Friends Get-together || Hamburg
Location: Hamburg
Contact: ij@ad-union.org
04.01.2023 | 7 - 9 pm
“Meet the AD’s of All Quiet on the Western Front”
Guests: Benedict Hoermann (1st AD), Filip Moravek (Key 2nd AD), Valerie Adamer (Crowd 2nd AD), Viktorie Vavrova (3rd Base AD)
Location: via Zoom
Registration: mail to training@ad-union.org
10.12.2022 | 2 - 6 pm
ADU Members general meeting
Location: via Zoom
02.12.2022 | 8 - 10 pm
“Meet the AD*s of 1899”
Guests: Rickie-Lee Roberts (1st AD), Georgina Foley (2nd AD), David Wunderlich (Crowd 2nd AD), Katharina Dietl (1st AD 2nd Unit)
Location: via Zoom
Registration: mail to training@ad-union.org
07.05.2022 | 3 - 8 pm
Open online seminar || participation fee
Topic: structure of the international AD system
Topic: structure of the international AD system
Registration: open
Lecturers: Klaus Spinnler & Benedict Hoermann
Location: via Zoom
Contact: training@ad-union.org
08.04.2022
Open AD Meet Up || Munich
Location: Munich
Registration: ksohler@ad-union.org
27.03.2022
ADU Members general meeting
Location: via Zoom
21.02.2022
Open Jour Fixe || Topic: Working on historic films
Hosts: Florian Schwombeck & Benedict Hoermann
Ort: via Zoom
Registration: training@ad-union.org
30.01.2021
ADU Workshop || Topic: 3rd AD
Lecturers: Katharina Dietl, Philipp Kramer, Mathias Datow & Korbinian Wandinger
Location: Berliner Union Film Atelier
29.01.2021
ADU Workshop || Topic: AD-PA
Lecturers: Tobi Asam & Mathias Datow
Location: Berliner Union Film Atelier
11.01.2021
Open Jour Fixe || Topic: Extras
Hosts: Julia Eiber & David Wunderlich
12.12.2021
ADU Members general meeting
05.12.2021
Open Jour Fixe || Topic: Stunt & Safety on Set
Hosts: Benedict Hoermann
25.10.2021
Open Jour Fixe || Topic: Negotiate your deal
Hosts: Kati Sohler & Benedict Hoermann
10.09.2021
ADU Women’s Gettogether
08.09.2021
ADU & Friends Gettogether Hamburg
31.07.2021
Open Seminar || Topic: Similarities & Differences between the int. AD-system and the GER ‘Regieassistenz System’
Lecturers: Benedict Hoermann, Inken Janssen & Sven Blum
23.07.2021
ADU & Friends Gettogether Munich & Hamburg
10.07.2021
Open Jour Fixe || Topic: First AD (local system)
Host: Stefan Nickel
01.06.2021
Open Jour Fixe || Topic: Health & Safety
Hosts: Benedict Hoermann & Inken Janssen
27.02.2021
ADU Members general meeting
16.01.2021
ADU Women’s Gettogether