February 2012

   On February 13, 2012 Professor Wolfgang (Wolfie) Längsfeld has passed away suddenly and unexpectedly.
Prof. Längsfeld was for more than 35 years an active member of CILECT and for more than 20 years its Vice President (1988-2002). For his distinguished work in 2002 he was elected Honorary Member. He was the founder (1981) and director (until 2001) of the well known Munich Student Film Festival which still prepares hundreds of our students each year for the glory of the professional festivals. The festival, and Wolfie, personally, created a feeling of community and friendship which would stay with us until our end. He was also the head of the Film Directing Department at HFF in Munich until his retirement, a department from which many important German filmmakers graduated since 1967 when the HFF/M was founded. In his years as filmmaker he has worked with great people such as Samuel Fuller, Wim Wenders, Jim Jarmusch, Bernd Eihinger and Nino Manfredi.
 
The funeral service will take place on February 20, 2012 in Munchen, Germany. Condolences to the family may be sent to sabine@maier-laengsfeld.de
May our great FRIEND, FILMMAKER and SPIRITUAL TEACHER rest in peace!