DFF - Deutsches Filminstitut and Filmmuseum Revenue and Competitors

Founded in 1949, the Deutsches Filminstitut ? DIF is the oldest cinematic institution in Germany and also one of the country's largest. Along with the Bundesarchiv/Filmarchiv (Federal Film Archive) and the Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek (Foundation of the German Cinemathèque), both in Berlin, the DIF in Frankfurt is a full member of the Deutscher Kinematheksverbund (German Federation of Cinémathèques), sharing with the above mentioned organisations the duties of a central German Cinémathèque. The institute is a full member of the Fédération Internationale des Archives du Film (FIAF) and of the Association des Cinémathèques Européenes (ACE). DIF's main activities are: - to collect, process and analyse information on film - tp collect and preserve films and, if necessary, restoration - to run two cinemas - media education - to curate exhibitions on specific aspects, themes, and relevant persons of film history. - to promote film culture in the scope of several national and international projects. In 2006, the Deutsches Filmmuseum, Frankfurt/Main, merged with the DIF and is now an institution of the latter.