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Sehsuechte
''Sehsuechte'' (German: ''Sehsüchte''; neologism generated of the words ''Sehnsucht'' (eng: ''longing'') and ''sehen'' (eng: ''to view, to see'')) is an international student film festival with an over 60 years lasting tradition. It takes place annually in spring in Babelsberg, Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany. History From 1972 on, the so-called Free German Youth, FDJ Student Film Days of the ''University for Film and Television Konrad Wolf'' (known as HFF) were held on the DEFA (film studio), DEFA-campus in Potsdam-Babelsberg. However, in the course of German reunification, Germany's reunification the FDJ Student Film Days were ended temporarily. After this short interruption, students of the study program ''Audiovisual Media Sciences'' revived the film fest in 1995 under the name ''Sehsüchte''. Today the students of the master program ''Media Sciences'' are in charge of the festival's organization and are supported by the bachelor students of the program ''Digital Media Culture''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sehnsucht
() is a German noun translated as "longing", "desire", "yearning", or "craving". Some psychologists use the word to represent thoughts and feelings about all facets of life that are unfinished or imperfect, paired with a yearning for ideal alternative experiences. Etymology and language change A suffering reference of the word Sehnsucht in Middle High German usage is associated with "Siechtum" in the German dictionary as follows: Weakening the disease reference, the word later denoted the high "degree of a violent and often painful longing for something, especially when one has no hope of attaining what is desired, or when attainment is uncertain, still distant." The word "Sehnsucht" is used as a Germanism in some other languages. Because of its vagueness, analogous terms cannot easily be cited. Portuguese language has the similar but not identical term saudade. ''Sehnsucht'' in mythology In Greek mythology, Erotes is the god of loving ''Sehnsucht'', found with Eros in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
