DEFA
The DEFA Foundation is an incorporated non-profit foundation based in Berlin, established by the Federal Government of Germany on December 15, 1998. DEFA film collection, considered an important part of Germany's cultural heritage, were assigned to the DEFA Foundation as the main responsibility for Foundation operations. The mission of the DEFA Foundation is to pass on DEFA cultural heritage for the upcoming generations as a source for contemporary historical, political, and aesthetical research and artistic discovery.