Why should (women) fi lm-makers know about love – even if they are not telling a love story? Because love is a mainspring of human activity. It is appreciation that we all fight for, that others demand of us. Their refusal can annoy us but giving it isn’t all that easy either. When people resort to marital or neighbourhood or economic war, when they challenge rivals or win friends, when they are looking for themselves or fi ghting themselves … essentially it’s all about love. The struggle for love and recognition is revealed to be as full of variants in the case of interesting protagonists as is the case with their authors themselves. In this workshop, film-makers can examine what (love) potential might be residing in their material. Specific constellations will highlight which behaviour patterns are important for a system. They divulge who feels connected to whom and who feels rejected or excluded. Constellations also show which feelings and impulses the parties involved will re-act with. In other words, script constellations reveal the psychology of the characters and the basic themes of a story. Important information is thus provided as to whether characters are true to life, which emotional impressions they leave with the viewers, how they reinforce a conflict and/or might solve it and what is missing in order to drive the narrative forward. Any insights gained will be pooled and refl ected in a ›dramaturgical conversation‹ during the workshop. It can happen that, in the briefing prior to a constellations, diffi culties related to the fi lm-makers themselves will emerge: a blind spot, antipathy to a given character, writer’s block or conflicts of interest within the project team. If so wished, we can look for solutions to such issues.