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    Selected Film-Festivals and Awards in Germany

    Scene from “Casablanca” Photo: © Deutsche Kinemathek

    “The Language of the Shadows” – Transformations in Weimar Cinema

    The Retrospective for 2013 at the Berlinale is dedicated to the influence of Weimar cinema on international filmmaking after the National Socialists came to power.More ...
    Six selected feature films and documentaries on including people with a disability will be shown in forty German cities. Photo: Nick Ash © Aktion Mensch

    Disability and Cinema – the Aktion Mensch Film Festival

    People with disabilities are excluded from many areas of public life, and that often includes cinemas. Aktion Mensch with its “inclusive film festival” makes it possible for people with a disability to experience cinema in Germany.More ...
    Thomas Zandegiacomo Del Bel

    Verse on the Screen – The Berlin Poetry Film Festival

    The diversity of poetry film may be seen every two years at a festival in Berlin. In autumn 2012, the national focus will fall on Poland.More ...
    “NetzWerk/NetWork” installation by Christine Hoffmann; Source: EMAF

    25 Years of Media Art in Osnabrück – the European Media Art Festival

    The European Media Art Festival in Osnabrück celebrated its 25th anniversary from 18th – 22nd April 2012, showcasing at least a quarter-century of media art and some fantastic festival work.More ...
    Max Ophüls Preis 2012; © MOP

    The Max Ophüls Prize – For 33 Years the Venue of Choice for the Young German-speaking Filmmaking Scene

    The showcase for up-and-coming film talent attracts more and more visitors. A conversation with Philipp Bräuer, who runs the festival with his colleague, Gabriella Bandel.More ...
    The LUCAS International Children’s Film Festival was estabilished in 1974. Photo: Anna Leimbrinck © Lucas Filmfestival

    Little Hollywood am Main: The LUCAS International Children’s Film Festival

    LUCAS is Germany’s oldest children’s film festival. Its doors opened for the first time in 1974. Children are actively involved here. They are members of the jury and can have a go at film-making.More ...
    Award winner in 2010: “Reise ohne Rückkehr“ Photo: © Evangelische-Medienzentrale-Bayern

    The German Human Rights Film Award

    The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms came into general force in 1953. The German Human Rights Film Award presents awards every two years to significant media productions.More ...
    Internet film festivals are the gourmet delicatessens for cinematic connoisseurs. Photo: © Webcuts

    From Computer to Big Screen

    The Internet has become a lot of things for a lot of people, including a preview platform for the works of young filmmakers. At online festivals like Bitfilm or Webcuts, they can go up against their peers or even get their movies into real theaters.More ...
    The poster for the Turkish-German Film Festival 2011

    The 16th Turkish-German Film Festival

    From 17th to 27th March 2011 the 16th Turkish-German Film Festival took place in Nuremberg. About 50 films were shown giving comprehensive insight into filmmaking in Turkey and Germany.More ...
    Section of the official poster for the 61st International Film Festival in Berlin; © Berlinale 2011

    Jail instead of Jury – Best of the “Bears” 2011 without Jafar Panahi

    The dark shadow of dictatorship cast over the 61st International Film Festival in Berlin not only due to the absence of jury member, Jafar Panahi, who is in prison in Iran, but the shadow was also to be seen on the screen.More ...
    Plakatauschnitt 2011; © Max-Ophüls-Festival

    The 32nd Max Ophüls Festival – The Power of the Class of 2011

    The media and the jury gave the class of 2011 top marks for their committed, socio-critical approach, their cinematic craftsmanship and their originality.More ...
    Filmfestival Cottbus 2010; © pool production – Foto Goethe

    Import – Export! For 20 years the Cottbus Film Festival has been showcasing films from Eastern Europe

    The cinema of Eastern Europe prides itself in its amazingly aesthetic diversity. Cottbus is the place to go to find it.More ...
    Internationales Festival der Filmhochschulen; Plakatausschnitt 2010

    The 30th International Festival of Film Schools – “A Particularly Good Year”

    For the second time in a row the top prize at the Munich Festival of Film Schools went to a young Polish filmmaker.More ...
    Logo der 44. Hofer Filmtage 2010

    Keep It In The Family – Dark Secrets, Simmering Cooking Pots, Wicked Stepmothers – The Hof International Film Festival

    Political films made in Germany these days are few and far between. There have been a few exceptions, but the majority of German films are set in another milieu – the family.More ...
    Scene from “Natarang”; © Zee Talkies

    New Indian Cinema at the Munich Filmfest 2010 – Anti-Heroes Larger Than Life

    This year the Munich Film Festival is presenting a “new type” of Indian film.More ...
    Christian Pfeil (left) and Daniel Sponsel (right); © DOK.fest - Maren Bornemann

    Munich’s DOK.fest Under New Management – “Now We Know How To Go About it”

    Daniel Sponsel and Christian Pfeil are the new managers at Munich’s long-established DOK.fest.More ...
    The logo of the IFFF 2010; © IFFF

    The International Women’s Film Festival in Dortmund and Cologne

    The 2010 International Women’s Film Festival in Dortmund and Cologne showed around 100 films from over 30 countries.More ...
    Part of the Poster for the retrospective 2010; Poster Design: Pentagram Design Berlin; © Berlinale

    The 60th Anniversary Of The Berlinale – What Did Audiences Get Out Of It?

    The Berlinale used its jubilee year for the world premiere of a elaborately restored version of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis.More ...
    Logo; © Festiwelt-Berlin

    “Festiwelt Berlin” – The Berlinale Is Not The Only Film Festival In Berlin

    To make sure that film buffs do not miss anything, there is now a network to help them get organised.More ...
    The 2009 LUX Prize was awarded on November 25 in the hemicycle of the European Parliament, in Strasbourg; © EU

    The Lux – An Award for European Cinema

    Back in 2007 the European Parliament launched the Lux – a film prize awarded every year - and since then the European filmmaking scene has moved more and more into the limelight.More ...
    Section of the Festival Poster for 2009; © Internationale Hofer Filmtage

    The Filmmakers’ Biosphere – the Hof International Film Festival

    Every year at the end of October the German film scene descends on the Franconian town of Hof – the venue of the Hof International Film Festival.More ...
    Members of the Indian delegation at the 2009 Munich Film Festival; © A. Wirwalski

    More than Erotic and Exotic – Indian Filmmakers as Guests of the Munich Film Festival

    About 20 professionals from the Indian film industry came to the 2009 Film Festival in this German filmmaking hub.More ...
    Night Train by Diao Yinan © Trigon-Film

    Swelling Turnout at Independent Berlin Festival “Around the World in 14 Films“

    Prominent filmmakers present selected international filmsMore ...
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    Film-Festivals and prizes of the Goethe-Institut

    Viele Goethe-Institute in aller Welt veranstalten jährlich Filmfestivals mit den neuesten deutschen Filmen. 80.000–100.000 Besucher sehen auf diese Weise jährlich neue deutsche Filme.

    German Film Festival   deutschlietuviškai

    Recent films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland (26.02.-26.03.2013)
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    German Filmfestival in Vietnam 2012   deutschenglishTiếng Việt

    Films by famous directors and surprise successes by young filmmakers (06.09.–04.10.2012)
    © Goethe-Institut

    Audi Festival of German Films   english

    Once a year we are presenting the latest and best of German films including highlights from the Berlinale during our film festival.

    DAS FILMFEST   deutschčesky

    Recent feature and documentary films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland

    Saksakino   deutsch

    Recent feature and documentary films from Germany (Tallinn and Tartu 5.10.–16.10.2011)

    Worth Seeing 2012   deutschmagyar

    New German films at the Sehenswert film festival in Budapest, October 4–10, 2012

    The Celluloid Curtain   deutschenglish

    A unique series of feature films made at the height of the Cold War on both sides of the Iron Curtain

    Ciné Allemand 4   deutschfrançais

    The youth film festival 2009–2011: German film-weeks in over 40 cities in France and for the first time also in Luxembourg.

    German Film Festival New Zealand   deutschenglish

    2009 will see the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. 20 years of change captured by a new generation of filmmakers. We will bring you the best of these stories. Watch Out!

    Film|Neu   deutschenglish

    The newest films from German-speaking countries appeared in our 20th annual festival January 20-26, 2012 at Landmark’s E Street Cinema in Washington, DC.

    Documentary Film Award   deutschenglish

    Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut

    Children's and Youth Film Prize   deutschenglish

    The Goethe-Institut Children’s and Youth Film Prize will be awarded 2012 for the first time at the International Film Festival “Schlingel” in Chemnitz.
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    The Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize

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    The Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize

    Once a year, the Goethe-Institut awards a documentary film prize and sends the award-winning film on a world tour.More ...

    Prizewinner 2012

    The Documentary Film Prize of the Goethe-Institut 2012 goes to “Forget Me Not” (Vergiss mein nicht) by David SievekingMore ...
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    The Goethe-Institut Children's and Youth Film Prize

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    The Goethe-Institut Children’s and Youth Film Prize – A film travels around the world

    The Goethe-Institut will award a children’s and youth film prize in 2012 for the first time as part of the International Film Festival SCHLINGEL in Chemnitz.More ...
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    Director of the Schlingel International Film Festival: “We’d like contact on an equal footing.”

    What does a soapbox race at the other end of the world look like? This was only one of many fascinating items presented on screen at this year’s Schlingel International Film Festival.More ...
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    Prize Winner 2012

    The Children’s and Youth Film Prize of the Goethe-Institut 2012 goes to The Foster Boy (Der Verdingbub) by Markus ImbodenMore ...
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    Film-Competitions of the Goethe-Institut

    Supporting young filmmakers from different countries in Europe and Africa, competitions are organised by the Goethe-Institut and partners like the Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future” and the Art in Africa Foundation. Award ceremonies at film festivals like the Interfilm Short Film Festival in Berlin and the Munich International Festival of Film Schools

    Crossing Boundaries   deutschenglishрусскийукраїнська

    Third competition by the Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future” and the Goethe-Institut

    All human beings are born free and equal...   deutschenglishрусский

    International Short Film Competition

    Gestures of Reconciliation   deutschenglishрусский

    First international short film competition together with the foundation “Remembrance, responsibility and Future”

    Reclaiming Public Space

    Foto: kallejipp; Quelle: Photocase
    How physical or digital is the public domain? A conference on the role of culture between public and digital spheres on 22. and 23. April in Berlin.

    ChopShots Documentary Film Festival Southeast Asia

    The newest films by upcoming film makers from the region will be shown at the ChopShots Documentary Film Festival Southeast Asia.

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