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Filmmaker Persiel: “I Want to Work with Genuine Content”

(1 October 2013) The German film scene has gained a new luminary since career changer Marten Persiel’s film This Ain’t California became a sleeper hit. The skateboarding documentary is only the beginning, the director is certain. A portrait of a generalist. By Lisa MayerhöferMore ...
Copyright: Herlinde Koelbl

Herlinde Koelbl: Picturing German Learners

(27 September 2013) Understanding one’s partner in their mother tongue, revving up an acting career, escaping the economic crisis or challenging one’s own talent for languages: there are many reasons to learn German. We present eighteen encounters with the German language.More ...
Copyright: Zigrida Murovska

Election Night: Impressions from Around the World

(23 September 2013) Election night this Sunday was closely followed not only by people in Germany. The Goethe-Instituts worldwide held election parties.More ...
Copyright: Adolf Clemens (detail from original)

On the Death of Marcel Reich-Ranicki: Preeminent Advocate of German Literature

(19 September 2013) Marcel Reich-Ranicki, the preeminent advocate of German literature, passed away in Frankfurt am Main at the age of 93. For him, literature was a living part of society, it was his true avenue, it was his home. A tribute by Klaus-Dieter LehmannMore ...
Copyright: Lela Ahmadzai

Football and Culture: A Love Story

(16 September 2013) When eleven footballers hum their national anthem it sounds perfect. When millions in stadiums become poets, they do it for their favourite team. An exhibition in Germany and South America is also demonstrating that football and culture belong together.More ...
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