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SHORT FILM KLINIK

The Goethe-Institut and the Red Sea Film Festival, in cooperation with the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Ludwigsburg (Germany), organized a unique three-part scriptwriting clinic that leads to the production of two final films in the category Live Action Short Film. With a strong focus on research, the workshop sought emerging filmmakers and scriptwriters with intermediate or advanced experience.

In Focus

Drawn picture; 2 people sit next to each other, inbetween them plays a radio Tobias Schrank © Goethe-Institut

Time to Listen

The project “Time to Listen” presents a collection of stories – told by narrators from all genres of art, from all over the world.

Chances © Karim Farah

Chances

We would like to highlight a range of residency programs, financing possibilities, mentoring opportunities, co-production calls, and other chances from our networks that may interest the artists and cultural practitioners in the Gulf region.

Culture and Society

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Targmat:na

targmat:a is a literature project that showcases selected newly published German books which have been suggested for translation into Arabic by a jury of experts.

NoFilter © Getty Images

Germany #Nofilter

The magazine for German learners, German teachers and everyone interested in Germany: Stories about everyday life, career and studies, information about German cities, tips and trends.

Jeem Logo © Jeem

JEEM.ME

Jeem.me is a website about gender, sex and sexuality in Arabic-speaking countries, which provides users with information, articles and stories in Arabic.

Mirath © Goethe-Institut

Mirath:Music

Mirath:Music is a regional touring sound-exhibition about the cultural heritage music in North and Northeast Africa and West Asia.The exhibition takes an experimental curatorial approach using the participating artists’ individual takes on the subject and playing with musical elements from different times and places.

Services

Goethe-Institut Ayudas a la traducción © Goethe-Institut/Loredana La Rocca

Translation funding

Our translation funding programme supports the publication of books by German authors in another language.

Goethe-Institut Onleihe Foto: Goethe-Institut/Loredana La Rocca

eLibrary

The eLibrary is a digital service offered by the Goethe-Institut Cairo library for the Gulf Region which allows you to borrow digital media.

Illuminated, festive, paneled screening room © Maren Willkomm, Goethe-Institut

Film archive

The film archive in Cairo comprises approximately 150 films (DVD and 35mm), which we make available free of charge to cinematheques, film clubs, film festivals, cultural and educational institutions for non-commercial screenings.

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