Goethe-Institut Australien

Caligari / KinoKonzert © Goethe-Institut / Murnau Stiftung

KinoKonzert Caligari

100 years after its original release The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is still regarded as an expressionist masterpiece. To celebrate the anniversary we will screen the silent film with a new live soundtrack by Ashley Hribar in our KinoKonzert series.
Graphic: Tobias Schrank © Goethe-Institut

Berlinale Bloggers 2020
Curtains up!

17 film journalists from 14 countries and regions meet in Berlin and present their views on the Berlinale. As Berlinale bloggers they are looking for stories - on the screen and behind the scenes of the film festival, which celebrates its 70th birthday in 2020.
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Onleihe

Holiday is reading time: The Onleihe - Goethe-Institut's online library - is full of German books, music, magazines, audio books and movies. And you have free access to this wide range of offers!
©Biennale of Sydney

Biennale Talk: Berlin

Berlin has long been a magnet for artists. Join three Biennale of Sydney artists and the artistic director as they consider what draws them to Berlin and the collaborative connections they have made through this vibrant city.

German Language

Berlinale Blogger 2020
What I'm looking forward to at this year's Berlinale

Paula Beer in the German film "Undine" © Christian Schulz/Schramm Film And, action! It’s that time of the year again at Berlin's Potsdamer Platz, with the 70th Berlinale now officially underway. Goethe-Institut Australia’s festival blogger Sarah Ward says she there are five things she's especially looking forward to this time around.

Bicultural Urbanite Luke
The harbour life

Luke Troynar travels to Hamburg © Luke Troynar Over the years, Berlin has increasingly become a hyped international hub for globalised living, a cool factor which can often overshadow the charms of the rest of Germany. I took a short trip north to get acquainted with the country’s second most populated city.

KinoKonzert 2020
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, 100 years on

Werner Krauss acts in The Cabinet of Dr Caligari © Deutsches Filminstitut A century ago, on February 26, 1920 at the now-closed Marmorhaus theatre on Kurfürstendamm in Berlin, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari first revealed its wonders to the world. It’s been leaving its mark on moviegoers and moviemakers ever since.

Projects

Rethinking power relations
Latitude

Photo (Detail): © Getty Images, Logo: Tobias Schrank The Goethe-Institut invites experts and creatives worldwide to exchange ideas on colonial power relations, their consequences and, above all, how to dismantle them: in discourses, interviews, opinion articles and art projects. For a decolonized and non-racial world.

CLIL
Kinder Uni

© Goethe-Institut / Kids Interactive The digital Kinder University is an innovative educational project for children aged 8-12. A key aspect of the Kinder University is its online platform which is accessible to everyone free of charge.

Berlin Wall 30

© Marine Leduc The wall that divided Germany and Berlin fell in 1989. What changes have the country and the city seen since then? And where does one still find traces of the previous borders? Walks and tours along the places where the wall once stood.

Locations

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