Goethe-Institut Kanada

Grafik: Tobias Schrank © Goethe-Institut

Film Festival
Berlinale 2021

The Berlinale 2021 has begun! See our film page for more on the largest German film festival, our Berlinale Bloggers and the Goethe-Institut Toronto's blog German Film @ Canada.
© Marco Krüger (Emeka Ogboh), Diana Naecke (Masha Qrella), AAI (Mouse On Mars), Cherie (Deadbeat and The Mole)

The sound of the Kraut
in March

The latest music from Germany - every month in our Popcast. This time with Mouse On Mars. Montrealers Deadbeat and The Mole and others.
© Tega Brain, Sam Lavigne

An interview with Tega Brain, Simon David Hirsbrunner and Sam Lavigne
Synthetic Messenger

As the climate crisis continues to worsen, many scientists are searching for technologies to help us live more sustainably. A new project examines how artificial intelligence can be used shift the narrative on climate change.
© Goethe-Institut e. V./Illustration: Tobias Schrank

The German Language Column
Word!

The rules of the language, the origin of new vocabulary and the latest, most important changes in the use of the language - these and other exciting topics are the focus of our column about the German language.
Illustration: Maria Tran Larsen © Goethe-Institut

German Literature
Onleihe

The Onleihe is Goethe-Institut’s digital library (eLibrary). More than 23,000 German language eBooks, audio books, movies, materials for German language learners, magazines and newspapers are available for downloading from the Onleihe.

German Language

Berlinale Bloggers 2021
A Festival in Tricky Times

„Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn“ by Radu Jude, Competition Berlinale 2021 Photo: © Silviu Ghetie / microFilm A digital industry event in March, an audience event in June – this year's Berlinale has to tread unconventional paths due to the pandemic. It is all the more important that it is being held nonetheless.

Intimacy and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Algorithmic Culture

© Marvin Luvualu AI is profoundly shaping culture. Rather than fearing machines that surpass human intelligence, we might consider how human beings are being asked to act more like machines. How might a reconnection to the body, to landscape, and to experiences of diaspora suggest new possibilities?

Look at the process, not the outcome
Germany as a Model for Confronting the Past?

Field of stone pillars (stelea) with candles Foto: Marko Priske © Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe Germany is often seen as a model for how to confront a nation’s history. However, rather than looking only at the results of Germany’s reckoning with its past, it is more instructive to understand the process that led to the current situation.

Projects

Science and Arts
New Nature

Project
Shaping the Past

How does the past take shape? What happens in the process of coming to terms with the past? What social repercussions are associated with the rooting of history in monuments and memorials? How can those narratives be shifted or upended through alternative, innovative approaches to memorialization? These questions and many others are at the center of our project, Shaping the Past.