Cinema

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German Series in Canada
Binge Fever!

Television “Made in Germany” is having a golden moment with the rise of international streaming services. German series that appeal to global audiences through smart and original writing, diverse themes, talented lineups and opulent productions have never received so much attention.

Streaming services
On demand

German Series in Canada
4 Blocks: Berlin is ours now!

German Series in Canada
Unorthodox - Escaping to a new life

Media Art
The Viral City

In August 2020, we invited video artists from Canada and Germany to submit their ideas on the topic "The City in Times of the Virus". From the numerous submissions, our jury of experts has selected eight works from Canada and Germany that tackle this topic in a critical, humorous, experimental, and creative way. Each of which will be projected for two weeks, between October 2020 and March 2021, after dark onto screens placed in the store-front windows of the Goethe-Institut Montreal on Boulevard St. Laurent. You will find all information on this page dedicated to the work.

Festivals

Red Carpet in front of the Berlinale Palace

Berlinale 2020
Winds of change and fresh faces at Potsdamer Platz

Some big changes are coming to Germany's biggest and biggest-name film festival this year. Here’s the lowdown on what’s new at the Berlinale 2020.

Award ceremony 2019: Festival Director Dieter Kosslick with award winners and jury members

The 69th Berlinale
Farewell, controversies, and some amazing films

The last Berlinale under Dieter Kosslick has come to an end: with an unusually meticulously-conceived competition – and heated debates.

Léonore Ekstrand im Wettbewerbsfilm „Toppen av ingenting“ von Axel Petersén und Måns Månsson

Berlinale Blogger 2018
Seven things you need to know about the Berlinale

Spectacular, forgotten, memorable and utopian: Why the Berlinale is what it is.

Film Scene

Scene from the movie “Buddenbrooks”: The elaborate historical costumes were designed by Barbara Baum, who has been working as a costume designer in the film industry for about 50 years.

Film production
Women Behind the Cinematic Scenes

While the public can recite the names of famous German actresses, the women behind the camera often go unrecognised. We introduce ten women from the German film scene everyone should know.

Filming goes green: the ecological message of many films is now coming true behind the scenes.

A sustainable film industry
The show must go green

Many films and documentaries explore environmental issues or call for a more sustainable lifestyle. Is the industry living up to its own values though, and just how green is German film?

Independent film production
German filmmakers Explore New Avenues

More and more German filmmakers are exploring new avenues – off the beaten track of traditional fundraising and conventional cinema – and with success.

An Interview with Michael Ballhaus
“My Film School Was The Cinema”

As a cameraman Michael Ballhaus made cinema history. At the 2016 Berlinale he is going to be awarded an Honorary Golden Bear. An interview with the born-and-bred Berliner about his career.

Cinema History in Germany
From Kintopp to Multiplex

The first films in Germany were screened 120 years ago – in the ballroom of a restaurant in Berlin. Since then, the venues in which we view films have changed constantly.

Actress Laura Tonke and Hans Löw in “Hedi Schneider steckt fest” (2015) by Sonja Heiss

Profession Film Actor
Appearance and Reality

Many young Germans find the idea of becoming a film actor very appealing. Movie stars, it would appear, live glamorous lives. Yet success in this business depends not only on talent and personality.

Retrospect

Introductions to Shoah
Shoah

In January 2020, the Goethe-Institut Montreal showed the film "Shoah" by Claude Lanzmann in its entire length of about 9 hours in three parts in cooperation with the Cinématèque Québécoise. Each screening was preceded by an introduction by an expert. These texts are now available.

Film Series

GOETHE FILMS: Lose My Self – A Portrait of Sandra Hüller

Toronto
Lose my Self

A portrait of Sandra Hüller
Whether in the Cannes hit comedy “Toni Erdmann” or the exorcism drama “Requiem”, the prolific Sandra Hüller commands the screen, winning 3x best actress at the Berlinale, a European Film Award & the Toronto Film Critics Association Award.

Presented in October at the TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX Toronto

Montreal
Achtung Film!

Achtung Film!, the Goethe-Institut’s monthly film series, will be presented the first Thursday of every month at the Cinéma du parc in Montreal. The focus remains contemporary German cinema in all its diversity and richness, from fiction to documentary, established to emerging filmmakers, from entertaining to challenging films.

Ottawa
Goethe-Cinema

Goethe-Cinema, the Goethe-Institut Ottawa’s monthly film series, will be presented on a Friday at the Amphitheater, Saint-Paul University in Ottawa (please see programmation for exceptions).

Quebec
Cinéma Goethe

With the Goethe-Institut’s new series in Québec City, Cinéma Goethe, cinéphiles will be able to keep abreast of contemporary German cinema in all its diversity from fiction to documentary, emerging to established filmmakers, entertaining to challenging films. Presented at Cinéma Cartier once a month on the second Wednesday of each month.

Blogs

Montreal
Überblog

The "Überblog" of the Goethe-Institut Montreal contains, among other things, a number of reviews matching the film programme.

Filmblog
German Film @ Canada

Follow our festival news, reviews and background stories on the latest in German film!

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Cinema

German Series in Canada Binge Fever!

Streaming services On demand

German Series in Canada 4 Blocks: Berlin is ours now!

German Series in Canada Unorthodox - Escaping to a new life

Media Art The Viral City

Festivals

Berlinale 2020 Winds of change and fresh faces at Potsdamer Platz

The 69th Berlinale Farewell, controversies, and some amazing films

Berlinale Blogger 2018 Seven things you need to know about the Berlinale

Film Scene

Film production Women Behind the Cinematic Scenes

A sustainable film industry The show must go green

Independent film production German filmmakers Explore New Avenues

An Interview with Michael Ballhaus “My Film School Was The Cinema”

Cinema History in Germany From Kintopp to Multiplex

Profession Film Actor Appearance and Reality