Cinema

Streaming
Goethe on Demand

On Goethe on Demand, the streaming platform of the Goethe-Institut, we present a variety of online film programs, film festivals and film series that can be streamed from home.

Goethe on Demand
Happy Birthday!

Serienfieber Illustration einer Hand mit Fernbedienung

German TV-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.

Festivals

“Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush“ by Andreas Dresen

Berlinale 2022
Not a festival of unadulterated joy

The Berlinale is set to go ahead as an in-presence event in the second year of the coronavirus pandemic, despite rising infection rates. That casts a shadow over the anticipation of a promising festival programme.

„Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn“ by Radu Jude, Golden Bear for Best Film, Berlinale 2021

Berlinale 2021
The streaming Berlinale takes the pulse of our times

The Berlinale's first online competition features powerful contemporary cinema, with the winning film resonating with our current state of mind.

„Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn“ by Radu Jude, Berlinale 2021, Competition

Berlinale Bloggers 2021
A Festival in Tricky Times

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.

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

Berlinale 2019
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

Interview with Tucké Royale
On Daydreams and Just the Right Pen

To grasp all of Tucké Royale’s artistic work, take a deep breath. Sascha Ehlert gives it a try.

Monika Treut’s film “Von Mädchen und Pferden” about two lesbian girls in the German-Danish border region.

LGBTQI+
“Queer Cinema belongs to the mainstream here”

Monika Treut is considered to be one of the pioneers of Queer Cinema. In this interview the film director and producer talks about positive developments in western societies, repressive trends and things that aren’t quite running as they should.

Werner Herzog
The Epitome of an Auteur Film Director

Most people only know Werner Herzog as the crazy director who worked with the insane and highly controversial actor Klaus Kinski. In the summer of 2021, Cinéma du Parc will show some of the most famous works of this unusual collaboration.

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.

Film Series

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.

Blog

Montreal
Überblog

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

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Cinema

Streaming Goethe on Demand

Goethe on Demand Happy Birthday!

German TV-Series in Canada Binge Fever!

Festivals

Berlinale 2022 Not a festival of unadulterated joy

Berlinale 2021 The streaming Berlinale takes the pulse of our times

Berlinale Bloggers 2021 A Festival in Tricky Times

Berlinale 2020 Winds of change and fresh faces at Potsdamer Platz

Berlinale 2019 Farewell, controversies, and some amazing films

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

Film Scene

Interview with Tucké Royale On Daydreams and Just the Right Pen

LGBTQI+ “Queer Cinema belongs to the mainstream here”

Werner Herzog The Epitome of an Auteur Film Director

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