Cinema

Berlinale-Blogger 2021 Grafik: Tobias Schrank © Goethe-Institut

Film Festival
 Berlinale Blogger 2021

No red carpet at the 71st Berlinale – but twelve film journalists from nine countries are looking forward to an online film selection. They will present their cinematic discoveries and their reflections on the film festival in the Corona year.

Berlinale Bloggers 2021
 A Festival in Tricky Times

#BerlinalePeople: Rolla Tahir
 The Process of Discovery

Film Blog
 German Film @ Canada

Serienfieber Illustration einer Hand mit Fernbedienung © Colourbox / Image editing Goethe-Institut Los Angeles

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. 
Housebound - Jens Pecho © Jens Pecho

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. 

Festivals

Rolla Tahir © Rolla Tahir

#BerlinalePeople: Rolla Tahir
 The Process of Discovery

As part of an ongoing series of mini profiles on the blog German Film @ Canada we took the opportunity to speak with Rolla Tahir of the Toronto Arab Film Festival on her virtual visit to the 2021 Berlinale.
„Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn“ by Radu Jude, Berlinale 2021, Competition Photo (detail): © Silviu Ghetie / microFilm

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 Photo (detail): © dpa/Jens Kalaene

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 Photo (detail): © Alexander Janetzko/Berlinale 2019

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 Foto (Ausschnitt): © Pierre Björk

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. Photo (detail): © picture alliance/Bavaria Film International/Everett Collection

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. Photo (detail): © Adobe

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.
Michael Ballhaus Foto (Ausschnitt): © pa-picture alliance

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 Photo (detail): © Komplizen Film / Pandora Film 2015

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

Shoah © Claude Lanzmann

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 Agentur Schneider © C. 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
 
Systemsprenger (EUFF 2020) © kineo Film

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.
Gundermann Peter Hartwig / Pandora Film

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). 
Magical Mystery DCM/Gordon Timpen, SMPSP

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

Aren’t You Happy?, de Susanne Heinrich © Edition Salzgeber

Montreal
 Überblog

The "Überblog" of the Goethe-Institut Montreal contains, among other things, a number of reviews matching the film programme.
Blog: German Film @ Canada Design: Stefanie Allekotte

Filmblog
 German Film @ Canada

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