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Europe Actually

When political uncertainty arises, cultural relations are even more important. Europe Actually is a series of events run by the Goethe-Institut London that focus on our European common identity. Let’s come together for a week filled with music, poetry, towel art and a starry night.

Culture and Society

In 2018, eleven German media companies announced and backed the “Deutschland spricht” campaign. Throughout the country, people with different political views met in pairs for a one-on-one discussion. Photo (detail): © picture alliance/dpa/Jörg Carstensen

“Germany Talks”
 Fighting – for democracy’s sake

The “Deutschland spricht” (Germany Talks) project brings people with opposing political convictions to the table. Can discussion unite a society? For Zeit Online editor-in-chief and project co-initiator Jochen Wegner, the campaign was an experiment that garnered a great response.

Award ceremony 2019: Festival Director Dieter Kosslick with award winners and jury members Photo (detail): © Alexander Janetzko/Berlinale 2019

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.

Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek take over the management of the Berlinale together. Photo (Detail): Christoph Soeder/dpa

Berlinale Bloggers reply
 What should be different in 2020?

Changeover time at the Berlinale! In 2020, Dieter Kosslick, festival director for many years, will be succeeded by a new team: Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek. What should be different at the next Berlinale?

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Events

25.03.
- 30.03.2019
Why Learn German? Goethe-Institut London, London | Exhibition

26.03.
 
DRAMAS FROM A DIVIDED EUROPE 7:30 PM - Goethe-Institut London, London | Conversation & Film screening

30.03.
 
Recalculating the Route 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM - Goethe-Institut London, London | Public conversation

30.03.
- 31.03.2019
Folding Europe Lancaster Gate Hotel, London | Performance

In Focus

Europe-wide Project about Freedom
 Freiraum

Neues Bauhaus in Dessau Photo (detail): commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Lelikro

Bauhaus
 100 years of the Bauhaus

Heirlooms. European Stories Illustration: Tobias Schrank © Goethe-Institut

Heirlooms
 Heirlooms. European Stories

Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet© Sammlung Heiner Roß / Nachlaß Joachim Wolf

The Films of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet

The Goethe-Institut London and its partners are pleased to present a complete UK retrospective of the films of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub, who have crafted one of the most influential and controversial oeuvre in modern cinema.

Service

E-Reading Photo: Goethe-Institut/ Loredana La Rocca

eLibrary

Bücherstapel Photo: Goethe-Institut/ Loredana La Rocca

Translation funding

100% Acrylic Art Guards by Agata Olek Photo: See-ming Lee (CC BY-SA 2.0, adapted. https://flic.kr/p/74nvMv)

Open Calls

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