Film and Podcasts

Four film stills on a light blue background: a woman in a green dress looks back over her shoulder; a woman with curly hair and a yellow cap looks directly into the camera; in a field at dusk, people and tractors gather to dance; a woman with short brown hair sits on a staircase holding a chicken in her arms. © Trimafilm | Amerikafilm GmbH | Leonie Huber | Achtung Panda! Media GmbH

We have a rich variety of cultural programmes and we are proud to present them in multimedia formats. Here you can find our podcasts and film programmes that will introduce you to themes and debates that dominate German and British culture whilst providing the opportunity to improve your German language skills.

Watch films online

Goethe on Demand

The Goethe-Institut presents a carefully curated collection of German films, available to stream for free. Discover award-winning festival hits, exciting new voices in German cinema and legendary film classics – and find your own personal favourites. Sit back, make yourself comfortable and… action!

Film archive

We offer institutions and cultural associations over 650 German films on DVD free of charge for non-commercial screenings in the United Kingdom.

Eine Kinderjury bei einem Kinderfilmfestival © dpa/Michael Reichel © dpa/Michael Reichel

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Goethe-Kino in London

Our monthly film series, Goethe Cinema, showcases current German cinema, award-winning TV productions and timeless film classics, carefully selected and curated by our film expert Maren Hobein. Unless otherwise stated, all films are shown with English subtitles. The screenings take place on the last Wednesday of each month at the Goethe-Institut London.

Film Still Dying © Jakub Bejnarowicz, 2024 © Jakub Bejnarowicz, 2024