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Science Film Festival

In 2025, India will celebrate the 9th edition of the Science Film Festival. The Goethe-Institutes in New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, Pune, Bangalore, and Goethe Zentrum Hyderabad, in collaboration with their respective partner schools and institutions, will host the festival from October to December. This year, the festival focuses on “Green Jobs”.

Science Film Festival © Goethe-Institut © Goethe-Institut

Projects

  • Berlin International Film Festival 2025

    Germany's biggest film festival── Berlinale ── is live! Our blogger Prathap Nair will engage with actors, directors, and other Berlinale bloggers globally, providing exclusive behind-the-scenes perspectives and live updates from the event. Make sure to stay tuned for every moment of this esteemed German film festival taking place from February 13 to 23, 2025.

    Berlinale Blogger*innen 2025 © Tobias Schrank © Tobias Schrank

  • Film Retrospective | 25 Days. 18 Films. 5 Cities.

    Wim Wenders - King of the Road - The India Tour

    This unique retrospective will see Wim Wenders, who is famous for his road movies, travel across India presenting his films in the different cities in public events as well as in engagements with film students and the film community.

    Wim Wenders - King of the Road - The India Tour © Donata Wenders © Donata Wenders

  • Empowerment: Art and Feminisms

    Empowerment: Art and Feminisms is a South Asian travelling multidisciplinary exhibition, showcasing the work of thirty one feminist artists or artist collectives. It looks at inclusion at all levels and showcases the voices and rights of various gender and social minorities, expecially in the context of South Asia.

    Empowerment - logo © Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai © Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai

  • Das Wetter: The India Edition

    Das Wetter is an independent cultural magazine founded in Berlin in October 2013. Our India special, created in collaboration with their team, features interviews, literary texts, and photos produced during their stay in Delhi. Immerse yourself in India's subculture and artist scene, and discover the fascinating nightlife of the Delhi metropolis.

    India © Unsplash / Bhumika Singh © Unsplash / Bhumika Singh

  • In Search of a Common Ground

    Critical Zones

    The exhibition »CRITICAL ZONES« invites us to deal with the CRITICAL situation of the Earth in various ways and to explore new modes of coexistence between all forms of life.

    Critical Zones © Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan © Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan

  • Anniversary

    Celebrating 100 Years of Joseph Beuys

    Joseph Beuys would have turned 100 in 2021. In celebration, we’ve gathered videos and events on Beuys from our colleagues and partners — and included some 2021 perspectives on the artist’s work.

    Joseph Beuys © Courtesy Video Data Bank of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago © Courtesy Video Data Bank of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

  • Where the Wild Tunes Are

    Music Festivals in Germany

    Music festivals are an integral part of the German cultural landscape, and for many Germans they are among the most enjoyable activities of the year. Get to know some of the most interesting ones acoustically and in pictures!

    Where the Wild Tunes Are © Tobias Schrank © Tobias Schrank

  • Museum of the Future

    What is the role of education for the wellbeing of a society?  How can museums be catalysts of a move towards emancipated citizenship? Academics, museum professionals and other experts from Germany and India will examine these exciting issues.

  • Refunction

    Refunction is a performance series inspired by one of the core principles of Bertolt Brecht’s theatre – Umfunktionierung (refunctioning), in which the composition of a new work is in the movement and tension between material, technique and function. Refunction is an initiative by Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi.

    Refunction © Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan © Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan

  • Five Million Incidents

    Five Million Incidents was a year-long series of events that had been organized by Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi and Kolkata. It was conceived in collaboration with Raqs Media Collective, which had invited experimentation with the possibilities of public space, time, media, communication, and interaction.

    Five Million Incidents © Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan | Aarushi Surana © Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan | Aarushi Surana © Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan | Aarushi Surana

Articles

  • Sound Bites | Music

    Viral Tongue Twister

    Tongue twisters and viral hits - not really a match. But then "Barbaras Rhabarberbar" came along. What did it take? The singer-songwriter Bodo Wartke, a few lucky coincidences and, of course, the internet.

    Bodo Wartke and Marti Fischer with their iconic dance move from their viral internet hit ‘Barbaras Rhabarberbar’ YouTube/Bodo Wartke YouTube/Bodo Wartke

  • Sound Bites | Music

    The German Rebirth of 90s R'n'B

    A tweet made it go viral: the song “Bist du down?” by Hamburg musician Ace Tee. First in the USA and later in Germany. How did this transatlantic ping-pong come about?

    German singer Ace Tee performs on the club stage during the Spex Hip-Hop-Festival in Bern, Switzerland © picture alliance/KEYSTONE | PETER KLAUNZER © picture alliance/KEYSTONE | PETER KLAUNZER

  • Sound Bites | Music

    "Monsoon" – The Beginning of an Era

    Angela Merkel becomes German Chancellor, "Jamba" gets rich with ringtones and MTV plays 50 Cent's "Candyshop" in a constant loop. It's 2005, and the hype about boy bands seems to be over when four teenagers from the Magdeburg area enter the stage – and for the boys, nothing stays the same.

    The four band members of Tokio Hotel - looking into the camera - at the 2005 Comet Awards in the Arena Oberhausen © picture-alliance / SCHROEWIG/jk | SCHROEWIG/jk © picture-alliance / SCHROEWIG/jk | SCHROEWIG/jk

  • Sound Bites | Music

    Staccato Neukölln

    It is the soundtrack to the hit series "4 Blocks": "NB4" by Hasan K. and Gringo. But what does the song tell us, which only consists of fragments of words and allusions?

    View of a high-rise building in Gropiusstadt in Berlin Gropiusstadt mauritius images / SZ Photo Creative / Jochen Eckel mauritius images / SZ Photo Creative / Jochen Eckel

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