© Goethe-Institut / Zara Zandieh: Octavia`s Visions

Goethe on DemandFiktionsbescheinigung

With its focus on the filmmaking of Black directors and directors of colour in Germany, the film series Fiktionsbescheinigung deals with a chapter of German film history that is still too little known. 

© Isobel Joy Te Aho-White

Artist portraitsArt Upside Down

The Goethe-Institut New Zealand and Contemporary HUM present a series of portraits about New Zealand artists who have found a new physical - and artistic - home in Germany. Kunst Kopfüber / Art Upside Down invites writers and curators to look at the practice of six contemporary artists from Aotearoa. 

© Steffen Kreft

Film SeriesLifeswap

Lifeswap is a series of short animated Skype conversations between two young men, Jörg, 27, from Münster, Germany and Duncan, 27, from Wellington, New Zealand.

© Illi Anna Heger + Sam Orchard

ComicQueer Comic Conversations

Queer Comic Conversations is a webcomic series by artists Illi Anna Heger and Sam Orchard where they discuss similarities and differences about queer and trans lives.The series stretches from July to December 2020; every month, a new episode will be released.

© Goethe-Institut Neuseeland

Living language

Features, interviews, podcasts and a monthly blog exploring how learning a new language opens up worlds of possibilities, changes your outlook - and boosts your brain! Life is more interesting in more than one language. Find out more here...

© Rommel Film / Pandora Film / Photo: Peter Hartwig

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. They are accessible online and free of charge after registration.