Culture

Science Film Festival 2024

The Science Film Festival 2024 takes place from 1 October to 20 December. This year's theme is the crucial role of the net zero concept and the circular economy in tackling the climate crisis challenges. The Goethe-Institut Pakistan has made 26 topical films available for free streaming. Educational and information materials are being provided to accompany the movies.

Eine Neonzeichnung gießt ein reales Pflänzchen © Goethe-Institut

Call for applications: Queer Frames Screenwriting Lab

The QueerFrames Screenwriting Lab is returning for its second season. This program will provide six emerging queer writers and writer-directors from South Asia with bespoke training and mentorship to develop their fiction feature projects and gain industry access at Berlinale 2025. Apply now, by 10 October.

Image with an eye, keyvisual Screenwriting Lab: Queerframes

The Popcast in October

Rock, pop, hiphop, electro: at the beginning of every month we shine our search beacon into the Germany's studios and clubs from up North to the South. This month with “NITSCH” and many more!

Band: NITSCH „NITSCH“ | © Anna Emmersberger

Experiences and encounters

"Experiences and Encounters" invites you to experience these profound stories that bring us closer to understanding the significance of family and relationships in all their complex, often painful, yet beautiful dimensions. Be inspired and moved by these narratives that uniquely portray universal themes and hold a mirror up to us all.

A collage of filmstills © Goethe on Demand

The literature blog “Cherrypicker” presents selected novels and non-fiction, graphic novels and stories, audio books and literature for children and teenagers. And it gathers concise voices from the world of literature. Every week a new recommendation, every week the chance to discover remarkable texts, images and opinions.

Being Kafka

Why does Franz Kafka’s spell remain unbroken a hundred years after his death? Is it his exquisite letters, our affection for dramatic tales, or the sense that our contemporary world has never been more Kafkaesque? The centenary of Franz Kafka's death presents a chance to delve into innovative approaches to understanding the author and his captivating oeuvre.

Franz Kafka, generated with the Ideogram AI tool © Víctor Millán/Ideogram.ai

Library

Our library is a place for everyone who wants to read and work, be inspired and meet like-minded people.

A man in a library © Unsplash


We encourage culture

We build bridges between culture, education and science and rely on the power of art, which poses questions and opens up new modes of access.

Afghan Cultural Fund


The Afghanistan Cultural Fund is committed to supporting Afghan cultural practitioners. It aims to support artists in Afghanistan and abroad to continue their creative work, to ensure that cultural heritage is protected and valued. A special focus is given to women practitioners who have particularly suffered a cutback in their liberties under the current Taliban regime.

A theatre performance Photo: Ksenia Yanko. © Goethe-Institut

Timezones: Karachi

The TIMEZONES podcast series plunges into the world of artists and their practices, asking: What does living and working in culture and the arts involve in different countries, cities and contexts today? The artist Ali Gul Pir presents Pakistan's metropolis Karachi.

Episode 19 – Karachi Artwork: © Šejma Fere

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