NEWSLETTER APRIL

NEXT GENERATION SHORT TIGER 2023 AT DRESDEN AND CANNES


© Christoph Reime/Filmfest Dresden		For the third time, the new edition of the short film program NEXT GENERATION SHORT TIGER 2023 celebrated its premiere at the 35th Filmfest Dresden (18-23 April). The international premiere in Cannes will soon be following as the next highlight, before the films then go on their international tour. More about NEXT GENERATION SHORT TIGER ...

KINO! FILM SALON: WINGS OF DESIRE (DER HIMMEL ÜBER BERLIN) BY WIM WENDERS


© Wim Wenders Foundation		The focus of the next session for the English-language KINO! FILM SALON online film club on May 21 will be live from Cannes International Film Festival. and the conversation is on Wim Wenders poetic drama WINGS OF DESIRE. More about KINO! FILM SALON: WINGS OF DESIRE by Wim Wenders...

THE CASE YOU: FACE TO FACE AMBASSADOR ALISON KUHN IN SOUTH AMERICA


		German Films and the Goethe Institut invited FACE TO FACE WITH GERMAN FILMS ambassador Alison Kuhn to Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo as well as Santiago de Chile to present her film THE CASE YOU and to talk about her work. Find out more about Alison and her film at the events in South America...

GERMAN FILMS-COOPERATION WITH VENICE PRODUCTION BRIDGE


		Germany and Quebec will be this year’s Focus of the Venice Production Bridge, which will be held from August 31 to September 5, during the 80th Venice International Film Festival (August 30 – September 9), organized by La Biennale di Venezia. More about German Films and the Venice Production Bridge cooperation...

DEEP DIVE GENRE - A GERMAN FILMS PODCAST: SEASON 2 - ROMCOM


© Constantin Film Verleih GmbH © Kerstin Jacobsen		Season 2 of Deep Dive Genre continues with director Katja von Garnier and film composer Boris Bojadzhiev. More about all things ROMCOM and DEEP DIVE GENRE: A GERMAN FILMS PODCAST...

NEWSBITES

Festival of German Films in Australia 2023

In collaboration with Palace Cinema, the German Film Festival will again take place in seven Australian cities from May 2 - May 24. The festival opens with A THOUSAND LINES by Michael "Bully" Herbig in Sydney and shows the many titles of the Berlinale, such as DAS LEHRERZIMMER by Ilker Çatak with European Shooting Star Leonie Benesch or SISI & I by Frauke Finsterwalder, besides the section of the Goethe Institute KINO FOR KIDS.
You can find the whole program here.

Festival of German Films in Tokyo - HORIZONTE 2023

With the support of German Films, the Goethe Institut Tokyo organized the festival of German film HORIZONTE 23 from April 20 - 23. In addition to the opening film DIE UNBEUGSAMEN by Torsten Körner, NICO by Eline Gehring, LIEBER THOMAS by Andreas Kleinert, MR. BACHMANN AND HIS CLASS by Maria Speth, RABYE KURNAZ VS. GEORGE W. BUSH by Andreas Dresen, EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER by Andreas Dresen and NOBODY'S WITH THE CALVES by Sabrina Sarabi were shown. Christa Nickels, one of the protagonists from DIE UNBEUGSAMEN was present at the opening.
You can find more information here.