Film series for the 20th anniversary of AG Kurzfilm - German Short Film Association On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, AG Kurzfilm - German Short Film Association in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut presents the film series "Protagonistinnen" with seven German short films from the last seven years. Feature films, documentaries and animated films address […]
Free at last! Alice and Peter are ready to finally enjoy their life as pensioners. However, their pent-up marital problems bubble to the surface on a cruise trip through the Mediterranean. They end up going on separate journeys of self-discovery, both finding unexpected ways of how to spend their golden years. The Embassy of Switzerland […]
The film follows the amour fou between the Grande Madame of Vienna’s cultural society, Alma Mahler, and the young expressionist artist Oskar Kokoschka. Alma allows herself to be painted by the unknown artist, seduces him and instructs the inexperienced young man in the arts of eroticism. He is one of many conquests to her, but […]
Free at last! Alice and Peter are ready to finally enjoy their life as pensioners. However, their pent-up marital problems bubble to the surface on a cruise trip through the Mediterranean. They end up going on separate journeys of self-discovery, both finding unexpected ways of how to spend their golden years. The Embassy of Switzerland […]
Within the framework of the Weeks of the German language the Goethe-Institut Cyprus is organizing film screenings at the two schools in Cyprus that are part of the global PASCH network, International School of Paphos (ISOP) and Heritage Private School in Limassol. Both films deal with the current as ever issues of racism and displacement, […]
Within the framework of the Weeks of the German language the Goethe-Institut Cyprus is organizing film screenings at the two schools in Cyprus that are part of the global PASCH network, International School of Paphos (ISOP) and Heritage Private School in Limassol. Both films deal with the current as ever issues of racism and displacement, […]
A look into the works by literary translator Theo Votsos. Theo (Theodoros) Votsos is a guest speaker at the conferene of this year’s Limassol Book Fair. Within the framework of the Weeks of the German language, the Goethe-Institut Zypern has invited Theo Votsos to Nicosia. The event at ARTos House focuses on the translator […]
As part of the Weeks of the German Language 2024, we warmly invite you to the screening of the captivating mystery thriller “The Universal Theory” by Timm Kröger. This impressive black-and-white film is set in 1962 in the picturesque Swiss Alps, where the leading minds of physics gather for a congress to discuss a world-explaining […]
A Whole Life, based on the bestselling novel by Robert Seethaler, follows Andreas Egger, a humble labourer who, in his twilight years, reflects on his life spent in his isolated home-valley. As he navigates through the joys and hardships of life, the film captures the profound transformation of his serene farming community. Set against the […]
As part of the Weeks of the German Language 2024, we warmly invite you to the screening of the award-winning music documentary "Wildes Herz” by Charly Hübner and Sebastian Schultz. The film tells the gripping story of the punk band FEINE SAHNE FISCHFILET and their frontman Jan "Monchi" Gorkow. Hailing from a small village in […]
As part of the Weeks of the German Language 2024 and in celebration of the 125th birthday of Erich Kästner, we warmly invite you to the screening of the family and children's film "Emil and the Detectives”. This adaption by Franziska Buch is based on Kästner's renowned novel of the same name. “Emil and the […]
The Embassy of Switzerland has the pleasure to screen a black comedy directed by Markus Fischer, who presents us with an innovative sequel to the successful TV series under the […]
As part of the Weeks of the German Language 2024 and in celebration of the 125th birthday of Erich Kästner, we warmly invite you to the screening of the family and children’s film “Emil and the Detectives”. This adaption by Franziska Buch is based on Kästner‘s renowned novel of the same name. “Emil and the Detectives” tells the exciting […]
The Embassy of Switzerland has the pleasure to screen a black comedy directed by Markus Fischer, who presents us with an innovative sequel to the successful TV series under the same name. The undertaker and his entourage meet up again after many years at an old hotel in the Engadin, on the occasion of Erika […]
A film by Kafka's publisher Hans-Gerd Koch and filmmaker Clemens Schmiedbauer. The film traces the final stages of Franz Kafka’s life, from Prague to the Wienerwald Sanatorium near Pernitz, then to the University Hospital in Vienna, and finally to his last stop, Dr. Hermann’s Sanatorium in Kierling near Klosterneuburg. Letters and documents are shown, revealing […]
