We are pleased to share that this year’s Raindance Film Festival in London features 3 German films that members of the German Screen Studies Network community may be interested in! A discount code for 15% (RDFF25) is valid for one purchase per customer. The Lonely Musketeer by Nicolai SchümannStar investor Rupert Bauman wakes up in a locked, windowless room with no memory—only his phone. As he investigates, fragments of his past begin … Read more
Wed 28 May – Wed 11 June 2025, Goethe-Institut London & Online THOMAS BRASCH: A LIFE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST Born just a few months before the end of World War II, playwright, poet, translator, and film director Thomas Brasch emerged as one of the most distinctive intellectual voices of the German post-war period. In the year of his 80th birthday, we present Andreas Kleinert’s acclaimed 2021 fictional portrait DEAR … Read more
We are pleased to share news of the UK release of Andres Veiel’s documentary Riefenstahl, on behalf of Dogwoof film distribution. From award-winning German director Andres Veiel, Riefenstahl offers a captivating insight into one of the most controversial figures of the 20th century, filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl. Despite becoming world-famous with her Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will, Riefenstahl continued to deny any deeper ties to the Nazi regime throughout her life. Drawing … Read more
We were delighted to hear from film distribution company Tull Stories about the UK cinema release of Zwei zu Eins on 2nd May 2025! Natja Brunchkorst’s hit German heist comedy stars Sandra Hüller, Max Riemelt and Ronald Zehrfeld, and was Runner Up in the Glasgow Film Festival 2025’s Audience Award competition. It’s the long, hot East German summer of 1990. Maren (Oscar nominee Sandra Hüller), Robert (Max Riemelt – Berlin … Read more
We are delighted to report on the ‘Gundermann in Limerick’ event organised by Christiane Schönfeld as part of the German Screen Studies Network’s programme of events sponsored by a ‘Promoting German Studies Networking Grant’ from the German Academic Exchange Service. The acclaimed filmmaker Andreas Dresen travelled to Limerick for a screening of his film GUNDERMANN about East-German singer-songwriter and excavator operator Gerhard Gundermann. The event was well-attended and there was … Read more
Dr Jon Hughes (Royal Holloway, University of London) explores the making of one of the landmark films of the Weimar Republic: Robert Siodmak and Edgar G. Ulmer’s People on Sunday. His BFI Film Classic on the 1930 film focuses on the formative role played by the social and cultural networks in Berlin’s coffeehouses, evaluating how they informed the filmmakers’ methods, facilitated the film’s funding, casting and exhibition, and shaped the … Read more
The Prince Charles Cinema in London will be running a season dedicated to the films of Rainer Werner Fassbinder from 15 April – 25 June 2025! Beginning with Fassbinder’s feature debut, Liebe ist kälter als der Tod (1969), the season includes German film classics such as Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant (1972), Angst essen Seelen auf (1974) and Die Ehe von Maria Braun (1979). Full programme details and … Read more
We are delighted to to invite you to an exciting afternoon and evening of intermedial, intercultural engagement in Limerick’s Belltable on April 15th 2025! As part of our ‘Promoting German Studies Networking Grant’ from the German Academic Exchange Service, acclaimed filmmaker Andreas Dresen will travel to Limerick for a screening of his film GUNDERMANN about East-German singer-songwriter and excavator operator Gerhard Gundermann. There will be a Q&A following the film … Read more
An exciting series of events around Erol Afşin’s 2023 film Es Brennt [It’s Burning] will be taking place in-person in London as well as online this March and April. This prize-winning film explores the consequences of racist abuse on a German-born family of Arab origin in contemporary Berlin. The Goethe-Institut will be screening the film online through its streaming platform, Goethe-on-Demand and will be available to view throughout the United … Read more
The Goethe Institut London has organised a fantastic exhibition and series of accompanying events to mark the centennary of Franz Kafka’s death. Founding members of the German Screen Studies Network Helen Hughes and Martin Brady will be among those participating, introducing screenings of Hanns Zischler’s Kafka goes to the Movies and Straub-Huillet’s Class Relations! FACETS OF KAFKA Marking the Centenary of the Death of Franz Kafka Until 9 December 2024 An … Read more