The GSSN was delighted to hear about the ‘In Focus: Pia Frankenberg’ retrospective of the films of Pia Frankenberg, taking place 19–23 September 2025 at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. Pia Frankenberg started writing and directing films soon after assisting on Ulrike Ottinger’s Freak Orlando (1981). Over the next eleven years, before leaving Germany for America and authoring novels, she made three features and two shorts. Her films are animated by … Read more

An exciting new edited collection, Charting Asian German Film History: Imagination, Collaboration and Diasporic Representation, by Qinna Shen, Zach Ramon Fitzpatrick and Qingyang Freya Zhou, has just been released with Camden House! Here, Zach reflects on how the book was conceptualised and provides an insight into the contents of the book! BACKSTORY:During the pandemic, I found other colleagues in the sub-field of “Asian German studies” who were interested in researching … Read more

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