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Gundermann screening + discussion with director Andreas Dresen (15 April 2025, Limerick)

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

New Writings: ‘People on Sunday’ and the Cultural Networks of Weimar Berlin with Dr Jon Hughes (14 April 2025, British Film Institute)

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

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Season (April – June 2025, Prince Charles Cinema, London)

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

Gundermann screening + discussion with director Andreas Dresen (15 April 2025, Limerick)

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

Facets of Kafka @ Goethe Institut London

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

The Future of German Screen Studies Conference

19th-21st June, 2024, University of St Andrews Buchanan Building (School of Modern Languages), Union Street Organisers: Dora Osborne & Paul Flaig German Screen Studies Network Supported by DAAD Promoting German Studies Networking Grant The conference will delve into the future prospects of German Screen Studies amidst ongoing technological evolution, heightened cultural and political discord, and historical upheavals on national, European, and global levels. Exploring innovative methodologies and concepts, scholars and … Read more

Entrenched Narratives, Hidden Figures: Reappraising Representations of War Across German Screen Media

21–22 March 2024, A0.23 (Social Sciences Building), University of Warwick Organizers: Molly Harrabin (University of Warwick) and Dr. Lawrence Alexander (University of Oxford) The GSSN would like to promote the conference “Entrenched Narratives” that comes out of the GSSN’s scholarly interest group at the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS). In February 2022, German chancellor Olaf Scholz gave a speech to the German parliament in response to … Read more

Screening Politics—Film Festivals, Archives and Cinematic Exhibition in the Cold War

Two-day workshop organised by Carla Steinbrecher (University of St Andrews) and Anna McEwan (University of Glasgow) as part of the German Screen Studies Network University of St Andrews, Friday 10th November–Sunday 12th November 2023 In November 2023, the workshop “Screening Politics—Film Festivals, Archives and Cinematic Exhibition in the Cold War” organised with the GSSN and the financial support of the DAAD brought participants from the UK, Germany, Austria, Italy, France and Israel to St … Read more

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