Movies: Goethe Institut

In 1988 Cynthia Beatt and the young Tilda Swinton embarked on a filmic journey along the Berlin Wall into little-known territory. The film CYCLING THE FRAME is now an unusual document. 21 years later, in June 2009, Beatt & Swinton re-traced the ...

The beginnings, development and decline of so-called spaghetti-western genre; with clips, interviews and opinions of producers, actors and directors. A nostalgic look at those movies that are still in the taste of many....

This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journey of discovery through over a century of German film history. Ten people working in film today remember their favourite films of yesteryear....

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The young poet Cristal Rocha, winner of the Slam Brasil 2017 circuit, reflects on what Censorship means for the Brazilian peripheral black population....

With the German Occupation in Greece (1941-1944) as a background, this film tells the love story between my father, an assistant professor at the mysterious German Scientific Institute of Athens - financed by the occupying power, Germany, but in real...

A documentary film, which focuses on the subject of women’s movement in the Philippines. Myth and legend overlap with history and politics as the women’s struggle is laid to bear in the individual stories and achievements of those featured in the fil...

Love, anger, despair. All strong emotions. What happens when your love abandons you all of a sudden? Tina and Roy are a married couple. Tina's life turns upside down when one day, out of the blue, she finds herself having to accept the fact that Roy ...

On the 20th anniversary of the opening of crossing points, OVERCOMING tells the inspiring story of Cypriot women, queers, and antimilitarist cismen challenging militarism and gender norms. Through diverse interviews, the film explores how the opening...

A girl and a boy of eight and nine years old live in a lost village in the steppes. The school is four kilometers off-road. The boy's daddy dreams of building a snowmobile, and while the girl's mom drives them sometimes on a horse. So they quarrel, a...

A restless lizard and a man move faster and faster to a punk beat....

In 1948, the first Universal Declaration of Human Rights was passed by the UN. Central point: The president’s widow and head of the commission, Eleanor Roosevelt. By using experimental animation and acting, the film re-enacts the discussions....

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For Susan explores the idea of dignity. Inspired by the director’s grandmother’s notebooks, it finds pleasure in activities hidden or forgotten....

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