In an interview with Christoph Muecher, Director of the Goethe Institut in Australia, we hear about this year's offerings in the German Film Festival, which will bring 26 films to the screens in 7 cities across Australia from 24 May to 22 June. To celebrate the Goethe Institute's 50th anniversary, a classic film will be shown for each decade, there will again be a great selection for young audiences in the cinema for kids, and a variety of dramas, comedies and literary adaptations will take us through German history from the Nazi era and the GDR period to the present day and the dystopian future.
If you want to know more, you can check out the festival website here.
Trudi's TIpp is Christian Schwochow's film adaptation of the post-war novel "Deutschstunde" by Siegfried Lenz.
A personal tip from Christoph Muecher is the DEFA film "Solo Sunny" from 1979.
FESTIVAL DATES
Sydney: 24 May – 19 June
Palace Norton Street, The Chauvel Cinema, Palace Central
Canberra: 25 May – 19 June
Palace Electric
Melbourne: 25 May – 19 June
Palace Cinema Como, The Astor Theatre, Palace Balwyn, Palace Brighton Bay,
The Kino, Pentridge Cinema
Brisbane: 1 – 22 June
Palace Barracks and Palace James St
Adelaide: 2 – 22 June
Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas, Palace Nova Prospect Cinemas
Perth: 2 – 22 June
Luna Leederville, Luna on SX, Palace Raine Square
Byron Bay: 3 – 19 June
Palace Byron Bay
