Authority & Alterity in East German Moviessummer film festival |
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SAVE THE DATES: 3 SPECIAL EVENTS! Twenty full-length and short films highlight issues of authority and alterity in the former GDR. Feature, documentary and animation films show how filmmakers addressed state values and proscriptions and different types of East Germans reacted. |
THANK YOU for attending our virtual film festival showcasing films by and discussions with Black German filmmakers, actors, scholars and activists! Recordings of all five events are now available in our FILMBOX Digital... |
On May 16, 1946 the founding of the DEFA Studio in the Soviet Occupation Zone got official approval. In 2021, we celebrate the 75th anniversary of this occasion with a wide range of new programs and resources! |
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Silent Country
A young, naive and enthusiastic director comes to a provincial town in East Germany to put on Beckett’s Waiting for Godot at the local theater. Although the lethargic company shows no interest in the play, he remains...
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Sketches from the GDR
Visits to three towns in the GDR (Torgau, Görzig and Guben) provide the opportunity to discuss their economic, social, cultural and industrial development in recent decades. These representative...