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German Film Festival in Vietnam 2013

Posted on 23/08/2013

Hà Nội: 05 – 11 Sep 2013 | National Cinema Center
Hải Phòng: 10 – 15 Sep 2013 | Rap chieu bong Cong nhan
Huế: 12 – 18 Sep 2013 | Center for Culture & Information and Lieu Quan Buddhist Cultural Center
Đà Nẵng: 13 – 18 Sep 2013 | Le Do Cinema
Nha Trang: 05 – 08 Sep 2013 | Mini cinema – Khanh Hoa film center
Thái Nguyên: 06 – 08 Sep 2013 | Rap chieu bong Nhan dan
HCMC: 27 Sep – 04 Oct 2013 | CINEBOX

For the fourth time the Goethe-Institut Vietnam presents the annual German Film Festival. After the overwhelming success of the Festival in the last years with more than 50.000 viewers in total, it continues in 2013 from 5th September to 3rd October. The Goethe-Institut shows a special selection of the hottest new German films in Hanoi, Hai Phong, Hue, Da Nang, Nha Trang, HCMC and for the first time also in Thai Nguyen.

As every year, the German Film Festival would like to give Vietnamese audiences the opportunity to get to know current German films and discovernew perspectives on Germany via the silver screen. Therefore we presentin more than 50 screenings,in original German language withVietnamese and English subtitles or voice-over, selected films which have been particularly successful in cinemas around the world as well as at the Berlin Film Festival and other festivals (All prizes and awards can be found in our brochure and on the website).

In 2013 German films approached historical and contemporary debates about home and identity, love, death, friendship and responsibility. This year’s German Film Festival in Vietnam offers the audience a selection of 10 film highlights from renowned directors and with popular German actors.

Film schedule and places to pick up free tickets in all cities.

The Festival Films

• Opening with “Barbara” the Festival presents thestory of a woman torn between two countries, the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany andlikewise between two men. “Four days in May” looks at a different chapter of German history. Yearning for the approaching end of World War 2, a rare convergence between Russian soldiers and German civilians emerges when the Soviet Army occupies an orphanage.The documentary “Sound of Heimat – Germany sings!” provides an insight into the lively, inventive and creative traditional German music scene.

• The coexistence of different cultures is a topic addressed in the movie “Kaddish for a friend”. Set in Berlin, it portraits the development of an exceptional friendship between a Palestinian boy and a Jewish World War 2 Veteran.

• Of course comedy and love are part of the program: “Vincent wants to Sea” is a road movie, showing Vincent, who suffers from Tourette-Syndrome, Marie, who has an eating disorder and the extremely neurotic Alex on their adventurous escape from a nursing home.

• Drama is not missing either. “Stopped on track” deals with the process of dying in the familiar circle and alone, apart from hospitals and terminal care. In “Home for the weekend” the unexpected healing of Marko’s mother from a long mental illness turns out as a crucial test for the whole family.The post-apocalyptic thriller “Hell” gives an impression of a world where the sun has turned the earth into a lifeless wasteland where humans struggle to survive.

• Entertainment for the whole family is offered with “Victor and the secret of Crocodile Mansion”, a movie telling the story of Victor, trying to solve the puzzle around the death of his cousin Cäcilie. Being fed up with humans destroying their habitat, the animals in “Animals United – Adventure in Africa” hold a conference to finally stop man made climate change.

The German Film Festival 2013 promises a great selection of films with many exciting, touching and inspiring moments for cineastes and for the whole family.

Tickets for all films are free. Please also take part in our film quiz! Answer questions about the films, which will be screened at the festival and with a bit of luck you can win amazing prizes. For the quiz and more information on the complete schedule in all cities visit Film Festival’s website.

IN HANOI: Free tickets at:Goethe-Institut Hanoi from Thu 29 Aug 2013 at ~~10 am~~ 12 pm (noon).