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Goethe – German Film Festival

Posted on 09/12/2008

14-19 Dec 2008
Goethe-Institut

Once again, the Goethe-Institut Vietnam offers the opportunity to encounter current German films and thus gain an insight via the screen into contemporary Germany.

German cinema is in an exciting phase. At film festivals in Berlin, in Cannes and even at the Oscars, German films are gaining attention and are suddenly winning prizes again. Young film makers in particular are surprising us with wonderful films, often documentary films which are finding their way back into the cinemas.

In 2008 our films deal with love, death and guilt, but primarily with overcoming (especially national) borders, as well as exploring the particular German sense of ‘Heimat’ and also the confrontation with the other. A cinema hungry for discoveries, in Japan, Iran, Istanbul and also in provincial Germany.

One highlight of this festival is the work of Faith Akin, currently Germany’s most successful director, with his brilliant win at the Berlinale with Gegen die Wand (Against the Wall), and whose Auf der anderen Seite (On the Other Side) has this year been awarded the prize for Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival.

Free tickets available at Goethe-Institut Hanoi.

All films will be shown in original with English subtitles and Vietnamese translation via head-phones

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Schedule
Notes on the films on the Goethe Institute website.

14 Dec	Sun	18:00	The Edge of Heaven	122’
14 Dec	Sun	20:15	Cherry Blossoms – Hanami	127’
15 Dec	Mon	18:00	Grave Decisions	104’
15 Dec	Mon	20:00	Hounds	86’
16 Dec	Tue	18:00	The Wave	101’
16 Dec	Tue	20:00	Head-on	121’
17 Dec	Wed	18:00	Football under Cover	86’
		19:30	Dicussion with David Assmann	30’
		20:00	The Lives of Others	137’
18 Dec	Thu	18:00	Pool of Princesses	92’
18 Dec	Thu	20:00	Yella	89’
19 Dec	Fri	18:00	Full Metal Village	90’
19 Dec	Fri	20:00	Head-on	101’