The German ski-jumping team showed that they are in fine form ahead of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, which open on...
A Christian aid project in Afghanistan is encouraging farmers away from the cultivation of poppy used to make heroin,...
For ten years now, Christoph Hein has been reporting from Asia as economics correspondent of the Frankfurter Allgemeine...
The countdown to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa has begun. The country and the whole African continent are...
News, information and updates on Germany and its role and relations with South Asia, covering...
The German Information Centre Pretoria aims to be the first contact point for up-to-date...
The German Information Center USA (GIC) makes it easy for you to find information about...
Keen commitment to German film: Goethe Institutes around the world compile a panorama from 900 current and classic German films
Dieter Kosslick has been directing the Berlinale, Germany’s biggest film festival, since 2001. In an interview he talks about the art of selecting films and the significance of stars on the red carpet
Germany’s most successful female director makes films outside the mainstream: Caroline Link tackles difficult stories and enthralls audiences of millions
The Baden-Württemberg Film Academy is one of six film academies in Germany and is seen as a source of talented young filmmakers. A portrait
The competition for the Golden Bear is always unleashed in February: that’s when the Berlinale rolls out the red carpet for glamour and talent, the art of film and the film market
The current popularity of German films abroad is comparable to that of the 1980s. This can be attributed to the films themselves and the German Films marketing agency
Studio Babelsberg, successor of the Ufa dream factory, is reconnecting with the good old days. An overview of the German film industry
The themes range from a search for the meaning of life to an ice-cold mountaineering drama: a number of German film productions that had been awaited with anticipation by cinema-goers worldwide are now finally on show. Here a...
Akin, Donnersmarck, Link & Co.: the young generation of film directors from Germany has a gift for great cinema and a way with compelling themes
They make you forget that it’s all just cinema: the youngest generation of German actresses in particular are currently making their mark with depth, courage and great ability
Powerful images, international prizes: current German cinema is harking back, so to speak, to its great past and once again presenting compelling themes and characters
Michael Ballhaus has achieved what many German actors and directors can only imagine in their wildest dreams. The cinematographer is a star in Hollywood. A portrait
FilmFestival Cottbus experienced record visitor numbers on its 18th birthday – and received personal congratulations from Federal Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier
From socially critical crime stories to spectacular melodrama, some 200 TV movies are produced in Germany every year. Many of them are successful abroad
They have a nose for good material, write cast lists and sometimes direct. And they decide which ideas are made into movies
The Film Academy Baden-Württemberg Founded: 1991 in Ludwigsburg Students: around 450 Courses: 14 University partnerships: Paris, Lodz, Toronto, Havana Internet: www.filmakademie.de The Film Academy is a publicly funded...
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