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Harbor Stories

Their seas may be the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean or the Atlantic, yet they are united by a shared love of their home harbors. Individuals from nine countries share stories that reveal what binds them to the harbors they call home. Read about storms, lugworms, colourful cargo containers and banana boats – stories of homecoming and departure from Egypt, Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Yemen, Canada, Kenya, Colombia and Libya. Happy reading!

Halifax Harbour © Shutterstock

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Events

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Alaska

Director: Max Gleschinski
Year: 2022
Genre: Drama
Length: 124 min.

Kerstin paddles across the Mecklenburg Lake District in a red canoe. It slowly becomes clear what she is running away from, as the past catches up with her on the seemingly endless waters. Alaska is an atmospheric film about searching and finding, fleeing and drifting away.

Part of the annual series "City, Country, River"

Scene from the film “Alaska” Photo (detail): © Jacob Waak / Wood Water Films

Library

Diverse. Open to all.

In the library you will find a selection of media in German and in translation: books, magazines, films, music and games. Get inspired, find out about current topics and trends, and get to know Germany.

Opening hours

Mon:	5 - 9 pm
Tue, Wed, Thur:	2 - 9 pm
Sat Nov. 16, 23:	3 - 6 pm

Lending

The use of books and media in the library is free of charge. For borrowing you need a library card.

Lending books and media

Onleihe

With Onleihe, you have access to thousands of mostly German-language digital media.

Lending of online books and media

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Bibliothek Zeitschriften/Leseraum im Goethe-Institut Montreal © Jean Guy Lambert

Belonging

How far has a radically open society been realized in the face of growing nationalist narratives on both sides of the Atlantic? The issue “Belonging” of Gegenüber magazine tells of life in a different homeland to one's grandparents, of cultural reproductions and mutations from one place to another, of new roots and aspects of exclusion that should not be alien to anyone, but which weigh differently. And it asks whether the concept of “native” vs. “migrant” is still valid.

Belonging? School of fish version Photo by Jeffrey Hamilton at Unsplash

Subjects and Projects

(Hi)stories of a medium
Radio Around The World

One hundred years ago, in October 1923, the very first German radio station went on the air in Berlin. On this occasion, we celebrate radio, in retrospectives and personal radio memoirs by international artists and authors!

Retrospective
"Robobreak" or how to welcome our machines

"Robots & Algorithms" Retrospective

Exhibition of the results of the project and robotic artist residency “Robots & Algorithms” with window projections, photos and videos.

In 2023, the Goethe-Institut, together with its local partners Milieux, Hexagram and Eastern Bloc, invited young scientists and artists to submit creative project proposals with the humanoid NAO robot. A Montreal-based art and research collective, consisting of Patil Tchilinguirian, Ceyda Yolgörmez and Zeph Thibodeau, was awarded the project.

Monthly film series now at the Cinémathèque québécoise
ACHTUNG FILM !

Once a month, we cooperate with the Cinémathèque québécoise to showcase the richness and diversity of contemporary German cinema with feature films, documentaries, bold and entertaining productions by established and emerging directors.

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