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Berlin International Film Festival 2025

Germany's biggest film festival── Berlinale ── is live! Our blogger Prathap Nair will engage with actors, directors, and other Berlinale bloggers globally, providing exclusive behind-the-scenes perspectives and live updates from the event. Make sure to stay tuned for every moment of this esteemed German film festival taking place from February 13 to 23, 2025.

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Projects

Film Retrospective | 25 Days. 18 Films. 5 Cities.

Wim Wenders - King of the Road - The India Tour

This unique retrospective will see Wim Wenders, who is famous for his road movies, travel across India presenting his films in the different cities in public events as well as in engagements with film students and the film community.

Wim Wenders - King of the Road - The India Tour © Donata Wenders © Donata Wenders

Empowerment: Art and Feminisms

Empowerment: Art and Feminisms is a South Asian travelling multidisciplinary exhibition, showcasing the work of thirty one feminist artists or artist collectives. It looks at inclusion at all levels and showcases the voices and rights of various gender and social minorities, expecially in the context of South Asia.

Empowerment - logo © Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai © Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai

Das Wetter: The India Edition

Das Wetter is an independent cultural magazine founded in Berlin in October 2013. Our India special, created in collaboration with their team, features interviews, literary texts, and photos produced during their stay in Delhi. Immerse yourself in India's subculture and artist scene, and discover the fascinating nightlife of the Delhi metropolis.

India © Unsplash / Bhumika Singh © Unsplash / Bhumika Singh

In Search of a Common Ground

Critical Zones

The exhibition »CRITICAL ZONES« invites us to deal with the CRITICAL situation of the Earth in various ways and to explore new modes of coexistence between all forms of life.

Critical Zones © Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan © Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan

Anniversary

Celebrating 100 Years of Joseph Beuys

Joseph Beuys would have turned 100 in 2021. In celebration, we’ve gathered videos and events on Beuys from our colleagues and partners — and included some 2021 perspectives on the artist’s work.

Joseph Beuys © Courtesy Video Data Bank of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago © Courtesy Video Data Bank of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Where the Wild Tunes Are

Music Festivals in Germany

Music festivals are an integral part of the German cultural landscape, and for many Germans they are among the most enjoyable activities of the year. Get to know some of the most interesting ones acoustically and in pictures!

Where the Wild Tunes Are © Tobias Schrank © Tobias Schrank

Museum of the Future

What is the role of education for the wellbeing of a society?  How can museums be catalysts of a move towards emancipated citizenship? Academics, museum professionals and other experts from Germany and India will examine these exciting issues.

Refunction

Refunction is a performance series inspired by one of the core principles of Bertolt Brecht’s theatre – Umfunktionierung (refunctioning), in which the composition of a new work is in the movement and tension between material, technique and function. Refunction is an initiative by Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi.

Refunction © Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan © Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan

Five Million Incidents

Five Million Incidents was a year-long series of events that had been organized by Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi and Kolkata. It was conceived in collaboration with Raqs Media Collective, which had invited experimentation with the possibilities of public space, time, media, communication, and interaction.

Five Million Incidents © Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan | Aarushi Surana © Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan | Aarushi Surana © Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan | Aarushi Surana

Articles

Sound Bites | Music

Viral Tongue Twister

Tongue twisters and viral hits - not really a match. But then "Barbaras Rhabarberbar" came along. What did it take? The singer-songwriter Bodo Wartke, a few lucky coincidences and, of course, the internet.

Bodo Wartke and Marti Fischer with their iconic dance move from their viral internet hit ‘Barbaras Rhabarberbar’ YouTube/Bodo Wartke YouTube/Bodo Wartke

Sound Bites | Music

The German Rebirth of 90s R'n'B

A tweet made it go viral: the song “Bist du down?” by Hamburg musician Ace Tee. First in the USA and later in Germany. How did this transatlantic ping-pong come about?

German singer Ace Tee performs on the club stage during the Spex Hip-Hop-Festival in Bern, Switzerland © picture alliance/KEYSTONE | PETER KLAUNZER © picture alliance/KEYSTONE | PETER KLAUNZER

Sound Bites | Music

"Monsoon" – The Beginning of an Era

Angela Merkel becomes German Chancellor, "Jamba" gets rich with ringtones and MTV plays 50 Cent's "Candyshop" in a constant loop. It's 2005, and the hype about boy bands seems to be over when four teenagers from the Magdeburg area enter the stage – and for the boys, nothing stays the same.

The four band members of Tokio Hotel - looking into the camera - at the 2005 Comet Awards in the Arena Oberhausen © picture-alliance / SCHROEWIG/jk | SCHROEWIG/jk © picture-alliance / SCHROEWIG/jk | SCHROEWIG/jk

Sound Bites | Music

Staccato Neukölln

It is the soundtrack to the hit series "4 Blocks": "NB4" by Hasan K. and Gringo. But what does the song tell us, which only consists of fragments of words and allusions?

View of a high-rise building in Gropiusstadt in Berlin Gropiusstadt mauritius images / SZ Photo Creative / Jochen Eckel mauritius images / SZ Photo Creative / Jochen Eckel

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