Street music, concerts and international networking: from September 16 to 23rd, the entire city becomes a stage during the Mosul Music Heritage Festival. 

Mosul Music Heritage Festival is organized by the Goethe-Institut, supported by the Federal Foreign Office and is carried out in collaboration with the Iraqi Ministry of Culture, Mosul Heritage, Book Forum, Volonteer With Us, UNESCO and the EU delegation with the Institut Français d'Iraq and the Spanish Embassy in Iraq as partners. 

Nine students from PASCH schools in Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Dohuk took part in a three-week German course in August in Dresden and Pforzheim together with PASCH students from all over the world. The two accompanying teachers attended training events and networking meetings.
The Goethe-Institut’s “Schools: Partners for the Future” (PASCH) initiative connects more than 2,000 schools worldwide where German is particularly important.

This year as well, the Goethe-Institut Iraq and the Institut Francais d'Irak à Erbil together let summer end with the Citadel Movie Nights: from September 28 to 30, a selection of shorts from the Berlinale, short films from the Clermont-Ferrand festival as well as short films in Kurdish and Arabic language will be screened.
Accompanying events such as Q&As and workshops for filmmakers complete the Movie Nights.
The official partners of the Citadel Movie Nights are the Berlinale, the Festival du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, the Dohuk International Film Festival and the Erbil Citadel.

Both in the German film "Nahschuss" (the last execution) by director Franziska Stünkel (September 7) and in the French drama "Arthur Rambo" by director Laurent Cantet (September 14) the question of identity and integrity is raised: in "Nahschuss", the young scientist Franz Walter becomes entangled in secret service activities for the GDR regime for career purposes, in "Arthur Rambo" the Franco-Arab writer Karim D. is caught up by his past in the form of his former Internet alias.
Both films are based on true events.

The films will be shown in the original language with subtitles at 6:30 p.m. at the Institut Francais d’Irak à Erbil.

Theater professionals from Iraq will participate in the theater residency from October 6 to 15, which takes place in the Nineveh region and aims at actors, directors and set designers.
The music residency in Sulaymaniyah will take place from October 24 to November 2. Musicians and singers from all over Iraq are welcome to apply until September 30th.

The Residencial Circles are part of the Ta’aziz partnerships of the Goethe-Institut, funded by the Federal Foreign Office.

Literature in German, learning materials, audio books, or non fiction? In the Onleihe, the Goethe-Institut's digital library, media can be borrowed at any time, regardless of location and free of charge.