Gegenüber-Festival “Longing Belonging”: Keyvisual in Red and Blue


Longing / Belonging

© Tobias Schrank / Goethe-Institut


Longing / Belonging

Stories of migration characterize our modern societies, in which people from different cultural backgrounds search for belonging. Cultural diversity is celebrated on the one hand, but at the same time new social boundaries are emerging. The Goethe-Institut's “Longing/Belonging” festival presents artistic contributions and social discourses from Germany and North America.

Tanzresidenz Potsdam | Montreal Khadidiatou Bangoura – Luana Madikera
© Thabo Thindi

09/20/2024 Transatlantic Reverberation – Memory in Movement

Circuit-Est centre chorégraphique - studio Peter Boneham, Montréal
Read aloud Special with german Author Efua Traroré
© Goethe-Institut Toronto
Mark Terkessidis
© Mark Terkessidis

Rote Kinositze aus Plüsch © Unsplash

Streaming films

On Goethe on Demand, the streaming platform of the Goethe-Institut, we present online film programs free of charge. In the series “Longing / Belonging” we show: Nasim; Republic of Silence; Kaddish for a Friend; Zuhur's Daughters ; 800 Mal Einsam - Ein Tag mit dem Filmemacher Edgar Reitz; Black Box BRD; Deutschlandreise; Der Junge muss an die frische Luft; Trümmermädchen - Die Geschichte der Charlotte Schumann. For licensing reasons, these films are only available to audiences in Canada, Mexico and the USA.

Farbverlauf © Tobias Schrank / Goethe-Institut

About the festival

The festival program includes literature, films and talks with German and North American artists. From mid-September to November 2024, events will take place at the Goethe-Institut locations in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Mexico, Montreal, New York, Toronto and Washington.