Longing / Belonging

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; and Zuhur's Daughters. For licensing reasons, these films are only available to audiences in Canada, Mexico and the USA.

Current Issue in “Gegenüber” magazine: 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.

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.