Migrations in contemporary German cinema
MIGRATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY GERMAN CINEMA
We invite you to film screenings from the series “Migrations in contemporary German cinema” which will take place every Monday from 23 October to 4 December at 5 p.m. in Willy Brandt Centre of the University of Wrocław (ul. Strażnicza 1-3). Discussions with experts are scheduled after every screening.
People with a migrant background make up almost 30% of German society. German cinema tells about (post)migrants and is made by (post)migrants. Given the relevance of this topic – today and in the future – for Europe as a whole and for Poland in particular, a closer look at the German experience and its cinematic representations can be cognitively fruitful. We encourage everyone, both those interested in migrations and our western neighbour’s cinematography and those willing to watch interesting films and discuss them, to attend the meetings.
The program features seven German films from 2017 to 2021, which in different ways relate to the series’ issues. Among them, there are titles already known in Poland, as well as those which have never been in our distribution. These films are representatives of the migrant strand in contemporary German cinema, and the honours they have received can attest to their value.
Entrance to all the meetings is free.
23 October 2023. Meeting no. 1: The German abroad
Western, directed by Valeska Grisebach, Germany-Austria-Bulgaria 2017 (121 mins)
30 October 2023. Meeting no. 2: Migrations in post-industrial world
Giraffe, directed by Anna Sofie Hartmann, Germany-Denmark 2019 (88 mins)
6 November 2023. Meeting no. 3: Escapes from GDR – through East to West
Adam & Evelyn, directed by Andreas Goldstein, Germany 2018 (100 mins)
13 November 2023. Meeting no. 4: Migrations from Africa to Germany
Berlin Alexanderplatz, directed by Burhan Qurbani, Germany-the Netherlands 2020 (183 mins)
20 November 2023. Meeting no. 5: The diversity of German society
Nico, directed by Eline Gehring, Germany 2020 (74 mins)
27 November 2023. Meeting no. 6: The comprehensiveness of migrations in Germany
Copilot, directed by Anne Zohra Berrached, Germany-France 2021 (119 mins)
4 December 2023. Meeting no. 7: Migrants and neo-Nazis
In the Fade (Aus dem Nichts), directed by Faith Akin, Germany 2017 (106 mins)
Organisers:
Willy Brandt Center for German and European Studies of the University of Wrocław
Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw
Goethe Institute in Cracow
Translated by Monika Słupianek (student of English Studies at the University of Wrocław) as part of the translation practice.
