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Join our colleagues at @GoetheDC for a screening of Tony Silberfeld's & Samuel George's AGORA: SIX STORIES OF RESILIENCE IN ATHENS on Sept 28, 6pm. Q&A with the directors after the screening! Register at goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/…

PAUL ROBESON: "I'm a Negro. I'm an American." a cinematic homage to the African-American singer, actor, and civil rights activist Paul Robeson by East German film director Kurt Tetzlaff is now showing @AnthologyFilm through Sept 26! anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screening…

Today is the day: the biggest North American film festival @TIFF_NET kicks off in Toronto including 14 (!) German (co) productions, three of them world premieres: NOT A WORD by Hannah Slak, ACHILLES by Farhad Delaram, and ARTHUR&DIANA by Sara Summa! tiff.net

Join us for this month' KINO Film Salon: Sept 10, 2:30pm EST live from @TIFF_NET We're chatting about Michael Haneke's THE WHITE RIBBON w/special guest Leonie Benesch who had her breakout performance in Haneke's dark drama. 👀 the movie in advance & RSVP bit.ly/kinofilmsalonw…

The 50th Telluride Film Festival is in full swing and runs throughout Labor Day, including German (co-) productions HOLLYWOOD GATE by Ibrahim Nash'at, ANSELM by Wim Wenders, and Germany's Oscar Entry THE TEACHERS LOUNGE by Ilker Çatak. telluridefilmfestival.org

LAST CHANCE! Catch the SOMMERFILME film series, featuring 8 films about summers that don’t quite meet expectations. Presented by the #GermanFilmOffice. Watch free in the U.S. & Canada: gfo-sommerfilme.eventbrite.com

Today, GOLDA, a ticking-clock thriller set during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973 kicks-off in cinemas around the US with an original score by award-winning German composer Dascha Dauenhauer. Find a movie theater near you ASAP bleeckerstreetmedia.com/editorial/find…

Against the backdrop of the midnight sun, Michael takes his estranged son on a trip to Norway, but spending time together proves challenging. Stream BRIGHT NIGHTS for free until 8/31 in the #GermanFilmOffice’s SOMMERFILME series: gfo-sommerfilme.eventbrite.com

After he and his wife are assaulted on their vacation, Malte has a chance encounter with one of the perpetrators years later. The heart-pumping THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUPLE is streaming for free until 8/31 in the #GermanFilmOffice’s SOMMERFILME series gfo-sommerfilme.eventbrite.com

Into #Sommerkino? Join our colleagues @GI_Boston for another open air movie night in the back alley! This week: GUNDERMANN, a biopic about East-German singer-songwriter Gerhard Gundermann. Screening free of charge this Wednesday, 8pm. goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/…

In NEUBAU, Markus’s plans to flee his country life for the freedom and queer glamor of Berlin are complicated when he falls in love with Duc. Stream it for free until 8/31 in the #GermanFilmOffice’s SOMMERFILME series: gfo-sommerfilme.eventbrite.com

#weekendwatchtip: TRANSATLANTIC, a @netflix series co-created by Anna Winger (UNORTHODOX), about two Americans & their allies forming a scrappy rescue operation in 1940 Marseilles to help artists, writers, and other refugees fleeing Europe during WWII. netflix.com/title/81473474

When David crashes his brother Matti's summer holiday, he reinstates their old sibling dynamic until Matti’s girlfriend sets out to upend the pecking order. Stream SUMMER DOWNSTAIRS for free until 8/31 in the #GermanFilmOffice’s SOMMERFILME series: gfo-sommerfilme.eventbrite.com

Drop by this week's free open air film screening of ALMANYA WELCOME TO GERMANY @GI_Boston starting at 8pm in the back yard of the institute. goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/…

Join us for our next KINO! Film Salon with @telescopefilm on 8/20, 2pm EST! We're discussing SUMMER '04, an examination of the emotional abyss that lies behind the façade of a seemingly intact family. 👀 in advance 👉 telescopefilm.com/germanfilms RSVP 👉docs.google.com/forms/d/1naC3j…

On the great German auteur's birthday, watch our Directed by Wim Wenders collection. ❤️ 🎞️ criterionchannel.com/directed-by-wi… ALICE IN THE CITIES PARIS, TEXAS WINGS OF DESIRE THE AMERICAN FRIEND UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD and more!

@GI_Boston 's open-air film series goes into its second round on Wed 8/9, 8pm with LOVE, DEUTSCHMARKS, AND DEATH, Cem Kaya's vibrant documentary detailing the vast body of music produced by and for the Turkish diaspora in Germany starting in the 1960s. 👀 goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/…

Worlds collide on the Turkish Riviera when Baran, a Kurdish gigolo, meets Marion, a German pilot, and convinces her to take him back to Germany with her. Stream I AM, I WAS, I WILL BE for free until 8/31 in the #GermanFilmOffice’s SOMMERFILME series gfo-sommerfilme.eventbrite.com

Need something to binge watch over the WE? Try SLEEPING DOG, a German thriller series about disgraced police officer Mike & young, ambitious prosecutor Jule who together re-open a closed case. Streaming on @netflix and our @telescopefilm #picoftheweek. 👀telescopefilm.com/germanfilms