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Talk and reading with author Aria Aberand author and journalist Theresia Enzensberger
In Berlin’s artistic underground, where techno and drugs fill warehouses still pockmarked from the wars of the twentieth century, nineteen-year-old Nila at last finds her tribe. Born in Germany to Afghan parents, raised in public housing graffitied with swastikas, drawn to philosophy, photography, and sex, Nila has spent her adolescence disappointing her family while searching for her voice as a young woman and artist.
Discussion + Reading | Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 1:00 pm | Online
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Online Artist Talk | with Halina Kliem, Rosario Talevi and Sarah Mackenzie
Can a change of perspective, a communal experience – the collective practice of looking - build a more accessible, livable world? How do the surroundings shape or modify our perspective and experience? What happens, when the images of the last urban wetland in LA are transposed to a busy crossroad in downtown Montreal?
Date & time: Thu, 09/04/2025 12:00 PM-1:00 PM, EDT
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Exploring new German voices
GEGENÜBER TALKS – Literatur Across Borders brings you two new emerging voices from Germany.Sonali BeherandIven Yorick Fenkerwill read selected texts and discuss concepts of identity, transatlantic relations, their literary journey along the East Coast, and the issue of not having a driver's license with the audience. Both authors are on tour in the U.S. as part ofON THE ROADuntil the beginning of October.
Date & time: Talk | Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at 1 pm | Online
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German Language Classes Online
Secure your place now for a German course this fall—in person or online, we are sure to have the right format for you. And if you are not sure, book one of our free online trial courses and find out what suits you best!
For any question or advice, please contact us at kurse-kanada@goethe.de.
We are looking forward to seeing you (again).
Online Film Screening
Raw Materials
Director: Tuna Kaptan
Year: 2023
Genre: Drama
Length: 86 min.
During a luxury construction project, an illegally employed worker is killed. Site manager Lutz covers up the accident, but the victim’s daughter is desperately searching for her father. An ambivalent relationship develops, revolving around guilt, responsibility and unexpected intimacy.
This film is part of the annual film series “Lots of Love”