Festivals and Films
Addis Ababa What's on
5 Mar. On occasion of the International Women’s Day, Goethe Institut organizes the screening of the German documentary movie Memory Books, directed by Christa Graf.
It focuses on the conditio...
Accra What's on
21 Feb. This feature film, entitled The Educators (Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei), tells the story of the Berlin-based student Julie, who is hopelessly indebted due because of an accident she caused to...
Accra What's on
20 Feb. After the two dramatic movies Head-On and The Edge of Heaven, the German-Turkish movie director Fatih Akin presents this comedy, entitled Soul Kitchen.
It tells the story of Zinos, a German...
Accra What's on
7 Feb. Goethe Institut presents this film premiere, entitled Kweku Ananse, by Johannes Preuß and Friends.
This short film tells the adventures of the famous Ghanaian folk character Kweku Anan...
Accra What's on
22 Feb. For the series of African film screening, Goethe Institut hosts the projection of Soul Boy, moderated by the filmmaker Zelalem Woldemariam and followed by a public discussion.
Set in Nairob...
Cape Town What's on
30 Jan-30 Mar. The Cape Winelands district, which stretch from Constantia to Calitzdorp, celebrate the South African harvest season and invite the public to participate to this year’s local crop...
Addis Ababa What's on
1 Feb. The German electric guitarist Werner Neumann inaugurates the Acacia Jazz Festival, which takes place on the following weekend.
Born 1964 in Cologne, Werner studied music and jazz guitar and...
Accra What's on
9 Feb. Goethe celebrates the German Carnival, better known as Jecken, a long tradition spanning centuries, which foresees public celebrations and parades, which mix elements of circus, masks and stree...
Accra What's on
Projection of Kebab Connection
24 Jan. Goethe Institut screens Kebab Connection, a German feature film by Anno Saul.
Set in the Schanzenviertel, a multicultural district in Hamburg, Germany, it tells the story of a young Turkish...
Accra What's on
Projection of And Along Come Tourists
10 Jan. Goethe Institut hosts the projection of the German feature film And Along Come Tourists by Robert Thalheim.
The movie is based on the experiences made by the film director Thalheim during h...
Addis Ababa What's on
16 Jan. This movie, directed by Philipp Stölzl, deals with the story of the life of the German poet and writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832).
It tells a story of friendship, the discr...
Addis Ababa What's on
Film Workshop at Italian Cultural Institute
21 Jan-22 Mar. The European Union National Institutes for Culture present this film workshop, conducted by the Ethiopian screenwriter and director Solomon Bekele, in cooperation with the European Unio...
Nairobi What's on
9-16 Dec. This edition of the traditional biennial Kwani Literary Festival, organized by Kwani Trust, will focus on several geopolitical trends and shifts in Kenya’s immediate north to host lite...
Addis Ababa What's on
8-9 Dec. The third edition of the famous Selam Festival will gather together a great variety of local and international musicians coming from Sweden, Mozambique, the Ivory Coast and Kenya, who will pe...
Lagos What's on
6-9 Dec 2012. On occasion of the 50th anniversary of Goethe Institut, the Lagos Live Festival proposes four days filled with international contemporary art practices, including theatrical shows, artis...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
December Projections at Goethe
6, 13 Dec 2012. Goethe Institut hosts two German movies.
The first one, entitled Run if you can, by Dietrich Brüggemann, is screened on 6 Dec. It tells the story of Ben, who is deeply desperat...
Accra What's on
15 Nov. Made in Sudan consists in the screening of six short documentaries, which are the result of a five-month training program, organised in co-operation with notable international film professiona...
Addis Ababa What's on
Colours of the Nile International Film Festival
7-11 Nov. The Colours of the Nile International Film Festival (CNIFF) celebrates East African and African Cinema.
The programme includes 58 fiction films, shorts and documentaries by African direc...
Addis Ababa What's on
12-25 November 2012. This edition of the European Film Festival takes place throughout November at various cultural institutes around Addis Ababa.
The Italian Culture Institute screens on 12 Nov at...
Addis Ababa What's on
15-16 October 2012. The embassy of Japan and the Alliance Ethio-Française organizes this Japanese Film Festival.
The festival opens on 15 October with a cocktail (19.15-19.45), followed by t...
