Relationships - Defa Films from the Archives and Beyond
Thu Oct 18, 2012 to
Tue Oct 23, 2012
Time: See Description
Location
Multiple Locations
Nicosia
Holger Briel
Phone: 96648718
Description
This film festival premieres seven East German Films in Cyprus. They are thematically linked by portraying relationships between people, but also between people and the state.
Relationships
DEFA was the state owned film production company in the former GDR (eastern Germany). Many (if not most) of the films produced by DEFA carried political messages, the state wanted to influence public opinion with. In this film series we present films, which showed more the private sphere of the east german society, where nevertheless the private and the public were always intertwined. Most of the films will be screened on Cyprus for the first time. One of the most popular stars of the GDR film industry, the actress Jutta Hoffmann, will be present. She was the protagonist in two of the films which will be screened. Jutta Hoffmann however left the GDR in the early eighties and settled in West Germany, where she continued her career in theatre and television. All films will be presented in German language with english subtitles. Each film will be introduced in English by Holger Briel (Department of Communication, University of Nicosia) Admission is free. This program is jointly presented by the Goethe-Institut Cyprus, the University of Nicosia and the DEFA-Film Foundation
Venues are the Goethe Insitute Cyprus in Nicosia and the UNESCO Amphitheatre of the University of Nicosia.
The films will be shown as follows:
18 October 19.00 Divided Heaven (Goethe Institute)
19 October 19.00 Trace of Stones (University of Nicosia)
20 October 18.00 The Third/Karla (University of Nicosia)
21 October 19.00 The Dove on the Roof (University of Nicosia)
22 October 19.00 Coming out (Goethe Institute)
23 October 19.00 My death is not yours (Goethe Institute) + Concluding Reception
All films are subtitled in English.
Click here to download the programme (pdf)