GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL DOWN UNDER

German Films has partnered the German Film Festival in Australia for more than a decade. This year the event is organized by the well-established Palace Cinemas who are the traditional organizers of other national film events (for French, Brazilian and Italian cinema) and who hired project manager Bettina Kinski to supervise the German Film Festival 2018, which will take place in five cities (Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Adelaide) and will include a program of 26 films as well as the short film program SHORT EXPORT 2018. Opening film of the event in Sydney on May 22nd will be Lars Kraume’s recent Berlinale-contribution THE SILENT REVOLUTION; other films in the program include further festival successes such as THREE PEAKS, PAULA and 303 by Hans Weingartner, as well as the FACK JU GOEHTE trilogy. As partner of the event, the Goethe-Institut offers young audiences the possibility to see six new films from Germany, including AT EYE LEVEL and ROBBY & TOBY’S FANTASTIC VOYAGER. Closing film of the festival 2018 will be the restored version of Wim Wenders’ WINGS OF DESIRE.