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8th January
German Film Evening: Ping Pong directed by
Matthias Luthardt, 89 min., colour, 2006
Synopsis:
16-year-old Paul arrives unannounced at his
uncle’s house. He is met by an idyllic family scene which has
far less substance than it would first appear. The
well-rehearsed act is quickly disrupted by the newcomer’s
arrival. All of a sudden questions are being asked that have not
been asked for a long time.
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 7.00p.m.
13th January
Gesprächsrunde:
"Deutsche
Filme in der Diskussion - eine Rückschau auf das Erste Deutsche
Fimfestival"
Diskussionsleiterin: Sirka Facklam
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 6.30p.m.
27th January
Annual General Meeting
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 6.30p.m.
3rd
February
Gesprächsrunde:
"Der neue Weg im Umgang mit Tieren - Tellington
TTouch"
Diskussionsleiterin: Brigitta Gatt
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 6.30p.m.
12th February
DEFA Film Series
German Film Evening: Die Mörder sind unter uns
(Murderers are among us) directed by
Wolfgang Staudte,
1946
Synopsis:
When Susanne Wallner returns home from a
concentration camp in 1945, she finds the city of Berlin in
total ruins. What's more, the traumatized and cynical surgeon
Dr. Mertens has occupied her apartment and refuses to leave.
While she tries to begin living her life again, he feels unable
to perform as a doctor and instead drowns his memories in
self-pity and alcohol. Against the desolate backdrop of the
destroyed city, a love story develops. Things are put to the
test when Dr. Mertens finds out that the former Hauptmann
Brückner, an unscrupulous opportunist who ordered the execution
of many innocent women and children, resides nearby.
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 7.00p.m.
17th
February
Gesprächsrunde:
"Was verdienen Sie? Sprachliche Spielereien um den 'Verdienst' "
Diskussionsleiterin: Ingrid Kidder
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 6.30p.m.
26th
February
Music Appreciation
Evening led by Martin Spiteri on "Anton Bruckner's
Ninth Symphony with unfinished Finale"
An initiative of the German-Maltese Circle Classical Music Group
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 7.00p.m.
3rd March
Gesprächsrunde:
"Denkmal - Denk mal! Gedächtnisstätten"
Diskussionsleiterin: Brigitte Ohk
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 6.30p.m.
5th March
German Short Films Evening
in collaboration with the Malta Cine Circle
Click here to see Programme
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 7.00p.m.
9th - 12th March
German Information Stall at the National Learning Expo
at the Malta Hilton
Organised by
the
Ministry of Education, Employment and the Family
10th March
Launching of the book
"Fra Jean - eine Vermutung" by Austrian
writer
Dorothea Macheiner
Introduction and historical background by Michael Galea
In cooperation with the Embassy of Austria
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 7.00p.m.
12th March
DEFA Film Series
German Film Evening: Spur der Steine (Traces of Stone) directed by
Frank Beyer,
1966
Synopsis:
Foreman Balla is the swaggering,
self-proclaimed king of a massive construction site, and his
co-workers stick close to him like musketeers. But when a new
Party Secretary is sent in to bring the site under control,
along with a beautiful young engineer named Kati, a love
triangle ensues. Originally banned for its perceived
anti-establishment message, this DEFA masterpiece was shown to
great acclaim after the unification of Germany.
Review: A well-balanced mixture of comedy, drama, and social
satire. --The Guardian
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 7.00p.m.
17th March
Gesprächsrunde:
"Warum verreist der Mensch so gerne?"
Diskussionsleiter: Klaus Koch
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 6.30p.m.
20th March
Easter Egg Painting Session
& Easter Stall
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
9th April
DEFA Film Series
German Film Evening: Der Dritte directed by
Egon Günther, 1971
Synopsis:
Margit (Jutta Hoffmann) is in her mid-thirties and at first
glance, seems to be a woman who “has made it”. As a
mathematician in a managerial role at one of the country’s first
data centres, she is emancipation personified. But there is a
“dark side” to this success story. Margit is a single mother
with two daughters, each from different fathers, and her
greatest wish is to meet someone new. She hopes “her third” will
satisfy her longing for a relationship and become her husband
and the father of her children. Margit no longer wants to
conform to what society expects of her - she actively sets out
to find him.
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 7.00p.m.
16th April
Music Appreciation
Evening led by Aldo Fenech on "Felix Mendelssohn
Bartholdy's Paulus Oratorio"
An initiative of the German-Maltese Circle Classical Music Group
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 7.00p.m.
23rd April
Talk (in English):
"Bavaria - The Homeland of Pope Benedict XVI"
Speaker: Mr Herbert Bauer, Director of Tourism of
Altötting
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 7.00p.m.
28th April
Opening of an
Exhibition of paintings and line drawings by German artist
Sebastian D. Grenz
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 7.00p.m.
30th April
Concert by the
Hamburger Ärzteorchester Ensemble
playing works by Beethoven, Mozart & Haydn
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 7.00p.m.
14th May
DEFA Film Series
German Film Evening: Sabine Kleist, 7 Jahre directed by
Helmut Dziuba, 1982
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 7.00p.m.
28th May
Music Appreciation
Evening led by Lawrence Grech on "Richard Strauss"
An initiative of the German-Maltese Circle Classical
Music Group
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 7.00p.m.
11th June
DEFA Film Series
German Film Evening: Die Architekten directed by
Peter Kahane, 1990
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 7.00p.m.
10th September
German Film Evening: Sonnenallee directed by
Leander Haussmann, 90 min., colour, 2000
Synopsis:
A "mufta" is a multifunctional table, a "Minetta"
is a radio, mopeds are called "Swallows" and "Asthmakraut Halle"
(a special asthma medication) is the only recreational drug
available. The Soviet Union is big brother; the rest of the
world is the enemy of the people, and the Berlin Wall is
actually a bulwark against fascists. This is the German
Democratic Republic, the land where Michael lives....
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 7.00p.m.
15th September
Goethe Institute FIT in Deutsch Certificate Giving Ceremony
Venue: Malta Chamber for
Commerce, Enterprise and Industry, Valletta
Time: 6.30p.m.
25th
September
Notte Bianca Event
Open House with ongoing events including German Food, Beer
and Live Music
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: from 7.00p.m. till Midnight
3rd October
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of German Unity
Open House with an exhibition of drawings by German and
Maltese students on "The Fall of the Berlin Wall" and an open air exhibition of
vintage German
classic cars
In collaboration with the Old Motors Club (Malta) and the
Deutsch-Maltesische Gesellschaft e.V.
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: from 9.00a.m.
8th
October
German Film Evening: Das Leben der Anderen directed by
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 137 min., colour, 2005
Synopsis:
Party-loyalist Captain Gerd Wiesler hopes to
boost his career when given the job of collecting evidence
against the playwright Georg Dreyman and his girlfriend, the
celebrated theater actress Christa-Maria Sieland. After all, the
“operation” is backed by the highest political circles. What he
didn’t anticipate, however, was that submerging oneself into the
world of the target also changes the surveillance agent.
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 7.00p.m.
October
(exact dates to be announced)
Exhibition:
A Journey
into the German Past: Photographs by Stefan Koppelkamm
In collaboration
with the German Embassy and the Goethe Institute
Stefan Koppelkamm photographed the same
buildings and streets in East Berlin and Eastern Germany twice:
in 1990–91 and 2002–2003.
Venue: University of Malta Campus
13th October
"Street Music of the End of the 19th - early 20th
Century"
Wolfgang Broy speaks about the various types of music, the
antique instruments and the kind of musicians who walked
through the streets entertaining passers-by.
His talk (in English) is supported by the VocEns Ensemble - a
group of four singers and musicians from Hamburg
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 7.00p.m.
15th October
Music Appreciation
Evening led by Aldo Fenech on "Mahler's Symphony No.2
- Resurrection"
An initiative of the German-Maltese Circle Classical
Music Group
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 7.00p.m.
22nd - 23rd
October
Education Fair
“Welcome to German!"
Aimed at creating awareness of the presence of the
German/Austrian culture and economy in Malta.
Venue: Maria
Assumpta Girls' Secondary School Hamrun
Organised by the
University of Malta, DAAD – German Academic Exchange Service,
German-Maltese Circle, Embassies of Germany and Austria and
Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
Time: 9.00a.m. till 2.00p.m
23rd October
Goethe Institute Certificate Giving Ceremony
Venue: Maria
Assumpta Girls' Secondary School Hamrun
Time: 10.00a.m.
27th October
Opening of an
Exhibition of paintings by artist Lyn Walters
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 7.00p.m.
12th November
German Film Evening: Nikolaikirche directed by
Frank Beyer, 138 min., colour, 1995
Synopsis:
Nikolaikirche is the story of a family in Leipzig
during the two years of unrest starting in 1988 that culminated
in the Monday Demonstration in the autumn of 1989. Frank Beyer
has made a grippingly realistic film of Erich Loest's novel
about the dramatic events in the final days of the German
Democratic Republic.
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 7.00p.m.
17th - 21st November
Second German Film Festival
Venue: St James
Cavalier, Valletta
20th - 26th November
Christmas Market Stall
(Marzipan - Stollen - Lebkuchen - Glühwein)
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 11.00 - 14.00 hours & 17.00 - 19.00 hours
26th
November
Music Appreciation
Evening led by Michael Spiteri on "Works by Clara
Schumann"
An initiative of the German-Maltese Circle Classical
Music Group
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 7.00p.m.
10th December
German Film Evening: Good Bye, Lenin! directed by
Wolfgang Becker, 118 min., colour, 2003
Synopsis: In
a wonderful, touching and comic manner, Good Bye, Lenin!
tells the story of how a loving son tries to move mountains and
create miracles to restore his mother to health - and keep her
in the belief that Lenin really did win after all!
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 7.00p.m.
Exhibitions at Messina Palace are open to the public on weekdays from 8.30a.m. till 12.30p.m. and from 4.30p.m. till 8.30p.m. and on Saturdays from 9.00a.m. till
1.00p.m. Entrance is free.
For more information phone 21246967 or email: info@germanmaltesecircle.org
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