11th January
German Film Evening - introduced by Frau Sirka Facklam
Spielfilm: "Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage"
February 1943.  After distributing anti-Nazi leaflets young Sophie Scholl and her brother Hans are arrested in Munich University.  After days of being interrogated by the Gestapo, they are sentenced to death by the Nazi "People's Court" and executed.
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 6.30p.m.

16th January
Gesprächsrunde
Hansestadt Hamburg - Centrum des Nordens
Diskussionsleiter: Herr Olaf Rieck
Time: 18.30 hours
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta

30th January
Annual General Meeting
Time: 18.30 hours
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta

6th February
Gesprächsrunde
Das Leben der Marlene Dietrich
Diskussionsleiterin: Frau Irene Christ
Time: 18.30 hours
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta

8th February
German Film Evening - introduced by Frau Sirka Facklam
"Kroko" - 16 years old Julia calls herself Kroko and plays the role of a tough and ruthless girly gang leader in Berlin-Wedding, home of the losers within the German capital. One night, she and her gang capture a car, drive through the town -- but then she runs over a man who suddenly crosses the street. She is caught and the judge sentences her to 60 hours work in a social service where disabled persons are cared for.
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 6.30p.m.

20th February
Gesprächsrunde
Kinderbetreuung - pro und contra
Diskussionsleiterin: Frau Sirka Facklam
Time: 18.30 hours
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta 

2nd April
Gesprächsrunde
Verkürzung der Schulzeit in Deutschland - Verlängerung in Malta
Diskussionsleiter: Klaus Koch
Time: 18.30 hours
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta 

4th - 26th April
Exhibition "Watercolours from Europe" by Evelyn Mittmann
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta

11th April
German Film Evening - introduced by Frau Sirka Facklam
"Gespenster" - In Berlin the paths of three women cross each other.  A film about insecurity, loneliness, loss and longing.
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 6.30p.m.

16th April
Gesprächsrunde
Mozart gegen Bluthochdruck
Diskussionsleiter: Dr Eric Hilsenitz
Time: 18.30 hours
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta 

30th April
German Language Certificate Giving Ceremony
"Learn German the Fast & Fun Way" & ZOP Courses
Time: 19.00 hours
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta 

7th May
Gesprächsrunde
Michael Mat.Prechtl - ein symbolischer Realist
Diskussionsleiterin: Frau Dr Ute Rupprecht-Hung
Time: 18.30 hours
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta 

9th May
German Film Evening - introduced by Frau Sirka Facklam
"Halbe Treppe" - Two pairs, each married for quite a long time, are living in a small east German town. The film focuses on the relationships between each of the four people and what happens when an affair takes place between two of them who are not married to each other and logically betraying the two remaining characters.
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 6.30p.m.

14th May
Talk by Mr Sergey Medvedev, Director of the Russian Centre for Science & Culture
Subject:  "Intermarriage and Interaction of German & Russian Nobility in the 18th and 19th Centuries"
Time: 19.00 hours
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta

19th May
Light Music Concert by the German Ensemble "Choryphäen"
Time: 19.00 hours
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta

21st May
Gesprächsrunde
Warum Kunst?
Diskussionsleiter: Dr Ulrich Hackenbruch
Time: 18.30 hours
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta

22nd May - 27th June
Exhibition of paintings by Dr Ulrich Hackenbruch
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta

30th May
Launching of the LOS Magazine for Schoolchildren
Prize Giving Ceremony for the LOS Magazine Quiz winners
Time: 18.00 hours
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta

4th June
Gesprächsrunde
Wieso spricht man in Namibia Deutsch?
Diskussionsleiterin: Frau Ingrid Kidder
Time: 18.30 hours
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta

11th June
Concert - German Lieder
With students from the Masquerade Theatre Arts School
Leader: Andriana Jordanova
Time: 19.00 hours
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta

13th June
German Film Evening - introduced by Frau Sirka Facklam
"Befreite Zone" - Football really matters. That is the opinion of many of the 35,000 inhabitants of Sässlen, a fictitious small town in Brandenburg in what used to be East Germany. Ever since the African striker Ade Banjo joined their team, their local club has not lost a match in their regional league.
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta
Time: 18.30 hours

18th June
Gesprächsrunde
Russlanddeutsche - auf der Suche nach einer Heimat
Diskussionsleiterin: Frau Sirka Facklam
Time: 18.30 hours
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta

24th September
Launching of the publication "Torn Velvet"
Author: Mary Anne Zammit (Assistant Secretary German-Maltese Circle)
Time: 19.00 hours
Venue: Messina Palace, Valletta

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