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Diary of Events for 2010


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.

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