2010

Years

Reunification

CULTURAL PROGRAMME OCTOBER 2010

Entrance for all events is free

CONCERT

Tuesday, 05.10.2010, 18.00 hrs, Pallas Theatre Nicosia, Rigainis Street

To celebrate 50 years of German-Cypriot friendship the MARINEKORPS OSTSEE ( the NAVAL BAND BALTIC SEA

- comprising more than 50 musicians) will play under the musical direction of Commander Friedrich Szepansky

FILM SERIES IN COOPERATION WITH THE POLISH EMBASSY

Friday, 08.10. 2010 – Tuesday, 19.10.2010, Goethe-Zentrum Nicosia

Rabbit a la Berlin/Krolik Po Berlinsku/Mauerhase

Friday, 08.10.2010, 20.00 hrs

Poland, Germany 2009, 39.min. - German/Polish with English subtitles

In this documentary which was awarded numerous international prizes and nominated for the Oscar 2010 in the category of documentary short, two young Polish film makers, Bartek Konopka and Piotr Rosolowski, tell the wondrous story of the Berlin wild rabbits which, through decades, felt safe above all in the death zone along the inner German border. Only after the fall of the Wall, they had to learn to survive in a free world. A fascinating, humorous history lesson with many allegorical images of the Wall which have, so far, not been published. The film is a co-production of MS Films and ma.ja.de Filmproduktion.

H.E., Mr. Pawel Dobrowolski, Ambassador of Poland, and H.E., Mr. Gottfried Zeitz, Ambassador of Germany, will give a short welcome address.

A cocktail will follow.

Short Film Series: ‘Crossing Boundaries’

In 2008, the Foundation ‘Remembrance, Responsibility and the Future’ and the Goethe-Institut co-organized the 3rd International Short Film Festival focusing on the subject “Crossing Boundaries”.

Young film makers were invited to present their view of the geographical and socio-cultural consequences of 1939 and 1989. From among the 335 participating films the Goethe-Zentrum Nicosia will screen ten of the award winning works.

Part I:

Friday, 15.10.2010, 20.00 hrs

The Last War – Belarus, 2nd prize/ The Last Rain – Germany, 1st prize/ Caucasian Castling – Germany, 2nd prize/ The Tulle Curtain – Lithuania, 2nd prize/The Conductor – Poland, 1st prize

Part II:

Tuesday, 19.10.2010, 20.00 hrs

Three Bananas – Estonia, 2nd prize/ Friedrichshain – Israel, 1st prize/ The Drive – Poland, 2nd prize Squared Love – Ukraine, 1st prize

LECTURE

Thursday, 21.10.2010, 20.00 hrs, Goethe-Zentrum Nicosia

The Long Road to Reunification – Report of an Activist

Professor Dr. Heinz-Uwe Haus, University of Delaware, USA, Theatre Department

Professor Haus, an internationally renowned theatre director, is considered one of the world’s leading authorities on Brecht. Originally

from East-Berlin, he took part in preparing the ground for the peaceful reunification of Germany as a founding member of the civil movement

“Demokratischer Aufbruch” (Democratic Awakening).

A discussion will follow.

Goethe - Zentrum Nicosia: 21 Markos Drakos Ave, 1102 Nicosia, Tel: 22 674608, Fax: 22 669377 www.goethecy.org