Explore Toronto’s Buildings, May 26 – 27, 2018! One weekend every year, Doors Open Toronto provides an opportunity to explore some of the most architecturally, historically, culturally and socially significant buildings and institutions across the city. For 2018, Doors Open Toronto will shine the spotlight on the city’s film and television industry. Visit historic cinemas, film and television studios, post-production houses, digital media studios, artist-run centres as well as buildings that have been featured in film and television. With more than 1,400 on-location film, television and digital media productions taking place in the city each year, Toronto is North America’s third largest screen-based production centre and the heart of Canada’s film and television sector.
The Goethe-Institut Toronto has been invited to participate and we are happy to keep our doors open for you on Saturday, May 26, 10-5pm, at 100 University.
While you might know internationally acclaimed German director Wim Wenders (“Wings of Desire”) or actor Daniel Brühl (“Captain America”), German film has much more to offer, from Oscar-winning animation to globally relevant documentaries. The Goethe-Institut Toronto has been programming their own ongoing series of German and European arthouse film, GOETHE FILMS @ TIFF Lightbox, since 2011. In 2005, the European Union Film Festival –now welcoming 8000 visitors to the Royal Cinema each November—was founded at the Goethe. And the German cultural centre is co-presenting dozens of films all year long with our film festival partners across the Country and as well keeping you informed about the trends and background in German film right here on our German Films @ Canada blog.
On May 26, use your last chance to catch the exclusive installation of Berlin filmmaker Philip Scheffner’s slow cinema film “Havarie” at the Goethe Media Space. Plus we have reserved a screening room just for you with two short film programs --great teasers to give you a taste of what comes out of the strong German academies, studios and cinemas.
GOETHE-INSTITUT @ DOORS OPEN PROGRAM – free, everyone welcome (oh, did I mention we have 10 DVDs of German films to raffle):
