The Goethe-Institut Toronto is happy to present …Wednesday, September 12, 5-6pm
Director Margarethe von Trotta and co-director Pamela Katz in conversation with journalist Marc Glassman
on the TIFF World Premiere “Hannah Arendt”, starring Barbara Sukowa
“Hannah Arendt is a woman who fits into my personal mold of historically important women that I have portrayed in my films. ‘I want to understand`, was one of her guiding principles. I feel that applies to myself and my films as well.” Margarethe von Trotta in an interview on goethe.de
Margarethe von Trotta is back at TIFF with a Special Presentation --after her Rosenstrasse gala in 2003 and Visions in 2009-- with her much anticipated drama around Hannah Arendt and the famous Jewish thinker's controversial take on the Eichmann trials.
Thursday, September 13, 5-6pm
Director Mark Wiese in conversation with writer and filmmaker Ali Kazimi
on the celebrated doc "Camp 14 - Total Control Zone" that takes a look at North Korea’s prison camps
Camp 14 was one of the best-reviewed films at Locarno this year; the NZZ newspaper had this to say: "Wiese lets Shin Dong Hyuk tell his story and complements it with statements by former camp guards and torturers. There is only little secret footage from the camps to be had, but Ali Soozandeh's animated scenes evoke a place that could be called hell on earth, if this wouldn't belittle what people can do to each other. Marc Wiese has found the right form -- he omits nothing, knowing that some things which aren't shown but created in our imagination will be all the more resounding."
both events
doors open 4:45pm
limited seating, first come first served
at the Goethe-Institut Toronto, 100 University Ave. 2nd floor
Thank you to our friends and partners at German Films and TIFF for their support.
by Jutta Brendemühl, Goethe-Institut Toronto
