Sergei Loznitsa’s films have won numerous awards. In recent years, his documentary »Maidan« [2014], about the protests in Kyiv and the revolution that started in 2014, and the feature film »Donbass« [2018], about the military conflict in eastern Ukraine, which won the Best Director award in the »Un Certain Regard«
The two German musicians Mia Morgan and Max Gruber, aka Drangsal, who recently presented his literary debut »Doch«, have been friends for many years. Their lyrics are also close to each other in terms of content. In a conversation, Drangsal and Mia Morgan provide insights into the creation of their
After its war of aggression on Ukraine, Russia is politically isolated, economically increasingly dependent on China, and culturally and socially more divided than ever. While a significant part of Russia’s population supports the war, the country is experiencing an intellectual exodus. The conversation between the three writers will focus on
Born in 1928 into a Jewish family of printers, the granddaughter of the foreign minister of Sweden’s first social democratic government Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss experienced the upheavals of the 20th century firsthand. She cultivated a creative community with her husband Peter Weiss, was a well-known ceramist, and worked as a theater
The play by Peter Weiss depicts the discourse of contrasting worldviews, namely of Marquis de Sade, a high-grade individualist who mostly wrote his novels in mental asylums, and the radical spokesman of the French Revolution Jean Paul Marat. After its 1964 premiere at Berlin’s Schiller Theater, the Tony Award-winning film
In his epic film biography starring Helmut Käutner, Syberberg traces the life of the Saxon writer and his many efforts to gain recognition with his books despite hostility and court cases brought against him. The lavish work, staged with an illustrious ensemble of actors, also offers an analysis of historical
Angels and saints have shaped our cultural history since biblical times. But what do we know about them? How many of them are there? And how do they communicate? Eliot Weinberger, the »polymath of U.S. literature« [Deutschlandfunk], explores the mystery of heavenly beings and their meanings. Discover whimsical facts, philosophies,
Whether as an art form, cultural practice, or everyday object – clothing is an expression of identity. But how is it defined? When does a piece of fabric become fashion or art? Is talk of the fabric of fiction merely a metaphor, or do text and textile belong together? Verena
In her new book Barbara Vinken dares to take a feminist look at the divas in the Italian operas of the 19th century: Tosca, Carmen, or Madame Butterfly are tragic figures, but at the same time a symbol of the triumph of feminine love and proof of the enduring beauty
With »Burning Questions«, Margaret Atwood, »The outstanding novelist of our age« [Sunday Times], recently presented a volume of essays from 2004 to 2021 – a period that included the financial crisis, the Trump era, and the pandemic. With her characteristic brilliant intellect and wry humor, she questions the phenomena of
The reinterpretation of Heinrich von Kleist’s novella »The Betrothal in Santo Domingo«, which was performed mainly with amateur actors, is adapted to feature the individuals of Munich’s punk-rock scene and Red Cells in the politically heated seventies and depicts the failure of a revolution. »A rarely screened and thus unfortunately
Award-winning poet Haris Vlavianos, editor of the renowned literary journal »Poetics«, has translated works by Whitman, Pound, Ashbery, Carson, and Pessoa into Greek. Most recently, he has translated T.S. Eliot’s »The Wasteland« as well as volumes by Emily Dickinson and Nobel Prize winner in literature Louise Glück. In his talk,
