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New German Cinema (German: Neuer Deutscher Film) is a period in West German cinema which lasted from 1962 to 1982, [2] in which a new generation of directors emerged who, working with low budgets, and influenced by the French New Wave and Italian Neorealism, gained notice by producing a number of "small" motion pictures that caught the attention of art house audiences.
The Hessentag (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛsn̩taːk]; English: Hesse Day) is an annual event, both fair and festival, organized by the German state of Hesse to represent the different regions of Hesse. The events are shown for a week to the visitors, with an emphasis on cultural displays and exhibitions.
The Oktoberfest is a two-week festival held each year in Munich, Germany during late September and early October.It is attended by six million people each year and has inspired numerous similar events using the name Oktoberfest in Germany and around the world, many of which were founded by German immigrants or their descendants.
On the evening of 23 August 2024, a mass stabbing took place during a festival celebrating the 650th anniversary of Solingen, Germany, when a Syrian man armed with a knife killed three people and injured eight others. The public prosecutor accused the suspect of being motivated by "radical Islamist convictions".
Das Fest (German: The Festival) is one of the biggest open-air concerts in Germany, which has taken place in Karlsruhe since 1985 and is organized by Karlsruhe Event GmbH. After the first few years of existence, its date was set for the last weekend before the summer holidays in Baden-Württemberg, which starts at the end of July.
Mohammad Rasoulof to Attend 2025 Göteborg Film Festival With ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig,’ Germany’s Shortlisted 2025 Oscar Submission (EXCLUSIVE) Jamie Lang January 3, 2025 at 4:02 AM
While Germany's carnival traditions are mostly celebrated in the predominantly Roman Catholic southern and western parts of the country, the Protestant north traditionally knows a festival under the Low Saxon names Fastelavend [ˈfastl̩ˌɒːvɱ̍t], Fastelabend [ˈfastl̩ˌɒːbm̩t] and Fastlaam (also spelled Fastlom, IPA: [ˈfastl̩ɒːm]).
It is organised by the Berliner Festspiele corporation, funded by the Federal Cultural Foundation of Germany. [2] During the festival, those ten theatre productions within the German-speaking region that have premiered in the previous season and have been voted most noteworthy by the festival jury of seven drama critics are presented on various ...