German Literature - up close at the Goethe-Institut Sydney

To coincide with the Sydney Writers Festival and the Sydney Film Festival, the Goethe Institut Sydney invites you to these two special events!

Readings in German at the Goethe-Institut Sydney

The Goethe-Institut invites all those who are interested in the German language to a joint reading and a subsequent discussion with German-speaking authors from Leipzig:

Hans-Ulrich Treichel, Josef Haslinger and Ulrike Almut Sandig represent German literature at the 2007 Sydney Writers' Festival. Treichel and Haslinger are successful writers and heads of the Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig (Leipzig Institute of German Literature). Ulrike Sandig is a student at the Literaturinstitut and writer in residence at UTS and the University of Western Sydney.

Come and listen to readings and discussions and gain new insights into German Literature; personal, political and lyrical.

Details:
Monday, May 28 2007,
6.00pm to 7.30pm
Goethe-Institut Sydney
free entry, refreshments, book sale


Please note: The event will be conducted in German.

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Film Screening: Opera Ball

Join the author Josef Haslinger as he introduces the film of his seminal Austrian novel "Opera Ball" based on his 1995 political thriller in which thousands of people are killed in a Neo-Nazi terrorist attack on the famous Vienna Opera Ball.

"Opera Ball", a best-seller in Germany, was translated into thirteen languages and adapted for television.

The film, produced by Bernd Eichinger and Martin Moszkowicz has been awarded golden Nymph at the 39th Monte Carlo Television Festival - best Mini Series, silver Nymph - best Director. Golden Gong for Best Direction, the Cinema-Jupiter and the Austrian Golden Screen for Best TV movie, 1998.

Event Details:

Tuesday, May 29 2007,
6.00pm - 9.30pm
Chauvel Cinema, Paddington Town Hall
Cost $15
Bookings Chauvel Cinema: 9250 1988

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