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    German Film Festival Coming to Saigon

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    This year the Goethe Institut brings some of the most interesting German films of the year to silver screen enthusiasts in Vietnam; both by famous directors and young, new filmmakers. And it's free!

    The ‘German film festival’ started on the 5th of September in Hanoi, it has been presented in various cities across the country (Hai Phong, Hue, Da Nang, Nha Trang and Thai Nguyen) and it will end in Saigon from the 27th of September until the 3rd of October.

    The programme includes a wide range of themes and cinematic genres, such as children adventure ‘Victor and the secret of Crocodile Mansion’, apocalyptic thriller ‘Hell’, music documentary ‘Sound of Heimat’, animation ‘Animal united’ and drama ‘Barbara’, to name a few.

    PROGRAMME:

    Friday - 27th September

    7pm Opening reception

    7.30pm Barbara*

    Saturday - 28th September

    3pm Victor and the Secret of Crocodile Mansion ***

    7.30pm Kaddish for a friend*

    Sunday - 29th September

    3pm Animals United – Adventure in Africa ***

    7.30pm Four days in May *

    Monday - 30th September

    7.30pm Hell (16+) **

    Tuesday - 1st October

    7.30pm Stopped on track*

    Wednesday - 2nd October

    7.30pm Home for the Weekend *

    Thursday - 3rd October

    7.30pm Sound of Heimat (93 minutes) *

    (*) German, English and Vietnamese subtitles

    (**) German, Vietnamese subtitles

    (***) German, English subtitles and Vietnamese synchronization

    Free tickets at:  Goethe-Institut HCMC - 18, duong so 1, cu xa Do Thanh, Q.3, HCMC

    27th September - 3rd October

    CINEBOX | 212 Ly Chinh Thang, Phuong 9, Quan 3

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