Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Consular Counseling day in Winnipeg on November 30 and December 1
Please note that for technical reasons we are unable to accept visa or passport applications during the counselling services on site in Kitchener and Winnipeg. The Consulate General's visa and applications services in Toronto are expected to run at normal capacity that day.
For full details on location and hours please see document below.
The Baader Meinhof Complex @ EUFF 2009
We invite you to come and see the German movie at this year's EU Film Festival!!!
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 29 // 6:00 pm at THE ROYAL
Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the still fragile German democracy. The radicalized children of the Nazi generation are fighting a violent war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism. Their aim is to create a more human society, but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity.
Director: Uli Edel
Cast: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Nadja Uhl
Language: German with English subtitles
Running time: 149 min
Eh!U Meet the Europeans 2009! 5th European Film Festival in Toronto, November 19 until December 3
Come join us and celebrate our fifth anniversary with 2 weeks of European Cinema in Toronto!
- Free Admission to All Screenings, Donations Welcome
- Entrance on a First Come, First Serve Basis
- All Films Subtitled in English
- All Films 18 and Over
Festival Venues:
- Bloor Cinema, 506 Blor Street West
- The Royal, 608 College Street
- Cineplex Odeon Varsity, 55 Bloor Street West
The German film contribution "The Baader Meinhof Complex" will be screened on Sunday, November 29, 6pm at The Royal (608 College Street)
For full schedule please check out the official EUFF Homepage.
"Images of the Berlin Wall“ and “Freedom Rocks". Ongoing at the Consulate General of Germany in Toronto until November 27, 2009
The story of the Berlin Wall 20 Years after its Fall. Two Exhibitions.
Ryerson University, the Consulate General of Germany in Toronto, and the Embassy of Canada in Berlin jointly present “Images of the Berlin Wall” and “Freedom Rocks” for public viewing at the Consulate General of Germany in Toronto between October 1 and November 27, 2009 .
Twenty years after its fall, the symbolic weight of the Berlin Wall continues to accompany us as an historical monument to war, politics and painful cultural divisions. In ‘Images of the Berlin Wall” Ryerson University remounts the dynamic and moving story of the Wall through a selection of iconic photojournalistic prints from its renowned Black Star Collection. These black and white documents of history are juxtaposed with the contemporary art project, “Freedom Rocks” by Toronto artists Blake Fitzpatrick and Vid Ingelevics. Their photographs and videos reveal the transformed material existence of the Wall in the slabs and fragments that are today scattered throughout the world.
Thinker, Poet, Dramatist – Champion of Freedom People regarded him as a “great poetic genius”, a man devoted to “the true, the good and the beautiful”. He saw himself as a “global citizen serving no prince”. On the occasion of Friedrich Schiller’s 250th birthday, a portrait of a man who died at not even 46 years of age.
Friedrich Schiller
Germany celebrates
Germany is celebrating two major anniversaries in 2009: 60 years ago, the promulgation of the Basic Law represented the birth of the Federal Republic of Germany. 20 years ago, in November 1989, the Berlin Wall came down. These historical turning points mark a period spanning from the economic miracle in post-war Germany to the end of the Cold War in 1989. Cities from Berlin to Leipzig and the regions along the former inner-German border are hosting special festivals, exhibitions and events. Berlin is the centre of celebrations in 2009. Residents and visitors to the city will commemorate the events of 1989 and the subsequent reunification in 1990 with an extensive cultural program, including an open-air exhibition on Alexanderplatz from May 7 to November 9. Follow the trail of the Berlin Wall or go on a Trabi Safari!
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