Goethe-Cinema, the Goethe-Institut Ottawa’s monthly film series, is back with new dates and will be presented on a Tuesday at the Amphitheater, Saint-Paul University in Ottawa (please see programmation for exceptions).

The focus remains contemporary German cinema in all its diversity and richness, from fiction to documentary, established to emerging filmmakers, from entertaining to challenging films.

Entry is free, suggested donation: $ 4,00

Venue:

Amphitheater, Saint Paul University, 223 Main Street (inside Saint Paul University), K1S 1C4 Ottawa

Sanitary Measures:

Due to the sanitary safety measures, places for the film are limited. Please reserve one free ticket per person for the film in advance. Admission to the film can only be granted with the printed or digital ticket. Please plan your visit accordingly with a little more time for the admission.

When planning your visit, please also observe the hygiene regulations of Saint-Paul University here.

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January 20, 2021

We wanted more - The miracle of Taipei

Director: John David Zeidler, 2019, Germany, 87 mins

In 1981 Taiwan invited women to a first World Cup in women’s soccer – at a time when the German Football Association (DFB) more tolerated than promoted women’s football, which had officially been banned in Germany until 1970. Since the formation of a women’s national team was not of interest to the DFB, the invitation went to the German record champions of the SSG 09 Bergisch Gladbach. In the film, the former players tell of the absurd conditions under which they fought for their great dream of soccer, against all odds and with a good portion of humor. Without any support from the DFB, they played the tournament of their lives in front of hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic spectators in the World Cup stadiums and live on Taiwanese television. Accompanied by historical film footage – contemporary testimonies of a man’s world, which today seem all the more anachronistic – the film tells a soccer story in which much more is at stake than sporting success, namely equal rights and recognition. — filmportal.de

The film will be presented in German / Original language with English subtitles.