Harun Farocki

Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day on Friday, the Goethe Institute (goethe.de) will be holding a special remembrance event comprising two screenings. The tribute starts at 6 p.m. with Christian Petzold's 2014 drama "Phoenix," about a woman who returns to her traitorous husband after surviving Auschwitz only to be exploited again, followed at 7.45 p.m.

Director Radu Jude is the first Romanian to be present at the Berlin International Film Festival with three productions, informs a press release issued on Monday for AGERPRES.

The Cycladic island of Syros is offering fans of film, artisanal beer and the salty sea breeze a little piece of paradise this summer, as the Syros International Film Festival returns for a sixth year, with another cracking program.

The Goethe Institute pays tribute to Czech filmmaker and writer Harun Farocki (1944-2014), director of more than 120 films and installations that analyzed the power of the image, with screenings of landmark works from Monday, March 27, to Wednesday, March 29.