Solidarity with Ukraine: How film festivals in Saxony react to the war

Neisse Film Festival 2022 shows Ukrainian opening film Director Maryna Gorbach, who is currently in Kyiv, hopes to come to the festival. Also invited is the photographer Oksana Yushko with her exhibition “Familia”. In it, she portrays Ukrainian-Russian couples in eastern Ukraine since the outbreak of war in 2014. And the main musical act at … Read more

Dresden: How studying music works despite Corona

MDR CULTURE: The corona situation is getting worse and a particularly affected area is once again culture. Also at the University of Music in Dresden there are concerns about the current situation. Mr. Köhler, how is the mood at the university? Are there any doubts among the students about the future viability of their studies? … Read more

Leipzig radio play legend Walter Niklaus dies

The actor and director Walter Niklaus is dead. As MDR KULTUR learned from his wife and daughter, he died last Saturday at the age of 96 in Söllichau, a district of Bad Schmiedeberg. – Staging genius and voice magician In addition to many theater, television and dubbing roles, Niklaus shaped East German radio drama as … Read more

The DOK Leipzig 2021 brings: Israel, escape, digitization

MDR KULTUR: DOK Leipzig 2021 is the second festival edition under your leadership. Does the DOK Leipzig already feel normal to you? – Christoph Terhechte: Normality is difficult to define – especially in these times. I also do not hope that we can now simply speak of a return to normality, even if we can … Read more

Farewell to the treasury: Director of the Green Vault is retiring

MDR KULTUR: When you came to Dresden in 1993, the reconstruction of the castle was already a done deal. The conception was still being wrestled with, including the money. The armory was still in the east gallery of the Alte Meister gallery and the green vault had an appearance in the Albertinum. For a 37-year-old, … Read more

Corona-Aus: Cinema in Halle-Neustadt closes

One day after the nationwide cinemas reopened, The Light Cinema in Halle-Neustadt announced that it was closing. Managing director Keith Pullinger justified this with the financial pressure caused by the corona pandemic. On the homepage he thanked him for the hard work and commitment of his team in the 20 years of existence. – Eight … Read more

Menstruation as a taboo subject: when you feel like an alien

A green hairy body, a large purple eye, and pink boots. This is what one of Alma Weber’s aliens looks like. The Dresden animated film artist sits on the flowered vintage sofa in her studio and draws sketches for her current project entitled “Menstrualiens” – a mixture of the words menstruation and aliens. – Aliens … Read more

Blog of the University of Jena starts blog with interviews with Holocaust survivors

1946. The Second World War is not long over, the coming to terms with the National Socialist crimes is at the very beginning. During this time the psychology professor David summarizes. P. Boder a plan: He wants to know what happened – unadorned and firsthand. He begins to interview displaced persons all over Europe – … Read more

Saela Whim from Dresden – inspired by metal, jazz and world music

Gianluca Calivà – from the Altmark to the Dresden Elbe Calivà was born in Salzwedel, then at the age of 15 went from the Altmark in the north of Saxony-Anhalt to the Pforta state school in the south of the state, where he received a sound education in the music show. His instrument is the … Read more

GDR icon Uschi Brüning in conversation: “The world was in a fever”

MDR KULTUR: “Uschi offered vocal artistry” we read on the cover of the CD – obviously a voice of the concert criticism. What memories do you still have of that concert in Dresden in 1971? – Uschi Brüning: So directly, specifically, I can hardly remember the concert. Very good to the location. But the whole … Read more