Cultural Highlight: Berlinale 2012
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The world’s biggest film festival, the Berlinale, is back and even in its 62nd year stronger than ever! With nearly 300,000 tickets sold in 2011, the Berlinale is the largest public celebration of film around the globe and this year once again promises an enticing and eclectic mixture of films to be shown in the various festival sections. Runs from February 9 through 19.
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German films are successful because they use national themes when telling universal stories. Yet the filmmakers filter the material of which their movies are made from the history and difficulties in their own country and their own biography.
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Germany’s reputation as a musical nation is still based on names like Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Handel and Richard Strauss. Students from around the world flock to its music academies, music lovers attend the festivals – from the Wagner Festival in Bayreuth to the Donaueschingen Festival of Contemporary Music.
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There are many more sides to cultural life in Germany: the museum world is of quite unparalleled quality – featuring 500 art museums with diverse internationally renowned collections. Young German painting and design are equally vibrant, and are long since part of the international scene.
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