Goethe-Institut San Francisco

Goethe-Institut San Francisco Germany's cultural institute promoting German culture + language in the Bay Area since 1967.

The Goethe-Institut San Francisco, founded in 1967, promotes contemporary German culture and transatlantic exchange in collaboration with American institutions. Its programming highlights exhibitions, film, music, and the evolving role of technology, while fostering public dialogue on contemporary social and political challenges.

๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฅ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™‚๐™š๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐— : ๐——๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฝ, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™จ๐™ก๐™ž๐™œ๐™– ๐™๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก! ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ฒ...
06/05/2026

๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฅ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™‚๐™š๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐— : ๐——๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฝ, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™จ๐™ก๐™ž๐™œ๐™– ๐™๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก! ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ, ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป: ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ช๐—  ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น!

The ๐˜ž๐˜” ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ! format is just like our regular competition: watch soccer, listen to German, answer quiz questions, and predict match results, win prizes โ€” only this time, everything focuses on the World Cup.

๐˜ž๐˜” ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ! runs alongside the 2026 World Cup from June 11-July 19, 2026, and follows the tournament in four compact rounds. Since the World Cup takes place during summer break, ๐˜ž๐˜” ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ! is also open to individual students.

๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ.

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ 7, 2026, ๐˜ข๐˜ต 11:59 ๐˜ฑ.๐˜ฎ. ๐˜—๐˜›.

๐ŸŽฌ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ-๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜.A dead rat at the gate. Emails that vanish. Colleagues who won't meet his eye...
06/01/2026

๐ŸŽฌ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ-๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜.

A dead rat at the gate. Emails that vanish. Colleagues who won't meet his eyes. Is Xhafer being pushed out because he is an immigrant from Kosovo? Or is he losing his grip on reality?

Visar Morina's EXILE is a masterclass in psychological suspense, with an unconventional dark sense of humor. Watch it for free.

๐Ÿ“… ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ | ๐Ÿฒโ€“๐Ÿด๐—ฃ๐— 
๐Ÿ“ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ-๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—ฉ๐—ฃ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ.

05/22/2026

๐ŸŽฌ 30 years of incredible German cinema โ€”ย and so many more to go ! But first, one question:

What does Berlin & Beyond mean to you? ๐Ÿ’ฌ

๐ŸŽฌ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ-๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ.Burhan Qurbani's gripping 2014 drama ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. s...
05/21/2026

๐ŸŽฌ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ-๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ.

Burhan Qurbani's gripping 2014 drama ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. screens next week at the Goethe-Institut โ€” and as usual, attendance is free!

Winner of the Bavarian Film Award for Best Screenplay, the film takes viewers back to Rostock, Germany, 1992, when a neo-Nazi mob attacked a housing complex inhabited by Vietnamese migrants and asylum seekers. Experience Qurbaniโ€™s story of a dark chapter in German history and the lives caught in the middle.

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช In German with English subtitles. 120 min. Free.

๐Ÿ“… ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด | ๐Ÿฒโ€“๐Ÿด๐—ฃ๐— 
๐Ÿ“ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ-๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—ฉ๐—ฃ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ.

๐Ÿ“š ๐€ย ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ย ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ. ๐€ย ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งย ๐จ๐งย ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ย ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌย ๐›๐จ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ.See American writer Rita Bullwinkel (๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต, ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜œ๐˜ฑ)...
05/07/2026

๐Ÿ“š ๐€ย ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ย ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ. ๐€ย ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งย ๐จ๐งย ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ย ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌย ๐›๐จ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ.

See American writer Rita Bullwinkel (๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต, ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜œ๐˜ฑ) as she joins Goethe-Institut San Francisco director Alexander Behrmann for an evening on writing, teaching, and international literary exchange.

Bullwinkel lived in Germany as the Picador Guest Professor of Literature at Leipzig University, is the editor of the literary magazine "McSweeny's Quarterly", and is a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Hear her speak on writing abroad, cross-cultural perspectives on literature, and how place and language shape creative work.

๐Ÿ“… ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง:ย  May 14 | 6โ€“8PM
๐Ÿ“ ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž: Goethe-Institut San Francisco
๐Ÿ’ฐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ: Free

๐‘๐’๐•๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐›๐ข๐จ. ๐Ÿ”—

Conjuring Movements: Black Q***r Activism Between Berlin and the BayJoin artist Crystal Mason in conversation with Juana...
04/24/2026

Conjuring Movements: Black Q***r Activism Between Berlin and the Bay

Join artist Crystal Mason in conversation with Juana Mariฬa Rodriฬguez for an evening reflecting on Masonโ€™s time in Berlin, including their work running a cafeฬ at the Schokofabrik, a historic feminist and q***r community space in Kreuzberg, and how that experience and their time in Berlin shaped their approach to activism, movement building, and community care within q***r communities in San Francisco. Grounded in Masonโ€™s lived experience as a Black, q***r artist and organizer, the dialogue will explore how transnational encounters inform local struggles, tracing connections between Berlin and the Bay Area.

Presented in collaboration, the Goethe-Institut San Francisco and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) bring their concurrent exhibitions into conversation, inviting audiences to consider the shared and divergent histories of Black and q***r resistance, visibility, movement building, and cultural production across geographies, contexts, and communities.
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Thursday, April 30, 6โ€“8PM
Goethe-Institut San Francisco
Free โ€” RSVP link in bio

Last week, the Goethe-Institut team was in Portland for PNCFL 2026! ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐ŸŒฒApril 9โ€“11 at the Downtown Hilton ๐Ÿจ โ€” we connecte...
04/15/2026

Last week, the Goethe-Institut team was in Portland for PNCFL 2026! ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐ŸŒฒ

April 9โ€“11 at the Downtown Hilton ๐Ÿจ โ€” we connected with educators, shared German classroom resources, and talked professional development.

Thank you to everyone who came by. See you next year! ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿ“š

04/14/2026

๐ŸŽญ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ

In the final part of our Q&A, Burhan Qurbani breaks down the visual and spoken language of ๐˜•๐˜ฐ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต. ๐˜š๐˜ฐ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ. โ€” sharing how inspirational images and a celebration of multilingual voices, form the foundation of his ๐˜™๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜๐˜ adaptation.

Catch the conversation here. ๐ŸŽฌ๐Ÿ‘‘

๐Ÿ“ข Teachers of German โ€“ this one's for you.Join us Sunday, April 19 for a ๐…๐‘๐„๐„ professional development workshop on sport...
04/14/2026

๐Ÿ“ข Teachers of German โ€“ this one's for you.

Join us Sunday, April 19 for a ๐…๐‘๐„๐„ professional development workshop on sport, movement, German language learning, and football โ€“ co-presented with AATG NorCal. โšฝ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช

๐Ÿ“… April 19
๐Ÿ“ Goethe-Institut SF
๐Ÿ’ฐ Free

๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“! ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐›๐ข๐จ. ๐Ÿ”—

04/11/2026

๐ŸŽญ๐Ÿ“– ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป

In Part 2 of our Q&A with the director of ๐˜•๐˜ฐ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต. ๐˜š๐˜ฐ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ., Burhan Qurbani opens up about collaborating with lead actor Kenda Hmeidan โ€” and how she brought a reimagined ๐˜™๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜๐˜ to life. ๐ŸŽฌ๐Ÿ‘‘

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