The task of this assignment is to visit one of the following screenings of contemporary German cinema and provide a brief oral review of this film to class. Please do not read from a finished mansucript. Your presentation should be betwen 5 and 10 minutes. Please provide a basic outline of the plot, but also communicate some thoughts why this might be a film you want other students to watch (or not). Oral presentations will take place on the Monday after each respective screening. Screenings take place in Duncker 101 at 7 pm unless otherwise noted. You are welcome to attend as many screenings as you wish.

1/15     Nirgendwo in Afrika (2001, dir. Caroline Link) (January 110, 7 pm)
1/24     Sophie Scholl--Die letzten Tage (2005, dir. Marc Rothemund)
1/31     Das Leben der Anderen (2006, dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)
2/7       Good Bye, Lenin (2003, dir. Wolfgang Becker)
2/14     Die innere Sicherheit (2000, dir. Christian Petzold)
2/21     Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei (2004, dir. Hans Weingartner)
2/28     Bibi Blocksberg (2002, dir. Hermine Huntgeburth) & (T)raumschiff Surprise (2004, dir. Michael Herbig)
3/20     Deutschland--ein Sommermaerchen (2006, dir. Sönke Wortmann)
3/27     Gegen die Wand (2004, dir. Faith Akin)
4/3       Lichter (2003, dir. Hans-Christian Schmid)
4/10     Alles auf Zucker! (2005, dir. Dani Levy) & Prinzessinnenbad (2007, dir. Bettina Blümer)
4/17     Perfume (2006, dir. Tom Tykwer)