The third edition of GoetheKino is here, bringing film screenings to Nicosia’s cultural scene under the theme Questions of her Own. Organised by the Goethe-Institut Cyprus with the support of the Visual Artists and Art Theorists Association – phytorio, the film series kicks off in March, Women’s History Month, and runs until May, opening up the space for questions and reflection on the representation and visibility of women in the arts.

“Do we know the names of women artists? How credible is our art history? Through the film selection and the following discussions, we would like to give another opportunity for exchange and shared reflection together with visual artists and art theorists from Cyprus,” comment the organisers.

The first film to be screened at the Goethe-Institut in Nicosia is Susanne Radelhof’s Lost Women Art. This two-part documentary traces the stories of women artists written out of art history, with a focus on the last 100 years.

Part 1 is titled From Impressionism to Abstraction and Part 2 is titled From New Vision to the Feminist Avant-Garde.

Christina Lambrou, art historian and curator, and Ioulita Toumazi, writer, curator and art theorist, will help create a meaningful link to the Cypriot context and introduce viewers to Cypriot women artists.

The programme continues on April 29 with Lotte am Bauhaus by Gregor Schnitzler, where the story follows Lotte, a student at the Bauhaus, inspired by Alma Siedhoff-Buscher.

Post-screening, Evagoras Vanezis, art theorist, writer and curator, and Kyriaki Costa, interdisciplinary artist, will join for a discussion. 

The programme concludes on May 27 with Shelly Silver’s Girls / Museum documentary, where she turns the museum into a site of inquiry, letting girls aged 7 to 19 to question what and who gets to be seen. 

Vanezis and interdisciplinary artist Melita Couta will give their interpretations and reflect on the reflections shared by the group of girls.

This edition of GoetheKino is part of the parallel programme of the KunstRaumGoethe exhibition, titled Between Imagination and Hope, curated by Dr Katharina Koch, with participating artists Mariandrie, Nurtane Karagil and Sophie Utikal.

The exhibition is taking place from April 17 April to June 5 at the Goethe-Institut Cyprus and more details will be announced. Until then, it is cinema nights and art talks in the capital city.

GoetheKino – Questions of her Own

Film screenings: Lost Women Art. April 18. Lotte am Bauhaus. April 29. Silver’s Girls / Museum. May 27. Goethe-Institut, Nicosia. 7pm. In original language with English subtitles. Discussions in English. Free. Tel: 22-674606, [email protected], www.goethe.de/cyprus