Events in February 2025
17. January 2025
Events in April 2025
14. March 2025
Picture credits: Leipzig Buchmesse https://www.leipziger-buchmesse.de/en/
Leipzig Book Fair 2025
27 to 30 March 2025
https://www.leipziger-buchmesse.de/en/
“Leipzig Book Fair is the most important get-together in the spring for the book and media industry, connecting readers with authors, publishers and media companies from Germany and around the world. They all visit Leipzig to experience a diversity of literature, discover innovations and gain new perspectives.
As Guest of Honour at Leipzig Book Fair 2025, Norwegian literature will be presented through a variety of expressions designed to surprise, spark unexpected connections and stories, offer new insights and ignite meaningful conversations.”
Internationale Wochen gegen Rassismus 2025
17 March to 30 March 2025
“Protecting human dignity” is the motto of the International Weeks against Racism from March 17 to March 30, 2025. Since 2004, Leipzig has been sending out a clear signal against racism and taking part in the nationwide International Weeks against Racism. Thanks to the involvement of many initiatives, associations and groups, the city offers a varied program with workshops, film screenings, district campaigns, lectures, readings and much more.”
Film of the month: “The Homes We Carry”
Monday 3 March 2025 at 7 pm
Zeitgeschichtliches Forum, Grimmaische Straße 6, 04109 Leipzig
https://www.urbanite.net/leipzig/events/film-des-monats-the-homes-we-carry/2025-03-03/
This documentary by Brenda Akele Jorde tells the story of a Mozambican contract worker in the GDR, Eulidio, and his daughter Sarah, who grows up with her mother in Berlin and meets her father when she is eleven. Straight away she feels a connection to their culture of origin and goes to spend time in Mozambique as an adult, where she is treated as a German while she faces racism in Germany. Akele Jorde’s debut documentary focuses on self-empowerment through art and was premiered at the DOK Festival 2022. It will be shown in German with English subtitles.