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Programs and Funding Opportunities

Discover detailed information on scholarships, financial support, and programs that promote art and culture in the USA and around the world.

Film, Theater, and Literature

German Films in the U.S.

German Film Office

The New York-based initiative of the Goethe-Institut and German Films collaborates with local partners to bring the best of contemporary and repertory films from Germany to U.S. audiences.

GFO D89 Courtesy Sundance TV Courtesy Sundance TV

  • Film Archive

    Our film archive contains films from the beginnings of film in Germany (German Expressionism) to New German Film and the latest German tendencies and productions. Our stock is available for research and loan and comprises approx. 800 films with a broad collection of feature films, documentaries, short films, children's films and animated films.

    Kinossaal © Goethe-Institut © Goethe-Institut

  • Goethe-Institut New York Library

    Discover a vibrant hub of German language, literature, and culture at the Goethe-Institut Library in New York City. Explore contemporary media, attend engaging events, and connect with a global community. A space for curiosity, creativity, and cultural exchange.

    Goethe How Sweet © Goethe-Institut New York © Goethe-Institut New York

  • Theaterbibliothek

    The theater library provides translations of new German drama into English and other languages free of charge.

    Please note: This offer is available worldwide. You will be redirected to the Goethe-Institut’s main website in Germany, leaving the U.S. pages.

  • German literature in English translation

    The Goethe-Institut UK database presents a selection of literary works that have been translated from German into English. 

    Please note:This offer is provided by the Goethe-Institut UK. You will be redirected from the U.S. site.

    Deutschsprachige Litertatur Illustration: Tobias Schrank, Goethe-Institut Illustration: Tobias Schrank, Goethe-Institut

Translation: Funding and Prizes

  • Grant program for publishers

    Translation funding

    Our translation grant program supports the publication of books by German authors in English and other languages. Click here to learn more about our translation grant program. 

  • Translator's prize for outstanding translations

    Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize

    The annual Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize honors an outstanding literary translation from German into English published in the USA/Canada the previous year. 

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  • Translator's prize for emerging translators

    Gutekunst Prize of the Friends of Goethe New York

    This annual award supports emerging translators of German literature into English with the aim to foster new talent in literary translation and connect them with the translation and publishing communities.

    Gutekunst Prize FOG updated

Opportunities for artists

  • Worldwide

    Worldwide cultural and arts funding

    The Goethe-Institut promotes art and culture through a wide range of opportunities that are available worldwide. Search for additional funding opportunities on the website of the Goethe-Institut's headquarters in Germany - filterable by genre, funding type and duration.

  • Cultural open calls and opportunities

    apoio.art

    This platform, developed in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Brazil, offers an overview of funding available in France and Germany for artists and others professionals from North and South America.

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