DEFA to Present Five Environmental-themed Films at the Patagonia International Eco Film Fest in Argentina

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The Goethe-Institut Buenos Aires and the DEFA Film Library will present a special section on environmental cinema in East Germany at the Patagonia International Environmental Film Festival (PEFF), Sept. 5-10 in Puerto Madryn City, Chubut, Argentina.

The festival, also known as the Patagonia Eco Film Fest, will screen five DEFA films that address environmental issues in East Germany in the 1980s. The program includes the feature film “Farewell Disco” (1989, dir. Rolf Losansky) and the documentary “Memory of a Landscape – For Manuela” (1983, dir. Kurt Tetzlaff), as well as three short animation films.