From the 24th to the 28th of November, the seventh German Cinema Week will be held in Málaga, featuring a total of nine contemporary films to be screened in their original language with Spanish subtitles. This year’s edition stands out for its comic focus (comedies and tragicomedies), complemented by dramas from established directors and new voices in German cinema. The initiative is organised by the German Consulate in Málaga, the Goethe-Institut in Madrid and the German-language news portal Costa del Sol Online. “These are films that have not yet been released in cinemas here in Spain”, highlighted the director of the film festival in Málaga, Uwe Scheele, who added that one of the aims “is to build bridges between the German community and the Spaniards living here”.
For the fourth year running, Mijas, home to more than 1,100 registered Germans, will host one of the screenings at the Las Lagunas theatre on the 25th of November, featuring ‘My Grandparents’ House’, a comedy directed by Simon Verhoeven based on one of the autobiographical novels by the writer and actor Joachim Meyeroff. “At the age of 20, Joachim is offered a place at a prestigious drama school in Munich; for his training, he moves in with his grandparents, who live in an affluent neighbourhood of the city. There, his days are marked by strict rituals, copious amounts of alcohol, and the eccentric quirks of his grandparents”, explained the director of the German film festival.
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For his part, the councillor for Foreigners, Mario Bravo (PP), reminded the public that the screening will be free of charge until full capacity is reached and encouraged both Spaniards and Germans living in Mijas to watch this comedy: “We aim not only for Germans to take part in Spanish activities but also for Spaniards to take part in German activities, and this is a good start”.
The film, the highest-grossing in German cinemas in 2026 and winner of several prizes at the ‘German Films Awards’, will be screened in its original version, with Spanish subtitles, on the 25th of November at 18:00 and, in a way, the organisers point out, it is a sequel to ‘When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before’.
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