Culture and Lifestyle
Canada did not go home empty-handed at the Berlin International Film Festival, the world's largest audience film event: The Silver Bear for Best Actress went to Congolese lay actor Rachel Mwanza – who jumped up and down in disbelief – for her role as an African child soldier in "War Witch" (Rebelle) by Québec director Kim Nguyen. The DAAD Short Film Prize went to "The Man that Got Away" by Edmonton filmmaker Trevor Anderson.
Berlinale: The bears are awarded
There are many sides to cultural life in Germany: From North to South there are around 300 theaters and 130 professional orchestras. The museum world is of quite unparalleled quality – featuring 630 art museums with diverse internationally renowned collections. Young German painting is equally vibrant, and is long since part of the international scene. And Germany is one of the major book nations, with around 94,000 new books and re-editions each year. The 350 dailies and thousands of magazines go to show how lively the German media world is. Moreover, German films are once again a great success at home and abroad.
Culture
Life in Germany is very diverse. There is a number of regional and seasonal festivities as well as sport events. Also the German Cuisine is full of culinary delights.
Panorama Germany
