Intercultural Weeks from 18 September to 3 October
Intercultural Film Week from 4 to 10 October
This year's Intercultural Weeks will take place in Chemnitz from 18 September to 3 October. This will be followed by the Intercultural Film Week from 4 to 10 October 2021. The full programme can now be found at www.chemnitz.de/ikw
Under the motto #offengeht , the Intercultural Weeks send a strong signal in favour of a tolerant, open society worthy of the Capital of Culture. Whether it is about open doors or about opening our hearts or minds is just as open as the topics that can be offered at a variety of events.
The situation in the countries of origin, sea rescue, refugee reception, humane accommodation for refugees, integration and inclusion, taking a clear stance against the Inclusion, taking a clear stance against misanthropy, racism and nationalistic exclusion - Chemnitz residents are invited by clubs, associations, institutions and organisations to find out about these and other important topics and to take advantage of offers for tolerant and peaceful coexistence.
Theatre performances, film screenings, dance classes and concerts, country evenings, sporting events, readings and author talks, training courses, lectures, workshops and information events, as well as interfaith exchanges, awaken interest in people and encounters. The diversity of the city of Chemnitz is also reflected in the variety of events on offer.
All events are of course organised and carried out in compliance with the current regulations of the Corona Protection Ordinance.
The Intercultural Film Week starts on 4 October 2021 under the motto "See diversity, feel diversity, experience diversity." Films of various genres will be shown on the topics of migration, flight, asylum, racism and discrimination, anti-Semitism, religions and much more. The film screenings will be enhanced with accompanying events such as talks, panel discussions and other activities.
Keyword Intercultural Weeks
The Intercultural Weeks have been organised in Chemnitz since 1991. The municipality was one of the first cities in the five new federal states to take up the motto "Many cultures, one future - Foreign Citizens' Week" and organised a large concert event with an international line-up in what was then the Luxor-Palast. That was 30 years ago, but the advocacy of better political and legal conditions for coexistence in Germany and the desire to develop a better mutual understanding through encounters and personal contacts and to help break down prejudices remain important goals of the Intercultural Weeks to this day.The Intercultural Weeks and the Intercultural Film Week are prepared and carried out in Chemnitz by the Migration Officer in close cooperation with the association AGIUA e. V. Migrationssozial- und Jugendarbeit, the Lila Villa women's centre in the association akCente e. V., the Migration Advisory Council, the Social Welfare Office and with the support of numerous Chemnitz associations and initiatives.
The Intercultural Weeks are a series of events organised by the city and are supported by the utility company eins energie and the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Sachsen e. V., Chemnitz office.