Film Screening: Kannawoniwasein! is a German Children’s Film with Heart

Join the Goethe-Institut South Africa for a screening of the award-winning German children’s film Kannawoniwasein! (2023) on Friday, 6 June 2025. Here’s what you need to know.

Kannawoniwasein! film still | What's on in Joburg — Source Weltkino Filmverleih, DFF, © Lieblingsfilm, SadOrigami, Photo: Jens Hauspurg

What is Kannawoniwasein! all about?

This heartwarming and adventurous story follows ten-year-old Finn, who is traveling alone by train to Berlin to visit his mother and her new partner for his birthday.

When his backpack and ticket are stolen, Finn is forced off the train and handed over to the police by a skeptical conductor. But on the way to the station, he seizes a chance to escape and teams up with the spirited Jola. Together, they embark on a wild journey to the sea—encountering a gang of bikers, a real wolf, and plenty of surprises along the way.

The film is being screened in German with English subtitles.

Cost: Free entry, book online

When: Friday, 6 June from 3pm to 4.30pm
Where: Goethe-Institut South Africa, 119 Jan Smuts Ave, Parkwood, Johannesburg

More about the Goethe-Institut

The Goethe-Institut aims to cultivate international and local cultural exchange through the arts, sciences and languages. With over 100 institutes worldwide, and 14 in the sub-Saharan region, including the one in Johannesburg, the Goethe-Institut is committed to fostering transnational diversity, understanding and trust.

The Johannesburg institute’s Language department offers German lessons in the Goethe-Institut and otherwise, supporting German teachers in the country and working closely with the South African Department of Education.

Their Library and Information Department works in partnership with libraries and other institutions involved in book and reading promotion in South Africa and encourages exchanges between information specialists and publishers in South Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and Germany.

And their Cultural Programmes Department focuses on a variety of different artistic approaches from the visual arts to drama, dance, literature, film, and others to support the local cultural scenes and strengthen pan-African dialogue through the arts.