In this page the portfolio of our activities from 2020 can be seen. The portfolio of our activities prior to 2020 is accessible here.
Our recent annual report is downloadable from
here. The activities of Patogh are catagorized in the following areas:

Visual Art

Cinema

24 Frames

In this event, we will choose one or two films and with the help of Mr. Naim Sadri, PHD candidate of Aesthetics and the lecturer of Drama in Azad University in Tehran, we will hold a film critique session followed by a discussion round. The participants of the event will join usually from Iran and Germany. The language of the event is Farsi, and the entrance is free and open to all.

24 Frames

Dheepan | Paris, 13th District
Jacques Audiard

24 Frames

The Hours | Stephen Daldry

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Mike Nichols

24 Frames

CODA | Sian Hedern

The Worst Person in the World | Joachim Trier

24 Frames

Licorice Pizza | Paul Anderson

The French Dispatch | Wes Anderson

24 Frames

Titane | Julia Ducournau

Drive my Car | Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

24 Frames
Macbeth | Roman Polanskis
The Tragedy of Macbeth | Joel Coen

24 Frames | Chess of the Wind | The Shadows of the Wind

24 Frames | The Exorcist | The French Connection

24 Frames | The Grand Budapest Hotel & Fantastic Mr. Fox

24 Frames | The Sixth Sense

24 Frames | The Lives of Others

Cinema and Aesthetics Workshops

During these three series of events, the history of aesthetics and its definitions according to different philosophers were chronically clarified. For each session, a film was presented showing the most recently explained view of aesthetics. The series of events were held by Mr. Naim Sadri as a lecturer, PHD candidate from aesthetics and the lecturer from drama in Azad University in Tehran. The participants can only attend with pre-registration and fee payment (25€/15€ reduced price for hourly students for each 10-session event series) possible. From the collected fees, 20% was kept for Patogh and the rest was paid to the lecturer.

Folding Seat | Cinema Workshop

Visual Arts

Ahn

In these events we are looking for the artists (mostly young and unknown) with noble and contemporary perspective and art work. An art work of the artist is streamed in our social media pages and then we interview the artist about his or her work. The interview is also streamed. Through these events, we promote the arts and try to expose the lay public to the arts that are otherwise only visited by those interested in the arts in galleries. The participating artists in the events made their contribution voluntarily and therefore did not receive any fees. Therefore, the events had no cost for the association. The language of the event is Farsi, and the entrance was free and open to all.

Photography

In cooperation with other Iranian student associations in other cities in Germany, we have made our contribution for a photo contest so that the best photo can be awarded on 13/02/2021.

Literature

Play Reading

Monthly event of script reading, in which the characters of a script are distributed among the participants and each is read until the end. The language of the event is Farsi, and the entrance is open and free for all.

Play Reading | Fernando Arrabal

Poem Reading

For promoting poetry as a strongest part of Iranian art and culture, we hold the regular poetry events in which a theme is established beforehand and the participants have the opportunity to offer their popular poems in this theme for the others to read. The language of the event is Farsi, and the entrance was free and open to all.

Poem Reading | Isolation

Poem Reading | Immortality

Poem Reading | Pain

Short Story

In these events, we set a short story in advance, and the participants read it in order for others. The cost of the venue was paid by the association: the language of the event is Farsi, and the entrance is open and free for all.

Short Story | Milan Kundera

Short Story | J. D. Salinger

Short Story | Ernest Hemingway

Music

Music Festivals

The festival is dedicated to the dissemination of instrumental, experimental and urban music with a focus on Iranian contemporary music scenes and their bridge to the music scene in Munich. The first edition of the festival was observed despite the pandemic with the support of the Cultural Department of Munich at Import-Export, Einstein-Kultur, MUCCA, Feierwerk-Funkstation. At that time I talked with Moritz Butschek about our cooperation, but despite the positive impression of him, the Corona circumstances was not clear with you. The first edition of the festival was held on the following dates in Munich.

Yalda Night | Jam Session

Roya Arab | Sam Beklik

Nacht der Elektro Nacht

Music Workshops

Music Production for Beginners

Diminished Fifth | WarmUp

Koron | Iranian Classical Music Workshop

Music and Society

Online Concert

With the pandemic as a reality in our lives and immigration to the online world, we took this opportunity to reach out to unfamiliar amateur musicians worldwide. We made a call for music work and streamed it in two online concerts of about 30 minutes. We received work from Canada, Italy, Germany and Iran.

The participating artists in the events volunteered their contribution and therefore did not receive any fees. Therefore, the events had no cost to the association. Admission was free and open to all.

Dissonance

Human science, self-help, and social life

Book Discussion

During this bi-weekly event, we select a non-fiction book and hold a briefing session, followed by a discussion session. Due to Corona outbreak, we have interrupted the event for few months and then again held it online. The language of the event is Farsi, and the entrance was free and open to all.

Book Discussion
Liberalism | Ludwig von Mises

Book Discussion
The Psychology of Socialism | Gustave Le Bon

Book Discussion | Science as a Vocation - Max Weber

Book Discussion | Economics in One Lesson | Part 2

Book Discussion | Economics in One Lesson

Book Discussion | The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism [2]

Book Discussion | The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

Book Discussion | The Emergence of Iranian Nationalism: Race and the Politics of Dislocation

Book Discussion | Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment

Book Reading | The Power of Habit

Book Reading | Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment

Nowrooz

Since in 2021 always after no Iranian New Year can take place, we have given a call to the community for people to share through an audio file their thinking about New Year. We prepared a video with these sounds and videos from the city and streamed it on our social media on 21/03, and thus we held a virtual New Year.

Potluck

In cooperation with Khane Iran e.V. as another non-profit registered Iranian association in Munich whose target group is the older generation of migrants of Iranian descent in Munich, we started a series of events as a padlock, where each participant brings his own food and shares it with others. After lunch, we hold a roundtable discussion among the participants and try to address the open issues in the life of Iranian migrant society and bridge the generation gap. The language of the event was Farsi and the entrance was free and open to all.

Potluck | Cyberspace, a New Lifestyle or Social Harm

Potluck | Farsi, Language and National Identity, or a Mediator Language?

Potluck | Do we Iranians have inferiority complex toward the westerners?

Potluck | from Judgment to Action

Potluck | To Judge or Not to Judge, Limits on Freedom of Speech

Potluck | Ageing in Immigration

Virgule

With this monthly event, we wanted to address the application of (human) scientific findings in daily life. We tried to engage in these topics and to answer these questions or at least ask them. We carry out these events by referring to reliable scientific references. references. If we find a guest as an expert in this field, we invite him to hold the event. Otherwise, we ourselves in Virgule subgroup collect the materials for these events and present them in the event. The language of the event is Farsi, and the entrance was free and open to all.

Virgule | Democracy and Majority Rule

Virgule | Contemporary Communitarianism - Alasdair MacIntyre

Topogh

In these events we present the activities and admission procedures as a member of the association and its vision to the interested parties. We tried not to hold these events too far apart in time.

Through these events we try to motivate the interested people to participate more in the work of the association and in the social life.

Topogh | Discussion Session about Patogh

Topogh | Discussion Session about Patogh

Topogh | Discussion Session about Patogh

Docugraph

As part of this event, we select a documentary and hold a briefing session followed by a panel discussion. Due to Corona outbreak, we held these events online. The language of the event is Farsi and the entrance was free and open to all.

Docugraph | Afghanistan - Land of endless war

Docugraph | Meeting with the Leaf

Docugraph | Al-Nakba: The Palestinian catastrophe | Part 3

Docugraph | Al-Nakba: The Palestinian catastrophe

Docugraph | Write Down, I Am an Arab

Docugraph | She is Beautiful When She's Angry

Docugraph | Industrial Revolution

Docugraph | Crusades
(3/3)

Docugraph | Crusades
(2/3)

Docugraph | The Buddha (2/2)

Docugraph | The Buddha (1/2)

Docugraph | Moscow's Empire - Russia's reemergence (4/4)

Docugraph | Afghanistan: The Great Game (1/2)

Docugraph | Moscow's Empire - Russia's reemergence (3/4)

Docugraph | Moscow's Empire - Rise and Fall(2/4)

Docugraph | Moscow's Empire - Rise and Fall(1/4)

Docugraph | How the Rich Get Richer

Supernal Guerdon in Eternal Garden

Supernal Guerdon in Eternal Garden

Supernal Guerdon in Eternal Garden

feat. Iranian architects in Bavaria

With the establishment of the group Iranian Architects in Bavaria, we have held the following events in the field of architecture.

A Monument to the Invisible Citizen

Iranian architects in Bavaria

Rava

In this event, different legal topics were explained to the participants by Ms. Parnian Jeddi, as an alumni of law studies. Due to Corona outbreak, we held these events online. The language of the event is Farsi, and the entrance was free and open to all.

Self-help information events

Orientation Webinar for Incoming Students

Through this annual event, we welcome newly arrived students to Munich, and through the documentation and support materials we have, we try to help them get started in life in Munich. We give them information about housing, shopping, enrollment procedures, etc. The language of the event was Farsi, and admission was free and open to all.

Orientation Webinar for Incoming Students

Introductory Session for Students

Miscellaneous single events

Critical Thinking | Workshop

From Fragmentation to Multiculturalism in Migration

Old Portfolio

The portfolio of our activities prior to 2020 is accessible below.

PORTFOLIO.PDF
Last annual report

Our last annual report to the tax office can be found here.

Copy2 of Tätigkeitsbericht 2021