RIAS Berlin alumni at Netflix premiere of “Transatlantic” with Ambassador Gutmann

A group of RIAS Berlin Commission alumni attended an advance premiere screening of a new Netflix seven-part film series called “Transatlantic” in Berlin together with American ambassador Amy Gutmann and the film’s makers recently. The film by American author and film creater  Anna Winger was inspired by the true adventures of the Emergency Rescue Committee and Julie Orringer’s 2019 novel, The Flight Portfolio.

Gutmann, the RIAS Berlin Commission honorary chair, gave introductory remarks at the screening. The US Embassy and Netflix invited the group of 20 RIAS Berlin Commission alumni to attend the advance screening — the latest in alumni activities in Germany designed to keep the spirit of RIAS alive long after participants take part in fellowships to the United States and Germany.

Other alumni events this year include the June 1 RIAS Media Prize gala ceremony, the June 2 annual alumni get-together at the RIAS building as well as meetings with American RIAS groups in Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg and Leipzig in June, July and August.

There will also be a major American alumni program to Cologne and Munich from September 16 to 24.  American alumni will have the chance to meet German fellows in Washington and New York in October as well as in Los Angeles in October.

Here is a list of some of the German RIAS Berlin Commission alumni who attended the Netflix screening in Berlin together with Ambassador Gutmann and about 200 Netflix guests:

Petra Gute, Dilek Üsük, Bettina Kasten, Nina Lammers, Kate Brady, Matt Karnitschnig, Oliver Sallet, Leonie von Randow, Friedrich Steffes-Ley, Jutta Müller, Sylvia Warnke, Rieke Smit, Andrej Hermlin, Joyce Hermlin, Tom Garus, Oezcan Mutlu, Susanna Hölscher, Christina Reif.