Festival des Libertés

The Lions by the River Tigris

Zaradasht Ahmed

A sensitive portrait of an ancient city coming back to life through its stones and its people.

Abd Al Malik

Joined by musicians and dancers, he delivers a unique live performance.

SAMAR

Samar Kokash
Omar Aljbaai

In a single, powerful performance, a woman revisits her life story and transforms the hardships she has endured into a theatrical piece. 

The Longer You Bleed

Ewan Wandell

In Berlin, Liuba, a young displaced Ukrainian woman, sees her Instagram feed flooded with images of the war ravaging her country. 

Fracture

Keren Kraizer

Moving between Israel, Palestine and Brussels, her intimate diary explores identity, responsibility and belonging.

Yuston XIII

A singular voice resonates, confronting the world head-on.

Molly vs The Machine

Marc Silver

Molly is 14 when she takes her own life. Her last act? Scrolling through social media. 

Hex

Maja Holland

When Nikoline, Victoria and Johanna form ‘Witch Club Satan’, a feminist black metal band, none of them knows how to play an instrument. 

There Is Another Way

Stephen Apkon

Peace above all. Recognising the human being in the other, the person your culture defines as the enemy. 

Keziah Jones

A committed musician, deeply connected to his Nigerian roots while remaining a nomad.

American Doctor

Poh Si Teng

Documentaries do not simply describe places; they take us there.

One in a Million

Itab Azzam & Jack Macinnes

A Syrian family migrates to Europe to rebuild their lives far from the war. 

Soldiers of Light (Soldaten des Lichts)

Johannes Büttner

Moving between self-development, conspiracy theories and the far right, the film explores the mechanisms of indoctrination and ideological drift.

ascendant vierge

Both avant-garde and unmatched, ascendant vierge continues to shape the music of tomorrow and make it accessible to everyone. 

Apolo

Ísis Broken
Tainá Müller

Lourenzo Duvale and Ísis Broken, a transgender couple, conceive a child naturally during the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Being Olimpia (Lamarse Olimpia)

Indira Cato

Olimpia Coral Melo never set out to become a feminist icon.

Marcel Khalifé

Lebanese composer, singer and oud player Marcel Khalifé – considered Palestinian in Palestine and Lebanese in southern Lebanon – sees himself above all as an Arab musician. 

L'infiltré

Océan

In this hybrid solo performance, the artist turns his intimate story into a lens through which to reflect on norms, expectations and collective narratives.

Imany

With her deep, soulful and instantly recognisable voice, Imany has established herself as one of the most distinctive artists on the international stage.

Everybody to Kenmure Street

Felipe Bustos Sierra

What is the tipping point of activism? When does authority give way? What kind of action makes it happen?

Life After

Reid Davenport

In 1983, Elizabeth Bouvia, a disabled woman, asks for the right to die, sparking a nationwide debate in the United States. 

Blu Samu + 2L

An evening bringing together two artists with distinctive writing styles who make rap a space of freedom.

Le clown de Gaza

Abdulrahman Sabbah

In the besieged Gaza Strip, Alaa Meqdad, a clown of short stature, continues performing for children despite the bombardments. 

Kabul, Between Prayers

Aboozar Amini

Samim is 23 and a Taliban fighter. With a machine gun under his arm, he directs traffic. 

Sleaford Mods

Impossible to categorise, Sleaford Mods has been blowing apart the conventions of post-punk for more than fifteen years with an explosive mix of spoken word, minimalist electronic beats and raw anger.

Politzek

Ekaterina Momontova

In Russia under Putin’s regime, activism comes at a heavy price. 

Language of my Soul

Gregory Molale

At the age of 90, Katrina Esau is the last person who still speaks N|uu fluently, a San language threatened with extinction.

Dressing Room

Bissane Al-Charif
Hala Omran
Waël Ali

Postmenopausal women speak out. An intimate chorus on a subject that has yet to be fully explored by the theatre.

Altin Gün

An irresistible invitation to travel between memory, modernity and freedom.

The Secret Reading Club of Kabul

Shakiba Adil
Elina Hirvonen

Under Taliban rule, a group of young Afghan women secretly organise a reading circle in Kabul. 

Les voyageurs

David Bingong

At the border between Morocco and Spain, David Bingong and other ‘travellers’ wait for the ‘boza’, the crossing into Europe. 

Birds of War

Janay Boulos
Abd Alkader Habak

A Lebanese journalist based in London and a Syrian activist and cameraman meet, through their screens, at the heart of the war in Syria. 

Yanuni

Richard Ladkani

Juma Xipaia, an Indigenous leader from the Middle Xingu region of the Amazon, fights to protect her people’s lands from exploitation and destruction. 

Sister Carol + Cimarons

One ticket, two concerts, two journeys, and the same unwavering commitment to the struggles for dignity and equality.