Watch, Listen, Read: Winternachten 2021
#SoulCare: Radical Happiness
Winternachten 2021
"Joy is an act of resistance" is a slogan that is gaining traction. Can happiness be a form of activism? Is there such a thing as restful resistance? And why is self-care so important? These questions constituted the foundation of this concluding …
read moreBahghi, Gil Gomes Leal, Hassnae Bouazza, Jens Meijen, Koleka Putuma, Munganyende Hélène Christelle, Radna Fabias
#BacktoEarth: Tout-monde (Whole World)
Winternachten 2021
The image we have of our world is purely human , making it human-centric. It's up to us to offer non-humans a voice and a stage. This program created by Nisrine Mbarki gave the floor to the non-human elements of our world. It was an existentially …
read moreAmahl Raphael Khouri, Annemarie Estor, Chris Keulemans, Nisrine Mbarki, Shishani, Sulaiman Addonia, Vamba Sherif
#TheFutureIsFemale: The Female Convention
Winternachten 2021
Watch the keynote speech, Love Politics, by the German writer, journalist and cultural scientist Mithu Sanyal here. It's up to us. This is what women in Poland and Turkey are demanding in their protests on behalf of gender equality and better …
read moreDilâra Gürcü, Kaouthar Darmoni, Laura van Dolron, Meltem Halaceli, Mithu Sanyal, Mona Eltahawy, Nazmiye Oral, Nicole le Fever, Zsófia Bán
#StillWeRise: Writing Climate (In)Justice
Winternachten 2021
More and more authors are giving the climate and the climate crisis a prominent role in their work. Consider, for example, the recent novels of Eva Meijer, Margaret Atwood and Richard Powers. Few, however, dare to tackle the subject of climate …
read moreAlexis Wright, Benjamin Fro, Chihiro Geuzebroek, Fiep van Bodegom, Leena Norms, Sanam Sheriff
Opening Night: It's Up to Us & PEN Award
Winternachten 2021
"It's Up to Us" is a statement made by philosopher, songwriter and author Eva Meijer in a radio program, as she was speaking about her novel De nieuwe rivier ( The New River ), which deals with the climate crisis. It's no longer up to you , the …
read moreArnon Grunberg, Eva Meijer, Jaap Tielbeke, Mirthe Frese, Raoul de Jong, Salena Godden, Samanta Schweblin, Simon(e) van Saarloos, Tsitsi Dangarembga