Society

Café der Freiheit

Oliver Kobold, Tara Paighambari / German / 2024 / 224 Pages

In Café of Freedom, Tara Paighambari takes us on a moving journey. As a five-year-old, she flees Iran with her family and finds a new home in Berlin. Despite facing major challenges, she manages to build a successful life. Her story is a tribute to the human spirit and shows how something great can emerge from difficult beginnings. It is a story of love, loss, and the unwavering desire to take control of one’s life.

Credits

Year 2024
Language German
Pages 224
ISBN 978-3-8270-1514-3
Authors Oliver Kobold, Tara Paighambari
Filmstill "Sisterqueens"

Film

Sisterqueens

10. Oct / 19:30 / Colosseum Filmtheater
12. Oct / 18:30 / Festival Center D'24
13. Oct / 20:30 / City Kino Wedding
The three friends Jamila, Rachel, and Faseeha are part of Sisterqueens, a Berlin-based rap collective. They challenge social norms, rap about feminism, discrimination, and self-determination, and help each other to forge their own paths.

Film

We Iranian Women

11. Oct / 19:00 / Sputnik Kino
14. Oct / 19:00 / Sputnik Kino
This film showcases courageous Iranian women risking their lives to fight economic crises, corruption, and the patriarchy. Prominent women from the fields of culture, art, and science share their stories of being forced to leave their beloved country.

Virtual Experience

Draw for Change

10. Oct / 10:00 / Festival Center D'24
This virtual reality experience will take you into Maremoto’s world, showing how the young Mexican caricaturist works. With her art, Maremoto fights for equal rights, empowers other women, and criticizes patriarchal structures.
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