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I visited a Dance Workshop in Centrum Folkloru Polskiego clsoe to Warsaw. Two dancers of the Mazowsze Ensemble taught our group how to dance Kujawiak.

It made me wonder: Where in Berlin or around can we learn about or experience Polish (or other!) folklore traditions? Please share any hint with me.

If there is no such place, well… should we start a folklore dance group?

• Films To Watch

• Klangwellen Georgiens with Georgian Alphabet Workshop + 🍷

• Polish Perspectives

• Belarus as a Global Case: Art and Activism in Conditions of Risk

• Dance with the Stans Nowruz Party

Films To Watch:

In April, we go to the cinema! Perfect time, with April weather crossing our plans anyways. There is a lot to see: We have Berlinale Repetitions, DEFA Screenings as well as another chance to see Blueberry Dreams!

Forum & Friends: Osteuropa-Nachlese in Kino Krokodil

Eighty Plus: An aging jazz musician returns to Serbia to reclaim his family’s lost home, uncovering history, nostalgia, and post-socialist realities along the way. + Film Introduction by Barbara Wurm

📆 5th of April📍Kino Krokodil 💵 10/8€, 🗣️ Serbian/German + English subtitles

The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov: The 3rd world war might start, but Fedja only cares about his music. And about finding his magical sweater. + Film Introduction by Barbara Wurm and Theresa Wiesweg

📆 5th of April📍Kino Krokodil 💵 10/8€, 🗣️ Russian/Belarusian + English subtitles

Chas Pidlotu: Life in Lviv moves between daily routines and the ever-present reality of war. Following musicians, veterans, and civilians, the film captures resilience, loss, and the relentless cycle of conflict. + Film Introduction by Barbara Wurm

📆 6th of April📍Kino Krokodil 💵 10/8€, 🗣️ Ukrainian + English subtitles

My Armenian Phantoms: A filmmaker pieces together family memories and Armenia’s cinematic legacy, crafting a moving dialogue with her late father and a tribute to a lost era. + Film Introduction by Barbara Wurm

📆 6th of April📍Kino Krokodil 💵 10/8€, 🗣️ Russian + English subtitles

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Blueberry Dreams: A documentary about a heartwarming family, who embarks on the adventure of starting a blueberry farm in Northern Georgia + Q&A with Director Elene Mikaberidze

📆 4th of April📍Filmarche 💵 free, 🗣️ Original + English subtitles

Novastan Shorts: Five short films from Central Asia exploring a wide range of perspectives - such as the lives of the Luli community,, and more. + PLOV

📆 5th of April📍Filmrauschpalast 💵 5€, 🗣️ Original + English subtitles

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DEFA

Tilman Riemenschneider: The famed sculptor rises to prominence in Würzburg but faces brutal consequences when he stands with the peasants during the 1525 uprising. + Introduction by Mirko Wiermann (DEFA Foundation)

📆 6th of April📍Kino Krokodil 💵 10/8€, 🗣️German, no subtitles :(

Hostess: Jette and Johannes' relationship is tested when he proposes in a way that hurts her feelings, leading to a period of reflection on love, marriage, and expectations.

📆 15th of April📍Hackesche Höfe 💵 11/10€, 🗣️German, no subtitles :(

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+ SCREENING OF GREEN BORDER ON 5th of April, see below!

Klangwellen Georgiens with Georgian Alphabet Workshop & 🍷(tomorrow)

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With the protests in Georgia for a democratic future (and so much more!) are proceeding, Untitled Tbilisi is hosting a donation-based afternoon dedicated to Georgia’s culture with the goal of raising awareness. The event starts with a Georgian Alphabet workshop, followed by a talk and reading, poetry performance, live music and if that did not convince you yet, you can also expect Georgian food, wine & chacha. 🇬🇪❤️

📆 4th of April, 4 - 9 PM

📍Spore Initiative / Neukölln

💵 donation based

🗣️ English

Polish Perspectives

A full day of Polish Perspectives: With the current Polish EU Council presidency, AdK hosts a day-long event, that combines Polish voices across different disciplines. The programme includes readings of Grass and Joanna Bator, debates on role of women in political change and current developments in Polish cultural policy as well as both a sound and theatre performance.

My personal highlight: A conversation with Agnieszka Holland, right before a screening of Green Border. A drama telling the fateful and intertwined stories of refugees, activists and border police in the forests of the Belarusian-Polish border.

The programme is remarkably rich in interesting topics as well as people from Poland’s cultural landscape. See the full programme here!

📆5th of April, 2 - 10 PM

📍Akademie der Künste / Tiergarten

💵 daypass: 15/9€, film screening only: 7,50/5€

🗣️ English, Translations in German will be provided.

Belarus as a Global Case: Art and Activism in Conditions of Risk

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A two-day exploration of Belarusian contemporary art and the realities of artists at risk. With performances, live music, panel, and the opening of the collective exhibition Vanishing Point, final act of the RAZAM residency for exile artists, this event highlights repression, forced migration, and artistic resistance.

Two side events accompany the exhibition: A workshop on Mosaic techniques on 13th of April and on Crepe paper flowers on 18th of April.

Full program here.

You can visit the exhibition until April 25th.

+ DRANIKI <3

📆 11-25th of April

📍 Ballhaus Prinzenallee / Kreuzberg, Exhibition: Art Space in Exile / Treptow

💵 free but registration necessary for performance & workshops

🗣️ English

Dance with the Stans Nowruz Party

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The popular Central Asia-Party Dance with the Stans is back! This time with a Nowruz Edition on 5th of April. With a really divers line up from electronic to central asian hits - you can find more details here!

The party happens right after the Novastan short film screening, mentioned above.

📆 5th of April, 9:30 PM - late

📍 Slaughterhouse Kulturfabrik / Moabit

💵 15/10€

submitted by Amina <3

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Lots of love,

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