Sanctuary City Darmstadt

Festival: Sanctuary City Darmstadt

A Festival of Performance, Film, Dance, and Discussion in the Martinsviertel.

Thursday, 25 June 2026

5:00 pm – Performance: Our Voices with Ilayda Gürbüz, Meva Tan, and Mircan Üktü

5:45 pm – Dance Workshop with Raffaele Irace

7:15 pm – Performances: The Reckoning with Shamsia Alhasan and Celine Hagley

Don't Forget Who You Are When You Speak Your Language with Denizcan Dogan and Bilal El Hichar

8:00 pm – Panel Discussion

"Sanctuary City Darmstadt: How Can Solidarity, Protection, Refuge, and Participation Be Shaped in a Post-Migrant Urban Society Despite Restrictive Migration and Social Policies?"

How can cities remain places of protection, solidarity, and democratic participation in times of rising right-wing pressure and increasingly restrictive migration and social policies? This discussion brings together lawyer Seda Basay-Yildiz, social policy researcher Prof. Dr. Christian Brütt, and Darmstadt-based activist and social worker Dorothee Köhler.

Moderated by Prof. Dr. Onur Suzan Nobrega.

Friday, 26 June 2026

5:00–6:00 pm – Performance: Scars of the Earth

with Berlin Demirpence and Janik Happle

5:00–6:00 pm – Impro Ring

with Raffaele Irace

6:00–7:00 pm – Community Dinner

hosted by Über den Tellerrand e.V.

7:15 pm – Performance: Couscous Royal

with Shima Bensahnoun, Nina Faulhaber, and Yasin Rabiai

7:45 pm – Film Screening: Fanon (dir. Jean-Claude Barny, 2024)

Followed by a discussion with Adela Kendic, Colin Meng, and Janet Wolde.