AKE DIKHEA? At 10: A Retrospective Celebration

Fünfzehn Minuten (Fifteen Minutes)
Sejad Ademaj, Germany, 2022, 15min. German and Romani with English subtitles 

Horo ano Boro (Dance in the Courtyard)
Benjamin Menekshe, Kosovo, 2025, 30min. Albanian and Romani with English subtitles

Chavo
Alecio Araci, Sweden, 2023, 15min. Romani with English subtitles

9/8fight41
Gizem Aksu, Turkey, 2022, 29 min. Turkish with English subtitles

Preceded by openings remarks from Hamze Bytyçi, Malve Lippmann, Delaine Le Bas

Followed by remarks from Damian Le Bas and the 2026 AKE DIKHEA? Jury

Ten years ago, AKE DIKHEA? opened its doors with an imperative to amplify marginalized voices, dismantle stereotypes, and celebrate the rich and multifaceted nature of Romani ethnicity and culture. To mark a decade, we return to where it began — four award-winning films from the festival's history, chosen not as artifacts but as proof of what's held true since year one. To open the festival, we look back as we prepare to go forward and celebrate a decade of Romani films and filmmakers reclaiming the cinematic frame.

Welcome drinks from 19:00 on. Open to all. RSVPs kindly requested via the following link.

Hamze Bytyçi is a curator, media and theatre educator, director and performer, as well as the chairman of RomaTrial e.V., a transcultural, non-profit self-organization based in Berlin that fights against racism and antigypsyism through art, political education, and cultural projects.

Malve Lippmann is an artist, curator, and cultural manager. She is the co-founder and artistic director of bi‘bak and SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA in Berlin.

Delaine Le Bas is a British-Romani artist born in whose work addresses nationhood, land, belonging and gender across diverse media including embroidery, painting, decoupage, sculpture, installations and performance that reflect domestic claustrophobia and the transient nature of modern materiality.

Damian Le Bas is a British-Romani writer and journalist.