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The writers for Cirk biZ’arT shows are also the performers: Jonah Katz, Laurie Roger, and Remy Bombled. Coming from different backgrounds, their paths joined in France in 2013. Since then they have written multiple shows, the two main ones being “Cabaret biZ’arT” and “BOUCAN”.
Leda are an Italian alt-rock band formed in 2018, working at the intersection of songwriting and sound research.
Following the release of their albums Memorie dal Futuro (2019) and Marocco Speed (2022), both released by Piccio Records, Leda composed and performed the live music for Don Chisciotte ad Ardere, a contemporary theatre production by Teatro delle Albe, commissioned by Ravenna Festival, between 2023 and 2025.
Both albums, as well as the production’s soundtrack, received positive reviews from music critics and found particular appreciation abroad, especially in France.
While Leda often retreat to the recording studio or rehearsal room to work on new songs, their true strength lies in their live performances. Their music has reached major international platforms and festivals, including SXSW in Austin, SIM São Paulo and the Interrobang Film Festival in Iowa.
Today, Leda inhabit a space between roots and transformation as they work on their third album. The new project brings together their ongoing sound research and the experiences they have gathered over the past few years, opening the door to new musical possibilities and forms.
It is a process rooted in an attentive and conscious engagement with the present, exploring the social issues and transformations of our time through music that seeks, through dialogue and cross-pollination, new ways of interpreting and portraying reality.
Following the release of their albums Memorie dal Futuro (2019) and Marocco Speed (2022), both released by Piccio Records, Leda composed and performed the live music for Don Chisciotte ad Ardere, a contemporary theatre production by Teatro delle Albe, commissioned by Ravenna Festival, between 2023 and 2025.
Both albums, as well as the production’s soundtrack, received positive reviews from music critics and found particular appreciation abroad, especially in France.
While Leda often retreat to the recording studio or rehearsal room to work on new songs, their true strength lies in their live performances. Their music has reached major international platforms and festivals, including SXSW in Austin, SIM São Paulo and the Interrobang Film Festival in Iowa.
Today, Leda inhabit a space between roots and transformation as they work on their third album. The new project brings together their ongoing sound research and the experiences they have gathered over the past few years, opening the door to new musical possibilities and forms.
It is a process rooted in an attentive and conscious engagement with the present, exploring the social issues and transformations of our time through music that seeks, through dialogue and cross-pollination, new ways of interpreting and portraying reality.
Lana Nasser is a shapeshifting storyteller, ecofeminist writer and performer, dancing between languages and across genres. Winner of the Etel Adnan Award for Arab Women Playwrights, she has published in three languages, with work spanning theatre, site-specific performance, film, and voice. Her academic background in Psychology and Consciousness/Dream Studies, alongside mythology, nature and the body, informs her practice. She has spent over 20 years guiding creative self-expression—from festivals and colleges to prisons and refugee camps. Palestinian-Jordanian, born and raised in Amman, she lived for many years in the US before planting herself in the south of the Netherlands, where she tends bees and a garden. She regularly publishes online at BintIbrahim.com.
As a soloist, Lana directs, choreographs, designs lighting, and handles costuming. Joining her in The Whore of Canaan is composer/musician Antonio Alemanno (IT), a multi-instrumentalist (double bass, cello, oud, charango, frame drums, analog synthesizers) who graduated from Sibelius Academy in Global Music (MA). He blends diverse instrumental colors and nuances, having performed in over 20 countries.
Co-produced by Fundamental Monodrama Festival—whose history with Lana dates to 2011—the production premiered at Fundamental in 2025 and now moves to FemArt.
More on their work: www.LanaNasser.com | antonioalemanno.com
Robert Budina was born in Korca, Albania, and works as an independent film producer, director, scriptwriter. He was graduated in the Academy of Arts, Theater Directing. He has directed and written several theater plays.
Together with Sabina Kodra formed ERAFILM PRODUCTION Company in 2001. Robert has also filed numerous roles as producer, executive producer, and supervisor production in various international co-productions.
Robert directed his first short film “LULEBORË”, participating in 40 film festivals all over the world and collecting several awards such as Best Film in Algarve, Portugal and Best Male Actor in Tanger, Morocco. “AGON” the first feature film of Robert Budina, was screened in more than 30 festivals worldwide and was awarded as Best Script in SEE a PARIS.
“Agon” was the Albanian Nomination for the OSCARS in 2014.
Robert Budina’s second feature film, “A SHELTER AMONG THE CLOUDS”,
had has the world premiere in Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia, in the Official Competition, November 2018. After the film partecipated in many other festivals worldwide collecting awards such as, Global Visual Award in Cinequest Film & Creativity Film Festival in San Jose, Usa, Best Film in La Valletta International Film Festival, Malta, Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress in PriFilmFest, Kosovo, Best Music and Sound Mix in Mediteranian Film Festival Valencia, Spain. “A SHELTER AMONG THE CLOUDS”, is the first Albanian speaking language film distributed in German territories for more than six months, collecting around 20.000 admissions, Albania
5.000 admissions, broadcasted in Digitalb Albania, Albanian National Tv RTSH and HBO.
The TV series THE SQUARE OF POWER written and directed by Robert Budina in 2021 was broadcasted in the biggest Albanian National Tv KLAN, having an average audience tracking of 35 %. Robert Budina is currently in postproduction of his third feature film “WATERDROP”.
Together with Sabina Kodra formed ERAFILM PRODUCTION Company in 2001. Robert has also filed numerous roles as producer, executive producer, and supervisor production in various international co-productions.
Robert directed his first short film “LULEBORË”, participating in 40 film festivals all over the world and collecting several awards such as Best Film in Algarve, Portugal and Best Male Actor in Tanger, Morocco. “AGON” the first feature film of Robert Budina, was screened in more than 30 festivals worldwide and was awarded as Best Script in SEE a PARIS.
“Agon” was the Albanian Nomination for the OSCARS in 2014.
Robert Budina’s second feature film, “A SHELTER AMONG THE CLOUDS”,
had has the world premiere in Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia, in the Official Competition, November 2018. After the film partecipated in many other festivals worldwide collecting awards such as, Global Visual Award in Cinequest Film & Creativity Film Festival in San Jose, Usa, Best Film in La Valletta International Film Festival, Malta, Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress in PriFilmFest, Kosovo, Best Music and Sound Mix in Mediteranian Film Festival Valencia, Spain. “A SHELTER AMONG THE CLOUDS”, is the first Albanian speaking language film distributed in German territories for more than six months, collecting around 20.000 admissions, Albania
5.000 admissions, broadcasted in Digitalb Albania, Albanian National Tv RTSH and HBO.
The TV series THE SQUARE OF POWER written and directed by Robert Budina in 2021 was broadcasted in the biggest Albanian National Tv KLAN, having an average audience tracking of 35 %. Robert Budina is currently in postproduction of his third feature film “WATERDROP”.
Luna, Winter, Toulouse and Jules are four sisters. All of them study at a different theatre school in Belgium. In their work they research how to connect language, movement, music and audio. This production is their first collaboration as a theatre company.
The four of them wrote the play “Sisters” together. The themes reflect important issues in their lives. Creating this play opened up conversations they would never have had otherwise. It is an honest performance in which they express their desires and expectations.
The four of them wrote the play “Sisters” together. The themes reflect important issues in their lives. Creating this play opened up conversations they would never have had otherwise. It is an honest performance in which they express their desires and expectations.
Aida Zherka was born and educated in Gjakova. She has been living in Luxembourg for the past 26 years, where she has built her life around family, professional development, and her passion for the creative world. She is a mother of two daughters, who are an important part of her life journey.
Over the years, she has pursued various studies and professional training in law, business management, and foreign languages. Yet her deepest exploration has always been rooted in the spiritual, psychological, and creative realms. It is there that writing became a space of freedom and a way for her to give voice to what she feels, experiences, and understands about life and the people around her.
In her second book, “Eros i heshtur,” Aida Zherka brings together fragments of feelings, memories, and experiences written at different moments in her life.
The book holds words she first spoke to herself, and which she now chooses to share with her readers.
For her, above all, this book is a testament to love in its many forms: love for oneself, for another, and for the world. It is an attempt to understand life through feeling and to give those feelings a voice in words.
Over the years, she has pursued various studies and professional training in law, business management, and foreign languages. Yet her deepest exploration has always been rooted in the spiritual, psychological, and creative realms. It is there that writing became a space of freedom and a way for her to give voice to what she feels, experiences, and understands about life and the people around her.
In her second book, “Eros i heshtur,” Aida Zherka brings together fragments of feelings, memories, and experiences written at different moments in her life.
The book holds words she first spoke to herself, and which she now chooses to share with her readers.
For her, above all, this book is a testament to love in its many forms: love for oneself, for another, and for the world. It is an attempt to understand life through feeling and to give those feelings a voice in words.
Ilire Zajmi (1971) is a writer, researcher, and journalist. She holds a PhD in Mass Communication Sciences from the University of Sofia.
She is the author of thirteen books, and her poetry has been translated into several foreign languages.
Zajmi is the recipient of the Naji Naman Literary Merit Prize in Lebanon (2018), the “Ventennale” Award at the International Poetry Competition in Milan, Italy (2011), and the First Prize for Poetry at the 49th edition of the “Mitingu i Poezisë” in Gjakova (2013), among other awards.
She is the author of six poetry collections, four of which were published in Albanian: “Këmbanat e mëngjesit” (1991), “Baladë e bardhë” (2001), “Valsi i mesnatës” (2016), and “Vjeshta është grua” (2020). Her other poetry collections include “Amnesia” (2011), published in English in Portugal, and “C’est la fin” (2014), published in French in France.
She is also the author of three novels: “Fashitja e ëndrrave rebele” (1996), “Era” (2014), and “Një luftë e pakryer” (2019), as well as the Croatian edition “Saga o jednom nedovrsenom ratu” (2023).
Together with Italian journalist Filippo Landi, she co-authored the book of journalism “Një tren për Bllacë”, published in Italian in Italy in 1999. The book was later translated into Albanian and Croatian.
Her work in journalism also includes “Pamjet televizive dhe realiteti” (2014). Together with Anton Nikë Berisha, she translated Giuseppe Napolitano’s “Pëshpëritjet e Hënës” from Italian.
Zajmi has participated in international literary festivals and various cultural projects. She is a member of Poetas del Mundo.
She is the author of thirteen books, and her poetry has been translated into several foreign languages.
Zajmi is the recipient of the Naji Naman Literary Merit Prize in Lebanon (2018), the “Ventennale” Award at the International Poetry Competition in Milan, Italy (2011), and the First Prize for Poetry at the 49th edition of the “Mitingu i Poezisë” in Gjakova (2013), among other awards.
She is the author of six poetry collections, four of which were published in Albanian: “Këmbanat e mëngjesit” (1991), “Baladë e bardhë” (2001), “Valsi i mesnatës” (2016), and “Vjeshta është grua” (2020). Her other poetry collections include “Amnesia” (2011), published in English in Portugal, and “C’est la fin” (2014), published in French in France.
She is also the author of three novels: “Fashitja e ëndrrave rebele” (1996), “Era” (2014), and “Një luftë e pakryer” (2019), as well as the Croatian edition “Saga o jednom nedovrsenom ratu” (2023).
Together with Italian journalist Filippo Landi, she co-authored the book of journalism “Një tren për Bllacë”, published in Italian in Italy in 1999. The book was later translated into Albanian and Croatian.
Her work in journalism also includes “Pamjet televizive dhe realiteti” (2014). Together with Anton Nikë Berisha, she translated Giuseppe Napolitano’s “Pëshpëritjet e Hënës” from Italian.
Zajmi has participated in international literary festivals and various cultural projects. She is a member of Poetas del Mundo.
Bessa Myftiu was born in Tirana. After completing her studies in Literature, she worked as a lecturer at the Higher Pedagogical School in Elbasan and later as a journalist for the magazine “Skena dhe Ekrani”. Since 1991, Bessa has been based in Switzerland. She holds a PhD from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences in Geneva.
A poet, novelist, short-story and essay writer, she has also written film scripts, including “Yllka”, a co-production between Albania and Switzerland, in which she played the lead role. She translated her father’s novel “Shkrimtari”, by the dissident Mehmet Myftiu, from Albanian into French.
She has published one bilingual poetry collection, as well as 11 books in French and four books in Albanian.
Bilingual book:
Des amis perdus / Miq të humbur, Bilingual poetry collection, Tirana, Marin Barleti, 1994; reissued in 2009 and 2026.
Books published in Albanian:
• Rrëfime nga vendet e harruara — novel, Tirana, Marin Barleti, 2010.
• Drejt së pamundurës — short stories, Tirana, Marin Barleti, 2012.
• Dashuri në kohën e komunizmit — novel, reissued, Tirana, Botimet Barleti, 2026.
• Ditët e vetmisë — novella, Tirana, Botimet Dudaj, 2026.
A poet, novelist, short-story and essay writer, she has also written film scripts, including “Yllka”, a co-production between Albania and Switzerland, in which she played the lead role. She translated her father’s novel “Shkrimtari”, by the dissident Mehmet Myftiu, from Albanian into French.
She has published one bilingual poetry collection, as well as 11 books in French and four books in Albanian.
Bilingual book:
Des amis perdus / Miq të humbur, Bilingual poetry collection, Tirana, Marin Barleti, 1994; reissued in 2009 and 2026.
Books published in Albanian:
• Rrëfime nga vendet e harruara — novel, Tirana, Marin Barleti, 2010.
• Drejt së pamundurës — short stories, Tirana, Marin Barleti, 2012.
• Dashuri në kohën e komunizmit — novel, reissued, Tirana, Botimet Barleti, 2026.
• Ditët e vetmisë — novella, Tirana, Botimet Dudaj, 2026.
Evie Demetriou is a Cyprus-based dance artist, choreographer, and performer with an extensive international practice. Her work combines dance, video, and performance, exploring themes such as identity, gender, social expectations, and the politics of care.
Her practice is characterised by a combination of powerful physicality, humour, and personal storytelling, creating spaces for reflection and dialogue around individual and collective experiences. Her work has been presented in more than 17 countries across Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Evie is also a co-founder of Dance House Lemesos and contributes to the development of the contemporary dance community through performances, workshops, and international collaborations.
Her practice is characterised by a combination of powerful physicality, humour, and personal storytelling, creating spaces for reflection and dialogue around individual and collective experiences. Her work has been presented in more than 17 countries across Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Evie is also a co-founder of Dance House Lemesos and contributes to the development of the contemporary dance community through performances, workshops, and international collaborations.
Events
A poetic journey through love, longing, desire, loss, and the search for the self.
Through memories, distance, body, and spirit, the poems tell the story of a woman who loves, rebels, breaks, and rises again. A dialogue with the past and with all that remains unspoken, until love for another gives way to love for oneself.
“Erosi i heshtur” by Aida Zherka comes to FemArt 14 on 27 September at the National Library of Kosovo, featuring readings from the book and a conversation between the author and moderator Ilire Zajmi.
Through memories, distance, body, and spirit, the poems tell the story of a woman who loves, rebels, breaks, and rises again. A dialogue with the past and with all that remains unspoken, until love for another gives way to love for oneself.
“Erosi i heshtur” by Aida Zherka comes to FemArt 14 on 27 September at the National Library of Kosovo, featuring readings from the book and a conversation between the author and moderator Ilire Zajmi.
The Bukovec Sisters, a trio of cultural activists, make art they can take to the countryside, to the place of their origin. They try to push their cosmopolitan feminist performances into every Slovenian village, and, to their great surprise, the village accepts them with open arms and hearts full of life stories. And then weird things begin to happen. Nearby, a child finds a part of a woman’s hand in a pile of manure. Just like in a film. Reality interferes with the performance, and the Bukovec Sisters set off on a real mission. A mission against patriarchy, violence and femicide. They call their allies, neighbours, relatives, students. They put on pants, cut them. They grab their guns, occupy spaces in front of churches, schools and fire stations. They grab shovels, they dig graves. They stand in front of houses. Hold up their signs. Deploy into positions. Wave flags from the rooftops. They will no longer be silent. We will no longer be silent. The pile has finally spoken.
A circus cabaret gone awry, this hilarious contemporary clown show explores the relationships between the actors and the audience. Touching on subjects such as patriotism, borders, migration, violence, love, and our shared humanity, this show has toured successfully around the world for over a decade. Using acrobatics, tap dance, juggling, crystal ball manipulation, the infamous French Can’t Can’t, and fearless audience interaction, the artists reveal a story pushing physical comedy, absurdity, and improvisation to their limits.
The opening night of the Cultural Station brings “The Whore of Canaan” to the stage. A multimedia performance blending monodrama and dance theatre, created and performed by Lana Nasser, accompanied by the live music of Antonio Alemanno.
An old man leads you through an ancient crumbling city to the last tree standing. Zaytoun is her name, Olive. She carries the stories of her kin and tells of her kind. Rooted in memories of people and place. Displaced, exploited and whored, yet still bearing seed.
An old man leads you through an ancient crumbling city to the last tree standing. Zaytoun is her name, Olive. She carries the stories of her kin and tells of her kind. Rooted in memories of people and place. Displaced, exploited and whored, yet still bearing seed.
How far would a mother go to save her son?
Aida has built her life and career within a system where power, corruption, and silence have become part of everyday life. But when her 16-year-old son is accused of raping a classmate, everything she thought she could control begins to fall apart.
To protect her son, Aida dives even deeper into the system she helped build. But the harder she searches for a way out, the more she is forced to confront a difficult question: where does a mother’s protection end, and complicity begin?
A film about power, family, guilt, and the silence that keeps a system standing.
Director: Robert Budina
Screenplay: Robert Budina, Doruntina Basha, Ajola Daja
Starring: Gresa Pallaska, Arben Bajraktaraj, Adem Karaga
Produced by: Erafilm, Avanpost
Aida has built her life and career within a system where power, corruption, and silence have become part of everyday life. But when her 16-year-old son is accused of raping a classmate, everything she thought she could control begins to fall apart.
To protect her son, Aida dives even deeper into the system she helped build. But the harder she searches for a way out, the more she is forced to confront a difficult question: where does a mother’s protection end, and complicity begin?
A film about power, family, guilt, and the silence that keeps a system standing.
Director: Robert Budina
Screenplay: Robert Budina, Doruntina Basha, Ajola Daja
Starring: Gresa Pallaska, Arben Bajraktaraj, Adem Karaga
Produced by: Erafilm, Avanpost
Book promotion by Bessa Myftiu / Albania, Switzerland
“The truth is, we never really leave a love behind. We simply learn to live without it…”
Three women living abroad return to Albania to attend a friend’s wedding. When a delayed flight leaves them stranded at the airport for the night, each woman shares a story of love from Albania under communism to help pass the time.
Their stories take us through love found and lost, forbidden relationships, impossible choices, and lives shaped by a time when even love was subject to rules, fear, and restrictions.
Reissued this year, Love in the Time of Communism by Bessa Myftiu brings together stories of love, memory, loss, and survival, offering an intimate glimpse into the lives and choices of people who came of age under communism.
Join us for a conversation with Bessa Myftiu, moderated by Ilire Zajmi.
“The truth is, we never really leave a love behind. We simply learn to live without it…”
Three women living abroad return to Albania to attend a friend’s wedding. When a delayed flight leaves them stranded at the airport for the night, each woman shares a story of love from Albania under communism to help pass the time.
Their stories take us through love found and lost, forbidden relationships, impossible choices, and lives shaped by a time when even love was subject to rules, fear, and restrictions.
Reissued this year, Love in the Time of Communism by Bessa Myftiu brings together stories of love, memory, loss, and survival, offering an intimate glimpse into the lives and choices of people who came of age under communism.
Join us for a conversation with Bessa Myftiu, moderated by Ilire Zajmi.
Ready for a rock’n’roll night?
The opening night of the Cultural Station is turning up the volume with LEDA, the Italian alt-rock band bringing their raw energy and distinctive sound to the stage.
Moving between powerful rock and pop/alternative ballads, Leda takes us on a journey through the past, the present and the future, bringing songs from their albums Memorie dal Futuro and Marocco Speed, alongside new and unreleased material.
On stage will perform Serena Abrami (vocals, synth, acoustic guitar), Enrico Vitali (guitar, backing vocals), Fabrizio Baioni (drums) and Giorgio Baioni (bass).
Join us as we open the doors to a new home for culture with music, energy and moments to remember.
LEDA live. See you at the Station on 28 September, from 22:30!
The opening night of the Cultural Station is turning up the volume with LEDA, the Italian alt-rock band bringing their raw energy and distinctive sound to the stage.
Moving between powerful rock and pop/alternative ballads, Leda takes us on a journey through the past, the present and the future, bringing songs from their albums Memorie dal Futuro and Marocco Speed, alongside new and unreleased material.
On stage will perform Serena Abrami (vocals, synth, acoustic guitar), Enrico Vitali (guitar, backing vocals), Fabrizio Baioni (drums) and Giorgio Baioni (bass).
Join us as we open the doors to a new home for culture with music, energy and moments to remember.
LEDA live. See you at the Station on 28 September, from 22:30!
Performers and Creators: Luna De Cock, Winter De Cock, Toulouse De Cock, Jules De Cock
Lighting Design: Floris Xhenseval
Producers: Timon Kouloumpis, Winter De Cock
Four Sisters is a celebration of (family) life, brought to the stage by four sisters. They dialogue with each other and the audience about what it’s like to grow up in a (large) family - together, always, but also alone. They explore their expectations and desires through language, movement, music, and audio. About letting go and finding one’s way back. About leaving and coming home again. About seeing parents divorce and finding a path in love. About dreams. About Moscow.
Lighting Design: Floris Xhenseval
Producers: Timon Kouloumpis, Winter De Cock
Four Sisters is a celebration of (family) life, brought to the stage by four sisters. They dialogue with each other and the audience about what it’s like to grow up in a (large) family - together, always, but also alone. They explore their expectations and desires through language, movement, music, and audio. About letting go and finding one’s way back. About leaving and coming home again. About seeing parents divorce and finding a path in love. About dreams. About Moscow.
Through a blend of humor, authenticity, emotion, and imagination, they touch the audience and stage a poetic journey through and toward sisterhood. This haunting performance tells the story of a family. Any family. Because we know dynamics come in all shapes and sizes.
NEVER JUST I is a solo performance by Evie Demetriou that explores the complexities of identity and lived experience. Navigating through the different roles as a woman, mother, and daughter, she crafts an intimate, raw, and deeply human work that resonates beyond the personal.
This performance is a journey through vulnerability, guilt, aliveness, and strength. It invites the audience into a space where fragility meets resilience, where the deeply personal becomes political. The atmosphere oscillates between humor and emotional honesty, creating a space that is at once fun, vulnerable, sincere, and defiant.
At its core, NEVER JUST I highlights female resilience, courage, and the forces that shape women’s lives. Through high-energy physicality, confessional storytelling, and playfulness, it challenges notions of individualism, offering an invitation to embrace collective strength and agency.
This performance is a journey through vulnerability, guilt, aliveness, and strength. It invites the audience into a space where fragility meets resilience, where the deeply personal becomes political. The atmosphere oscillates between humor and emotional honesty, creating a space that is at once fun, vulnerable, sincere, and defiant.
At its core, NEVER JUST I highlights female resilience, courage, and the forces that shape women’s lives. Through high-energy physicality, confessional storytelling, and playfulness, it challenges notions of individualism, offering an invitation to embrace collective strength and agency.
Programme
Day 1 – 25.09.2026
OPENING OF FEMART 14 / COCKTAIL RECEPTION CIRCUS PERFORMANCE “CABARET biZ’arT” / France
Created & Directed by: Cirk biZ’arT / Cast: Jonah Katz, Laurie Roger, Remy Bombled / Lighting & Technical Support: MagniFX / Producer / Manager: Jonah Katz / Production: Cirk biZ’arT
20:00–21:00
Venue: Dodona Theatre, Prishtina
Day 2 – 26.09.2026
WORKSHOP “THE CONNECTIONS THAT HOLD US TOGETHER” / Belgium
Mentors: Luna De Cock, Winter De Cock, Toulouse De Cock, Jules De Cock
10:00–14:00
Barabar Center, Prishtina
WORKSHOP AND DISCUSSION “WOMEN’S SAFETY”
Special Guest Speaker: Priscillia Routier-Trillard, founder of the Sorority app / Trainer: Émeline Blandin, Deputy Director of the French Institute of Kosova
11:00–13:00
French Institute, Prishtina
WORKSHOP “EXPLORING YOUR INNER CLOWN” BY CIRK biZ’arT / France
Trainers: Jonah Katz, Laurie Roger, Rémy Bombled
15:00–17:00
Barabar Center, Prishtina
THEATRE PERFORMANCE “THE ART OF LIVING: THE ACT OF KILLING” / Slovenia
Created and Performed by: Barbara Kukovec, Katarina Stegnar, Urška Brodar / Video: Vid Hajnšek / Photo: Andrej Firm / Costume and space design: Meta Grgurevič, Olja Grubić / Music and Sound: Dead Tongues / Lighting Design: Borut Bučinel / Stage Props master: Tina Krajnc / Co-production: Mladinsko Theatre, Rizoma Institute and City of Women
20:00–21:15
Dodona Theatre, Prishtina
Day 3 – 27.09.2026
ACTIVISTS’ MEETING “WOMEN BUILD PEACE”
Panelists: Dzeneta Agović, Iliriana Islami, Erblina Luma / Moderator and Report Presenter: Prof. Vjollca Krasniqi
11:00–13:00
Faculty of Philosophy, Prishtina
BOOK PROMOTION “LOVE IN THE TIME OF COMMUNISM” BY BESSA MYFTIU / Albania, Switzerland
Moderator: Ilire Zajmi
13:00–14:00
Grand Amphitheatre, National Library of Kosova
BOOK PROMOTION “SILENT EROS” BY AIDA ZHERKA / Kosova
Moderator: Ilire Zajmi
14:00–15:00
Grand Amphitheatre, National Library of Kosova
THEATRE PERFORMANCE “SISTERS” / Belgium
Performers and Creators: Luna De Cock, Winter De Cock, Toulouse De Cock, Jules De Cock / Lighting Design: Floris Xhenseval / Producers: Timon Kouloumpis, Winter De Cock
18:00–19:00
Dodona Theatre, Prishtina
FILM “WATERDROP” / Albania
Directed by: Robert Budina / Written by: Robert Budina, Doruntina Basha, Ajola Daja / Starring: Gresa Pallaska, Arben Bajraktaraj, Adem Karaga / Produced by: Erafilm, Avanpost
20:00–21:30
Kino Armata, Prishtina
Day 4 – 28.09.2026
WORKSHOP “BREATH AND VOICE: THE BASICS OF VOCAL EXPRESSION” / Luxembourg
Mentor: Steve Karier
10:00–12:00
Hall B, Dodona Theatre, Prishtina
PERFORMANCE “NEVER JUST I” / Cyprus
Choreography/performance: Evie Demetriou / Dramaturgy: Georgina Kakoudaki / Outside Eye: Tabea Martin / Lighting design: Aleksandar Jotovik / Artistic Collaborator: Mihalis Papamichael / Vocal Coach: Cathryn Robson / Styling: Kristia Michaelidou / Photography: Pavlos Vrionides
17:00–17:45
Dodona Theatre, Prishtina
SPECIAL EVENT / OPENING OF THE PRISHTINA CULTURAL STATION / Cocktail Reception
20:00–21:00
Cultural Station, Prishtina
DANCE THEATRE “THE WHORE OF CANAAN” / Luxembourg
Created & Performed by: Lana Nasser / Cast: Lana Nasser and Antonio Alemanno / Digital art: Bianca Blesching / Promotional Photography: Cees Rullens / Production: Aat Creations & Fundamental Monodrama Festival /
21:00–21:50
Cultural Station, Prishtina
ALT-ROCK CONCERT BY LEDA / Italy
Serena Abrami: vocals, synth and acoustic guitar / Enrico Vitali: guitars and backing vocals / Fabrizio Baioni: drums / Giorgio Baioni: bass
22:30–23:45
Cultural Station, Prishtina
Day 5 – 29.09.2026
WORKSHOP “SHAPESHIFTING: THE BODY AS INSTRUMENT” / Luxembourg
Trainer: Lana Nasser
10:00–12:00
Amphitheatre, Faculty of Arts, Prishtina
EXHIBITION “HER STORY” BY ELIZA HOXHA AND PANEL DISCUSSION / Kosova
Curator: Eliza Hoxha / Panelists: Igo Rogova, Vjosa Dobruna, Eliza Hoxha / Moderator: Valdete Idrizi / Installation: Skender Xhukolli
13:00–15:00
Cultural Station, Prishtina
FILM “ERA” / Kosova
Director and Screenplay: Parta Kelmendi / Cast: Zana Berisha, Alban Ukaj, Irena Aliu, Armend Smajli, Maylinda Kosumoviq, Melihate Qena / Director of Photography: Naum Doksevski / Production Designer: Kiril Spaseski / Editor: Mihail Dimitrov / Costume Designer: Enkeleda Shatri / Sound Designer: Labinot Sponca / Producers: Afërdita Saraçini-Kelmendi, Marija Dimitrova, Belma Bajrami / Production: RTV21 / Nam Creative / List Production
18:00–19:30
Kino Armata, Prishtina
THEATRE PERFORMANCE “CARRIAGE IN THE AIR” / Kosova
Playwright: Arta Arifi / Director: Ilirjana Arifi Cast: Mensur Safqiu, Andi Bajgora, Shpëtim Selmani, Qëndresa Loki, Igballe Qena, Albana Gashi / Music & Composition: Memli Kelmendi / Soprano: Kaltrina Miftari / Bass: Dior Morina / Dancers: Jeta Musolli, Aulone Nuhiu, Luljeta Ademi / Costume Design: Njomza Luci / Set Design: Serpentine / Lighting Technicians: Skënder Latifi, Albert Gashi
20:30 - 21:45
Serpentine Cultural Space, Kukaj Village, Prishtina
Day 6 – 30.06.2026
PANEL DISCUSSION “WOMEN DO NOT DIE, THEY ARE KILLED: FEMICIDE AND JUSTICE” / Kosova
Panelists: Gresa Caka / Lawyer and former President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo, Adelina Berisha / Program Director for Addressing Gender Based Violence, Arrita Rezniqi / Head of the Free Legal Aid Center at IKL, Adelina Ahmeti / Journalist / Moderator and Report Presenter: Dr. Ariana Qosaj-Mustafa, External Lecturer at RIT Kosova
11:00–13:00
French Institute, Prishtina
THEATRE PERFORMANCE “CABARET 1999” / Kosova
Based on: Joe Masteroff / Dramatisation & Direction: Zana Hoxha / Cast: Kushtrim Qerimi, Semira Latifi, Edon Shileku, Aurita Agushi, Ali Demi, Safete Mustafa Baftiu, Gëzim Bucolli, Gani Rrahmani, Mejreme Berisha, Blend Arifi / Original Music & Songs: John Kander, Fred Ebb / Orchestrator: Liburn Jupolli / Musicians: Roland Masurica, Premtim Selimi, Ndriqim Bajrami / Dancers: Aulonë Nuhiu, Jeta Musolli / Artistic Director: Erson Zymberi / Set Designer: Bekim Korça / Choreographer: Sead Vuniqi / Costume Designer: Yllka Brada / Lighting Designer: Burim Baftiu / Costume Assistant: Qendresa Isufi / Assistant Director: Flamur Ahmeti / Organizer: Dhurim Ismaili – Dajki / Translation: Erzë Uka / Sound Engineer: Alban Limoni / Tailor: Kledia Kurtalani / Stage Technicians: Mejdi Hoti, Fehmi Hoti, Haki Aliu, Selami Hoti / Props: Suad Berisha, Artan Limoni / Lighting Technician: Xhabir Bilalli / Make-up: Minka Fejzullahu / Photographer: Rilind Beqa / Co-production: Gjilan City Theatre and Artpolis
20:00–21:40
Cultural Station, Prishtina
CLOSING OF FEMART 14 / CONCERT “FRIENDS OF FEMART SING”
Performers: Anisa Suhodolli, Astrit Stafai, Ceylan Taçi, Erhan Mujka, Ilir Bajri, Mjellma Ibrahimi, Qendresa Kajtazi, Semira Latifi, Women’s Choir “Harmonius”
22:30–23:30
Cultural Station, Prishtina
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