Spore hosts

Protest under Pressure

Film screening and panel discussion
17. January 2026
18.00-22.00

Save the Date
For free

For Youths and Adults

in English

The event will feature the debut screening of Protest Under Pressure, a film produced by students at Freie Universität Berlin. The film documents the university’s response to the protests that emerged in reaction to the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the calls to end it.

It includes testimonies from students and professors, as well as video and photographic material that captures the systematic police violence directed at the students. The screening will be followed by a Q&A moderated by Michael Barenboim and Dana Abdel Fatah, featuring the student filmmakers and professors involved. The panel will address key questions raised by the film including academic freedom, university responses to the student movement calling for an end to the genocide, and related issues.  

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Partners
Navdanya
India
The Sharaka Youth Forum
Ramallah, Palestine
Permactivie
Fonds Saint-Denis