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Key Visual Reflexes & Reflections 2027

4-Day Focus curated by Saba-Nur Cheema and Meron Mendel

24.6.27.6.2027

Reflexe & Reflexionen 2027

The next edition of Reflexe & Reflexionen is scheduled to take place from 24 to 27 June 2027. The programme will be published in spring 2027.

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Reflexes & Reflections in the Media Library

The third edition from 27 to 30 August 2026 reflected an increasingly violent, multipolar world order, marked by the rise of autocratic tendencies and the waning relevance of traditional geopolitical frameworks. Against this backdrop, what points of reference remain for social and cultural actors and institutions – and which new ones are emerging?

The panels and discussions of Reflexes & Reflections are published in the Berliner Festspiele media library and, in collaboration with the Festival Internacional Teatro a Mil (Santiago de Chile), they also will be made available on their website with Spanish subtitles.

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Three people seated on a stage, one speaking with a microphone.

After Postcolonialism

© Berliner Festspiele, Photo: Camille Blake

Two people at a lectern against a blue background, text: Red Red (not fully readable).

Opening with Meron Mendel and Saba-Nur Cheema

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Three people on a stage, two male-read and one female-read person, discussing. Microphone and water glasses.

Freedom of Art and Expression Under Pressure. Panel with Rüdiger Kruse, Christoph Möllers, Clara Weyde

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Three people sitting on a stage talking, one holding a microphone. Glass bottles on a table.

Former Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel in Conversation with Saba-Nur Cheema and Meron Mendel

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Male-perceived person standing alone at a lectern with text 'Reflexe & Reflexionen'. Dark stage in the background.

What Do We Need to Know for the Future? Panel with Gabriel Boric

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Four people seated on stage in discussion. Two bottles of water on the floor.

What Do We Need to Know for the Future? Panel with Vanessa Rau, Meredith Whittaker, Corine Pelluchon, Gabriel Boric

© Berliner Festspiele, Photo: Camille Blake

Woman with blonde hair, glasses, and black shirt speaking at podium with two microphones.

What Do We Need to Know for the Future? Panel with Corine Pelluchon

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Three male-presenting individuals seated on stage, two holding microphones, with a blue background.

International Alliances Under Threat. Panel with Peter Neumann, Markus N. Beeko, Johannes Varwick

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Male and female-presenting persons sitting on stage, speaking with microphones.

International Alliances Under Threat. Panel with Sabine Adler, Peter Neumann

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Four people in front of wood paneling. Two wear shirts, one tunic-like dress, one blouse.

Matthias Pees, Former Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, Saba-Nur Cheema, Meron Mendel

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Three people on a stage having a discussion. Background screen reads: Reflexe & Reflexionen, 75 Jahre Berliner Festspiele.

The Great Disorder: A New Beginning or the End? Panel with Mark Schieritz, Nesrine Malik, Adam Tooze

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Person with microphone, white blouse and red pants sits on chair, black background.

Freedom of Art and Expression Under Pressure. Panel with Vivian Perkovic

Berliner Festspiele, Foto: Camille Blake

Two people seated on chairs on a dark stage, one person speaks with an uplifted hand, glasses and water carafes on small tables.

After Postcolonialism. Panel with Meera Nanda, José Brunner

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Person stands at podium in front of audience, sign with Reflexe und Reflektionen.

What Do We Need to Know for the Future? Panel with Meredith Whittaker

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Male-presenting person with glasses and microphone, wearing brown patterned jacket and white pants, speaking.

After Postcolonialism. Panel with Ijoma Mangold

© Berliner Festspiele, Photo: Camille Blake

A female-presenting person in a houndstooth-patterned dress speaks to a male-presenting man in a blue suit on a stage.

Global Conflicts in German Post-Migrant Society. Panel with Yuliya Kosyakova, Steffen Mau

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Male-perceived person in a suit, holding a microphone and pen, speaking while gesturing.

Global Conflicts in German Post-Migrant Society. Panel with Harald Asel

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Two people at a lectern against a blue background, text: Red Red (not fully readable).

Opening with Meron Mendel and Saba-Nur Cheema

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Three people on a stage, two male-read and one female-read person, discussing. Microphone and water glasses.

Freedom of Art and Expression Under Pressure. Panel with Rüdiger Kruse, Christoph Möllers, Clara Weyde

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Three people sitting on a stage talking, one holding a microphone. Glass bottles on a table.

Former Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel in Conversation with Saba-Nur Cheema and Meron Mendel

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Male-perceived person standing alone at a lectern with text 'Reflexe & Reflexionen'. Dark stage in the background.

What Do We Need to Know for the Future? Panel with Gabriel Boric

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Four people seated on stage in discussion. Two bottles of water on the floor.

What Do We Need to Know for the Future? Panel with Vanessa Rau, Meredith Whittaker, Corine Pelluchon, Gabriel Boric

© Berliner Festspiele, Photo: Camille Blake

Woman with blonde hair, glasses, and black shirt speaking at podium with two microphones.

What Do We Need to Know for the Future? Panel with Corine Pelluchon

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Three male-presenting individuals seated on stage, two holding microphones, with a blue background.

International Alliances Under Threat. Panel with Peter Neumann, Markus N. Beeko, Johannes Varwick

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Male and female-presenting persons sitting on stage, speaking with microphones.

International Alliances Under Threat. Panel with Sabine Adler, Peter Neumann

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Four people in front of wood paneling. Two wear shirts, one tunic-like dress, one blouse.

Matthias Pees, Former Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, Saba-Nur Cheema, Meron Mendel

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Three people on a stage having a discussion. Background screen reads: Reflexe & Reflexionen, 75 Jahre Berliner Festspiele.

The Great Disorder: A New Beginning or the End? Panel with Mark Schieritz, Nesrine Malik, Adam Tooze

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Person with microphone, white blouse and red pants sits on chair, black background.

Freedom of Art and Expression Under Pressure. Panel with Vivian Perkovic

Berliner Festspiele, Foto: Camille Blake

Two people seated on chairs on a dark stage, one person speaks with an uplifted hand, glasses and water carafes on small tables.

After Postcolonialism. Panel with Meera Nanda, José Brunner

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Person stands at podium in front of audience, sign with Reflexe und Reflektionen.

What Do We Need to Know for the Future? Panel with Meredith Whittaker

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Male-presenting person with glasses and microphone, wearing brown patterned jacket and white pants, speaking.

After Postcolonialism. Panel with Ijoma Mangold

© Berliner Festspiele, Photo: Camille Blake

A female-presenting person in a houndstooth-patterned dress speaks to a male-presenting man in a blue suit on a stage.

Global Conflicts in German Post-Migrant Society. Panel with Yuliya Kosyakova, Steffen Mau

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Male-perceived person in a suit, holding a microphone and pen, speaking while gesturing.

Global Conflicts in German Post-Migrant Society. Panel with Harald Asel

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Two people at a lectern against a blue background, text: Red Red (not fully readable).

Opening with Meron Mendel and Saba-Nur Cheema

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Three people on a stage, two male-read and one female-read person, discussing. Microphone and water glasses.

Freedom of Art and Expression Under Pressure. Panel with Rüdiger Kruse, Christoph Möllers, Clara Weyde

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Three people sitting on a stage talking, one holding a microphone. Glass bottles on a table.

Former Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel in Conversation with Saba-Nur Cheema and Meron Mendel

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Male-perceived person standing alone at a lectern with text 'Reflexe & Reflexionen'. Dark stage in the background.

What Do We Need to Know for the Future? Panel with Gabriel Boric

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Four people seated on stage in discussion. Two bottles of water on the floor.

What Do We Need to Know for the Future? Panel with Vanessa Rau, Meredith Whittaker, Corine Pelluchon, Gabriel Boric

© Berliner Festspiele, Photo: Camille Blake

Woman with blonde hair, glasses, and black shirt speaking at podium with two microphones.

What Do We Need to Know for the Future? Panel with Corine Pelluchon

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Three male-presenting individuals seated on stage, two holding microphones, with a blue background.

International Alliances Under Threat. Panel with Peter Neumann, Markus N. Beeko, Johannes Varwick

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Male and female-presenting persons sitting on stage, speaking with microphones.

International Alliances Under Threat. Panel with Sabine Adler, Peter Neumann

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Four people in front of wood paneling. Two wear shirts, one tunic-like dress, one blouse.

Matthias Pees, Former Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, Saba-Nur Cheema, Meron Mendel

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Three people on a stage having a discussion. Background screen reads: Reflexe & Reflexionen, 75 Jahre Berliner Festspiele.

The Great Disorder: A New Beginning or the End? Panel with Mark Schieritz, Nesrine Malik, Adam Tooze

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Person with microphone, white blouse and red pants sits on chair, black background.

Freedom of Art and Expression Under Pressure. Panel with Vivian Perkovic

Berliner Festspiele, Foto: Camille Blake

Two people seated on chairs on a dark stage, one person speaks with an uplifted hand, glasses and water carafes on small tables.

After Postcolonialism. Panel with Meera Nanda, José Brunner

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Person stands at podium in front of audience, sign with Reflexe und Reflektionen.

What Do We Need to Know for the Future? Panel with Meredith Whittaker

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Male-presenting person with glasses and microphone, wearing brown patterned jacket and white pants, speaking.

After Postcolonialism. Panel with Ijoma Mangold

© Berliner Festspiele, Photo: Camille Blake

A female-presenting person in a houndstooth-patterned dress speaks to a male-presenting man in a blue suit on a stage.

Global Conflicts in German Post-Migrant Society. Panel with Yuliya Kosyakova, Steffen Mau

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

Male-perceived person in a suit, holding a microphone and pen, speaking while gesturing.

Global Conflicts in German Post-Migrant Society. Panel with Harald Asel

© Berliner Festspiele, photo: Camille Blake

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The Reflexes & Reflections theme days are a programme series organised by Berliner Festspiele. In times of increasing polarisation of social debates, it aims to create open and controversial spaces for discussion. Reflexes & Reflections brings together artistic and discursive positions to negotiate social problems and contentious issues.

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