PANDAwomen #3: Belarus

Programme:

Film screening
“Jugend auf Belarussisch” + Q&A, Directed by Ksenija Halubowitsch
A documentary on the everyday lives, fears, and courage of Belarusian youth — both in Belarus and abroad. A conversation with the director will follow the screening.

Art presentation
“Vecha”
A collective art project reflecting on Belarus through intergenerational family stories, presented by its creator and curator Lesia Pcholka. Memory as resistance, storytelling as cultural continuity.

Performative reading
KROVAZVAROT
with Julija Cimafiejeva (poetry) & Volha Padhaiskaya (music)
A poetic and musical performance tracing ancestral memory, exile, and the language of survival. Both artists live in exile and are central voices in Belarusian literary and contemporary music scenes.

Concert
KOOB S
A duo consisting of Belarusian vocalist and composer KOOB and Swedish bassist Seth Sjöström. Their music moves between Nordic folk, jazz, and improvisation — quiet, lyrical, deeply felt.

Concert
Žuravl
Žuravl is a music project by Belarusian composer and vocalist Anastasia. Their performance moves between light jazz and industrial, blending lyrical expression with elements of theatre. It’s melancholy and raw emotion turned into sound.

Performance/Music
Anastasia Rydlevskaya
A multidisciplinary performance closing the evening with sound, gesture, and voice. Known for her emotionally immersive works, Anastasia blends electronic soundscapes, Belarusian motifs, and live ritual energy.

• Admission: 20 euro online  |  25 euro doors
  

This event is part of the PANDAwomen 2025 Festival.

About PANDAwomen 2025

Seven Fridays – seven mini-festivals

Since 2018, the PANDAwomen Festival has been celebrating women's voices every autumn. In 2025, a new PANDAwomen format will be launched: seven mini-festivals on seven Fridays, each dedicated to a different country. In 2025, these will be Georgia, Iran, Estonia, Belarus, Yemen, Poland and Turkey. Traditional and experimental contemporary music will be accompanied by performances, readings, artist talks and film screenings, a rich supporting programme and culinary surprises.