*All film screenings, talks and discussions take place on the ground floor. The Saloon on the first floor is available as an open space for exchanging thoughts, networking and relaxation during the whole festival.*

Wednesday Oct 31st – Opening

18:30 Opening film I / Austrian premiere! Earthrise US, 2018, 29 min, English OV 19:30 Opening film II + Q&A / Austrian premiere! Metamorphosis CA, 2018, 85 min, English OV + Q&A with filmmakers Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper (via videostream) After and in between events: Filmbeisl at the Saloon (first floor) Open space to hang out, talk about the films or relax

Thursday Nov 1st – Refugee Realities

13:00-14:30 Input + Exchange of thoughts and ideas Seebrücke Graz For an open Europe, Solidarity Cities and safe havens With Brigitte Kratzwald, etc. 15:00 Film + Gespräch Greek Diary AT, 2018, 65 min, English and Arabic with German subtitles + Gespräch mit Regisseur Heinz Trenczak, den Protagonist*innen Wolfgang Feigl und Andreas Polegeg, Mazen Chama und Marion Bock (Graz: Spendenkonvoi) 17:00-19:00 Get-together + Sharing Miteinander im Forum (Together at Forum) 19:00 Dinner for Everybody 20:00 Film + Gespräch The New Children of Golzow DE, 2017, 90 min, German, English and Arabic with German subtitles + Gespräch mit Protagonist Frank Schütz (Bürgermeister von Golzow) (via Videostream), Doro Blancke (Gib mir deine Hand), Franziska Hartl (KAMA Graz), Franziska Gruber (Antirassistische Aktion Graz), u.a. After and in between events: Filmbeisl at the Saloon (first floor) Open space to hang out, talk about the films or relax Recommendation: Exhibition at < rotor > center for contemporary art, Volksgartenstrasse 6a (until Nov 24th) Guerrilla of Enlightenment THEY WON´T BEAR HIDING BEHIND WALLS AND FENCES MO–FR 10am–6pm, SA 12pm–4pm, closed on Sundays and holidays

Friday Nov 2nd – Earth Protectors

18:00 Film Jane US, 2017, 90 min, English OV with German subtitles 20:00 Film + Q&A / Austrian premiere! Silas CA/ZA/KE, 2017, 80 min, English OV + Q&A with the film’s subject Silas Siakor (via videostream) After and in between events: Filmbeisl at the Saloon (first floor) Open space to hang out, talk about the films or relax

Saturday Nov 3rd – Earth Protectors / Forests and Rivers

18:00 Film + Q&A / Austrian premiere! The Guardians US, 2018, 70 min, Spanish with English subtitles, English + Q&A with filmmaker Tessa Moran (via videostream) 20:30 Film + Gespräch Blue Heart US, 2018, 42 min, OF mit deutschen Untertiteln + Gespäch mit Professor Steven Weiss (Ökologe) After and in between events: Filmbeisl at the Saloon (first floor) Open space to hang out, talk about the films or relax

Sunday Nov 4th – Earth Protectors / Climate Justice

18:00 Film + Gespräch / Austrian premiere! Anote’s Ark CA, 2018, 77 min, English OV + Gespräch mit Aktivist*innen von System Change, not Climate Change 20:30 Film + Q&A / Austrian premiere! The Reluctant Radical US, 2018, 77 min, English OV + Q&A with the film’s subject Ken Ward (via videostream) After and in between events: Filmbeisl at the Saloon (first floor) Open space to hang out, talk about the films or relax

Monday Nov 5th – Earth Protectors / Sustainable Agriculture

18:00 Film + Gespräch Das Wunder von Mals IT, 2018, 84 min, Deutsche Originalfassung + Gespräch mit N.N. 20:30 Film + Q&A / European premiere! Dirt Rich US, 2018, 88 min, English OV + Q&A with Tbc After and in between events: Filmbeisl at the Saloon (first floor) Open space to hang out, talk about the films or relax

Tuesday Nov 6th – Earth Protectors / Oceans

18:30 Film / Austrian premiere! Blue AU, 2017, 70 min, English OV 20:30 Film + Q&A / European premiere! Chasing The Thunder US, 2018, 98 min, English OV + Q&A with film subject captain Peter Hammarstedt of Sea Shepherd as well as Sandra Kollegger and Robert March (Sea Shepherd Österreich) After and in between events: Filmbeisl at the Saloon (first floor) Open space to hang out, talk about the films or relax

Wednesday Nov 7th – Program Break

Today at Forum Stadtpark: 19:00 Gespräch Debating Society #7: 100 Jahre Republik und die Revolution in Österreich

Thursday Nov 8th – Human-Animal Relations

17:00 Film + Q&A / Austrian premiere! Elephant Path – Njaia Njoku US, 2018, 52 min, English and Sangho with English subtitles + Q&A with film subject Andrea Turkalo (via videostream) 19:00 Film + Q&A / Austrian premiere! Empathy ES, 2017, 75 min, Spanish with English subtitles + Q&A with film subject Jennifer Berengueras (via videostream) 21:00 Performance Spiegelreflex After and in between events: Filmbeisl at the Saloon (first floor) Open space to hang out, talk about the films or relax

Friday Nov 9th – Feminism in Action

15:00-18:00 Workshop (im 1. Stock) Empowerment-Workshop Hosted by queer Referate der ÖH Uni Graz, HTU Graz und Med ÖH Graz 18:30 Film + Gespräch / Austrian premiere! Boys Who Like Girls FI/NO/IN, 2018, 68 min, English OV + Gespräch mit Johanna Stadlbauer & Josua Russmann (Verein für Männer- und Geschlechterthemen Steiermark), u.a. 21:00 Film + Q&A Silvana SE, 2017, 91 min, Schwedisch mit deutschen Untertiteln + Q&A with the film’s subject Silvana Imam (via videostream) After and in between events: Filmbeisl at the Saloon (first floor) Open space to hang out, talk about the films or relax

Saturady Nov 10th – Contested Democracy

Ab 14:00 Workshop Freie Meinung – Freie Medien. Radio selber machen! (Teil 1) Von Radio Helsinki 14:00-17:00 Workshop Future Games for Democracy! Theaterlabor zu aktuellen Herausforderungen Mit Silvia Gangl und Martin Vieregg (InterACT) 18:00 Film + Q&A / Austrian premiere! What Is Democracy? CA, 2018, 107 min, English and Arabic, Spanish, Greek with English subtitles + Q&A with filmmaker Astra Taylor (via videostream) 21:00 Film + Q&A / Österreichpremiere! Türkei – Ringen um Demokratie TR, 2017, 53 min, Türkische OF mit deutschen Untertiteln + Q&A with filmmaker Imre Azem (via videostream) 23:00 Club (in the basement / Entry: 5 Euros or more) Dub der guten Hoffnung Graz #32 – Lion’s Den In between events: Filmbeisl at the Saloon (first floor) Open space to hang out, talk about the films or relax

Sunday Nov 11th – Contested Democracy

Ab 10:00 Workshop im Radio Helsinki, Schönaugasse 8 Freie Meinung – Freie Medien. Radio selber machen! (Teil 2) Von Radio Helsinki 15:30-17:30 Bürger*innen-Konvent-Spiel Demokratie üben Moderation: Christian Kozina (Aktiv-Demokratie) 18:00 Film + Q&A / European premiere! Keepers of the Future SV/US/CA, 2017, 24 min, Spanish with English subtitles + Q&A with executive producer Karolo Aparicio (via videostream) 19:00 Dinner for Everybody 20:00 Closing Film All Creatures Welcome DE, 2018, 91 min, Deutsch / Englisch mit deutschen Untertiteln