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Speaker & Guests

Every year, many speakers and guests enrich the Human Rights Film Festival Berlin with their expertise and commitment. Here you can find all information about the guests of the 2026 festival as well as former guests from previous years.

Speaker & Guests 2026

Abd Alkader Habak

Writer, producer & director

Film Guest
Birds of War

Infos about the event

Alena Struzh

Press Officer for the German section of Reporters Without Borders

Moderator
2000 Meters to Andriivka

Infos about the event

Alex Babenko

Co-Producer & camera operator 

Panel Guest

2000 Meters to Andriivka

Infos about the event

Alexandra von Nahmen

Head of the Department for Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe at Deutsche Welle

Panel Guest

2000 Meters To Andriivka

Infos about the event

Alexandra Bratyshchenko

Producer

Film Guest
Traces

Infos about the event
Anita Ladkani
© Andrew H. Walker

Anita Ladkani

Producer 

Film Guest
Yanuni

Infos about the event

Anke Petersen

Co-producer

Film Guest

NIÑXS

Infos about the event
Antonia Nestler

Antonia Nestler

Set design

Film Guest

Where The Waves Took Her
Infos about the event

Aya Elsammani

Journalist and Researcher

Panelgast

Sudan, Remember Us

Infos about the event
Benita Bailey
©Johanna Berghorn

Benita Bailey

Actress, theatre and filmmaker & university lecturer

Jury Willy-Brandt-Dokumentarfilmpreis

Can Dündar
©Milena Schloesser

Can Dündar

Journalist, documentary filmmaker & author

Panel Guest & Jury Willy-Brandt-Dokumentarfilmpreis

Infos about the event

Charlotte Kleinert

FSJ Politik | Schulen gegen den Hunger

Jury Youth Award

Charlotte Peters

Charlotte Peters

Producer

Film Guest
Where The Waves Took Her

Infos about the event

Christian Mihr

Director of Policy and Strategy at Reporters Without Borders

Moderator 
Put your soul on your hand and walk

Infos about the event
Claudia Chávez Lévano

Claudia Chávez Lévano

Producer

Film Guest
Runa Simi

Infos about the event
©Oliver Ziebe

Claus Kleber

Journalist, lawyer & television presenter

Panel Guest

Democracy Under Attack - Can Dündar and Trump's America

Infos about the event

Demid Sheronkin

Director

Panel Guest

Democracy Under Attack - Can Dündar and Trump's America

Infos about the event

Dimitrios L. Margellos

Autor & Forscher

Jury Youth Award

Dorothea Herrmann

FSJ Politik |  Schulen gegen den Hunger

Jury Youth Award

Dorrit Wolff-Andersen

Dorrit Wolff-Andersen

Editor

Film Guest
Mothers of Chibok

Infos about the event

Franziska Benning

Head of the Legal and Policy Department at HateAid

Panel Guest

Democracy Under Attack - Can Dündar and Trump's America

Infos & Tickets zum Event
Gabrielle Brady

Gabrielle Brady

Writer & director

Film Guest
The Wolves Always Come at Night 

Infos about the event

Gotopo

Singer, composer, producer & performer

Live performance 

Opening Ceremony

Haidy Alrafie

Creative Designerin

Jury Youth Award

© Sebastian Beierle

Jana Stallein

Director

Film Guest
Where The Waves Took Her

Infos about the event

Janani Padmanabhan

Project Management Professional

Jury Youth Award

Janay Boulos

Janay Boulos

Writer, producer & director

Film Guest
Birds of War
 
Infos about the event
Jean-François Ravagnan

Jean-François Ravagnan

Director

Film Guest
The Last Shore 

Infos about the event

Jenni Kivistö

Writer, director & editor

Film Guest
Silent Legacy 

Infos about the event

Jenny Perez

Chilean journalist specializing in Latin American politics, governance and human rights

Moderator

Opening Ceremony

Jussi Rastas

Jussi Rastas

Writer, director, editor, camera operator

Film Guest
Silent Legacy 

 

Infos about the event

Katharina Fiedler

Editor

Film Guest

The Wolves Always Come at Night

Kinshuk Surjan
© Evelien De Graef

Kinshuk Surjan

Writer & director

Film Guest
Marching in the Dark 

Infos about the event
Leigh Iacobucci

Leigh Iacobucci

Writer, producer, director, editor, camera operator

Film Guest

A Free Daughter Of Free Kyrgyzstan 

Infos about the event

Lena Gill

Production Manager

Film Guest
Where The Waves Took Her 
Infos about the event
Dr. Nicole Zabel-Wasmuth
©Jasper Ehrich

Dr. Nicole Zabel

Co-Founder PlanetNarratives, script consultant & media lawyer

Jury Willy-Brandt-Dokumentarfilmpreis

Mohammed Abed

Photojournalist

Panel Guest
Put your soul on your hand and walk

Infos about the event

Niddal Salah-Eldin 

Advisory Board Member & Manager & Member of Committee Unicef Germany 

Panel Guest

Sudan, Remember Us

Infos & Tickets zum Event
Patience Nitumwesiga

Patience Nitumwesiga

Producer & director

Film Guest
The Woman Who Poked The Leopard

 
Infos about the event
Pegah Rakhsha

Pegah Rakhsha

Producer

Film Guest
All The Mountains Give 

Infos about the event
Richard Ladkani
© RAINER HOSCH

Richard Ladkani

Writer & director

Film Guest
Yanuni

Infos about the event
Sabina Krešić

Sabina Krešić

Producer

Film Guest
The Thing to be Done

Infos about the event

Samy Guessabi

Country Director, ACF Sudan

Panel Guest

Sudan, Remember Us

Infos & Tickets zum Event
©Thomas Trutschel / Photothek.de

MdB Serap Güler

Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office

Speaker

Sudan, Remember Us

Infos & Tickets zum Event

Sonja Henrici

Producer

Film Guest
Birds of War

 

Infos about the event

Sophia Fenn

Camera Operator
Film Guest
Where The Waves Took Her 
Infos about the event

Sören Kittel

Press Officer at Reporters Without Borders

Moderator
Shot - the Voice of Freedom

Infos about the event

Stella Nyanzi

Protagonist

Film Guest
The Woman Who Poked The Leopard

Infos about the event
Prof. Dr. Susanne Stürmer

Prof. Dr. Susanne Stürmer 

President of the Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF

Jury Willy-Brandt-Dokumentarfilmpreis

Vassili Golod

ARD Foreign Correspondent in Ukraine

Panel Guest

2000 Meters to Andriivka
Infos about the event

Violetta Bock

Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages

Filmgast

Black Water

Infos & Tickets zum Event
Zainab Entezar

Zainab Entezar

Writer, producer & director

Panel Guest
Shot the Voice of Freedom 

Infos about the event

Zainab Farahmand

Journalist

Panel Guest

Shot the Voice of Freedom 

Infos about the event
Zere Asylbek-kyzy

Zere Asylbek

Protagonist

Film Guest
A Free Daughter Of Free Kyrgyzstan

Infos about the event

Speaker & Gäste 2025

Ibrahim Snoopy

Director

Film Guest & Panel Guest
Khartoum Calling – Voices for Sudan

Infos about the event

Yousra Elbagir

Journalist & Author

Speaker & Panel Guest
Khartoum Calling – Voices for Sudan

Infos about the event

Samy Guessabi

Country Director ACF Sudan

Speaker & Panel Guest 
Khartoum Calling – Voices for Sudan

Infos about the event
© Pako Quijada/KiWi

Anna Dushime

Journalist & Author

Moderator
Khartoum Calling – Voices for Sudan

Infos about the event

Andrea Böhm

Journalist & Author

Panel Guest
Khartoum Calling – Voices for Sudan

Infos about the event
© Bundesregierung/Steffen Kugler

Reem Alabali Radovan

Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development

Speaker
Khartoum Calling – Voices for Sudan

Infos about the event

Jaafar Abdul Karim

Journalist

Moderator
Khartoum Calling – Voices for Sudan

Infos about the event
16. APRIL 2026