is an international DJ, music producer and curator. She’s innovative, she’s skilful, and she’s the smiling antithesis of genre cliques and sour scene elitists and sprinkles positivity over the darkest bass. What you hear is all you need to know. And what you’ll hear from Sarah Farina’s sets and music
born in Magdeburg in 1989, she is a curator, actress, cultural manager, and cultural policy actor working in publicly funded theaters, the independent scene, and the film industry. In 2021, she initiated the PHOENIX Theater Festival, where she supports emerging artists, actively engages in audience research, and brings performances to
born in 1981, he studied philosophy, political science, and psychoanalysis in Frankfurt am Main, Paris, Bordeaux, and Tel Aviv. Following research fellowships, including at the Max Planck Society where he focused on the functioning of the public sphere, he transitioned into cultural administration. From 2016 to 2023, he headed the
a cultural manager, EU studies scholar, and university lecturer with extensive expertise in international programming. Currently, Olga Brzezińska serves as the Deputy Director at the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, where she is responsible for programming, strategy, and key initiatives such as the UK/Poland Season 2025 and the international cultural programme of the
is an independent researcher and a co-founder of Culture Policy Room, Brussels-based think tank dedicated to advancing the practice of cultural policy-making by bridging the gap between research and policy. Previously, she worked as a Senior Researcher at IFACCA (International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies) and a Head
born 1975 is a French singer and musician. He has recorded a dozen albums and who has performed the world over with his different bands (Les Tétines Noires, LTNO, Dead Sexy, etc.). His work features a diverse range of approaches to music, born out of an open attitude to unlikely
Insight Exile – The fifth day of the festival is dedicated to a theme that has shaped the ilb for 25 years: exile in literature. What does it mean to be forced to leave your homeland and write in a foreign country? At the Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation, words
is a cultural manager and the Director of the International Book Arsenal Festival (IBAF) in Kyiv, Ukraine. A member of the festival team since 2012, she first curated the Program for Children and Teens before taking on responsibility for coordinating the entire event over the past four years. With a
is a commissioning editor at DC Books. Trained in Cinematic Arts and Photography, he earned a BFA in Economics from Syracuse University in New York. Before beginning his career in publishing, he worked as a cinematographer and video editor in commercial advertising. At DC Books, he is responsible for commissioning
graduated in Polish and Russian Philology from the University of Gdańsk. As a sociocultural animator, she has been involved in numerous artistic and cultural projects in the Tri-City area, including the »All About Freedom« and »Artloop« festivals. She has coordinated the Sopot by the Book festival since 2013 and became
is a Chilean-Uruguayan musician, poet, researcher and cultural producer. With a background that bridges science and art – holding a degree in Chemistry and a PhD in Music – he has devoted his career to exploring the intersection of sound and verse. A professional electric bassist, he has performed with
born 1973 in Stuttgart is a translator, journalist, and critic. He studied Romance philology, philosophy, and comparative literature in Mainz and Dijon. He is primarily interested in collaborative processes of translation and the power politics of cultural and linguistic exchange. He has so far translated nearly 150 theatrical pieces, mostly
