Freedom Festival – 15th year

The Freedom Festival is an international multi-genre festival of the Institute of National Memory, which examines and analyzes the period of unfreedom in Slovakia (1939 – 1989) and reminds the young generation of the values ​​of democracy, humanism and the legacy of November 1989. The main theme of the 15th edition of the Freedom Festival will be the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Multi-genre nature of the festival consists primarily of a multi-day international film festival of feature and documentary films, concerts, discussions, educational exhibitions and theatrical performances. 

A long-term separate sub-programme is Freedom Festival under the Pyramid (in cooperation with STVR – Radio Devín) and Open days at the Archives of the National Archives of the Czech RepublicIndividual cultural events are accompanied by discussions with historians of the National Academy of Sciences and artists, and are intended for the general public and especially for high school and university students.

The goal of the Freedom Festival is to raise awareness of the crimes of the past and the value of freedom in the present, as is demonstrated by the entire program, including the awarding of the Institute of National Memory Prize to selected laureates. Through various genres and events, the festival also brings to light the lesser-known reality of undemocratic regimes in Slovakia and Europe.

The festival program can be found at https://www.festivalslobody.sk/

The partner of the event is the Bratislava Cultural and Information Center.