Film Screening Evening
The film “Visual Feminist Manifesto” (The Manifesto), directed by Farida Baki, was screened.
The film offers a visual and conceptual exploration of feminist perspectives, using experimental
imagery and narrative forms to question identity, representation, and social structures.
The Visual Feminist Manifesto (Manifesto), by Farida Baqi
15 May.2026 - 20:30 PM
Theater im Delphi
Gustav-Adolf-Str. 2 13086 Berlin
The Visual Feminist Manifesto
COUNTRY: Syria, Lebanon, Germany, Sweden, Netherlands YEAR: 2025 RUNNING TIME: 74 min
DIRECTED BY: Farida Baqi
LANGUAGE(S): Arabic
SUBTITLES: English
CAST: Amal el-Hani, Lynn Adib, Rosalie Cella, Gaël Abou Jaoude, Michelle Zallouaa, Norah Toledano, Alice Canzonieri
PRODUCER: Sadiq al-Shamali
WRITTEN BY: Farida Baqi
EDITED BY: Anne Kristina Kliem
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Janne Ebel
MUSIC: Mad Kate , HYENAZ , Lynn Adib, Nareg Abajian
Synopsis
Like all things in the vastness of the universe, women are a creation. But what does it mean and feel like to be a woman – when understood from a woman’s experience and perspective?
We follow the journey of a woman in different stages, from her creation, over childhood, adolescence and into early adulthood.
We experience and see with her how she is shaped and defined by the changes in her mind and her body, and as well by how her surroundings in words and deeds, exactly like a mold,
are shaping or trying to shape her. It is a journey of hope, aspiration, and struggle to find one’s own dignity, purpose, and joy in becoming a person in full – that is: a woman true to herself,
with agency, and with strong solidarity towards other women – her sisters in life.
Producer’s Biography
Sadiq al-Shamali is a writer and film producer born in Denmark. He is the producer of The Visual Feminist Manifesto, which premiered at IFFR 2025 and won the Youth Jury Award. He is the executive producer together with Farida Baqi of the short
doc-fiction Salam (2017), which won Best International Short Film at Fribourg International Film Festival as well as, among
others, Suleima (2014), a short animation film shortlisted at Annecy Film Festival, among others.
Filmography
The Visual Feminist Manifesto (2025).
Director’s Biography
Farida Baqi (Syria) is a director born in Damascus. She is the director of The Visual Feminist Manifesto, which premiered at IFFR 2025 and won the Youth Jury Award.
She is the executive producer of the short doc-fiction Salam (2017), which won Best International Short Film at Fribourg International Film Festival as well as Suleima (2014), a short animation film shortlisted at Annecy Film Festival among others.
Filmography
The Visual Feminist Manifesto (2025).
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