13/08/2025
On 1 August, we were very happy to welcome Lisa Smith at our event.
Lisa is a Romani film producer and currently works with the Critical Film & Image Hub at the Research Centre on Antigypsyism (Heidelberg University). She presented a series of animated documentary short films honoring the memory of the Roma and Sinti victims of the systematic genocide in Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. Each short film in the series employs different animation techniques. Moving beyond conventional approaches to historical trauma, these films illuminate stories of resistance and solidarity.
The Ujvari Family about the young Adam Ujvari;
I Sang Again, telling the story of Emilie Machálková;
Listen, picturing the life of Lidija Krylova; Roads Without Caravans, an animated protrait of Mareo Maximoff.
The film screening event and workshop is organized by the Critical Film & Image Hub at the Research Centre on Antigypsyism (Heidelberg University) in cooperation with Dikh He Na Bister & ternype International Roma Youth Network . It is supported by the „Live Democracy!“ Programme of the German Federal Ministry for Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMBFSFJ), within the framework of the “Cooperation Network against Antigypsyism”.
(Photos: Dikh He Na Bister)