Global Voices Against Forgetting

This two-day event series, „Global Voices Against Forgetting: Films of Memory and Resistance“, showcases cinematic interventions on questions of transitional justice from Argentina and Turkey. The aim of the event is to draw parallels, enable transnational learnings and to foster solidarity. The two-day screening will be concluded with a panel discussion on 22.11.2025. 

With:

• Berke Baş, director “Dargeçit”
• Ulises de la Orden, director "El Juicio"
• Moderation: Meltem Aslan, director Antenna/ Hafıza Merkezi

The event is co-organised by Antenna e.V. and Heinrich Böll Foundation.

21.11.2025, , 16:45-19:45: Film Screening “El Juicio/ The Trial” (Argentinia, 2023 - Spanish with English subtitles)

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In April 1985, nine high-ranking representatives of the Argentinian military dictatorship (1976 to 1983) were put on trial, on charges including unlawful detention, torture and murder. This documentary by filmmaker Ulises de la Orden makes use of the video footage from the courtroom to create a 177-minute-long documentary. The result is an „artful, spiralling montage“ (Berlinale) condensed out of more than 500 hours of material. It allows the witnesses to be heard and conveys the full gravity of crimes committed under Argentina’s dictatorship that lasted from 1976 to 1983.

22.11.2025, 18:00-20:30: Film Screening  “Dargeçit/ Hold Still” (Turkey, 2023 - Turkish with English subtitles) and panel dicussion in English

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Between October 29th and November 2nd, 1995, the Turkish gendarmerie detained around fifty people in Dargeçit district of Mardin, in Turkey’s Kurdish region. The detentions came after the killing of two teachers and a building contractor by PKK guerillas amidst the most violent phase of the armed conflict between the Turkish security forces and the PKK, Kurdistan Workers’ Party. Seven of the detained, among them three children, were never seen again. A sergeant who was said to inform the townspeople about the killings in custody went missing himself. 

In 2014, the remains of five of the disappeared were discovered and identified. As a result of this discovery, a court case could be started against 5 military personnel, including gendarmerie commanders, and 13 village guards, with charges of premeditated murder. The documentary Hold Still takes us from the 10th hearing of this court case to its conclusion with the 27th hearing in July 2022. 

This documentary, co-produced by Hafıza Merkezi (Truth, Justice, Memory Center), highlights the case of seven Kurdish villagers, including three children, who were forcibly disappeared in 1995, and the legal battle by their families and lawyer Erdal Kuzu seeking justice and accountability in an environment marked by systemic state violence and impunity. 

This screening will be followed by an exchange of the directors Berke Baş (Dargeçit) and the director Ulises de la Orden (El Juicio/ The Trial) moderated by Meltem Aslan (Antenna/ Hafıza Merkezi).

» Participation on site
This event takes place in Cinema Babylon Berlin, Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30, 10178 Berlin.

Please register directly over Cinema Babylon:

El Juicio/ The Trial

Dargeçit/ Hold Still

Unfortunately, the number of seats for this event are limited. We kindly ask you to register in advance.

Contact: 
Deitra Myers, Division European Union and North America,
E myers@boell.de