As a participant of the Europa28 project, Carine Krecké created a short, absurd, dystopian play entitled Remote Control. The setting is a so-called ‘trilogue’ – a type of meeting frequently used in the European Union’s legislative process, when previous negotiations have failed. Three protagonists (Supervisor, Regulator, and Parliamentarian) confront each other in a technocratic battle that apparently leads nowhere. Yet the object of their meeting seems trivial: which one of the three parties will operate the remote control of the powerpoint projector in the next trilogue meeting? Carine Krecké presents her audiovisual adaptation of Remote Control.

Portuguese writer and translator Ana Pessoa has published five books for young adults: Detour, Here Is A Good Place, Mary John, Supergiant and The Karate Girls’ Red Notebook. Following the introspective tone of her anthology piece The Voice Inside My Head, in which she explores the relationship between humanity and technology in the words of a 16-year-old boy in the 22nd century, she presents a personal view on time, contemplation and imagination in her Imagination Manifesto.

What challenges lie in store for us as a species? In the wake of ground-breaking technological advances hand-in-hand with the deepening of social inequality and injustice, three experts offer their own perspective on some of the most pressing issues we face today. They are Italian science writer and broadcaster Silvia Bencivelli, British social activist and writer Hilary Cottam, and Yvonne Hofstetter, German jurist, writer, professor of digitization and society, and CEO of German technology company 21 Strategies. Chaired by Rosie Goldsmith.

With Croatian subtitles

Elif Shafak is an activist for women’s and minority rights, and freedom of speech. Her latest book, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World, was shortlisted for the Booker prize and shortlisted for the Prix de Livre Étranger in France: for the protagonist Leila, each minute after her death brings a sensuous memory – the taste of a spiced goat stew; the sight of bubbling vats of lemon and sugar used by women to wax their legs while the men attend mosque; the scent of cardamom coffee shared with a handsome student in the brothel where she works. In conversation live on screen about her work and about Europe challenges with the literary critic Anda Bukvic editor.

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In English with Croatian translation

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The powerful and timely anthology Europa28, published simultaneously in English, Croatian and Spanish, brings us visions for the future from 28 outstanding European women thinkers, writers, scientists, entrepreneurs and artists. The book offers a vast range of perspectives, looking at this ever-changing continent with fresh eyes and suggesting ways in which we might rebuild it. Slovene philosopher Renata Salecl, influential feminist writer Karolina Ramqvist from Sweden, Bosnian poet and writer Asja Bakić and award-winning writer Janne Teller from Denmark. Chaired by Dijana Dominis Prester.

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English with Croatian translation

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Saara Turunen from Finland, Czech film director Apolena Rychlikova, and Irish performer, director and writer Lisa Dwan read a selection from the anthology Europa28.

Chaired by Sophie Hughes.