FIFDH: Restitution, Museums and Colonial Legacies

A screening of the documentary Facing War, offering rare access to the inner workings of NATO as the war in Ukraine reshapes the global balance, followed by a timely debate asking: Is Europe at war? Amid Russia’s hybrid warfare, Europe’s massive rearmament and the growing fragility of Western alliances, diplomats, journalists and experts question the coherence and credibility of Europe’s political and military responses to an increasingly unstable geopolitical order.

Discussions are interpreted in French and English; the film is in English and Norwegian, with French and English subtitles.

A screening of the documentary The Librarians, which exposes the large-scale removal of books and the culture war unfolding in the United States, followed by a hard-hitting debate on America’s authoritarian drift. From the erosion of civil liberties to the undermining of democratic institutions and the global export of these practices, experts and activists examine how recent U.S. policies are reshaping power at home and beyond.

Discussions are interpreted in English and French; the film is in English and German, with French and English subtitles.