After the documentary “Sandmädchen”, protagonist and co author Veronika Raila, her mother Petra and director Mark Michel were available for a discussion with the audience.

Veronika Raila studies newer German literature and catholic theology in Augsburg. She communicates with a tablet to answer the many questions from the audience.

It was very important to director Mark Michel to not make a movie about disabilities but to create a portrait of Veronika, which gives insight into the subjective inside of a human being and negotiates universal issues such as communication and perception.

It is Petra Raila's wish that more people learn the method of supported communication. It could help to improve the iinclusion of people depending on this method.

Full house: many interested people came to Club Voltaire to take part in the panel discussion “From §219a to #AbortoLegalYa: the fought for a woman's right to selfdetermination”.

Guests were: gynecologist Dr. Gabriele Halder, who has been charged according §219a and expert Stephanie Schlitts, who is an independent consultant for the WHO. The discussion was hosted by festival director Kathrin Frenz.

Dr. Gabriele Halder raised awareness to the alarming lack of abortion as an issue within the training of gynecologists.

Stephanie Schlitts pointed to Ireland as a positive example. Here, women have started to talk about additions and thus opposed social stigmatization.

Following the Kenyan film “Supa Modo”, Dr. med. Gisela Schneider talked about her work at Difäm e.V., the German institute for medical missions in Tübingen.

Gisela Schneider points out that in many African countries, the communities play an existential role when it comes to poviding health care. However, the possibilities for treatment are often insufficient leading to a higher number of victims of not contagious dresses diseases such as cancer in Africa than in Western countries

After the film “Naomi's Journey”, screenwriter Claudia Schäfer explains that her script is bad on a real story. She talks about racism in the German judicial system and makes a case for speaking about “femicides” rather than “relationship drama”.

Following the audience discussion, the festival's guests continued to talk to Claudia Schäfer in the cinema's foyer.

After the film “The Tale”, social pedagogue and trauma therapist Micha Schöller was available for a discussion. She works at the contact point for victims of sexual violence in Tübingen.

Micha Schöller explains the term “grooming” and talks about experiences from her day to day work. On average, a child has to talk to an adult seven times until they are heard.