Film
Protest Under Pressure
2026 · 1h 20m · Documentary
SILENCED AT FREE UNIVERSITY: REPRESSION OF VOICES FOR PALESTINE IN BERLIN.
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Overview
Over the past two years, German universities have become sites of resistance for students in solidarity with Palestine. Campuses have bee marked by police violence, court proceedings, intimidation, and growing forms of (self-)censorship. Set at the Free University of Berlin, this documentary traces how academic spaces have been reshaped by state repression. The film centers the brutal eviction of the Palestine solidarity encampment in May 2024 and the cascade of events that followed: a media smear campaign, institutional threats, legal repercussions, and mounting interference with academic freedom. These developments are situated within a wider political framework—Germany’s “reason of state”—and examined in relation to the country’s role in the ongoing occupation and genocide in Palestine.
Crew
- Nora WeiseDirector · Editor
- Elena AvolioDirector · Editor
- Noa Élie MonaéWriter · Producer
Details
- Release date
- January 17, 2026
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- German
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Documentary
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