Berliner Hörspielfestival 2026

“When realities and fictions rub up against each other, tensions arise that can lead to cracks, ruptures and divisions. The motto of the 16th Berlin Radio Play Festival is FRIKTIONEN. As an audio-artistic-political experimental field and laboratory for radio drama, documentary and sound art, we identify and negotiate topics between fiction and friction. There are many areas of friction: between broadcasters and the independent scene, program policy and creativity, artistic self-image and artificial intelligence. Between bodies, genders, generations, world views. And between the ears. …” (Text 2025, translated with www.deepL.com)