Oksana Shachko was an artist, activist, feminist - and co-founder of FEMEN. Her uncompromising courage and determination are impressive to this day. French director Charlène Favier now tells her story in haunting, expressive images.

Following the special preview of the emotional biopic Oxana - My Life for Freedom, Sookee, musician and activist, Sarah-Lee Heinrich, political activist and Cesy Leonard, founder of the “Radikale Töchter”, will discuss the topic “Courage, anger, resistance - what kind of feminist protest do we need today?” on a panel. The discussion will be moderated by Sonja Eismann, co-editor of Missy Magazine, author and journalist.

In times of a backlash against male-authoritarian systems and ideologies, the Ukrainian artist, activist and FEMEN co-founder Oksana Shachko is a symbolic figure for the resistance of young women. Her life story provides the occasion to take a look at feminist protest and forms of protest today and to examine how anger becomes courage and what is needed for this to be heard, to lead to protest and what ways of protest there are.

The film will be introduced by Kateryna Rietz-Rakul, Director of the Ukrainian Institute in Germany.