Taking place over four days for the first time, the festival presents an interdisciplinary program of performances, music, screenings, visual art, design, and stand-up comedy.
At its core are the showcases by the six distinguished mentors and their selected mentorship candidates. The candidates were chosen through an open call that received hundreds of submissions from all over the world, and will share in-progress projects and ideas in motion across different mentorship fields:
Playing with Risk
Mentor:
writer and comedian Vidura Bandara Rajapaksa (LK)
Nominees:
Brandon Aguirre (Costa Rica)
Siming Lu (China)
Xabiso Vili (South Africa)
Authentic Deception
Mentor: performance maker Tom Cassani (UK)
Nominees:
Emilie Largier (France)
Hsiang-Sheng Teng (Taiwan)
Christopher Yarnell (UK)
Constructing Delusions
Mentor: artist and filmmaker Keren Cytter (IL)
Nominees:
Anna Flanagan (Ireland)
Nadir Sönmez (Turkey)
Mahesh Subramaniam (India)
Introspective Futurism
Mentor: sci-fi artist and body architect Lucy McRae (AU)
Nominees:
Lena Becerra (Italy/Argentina)
Amy Chiao (US)
Jiaqing Mo (China)
Unruly Images
Mentor: multimedia artist Almagul Menlibayeva (KZ)
Nominees:
Camila Flores-Fernández (Peru)
Poyuan Juan (Taiwan)
Ana Mikadze (Georgia)
The Distant Mirror
Mentor: composer and sound artist Heinali (UA)
Nominees:
Pablo V Cazares (US)
Mariana Carrilho (Mozambique)
Anna Ivchenko (Ukraine)
Explore the participating projects in each mentorship field here.
In addition, the Festival features workshops and exploratory walks led by fellows of the LINA network, alongside guest appearances by alumni of the Forecast Mentorships program, reflecting on ten years of fostering emerging creative practices.
Save the date:
July 16–19, 2026
Radialsystem Berlin
Further details, including the full program and tickets, coming soon.