Free Space

by Karin Junger

Biografilm Art & Music

Doc, International Premiere

(Netherlands / 2024 / 66’)

Karin Junger investigates the impact of cancel culture on artistic freedom. Heavily criticized for her 2017 documentary about young black people in the Netherlands, in which she filmed her children with their friends, she began to wonder who decides what artists can express. In this new film, the director explores how an artist's gender or color determines what they are “allowed” to create and discusses with other artists the rise of the phenomenon of “cancel culture” and its impact on artistic freedom. A timely reflection that sparks debate on art, identity, and freedom of expression.