Imagine Peace
A documentary portrait of peace activist Edith Ballantyne, following a life of international organizing and asking what peace work can mean today.
Why it caught our eye
The film places a long life of peace activism beside a present-day question: what can dialogue and peace work mean as rearmament grows?
About this experience
Meet Edith Ballantyne through Fabian Chiquet’s documentary portrait of a life devoted to peace. The film follows her flight from the Sudetenland to Canada at 16 and her decades with the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. In her later years, she calls for dialogue alongside other activists as rearmament grows.
What you can expect
Watch the 95-minute documentary in its original version, with German and French subtitles. Ballantyne’s story moves from her 1938 flight from the Sudetenland to her work with WILPF and dialogue with activists.
Good to know before you go
The original version includes English, Arabic, Russian and Ukrainian, with German and French subtitles. The cinema lists regular admission at CHF 18 and concession rates; check the ticket page for the applicable price. Tickets not used by the start of the film expire without a refund.