Saturday 9 may 2026
ACTIFEST is not a festival. It is collective intervention.
At a time when injustice is no longer hidden, from Palestine to Congo to Sudan, from state violence to unchecked tech power, the question is no longer what is happening, but what we do and how we act.
ACTIFEST brings together artists, activists, thinkers and the public to move from awareness to action. Through films, talks, music, art and collective strategy, we create a space to confront power, reclaim narrative and organize.
This is where outrage becomes direction. This is where we stop watching and start acting.
ACTIVISM
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COLLECTIVE ACTION
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POWER TO THE PEOPLE
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AWARENESS
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EDUCATE
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BOYCOTT DIVEST SANCTION
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ACTIVISM · COLLECTIVE ACTION · POWER TO THE PEOPLE · AWARENESS · EDUCATE · BOYCOTT DIVEST SANCTION ·
PROGRAM
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Cinema & Talks
Documentaries
Panel talks
Experts, activists & makers
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Organisation Expo
Grassroot initiatives to institutions
Activist movements
Charity, merchandise & literature
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Music & performances
Live performances
Spoken word
Bands & DJ’s
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Art Space
Expositions
Education
Manifestation
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BDS Café
Overbooked.com
Concrete tools and action
How can you BDS today?
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Art Collective For Peace connects artists and communities to make human rights, justice, and the right to resistance visible. Through exhibitions, performances, and public programs, the foundation strengthens activist coalitions and translates political urgency into collective imagination.
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DOOR Open Space at the NDSM Wharf is a raw space where art and community come together. It is a sanctuary in Amsterdam Noord where imagination is not only exhibited, but also mobilized as a gentle form of resistance.
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Amnesty International campaigns, among other things, against Booking.com because the platform offers accommodation in illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, thereby contributing to oppression and violations of international law.
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DiEM25 steps forward where activism becomes strategy and resistance takes concrete form. The movement mobilizes citizens to actively challenge inequality, militarization, and democratic decline in Europe.
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The Palestinian people’s struggle for freedom, justice and equality needs your support. It's simple to get involved with the BDS movement today.
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Marsa Stichting is dedicated to cultivating spaces where artistic freedom, collective care, and emergent imagination can thrive. Their work bridges disciplines and geographies, fostering resilience and new forms of cultural practice grounded in autonomy, equity, and interconnectedness.
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A Brussels-based socio-cultural organisation that uses art, collective learning, and community building as instruments for social transformation.
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Het Actiefonds is a revolutionary fund that has been striving for bottom-up societal change since 1968. They support activists worldwide, activists who can almost never get support anywhere else, and they do that without third party intervention.
Frequently Asked Questions
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You can buy your ticket via the buy your ticket button on this website (actifest.nl). Our tickets are provided by Weticket. If you lost your tickets after purchase you can easily regain them through their find my ticket service.
If anything went wrong with your purchase, we can easily help you (e.g. you’ve added a wrong email address). Please let us know per email. Use the email button below.
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Our location is completely wheelchair proof. If you need any assistance, please reach out beforehand or ask our volunteers during the event.
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The event will be in english. However, some talks will be in dutch. With a live transcription feature we will translate the live talks to english.
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Thank you for looking into contributing. This event is fully built on hours of voluntary efforts. Please look into making a donation so we can keep doing what we do and cover the expenses made. As an initiative or organisation, you can also reserve a stand in the ACTIFEST Organisation Fair. Please register through the form, and we’ll contact you as soon as possible.
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ACTIFEST’s finances are managed by Stichting Art Collective For Peace (Art Collective For Peace Foundation). Donations for ACTIFEST will be necessary to make the event possible. Profits will be donated to selected charities at the event.
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ACTIFEST brings together people, movements, artists, organizations and speakers from different backgrounds, experiences and political perspectives. Not every opinion shared during talks, workshops or panels will necessarily reflect the views of Art Collective for Peace, the organizing partners, or every visitor present. And it doens’t have to, that is what opinions are about.
What connects ACTIFEST isn’t complete ideological uniformity, but a shared commitment to respectful dialogue, collective action, human dignity and engagement with urgent global issues. We encourage critical thinking, discussion and reflection, within clear boundaries of respect and safety.
All moderators, speakers and workshop hosts agree to a shared set of rules of engagement, including:
respectful communication
no hate speech, racism or discrimination
no harassment or incitement to violence
no knowingly false or misleading information
constructive audience participation
Still have questions? Reach out anytime.
