NORIENT FESTIVAL: FILMS!
From 15. to 17. January, you can discover the Norient Festival 2026 film selection with documentaries and short films from India, Kashmir, Palestine, Lebanon, Senegal, Portugal and the USA at the cinemas REX and Reitschule in Bern.
The 14. Norient Festival takes place from January 15.-17, 2026 in Bern. We asks how to live in a fractured world β through films, poetry, music, and sound; through listening, silence, stories, laughter - and even disagreement?
πͺDiscover the program now online!πͺ
norient.com/festival
Thomas Burkhalter, Janina Neustupny, Abhishek Mathur, and Philipp Rhensius.
Norient founder Thomas Burkhalter accepts the prize. The laudatio for Norient was held by Sandro Bernasconi, Jury member of the Federal Music Jury.
Philipp Rhensius, Erna Kuduzovic, Thomas Burkhalter, Abhishek Mathur
Ambiance at the KKL Lucerne where the award ceremony took place on September 11, 2025
Two weeks ago, we were overjoyed celebrating the Special Prize for Music we received from the Federal Office of Culture. Norient founder Thomas Burkhalter accepted the prize, and it got pretty wild between the core team members! π
Photography by Christian Felber
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An excerpt of an in-progress novel by E.R. Pulgar
norient.com/er-pulgar/sw...
π RELEASED TODAY: NORIENT CITY SOUNDS: JAKARTA π
The busy and noisy Jakarta, Indonesia, is a place everyone loves to hate. This sprawling megapolitan of 10.68 million people hosts the fifth edition of the Norient City Sounds series, curated by Gisela Swaragita.
norient.com/jakarta-whis...
π£ Vortrag in Bern!
Am Dienstag, 13.5 halte ich wieder einmal einen Vortrag in Bern. 19:30 im PROGR: www.progr.ch/de/agenda/al...
Β«In der Weltgeschichte gibt es nur die Alternative von Gewalt oder Vernunft. Wo das eine schwindet, wΓ€chst das andere. Zur Vernunft im umfassenden.Β»
β Peter Von Matt
Norient and Rewire collaborate again with a digital publication on sonic witnessing, presented in an assembly with artists and thinkers of the 2025 festival edition.
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#wheresoundbecomeswitness #listening #publication #rewirefestival25
Episode 21 of the TIMEZONES podcast series takes you on a deep dive into the sonic landscapes of Paris through the lens of the legendary Groupe de Recherche Musicale (GRM).
π TIMEZONES are more than a podcast: These experimental audio collages create new forms of storytelling
norient.com/timezones
In this episode of our New Podcast βLong Take: Life as an Artistβ we meet Khayam Sanu Sandhi, a singer, songwriter, and producer from Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Listen Here: norient.com/thomas-burkh...
Hosted by
@thomasburkhalter.bsky.social
Our first album is out! On vinyl and digital.
Joy Anger Doubt
by Melodies In My Head
Ethnographic interviews & experimental pop make up this debut from Swiss producer Daniel Jakob and Norient founder Thomas Burkhalter.
Have a listen: www.melodiesinmyhead.com
#Ethnography #Pop #MeldiesInMyHead
Norient GrΓΌnder Thomas Burkhalter ΓΌber sein neues Musik-Duo mit @dejot.bsky.social
EPISODE 6 OF THE NEW NORIENT PODCAST β¨ LONG TAKE: LIFE AS AN ARTIST. Hip-Hop from the Old and New Bangladesh. norient.com/long-take
With Gold Cube, Paital, and RizwanOnTheBeat. Hosted by @thomasburkhalter.bsky.social #Dhaka #PuranDhaka #QuotaReform
β¨Lose yourself in the rhythm of the heavens. β¨
πΆ The Sky is Yours (Dancing Clouds Remix) by Melodies In My Head π
With:
π Ana Van Tendeloo β pirouetting through dreams, weaving tales of wonder.
#DanceWithTheClouds #TheSkyIsYours #MelodiesInMyHead #AnaVanTendeloo #ModernDance #NewMusic2025
