10-12 March 2026, Florence
Voices
The European Festival of Journalism and Media Freedom
Free tickets available from November 2025
The first European Festival of Journalism and Media Freedom
We live in a world where information is in abundance, but accurate news is not always easy to find…
Voices emerges to bring citizens, journalists, and media professionals closer to each other.
We want to celebrate the pivotal roles journalism and the informed public play in societies while fostering critical thinking around disinformation.
For the upcoming third edition, Voices is about to return to Florence at Teatro del Maggio Musicale on 10–12 March 2026.
The second edition of the festival took place in Zagreb on 27 February - 1 March 2025. Over the course of three days, the festival explored crucial themes shaping our relationship with information and media nowadays through talks, interactive workshops, exhibitions, and networking opportunities.
Before Croatia, Voices kicked off in Florence back in March 2024. Over 1300 participants attended sessions tackling artificial intelligence and journalism, disinformation, safety of journalists, the challenges within media economic models, media literacy, elections' integrity, EU legislation on media, digital parenting, and digital well-being, among others.
The festival is an itinerant initiative that moves across different European cities to engage with different communities, while emphasising media freedom and media literacy as essential elements for the functioning of our societies.
This second edition took place in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, which is the biggest and most modern museum in Croatia.
Relive the Zagreb edition
A rich cultural agenda, including the play ‘They Blew Her Up’, five photojournalism exhibitions, 13 workshops, high-level debates, and the screenings of impactful documentaries and films.
More than a festival, a movement towards informed societies
Voices in Zagreb was organised by
Partners of the Zagreb edition
Zagreb edition
National Coordinator in Croatia – Zoran Pehar
Spatial design concept, Organization, Production – Mirna Horvat
Concept, Graphic Design, Production – Irene Oddo
Graphic Design – Giorgio Giamberini
Technical Production – Fakat. (Project Leader Marko Radović)
Graphic Production – Majc Event (Project Leader Leon Majcenić)
Technical Setup – Kunsttrans Zagreb
Technical Support – MSU (Museum of Contemporary Art) / HRT (Croatian Radiotelevision) / Prostoria
Thanks to
Maja Sever (President of TUCJ), Andrea Čović Vidović (Commission Representation in Croatia), Barbara Peranić (European Parliament Office in Zagreb), Martina Csiffary (Zagreb Tourist Board)
Special Thanks
To all professors and students from the Faculties of Journalism and Communications from Zagreb, Osijek, Split and Dubrovnik
To all the volunteers for their great help in the realisation of this project.
