The Dachstein Dialoge is an international festival dedicated to tolerance. From September 19 to 26, 2025, in Filzmoos and Ramsau am Dachstein, the festival will explore themes of belonging, inclusion and exclusion, community and society, migration and otherness, self-image and projection, as well as solidarity and inclusion.
The 2025 festival will culminate in a spectacular finale concert by the Dachstein Dialogues Quartet in residence. The musicians, led by Rachell Ellen Wong, enrich the program throughout the season with musical interventions.
Discussion with Shila Behjat, German-Iranian journalist, publicist and cultural editor.
Michael Ignatieff, Canadian author and former politician, introduces the theme of the conditio humana—the human condition—also explored in HUMAN, a documentary by French photographer and director Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The film weaves together interviews with over 2,000 people from more than 60 countries, alongside breathtaking aerial and landscape imagery from around the world.
In commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Peasants' Wars, which marked the beginning of two centuries of religious violence, exclusion, and displacement in the region, the Dachstein Dialoge offer both historical and philosophical context, while continually raising questions of solidarity and tolerance through discussions, theater, lectures, concerts, school projects, and spaces for improvisation.
The Dachstein Dialoge shape the present by learning from the past and looking to the future. Through encounters, intellectual impulses, and cultural experiences, they transform painful historical memories into a shared, open coexistence, creating the foundation for lived tolerance and democracy. From the border mountain, the Dachstein becomes both a focal point and a symbol of connection.
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