Orange Week 2024

For Orange Week 2024 – an initiative aimed at combating violence against women and girls – the City of Luxembourg is inviting the public to come and form an "orange" human chain at 12:15 on Monday, 25 November 2024, in Place Guillaume II in front of Luxembourg City Hall. The City is urging the general public to come show solidarity and help raise awareness for this issue. To maximise the impact of the event, participants are asked to wear an orange item of clothing or accessory.

At this now-traditional gathering, Luxembourgish singer Carisa Dias will be performing her latest song, "There for You", which addresses the issue of violence against women.

Exhibition: "Soft Voices"

To mark this year's Orange Week, the Bierger-Center will also be hosting an exhibition on the theme of domestic violence, entitled "Soft Voices", by Luxembourgish visual artist Nadine Rocco. The exhibition, which will be running from late November until the end of December 2024, showcases works that challenge viewers to look beyond the surface and face uncomfortable truths that are all too often either downplayed or ignored. The works are characterised by the use of contrasting materials – some hard and others soft – all of which are rendered in soft, muted colours belying the harsh realities that the materials represent.

• 25 November to 31 December 2024 / Monday–Friday, from 8:00 to 17:00 / Bierger-Center, 44, place Guillaume II
• Vernissage: 26 November 2024 at 16:30, with the College of the Mayor and Aldermen and the artist in attendance
• Admission is free
• More information about Nadine Rocco at www.instagram.com/secondbestzine/

Solidarity march, screening of the Luxembourgish film "Hors d'haleine", and illuminations

A "solidarity march", organised jointly by the National Women's Council of Luxembourg (Conseil national des Femmes du Luxembourg) and the City of Luxembourg, will be held on Saturday, 23 November 2024, starting at 11:00 from Place Hamilius.

The City of Luxembourg will also be supporting the event "Utopia Takeover" for the release of the film "Hors d'haleine". This moving drama by Luxembourgish director Eric Lamhène is set in a shelter for women in distress. On the evening of 25 November, the facade of the cinema will be lit up in orange, and the film will be screened in all the cinemas in the Utopia cinema complex. Members of the public attending the event are asked to wear something orange. After the screenings, a reception will be held, where viewers will get a chance to meet representatives from various associations.

• 25 November 2024 / from 18:30 (screenings start every 15 minutes) / Ciné Utopia, 16, avenue de la Faïencerie, Luxembourg-Limpertsberg
• Ticket prices at currently applicable rates
• More information about the film at www.horsdhaleine-film.com

And from 25 November to 10 December: Luxembourg City Hall (Place Guillaume II), Villa Vauban, the Grand Théâtre tower, the Ban de Gasperich water tower, the Stade de Luxemborug and the trees in Place d'Armes will all be lit up in orange.

Orange Week is coordinated nationally by the National Women's Council of Luxembourg (Conseil National des femmes du Luxembourg – CNFL) and the Luxembourg chapter of Zonta International.