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Polish Institute Berlin

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Cubature: The Art Game - Vernissage. 19:00 - 22:00

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Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green]	Betonhalle [Silent Green]	Kuppelhalle [Silent Green]	Panke Culture	Panke Gallery	Silent Green (Betonhalle, Garden, Kuppelhalle, Ateliers, Transmediale Studio)	The Garden [Silent Green]

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Quantcept 21:00 - 21:45

A MAZE. Village 18:00 - 23:00

A MAZE. Exhibition 18:00 - 23:00

MBB - Spotlight Games Berlin 12:00 - 15:30

A MAZE. Invites 18:00 - 20:00

Qualia 20:30 - 21:30

A MAZE. / Berlin 2026 Opening Party 13 22:00 -
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Samples - An Interactive Music Installation 13 21:00 -
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Doors Open 18:00 - 23:00

A MAZE. / Berlin 2026 Opening Ce... 20:00 - 20:30

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Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green]	Betonhalle [Silent Green]	Filmrausch Palast Moabit/Game Rausch	Kuppelhalle [Silent Green]	MARS \| Küche & Bar	Panke Culture	Panke Gallery	Sybil	The Garden [Silent Green]	Transmediale Studio [Silent Green]	Workshop Room 1	Workshop Room 2

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Coffee & Croissants* 10:00 - 10:30

The Emotional Labour of Making G... 10:30 - 11:00

Folk Games: Game Design by Passi... 11:00 - 11:30

Invitation to be bored 11:30 - 12:00

Inside the Skate Story Project 12:00 - 12:30

Betonhalle Stage - BREAK - (12:30 - 14:00) 12:30 - 14:00

The Seventh Extinction: On the D... 14:00 - 14:30

Art Games Spaces / Festivals / Community (TBA) 14:30 - 15:30

Gray-scale: the past, present an... 15:30 - 16:00

Betonhalle Stage - BREAK - (16:0... 16:00 - 16:30

STILL PLAYING (Mohamed Mesbah, F... 17:30 - 18:00

Talk by Rasheed Abueideh (tbc) 18:00 - 18:30

Real Vampires Concert (world premiere) 19:30 - 20:10

A MAZE. Village 09:30 - 22:00

A MAZE. Exhibition 09:30 - 22:00

Open Screens: Jump the Track 11:00 - 14:00

Open Screens 11:00 - 20:00

Open Screens: Dukun 11:00 - 14:00

Open Screens: Taarof: Be My Guest 11:00 - 14:00

Open Screens: Al'ulA 11:00 - 14:00

Open Screens: Crownbreakers 11:00 - 14:00

Open Screens: Gadget Gladiators 14:00 - 17:00

Open Screens: The importance of bean 14:00 - 17:00

Open Screens: Qinu 14:00 - 17:00

Open Screens: LUCKY PUNK 14:00 - 17:00

Open Screens: Edelweiss Knights 14:00 - 17:00

Game Poems 16:30 - 17:30

Open Screens: Crimson Rain 17:00 - 20:00

Open Screens: Sen z úst 17:00 - 20:00

Open Screens: City in a Raindrop 17:00 - 20:00

Open Screens: The Invisible Casino 17:00 - 20:00

Open Screens: Employee 925 17:00 - 20:00

Level Design Beyond the Screen 19:00 - 20:00

Gamerausch x A MAZE. : Relooted - Live cinegaming session 19:00 - 22:00

Cubature: How to Make a Game fro... 10:30 - 11:00

The artist is present: Making pe... 11:00 - 11:30

The Empires Strike Back: Union busting and corporate backlash to... 11:30 - 12:30

Kuppelhalle Stage - BREAK - (12:30 - 14:00) 12:30 - 14:00

GamesConnect AFRIC...

A Story of Personal Iteration 14:20 - 14:50

With Love From Kenya: Connecting My C... 14:50 - 15:25

Expanding OTHERWORLDS 15:30 - 16:00

Kuppelhalle Stage - BREAK - (16:... 16:00 - 16:30

Plum Road Tea Dream - From theat... 16:30 - 17:00

Counterfeit Games: Anti-Game App... 17:00 - 17:30

TBA 17:30 - 18:00

The Line is the Game 18:45 - 19:45

labRats 20:00 - 21:30

A MAZE. Bazaar - MeetToMatch 10:00 - 16:00

Experimental Commons: Let´s talk & create spaces for artistic exchange 17:00 - 18:30

Super Open Sound System 14 22:00 -
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Samples - An Interactive Music Installation 14 15:00 -
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Sybil x A MAZE. : a third way to game-dev 19:00 - 21:00

Womenize! x A MAZE. meetup 13:00 - 14:00

Flesh Network Performance 19:00 - 19:45

Start your day with energy and j... 10:00 - 10:30

125 Million Reasons to Build Games in Germany – An Introduction to the German Federal Games Fund... 11:00 - 12:30

Dig, Bite, Bake, Decapitate ~ Turn Folklore into Play 13:00 - 14:30

Indie Games on the Platform: Building Audiences and Crowdfunding Creative Work 15:00 - 16:30

Let's Make a Game Manual for a Game that Doesn't Exist! 17:00 - 19:00

Thinking with your hands – How to speculate about the future of creative work with the help of L... 10:30 - 12:00

Seeing the forest for the trees: How to think about workflows when designing tools 12:30 - 14:00

Deviant Game: Ctrl+hack+feminism A queer and feminist perspective on alternative controllers through the practice of hacking - 14:30 - 16:30

Making games from scratch in Odin and understanding all the parts 17:00 - 18:30

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Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green]	Betonhalle [Silent Green]	Kuppelhalle [Silent Green]	MARS \| Küche & Bar	Panke Culture	Panke Gallery	The Garden [Silent Green]	Transmediale Studio [Silent Green]	Workshop Room 1	Workshop Room 2

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As Long As You're Here: Designin... 10:30 - 11:00

10 things i wish i knew 10 years... 11:00 - 11:30

Experimental comics, hybrid lang... 11:30 - 12:00

Experiential Game Design 12:00 - 12:30

Betonhalle Stage - BREAK - (12:30 - 14:00) 12:30 - 14:00

PlayLabs: Reimagining Creative S... 14:00 - 14:30

When the internet is dead where... 14:30 - 15:00

Hyper Talks (stream) 15:00 - 16:00

Sybil Sybil Sybil 16:00 - 16:45

A MAZE. Award Pre-Show & Award Show (STREAM w/ live elements) 19:30 - 21:45

A MAZE. Village 09:30 - 22:00

A MAZE. Exhibition 09:30 - 22:00

Open Screens: Concrete Tweet 11:00 - 14:00

Open Screens: Prophet Margin 11:00 - 14:00

Open Screens: Tea Tale 11:00 - 14:00

Open Screens: Cloud Posting 11:00 - 14:00

Open Screens: Swimpossible! 11:00 - 14:00

Open Screens 11:00 - 20:00

Open Screens: Factories in Factories in Factories 14:00 - 17:00

Open Screens: NAMTAR 14:00 - 17:00

Open Screens: ECTO-TERMINATOR 20000 14:00 - 17:00

Open Screens: Spacetime Continuum of Sound 14:00 - 17:00

Open Screens: SZ2000: Rabbit Simulator 14:00 - 17:00

XR-History Award nominees panel hosted by Simon Strick 16:45 - 18:00

Open Screens: Learning the Ropes 17:00 - 20:00

Open Screens: AXIOMATIK 17:00 - 20:00

Open Screens: Parent Printer Driver Simulator 17:00 - 20:00

Open Screens: Discharged 17:00 - 20:00

Open Screens: Curiosmos 17:00 - 20:00

Level Design Beyond the Screen 18:00 - 19:00

Coffee & Croissants with* 10:00 - 10:30

Why Computer Games are Puppet Sh... 10:30 - 11:00

Aspirational Imperfections - why we care about making digital wo... 11:00 - 12:00

Your Body Is the Controller: Des... 12:00 - 12:30

Kuppelhalle Stage - BREAK - (12:30 - 14:00) 12:30 - 14:00

CLIPPED HORIZON 14:00 - 14:45

Hyper Talks 15:00 - 16:00

A MAZE. Award Show 20:00 - 21:45

A MAZE. Bazaar - MeetToMatch 10:00 - 16:00

The legendary A MAZE. Jump 'n' Run Party 15 22:00 -
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Samples - An Interactive Music Installation 15 21:00 -
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Rabbit Alumni Picnic 12:30 - 14:00

Flesh Network Performance 19:00 - 19:40

Start your day with energy and j... 10:00 - 10:30

Make your game look unique 11:00 - 12:30

Self-Publishing and Marketing Your Indie Game: What Actually Works? 13:00 - 15:00

Handcrafting Your Game 17:00 - 18:30

a writing workshop (about storytelling through weird mediums) 10:30 - 12:00

Playable for Everyone — Designing Accessible Games Through Collaborative Experimentation 12:30 - 14:00

Reality Is Optional: Intro to AR with Lens Studio and Spectacles 14:30 - 16:00

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Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green]	Betonhalle [Silent Green]	HAU Hebbel am Ufer (HAU2)	Kuppelhalle [Silent Green]	Panke Gallery	Urban Spree / b-dome	Workshop Room 1

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AMAZING X-Market 12:00 - 18:00

Make your own merchandise: Lino-Stamps and Stickers | Gestalte deine eigenen Fanartikel: Linolschnitte und Aufkleber 13:00 - 17:00

Design Your First Board Game — A Crafting Workshop for Everyone 13:00 - 15:00

Open Screens: Monster Briefcase 12:00 - 14:00

A MAZE. Village 12:00 - 18:00

A MAZE. Exhibition 12:00 - 18:00

Open Screens: Deep Fog Signals 12:00 - 14:00

Open Screens 12:00 - 18:00

Open Screens: CHILDREN OF SATURN 12:00 - 14:00

Open Screens: Babushka 12:00 - 14:00

Open Screens: Tacn 14:00 - 16:00

Open Screens: DOOM SPIRAL 14:00 - 16:00

Open Screens: Travel Trivia 14:00 - 16:00

Open Screens: Garden of Ants 14:00 - 16:00

Level Design Beyond the Screen 15:00 - 16:00

Open Screens: Deck of Memories 16:00 - 18:00

Open Screens: Everything Is Computer 16:00 - 18:00

Open Screens: Winnie-the-Pooh: Black Honey 16:00 - 18:00

Open Screens: Plant Everywhere 16:00 - 18:00

Open Screens: Trail of Gods 16:00 - 18:00

It’s Time to Make a Choice - A performance by Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley 16 20:00 -
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labRats 12:00 - 13:30

Car Boot Casino* (*Krimskramskasino) 15:30 - 18:00

Samples - An Interactive Music Installation 12:00 - 18:00

A MAZE. / Berlin - 15 year's anniversary - Positive Chaos Party 16 21:00 -
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IMPROVE YOUR IMPROV: The Theater Stage as an Analog Sandbox 13:00 - 15:30

A MAZE. / Berlin 2026

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