An inspiring voice of a generation—Arma Tanović reveals what an actress actually reads when she receives a script: the words, stage directions, relationships between characters, and what is spoken versus what a character leaves unsaid. What can a script reveal to us between the lines? And what does it actually mean to be “literate” in the arts?

9 September 2026, at 11:00 AM

As part of the “European Heritage Days 2026” event—themed “Heritage at Risk: Revive, Resist, Rethink”—the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sports presents the “Steps of Heritage” podcast. International Literacy Day will also be marked through the “Culture Promenade” event. To mark the occasion, the fourteenth episode of the podcast will be broadcast on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, starting at 11:00 AM, on the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sports’ YouTube channel.

Arma Tanović—actress, professor, and artist—speaks about her first encounters with reading, stories, and acting; about the things that shape us and stay with us. And if she could preserve just one word for future generations, what word would it be?

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