FILIT // Literature Train turns railway ride into cultural festival
The Literature Train, a mobile extension of FILIT Chișinău, will turn an ordinary train journey into a vibrant cultural experience, with MIMI Castle as the destination. The train will depart from Chișinău Railway Station on Friday, September 26, 2025, at 3:00 PM. During the journey, poet Ligia Keșișian will perform her poetry.
The event "Literature at the Castle" will take place at MIMI Castle, which will bring together international guests with experience in the contemporary cultural field:
Arevik Ashkharoyan (Armenia),
Lorina Bălteanu (Republic of Moldova),
Andrei Kurkov (Ukraine),
Gaga Lomidze (Georgia),
Piotr Pogorzelski (Poland).
The discussion, with the theme "Chișinău – the perfect meeting place between East and West", starts at 16:30 and will be moderated by writer Radu Vancu.
Participants will explore the dynamics of contemporary literature, multilingualism and the challenges of cultural management. The event will be complemented by music and gastronomy, in a concept supported by EUNIC Global and EUNIC Moldova.
At 20:00, the train will depart from Bulboaca Station to Chișinău, continuing the cultural adventure.
The events are part of the FILIT Chisinau 2025 program, which officially begins on September 25, at the Teatru Fara Nume Theater in Chisinau.
The full program is available on chill.md and includes activities for children, meetings with writers from dozens of countries, literary laboratories in Moldovan lyceums, literary debates and workshops for journalists.
Participation in all events is free, with prior registration on the festival website.
FILIT Chisinau is funded by the Department for Relations with the Republic of Moldova, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Moldova, Innovate Moldova, the Swiss Cooperation Office, the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Moldova and supported by EUNIC Moldova, the Embassy of Austria in Chisinau, the Goethe-Institut, the Cambridge English Authorised Exam Centre – Alliance Française in Moldova, the Embassy of Italy in Chisinau, the Danish Cultural Institute, the Embassy of Sweden, the Embassy of Norway, the Polish Institute, the Romanian Cultural Institute “Mihai Eminescu” in Chisinau.
