(Un)productive Rituals – focuses on practices that are cherished within communities as spaces for rest, gathering, play, socialising, or celebration, yet are not productive in terms of economic efficiency. The concept of “(un)productive rituals” explores everyday or cyclical practices, highlighting how traditional customs are adapted, maintained, or assimilated in new environments.

Through this theme, the festival seeks to open a dialogue and reclaim the memory that is being lost between generations – the slow, ritualistic, communal practices whose ""productivity"" lies only in their cultural value.