Voices from a Dystopia is the documentary of the two distinct but inter-related facets of globalisation: street musicians who are strangled by the global system, forced to flee their countries to live a self-imposed exile and the city-wide devastation – “urban renewal” - they witnessed in Istanbul, triggered by the same capitalist ethos. Every year, Istanbul hosts several groups of street musicians from around the world. From the well-known corners of the world-renowned Istiklâl Avenue to underground stops and to historic neighbourhoods of Istanbul, the city is increasingly getting used to street music day by day. The reason that brings street musicians to Istanbul is not a simple passion for globetrotting. Those who make Istanbul a stage for their performances are mostly the representatives of cultures and life styles that are oppressed or marginalized by the global system. What makes them stop at Istanbul is their being forced to an exodus in the face of their freedoms being limited in their home countries. Meanwhile, Istanbul, the city that hosts street musicians, the city the street musicians chose to make their stage is going through a radical transformation.