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A new show from the Ashton Brothers! Could it be any faster, more energetic, or more absurd? Definitely. In the circus and variety tradition, acts are passed down from father to son, and the Ashton family's treasure trove is still overflowing. An explosive cocktail of slapstick, magic, acrobatics, rock 'n' roll, and variety.
A short poetry film
Spotted Bird is an animation production company established in 2021 in Rotterdam. At Spotted Bird they aim to challenge, inspire and support filmmakers to develop their own artistic vision and to tell animated stories that touch people in their heart.
Wageningen Wereldstad takes you through the rich history and special significance of Wageningen. Along the banks of the Rhine, a city grew into a symbol of freedom and knowledge. The film explores age-old landscapes, from glacial ridges and river floodplains to hay meadows where agriculture and nature meet. We see how Wageningen developed from a fortified town into an industrial city and ultimately into an internationally recognized city of knowledge, with the university at the heart of global science and innovation. Residents of Wageningen speak at historic locations throughout the city about what connects them to those places. Wageningen Wereldstad is an ode to a city where past, nature, culture, and science come together — and where the flame of freedom continues to burn.
In the small auditorium of Visum Mundi, you are immersed in Elements of Freedom. This is an immersive audiovisual, multi-screen presentation that takes you into the story of freedom through images, sound, and music. Here you discover why Wageningen is known as the City of Liberation, and you are challenged to reflect on the meaning of freedom in your own life.
This reportage shows the royal ride from Amsterdam’s Central Station to Dam Square, on April 15, 1921. From the balcony of the Royal Palace, the Queen waves to her people. The family then visits an exhibition of South African art. We also see the family returning from a tour of the steamship Johan de Witt, and after their visit to the Stedelijk Museum.
Bezorgd (At a Glance) is about a quest for connection by people from various social backgrounds, who are challenged to shake off their prejudices. For pizza delivery guy Izem and his customers, this is not without risk.
André Rieu is back in Maastricht with a brand new show! Together with his 60-piece Johann Strauss Orchestra, many soloist and special guests André Rieu will give you what you’ve come to expect from his performances: the maestro conducting his 60-piece Johann Strauss Orchestra and playing his world-famous Stradivarius violin to create a colourful concert full of surprises. The repertoire ranges from romantic, emotional ballads to the most gorgeous and celebrated waltzes. Experience the magic of André Rieu at a festive and memorable evening and come see why André Rieu is one of the most popular live acts in the world!
In a ‘tonal’ coloured 16mm film performance (with six Hokushins), a sonorous poem of twilight, indistinctness and suggestiveness, Urlus tries to make visible the darkness of a depressed mind. The suffering of an adolescent, the filmmaker’s daughter. Colours and mood are inspired by the famous photograph ‘The Pond – Moonlight’ by Steichen (1904) and the Nocturne paintings by Whistler (1870’).
Documentary discussing expectations in sexual and intimate situations, by blending people's anonymous stories, poetry and dance.
Documentary about the Dutch writer Wim Hofman, the most acclaimed living writer from Zeeland. As a writer, poet and visual artist, Wim Hofman is completely unique. He writes dark stories with a gloomy beginning and a gloomy ending. No fairy tales with a 'happy ending' and certainly no sugary children's books, but nevertheless always full of humor and unexpected twists. The film depicts the production of Hofman's latest work and addresses various thematic periods in his oeuvre by looking back on his life.
The film is set on the streets of Groningen and highlights the intimate and invisible parts of Joram, his work and his studio: the street. Both the residents and visitors of the street are captured by Joram's raw, confrontational and intimate portraits. In the film, Joram and the many people he portrays talk about Joram, his work and life.
The film reflects on the confrontation with loneliness, in which nature and the aesthetic beauty and depth of a color provide comfort.
Writer Anil Ramdas left the Netherlands in bewilderment with his self-chosen death in 2012. Even his closest friends didn't see his abrupt end coming. How did it come to this? This documentary explores his life, work and ideas.
A story about a business man that gets caught between reality and a parallel universe
A short film directed by Kees Brusse.
Through Fever Dreams of a Hermit the artist tries to understand the multiple sides of caregiving, where the giver and receiver of care are never fully in an equal power balance. The multimedia project critiques, grieves and transforms the prevalent capitalist mindset of carelessness. Using Tarot as a metaphor for the uncertainties of life and the many unintended layers of our actions, the artist encourages the viewer to question their caregiving practices, and to care more gently. Can we tip the scales of carelessness to one of conscious interdependent care?
Three boys are extremely bored on the last day of summer vacation, until one of them decides to steal a car.
Three dancers are in the same room, but each in their own space. Each character shows glimpses of who she is and how they relate to a monologue-soundtrack that can be heard throughout the movie. For everyone the relationship with the text and the words are different. Gradually the voice breaks down, words tumble and meanings are lost. This has an impact on the dancers and the way they move. The tensions within the relationship with the voice come to a climax and something breaks. The dancers are free to move, free from words and semantic meaning. They breath and move as one organism and find ways to communicate in chaos and disharmony. The language moves to the background and loses its presence and impact. What remains is pure movement.
A woman looks back on her life, through narration and song. In Mother Suriname – Mama Sranan, filmmaker Tessa Leuwsha uses a stream of fascinating colorized archival footage to illustrate the lives of Surinamese women like her grandmother, who was a washerwoman.
Growing up in a house of dreams, secrets and psychosis. There truly is 'No Place Like Home'...
Commodore 64 demoscene short film that showcases computer animation, art and music. Made in modern times on old Commodore 64 computers.
Three women’s experiences of hormonal birth control are weaved into one collective piece, exploring the radical effects that hormones have on the brain and body.
The edgy and personal student film Cupid into Transmutation follows a transgender boy named Caesar living in a big city. On the run from his traumatic past, he tries to make a living as a camboy. Until he is suddenly sent into hysteria as his body starts to violently morph and transform beyond all recognition. Follow him in his search for acceptance and identity in this cruel world, focused on normality and outer beauty.
What does it take to go against a multinational? Esther Kiobel’s husband Barinem was one of the men executed in 1995 after revolting against Shell’s pollution of Ogoniland (Nigeria). Almost 25 years later, Esther takes Shell to court in the Netherlands.
The retired Jos sinks deeper and deeper into his dementia during what feels like a single day. Or is it years?
“Imagine this camera is your mother”, a father tells his daughter. In the 1990s, scores of families from the Republic of Moldova began a ritualised mail exchange between the mothers, who had emigrated for economic reasons, and their relatives back home. The former sent money and goods; the latter sent videotapes. These amateur recordings are the material of this film. They testify to the painful gaps the absent persons left in the lives of those who stayed behind.
The wealthy Alice Stanton is saved from drowning by Jack, a fisherman who sees her in the water. They get to know each other and begin a romantic relationship. This comes to an end when Jack realizes that the people will never approve of their relationship. He fears that their difference in social status will cause a scandal. He ends their relationship and breaks off contact. Six months later, Annie marries someone else. Meanwhile, Jack spends all his time at sea and is involved in a shipwreck. He is seriously injured and, just before he dies, he has a vision of Alice.
From backstage to the stage, from the magic of an opera to the depths of a documentary, Inside My Heart pushes the boundaries between the rehearsal process and the performance, at the heart of a troupe of professional actors with intellectual disabilities. A radically imaginative film that uses all possible cinematographic means to make the romances, conflicts and questionings of these actors palpable with lightness, literally sucking us in with them in a baroque drama with fairy-tale overtones. Through the themes of homosexuality, eroticism and the relationship to the body, Inside My Heart questions the way we look at things and what we might take for granted.
A documentary on state terrorism of Islamic regime of Iran in Europe.
Our bodies are semi-permeable. All over the world, stories are being told about heroes who magically “close” their bodies, so as to become invincible. This film follows one such story, as it is told in Santo Amaro, Bahia (Brazil). Besouro Mangangà was a capoeira player, a black hero, who had closed his body. No bullets, no knives or daggers could pierce his skin. Bahian men explain how “closing the body” makes sense in their precarious and violent world, and why, in the end, this closure can never be accomplished. Soon the filmmaker realizes that his film is not only about the people in Bahia. He too is struggling with the porosity of his body, endlessly trying to strike a balance between shutting the world out and letting the world in. Competing for the RAI Film Prize and Basil Wright Film Prize.
A fascinating study of merging form with content, broken into four shorts, each complete with opening title and closing credits: "19 Questions," "Fourteen," "Paying Attention," and "Overpopulation and Art."
An antifascist Dutch family living under German occupation prepares for the arrival of the English liberators -- who never arrive. Short NSB propaganda film that mocks the rumors of upcoming liberation that were circulating in the Netherlands.
Discover Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, one of the world's bloodiest and most controversial sites, over which battles have been fought for thousands of years.
A powerful story of loss, stigma, friendship, and being alive! "I will speak, I will speak!" tells how five HIV-infected men and women from Zambia (Lusaka), Russia (Moscow), the USA (San Francisco), Cambodia and England brave life while infected with the deadly virus.
Two voice actors comments seem to guide the movements of two male dancers, seemingly influencing to what extent they dare to live their lives.
One girl and three boys tell their story. The drugs did great harm to the users. The girl is suffering from a disease caused by the LSD, an opium-user got into prison and a speed-user was treated several times in a clinic. The fourth is still on opium and speed. The film was made for several youth-centers in Rotterdam.
Short documentary on surfing.
Elias doesn't feel understood or seen in Ijmuiden where he works at the fishing tackle. He misses his parents after their departure for Turkey. When his brother, Kemal, rents their parents' bedroom, Tom comes to live with them. Seen first as an intruder, Tom turns out to help Elias in his journey to discover himself.
A young Dutch gay couple dreams of having children. They can adopt or have a child with the help of a single mother or lesbian couple. But just as any heterosexual family, they want to have children of their own and have a ‘real’ family. Fortunately a niece offers to be the surrogate to carry their child, but not of her own ovum. The dads to be only need an egg and a clinic to achieve the fertilization. What follows is a harrowing account of the long road between hopes and disappointments.