Sunsets Open Air Festival in the Vondelpark

This summer will be the last time the Sunsets Film Festival will take place in the Vondelpark. Come and watch classics, road movies, comedies and vampire films one last time in the Vondelpark before EYE moves to its new location.

In honour of Jack Nicholson – the subject of EYE’s two-month-long summer programme – Easy Rider will be screened; Nicholson delivers a memorable performance as the alcoholic lawyer George Hanson who cheerfully tries to keep his hangovers under control and smokes his first joint.

Fans of classic romances can indulge themselves in Brief Encounter by David Lean. In one of the most romantic films ever, Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson shine in this story of impossible love. And for those who love French realism and physical comedy, there’s Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis, Dany Boon’s portrait of a Provençal family that is banished to ‘the North’ and slowly manages to shed its prejudices about the country – in the local chippy.

Programme:

Short Dutch films 29 July 22.00
City Lights (Charles Chaplin, 1931) 5 August 21.45, with piano accompaniment by Yvo Verschoor
Brief Encounter (David Lean, 1945) 12 August 21.30
Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper, 1969) 19 August 21.15
The Lost Boys (Joel Schumacher, 1987) 2 September 21.00
Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis (Dany Boon, 2008) 9 September 21.00

Sunsets during the Uitmarkt at Museumplein:
Mary and Max (Adam Elliot, 2009) 26 August 22.00
Manhattan (Woody Allen, 1979) 27 August 22.00

Ticket prices and reservations:
Tickets are €3.00 and can be purchased a week before the showing. Make reservations by calling +31(0)20-5891400. Screenings will be only be cancelled in the case of rain or storm; prepurchased tickets will be refunded.