All films
Below you can find all films, VR-screenings, and other shows that are playing in Eye now or soon.
All films
Now and soon in Eye
still Tropenkolder (Riar Rizaldi, 2026)
#5: Eye(s) Open
Curator Hicham Khalidi and Judith Öfner will discuss the Eye(s) Open project, which addresses the colonial film collection of Eye, and the ethical risks.
still General Report on Certain Matters of Interest for a Public Screening (Pere Portabella, ES 1976)
#6: Catalan Film Heritage
Pablo La Parra Pérez, director of theFilmotecade Catalunya, will discuss the preservation and activation of Catalan film heritage, focussing on Pere Portabella.
still A Family (Mees Peijnenburg, NL 2026)
A Family
The story of two teenagers caught up in their parents’ (Carice van Houten and Pieter Embrechts) divorce, told from the children’s perspectives. Selected for the Berlinale.
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A Useful Ghost
Hilarious, socially critical mix of horror, fantasy, comedy and romance. This debut film by Thai director Boonbunchachoke won the Critics’ Week Grand Prize in Cannes.
still A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, US 2001)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg dive into the dystopian future, when the polar icecaps have melted. David, an almost human boy robot, takes the place of a sick child. 35mm.
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Africadelic Special: My Father's Shadow
Closing Night of Africadelic 2026, with a special screening of My Father’s Shadow by British-Nigerian filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr. With introduction.
still Agatha's Almanac (Amalie Atkins, CA 2025)
Agatha's Almanac
Peaceful portrait of 90-year-old Agatha by her niece, artist Amalie Atkins. Agatha steadfastly continues to work in her extensive garden, sowing and reaping by hand.
still Becoming Opaque (Paula Albuquerque, 2026)
AI and the Archive
This conversation focuses on the impact of AI on film archives. Artists Jongsma + O’Neill and Chia-Wei Hsu showcase through their work how AI can influence film archiving.
Alternative Venues for Programming
A presentation with new insights on streaming Eye’s silent film collection, followed by a presentation on the problematic parts of the Eye collections, such as racism and sexism.
still Amadeus (Miloš Forman, US 1984)
Amadeus
Miloš Forman’s Mozart biopic won him eight Oscars and is told from the perspective of the genius’ embittered rival Salieri. Screening of the 4K restoration of the cinema release.
still Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (Zacharias Kunuk, CA 2001)
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
The very first independent, Inuit-produced, directed and spoken feature film was released in 2001 and instantly became a global festival favourite. 35mm.
still Batang West Side (Lav Diaz, PH 2001)
Batang West Side
A detective investigating a murder on the icy streets of Jersey City is plagued by disturbing dreams. Epic cinema by Lav Diaz, 2K restoration.
still Below the Clouds (Gianfranco Rosi, IT 2025)
Below the Clouds
Breathtaking, warm homage to the inhabitants of Naples and environs. Gianfranco Rosi explores the region between Vesuvius and the coast both above and below ground.
still Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour (James Cameron, US 2026)
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour
Already renowned for its innovative trailer, now we have the full, spectacular 3D documentary on Billy Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft tour by James Cameron (Titanic, Avatar).
still Blue Heron (Sophy Romvari, HU/CA 2025)
Blue Heron
Canadian-Hungarian filmmaker Sophy Romvari’s feature debut is a layered, subtle family portrait presented her own special blend of documentary and fiction.
still Blue Sun Palace (Constance Tsang, US 2024)
Blue Sun Palace
Constance Tsang’s feature debut paints an intimate portrait of three Chinese migrant workers in Queens, New York. With a striking role for Tsai Ming-liang’s regular actor Lee Kang-sheng.
still Bouchra (Orian Yani Barki & Meriem Bennani, US/IT/MA 2025)
Bouchra
Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani’s first animated feature film is a disarmingly funny exploration of the relationship between a mother and her queer daughter, played by coyotes.
still Broken English (Jane Pollard & Iain Forsyth, GB 2025)
Broken English
Semi-fictional documentary about 1960’s icon Marianne Faithfull provides an artistic portrait of the singer who was so much more than merely Mick Jagger’s muse. Featuring, among others, Tilda Swinton.
Cinemini: De krekel
Charming, witty, poetic animations from the maker of The Mole. The Krekel records the adventures of a cricket and his magical violin.
Cinemini: Minuscule
A Cinemini episode about insects who run around busy as bees.
Cinemini: Picknick met taart
Join Cinemini on a picnic with lots of pie.
Cineville Filmquiz XL
The Cineville Film Quiz XL is back! Is your heart bursting with film and facts? Then come along for an afternoon of quizzing. 'I need this rendezvous point, you understand what I'm saying? I need it.'
still Dandelion's Odyssey (Momoko Seto, FR/BE 2025)
Dandelion's Odyssey
Enchanting animated story about four dandelion leaves who escape a nuclear explosion, then have to survive on a new planet. Winner of the International Critics’ Prize at Cannes.
still De Indische Tafel, jongens van de Japanse Kampen (Pieter van Huystee, NL 2026)
De Indische tafel, jongens van de Japanse kampen
Men in their 90s reminisce about their Indonesian childhoods in Japanese internment camps they never spoke about but which were character defining.
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Divine Comedy
Director Ali Asgari takes an acerbic, satirical look at the more absurd aspects of Iranian censorship. A filmmaker and his producer try to get their latest film shown in Iran.
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Donkey Days
Rosanne Pels’ absurdist family drama about two sisters desperate for attention, forced to care for their capricious mother and become entangled in all kinds of conflicts.
Donnie Darko
Jake Gyllenhaal plays Donnie Darko: a tortured teen who has the end of the world predicted to him by a man in a bunny suit. Richard Kelly's debut became a cult classic. 35mm.
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Éloge de l'amour + Onvoltooid tegenwoordig
Two 2001 films that revolve around reminiscing and remembering:Éloge de l'amour by Jean-Luc Godard and Onvoltooid tegenwoordig by Johan van der Keuken. 35mm from the Eye collection.
still Sabotage (Nouchka van Brakel, NL 1967)
Eye Conference Opening: Urban Frontiers
Short films about elderly people, street artists, guest workers, and playing children, fighting for their place in the world. Each group faces invisible barriers.
Eye Filmmuseum is gesloten op 27 april (Koningsdag)
Eye Filmmuseum will be closed on 27 April due to King's Day. We hope to welcome you again soon!
Eye Filmmuseum is gesloten op deze dag
Eye is closed all day on 8 through 11 June 2026 due to a private event. We hope to welcome you again soon!
still Face/Off (John Woo, US 1996)
Face/Off
Nicolas Cage and John Travolta are not to be outdone in John Woo’s third Hollywood production about a terrorist and an FBI agent who literally swap faces. Screening on 35mm.
still Fat Girl (À ma sœur!) (Catherine Breillat, FR/IT/ES 2001)
Fat Girl
Cathérine Breillat’s tough-realistic portrait of two teenage sisters. Beautiful Elena enjoys her erotic appeal whilst chubby Anaïs suffers due to her appearance. 35mm.
still Four Mothers (Darren Thornton, IE 2024)
Four Mothers
Witty, heartwarming portrait of the mother-son relationship. Edward, a professional writer, suddenly has to spend a weekend caring for his own mother, as well as three other elderly ladies.
Games Amsterdam
Is it "Game on!" or "Would you like to continue?" Visit our otherworldy gaming area for n00bs and l33ts alike.
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Forest Whitaker as mysterious hitman Ghost Dog, a Black samurai in New York. The oldskool hip-hop sound of RZA is a wonderful match with Jarmusch’s supercooled style.
still Ghost Elephants (Werner Herzog, US 2025)
Ghost Elephants
Werner Herzog follows biologist Boyes on an epic journey in search of a mysterious, elusive herd of Ghost Elephants in the highlands of Angola, deep within its forests.
still Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, DE/GB/US 2001)
Ghost World
Outsiders Enid and Rebecca live their lives in constant mockery and rejection of American mass culture. With Thora Birch, Steve Buscemi and Scarlett Johansson.
Gratis activiteit: Mozaïekanimatie
Join our free 30-minute activity! Download the app, pick your favourite mosaic tiles, and let them dance on the animation tables.
still Hard Boiled (John Woo, HK 1992)
Hard Boiled
John Woo’s masterpiece: a dizzying odyssey through the world of the Hong Kong Triads, with ultra-stylized slow-motion chaos. 4K restored version.
still Het meisje met het rode haar (Ben Verbong, NL 1980)
Het meisje met het rode haar
Newly restored version of the Dutch classic about resistance fighter Hannie Schaft (Renée Soutendijk), who joins a group carrying out attacks on collaborators.
still Horizonte (César Augusto Acevedo, CO 2024)
Horizonte
Magic-realist, psychological and philosophical drama in which two spirits, mother and son, go on a spiritual quest to find their missing husband and father.
still Il conformista (Bernardo Bertolucci, IT/FR/DE 1970)
Il conformista
Bertolucci outlines how people learn to accept fascism using everyman Marcello. This now classic film reminded Italy of its recent fascist past. 4K restoration.
still Îles flottantes (Nanouk Leopold, NL 2001)
Îles flottantes
Three thirty-somethings from Rotterdam drifting through life without direction or plan, played by Halina Reijn, Manja Topper and Maria Kraakman. 35mm.
still Johan Cruijff: En un momento dado (Ramón Gieling, NL 2004)
Johan Cruijff - En un momento dado
It’s ten years since the death of Johan Cruyff. An homage to Ajax’s number 14, revered as ‘the saviour’ at FC Barcelona. In memoriam Ramón Gieling.
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Joker
Joaquin Phoenix is the vulnerable, maniacal loner The Joker. Beautifully dark and minimalistic score (Oscar) by Hildur Guðnadóttir, associate artist Holland Festival.
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Joker: Folie à Deux
Where the first Joker was about loneliness, this sequel zooms in on romanticizing of chaos. Todd Phillips shifts the lens from individual madness to shared obsession.
still Kandahar (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, IT 2001)
Kandahar
Mohsen Makhmalbaf was nominated for a Golden Palm for his film about a female Canadian journalist searching for her desperate sister in Taliban-run Afghanistan. 35mm.
still Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (Quentin Tarantino, US 2006)
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Quentin Tarantino merges Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 into one film, as he originally intended. Watch Uma Thurman as The Bride and Black Mamba on glorious 70mm!
still Daughter of the Sea (Alexis Garcia, 2022)
KinoTalk: Eye(s) Open X Poetry Night Amsterdam
During this KinoTalk poet and curator Gershwin Bonevacia will present an evening of inspiring poetry, films and contemporary perspectives on the colonial past.
still Klantreis (Ton van Zantvoort, NL 2026)
Klantreis
Documentary follows newcomers to the Netherlands people taking the ‘Integration Course’ ‘Klantreis inburgering’ provided by the Municipality of Breda. Wry-comedic look at an over organised system.
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Kontinental '25
Irony-laden story from Radu Jude about bailiff Orsolya, who evicts an alcoholic gambling addict, with far-reaching consequences for the addict – and for the bailiff herself.
Eye on Sound: L'Atlantide (Jacques Feyder, FR 1921)
L'atlantide
Eye-catching desert landscapes with traditional music and improvisations by Marmoucha Orchestra. Please note: this screening takes place in Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ.
still L'engloutie (Louise Hémon, FR 2025)
L'engloutie
Progressive schoolteacher Aimée arrives in the French Alps in mid-winter 1899. Her ideas clash with local tradition as nature slowly comes to possess her.
still L'étranger (François Ozon, FR 2025)
L'étranger
François Ozon adapted Albert Camus’ world famous 1942 novel 'L’étranger', about a random murder on an Algerian beach, in his own unique way. Erotic, confounding, brutal and icily captivating.
La ciénaga
Cinematic marvel by Lucrecia Martel chronicles the disintegration of a wealthy family: red wine binges, murky swimming pools, and spectral grandmothers. Sweltering debut. 35mm.
still La Grazia (Paolo Sorrentino, IT 2025)
La grazia
Paolo Sorrentino again casts Toni Servillo as a strong lead – a (fictional) Italian president facing moral dilemmas during his last term in office.
still La pianiste (Michael Haneke, AT/FR 2001)
La pianiste
With her cool exterior, Isabelle Huppert was eminently suited to play a repressed piano teacher in Michael Haneke’s adaptation of Elfride Jelinek’s controversial novel. 35mm.
still Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, FR 2001)
Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s technically accomplished, endearing urban fairytale about naïve Amélie Poulain (Audrey Tatou) became the biggest hit in the history of French film.
still Legally Blonde (Robert Luketic, US 2001)
Legally Blonde
Effervescent Reese Witherspoon plays a smart blonde starting a brilliant legal career. This utterly charming comedy also influenced the fashion industry. 35mm.
still Los domingos (Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, ES/FR 2025)
Los domingos
When 17-year-old Anaira announces out of the blue to her family that she’s considering becoming a nun, her news explodes like a bombshell at Sunday dinner. Multi-award-winning latest film from Alauda Ruiz de Azúa.
Maak je eigen flipboek: Lente
Discover the magic of cinema with these five, short animations about spring. The children will also draw their own flip-book, learning how to turn still images into moving ones.
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Mijn woord tegen het mijne
One in ten people hear voices. In My Word Against Mine (IDFA Award for Best Dutch Film 2025), we get to know five people living with this severe phenomenon.
still Mike & Molly vieren feest (Nick Driessen, NL 2026)
Mike & Molly vieren feest
Cute, fun, musical film for children they can sing along to, laugh and move to. Springtime on the farm means time for a birthday!
still Millennium Mambo (Hou Hsiao-hsien, TW/FR 2001)
Millennium Mambo
Dream-like neon journey through night-time Taipei. Visually overwhelming portrait of the Asian ‘Nothing Generation’ driven by a pulsating electro soundtrack. 35mm.
still Minoes (Vincent Bal, NL 2001)
Minoes
Marvellous film version of Annie M.G. Schmidt’s beloved book. Miss Minoes (Carice van Houten) helps journalist Tibbe (Theo Maassen) in his hunt for news.
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Mira
In this refreshing Danish youth film, twelve-year-old Mira’s life changes drastically when her best friend Naja suddenly starts getting interested in boys and make-up.
Moeder Suriname - Mama Sranan
Impressive documentary on a Surinamese washerwoman,inspired by Tessa Leuwsha's grandmother, from the abolition of slavery right the way through to Surinam’s independence.
still Monisme (Riar Rinaldi, ID/QA 2023)
Monisme
A vulcanologist predicts a major eruption of the Merapi volcano in Indonesia; certain death for some and a new start for others.
still Monk in Pieces (David C. Scott & Billy Shebar, US 2025)
Monk in Pieces
The rich universe of Meredith Monk: pioneer in experimental music and performing arts. Dutch première, followed by a conversation between Meredith Monk and Hildur Guðnadóttir.
still Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, US 2001)
Mulholland Drive
Betty (Naomi Watts) arrives in Los Angeles to make it as an actress. What follows is a trippy, surreal, dark story in which dreams are reality – or are they? 35mm.
still Das Boot (Wolfgang Petersen, DE 1981)
Nazi Night
Koolhoven & Simons show how filmmakers saw Hitler’s ‘Thousand-Year Reich’: with clips from films and a screening of U-boat classic Das Boot.
still Orphan (László Nemes, HU 2025)
Orphan
The latest film by László Nemes (Son of Saul, Sunset) focuses on the life of a Jewish family in Budapest after the 1956 uprising, seen through the eyes of 11-year-old Andor.
still Pareh, een rijstlied van Java (Albert Balink & Mannus Franken, NL 1936)
Pareh, een rijstlied van Java
Romeo and Juliet story about the impossible love between a fishing boy and a village girl. A lovers’ drama vol full of guile and deceit as well as the supernatural.
Persona
Two women switch identities in a little house on the coast. Mysterious Ingmar Bergman-classic, selected by composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, associate artist Holland Festival.
still Pulse (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, JP 2001)
Pulse
In Tokyo a handful of alienated young people become obsessed by a website taken over by spirits. Brilliant, prophetic J-horror about fear of the internet.
still Romería (Carla Simón, ES 2025)
Romería
Intimate, visually stunning drama in which a young Spanish woman tries to reconstruct her contradictory memories of her deceased parents.
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Seven Samurai
Kurosawa’s thrilling adventure epic about desperate villagers in sixteenth-century Japan had a huge impact on subsequent Westerns and action films, including John Woo’s Hard Boiled.
still Shaolin Soccer (Stephen Chow, HK/US/CN 2001)
Shaolin Soccer
Martial arts meets football in this hilarious Hong Kong cult comedy. Shaolin monks fly around the football field, defying physics. Superior nonsense.
still Silent Friend (Ildikó Enyedi, DE/HU/FR/CN 2025)
Silent Friend
Hungarian Ildikó Enyedi’s latest film about a mysterious ginkgo tree at a botanical garden that witnesses three human lives. Featuring Léa Seydoux and Tony Leung.
still Sirât (Oliver Laxe, ES/FR 2025)
Sirât
Rawe exploration of what it means to lose a child. A father wanders the desert searching for his raver daughter. Winner of the Jury Prize in Cannes.
still Sisters with Transistors (Lisa Rovner, US 2020)
Sisters With Transistors
Documentary rewrites the history of electronic music by foregrounding the women who used machines and radical experimentation to transform music and sound.
still Space Cadet (Kid Koala, CA 2025)
Space Cadet
DJ Kid Koala’s dreamy, humorous film debut is a musical animation about a female astronaut who sets off on adventures in the vast expanse of space.
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Spirited Away
Hayao Miyazaki's wonderous animated classic about a bathhouse full of indulgent consumers and spirits is universally loved.
Stand by Me
This classic, based on a novella by Stephen King, tells the story of a writer – read: King himself – who looks back on his childhood. New 4K restoration.
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Suzhou River
Neo-noir about a lover who throws themselves in the river, only to return as a nightclub dancer. Night time portrait of an old metropolis in grainy footage. 4K restoration.
Tár
Cate Blanchett received an Oscar for her role as Lydia Tár, conductor extraordinaire, who tumbles off her pedestal. A conversation with composer Hildur Guðnadóttir prior to the screening.
Workshop Teken je eigen filmstrook / Draw your own filmstrip
Teken je eigen filmstrook
Discover the magic of cinema with these six, short animations. After this programme, children can make their own 16 mm film by manipulating film strips.
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The Drama
Kristoffer Borgli’s third feature film reveals what can go wrong on the eve of a wedding resulting in an emotional rollercoaster for actors Zendaya and Robert Pattinson.
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The Fall of Otrar
Hypnotising epic about the 13th-century siege of Otrar by Genghis Khan. Feverish, astounding images of a historic turnaround. 4K restoration.
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The Little Shop of Horrors
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Roger Corman, king of the B movie. One of his most famous cult productions about a meat eating plant and a masochistic dental patient.
still The Man Who Fell to Earth (Nicolas Roeg, GB 1976)
The Man Who Fell to Earth
David Bowie shines as an alien/businessman in this cult science fiction film directed by Nicolas Roeg. Bowie’s debut role suits him down to the ground.
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The Masque of the Red Death
B-movie king Roger Corman was born 100 years ago. His stylish budget adaptation of an Edgar Allan Poe tale starring Vincent Price received global praise.
The Odyssey
Christopher Nolan read up on his classics and adapted Homer’s epic poem about Odysseus who spent ten years at sea trying to get back home. Matt Damon plays Odysseus.
still The Omen (Richard Donner, US 1976)
The Omen
Gregory Peck and Lee Remick united in a horror story about the devil's spawn. Eye will screen the 4K version on the exact day The Omen premiered: the sixth day of the sixth month in the sixth year…
still The Pit and the Pendulum (Roger Corman, US 1961)
The Pit and the Pendulum
The king of B movies, Roger Corman who was born 100 years ago shot this adaptation of the eponymous Edgar Allan Poe story. Featuring a magnificent Vincent Price.
still The President's Cake (Hasan Hadi, IQ/QA/US 2025)
The President's Cake
Iraqi filmmaker Hasan Hadi reveals life under an authoritarian regime through the eyes of a child – 9-year-old Lamia, who has to bake a cake for dictator Saddam Hussein.
still The Road to Fenix (Mark Bakker, NL 2026)
The Road to Fenix
On the transformation of an old port building in Rotterdam into an art museum dealing with migration: a place full of stories about what it means to leave, and to start over.
still The Trouble with Harry (Alfred Hitchcock, US 1955)
The Trouble with Harry
Seldom-screened The Trouble with Harry is a real exception for Hitchcock: not suspense, but absurd black humour surrounding the human remains of a man named Harry.
still The Watermelon Woman (Cheryl Dunye, US 1996)
The Watermelon Woman
Why were Black lesbian actors written out of the history of early cinema? Director Cheryl Dunye delves into the archives to find out in this witty mockumentary.
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The Wild Bunch
Sam Peckinpah’s unembellished vision of the dramatic changes in the Old West is John Woo’s favourite Western, and screens to accompany the rerelease of Hard Boiled.
Tjoet Nja' Dhien (A Woman of Courage)
Epic anti-colonial film about the long, bloody struggle against colonial Dutch repression in the Sultanate of Aceh centring on the female guerrilla Tjoet Nja' Dhien.
still Trouble Every Day (Claire Denis, FR/DE/JP 2001)
Trouble Every Day
This enchanting mix of blood and sensuality is a poetic body horror dealing with lust, power and delirium; an odyssey into the darkest areas of our brains.
still Turang (Bachtiar Siagian, ID 1958)
Turang
Indonesian freedom fighter Rusli is seriously wounded in fighting against the Dutch army. Neorealist film on the role of ordinary people in the liberation struggle.
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Tussen broers
The tragi-comic experiences of two brothers searching for their father who disappeared. An exceptionally moving documentary about what it means to be brothers.
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Two Prosecutors
Russia at the time of Stalin’s Great Purge: well-intentioned prosecutor Kornyev becomes entangled in a web of corruption, conspiracy and bureaucratic obstruction.
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Unlocking the Frame: Queer Codes & Radical Cinema
A presentation on lesbian visibility and the art of queer coding in Dutch cinema, followed by a presentation on militant cinema and the counterculture movement.
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Verhoeven Night
Koolhoven & Simons spend a wonderful hour conversing about clips from Paul Verhoeven films before the screening of RoboCop, Verhoeven’s satire on American society.
ResearchLabs 2025: VR Academy
VR Academy: The Onion Effect
Just like the peeling of an onion, the third year students of the VR Academy create work to provoke an emotional reaction, revealing more with every layer.
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Waking Life
Real or fake? As early as 2001, Richard Linklater addressed these questions in his philosophical mix of live-action and (rotoscope) animation. Starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. 35mm.
still Wanda (Barbara Loden, US 1970)
Wanda
Once a seldom-screened cult film, now an icon of feminist cinema. Barbara Loden (direction, screenplay) is phenomenal as divorced woman adrift Wanda.
still What Time is it There? (Tsai Ming-liang, TW 2001)
What Time Is It There?
A watch vendor from Taipei is infatuated with a lovely young girl; she leaves for Paris. Tsai Ming-liang’s tragi-comic reflection on cinema’s function as a time machine. 35mm.
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White Snail
Unconventional love story by Levin Peter and Elsa Kremser is a tender, largely improvised, portrait of two outsiders in night-time Minsk, Belarus.
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With Hasan in Gaza
Moving travelogue utilising re-found footage Aljafari shot in 2001 during his visit to the Gaza Strip. A time capsule from early 21st-century Gaza.
still Y tu mama también (Alfonso Cuarón, MX 2001)
Y tu mama también
This wonderfully spicy road movie made Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna world famous as two horny teens who set out for a mythical beach. 35mm.
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Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle
Brilliant portrait of footballing artist Zinédine Zidane by visual artists Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno, with music by Mogwai. Screening again to accompany the football world cup.