Shadow Game (Eefje Blankevoort, Els van Driel, 2021)

By: börek - July 14th, 2026  Filed under: Filmavond

Sunday July 26, 2026, movie night: Shadow Game (Eefje Blankevoort, Els van Driel, 2021), documentary with English subtitles. Door opens at 20:00, movie and presentation start at 20:30. Free entrance, donations welcome to support No Name Kitchen (NNK).

Everyday teenagers who have fled their war-torn countries try to cross Europe’s borders in search of protection and a better life. They travel through a shadow world we never see: a world of minefields, bears, fast-flowing rivers, smugglers and border guards. ‘The game’ is the bitterly ironic term for crossing borders that has become commonplace among these young refugees. Risking their lives, the teenagers undertake a treacherous journey that often takes months or even years. Along the way, they grow up fast. Shadow Game is a journey through the dark side of Europe with teenage refugees as our guides. Shadow Game is a transmedia project by Eefje Blankevoort and Els van Driel. It consists of a feature-length documentary, a web series, an adventure game and a photo series in collaboration with Cigdem Yuksel. Trailer of the movie: https://vimeo.com/514264176

The proceeds of this screening will go to No Name Kitchen (NNK), a grassroots organisation committed to defending the rights of people on the move across European border countries.
No Name Kitchen https://www.nonamekitchen.org/

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Palestinian Film Screening: “The Story of Jenin” and discussion with director Ehab Ghafri

By: börek - July 14th, 2026  Filed under: Filmavond

Sunday July 19, 2026, Palestinian Film Screening” Story of Jenin” by Ehab Ghafri, 65min, 2026, in Arabic with English subtitles. Door opens at 20:00, movie and presentation start at 20:30, followed by a discussion with director Ehab Ghafri. Free entrance, donations welcome.

“The Story of Jenin” is a 65-minute documentary that tells the story of the camp and its residents since 2013, combining civilians’ daily lives with writings that reveal their ongoing suffering. The film takes us through the alleys, homes, and streets, showing their recent displacement, their waiting to return, and the mix of emotions longing, anger, and hope.
The film is a journey inside the camp, revealing life as it is truly lived there. It was produced over two years, in 2024 and 2025, while the story of Jenin is ongoing and gives an intimate, beautiful and personal look at daily struggles, fears, dreams, and moments of joy. Meanwhile, the community’s profound strength in the face of military violence and displacement comes through everywhere.

Film night at Joe’s Garage, cozy cinema! Free entrance. You want to screen a movie, let us know: joe [at] lists [dot] squat [dot] net

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Filmavond, Drijfland (Nico Boink, 2025)

By: zonar - June 10th, 2026  Filed under: Filmavond

Zondag 14 juni 2026 Bioscoop / filmavond / Drijfland / een film van Nico Boink, 2025 64 minuten, engels ondertiteld, 64 minuten /deur   open 19.30 – start 20.00 uur /

Drijfland gaat over de drijvende tuinen gelegen in de Entrepôthaven in Amsterdam. Het uitgangspunt is eind 1999, toen deze tuineilanden in het atelier en naar ontwerp van Robert Jasper Grootveld werden gebouwd. Tot aan zijn dood in 2009 bijzondere onregelmatige ontmoetingen plaats met Grootveld, en tot 2025 met de pioniers die de bochten nog steeds draaiende houden. De film toont de kracht van samenwerking, gericht op het behoud van flora en fauna in deze unieke biotoop en de zoektocht naar alternatieve biobased methoden voor drijvend land. Robert Jasper Grootveld, visionair en onruststoker, en zijn nalatenschap zijn prominent aanwezig. https://boinkinbeeld.nl/

Drijfand tells the story of the floating gardens created by the renowned artist Robert Jasper Grootveld in Amsterdam’s Entrepot harbor, Zeeburg district. Beginning in late 1999, I started to film the construction of these unique garden islands in Grootveld’s workshop, a visionary project he had nurtured since the 1960s. Within a few months two floating garden were completed. Through intimate footage, we witness the creative process unfold, as well as the sudden collapse of the project. admid escalating tensions between Grootveld and local authorities. Until his passing in 2009, I filmed regularly. Among the moments captured were times when he was recognized for his role in bringing global attention to Amsterdam, as well as his involvement as one of the founders of the Provo movement in the 1960s. In 2024, drawn by the gardens’ abundant nature and the dedication of the Raft Builders of Amsterdam, who maintain the islands in Grootveld’s pioneering spirit, I returned to document this living legacy. The islands’ buoyancy relies on styrofoam, a material Grootveld championed for its “power of softness.” Yet, 25 years later, styrofoam’s environmental impact has sparked urgent questions. The film delves into this dilemma, tracing the search for sustainable, biobased alternatives that honor Grootveld’s ethos while protecting nature. Drijfand offers a candid, tender, and often hilarious glimpse into Amsterdam’s underground creative forces, a story of resilience, innovation, and the evolving relationship between art, nature, and community. Duration 64 minutes, english subtitled.  https://boinkinbeeld.nl/

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Thirteen years Taksim Square Uprising, movie night: Times of the Marauders (Cem Uğur, Kenan Ağbulut, Ghetto Cinema Collective, 2014)

By: börek - May 29th, 2026  Filed under: Filmavond

Sunday 31 May 2026, Thirteen years Taksim Square Uprising. Movie night: Times of the Marauders, 2014. Dir: Cem Uğur, Kenan Ağbulut (Ghetto Cinema Collective). 58 minutes, in Turkish with English subtitles. Door opens at 20:00, presentation and film start at 20:30. Free entrance.

This mid-length documentary, composed of footage shot by Cem Uğur, Emrah İlingi, and İmran Aydın who work at Etkin News Agency begins with the first moments of resistance at Gezi Park and concludes with a revolutionary lament for those who lost their lives during the resistance. We are gathering on May 31, 2026. Thirteen years ago, on May 31, Taksim Square was occupied and reclaimed by so-called “marauders” and “drunkards.” We knew how to drive the state’s fascist police forces out of the squares, but in doing so, a heavy price was paid. Salute to the people of Turkey and Kurdistan who took control of Taksim Square. In honor of the day we reclaimed the square, we invite you all to Joe’s Garage to discuss our Gezi Park Uprising.
A thousand greetings to those who fell and fought during the Gezi Park Uprising!
Everywhere is Taksim, everywhere is resistance!
Long live our Gezi Park Uprising!

Film night at Joe’s Garage, cozy cinema! Free entrance. You want to screen a movie, let us know: joe [at] lists [dot] squat [dot] net

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Cineforum, documentary “Raìzes Sem Terra” and discussion with director Francesco Ballarini and producer Francesco Saretto

By: börek - May 3rd, 2026  Filed under: Filmavond, Infoavond

Wednesday May 6, 2026, 20:00, Cineforum : “Raìzes Sem Terra” directed by Francesco Ballarini, 2026, 45 minutes, in Brazilian with English subtitles. Door opens at 19:00, movie and presentation start at 20:30, followed by a discussion with director Francesco Ballarini and producer Francesco Saretto.

In Brazil, the richest 1% owns more than half of the land. The Brazilian agrarian reform, enshrined in the 1988 Constitution, aims to redistribute unproductive land from large landowners (fazendeiros) to landless families. But this process is fiercely opposed by the elites, who see land ownership as a status symbol. So the claim for land becomes a long, often violent fight: many families live for years, sometimes decades, in makeshift camps, in plastic tents, subject to threats and aggression, until their rights are finally recognized.
Raízes Sem Terra collects the stories of Bahian landless families — their hopes, struggles, fights, and desires. Here, in the semiarid sertão, social injustice is inseparable from climatic and environmental injustice: owning land means nothing without water to cultivate. Rain falls only a few weeks each year, with climate change exacerbating this dryiness, and only the wealthy can afford to drill wells.
A choral documentary where many lives intertwine to tell one larger story: of resistance, injustice, fight and hope.

Film night at Joe’s Garage, cozy cinema! Free entrance. You want to screen a movie, let us know: joe [at] lists [dot] squat [dot] net

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Benefit voku for Casa Zemstvei, docu screening “Consider a Tomato” (Marina Sulima, 2025)

By: börek - April 19th, 2026  Filed under: Benefiet, Filmavond, Volkseten/Voku

Thursday April 23, 2026, Benefit voku for Casa Zemstvei with a documentary screening “Consider a Tomato” by Marina Sulima * 2025 * 74 minutes * Romanian, Dutch, English with English Subtitles,

We will be hosting a voku to raise funds for Casa Zemstvei, an independent cultural space in Moldova which is being forced to relocate due to the government plans to renovate the building and turn it into a museum. We will be serving delicious Moldovan food, and then we will screen “Consider a Tomato”, which tracks the story of a tomato from Moldova to the Netherlands.
Synopsis: In this documentary, director Marina Sulima follows the journey of a single tomato, tracing its path from her mother’s kitchen in Moldova to the high-tech greenhouses of the Netherlands. Guided by a family recipe manuscript, she uncovers the lives and labour entwined with these tomatoes – connecting home kitchens, Moldovan fields, and industrial production lines. Crafted with care and a deeply personal perspective, the film mirrors the way tomatoes were once tended by hand. Through one humble fruit, this poignant, inquisitive, and richly observational documentary invites viewers to rethink the choices we make about what we eat, how it reaches our tables, and what the future of food might hold.

Anarchist Group Amsterdam
https://radar.squat.net/en/amsterdam/aga
http://www.agamsterdam.org/ […Lees verder]

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Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (Lee Hirsch, 2002)

By: börek - February 17th, 2026  Filed under: Filmavond

Sunday February 22, 2026, Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony * directed by Lee Hirsch * 2002 * 108 min * languages: English, Zulu * door opens at 20:00 * intro & film at 20:30 * free entrance.

«Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony» shows the crucial role of music in the South African liberation struggle against apartheid. Detailed reports of the murderous conditions of settler colonialism, ironic derisions of the settler’s folly, strategic means of communication within and through prison walls, but mostly insurrectionary calls to armed resistance: protest songs were the fuel of the fight. When the first victims of apartheid brutality died protesting against the pass laws in the 1960s, they were singing. When students were fired on by police with live ammunition during their protest against the use of Afrikaans in black schools in 1976, they were singing, too. Amandla! is an impassioned chronicle of the role of music as a mean of protest and survival through more than 40 years of struggle against racial oppression. As the Imperial machine marches on, this incredible documentary rekindles the spark of riotous joy and sends a roaring warning. Trough the verses of Miriam Makeba – legendary South African singer interviewed in the film, “White man don’t sleep long and don’t sleep too deep / Or your life and your possessions, how long will you keep? / For I’ve heard a rumor that’s running around / That the black man’s demanding his own piece of ground…”

Film night at Joe’s Garage, cozy cinema! Free entrance. You want to screen a movie, let us know: joe [at] lists [dot] squat [dot] net

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Solidarity Weeks with Ukraine, film screening: My Thoughts are Silent (Antonio Lukich, 2019), presentation on the current situation in Ukraine

By: börek - February 17th, 2026  Filed under: Filmavond, Infoavond

Saturday February 21, 2026, film screening: Мої думки тихі (My Thoughts are Silent) by Antonio Lukich * 2019 * 104 minutes * Ukrainian and Zakarpattian dialect with English subtitles * Before the film, we will have a short info-presentation on the current situation in Ukraine. We will be raising funds for Solidarity Collectives. * doors open at 19:30 * free entrance.
Film Synopsis: twenty-five-year-old Vadym earns a living recording and selling all kinds of different sounds; nevertheless, he’d rather exchange his life in Kyiv for a better future in far-flung Canada. Thus, when he gets a generous job offer which might help him realise his dream, he jumps at the chance; he soon sets off to record the sounds of animals indigenous to Ukraine and also a rare bird native to the Carpathians. The situation proves somewhat more complicated when Vadym’s companion on the trip turns out to be his mother… To the sounds of a synthesized music score, debuting Ukrainian director Antonio Lukich unfolds a visually creative road movie, in which he demonstrates a highly unusual talent for constructing tragicomic situations.

This event is the first in a 4-week series of events in solidarity with Ukraine.

Solidarity Collectives
https://radar.squat.net/en/solidarity-collectives
https://www.solidaritycollectives.org/

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