Films From the Frontlines: Bosnia and Herzegovina in Spring and Pieces of Madrid

By: börek - May 1st, 2014  Filed under: Filmavond, Infoavond

468570769_295-228x160Sunday May 4th 2014, Films From the Frontlines: Bosnia and Herzegovina in Spring and Pieces of Madrid. Door opens at 8pm, event begins at 9pm.

Screening and discussion from the media collective Global Uprisings an independent news site and video series dedicated to showing responses to the economic crisis and to authoritarianism from around the world. A voku on May 1st will serve as a benefit for political prisoners in Spain and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Two new Global Uprisings films will premiere at Joe’s Garage: Bosnia and Herzegovina in Spring and Pieces of Madrid. […Lees verder]

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Eenhorn Filmavond presents: A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)

By: börek - April 1st, 2014  Filed under: Filmavond

Sunday April 27th 2014, Eenhorn Filmavond presents: A Separation (جدایی نادر از سیمین) Directed by Asghar Farhadi, 2011, 123 minutes, in Persian with English subtitles. Door opens at 8pm, film begins at 9pm.

Nader and Simin argue about living abroad. Simin prefers to live abroad to provide better opportunities for their only daughter, Termeh. However, Nader refuses to go because he thinks he must stay in Iran and take care of his father, who suffers from Alzheimers. However, Simin is determined to get a divorce and leave the country with her daughter. […Lees verder]

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Movie night: Erhal, a diary of Tahrir square (2011)

By: börek - April 1st, 2014  Filed under: Filmavond

Sunday April 20th 2014, “Erhal, a Diary of Tahrir Square”, a documentary by Marc Almodóvar, 2011, 55 minutes, with English subtitles. Door opens at 8pm, event begins at 9pm.

January 25, 2011.
The fall of Ben Ali in Tunis on January 14, 2011, built beacons of hope in the Arab world. All the attention is in Egypt, where groups in solidarity with the young Alexandrian Khaled Said, killed by the police, are calling for Egyptians to take to the streets against the regime. The chosen date is January 25, National Police Day, seen as one of the pillars of a regime sustained for decades in the country and ruled by Mohammed Hosny Mubarak as a Western ally. But people, claiming freedom and social justice, breaks the barrier of fear, goes outside and begins a rebellion that will shake the whole world.
Erhal – Leave – chronicles from within the 18-days-struggle that brought down one of the more stable dictators of the Middle East.

Film maker Marc Almodóvar will be present at Joe’s Garage on Monday April 14th for an info night: Revolution and counter revolution beyond Tahir, by Marc Almodóvar



Film night at Joe’s Garage, warm and cozy cinema! Doors open at 8pm, film begins at 9pm, free entrance. You want to play a movie, let us know: joe [at] squat [dot] net

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Can Dialectics Break Bricks Cinema: Panel Story (1980)

By: börek - April 1st, 2014  Filed under: Filmavond

Sunday April 13th 2014, Can Dialectics Break Bricks Cinema by Jeffrey Babcock: Panel Story (Panelstory aneb Jak se rodí sídliste). Directed by Věra Chytilová, 1980, 96 minutes, in Czech with English subtitles. Door opens at 8pm, film begins at 9pm.

The bold films of Czechoslovakian director Věra Chytilová (Dasies) are still totally deleted from film history at this moment. Women are generally marginalized, if not downright ignored, from the official film history books. Like the female directors Lina Wertmüller, Liliana Cavani and Agnes Varda, Chytilová’s career shows an incredible wealth- her films are visionary and uncompromising. This one is a black comedy that was banned for many years. […Lees verder]

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Movie night: Pamflet, Wat een pech, Kikker

By: börek - April 1st, 2014  Filed under: Filmavond

Sunday April 6th 2014, Movie night: Pamflet, Wat een pech, Kikker. Door opens at 8pm, film begins at 9pm.

“Coming sunday, Joe’s Garage is playing 3 films I made during the 90’s. One is about love, poverty Wat een Pech (Black & white, 16 mm 7 min.), the other goes about repression, solidarity Pamflet (Eindexamen Video film, 27 min. UvA bij Crea) and the third one is about happiness and being homesick Kikker, (Color, 16 mm 7 min.), and who knows, may be we screen some more”

“Komende zondag draait Joe’s Garage mijn 3 films,die ik in de jaren 1990 gemaakt heb. Ene gaat het over liefde, armoede Wat een Pech (ZW, 16 mm 7 min.) andere gaat het over repressie, solidariteit Pamflet (Eindexamen Video film, 27 min. UvA bij Crea) en de derde gaat het over geluk zoeken en heimwee Kikker (Kleur, 16 mm 7 min.). Misschien meer! Wie weet.” […Lees verder]

Docu-info night, Montaje: Caso Bombas (2013)

By: börek - March 1st, 2014  Filed under: Filmavond, Infoavond

Sunday March 30th 2014, Docu-info night, Montaje: Caso Bombas (2013, Chile, 80 minutes), documentary in Spanish with English subtitles. Door opens at 8pm, event begins at 9pm.

“In the early morning hours of May 22nd, 2009, a man on a bicycle rides through the dark streets of downtown Santiago. In his backpack he is carrying a bomb. In his belt, he has a Smith and Wesson 38 caliber revolver.” That is how the documentary film “Montaje: Caso bombas”, (The Set-up of the Bomb Case) starts with an off camera voice-over upon images of a man pedaling through the nighttime streets of the capital of Chile. The story that this documentary reveals is one that is well-known, yet is presented differently each time. It’s the story of groups of people and individuals that struggle, that are persecuted and how these movements are formed. […Lees verder]

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Can Dialectics Break Bricks Cinema: The Ascent (1977)

By: börek - March 1st, 2014  Filed under: Filmavond

Sunday March 23rd 2014, Movie night, Can Dialectics Break Bricks Cinema by Jeffrey Babcock: The Ascent (Восхождение, Voskhozhdeniye). Directed by Larisa Shepitko, 1977, 109 minutes, in Russian with English subtitles. Door opens at 8pm, film begins at 9pm.

Larisa Shepitko was a Female Ukrainian director who went to school and made films in Russia, but died tragically in a car accident after making just a couple films. She was part of a wave of visionary new film directors at the time which included Andrei Tarkovsky, and she was the wife of the director Elem Klimov (Come ans See). This was her last film, and her crowning achievement.

This film takes place in 1942 in the snow covered landscape of the Belarus, as two young Russian soldiers attempt to find food while evading the German occupation. But this is no thriller in the Hollywood sense, and instead centers on what happens when they are caught… […Lees verder]

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Eenhorn Filmavond presents: City of God

By: börek - March 1st, 2014  Filed under: Filmavond
CidadedeDeus

Sunday 16th March 2014, Movie Night: Eenhorn Filmavond presents Cidade de Deus (City of God), by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund (2002, 130 minutes), Portuguese language with English subtitles. Door opens at 8pm, film begins at 9pm.

Set in the notorious favela of Rio de Janeiro, this exuberant tale recounts the coming of age story of two very different characters – Rocket who dreams of being a photographer but is constrained by the slum and Li’l Zé who sees an opportunity in drug trafficking.  Their story is intertwined with a set of other characters: amateur criminals, Li’l Zé’s partner who wants better life than crime, a man looking out for revenge and finally Li’l Zé’s rival dealer – amongst many others.  But City of God is much more than a set of tales, it is the story of an entire community filled to the brim with life and energy, even though it is burdened with hardship.
Based on a novel written in 1997.  Many of the actors in the film actually came from the real-life City of God. […Lees verder]