Filmavond: Rabbit Hole

Zo./Su. 27 mei 2012, Filmavond, 20uur: Rabbit Hole (John Cameron Mitchell, USA, 2010, 91′). Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident. Based on a play by David Lindsay-Abaire.

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ASEED Info night: Agriculture Action camp & Anti-gentech campaign

Sunday, May 20th 2012, 8pm – Landbouwactiekamp 2012: “Voedsel terug in eigen hand” (5-10 juli)
Ben je geïnteresseerd in zelf je eigen voedsel verbouwen op een duurzame, klimaatneutrale, autonome en sociale manier? Wil je ook meer weten over de strijd tegen gentech en de door grote bedrijven gedomineerde industriële landbouw?Ben je niet bang om tijdens een workshop zelf vieze handen te krijgen?Zorg dan dat je 5 tot en met 10 juli vrij houdt in je agenda! Meer informatie op http://www.landbouwactiekamp.net […Lees verder]

Filmavond: ‘Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People’

Zo./Su. 13 mei 2012, Filmavond, 20uur: Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People (Jeremy Earp, Sut Jhally, 2006, 50′) This groundbreaking documentary dissects a slanderous aspect of cinematic history that has run virtually unchallenged form the earliest days of silent film to today’s biggest Hollywood blockbusters. […Lees verder]

Egyptian film night: Saleh Cafe, The Aquarium

Zo./Su. 6 mei 2012, Filmavond, 20uur: Egyptian night, short documentary and long feature.
Saleh Cafe ” قهـوة صالـح ” (Amina Ezz Elarab, Egypt, 2011, 5’42) Documentary, english subtitles. A popular coffee house, downtown Cairo, witnesses from the Revolution are speaking about January 25th 2011.

The Aquarium ” جنينة الأسماك ” (Yousry Nasrallah, Egypt, 2008, 90′) Fiction, english subtitles.
The Aquarium is a 48-hour journey into Modern Cairo following the parallel lives of Youssef and Leila. Hosni Mubarak is still in power and the ‘Kefaya’ Movement for Change is protesting in the streets. The Aquarium offers a salient example of using innovative filmic language in Egyptian cinema to expose many societal and political issues that plague Egyptian society. Yousry Nasrallah’s major works are often inspired by very simple details. The Aquarium was inspired by something Nasrallah read in passing in a children’s magazine about the memory of fish. Nasrallah is set to draw international recognition with his work. He was also in the streets of Cairo with his camera during the 2011 Revolution that saw Mubarak falling. His new film “Battle” is his testimony on last year revolution. […Lees verder]

Filmavond: Takva, A Man’s Fear of God

Zo./Su. 8 april 2012: Film night, 20uur: Takva: A Man’s Fear of God (Özer Kiziltan, Turkey, 2006, 96′). English subtitles.

Humble and introvert Muharrem lives in a solitary and meager existence of a prayer and sexual abstinence adhering strictly to the most severe Islamic doctrines.He extraordinary devotion attracts the attention of the leader of a rich and powerful Istanbul religious group and he offers him an administrative post as a rent collector for their numerous properties. Muharrem’s new job throws him into the modern outside world he has successfully avoided for so long. He soon witnesses conflict attitude toward alcohol consumption and goodwill.He notices that he himself has become proud, domineering and even dishonest.To make matters worse, Muharrem’s inner peace is unnerved by the tormenting image of seductive woman who tempts him in his dreams,both night and day.With the balance of his devotion now upset,his fear of God begins to eat away at his senses.

Film night at Joe’s Garage, nice, warm and cozy cinema! Doors open at 20:00, film starts at 20:15, free entrance. You want to play a movie, let us know: joe [at] squat [dot] net

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Filmnight: the yes men

Sunday 1st of April 8pm, filmnight the yes men

Filmnight: Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Sunday April 22nd, 8pm filmnight: Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a 2001 American musical comedy-drama film based on the stage musical of the same title about a fictional rock band fronted by an East German transgender singer. The film was adapted and directed by John Cameron Mitchell, who also portrayed the title role. The music and lyrics are by Stephen Trask.

Telos and Melos or Origins of Love, by James Tobias

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Bee-movie night, Sun April 15th

Sunday, 15th of April, 8pm Vanishing of the bees. Little bee. Big story.

Honeybees have been mysteriously disappearing across the planet, literally vanishing from their hives.

Known as Colony Collapse Disorder, this phenomenon has brought beekeepers to crisis in an industry responsible for producing apples, broccoli, watermelon, onions, cherries and a hundred other fruits and vegetables. Commercial honeybee operations pollinate crops that make up one out of every three bites of food on our tables.

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