Agenda

Acclaimed filmmaker Lidija Zelovic has been portraying her displaced family in the Netherlands since 1993, when they fled war-torn Sarajevo, in her own unique style and with self-deprecating humour. Zelovic’s film essay exposes the duality that all migrants live with: what is ‘home’? She draws attention to social and political developments in the Netherlands that...

Using leaked, never-before-seen interrogation footage, The Bibi Files provides an unflinching look into Benjamin Netanyahu’s inner circle and a private world of alleged bribery and fraud. His corruption is more than a scandal—it is a gateway for the far-right to consolidate power. As Netanyahu embraces their extremism to shield himself from legal consequences, the cost is measured...

With Movies that Matter On Tour, we bring our favourite films to seventeen film theatres across the Netherlands. In May, we are screening Monica Strømdahl’s documentary Flophouse America. Due to the severe housing crisis in the U.S., many families are forced to live in rundown, low-cost hotels known as Flophouse hotels. Director, Monica Strømdahl, has...

In a small Romanian village, Dragoi, a devout family man, owes a sizable debt to local gangster Zentov. When his 17-year-old son, Adi, is viciously attacked by Zentov’s sons, Dragoi assumes it’s a warning to settle his dues. However, he uncovers a far more harrowing truth—Adi was not targeted over his father’s debts, but because...

A forgotten struggle, a lost future. In the 1960s, it seemed that West Papua was on the path to independence. But international interests, geopolitical power struggles, and economic motives dictated otherwise. Using uniquely restored 35mm archival footage, The Promise brings this history back to life, revealing how an entire people is systematically betrayed and oppressed. As the...

Olivia (Sophie Lindner) and her mother (Thekla Reuten) have an unruly bond: intense, unpredictable, but inseparable. After an intense confrontation, Olivia is placed out of home and ends up in an emergency shelter. There she encounters other young people who, like her, carry their wounds with them, and gradually this new living situation tilts her...

In the stormy slums of an Asian metropolis, 11-year-old Ginto fights for survival, dignity, and freedom. He dismisses his sister’s concerns—better to be a gangster than to scavenge from rubbish bins. As he grapples with his blossoming sexuality, identity and feelings for another boy, his path crosses that of Dutch tourist Michael. A harrowing world...

Three third-generation Dutch-Indonesian youngsters bring their grandparents back to the Lloydkade, where they arrived some 75 years ago during the repatriation from the former Dutch East Indies. As the last witnesses recount the crossing, their story is transmitted to the new generation through reconstructions, shadow play and projections on the quay walls. What does it...

12-year-old Mikal was born and raised in a hotel room shared with his parents, who struggle with addiction. Driven by love and the desire for a better life, Mikal’s greatest desire is for his mother to stop drinking. But what does it really take for someone to change? The severe housing crisis in the US...