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A personal exploration of political activism through the eyes of Chinese-American filmmaker Nanfu Wang. Over seven years, Nanfu followed activist Rosa María Payá in her fight for a democratic Cuba. Interwoven with Payá’s narrative are Nanfu’s reflections on her Chinese upbringing and observations of eroding democracy in the US.

Available until 30 April, 2025

Why do nearly a quarter of all women experience sexual violence in their lifetime? And if so many women experience sexual violence, who are the perpetrators? Acclaimed director Sunny Bergman (Over the Hill / Beperkt Houdbaar, 2007 and The Colour White / Wit is ook een kleur, 2016) travels through the Netherlands with a mirrorhouse and invites women to share their experiences with sexual violence and she also confronts men by asking have they ever raped a women? In a personally driven film essay, Sunny Bergman explores why sexual violence is a problem of epidemic proportions and how we can break it.

A reformed girl reports sexual abuse within her family, but the accused are acquitted. Twenty-five years later, how does her community look back on what happened? Anneloes grows up in a devout religious subculture in the Netherlands, within the Reformed Congregations. Her childhood is marked by a strict observance of Sunday rest, the absence of television, and the belief that men are the head of the household.

In the winter of 1862, during the American Civil War, a group of volunteer soldiers explore unchartered territory in the western part of the country. Far from the front, their task consists mainly of waiting: for directions, for other troops or for an attack. As these men of all backgrounds set up camp, play baseball and cards, they muse about God, life and the point of their mission. When the enemy finally strikes, Montana’s wild nature proves at least as deadly as its fellow men.

Available until 3 August, 2025

Following in the footsteps of a man with a camera, The Propagandist by Luuk Bouwman (Gerlach, Allen Tegen Allen) traces the rise and fall of filmmaker Jan Teunissen through previously unpublished interviews, family films, and propaganda footage. Before the war, he made films such as the documentary Sjabbos (1931), which captured Amsterdam’s Jewish quarter during the Sabbath, and the first major Dutch sound film Willem van Oranje (1934), which turned out to be a commercial failure. As head of the NSB Film Service, the SS Film Service, and as leader of the Filmgilde—earning him the nickname “Film Czar”— he could reclaim his position of leading Dutch cineast, and become the most powerful man in the film industry in the Netherlands during World War II.

Available until 27 July, 2025