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Agenda

31 July

Het Puntje x Movies that Matter: Flee

This summer, together with beach bar Het Puntje, we are organising a film festival at the very tip of Scheveningen! Three evenings with three films that invite reflection, conversation, and connection. On Thursday, July 31, the film Flee (2021) will be shown. Amin fled Afghanistan as a boy and ended up in Denmark years later....

1 August

Het Puntje x Movies that Matter: The Mind Game

This summer, together with beach bar Het Puntje, we are organising a film festival at the very tip of Scheveningen! Three evenings with three films that invite reflection, conversation, and connection. On Friday, August 1, the documentary The Mind Game (2023) will be shown. When he was 14, Sajid Khan Nasiri fled Afghanistan alone. After...

2 August

Het Puntje x Movies that Matter: I Am the River, the River Is Me

This summer, together with beach bar Het Puntje, we are organising a film festival at the very tip of Scheveningen! Three evenings with three films that invite reflection, conversation, and connection. On Saturday, August 2, the documentary I Am the River, the River is Me (2024) will be shown. The Whanganui River in New Zealand...

Magazine

Woman with grey hair on a stage with a blue glitter suit and a microphone in hand.

Margje de Koning joins the Academy

Along with Halina Reijn, among others, she has been invited to the organisation that awards the Oscars.

Interview with Abdoulaye Diallo

Film festival organiser Abdoulaye talks about the power of his film festival in Burkina Faso.

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