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Filmscreening: Mr Nobody Against Putin

Pakhuis de Zwijger, Thursday, September 17 at 08:00 PM GMT+2

Join us for an exclusive screening of Mr. Nobody Against Putin, followed by a dialogue with Mikhail Fishman, a renowned Russian journalist, and Robert van der Noodra, a (Russian) hybrid warfare and disinformation expert.

Mr. Nobody Against Putin is a primary school teacher’s record of the indoctrination of his pupils to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Pavel ‘Pasha’ Talankin is an unlikely hero. A beloved, humorous teacher and school’s videographer. When Russia invades Ukraine, Pasha is tasked with documenting this new reality. But his footage does not show the desired image of patriotism. Instead, his camera secretly captures the increasing pressure, the loss of freedom, and the visible militarization of a young generation.

“Remarkable...an exemplary work of cinematic modernism, a reflexive film that turns its genesis into its subject and its moral essence.” – The New Yorker

Directed by David Borenstein and co-directed by Pasha Talankin, this uniquely collaborative documentary paints a poignant portrait of state control and the vulnerability of educational institutions under authoritarian conditions. It is as captivating and joyful as it is eye-opening and sobering, showcasing rare footage that reveals the profound everyday impact of Putin’s regime on Russians, particularly its children.

Exclusive post-screening talk

How does a state hijack the minds of a generation? Following the film, we will host a deep-dive conversation unpacking the realities of Russian state propaganda, featuring:

Mikhail Fishman, one of Russia’s leading political journalists. As the former editor-in-chief of The Moscow Times and anchor on TV Rain—Russia’s premier independent channel—he has spent decades chronicling the realities of Putin’s regime before moving to Amsterdam in exile. He is the author of the acclaimed book The Successor, published in English by Pushkin Press in January 2026.

Robert van der Noordaa, a Dutch engineer who lived in Russia and Ukraine for many years. After the Crimean annexation, he specialized in fake news, conspiracies and in particular how Russia spreads disinformation with troll armies. After completing his postgraduate in journalism at Erasmus University, Robert co-founded Trollrensics, a software company tracking disinfo and hybrid warfare campaigns on social media.

Gluklya (Natalia Pershina-Yakimanskaya), a leading voice in post-Soviet feminist performance art. Co-founder of the Factory of Found Clothes (1995–2012) and a member of the artist collective Chto Delat since 2003, she has spent decades using clothing, video, and collaborative performance to give visibility to marginalized and precarious lives.

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https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/filmscreening-mr-nobody-against-putin

Different Roots, Common Ground

Pakhuis de Zwijger, Friday, September 18 at 07:00 PM GMT+2

Have you ever walked into a room and felt like your story didn’t quite belong there? For many in diaspora communities, that feeling is all too familiar. Yet for decades, community organisers, creatives and thinkers have been building spaces where we do belong. SPORA builds on that tradition. Our goal: a platform in the Netherlands for voices, stories, and ideas, growth, intergenerational education and visibility. A space for voices from the African and Caribbean diaspora to speak freely, connect deeply, and share ideas on their own terms, where diaspora narratives are not translated, filtered, or minimised, but expressed fully. Because when we gather, we grow.

For our first edition, three changemakers explore what it means to connect. To nature, to each other, and to ourselves:

Kriticos Mwansa – “The Art of Bringing People Together”
Community can’t be manufactured, but we can create the conditions for it to flourish. In an era where “community” is often reduced to a buzzword, Kriticos shares insights on gathering people in a way that feels organic and sincere. From spatial arrangements to conversation prompts. True belonging isn’t engineered; it surfaces when people feel genuinely invited, safe, and when we intentionally design the room for connections to take root.

Glenn Helberg – “Dispersion of Seeds”
What we call culture is often something that exists as a reaction to the environment. Glenn explores the nervous system, the behaviors we show, and understanding why that behavior is shown; adaptation to what our cultures used to be or meant to be.

Jody Morgan – “Touch Grass”
How does nature shape our identity, culture, wellbeing, and sense of belonging? What can nature teach us about connecting with ourselves and with others? Humans are inherently relational, and we often think of nature as scenery, but what if it’s actually one of our oldest relationships?

More about the keynote speakers

Glenn Helberg is a psychiatrist, author, speaker, and activist who has spent decades improving the position of Antilleans and Arubans in the Netherlands. He broke multiple taboos within the Caribbean community, including absent fatherhood and homosexuality. In 2011, he initiated the first Antillean boat at Amsterdam’s Pride Canal Parade. He received a royal knighthood in 2013, the Black Achievement Award oeuvre prize in 2019, and the Jos Brink Oeuvre Prize in 2021 for his work as a mental health father of the queer community. Helberg is co-founder of the Expertise Center for Transcultural Therapy.

Kriticos Mwansa is a Zambian-born creative with deep Tanzanian roots, a cultural curator, and the visionary founder of The Book Club. He has cultivated a vibrant community centered on a refreshing premise: “No reading required to spark an incredible dialogue.” By bridging literature with music, art, and culinary experiences, Kriticos reimagines reading as a shared cultural journey rather than a solitary task. From intimate dinners to prisons, to prestigious museums and private members clubs, his mission remains constant: gathering curious minds to exchange knowledge and foster connection through the power of conversation.

Jody Morgan was born on the beautiful island of Saba. Her cultural identity has been shaped by her island home and the countries of her parents: Suriname and St. Lucia. Moving to the Netherlands at 17, Jody began pursuing her dream of becoming an entrepreneur and making a positive impact in the world. She has started businesses ranging from designing jewelry that represents Saba and islands across the Caribbean, to graphic and web design, to consultancy for Caribbean companies. Today, she is also the co-host of the Bite the Bullet Podcast. Through all her ventures, Jody continues to find avenues that keep her close to her culture.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/different-roots-common-ground

Herkomst en Horizon: Screening Porte Bagage (2026)

VOX-POP, Thursday, October 1 at 04:30 PM GMT+2

Synopsis

Noor (30) zorgt voor haar eigenwijze vader Musa (76), die lijdt aan dementie. Wanneer ze haar droombaan als chef in Parijs krijgt aangeboden, staat ze voor de keuze tussen carrière en familie.
Om haar broers en zus de ernst van hun vaders toestand duidelijk te maken, regelt Noor een afspraak bij de neuroloog. Na het overlijden van een goede vriend spreekt Musa zijn wens uit om naar Marokko terug te keren. Aanvankelijk sceptisch, begint Noor dit te zien als haar uitweg – haar vader helpen remigreren terwijl ze eindelijk haar eigen dromen van onafhankelijkheid najaagt.
Ondanks het verzet van haar broer Farid, weet ze haar broers te overtuigen mee te gaan op een roadtrip, waar ze hun verleden en hun onzekere toekomst onder ogen zien.

Over Zouka

Zouka is een filmbedrijf met een maatschappelijk hart, waar verhalen worden verteld die ertoe doen. Zouka creëert authentieke films en documentaires en ontwikkelt innovatieve concepten en strategieën die de kracht van film benutten om sociale veranderingen teweeg te brengen. Hun focus ligt op het vertellen van verhalen van onderbelichte doelgroepen; mensen wiens stemmen gehoord moeten worden. Zouka gelooft in de kracht van inclusie en zet creativiteit in om ideeën om te zetten in krachtige visuele verhalen die impact maken met als uiteindelijke doel gemeenschappen dichter bij elkaar te brengen.

Programma

16:00 Inloop
16:30 Start screening
18:30 Afsluiting

Praktische informatie

Dit evenement is gratis toegankelijk voor iedereen. We vragen je wel om je vooraf aan te melden. Het evenement vindt plaats bij VOX-POP (begane grond), Binnengasthuisstraat 9.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/herkomst-en-horizon-screening-porte-bagage-2026

THINKING BACK, MAKING FORWARD with Gerrie van Noord and Joost Grootens

San Serriffe, Thursday, September 24 at 06:00 PM GMT+2

talk about the book design with Zuzana Kostelanská, Maud Vervenne, and Virginie Gauthier + conversation with Gerrie van Noord and Joost Grootens, moderated by Emily Rhodes

In the last three decades, creative practice disciplines, such as art, design, architecture, creative writing, fashion, and others, have undergone a ‘research turn’, strongly stimulated by doctoral programmes to deepen artists’ reflections on the roots, relevance and urgencies of their work. There are many reasons why an individual practitioner might decide to undertake a PhD: a desire to uplift one’s practice, to contribute to the intellectual artistic climate, to teach, to pursue an academic career, or some combination of these, or other reasons.

The rise of artistic research or practice-based research is subtly transforming these disciplines. The integration of research into practice, however, has not always been smooth, and the transformations not unequivocally positive.
For this book we issued an open call to ask artists how PhD research has influenced their making and thinking. Our questions were: What are the impacts, urgency, and significance of the PhD for creative practitioners? How are these understood, captured, communicated? How did it change your practice? We even asked: should creative practitioners undertake a PhD in the first place?

Through its thirty contributions Thinking Back, Making Forward tackles these questions in an open way, to acknowledge, equally, the advantages and disadvantages of the creep of the PhD into artistic practice. At the same time, this book shows a wide range of possibilities of what research in artistic practice can entail.

Published by Valiz

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/thinking-back-making-forward-with-gerrie-van-noord-and-joost-grootens

THE HARD QUESTION OF ART by Metahaven

San Serriffe, Friday, September 11 at 07:00 PM GMT+2

with talks by Emilia Tapprest, Hend Samir, Antonio Vega Macotela and Metahaven

Art doesn’t change the world directly; yet we persist in wanting it to. This book argues for a different understanding of art. In these urgent times, we need to rethink the purpose and effects of art—for the creator, the audience, the owner. Art is what moves us, and there is more to being moved than meets the eye.

Through a series of thought experiments, Metahaven shows that art exists in the space between the image formed by the artist and the cognitive effort required to complete it. Art therefore is a question of perception. But what is the future of that space between image and interpretation when attention itself is collapsing?

The Hard Question of Art examines the many ways that art engages perception. Exploring cognition, empathy, complexity, and physics, Metahaven ask whether our capacity to perceive art anew can withstand the pressures of our times. Does beauty matter? Does art have a moral purpose? Is art a game or puzzle that AI will transform? Is the murmuration of starlings a form of art?

As our age asks us to feel and understand more at the same time, what are the cognitive futures of art?

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/the-hard-question-of-art-by-metahaven

#art object in #amsterdam

#Fotografie #foto #photography #photo 


Today's photo: Korte Prinsengracht (1891).

[EN] Korte Prinsengracht, a view towards the north. Two horse-drawn trams are crossing the Eenhoornsluis.

[NL] Korte Prinsengracht gezien naar het noorden. Op de Eenhoornsluis rijden twee paardentrams.

Via https://020apps.nl/olie/random/ #Amsterdam #JacobOlie #KortePrinsengracht #Eenhoornsluis #punt #horses #horsetram #telephonePole

#PrimMinistrul #Bolojan, mesaj de felicitare pentru sportivii care au câștigat aurul la #Amsterdam: ”Ați dus 🇷🇴#România pe primul loc în lume. Și ne-ați făcut o mare bucurie”.

🔗 https://wp.me/p9KpFA-5uOH

#Știri #Olanda

Soms lijkt #Gent heel erg op #Amsterdam
#fietsen

Photo Of The Day 30th August 2026.

https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2026/08/30/photo-of-the-day-30th-august-2026/

.. das wird ein entspannter Sonntag. Rucksack packen für die Ferien an der Nordsee.. mit dem #Nachtzug nach ..

#Amsterdam #Zandvoort @[email protected] #ICE4

𝗗𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗷 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗖𝗦, 𝗺𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗷𝗸 𝗻𝗮 𝗿𝘂𝘇𝗶𝗲

Net buiten station Amsterdam Centraal zijn vanavond drie mensen neergestoken. Ze zijn gewond geraakt en naar een ziekenhuis gebracht. Hun toestand is niet bekend. De politie denkt dat het incident mogelijk te maken had met een eerdere vechtpartij. Onderzoek moet dat duidelijk maken.

https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/artikel/5645640/drie-mensen-neergestoken-bij-amsterdam-cs-mogelijk-na-ruzie

#Amsterdam #neergestoken #ruzies

Today's photo: Oostersekade (1891 - 1892).

[EN] On the left is the Oostersekade. The houses in the background are along the Oudeschans.

[NL] Links de Oostersekade, in het midden op de achtergrond huizen aan de Oudeschans.

Via https://020apps.nl/olie/random/ #Amsterdam #JacobOlie #Oostersekade #Montelbaanstoren #sailingShip #timber