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CiNEMERCATOR - Small Worlds 2001
Supermercator, Wednesday, August 12 at 08:00 PM GMT+2
Filmlover,
Merthe Voorhoeve,
Andreas van Riet,
Maaike Hasselaar
& Elisabeth van Vliet,
each are programming 1 precious film per month. That's 4 precious films per month!
CiNEMERCATOR
doors open 19:00
start 20:00
ticket 3€
12-8
David Lynch
A Straight Story
(1999)
The Straight Story is often described as David Lynch’s most normal film, but that can be misleading. It may lack the surreal imagery and narrative puzzles that define much of his work, yet it is unmistakably a Lynch film in its attention to silence, landscape and the quiet mysteries of ordinary life.
Based on the true story of Alvin Straight, an elderly man who drives his lawn mower across several states to reconcile with his estranged brother, the film unfolds at the pace of its protagonist. Lynch never rushes the journey or inflates its emotions. Instead, he finds drama in small encounters; with strangers, memories and the passing American landscape. These moments gradually accumulate into something unexpectedly profound.
Rather than feeling like an exception within Lynch’s body of work, The Straight Story reveals another side of the same filmmaker: one equally fascinated by human vulnerability, only this time without the shadows. It is one of the warmest and most compassionate films he ever made, and a reminder that profound cinema doesn’t always need to raise its voice.
This film is chosen by Maaike
19-8
Maren Ade
EVERYONE ELSE
(2009)
An alternately loving and feuding couple, together for an unknown period of time, are on vacation on Sardinia: he, Chris, a struggling, perhaps visionary architect (Lars Eidinger); she, Gitti, a music publicist (Birgit Minichmayr, winner of a Silver Bear at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival).
As long as they exist in an hermetic sphere of their own creation, they are comfortable in their bodies, but persist in subtle role-playing that can only harm their relationship. Theirs is a uniquely defined interaction where Chris is the more “feminine” partner—performing a decidedly unmacho dance to Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias’ ‘80s classic “To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before” under Gitti’s gaze and the feminine gaze of the camera.
Aided by actors who are fearless in exploring their own bodies and minds, Maren Ade transforms what should be a familiar story into an emotional tour de force, and at the same time creates what might be considered to be a definitive generational portrait.
This film is chosen by Merthe
26-8
Denis Villeneuve
INCENDIES
2010
Incendies is the film that announced Denis Villeneuve as a major filmmaker long before Arrival or Dune.
Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad’s play, it follows a pair of Canadian twins who travel to an unnamed Middle Eastern country after their mother’s death, slowly uncovering the story she spent her life trying to bury. The mystery is gripping, but the film’s real achievement lies in how it transforms a detective story into a tragedy.
It's one of the strongest anti-war films of the 21st century, not because it argues against war, but because it shows how its consequences outlive every ceasefire. It is a film about memory, inheritance, and the unbearable cost of discovering where you come from. Few films leave such a profound emotional mark while remaining so formally controlled.
This film is chosen by Elisabeth
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CiNEMERCATOR - SMALL WORLDS 2001
Supermercator, Wednesday, August 5 at 08:00 PM GMT+2
Filmlover,
Merthe Voorhoeve,
Andreas van Riet,
Maaike Hasselaar
& Elisabeth van Vliet,
each are programming 1 precious film per month. That's 4 precious films per month!
CiNEMERCATOR
doors open 19:00
start 20:00
ticket 3€
5-8
Les Blank
Burden of Dreams
(1982)
Burden of Dreams is one of the rare making-of documentaries that completely transcends its original purpose.
On paper it follows Werner Herzog during the disastrous production of Fitzcarraldo; in practice it becomes a film about obsession itself. Les Blank’s camera never sensationalizes the chaos, nor does it try to explain Herzog away. It simply observes a director whose artistic conviction pushes everyone- including himself- to the edge of what seems reasonable.
Yet Burden of Dreams is never merely about filmmaking. It is about the peculiar relationship between ambition and madness, and about the strange places people are willing to go in pursuit of an idea that refuses to let them go. Blank’s calm, unembellished approach gives the film its power: instead of judging Herzog, he lets the contradictions speak for themselves.
Herzog comes across as visionary, reckless, inspiring and deeply frustrating, often within the same scene. The famous image of hauling a full-sized steamship over a mountain ceases to feel like a metaphor and becomes an uncomfortable reality, forcing the audience to ask whether extraordinary art can ever justify extraordinary human cost.
Seen today, it remains one of cinema’s most fascinating self-portraits, not because it celebrates genius, but because it reveals how thin the line can be between artistic necessity, obsession, and self-destruction. It ultimately enriches Fitzcarraldo, but it stands just as confidently on its own as a documentary about the price of turning an impossible dream into reality...
this film is chosen by Andreas
12-8
David Lynch
A Straight Story
(1999)
The Straight Story is often described as David Lynch’s most normal film, but that can be misleading. It may lack the surreal imagery and narrative puzzles that define much of his work, yet it is unmistakably a Lynch film in its attention to silence, landscape and the quiet mysteries of ordinary life.
Based on the true story of Alvin Straight, an elderly man who drives his lawn mower across several states to reconcile with his estranged brother, the film unfolds at the pace of its protagonist. Lynch never rushes the journey or inflates its emotions. Instead, he finds drama in small encounters; with strangers, memories and the passing American landscape. These moments gradually accumulate into something unexpectedly profound.
Rather than feeling like an exception within Lynch’s body of work, The Straight Story reveals another side of the same filmmaker: one equally fascinated by human vulnerability, only this time without the shadows. It is one of the warmest and most compassionate films he ever made, and a reminder that profound cinema doesn’t always need to raise its voice.
This film is chosen by Maaike
19-8
Maren Ade
EVERYONE ELSE
(2009)
An alternately loving and feuding couple, together for an unknown period of time, are on vacation on Sardinia: he, Chris, a struggling, perhaps visionary architect (Lars Eidinger); she, Gitti, a music publicist (Birgit Minichmayr, winner of a Silver Bear at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival).
As long as they exist in an hermetic sphere of their own creation, they are comfortable in their bodies, but persist in subtle role-playing that can only harm their relationship. Theirs is a uniquely defined interaction where Chris is the more “feminine” partner—performing a decidedly unmacho dance to Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias’ ‘80s classic “To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before” under Gitti’s gaze and the feminine gaze of the camera.
Aided by actors who are fearless in exploring their own bodies and minds, Maren Ade transforms what should be a familiar story into an emotional tour de force, and at the same time creates what might be considered to be a definitive generational portrait.
This film is chosen by Merthe
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CiNEMERCATOR - SMALL WORLDS 2001
Supermercator, Thursday, July 30 at 08:00 PM GMT+2
Filmlover,
Merthe Voorhoeve,
Andreas van Riet,
Maaike Hasselaar
& Elisabeth van Vliet,
each are programming 1 precious film per month. That's 4 precious films per month!
CiNEMERCATOR
doors open 19:00
start 20:00
ticket 3€
5-8
Les Blank
Burden of Dreams
(1982)
Burden of Dreams is one of the rare making-of documentaries that completely transcends its original purpose.
On paper it follows Werner Herzog during the disastrous production of Fitzcarraldo; in practice it becomes a film about obsession itself. Les Blank’s camera never sensationalizes the chaos, nor does it try to explain Herzog away. It simply observes a director whose artistic conviction pushes everyone- including himself- to the edge of what seems reasonable.
Yet Burden of Dreams is never merely about filmmaking. It is about the peculiar relationship between ambition and madness, and about the strange places people are willing to go in pursuit of an idea that refuses to let them go. Blank’s calm, unembellished approach gives the film its power: instead of judging Herzog, he lets the contradictions speak for themselves.
Herzog comes across as visionary, reckless, inspiring and deeply frustrating, often within the same scene. The famous image of hauling a full-sized steamship over a mountain ceases to feel like a metaphor and becomes an uncomfortable reality, forcing the audience to ask whether extraordinary art can ever justify extraordinary human cost.
Seen today, it remains one of cinema’s most fascinating self-portraits, not because it celebrates genius, but because it reveals how thin the line can be between artistic necessity, obsession, and self-destruction. It ultimately enriches Fitzcarraldo, but it stands just as confidently on its own as a documentary about the price of turning an impossible dream into reality...
this film is chosen by Andreas
12-8
David Lynch
A Straight Story
(1999)
The Straight Story is often described as David Lynch’s most normal film, but that can be misleading. It may lack the surreal imagery and narrative puzzles that define much of his work, yet it is unmistakably a Lynch film in its attention to silence, landscape and the quiet mysteries of ordinary life.
Based on the true story of Alvin Straight, an elderly man who drives his lawn mower across several states to reconcile with his estranged brother, the film unfolds at the pace of its protagonist. Lynch never rushes the journey or inflates its emotions. Instead, he finds drama in small encounters; with strangers, memories and the passing American landscape. These moments gradually accumulate into something unexpectedly profound.
What makes The Straight Story so enduring is its faith in simplicity. It suggests that reconciliation doesn’t require grand gestures, only the willingness to begin. Beneath its gentle surface lies a film about aging, regret, dignity, and the fragile ties that bind families together. Lynch approaches these themes with remarkable restraint, allowing the ordinary to become quietly extraordinary.
Rather than feeling like an exception within Lynch’s body of work, The Straight Story reveals another side of the same filmmaker: one equally fascinated by human vulnerability, only this time without the shadows. It is one of the warmest and most compassionate films he ever made, and a reminder that profound cinema doesn’t always need to raise its voice.
This film is chosen by Maaike
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https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/cinemercator-small-worlds-2001
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CiNEMERCATOR - Roll Swindle Lux Alterna LiFE DRAWiNG g a l l e r y Call and Response in Art Interesting Ways to Fail 2001
Supermercator, Wednesday, July 22 at 08:00 PM GMT+2
Filmlover,
Merthe Voorhoeve,
Andreas van Riet,
Maaike Hasselaar
& Elisabeth van Vliet,
each are programming 1 precious film per month. That's 4 precious films per month!
CiNEMERCATOR
doors open 19:00
start 20:00
ticket 3€
22-7
Carol Reed
OLIVER
(1968)
Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, first published in 1838, is one of the best-known classics of English literature. Raised in a harsh workhouse, young Oliver is cast out after daring to ask for a little more gruel at dinner. He soon finds himself in the chaos of Victorian London, where he is taken in by a gang of street boys led by the enigmatic Fagin. There he learns the art of pickpocketing, but trouble is never far away.
In 1960, Lionel Bart adapted Dickens’ novel into the musical Oliver!, a landmark production that helped establish the modern British musical. Carol Reed’s acclaimed film adaptation followed in 1968, winning multiple Academy Awards.
Oliver! is remarkable for its vivid recreation of Victorian London, unforgettable characters such as Fagin and the irresistible Artful Dodger, and a score filled with memorable songs and dazzling choreography. A joyful classic that is well worth discovering—even if musicals are not usually your thing.
this film is chosen by Merthe
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CiNEMERCATOR
Supermercator, Wednesday, July 1 at 08:00 PM GMT+2
Filmlover,
Merthe Voorhoeve,
Andreas van Riet,
Maaike Hasselaar
& Elisabeth van Vliet,
each are programming 1 precious film per month. That's 4 precious films per month!
CiNEMERCATOR
doors open 19:00
start 20:00
ticket 3€
1-7
Marcel Camus
ORFEU NEGRO
(1959)
Winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Orfeu Negro relocates the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to the hills of Rio de Janeiro during Carnival. French director Marcel Camus transforms the ancient tragedy into a dazzling collision of myth, music and modern city life, where celebration and mortality become inseparable.
The film is inseparable from the birth of bossa nova. Its soundtrack—featuring music by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Luiz Bonfá—became internationally influential, while the film itself introduced many audiences outside Brazil to the rhythms, landscapes and imagery of Rio. At the same time, its perspective has remained contested: admired for its visual exuberance and emotional force, but also criticised for presenting Brazil through an outsider's romantic gaze.
More than sixty years later, Orfeu Negro remains a singular work—at once intoxicating, controversial and unforgettable, suspended between myth and reality, joy and inevitability.
This film is chosen by Andreas
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CiNEMERCATOR - Some visual choices were highly experimental for the 1940
Supermercator, Wednesday, June 24 at 08:00 PM GMT+2
Filmlover,
Merthe Voorhoeve,
Andreas van Riet,
Maaike Hasselaar
& Elisabeth van Vliet,
each are programming 1 precious film per month. That's 4 precious films per month!
CiNEMERCATOR
doors open 19:00
start 20:00
ticket 3€
24-6
William Dieterle
Portrait of Jennie
(1948)
Portrait of Jennie is a strange and beautiful film that feels more like a dream than a conventional love story.
The story follows an artist who meets a mysterious young girl named Jennie, who seems to age much faster than normal. As he becomes obsessed with her, the film gradually shifts from realism into something supernatural and haunting.
The cinematography is remarkable. The black-and-white images create a mood that feels suspended between reality and fantasy. Some visual choices were highly experimental for the 1940s and still feel striking today.
A modern viewer may find the pacing slow. The film takes its time and often values atmosphere over plot. If you enjoy fast storytelling, it may feel dated. If you enjoy poetic cinema, it can be deeply rewarding.
This film is chosen by Elisabeth
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LiVE DRAWING
Supermercator, Tuesday, June 30 at 07:00 PM GMT+2
We're exploring:
portrait/expressionnudes/poses
fabrics/costume
contrast/light
movement/action
composition/objects
odd creatures/in the forest...
We serve drinks & snacks, play music and cultivate a safe but loose atmosphere.
MATERIALS INCLUDED
DONATION BASED
18:30
DOORS OPEN
19-20:15
SESSION 1
*20:15-20:30
BREAK
20:30-22:00
SESSION 2
*if you want to do just one sessionyou can join or leave in the break
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CiNEMERCATOR - Sydney Pollack AMAZING GRACE 1972
Supermercator, Wednesday, June 17 at 08:00 PM GMT+2
Filmlover,
Merthe Voorhoeve,
Andreas van Riet,
Maaike Hasselaar
& Elisabeth van Vliet,
each are programming 1 precious film per month. That's 4 precious films per month!
CiNEMERCATOR
doors open 19:00
start 20:00
ticket 3€
17-6
Alan Elliott/Sydney Pollack
AMAZING GRACE
1972/2018
In this beautiful concert film, documenting a performance given by Aretha Franklin in 1972, the Queen of Soul shines like no other. The footage was originally shot by Hollywood director Sydney Pollack, but due to technical problems it remained locked away in a vault for decades, until director Alan Elliott finally assembled it in 2018. The film was released shortly after Franklin’s passing.
The concert offers a wonderful portrait of a then 30-year-old Franklin, performing in the gospel tradition in which she was raised and which remained deeply her own. Through her music, she bridges the world of traditional churchgoers and the pop icons of the era, all of whom made the journey to the Baptist church to hear Aretha sing.
This film is chosen by Maaike
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CiNEMERCATOR - Luchino Visconti BELISSIM A 1951
Supermercator, Wednesday, June 3 at 08:00 PM GMT+2
Filmlover,
Merthe Voorhoeve,
Andreas van Riet,
Maaike Hasselaar
& Elisabeth van Vliet,
each are programming 1 precious film per month. That's 4 precious films per month!
CiNEMERCATOR
doors open 19:00
start 20:00
ticket 3€
3-6
Luchino Visconti BELISSIMA 1951
Luchino Visconti’s Bellissima feels at once tender and merciless. What begins as a story about a mother pushing her daughter toward stardom slowly reveals itself as something sadder and more universal: a portrait of people clinging to dreams because reality offers them so little dignity. Visconti never reduces this to satire, even when the film exposes the absurdity of the film industry and the cruelty hidden inside fantasies of success.
What makes Bellissima so moving is the tension between spectacle and intimacy. Cinecittà, with all its lights and illusions, hovers over the film like a machine that feeds on longing, while the emotional center remains painfully small and human: a mother terrified that her child might inherit the same disappointments she did. The film has the texture of neorealism, but there’s already something harsher and more theatrical emerging in Visconti’s gaze; an understanding that performance is not confined to cinema; people perform constantly in order to survive.
By the end, Bellissima becomes less about cinema than about love distorted by ambition and poverty. Its final emotional turn lands with devastating clarity: the rare moment when affection finally outweighs illusion. Few films capture so precisely the humiliation and tenderness of wanting a better life for someone you love.
this film is chosen by Elisabeth
10-6
Alice Rohrwacher CORPUS CELESTE 2012
Alice Rohrwacher’s Corpo Celeste has the quiet intensity of someone observing the world very closely without trying to force meaning onto it. The film follows Marta, a shy thirteen-year-old girl returning with her family to southern Italy after years abroad, as she drifts through the rituals of Catholic education and adolescence with a mixture of curiosity, confusion and silent disappointment. Rohrwacher films this world with remarkable patience: priests, catechism teachers, crumbling apartment blocks, half-finished conversations, neon lights, cheap religious imagery- all of it feels both; absurd and deeply real.
Marta is searching for something sincere, some form of spiritual or emotional truth, but the adults around her mostly seem trapped in habit, vanity, or exhaustion. The film understands how lonely that realization can be at that age, when you begin noticing that the structures meant to guide you are themselves fragile and confused.
Rohrwacher has an extraordinary eye for faces, gestures, and spaces. Nothing is overstated. The film moves almost like memory: fragments of songs, awkward silences, nighttime streets, religious processions, moments of accidental beauty. Beneath its realism there is also something faintly mystical, as if the possibility of grace still exists somewhere at the edges of this broken world, even if nobody quite knows how to reach it anymore.
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CiNEMERCATOR - Xavier Dolan MOMMY 2014
Supermercator, Wednesday, May 27 at 08:00 PM GMT+2
Filmlover,
Merthe Voorhoeve,
Andreas van Riet,
Maaike Hasselaar
& Elisabeth van Vliet,
each are programming 1 precious film per month. That's 4 precious films per month!
CiNEMERCATOR
doors open 19:00
start 20:00
ticket 3€
27-5
Xavier Dolan MOMMY 2014
A rough-edged yet beautiful woman lost her husband years earlier and suddenly found herself a single mother to their aggressive, uncontrollable son Steve. Steve has spent years in a closed institution, and Diane decides to bring him back home and start over together with him. This proves harder than she expected...
This film is chosen by Maaike
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CiNEMERCATOR - Radu Jude Everybody in Our Family 2012
Supermercator, Wednesday, May 20 at 08:00 PM GMT+2
Filmlover,
Merthe Voorhoeve,
Andreas van Riet,
Maaike Hasselaar
& Elisabeth van Vliet,
each are programming 1 precious film per month. That's 4 precious films per month!
CiNEMERCATOR
doors open 19:00
start 20:00
ticket 3€
20-5
Radu Jude Everybody in Our Family 2012
Radu Jude’s film Everybody in Our Family follows Marius, a man for whom everything seems to be going wrong. He is divorced and lives alone in a small, cluttered apartment. His five-year-old daughter lives with his ex-wife. When he goes to pick her up for a planned vacation together his ex bluntly informs him that the trip is off because their daughter is not feeling well, something inside him snaps. Consumed by feelings of grief, resentment and injustice, he becomes determined to take his daughter with him, eventually resorting to extreme measures...
The result is a film that takes the form of a psychological disintegration, raising questions about the deep tensions and contradictions within human relationships; particularly within the structure of man, woman, family- what happens when this structure falls apart?
This film is chosen by Merthe
27-5
Xavier Dolan MOMMY 2014
A rough-edged yet beautiful woman lost her husband years earlier and suddenly found herself a single mother to their aggressive, uncontrollable son Steve. Steve has spent years in a closed institution, and Diane decides to bring him back home and start over together with him. This proves harder than she expected...
This film is chosen by Maaike
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An Exploration of Language and Sound
De Nieuwe Liefde, Sunday, April 19 at 01:30 PM GMT+2
Workshop series in collaboration with the Holland Festival
What happens when language moves beyond definition? When words turn into sound? When a voice does not only tell, but sings, breathes, breaks, and resonates?
Holland Festival and De Nieuwe Liefde are collaborating on the workshop series An Exploration of Language and Sound, in which we investigate the power of storytelling, voice, music, and experimentation across three sessions. Guided by experienced guest artists and performers, participants are invited to discover their own voice and artistic style. How can language break free from constraints? How can sound carry a story when words fall short? And how can personal stories connect to urgent social questions?
Together, we will explore the voice as an instrument, language as constantly evolving medium, and listening as an active and creative practice. Through collective listening, writing exercises, and vocal experimentation, participants will be encouraged to step beyond familiar forms and discover new modes of expression.
The workshop series will take place at De Nieuwe Liefde, a space devoted to language, literature, and social reflection. Your workshop host will be poet, writer and programme curator Dean Bowen.
The workshops will be conducted in English.
Workshop dates
Workshop Dates
Sunday, April 19 at 1:30 PM with Karima El Fillali (uitverkocht)
Sunday, May 17 at 1:30 PM with Jorgen Gario (uitverkocht)
Friday, June 5 at 5:00 PM with Tanya Tagaq (uitverkocht)
Tickets available via Holland Festival
Workshop host
Dean Bowen
Dean Bowen is a poet, writer, performer, programmer, and critic. In his work, he explores the dynamics of composite identity and how it relates to the political and social positioning of the individual. His debut collection Bokman (2018) has been described as lyrical, passionate, and angry; a personal quest that exposes universal patterns and gives voice to many perspectives. Bokman was published in an Italian translation in 2021. Dean Bowen has published on online platforms such as Samplekanon and Hard//Hoofd, as well as in literary journals including nY, Tirade, Revisor, and De Gids.
He teaches performance literature and poetry at ArtEZ in Arnhem, and his second collection Masc:r was published in February 2026.
Guest artists
Karima El Fillali – April 19
Karima El Fillali (1987) grew up between Dutch and Moroccan cultures, shaped by music and spirituality. Her mother introduced her to singing and baroque church music, while her father shared Islam and Moroccan recordings, through which she discovered Oum Kalthoum.
Drawn to her heritage, she traveled to Morocco to study Arabic and immerse herself in traditions like gnawa and classical singing. Under a Sufi master, she dedicated herself to tarab, music that evokes deep emotional and spiritual states. Back in the Netherlands, she became known for her interpretations of Oum Kalthoum as well as experimental work blending African, European, and Middle Eastern influences. She has collaborated with Oumou Sangaré and Mahmoud Guinia, and received an Award of Honor from Morocco’s Minister of Culture.
Jorgen Gario | UNOM – May 17
Jörgen Gario, also known as UNOM, is an Antillean poet born on Sint Maarten, writing in Dutch, English, and Papiamentu. His artistic journey began in 2006 with a spoken word workshop at Poetry Circle Nowhere, where he later became a coach mentoring emerging talent.
Blending poetry with music, he incorporates guitar, ukulele, and electronic production into performances rooted in reggae and dancehall. His work explores identity, expression, and freedom, marked by an energetic stage presence and reflective lyrics.
Gario’s poetry has been featured in major Dutch publications, including Hardop – Spoken Word in Nederland. Over nearly two decades, he has performed extensively across the Netherlands and internationally, building a reputation as a dynamic and boundary-pushing spoken word artist.
Tanya Tagaq – June 5
Tanya Tagaq (1975) is a Canadian throat singer of Inuit and European descent whose work draws deeply on her cultural heritage. She revitalizes traditional Inuit throat singing by blending it with genres such as jazz, punk, electronic, and classical music.
While studying visual arts in Halifax, she developed her distinctive style. Her international breakthrough came through a collaboration with Björk on the album Medúlla (2004). Her debut album Sinaa (2005) won a Canadian Aboriginal Music Award, and she later collaborated extensively with the Kronos Quartet.
Tagaq has received widespread acclaim for her albums and film work, including the Polaris Music Prize for Animism (2014) and a Juno Award in 2015.
https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/an-exploration-of-language-and-sound
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CiNEMERCATOR - An American gangster film about two old school friends in the seedy Philadelphia of the 1970
Supermercator, Wednesday, May 13 at 08:00 PM GMT+2
Filmlover,
Merthe Voorhoeve,
Andreas van Riet,
Maaike Hasselaar
& Elisabeth van Vliet,
each are programming 1 precious film per month. That's 4 precious films per month!
CiNEMERCATOR
doors open 19:00
start 20:00
ticket 3€
13-5
Elaine May MIKEY&NICKY 1976
An American gangster film about two old school friends in the seedy Philadelphia of the 1970s. Nicky (John Cassavetes) is in deep trouble after embezzling money from a local crime boss and asks his friend Mikey (Peter Falk) for help. The two friends wander through the streets past desolate bars, parks, and a cemetery in search of a way out, but escaping the past seems impossible. The actors deliver a searing and tragic portrait of a lost friendship that lingers in your mind for days. Hold your (best) friend tight, because this friendly eruption is something you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy!
This film is chosen by Elisabeth
20-5
Radu Jude Everybody in Our Family 2012
Radu Jude’s film Everybody in Our Family follows Marius, a man for whom everything seems to be going wrong. He is divorced and lives alone in a small, cluttered apartment. His five-year-old daughter lives with his ex-wife. When he goes to pick her up for a planned vacation together his ex bluntly informs him that the trip is off because their daughter is not feeling well, something inside him snaps. Consumed by feelings of grief, resentment and injustice, he becomes determined to take his daughter with him, eventually resorting to extreme measures...
The result is a film that takes the form of a psychological disintegration, raising questions about the deep tensions and contradictions within human relationships; particularly within the structure of man, woman, family- what happens when this structure falls apart?
This film is chosen by Merthe
27-5
Xavier Dolan MOMMY 2014
A rough-edged yet beautiful woman lost her husband years earlier and suddenly found herself a single mother to their aggressive, uncontrollable son Steve. Steve has spent years in a closed institution, and Diane decides to bring him back home and start over together with him. This proves harder than she expected...
This film is chosen by Maaike
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