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  1. Nutrition programs work better when they include #Indigenous food knowledge

    Researchers found nutrition programs work better when they include Indigenous food knowledge, local languages, and traditional practices.

    By Raquel Brandao, July 24, 2026

    Excerpt: "Cameras, cooking and conversation

    "Some things worked. #Storytelling, #workshops, and #CookingDemonstrations turned up again and again across the 39 studies, alongside #TalkingCircles, #ShortFilms and #SmartphoneApps.

    "The common thread is direction. Each of these methods lets people speak in their own words rather than sit and receive instruction.

    "In #NewZealand ( #Aotearoa ), researchers built a mobile health app together with #Māori and #Pasifika partners. The language, the stories, and the pictures all came from the communities the app was meant for.

    "Speaking with Earth.com, Rao described a project she led. 'In my own work, and one of the papers reviewed, I have used cameras and #DigitalTools with young women and men in an Indigenous community in #India to document their traditional food knowledges by speaking to the elders, visiting the forests and local markets, talking to women engaged in #foraging and #FoodPreparation.'

    "That project is one of the 39 studies in the review. An earlier paper followed ten Santhal young people in eastern India who were trained to make films.

    "They made nearly 50 films and screened them in their own villages. Older relatives supplied much of what went into them.

    Elders as teachers

    "Who holds the knowledge matters as much as what the knowledge is. #Elders, #healers, #farmers, and #women each carry different parts of it.

    "None of it arrives as a curriculum. It moves between generations through cooking, gathering and long conversation, which is exactly what a nutrition leaflet cannot carry.

    " 'Reclaiming and recognising #IndigenousKnowledge , values and practices to address the different elements of nutrition and health involves recognising intergenerational and wider social relations, and engaging everyone from the elders, healers, educators and farmers to service providers, policymakers and academics, to together raise issues and find solutions,' said Rao.

    "Traditional foods carry knowledge of the local landscape in a way nothing else does. The review treats them as practical resources rather than heritage."

    Read more:
    earth.com/lifestyle/nutrition-

    #SolarPunkSunday #Technology #IndigenousCommunities #TraditionalKnowledge #TraditionalDiets #FoodForests #Foraging #SharingKnowledge #PreservingCulture #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge #FoodKnowledge #TraditionalFoods

  2. Clones 2 is canceled unless I change my mind. Sorry.

    Edit: it might be uncanceled now but still super delayed because of you-know-who.

    #Clones2 #ShortFilms

  3. If you like #shortFilms and #animation, check out the one called "Widdershins" by Simon Biggs on YT. Nice drawing/visual style and a fun watch.

  4. “From the Ashes” Short Film Festival

    OT301, Saturday, July 4 at 06:00 PM GMT+2

    Genre: Short Films
    Open: 18:00 - 22:00 hrs
    Tickets: € 8

    A We Made This Community event
    After the recent sellout of their short film festival, We Made This Community are hosting a second
    screening of the films from the latest edition: "From the Ashes".

    16 original short films
    More than 40 filmmakers, ranging from complete beginners to experienced creators, came
    together to produce 16 original short films. Each piece explores the theme of 'From the Ashes' a
    look at change, renewal and what emerges after things fall apart.The results range from intimate
    personal stories to more experimental and humorous takes on the theme.

    Come for the films, stay for the connection

    We Made This Film Festival is designed to foster a community of aspiring makers and lovers of
    cinema.

    Film screening: 90 minutes of original storytelling

    Q&A session: Hear directly from the creators about their process and vision

    Community drinks: Stick around after the screening to connect and swap ideas with fellow creatives

    We Made This Community offers a creative outlet
    In an era where creativity is increasingly digital and automated, they believe there is a growing
    need for analogue, communal expression. People want to create, experiment and meet like-
    minded individuals. We Made This Film Festival reflects the value of that shared experience.

    Follow them on Instagram @wemadethiscommunity for inspiration, behind-the-scenes content
    and future events.

    Doors open: 18:00

    Film screening starts: 18:30 (90min)

    offbeat.amsterdam/event/from-t

  5. I'm continuing to make videos at @sam publicly available and just noticed that one of those from today is coming up for its sixth anniversary next month.

    Jump on a virtual plane 'down under' to meet veteran showcard and ticket writer Barbara Enright:

    video.bl.ag/w/eVsmXTj7Y8Skhbir

    Given the global situation at the time, this film premiered online at the 24-hour digital marathon that was Lockdown Letterheads:

    bl.ag/lockdown

    #Showcards #Tickets #Lettering #BetterLetters #Biopics #Shortfilms #Lockdown

  6. MOVEMENT AS CINEMA Vol. 1

    OT301, Saturday, May 30 at 05:45 PM GMT+2

    Genre: Dance, Performance, Short Films
    Line up: Marta Lillioja, Jake Zuidveen
    Open: 17:45 - 21:30 hrs
    Tickets: € 8

    Movement as Cinema is the first edition of a new recurring screening series dedicated to dance, performance, and experimental moving-image practices.

    Bringing together four films by three female filmmakers and choreographers, the programme explores movement as a cinematic language capable of communicating beyond words. Opening with a live improvised performance by Daria Titova, the evening unfolds as a sensory journey through distinct emotional and cinematic worlds.

    Curated by Marta Lillioja.

    PROGRAMME

    Through the roots (2024, 15 min) — Maria Ponomariova & Daria Titova A short dance film directed by Maria Ponomariova, with choreography and performance by Daria Titova. An ode to Daria's grandfather and the rural Russian landscape he cherished — translated into movement, embodying family heritage and the quiet strength of the places that shape us.

    THE VOID (2026, 7 min) — Linde Wagemakers An autobiographical dance film navigating loneliness, emotional isolation, and the search for connection. Moving through abandoned spaces that mirror her inner emptiness, protagonist Luna searches for something to fill the void she carries within herself. Tracing a fragile journey from inner emptiness toward self-connection and acceptance, The Void becomes a portrait not only of a person, but of an experience.

    OH MY (2026, 4 min) — Linde Wagemakers A group of dancers spreads through the streets of Amsterdam, transforming the city into their playground. What begins as a playful disruption grows into an infectious, collective movement in which bodies find, challenge, and strengthen one another. In a flirtatious interplay between chaos and connection, a living protest emerges. Oh My is a celebration of freedom, presence, and the power of coming together.

    SOLUS REX (2024, 7 min) — Marta Lillioja Solus Rex — the "Lonely King" — awakens as the last man on Earth, where the key to immortality lies in ancient rituals of becoming one with the Snake. Drawing on myths of transformation that live deep in human memory, the film guides us into the boundless subconscious — a journey into raw spirit, where movement and sonic texture merge into a meditation on instinct, identity, and transcendence.

    The evening concludes with an informal gathering and conversation moderated by Jake Zuidveen.

    Doors & bar: 17:45 Programme starts: 18:30 Tickets: €8 presale / €10 door

    offbeat.amsterdam/event/moveme

  7. Leiden Shorts x Ventilator Cinema

    OT301, Saturday, May 23 at 02:30 PM GMT+2

    Genre: Short Films, Festival
    Open: 14:30 - 17:00 hrs
    Tickets: € 10

    From May 29 until June 02, @leidenshorts returns to Leiden for its 18th edition, transformingthe city into a space for short-form cinema that engages directly with the realities shaping ourpresent. Across five days, the festival will present a wide-ranging programme of internationaland national works, bringing together filmmakers who reflect on the conditions we live in today.

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    On Saturday May 23, Leiden Shorts and Ventilator invites you to a preview screening of three short films from different sections of the 2026 programme.
    'Daria’s Night Flowers’ (International Competition), ‘And still, it remains’ (Artists in Focus: Arwa Aburawa & Turab Shah), and ‘Last Seen, Long Ago’ (We need to talk about... Venezuela) collectively explore lives shaped by conflict, repression, colonial violence, anddisplacement.
    Join us for the screening, and stay for a drink and and reflections afterwards!

    Doors open: 14:30 pm (Walk-in)
    Film program starts: 15:30 pm - 17:00pm

    Stay for drinks till 22:00 pm or jump into short films made by women in Egypt at 18:00 pm.

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    Film Credits:
    Daria’s Night Flowers / Maryam Tafakory / 16’ / Iran, United Kingdom, France / 2025
    And still, it remains / Arwa Aburawa, Turab Shah / 28’ / Algeria, United Kingdom / 2023
    Last Seen, Long Time Ago (Última vez hace mucho tiempo) / Santiago Martín / 24’ / Venezuela / 2026

    Leiden Shorts: Instagram / Website

    Ventilator Cinema: @ventilator_cinema (on the second floor of @ot301adam)

    Location: Overtoom 301, Amsterdam

    offbeat.amsterdam/event/leiden