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Queer Cinema for Palestine x Ventilator Cinema

OT301, Saturday, June 6 at 05:00 PM GMT+2

No Pride in Genocide

This Pride month of June will, Queer Cinema for Palestine (QCP) and Ventilator Cinema come together in Amsterdam for No Pride in Genocide — part of QCP’s third annual global film program uniting grassroots, solidarity, and arts organizations worldwide through collectively curated short films.

Queer Cinema for Palestine began as an ethical alternative to the Israeli state-sponsored TLVFest LGBTQ Film Festival, following the Palestinian call for the academic and cultural boycott of Israel. Over the past years, hundreds of filmmakers and artists have joined in solidarity with queer and trans Palestinians resisting occupation, pinkwashing, censorship, and colonial violence.

This year’s program brings together queer, Palestinian, and allied artists across genres, geographies, and cinematic forms — highlighting the role of art in resistance, memory, and liberation.

In light of Israel’s ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing across Gaza, the West Bank, and historic Palestine, we stand in solidarity with Palestinians and reject the instrumentalization of queer and trans identities to justify violence and oppression.

The program will be introduced by Nadia Slimi

BDS representative Nadia Slimi is committed to intersectional activism and social justice. Alongside her work within BDS, she advocates for justice for people, animals, and the environment in both her professional and personal life. With a background in management, Nadia recently returned from six months of volunteer work in South America, where she contributed to grassroots community initiatives.

Schedule

▫️ 17:00 — Doors & Market
▪️ 17:30 — Short Film Program
▪️ 19:30 — Drinks & Music

Film Program

A Message, Mama Ganuush, 2:51 min, Palestine (2026)

Audio: English
Subitles: English

A short documentary film capturing the queer Palestinian voices in exile.

Mama Ganuush is a trans Palestinian performance artist, filmmaker, organizer, and activist whose work is a potent and unflinching expression of Palestinian futurism. Based between San Francisco and Lisbon, their performances are a powerful synthesis of Palestinian folk art and music, the elegance of Egyptian golden-era dance, and the raw, spontaneous energy of clown and theater.

Ceasefire بِكَفِّي قَهْـر , Teodor Vladár, 23 min, Slovakia/Hungary (2025)

Audio: English, Arabic, Slovak
Subitles: English, Slovak

Nawras, a Jordanian-Palestinian queer artist, has been living in Slovakia, Bratislava for the past four years. Living within two communities and clashing cultures, she is pushed towards a third goal; to find peace and a place she can call home. Now, she is reclaiming the culture she was born into, this time, as she chooses to define it, and in doing so, creating a community which becomes her family.

Teodor Vladár is 21 years old and currently studying at the Academy of performing arts in Bratislava, Slovakia. He has studied in Spain and France, the latter being film studies in Paris. He is involved in queer and pro-Palestinian activism and wants to give voices to people by creating documentaries. He is a writer and a screenwriter as well, having won multiple short story competitions in Slovakia. He is also the host of a podcast “Nami o nás”, which focuses on queer identities in world filmography. “Ceasefire” is his directing debut, which he has created with the financial help of a crowdfunding campaign.

The 5-Year Plan for Financial Independence, Dua Omari, 7 min, Palestine (2025)

Audio: English
Subitles: English

This video reflects on Palestine’s history as a repeating cycle of injustice, imagining a future where the system remains unchanged and violence continues. It exposes the failure of the global system to deliver real justice, offering only symbolic solutions that do not improve daily life. Palestinians are forced to adapt to conditions below basic human dignity, kept in a state of false hope with no clear path to freedom or dignity.

Dua Omari is a visual artist from Jerusalem working across video and painting. She holds degrees in Psychology and Contemporary Visual Arts from Birzeit University. Her practice explores the intersection between the individual psyche and the political and social reality, with a focus on psychological and lived experiences under systems of oppression, particularly those of women, children, and Palestinian society under occupation. She has participated in local and international exhibitions and has completed artist residencies at the Spanish Academy in Rome and the A. M. Qattan Foundation.

Until We Return, Huss AC, 11 min, Egypt/Scotland (2025)

Audio: English
Subitles: English

Until We Return drifts between memory and dream, moving from the flicker of a sixth birthday on VHS to the final unknowing farewell of a vanished home. Unfolding like a passage along the Nile, through dreamlike currents of Cairo where memory and presence blur, part vision, part yearning, part possibility. Upon its waters, a fragile utopia awakens, a world where separation never came to be, where return is still within reach, and the home once lost flows back into being.

Huss is an Arab multidisciplinary artist, performer, filmmaker, and film programmer based in Glasgow. His work explores queerness, memory, and exile, weaving personal and political narratives that confront displacement, censorship, and survival. Moving across film, performance, installation, and sound, his practice creates space for fragmented histories and silenced voices, challenging dominant narratives around Arab and diasporic experience.

We Will Haunt Your Archive, R.R., 10 min, United States (2026)

Audio: English
Subitles: None

December 2, 2023. A queer protest erupts in San Francisco in solidarity with Palestine.The film situates this action within the longer history of ACT UP’s activism during the AIDS crisis. It explores glitch as a radical feminist tactic for resisting contemporary regimes of surveillance and silencing.

R.R. is a filmmaker, scholar, and multimedia journalist. He has worked as a journalist for international publications such as The Los Angeles Times and broadcast outlets including CNN and Al Jazeera Documentary Channel. His award-winning films have screened at international film festivals and venues such as IDFA, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley.

Sorry, John Greyson, 7 min, Canada (2024)

Audio: English
Subitles: English

A portrait of three young women: Luna Alyaan, a young Gaza violinist, killed by an Elbit drone; Eden Golan, a Zionist singer who represented Israel at 2024’s Eurovision in Malmo; and Greta Thunberg, who lead protests at Eurovision that year. A dark satire of Israel’s weaponization of song for hasbara (propaganda) purposes, Sorry uses humour and pop culture to create a mash-up agit-prop in support of the ongoing Eurovision boycott and the Dump Elbit campaign. (Inspired by Toronto Palestine Film Festival’s Gaza Lives tribute to artists lost in the genocide).

John Greyson is an award-winning queer Toronto video/film artist, whose features, shorts and transmedia works include: Unauthorized Amplification Devices (2026), Gauze (2025), Door Prize (2025), Death Mask (2024), Photo Booth (2023), International Dawn Chorus Day (2020), Mercurial (2018), Gazonto (2016), Murder in Passing (2013), Fig Trees (2009), Proteus (2003), Lilies (1996), Zero Patience (1993), The Making of Monsters (1991) and Urinal (1989).

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/queer-cinema-for-palestine-x-ventilator-cinema

Quarter Comma presents: "A Brave New World" release show

Vondelbunker, Friday, May 29 at 08:00 PM GMT+2

Quarter Comma presents:
“A Brave New World” release show

RAY LWT01 [live]
sara plusplus [live]
DJ Lis B2B drum song (dj)

29th of May
20:00 - 00:00
free entry, cash only
(donations for the artists)
Vondelbunker, Amsterdam

RAY LWT01 (a.k.a. DJKDZ) is a songwriter and sound artist currently based in Amsterdam. His project A Brave New World channels the unreachable into a skilfully orchestrated collection of grungy pop letters to the world. It’s fun and straight to the feels, it’s rich and yet you can navigate his project without losing sight on the horizon. A whirlpool of white noise and crushed voices might sound like a dark sky, but everything will be alright. Let the voices guide you through and the beat explode, not just one time, but the amount it will take to pierce the dark clouds.

sara plusplus

sara plusplus is an experimental electronic musician and producer. Her methods incorporate trial and error, cut-up techniques, improvisation and uses of pop-music structures such as melody hooks and sultry vocals, which occasionally unfold in more discordant forms. Making use of field and phone recordings, as well as disparate samples and electronics, the music relies heavily on building textures, looping, anchored at times by explicit rhythms, other times by free form. Drawing inspiration from many places, such as ASMR, soul, ambient, jazz and film music scores, her music has been described as sensual and raw, full of hypnagogic sounds. She interprets her music as playing a central role on (her) the body.

DJ Lis B2B drum song (dj)

The Amsterdam based friendship-duo will bring a selection of different music styles, all revolving around the low ends of the spectrum.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/quarter-comma-presents-brave-new-world-release-show

Quarter Comma presents: "A Brave New World" release show

Vondelbunker, Friday, May 29 at 08:00 PM GMT+2

Quarter Comma presents:
“A Brave New World” release show

RAY LWT01 [live]
sara plusplus [live]
DJ Lis B2B drum song (dj)

29th of May
20:00 - 00:00
free entry, cash only
(donations for the artists)
Vondelbunker, Amsterdam

RAY LWT01 (a.k.a. DJKDZ) is a songwriter and sound artist currently based in Amsterdam. His project A Brave New World channels the unreachable into a skilfully orchestrated collection of grungy pop letters to the world. It’s fun and straight to the feels, it’s rich and yet you can navigate his project without losing sight on the horizon. A whirlpool of white noise and crushed voices might sound like a dark sky, but everything will be alright. Let the voices guide you through and the beat explode, not just one time, but the amount it will take to pierce the dark clouds.

sara plusplus

sara plusplus is an experimental electronic musician and producer. Her methods incorporate trial and error, cut-up techniques, improvisation and uses of pop-music structures such as melody hooks and sultry vocals, which occasionally unfold in more discordant forms. Making use of field and phone recordings, as well as disparate samples and electronics, the music relies heavily on building textures, looping, anchored at times by explicit rhythms, other times by free form. Drawing inspiration from many places, such as ASMR, soul, ambient, jazz and film music scores, her music has been described as sensual and raw, full of hypnagogic sounds. She interprets her music as playing a central role on (her) the body.

DJ Lis B2B drum song (dj)

The Amsterdam based friendship-duo will bring a selection of different music styles, all revolving around the low ends of the spectrum.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/quarter-comma-presents-brave-new-world-release-show

Art & Noise event

Vondelbunker, Saturday, May 30 at 04:00 PM GMT+2

An Art and Noise event.

Starting at 16h and music starting at 18h.

Free entrance

Cash Only !

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/art-and-noise-event

disobedient art school OPEN GATHERING #4

OT301, Friday, May 29 at 04:30 PM GMT+2

Start your weekend with a disobedient brainstorm!

When: May 29th, 16:30–19:00 Where: OT301 Info & registration: .d.a.s. #4

We're excited to invite you to our next gathering on Artistic Disobedience, a space to imagine new stories about the future, together.

What we'll do:

This brainstorm will centre around the Intangible Commons, the things we share but can't touch.

Whose work goes unseen? Caregiving, emotional support, and imaginative work keep our communities alive, but these efforts are often ignored or undervalued. We'll look at why, and what changes when we put them at the center.

Who else is doing this work? It's not just humans. Forests, soils, rivers, and animals also do the quiet work of keeping life going. How do we include them in how we plan and build?

When "green" isn't really green. A lot of so-called eco-friendly development still wipes out the ecosystems already doing the work of sustaining life. We'll talk about what real care for a place looks like.

Who belongs to a place? We'll rethink what it means to be "from" somewhere and how plants, animals, and land are part of that belonging too.

We'll also do a hands-on exercise in public space, looking at the everyday images that shape what we believe is "normal" or possible, ending with a discussion on how the crisis of imagination keeps things stuck the way they are and which stories maintain this status quo.

The Ideas gathered in these meetings will shape our next publication and continually inform the shaping of the disobedient art school as a collaborative project.

Bring your creativity and some snacks.

Warmly,

.d.a.s. team

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/disobedient-art-school-open-gathering-4

y.e.a.r.n. for music videos

OT301, Thursday, May 28 at 07:30 PM GMT+2

Do you love watching music videos for hours in a row with your friends? Do you long for the days as a child when you would discover new music on MTV? Do you crave to be fully immersed in music not only sonically but through a visual story that invites you into an artist’s world, expanding on everything their music makes you feel and making it more intense?

Then fear not, because we are hosting our very first edition of ‘y.e.a.r.n. for music videos’ where we will bring four local bands to screen and celebrate their music videos and bring you into the process of their creation. So much goes into the making of these music videos and there is often a team of very passionate people bringing them to life. We want to give these people and projects the attention they deserve and have a proper celebration around them, showing these music videos on the big screen and inviting the bands and creators to talk about their vision and experience with bringing their sonic world to life.
In y.e.a.r.n. fashion, we will deep dive into their art and journey. The night will include a moderated Q&A with each band and their MV directors, where all mysteries can be unveiled. We’ve also asked bands to bring in music videos they are obsessed with and that inspired their vision.
We want to bring all music lovers together for a night of appreciation of this artform and have an evening of music discovery through a sonic and visual experience.
This first edition will feature the bands:
Prom Vagabonds
Modern Figure
L’orne
Fellatio

Doors open at 19:30 hrs
Event starts at 20:00 hrs

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/yearn-for-music-videos

Whoring Art book launch

OT301, Thursday, May 21 at 07:00 PM GMT+2

Book launch of Whoring Art: A Red Light Anthology, with pole dancing performances, readings, music, drinks and books!
Doors open at 19:00, program starts 19:30. Full program will be announced shortly!
About the book:

What happens when sex workers are in charge of their own image, labor laws, work places, and community spaces?
Sex work everywhere is facing erasure from public life. In Amsterdam’s Red Light District, the combined forces of gentrification, repression, hetero-cis sexism, and stigma are threatening its future. But sex workers have risen up, reclaiming the unconstrained genius and militancy of whores as the key to social transformation.
This book brings together the voices of sex workers, queer and trans cultural workers, and Amsterdam’s squatting movement, to offer a radical vision of whoring liberated. Whoring Art: A Red Light Anthology is an abundant reimagination of sex work in the city.
With a kinky vinyl cover, and containing over 30 contributions and dozens of pictures, the book is edited by Mercy St. J, Adanya Dunn and Anna Torres – the former HXSSY collective – and published by Spookstad. Part of the proceeds will go to sex work related projects in Amsterdam and abroad!

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/whoring-art-book-launch

Whoring Art book launch

OT301, Thursday, May 21 at 07:00 PM GMT+2

Book launch of Whoring Art: A Red Light Anthology, with pole dancing performances, readings, music, drinks and books!
Doors open at 19:00, program starts 19:30. Full program will be announced shortly!
About the book:

What happens when sex workers are in charge of their own image, labor laws, work places, and community spaces?
Sex work everywhere is facing erasure from public life. In Amsterdam’s Red Light District, the combined forces of gentrification, repression, hetero-cis sexism, and stigma are threatening its future. But sex workers have risen up, reclaiming the unconstrained genius and militancy of whores as the key to social transformation.
This book brings together the voices of sex workers, queer and trans cultural workers, and Amsterdam’s squatting movement, to offer a radical vision of whoring liberated. Whoring Art: A Red Light Anthology is an abundant reimagination of sex work in the city.
With a kinky vinyl cover, and containing over 30 contributions and dozens of pictures, the book is edited by Mercy St. J, Adanya Dunn and Anna Torres – the former HXSSY collective – and published by Spookstad. Part of the proceeds will go to sex work related projects in Amsterdam and abroad!

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/whoring-art-book-launch

They said yes!

OT301, Friday, June 12 at 08:00 PM GMT+2

You are invited to the wedding of friendship, celebrating kinship and deviant love. A collective commitment of all of us who decide to trust, share, organize and resist together. Join us and say YES to protect our community legally, economically, politically and commit to care about each other. An evening full of performances, b2b DJ’s and tender dancing.

Building a House Without Bricks is a public program and exhibition which seeks to cultivate methods of collective organising in times of crisis, with perspectives on hosting as shared responsibility, care as infrastructure, and resources as something to be held in common.
damdam is a constellation of collectives engaged in translocal exchanges of knowledge and resources, using art institutions as a platform to learn from and support each other.

What to wear:
you’re getting married, you have to outshine everyone !

Free tickets
If you would like a free community ticket, please message us on Instagram @damdamist."
All proceeds go to MiGreat, help us to abolish borders !

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/they-said-yes

Rapid Eye Movement (R.E.M.)

OT301, Thursday, June 11 at 07:30 PM GMT+2

Rapid eye movement happens when you’re asleep, but not this specific night. 4 Electronic acts are presenting their fast-paced, mind-blowing , fragmented music. From IDM to drum&bass to techno. Not only are they here to make your eyes move, but hopefully the rest of the body naturally moves along!

Opening time
Doors 19:30 hrs
Start of event 20:00 hrs

Artists:
Finn Clarke is an electronic music producer based in Rotterdam. From his studio he produces experimental electronic music influenced by IDM and pop. His work is characterized by a combination of minimal, dry sound design, organic field recordings, glitch-like rhythms, and vocals that often add a pop-oriented accessibility to otherwise abstract productions. In his work, he draws inspiration from other producers such as Flume, EDEN, Villager, and Blawan.
Insta
Filler Episode is a new project by Vince Railaf Zuñiga. (frogs. , Black Baby Tiger).
Vince always had the weirdest and outspoken dreams, as if they were trying to tell her something. She decided to translate these into sound and the silence turned into noise. This new project fills empty spaces with drum breaks, melodic industrial soundscapes and harmonious vocals, taking you by the hand into a beautiful nightmare.
Insta
MLHA is a producer and vocalist who creates dreamy and dance-driven worlds. Melancholic sounds en melodies build a space that is introspective and inviting at the same time. MLHA means ‘fog’ in Czech and with ambient textures and layered drops she draws you into her own world of sound.
Insta // Linktree
TRIFEKT IS A UTRECHT-BASED ELECTRONIC MUSIC PRODUCER SPECIALIZING IN CINEMATIC DRUM & BASS. HIS SOUND BLENDS DRAMATIC, FILM INSPIRED ELEMENTS WITH HEAVY BASSLINES AND FAST DRUMS TO CREATE AN EMOTIONALLY INTENSE EXPERIENCE. MERGING OPPOSITES AND FINDING BALANCE BETWEEN EMOTIONS IS THE DRIVING FORCE OF HIS CREATIVITY. HE BELIEVES SOME FEELINGS IN MUSIC REQUIRE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF AGGRESSION TO BE FULLY EXPRESSED. TRIFEKT BRINGS THAT ENERGY TO THE DANCEFLOOR, TAKING HIS AUDIENCE ON A CINEMATIC JOURNEY.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/rapid-eye-movement-rem

Rapid Eye Movement (R.E.M.)

OT301, Thursday, June 11 at 07:30 PM GMT+2

Rapid eye movement happens when you’re asleep, but not this specific night. 4 Electronic acts are presenting their fast-paced, mind-blowing , fragmented music. From IDM to drum&bass to techno. Not only are they here to make your eyes move, but hopefully the rest of the body naturally moves along!

Opening time
Doors 19:30 hrs
Start of event 20:00 hrs

Artists:
Finn Clarke is an electronic music producer based in Rotterdam. From his studio he produces experimental electronic music influenced by IDM and pop. His work is characterized by a combination of minimal, dry sound design, organic field recordings, glitch-like rhythms, and vocals that often add a pop-oriented accessibility to otherwise abstract productions. In his work, he draws inspiration from other producers such as Flume, EDEN, Villager, and Blawan.
Insta
Filler Episode is a new project by Vince Railaf Zuñiga. (frogs. , Black Baby Tiger).
Vince always had the weirdest and outspoken dreams, as if they were trying to tell her something. She decided to translate these into sound and the silence turned into noise. This new project fills empty spaces with drum breaks, melodic industrial soundscapes and harmonious vocals, taking you by the hand into a beautiful nightmare.
Insta
MLHA is a producer and vocalist who creates dreamy and dance-driven worlds. Melancholic sounds en melodies build a space that is introspective and inviting at the same time. MLHA means ‘fog’ in Czech and with ambient textures and layered drops she draws you into her own world of sound.
Insta // Linktree
TRIFEKT IS A UTRECHT-BASED ELECTRONIC MUSIC PRODUCER SPECIALIZING IN CINEMATIC DRUM & BASS. HIS SOUND BLENDS DRAMATIC, FILM INSPIRED ELEMENTS WITH HEAVY BASSLINES AND FAST DRUMS TO CREATE AN EMOTIONALLY INTENSE EXPERIENCE. MERGING OPPOSITES AND FINDING BALANCE BETWEEN EMOTIONS IS THE DRIVING FORCE OF HIS CREATIVITY. HE BELIEVES SOME FEELINGS IN MUSIC REQUIRE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF AGGRESSION TO BE FULLY EXPRESSED. TRIFEKT BRINGS THAT ENERGY TO THE DANCEFLOOR, TAKING HIS AUDIENCE ON A CINEMATIC JOURNEY.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/rapid-eye-movement-rem

Opening expositie Judith Pertz

OT301, Friday, June 5 at 06:30 PM GMT+2

Je bent welkom bij de fototentoonstelling van Judith Pertz 5 tot en met 28 juni 2026.

Foto's uit de series:

Verbinding/Groei/Ontbinding,

Ons Leven, een Schaduw in de Eeuwigheid,

Gedichten en Ver(beeld)ing en

Groe(n)ten van Judith

Muziek uit cd's van Judith met DJ Kai als redacteur.

Het boekje (in 3 talen) van Judith "Gedichten en Ver(beeld)ing / Imagination/Awareness / Poemas y Imágenes" is te koop of bestellen (€12,50). Foto's te koop (variabele prijzen).

Gratis entree, zaal open vanaf 18.30.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/opening-expositie-judith-pertz

Mohammed & Paul – Once Upon a Time in Tangier

OT301, Sunday, May 17 at 07:00 PM GMT+2

Film: Mohammed & Paul – Once Upon a Time in Tangier
With director Nordin Lasfar
Q&A moderated by Nihal Rabbani

Muhammed Mrabet is perhaps the only illiterate man in the world with fourteen books to his name. A master storyteller and one of the last representatives of the centuries-old Moroccan oral tradition of hikayat, Mrabet became the muse of the renowned American writer Paul Bowles during the second half of the twentieth century.

Bowles recorded Mrabet’s oral stories and translated them into English while living in Tangier, Morocco — a city that attracted many writers and artists associated with the Beat Generation. Tangier in this period became known for its atmosphere of creative freedom and experimentation. Yet this cultural openness also existed alongside colonial power structures, economic inequality, and racism, shaping the complex and sometimes uncomfortable relationship between Bowles and Mrabet.

Today, Mrabet lives a quiet and isolated life in a small alley in Tangier, often expressing bitterness toward those who, in his view, benefited from his stories without acknowledging their origins. Through his voice, we encounter an often unheard local perspective on a mythologized historical period. Now in his eighties, Mrabet reflects on his life and storytelling practice, weaving together fantasy and reality. The film combines archival recordings of his stories on cassette tapes with poetic and magical-realist imagery — including AI-generated scenes such as a giant fish and a watermelon containing a palace.

Director Nordin Lasfar grew up in the Netherlands in a household without books, as the child of illiterate immigrants. Literature became a gateway to another world for him, and his fascination with the work of Bowles eventually led him to the stories of Mrabet. In this documentary, Lasfar explores the complicated friendship between the two men while reflecting on authorship, translation, and cultural power.

The film connects to an ongoing contemporary debate: Who has the authority to tell a story, and under what conditions? Through Mrabet’s voice, the documentary revisits questions of representation, colonial history, and the politics of storytelling.

After the screening, the audience is invited to stay for a Q&A conversation with director Nordin Lasfar, moderated by Nihal Rabbani, exploring the film’s themes of storytelling, cultural ownership, and decolonial perspectives.

About the moderator:
Nihal Rabbani is a community curator, food activist and Founding Director of the Palestinian Film Festival Amsterdam (PFFA). She recently launched Culture Palestine, a project focused on amplifying artistic, culinary and conversational events initiated by the PFFA, with the aim of expanding their significance beyond Palestinian cinema.

Program

19:00 – Doors open
19:30 – Film screening
20:15 – Q&A with the director
21:00 – Drinks & informal conversation at the bar

https://youtu.be/RWEyjnWpWK4

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/mohammed-and-paul-once-upon-a-time-in-tangier

Mohammed & Paul – Once Upon a Time in Tangier

OT301, Sunday, May 17 at 07:00 PM GMT+2

Film: Mohammed & Paul – Once Upon a Time in Tangier
With director Nordin Lasfar
Q&A moderated by Nihal Rabbani

Muhammed Mrabet is perhaps the only illiterate man in the world with fourteen books to his name. A master storyteller and one of the last representatives of the centuries-old Moroccan oral tradition of hikayat, Mrabet became the muse of the renowned American writer Paul Bowles during the second half of the twentieth century.

Bowles recorded Mrabet’s oral stories and translated them into English while living in Tangier, Morocco — a city that attracted many writers and artists associated with the Beat Generation. Tangier in this period became known for its atmosphere of creative freedom and experimentation. Yet this cultural openness also existed alongside colonial power structures, economic inequality, and racism, shaping the complex and sometimes uncomfortable relationship between Bowles and Mrabet.

Today, Mrabet lives a quiet and isolated life in a small alley in Tangier, often expressing bitterness toward those who, in his view, benefited from his stories without acknowledging their origins. Through his voice, we encounter an often unheard local perspective on a mythologized historical period. Now in his eighties, Mrabet reflects on his life and storytelling practice, weaving together fantasy and reality. The film combines archival recordings of his stories on cassette tapes with poetic and magical-realist imagery — including AI-generated scenes such as a giant fish and a watermelon containing a palace.

Director Nordin Lasfar grew up in the Netherlands in a household without books, as the child of illiterate immigrants. Literature became a gateway to another world for him, and his fascination with the work of Bowles eventually led him to the stories of Mrabet. In this documentary, Lasfar explores the complicated friendship between the two men while reflecting on authorship, translation, and cultural power.

The film connects to an ongoing contemporary debate: Who has the authority to tell a story, and under what conditions? Through Mrabet’s voice, the documentary revisits questions of representation, colonial history, and the politics of storytelling.

After the screening, the audience is invited to stay for a Q&A conversation with director Nordin Lasfar, moderated by Nihal Rabbani, exploring the film’s themes of storytelling, cultural ownership, and decolonial perspectives.

About the moderator:
Nihal Rabbani is a community curator, food activist and Founding Director of the Palestinian Film Festival Amsterdam (PFFA). She recently launched Culture Palestine, a project focused on amplifying artistic, culinary and conversational events initiated by the PFFA, with the aim of expanding their significance beyond Palestinian cinema.

Program

19:00 – Doors open
19:30 – Film screening
20:15 – Q&A with the director
21:00 – Drinks & informal conversation at the bar

https://youtu.be/RWEyjnWpWK4

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/mohammed-and-paul-once-upon-a-time-in-tangier

MOVEMENT AS CINEMA Vol. 1

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

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

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/movement-as-cinema-vol-1

MASSIEF

OT301, Saturday, June 13 at 09:00 PM GMT+2

MASSIEF
We are a community based event, driven by a passion and connection to Bass Freak-wincy and Breakbeat Culture. MASSIEF strives to provide a platform for Artists, Deejays and Creatives to explore their sound and make their own contribution to Breakbeat and Underground Bass Music culture. Over the past couple of years, our concept has been hosted on Echobox.radio and a string of venues around Amsterdam, most notably; Noordspace, De Hintergarten and Bar Dancing Multipla, where MASSIEF has showcased a range of local artists, who encompass Bass and Breakbeat Culture in their own unique way.

Featuring:

Pugilist
Alex Dickson aka Pugilist Headlines MASSEIF as part of his 2026 European Tour. Based in Naarm (Melbourne, Australia) The Deejay, Producer and Rinse FM resident has been building an impressive catalog of releases and collaborations on a long list of top notch labels including Samurai Music,Tempo Core, Wave Forms, Tempa Records, Artikal, Trule, Rinse, 3024, Modern Hypnosis, Rupture, Temple of Sound, Shall Not Fade, Nous Klaer, Banofee Pies Records and many many more, as well as his own imprint; Ruff Kutz. Known for his genre melting sets and effortless navigation of more standardised forms of Bass Music, Techno/House and Breaks, up to Dubstep, Jungle and Drum and Bass. Pugilist's versatility behind the one's and two's and in the studio is truly unmatched, often littering unreleased dubs and recordings though out his DeeJay sets, satisfying the heads and the dance while constantly bewildering the Shazam Massive.
Soundcloud // Bandcamp // Insta

INA
Growing up in Berlin, INA was drawn to music and nightlife from a young age – but it was years of living in Sheffield and Manchester that ignited her love for bass music and UK sounds. As a DJ, she’s paved her way from playing underground parties in Amsterdam to stepping into the booth at festivals like Wildeburg (NL) and Sounds From The Other City (UK), as well as club nights in London, Paris and Barcelona. With over a decade of radio experience, INA is a resident and programmer at Amsterdam’s Radio Radio FM and holds a residency at Manchester’s Reform Radio. In 2025, INA developed and taught the first-ever RRFM Academy Beginners DJ course – creating a safe space for 12 women to learn to DJ and kickstart their own music careers. As a vocalist, INA has contributed to Hidden Sphere’s ‘Tanzen’ release on Rhythm Section International (2023), Harvey Coutoure’s ‘Les Portes De La Perception’ (Leng Records) and the following LP ‘Scellé En Cristal’. She also featured on Approach Release’s latest Drum Chums EP on the Talking Drums imprint (Manchester, UK).
Resident Advisor // Soundcloud // Insta

LNR
LNR (she/they) is a UK-born, Amsterdam-based DJ and writer. Inspired by a collective dialogue between their journalistic research surrounding dance music history and obsession with collecting old school vinyl, LNR translates pen to wax by creating journeys centred around fluid iterations of sound system culture. Their sound channels refractions of music along the hardcore and psychedelic spectrums, integrating technological rawness with dissociative coils. LNR sculpts journeys of twisted and unsettling energy, excavating obscure records across tekno, jungle, drum n bass, trance, acid, dub and beyond. Their expansive knowledge of this musical lineage connects the dots between past and present - maintaining subcultural integrity whilst injecting a contemporary rhythmic form. LNR plays in the shadows, frequenting at Amsterdam’s Garage Noord, and free party collective V23 in
Belgium. From the darkest crevices of free parties held on industrial sites, to the beating pulse of club dance floors like Horst Club, Raum, Ormside Projects, and Strange Brew, LNR is firmly rooted in the rave, and the club. They have performed alongside 90s legends such as Spiral Tribe’s 69db, Eat Static, Patrick Russell, Felix K, μ-Ziq, and Scion, as well as contemporary mavericks Objekt, Woody92, Konduku, and Wata Igarashi. They are the author of Biodegradable Soundsystem, a series of essays, features, and interviews navigating microclimates of old school dance music culture within the sphere of free parties, raves, club culture, and experimental sonics.
Soundcloud // Insta

Gemma Maree
From the bass-heavy landscapes of Aotearoa to the underground booths of Amsterdam, Gemma Maree is a navigator of the deep. Her sound bridges the gap between deep dubs and forward-thinking bass music. Together weighted dubs and intricate bass lines that demand to be felt as much as heard. Unbound by rigid genres, Gemma allows her energy, intermixed with the reciprocal space to dictate the pace, creating a curious environment where thought-provoking melodies meet the primal force of the sub-woofer. Most recently, with Son of Sesh she is co-curating MASSIEF, our community focused on bass driven subculture. She has leant into the sub-heavy, listening space dubs at Club RAUM for Interfering Grounds, as well as channeling the dub techno grit of Garage Noord, for the collective; Peel, Gemma’s selections remain collective and specific to the mood and subculture at the forefront of the night.
Soundcloud // Insta

Son of Sesh
Son of Sesh is the moniker of Amsterdam via Aotearoa based Producer and DeeJay Sean Miers who has been heavily involved in Dance Music and Club culture since his early days in the booth at Radioactive.fm on his fathers weekly show ‘The Session’ in the early 2010’s. Since moving to Amsterdam in 2019 Son of Sesh has built on experience gained on in the Aotearoa scene as well as his time in Japan between 2014 and 2016 appearing along side acts such as Carl Craig, Ansome, Headless Horseman, DJ Pierre & Submerse just to name a few, throwing down sets across the Dutch capital. Sean has been a resident on Echobox.radio since its launch in 2021, curating and hosting the SURFACE Show, promoting electronic music from Asia and the Pacific and holding intimate evenings at Bar Theo. In 2024 Sean founded MASSIEF, hosting a string of bass and break-centric events in Amsterdam at venues such as Noord Space, Bar Dancing Multipla and De Hintergarten.
Soundcloud // Bandcamp // Insta // Echobox.radio Surface Show

Déandrah (VJ)
The visuals that Déandrah presents are an investigation of the subconscious and the unconscious derived from fiction and real world matters. This revelatory ethos comes from how sound and vision are integrated through media, both mainstream and not, in order to manipulate the emotions and the perceptions of the viewer. Déandrah exhibits their creativity by amalgamating images, concepts of initiation, the banal with the strange, the obvious with the obscure, to seek new avenues of exploration and to short-circuit the training the brain has already had to be accepting without thought. Their aim is to parody all that was, is and will be right and wrong with the world, respective to the individual's morality. A mix of pop culture indoctrination, pain and suffering, hopes and dreams, fierce confrontations and wide-open confessional blurs to expose to the viewer as they feel bewitched and vulnerable at their core.
Soundcloud // Bandcamp // Insta
Tickets:
Early bird: €10
Normal presale: €11
Door: €12

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/massief

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Wednesday, June 17 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Lunch! On the weekly changing menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything but your own food and drink (it's a café after all). Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-49

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Wednesday, June 17 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Lunch! On the weekly changing menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything but your own food and drink (it's a café after all). Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-49

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Wednesday, June 24 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Lunch! On the weekly changing menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything but your own food and drink (it's a café after all). Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-48

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Wednesday, June 24 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Lunch! On the weekly changing menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything but your own food and drink (it's a café after all). Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-48

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Wednesday, June 10 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Lunch! On the weekly changing menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything but your own food and drink (it's a café after all). Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-47

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Wednesday, June 10 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Lunch! On the weekly changing menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything but your own food and drink (it's a café after all). Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-47

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Wednesday, June 3 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Lunch! On the weekly changing menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything but your own food and drink (it's a café after all). Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-46

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Wednesday, June 3 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Lunch! On the weekly changing menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything but your own food and drink (it's a café after all). Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-46

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Wednesday, May 27 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Lunch! On the weekly changing menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything but your own food and drink (it's a café after all). Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-32

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Wednesday, May 27 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Lunch! On the weekly changing menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything but your own food and drink (it's a café after all). Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-32

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Wednesday, May 20 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Lunch! On the weekly changing menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything but your own food and drink (it's a café after all). Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-31

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Thursday, June 25 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Lunch! On the weekly changing menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything but your own food and drink (it's a café after all). Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-45

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Thursday, June 18 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Lunch! On the weekly changing menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything but your own food and drink (it's a café after all). Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-44

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Thursday, June 11 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Lunch! On the weekly changing menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything but your own food and drink (it's a café after all). Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-43

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Thursday, June 4 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Lunch! On the weekly changing menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything but your own food and drink (it's a café after all). Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-42

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Thursday, May 28 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Lunch! On the weekly changing menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything but your own food and drink (it's a café after all). Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-17

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Thursday, May 21 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Lunch! On the weekly changing menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything but your own food and drink (it's a café after all). Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-16

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Tuesday, June 30 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Lunch! On the weekly changing menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything but your own food and drink (it's a café after all). Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-41

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Tuesday, June 23 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Lunch! On the weekly changing menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything but your own food and drink (it's a café after all). Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-40

Lunch at Café Gilde

OT301, Tuesday, June 16 at 12:00 PM GMT+2

Lunch! On the weekly changing menu there's always a sandwich, a soup, and a special at a lower price and better quality than just about anywhere in Amsterdam!

Café Gilde has a homely, relaxing atmosphere at lunchtime, with music you wouldn't likely hear anywhere else, interesting and often unusual food and drink, art on display, and of course een gezellige gastheer.

Come with your weirdo mates, your dog (on the lead), your laptop, your kids, your art project, your pet brick, anything but your own food and drink (it's a café after all). Feel free to sit all afternoon with your work, feel free to chat to anyone and no one, feel free to buy an espresso and dip straight back out. We've got board games, a PS4, books, magazines, a USB-C cable - the lot. Come if you're transgender, come if you're autistic, come if you're disabled, come if you're none of the above; all are welcome except fascists. I mean it.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/lunch-at-cafe-gilde-39

Leiden Shorts x Ventilator Cinema

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

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

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/leiden-shorts-x-ventilator-cinema

Introduction to Bookbinding #2: Single sheet Binding

OT301, Monday, May 18 at 06:30 PM GMT+2

Workshops at 4bid are a great way to get a first-hand introduction to the art of bookbinding and printmaking. All of our workshops are taught by practicing artists and craftspeople, in an open and friendly atmosphere. Absolute beginners are more than welcome, and tea and chat is included!
Bookbinding Workshops:
-1.Introduction to Bookbinding, Pamphlets; Stab Bindings; Concertinas
-2.Single sheet Binding
-3.Exposed Back Binding

-4.coptic binding
DESCRIPTION Suitable for complete beginners. During this workshop participants will learn how to fold and manipulate, and will learn three versatile book structures – the pamphlet, the concertina, and the Japanese stab binding – which can be used to present work, to personalise and give as gifts, or as the basis for artists’ books.
On completion of the workshop students will leave with a set of their own books and the skills to make more at home using minimal equipment. Introduction to Bookbinding 1 is the first in a three-part series of introductory bookbinding workshops at 4bid.
You are encouraged, but not required, to take all 4 workshops in order. Participants to Introduction to Bookbinding 2 will benefit from techniques learned in '1,' and likewise participants to '3' will benefit from techniques learned in '2.' For a complete beginner, taking all three workshops in order will give you a good foundation in bookbinding.
Price: donation between 25 and 35 euro - concessions available-

https://www.meetup.com/Amsterdam-printmakin-bookbinding-meetup/events/268304491/
RSVP to reserve a place

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/introduction-to-bookbinding-2-single-sheet-binding

Graveyard

OT301, Saturday, June 6 at 10:00 PM GMT+2

Artists:

ÆSTR
ÆSTR is a Lyon-based Producer and DJ, crafting immersive sound rituals where Hypnotic techno meets Industrial beats, and raw textures. Inspired by quantum mechanics, science-fiction and spirituality, her sets are designed to dissolve the ego. Transporting audiences into altered states and new timelines.
Since 2010, ÆSTR has been performing and shaping her hybrid sonic identity. With roots as a fusion dancer and musician a.k.a Yshar, she has performed across the globe from New York to Barcelona, London and more.
ÆSTR played alongside renowned artists such as Ancient Methods, Crystal Geometry, The Hacker, Mind | Matter, L.F.T and performed B2B with Alpha Sect.
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New Flesh
New Flesh co Runs Impulse Control and has had releases on the likes of Omen Recordings, Scuderia, Beat Concern and Still Distant Records.
Their output as a producer and DJ works to combine a background in Hardcore, Noise and Metal, touching on EBM, Bass, Deconstructed Club and Electro. This brings a wide range of sounds focussed more towards texture and mood than any single genre or style.
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Entrp
Entrp is a techno and industrial techno producer and DJ based in Amsterdam and born in Greece.
Her debut as dj happened in Amsterdam and her style is going from ebb to industrial and techno.
With a focus on blending the poetic and the raw and drawing on influences from industrial and other experimental sounds, Entrp’s music is a journey through the darker side of techno. Her tracks have been released on respected labels such as OSM Tapes and Public Sex Regime.
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Isaac Newtune
Irish native/ utrecht local, Isaac melds esoteric rhythms with haunting ambience in the hopes of making you move. Expect sludgy heaters, mutant beats and lots of noise. Isaac's residency at (G)raveyard sees him dishing out high energy sets of ebm, industrial, and some cheeky electro.
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Dissonvnt
Dissonvnt moves within the darker edges of the goth scene, where atmosphere meets weight and rhythm turns physical. As the founder of Graveyard his sets draw from EBM TBM and Industrial techno hereby blending club energy with the shadowed spirit of goth. Immersive, driving, and rooted in the underground.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/graveyard-3

Decolonizing Minds – The Blida-Joinville Chronicles (Fanon, 1953–56)

OT301, Friday, May 29 at 07:00 PM GMT+2

Decolonizing Minds is a film screening and discussion series at Ventilator Cinema exploring colonial history, resistance, and identity through Indigenous and diasporic cinema.

This forth edition of Decolonizing Minds— is the first feature film about Frantz Fanon, the revolutionary psychiatrist, writer, and anti-colonial thinker whose ideas reshaped our understanding of race, psychology, and liberation.

The film sheds light on the lasting consequences of colonization in North Africa, particularly in Algeria, where colonial oppression and violence have left deep marks on both society and the individual psyche.

The Film
True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956

Synopsis
1953, Algeria under French colonial rule. Dr. Frantz Fanon, a young Black psychiatrist newly appointed to the Blida-Joinville Hospital, begins to apply his radical ideas of institutional psychotherapy in defiance of the racist doctrines of colonial psychiatry.

As the Algerian War of Independence erupts, Fanon’s psychiatric ward becomes a battleground for the minds of both colonized and colonizer. The film reveals how colonization infiltrated every aspect of life — from the clinic to the collective consciousness — and how Fanon’s revolutionary ideas emerged in response.

Shot in the hospital that now bears Fanon’s name, director Abdenour Zahzah blurs the boundaries between fiction and documentary, combining professional actors with real doctors, nurses, and even Fanon’s son, Olivier Fanon. The result is, in Zahzah’s words, “a representation of a living memory” — restoring Fanon’s presence in a place where medicine, politics, and liberation once converged.

About the Director

Abdenour Zahzah is an Algerian screenwriter and filmmaker, and former director of the Blida Cinémathèque (1998–2003). His previous works include Frantz Fanon, mémoire d’asile (2002) and the award-winning short Garagouz. With Decolonizing Minds (2024), Zahzah makes his feature fiction debut — a bold cinematic portrait of Fanon’s transformative years in Algeria.

Post-Screening Talk

Khadija al Mourabit — Dutch philosopher, writer, and poet of Amazigh-Moroccan descent — will host a post-screening discussion. Her work explores identity, migration, and the psychological legacy of colonialism. She will reflect on Fanon’s ideas and the enduring impact of colonization in North Africa today. with Amina Zidane an Algerian American biochemistrs

Amina Zidane - Born in Algiers Emigrated to Boston MASS, Graduate of Boston University and Brown I am a Biomedical Engineer and a Neuroscientist persuing a Phd.

Program

19:00 Doors open
19:30 - 21:00 Film screening
21:00 - 21:30 Talk & discussion with Amina Zidane & Khadija al Mourabit
21:30 Drinks at the bar

More info about the film: CLICK HERE

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/decolonizing-minds-the-blida-joinville-chronicles-fanon-195356

Between Women Filmmakers Caravan.

OT301, Saturday, May 23 at 05:30 PM GMT+2

Ventilator Cinema is bringing you a selection of unique short documentary films made by Egyptian filmmakers in collaboration with the Between Women Filmmakers Caravan.

Based in Cairo, the Between Women Filmmakers Caravan supports female filmmakers by providing them with the tools and knowledge necessary to develop their short films from scratch during their Creative Documentary Workshop. This event will screen some of the films produced over the workshop’s past cycles.

Each film explores a world of its own—from a grandmother’s secret and a love-hate relationship with the camera, to witnessing the ever-changing streets of Cairo and bidding farewell to a family home. Together, these films will transport you to an incredibly intimate and whimsical world as the filmmakers seek answers to unresolved questions, grapple with change, and navigate complicated relationships.

Join us on this special evening and stick around for a virtual Q&A with the directors afterwards!
All the films have English subtitles .

Film line-up:

1. My Grandmother’s Secret by Nourhan Abdel Salam (11 minutes)

2. I Love You, I Hate You by Aya Elmorsy (6 minutes)

3. Like Mother Like Daughter by Neda Hegazi (7 minutes)

4. Tableau by Ayam Refaat (5 minutes)

5. The Last Cowboy by Basma Sheren (10 minutes)

6. Mahshi Pot by Basma Ahmed (9 minutes)

7. As I Open My Eyes by Ghazzal Abdullah (8 minutes)

8. The Mother and the Bear by Yasmina El Kamaly (11 minutes)

17:30 – Doors open
18:00 – Screening starts
19:00 – Discussion with the directors

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/between-women-filmmakers-caravan

Book presentation “We are here”

OT301, Thursday, May 28 at 07:30 PM GMT+2

On the 28th of May Photographer Arne van Steenis will promote his Photo book “We are here”

About the book he says,
"As an ongoing project the book is composed bij photo’s of our crow neighbors that share our roof and balconies for over six years. Every day, they enrich our lives, and we enrich theirs by finding a deep connection in our daily encounters. I have captured the feeling of these encounters in images. As a viewer, you are invited to visit our neighbors and come face to face with this beautiful and wise animal. The book is enriched with portraits and compositions derived from them."

“We Are Here” will be published entirely in black, just like the crows themselves. The photographs are printed in black ink on deep black paper. This allows the crows to truly come to life when light moves across the pages—just like the sheen on their feathers.

A poem by Karlijn Groet, poet and singer, adds an extra layer to the experience.

From December 2024 to January 2025, several portraits were displayed on the art fence at Oosterpark in Amsterdam—the backyard of the crows’ territory, where the entire colony also resides.

In the AA newspaper of May 2025 the crows were part of an article focused on the colony currently living in the Oosterpark.

Partly through CROWdfunding supported by Voor de Kunst the book is finally there.

We welcome everyone to the book promotion at the Ventilator-bar at OT301 on the 28th of May at 19:30 to share our love for these black and blue fathered neighbors of our city.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/book-presentation-we-are-here

Book presentation “We are here”

OT301, Thursday, May 28 at 07:30 PM GMT+2

On the 28th of May Photographer Arne van Steenis will promote his Photo book “We are here”

About the book he says,
"As an ongoing project the book is composed bij photo’s of our crow neighbors that share our roof and balconies for over six years. Every day, they enrich our lives, and we enrich theirs by finding a deep connection in our daily encounters. I have captured the feeling of these encounters in images. As a viewer, you are invited to visit our neighbors and come face to face with this beautiful and wise animal. The book is enriched with portraits and compositions derived from them."

“We Are Here” will be published entirely in black, just like the crows themselves. The photographs are printed in black ink on deep black paper. This allows the crows to truly come to life when light moves across the pages—just like the sheen on their feathers.

A poem by Karlijn Groet, poet and singer, adds an extra layer to the experience.

From December 2024 to January 2025, several portraits were displayed on the art fence at Oosterpark in Amsterdam—the backyard of the crows’ territory, where the entire colony also resides.

In the AA newspaper of May 2025 the crows were part of an article focused on the colony currently living in the Oosterpark.

Partly through CROWdfunding supported by Voor de Kunst the book is finally there.

We welcome everyone to the book promotion at the Ventilator-bar at OT301 on the 28th of May at 19:30 to share our love for these black and blue fathered neighbors of our city.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/book-presentation-we-are-here

16mm Cult Movie Night

OT301, Thursday, July 2 at 07:30 PM GMT+2

On July 2, 16mm Cult Movie Night presents snarling engines, dark goggles, and high handlebars in...

THE LOSERS
aka HELL’S ANGELS IN VIETNAM

It’s ‘The Dirty Dozen’ on wheels! Five OUTLAW BIKERS are recruited as American Guerrillas to rescue a key U.S. advisor from behind Viet Cong lines. These super-tough civilians are on a suicide mission which leads up to a BLOOD-DRIPPING MASSACRE of a climax, as they roar through Vietnam, crushing everything in their path.

There is only ONE WAY to experience the madness of this motion picture, and that is in a MOVIE THEATER with your fellow Film Freaks, projected from scratched-up, sleazy 16mm CELLULOID. You have ONLY ONE CHANCE to do so: Thursday, July 2.

THE LOSERS
aka HELL’S ANGELS IN VIETNAM

The army gave them GUNS and a LICENSE TO KILL.

Is this film problematic? Well, yes, in almost every way. But it’s not called THE LOSERS for no reason. Come SEE IT, and we’ll DISCUSS IT. We love talking about movies!

SUPERB BIKER STUNTS!
JUNGLE TRAUMA!
The most SAVAGE FILM OF ALL TIME!!!

One Night Only — Thursday, July 2

Doors open: 19:30
Programme starts: 20:00

No digital cinema. Only 16mm.
The bar is OPEN before and after the screening.

https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/16mm-cult-movie-night-4