(auto-translated from Dutch Dutch)
Cineblend, the monthly evening of SAVAN (Dutch Foundation for Audiovisual Anthropology) with dinner, film, and debate, has the following theme on Tuesday, December 6:
SYRIA: FILMING ON THE EDGE
This evening marks the kick-off of the film program Critical Syrian Cinema: Roots of Revolution?, organized as part of the Dancing on the Edge Festival and in collaboration with Beeld voor Beeld (Netherlands), ProAction Film (Syria), and ArteEast (United States). The films by the grandmasters of Syrian cinema Omar Amiralay, Ossama Mohammed, and Mohammad Malas, which will be screened from December 7 to 17 at the Tropentheater and Rialto in Amsterdam, 't Hoogt in Utrecht, De Unie in Rotterdam, and Korzo in The Hague, can be considered harbingers of the mass uprisings in 2011 due to their critical analysis of the regime. One of the most striking features of this best-kept secret of Arab cinema is the artistry of these filmmakers to raise a critical voice within the borders of their country and state system.
Based on a number of excerpts, an international panel discusses the role of critical art and cinema in the Arab world, particularly in Syria. Prior to this, Eddy Appels and Natasja van 't Westende, the curators of Criticial Syrian Cinema: Roots of Revolution?, provide an exclusive preview of the films to be screened.
The guests are:
Ossama Mohammed: Syrian director and main guest of the film program. Neil van der Linden: programmer, curator, and writer. He will screen excerpts together with Adel Salem from Cinema Arabe. Charlotte Bank: researcher, writer, and curator from Berlin.
Soeterijn Café, Tropentheater
Linnaeusstraat 2 in Amsterdam
18:00-19:30 dinner at € 17.50 including a drink
(reservations required on 020 - 5688 500 or via [email protected])
19:30-22:00 program, free admission, no reservation required
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM drinks
For more information: www.savan.nl/cineblend, [email protected], 020 - 5688 520
See also: www.dancingontheedge.nl
Location
Linnaeusstraat 2, Amsterdam
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