“e” is for essay

19—22 September 2026

Cinema Kijkhuis & Museum De Lakenhal

In Order Not To Be Here

directed by Deborah Stratman (USA, 2002)

Do You Know That I'm With You

directed by Darya Andijan (Uyghur/Uzbek, The Netherlands, 2026)

Their Eyes

directed by Nicolas Gourault (France, 2025)

Do You Love Me

directed by Lana Daher (France / Lebanon / Germany / Qatar, 2025)

Haxan

directed by Benjamin Christensen (Sweden, Denmark, 1922)

Los Angeles Plays Itself

directed by Thom Andersen (USA, 2023)

Sherman’s March

directed by Ross McElwee (USA, 1985)

Being John Smith

directed by John Smith (United Kingdom, 2024)

Afternoon Hearsay

directed by Peng Zuqiang (China / United Kingdom / Italy, 2025)

City of Poets

directed by Sara Rajaei (The Netherlands, 2024)

Before Falling Seek the Assistance of Your Cane

directed by Rabih Mroué (Lebanon, 2022)

Welcome to Set

directed by Cyan Bae (The Netherlands, 2026)

Surge of Transference

directed by Geo Barcan (The Netherlands / Romania, 2024)

FC TECTONICS: Football’s Strategic Play in the Territorialisation of Nation-State Sovereignty

directed by Lotte van Hulst (The Netherlands, 2025)

What is the Scope of the Gulf Separating Us?

directed by Sarah-Rose Antoun (The Netherlands, 2025)

Afterlives

directed by Kevin B. Lee (Germany / France / Belgium, 2024)

Love-22-Love

directed by Jeroen Kooijmans (The Netherlands, 2025)