New Perspectives

  • 22 September
  • 19:00
  • Cinema Kijkhuis
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A hypnotic essay film examining the arrival of the internet in the small Romanian town of Buhuși. How do the residents navigate the gap between polished online imaginaries and the post-industrial realities of everyday life?

Geo Barcan
Netherlands, Romania 2024 15' New Perspectives leff 2026
Shot from movie Surge of Transference by Geo Barcan

A reflection on how early 20th century industrialization and capitalist expansion increased the pressure on sponge divers on the Greek island of Kalymnos to push their bodies to the limit.

Esther van der Heijden
Netherlands 2026 13' New Perspectives leff 2026
Shot from movie The Dance of the Mechanic by Esther van der Heijden

A docu-fiction that explores the erasure of female history in the Uyghur region of China through a conversation between the director and Gülem, a forgotten goddess of carpet weaving.

Darya Andijan
Netherlands 2026 24' New Perspectives leff 2026
Shot from movie Do You Know That I'm With You by Darya Andijan

A two-channel investigation into the alternative geopolitical framework constructed by the self-regulatory governing body of international football, the highly disputed FIFA.

Lotte van Hulst
Netherlands 2025 12' New Perspectives leff 2026
Shot from movie FC TECTONICS: Football’s Strategic Play in the Territorialisation of Nation-State Sovereignty by Lotte van Hulst