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WORM opens its doors once again to the strange, the unruly, and the defiantly independent. This time we’re diving into the world of filmmaker Uwe Boll; a name that sparks debate, devotion, outrage, and fascination in equal measure. And we’re doing it with a very special screening of RUN, a film that has never been released in the Netherlands. Consider this your chance to see a Boll title that has slipped through the cracks everywhere else.

To set the stage, Dani van Duin, who encountered Boll in the wild at Cutrecon in Madrid, will guide us through the director’s singular career. From notorious videogame adaptations to political tirades to his unexpected return to filmmaking, Boll has carved out a place in cinema that is entirely his own. Dani will map out the chaos, the craft, and the contradictions.

And because the Boll‑verse is never predictable, let’s just say there may be a little something from the man himself to kick things off. Even better: this screening is only the beginning- we won’t spoil it.

Join us for this rare chance to experience RUN on the big screen; unreleased, unfiltered, and unmistakably Boll.

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WORM opent opnieuw deuren naar het vreemde, het ontembare en het radicaal onafhankelijke. Dit keer duiken we in het universum van filmmaker Uwe Boll; een naam die evenveel discussie als fascinatie oproept. En dat doen we met een zeer bijzondere vertoning van RUN, een film die nog niet eerder in Nederland is uitgebracht. Dit is je kans om een Boll‑titel te zien die overal tussendoor is geglipt.

Voorafgaand aan de film neemt Dani van Duin het woord. Zij ontmoette Boll in levenden lijve tijdens Cutrecon in Madrid, en zal ons meenemen door zijn unieke carrière. Van beruchte videogameverfilmingen tot politieke uitbarstingen en zijn onverwachte terugkeer naar de filmwereld: Boll heeft een plek in de cinema veroverd die niemand anders durft te claimen. Dani schetst de chaos, de visie en de tegenstrijdigheden.

En omdat het Boll‑universum nooit voorspelbaar is, kunnen we alvast zeggen dat er misschien iets speciaals van de man zelf voorbij komt. Meer verklappen we niet- bereid je voor.

Kom naar deze zeldzame kans om RUN op het grote scherm te ervaren; onuitgebracht, ongefilterd en onmiskenbaar Boll

Cineville valid at the door and online the day of the screening!

In deze Off Screen twee recente parels die dit jaar in premiere gingen op het IFFR; bubble bubble van Vincent Boy Kars & Rutger Nijkamp en The Liminal Zone van Rutger Wolfson. Natuurlijk zijn alle filmmakers aanwezig en worden ditmaal bevraagd door onder anderen Fé Baan. Van harte welkom!

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bubble bubble, Vincent Boy Kars & Rutger Nijkamp, 57', 2026
Bubble bubble is zowel een documentaire als een uniek experiment over de ontwikkelen van kunst vanuit een minimale basisopstelling vanuit de vraag: wat gebeurt er als je kunstenaars uit dezelfde kunst discipline, maar met zeer verschillende achtergronden een aantal uur bij elkaar zet in een afgesloten ruimte?
Twee performancekunstenaars, twee musici en twee schilders: vormen, zonder elkaar ooit ontmoet te hebben en zonder voorbereiding, drie kunstenaarskoppels. Geplaatst in een ‘white cube gaan zij aan de slag, spelend met ideeën, tijd en elkaar, waarbij het levendig en creatief proces zichtbaar wordt.

Vincent Boy Kars heeft sinds zijn afstuderen aan de AKV St. Joost heeft naam gemaakt als documentairemaker die zich bezighoudt met identiteit, zelfbeeld en seksualiteit. Hij belicht deze thema’s vaak in de context van het digitale tijdperk. Kars wil het format van de documentaire uitdagen en ermee spelen, waarbij hij flirt met de grenzen tussen fictie en werkelijkheid.
Rutger Nijkamp studeerde in 2022 af aan de WdKa was cameo voor o.a. Mintfilm Regieassistent en conceptontwikkeling met filmmaker Vincent Boy Kars. Hij werkt hiernaast ook aan autonome projecten.

The Liminal Zone, Rutger Wolfson, 22’, 2026
The Liminal Zone volgt de existentiële reis van een man, gepijnigd door het visioen van een vrouw uit een vorig leven. Deze eerste zintuiglijke film van Rutger Wolfson neemt je mee naar een intrigerende futuristische schemerwereld waar realiteit en verbeelding niet te onderscheiden zijn, waarbij de fysieke en mentale toestand van de hoofdpersoon deel is van de bijna psychedelische setting. De korrelige zwart-witfilm, gefilmd door Richard van Oosterhout, de visuals van Telcosystems en de broeierige soundscapes van Hugo Dijkstal, maken het een film die onder je huid kruipt.

Rutger Wolfson heeft een achtergrond in de hedendaagse kunst; hij was curator bij Kunstinstituut Melly en later directeur van De Vleeshal. Van 2007 tot 2015 was hij directeur van het International Film Festival Rotterdam. Momenteel staat hij aan het hoofd van Debatpodium Arminius, een toonaangevend centrum voor publiek debat. The Liminal Zone (2026) is zijn debuut.

Cineville geldig aan de deur en online op de dag zelf!

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In this Off Screen, we present two recent gems that premiered at this year’s IFFR; bubble bubble by Vincent Boy Kars & Rutger Nijkamp, an The Liminal Zone by Rutger Wolfson. Of course, all the filmmakers will be in attendance and will be interviewed by Fé Baan, among others. You’re all welcome!

bubble bubble, Vincent Boy Kars & Rutger Nijkamp, 57', 2026
Bubble Bubble is both a documentary and a unique experiment exploring the creation of art from a minimalist starting point, based on the question: what happens when you bring together artists from the same artistic discipline but with very different backgrounds for a few hours in a closed space?
Two performance artists, two musicians, and two painters—without ever having met each other and without any preparation—form three artist duos. Placed in a “white cube,” they get to work, playing with ideas, time, and each other, revealing a lively and creative process.
Since graduating from the AKV St. Joost Academy, Vincent Boy Kars has made a name for himself as a documentary director who investigates identity, self-image and sexuality. He often examines these topics in the context of the digital age. Kars aims to challenge and play with the documentary film’s format, flirting with the borders between fiction and reality.
Rutger Nijkamp graduated from the WdKa in 2022 and has worked as an assistant director and concept developer at Mintfilm, among other places, alongside filmmaker Vincent Boy Kars. He also works on independent projects.

The Liminal Zone, Rutger Wolfson, 22’, 2026
The Liminal Zone follows the existential journey of a man tormented by the vision of a woman from a past life. This first sensory film by Rutger Wolfson takes you to an intriguing futuristic twilight world where reality and imagination are indistinguishable, with the protagonist’s physical and mental state forming part of the almost psychedelic setting. The grainy black-and-white cinematography by Richard van Oosterhout, the visuals by Telcosystems, and the sultry soundscapes by Hugo Dijkstal make this a film that gets under your skin.

Rutger Wolfson has a background in contemporary art, having served as a curator at Kunstinstituut Melly and later as director of De Vleeshal. From 2007 to 2015, he was the director of IFFR He currently heads Debatpodium Arminius, a leading center for public discourse. The Liminal Zone (2026) is his debut short film.

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b.o.m.b. : dorota matejová
b.o.m.b. is a transformation, an explosion of expression, a book of poetry and everything beyond. Written, birthed and performed by the Bratislava-raised Rotterdam-based musician- mover-poet-composer Dorota Matejová, the performance b.o.m.b., standing for Ballade of My Body, as an embodiment of fragility and rawness, pain and playfulness, is a de- construction of the known, shifting and dismantling boundaries to be reborn into the unknown, an ode to the body as an act of self-love and resistance to social constructs and stereotypes surrounding it.
During the event you can also buy Dorota ́s freshly published poetry book b.o.m.b. which was made in collaboration with the graphic designer Silver J. Bosch.
https://pupavy.com/

{Lisa}: Cry-teary-ah
Cry-teary-ah is the new and third album from Rotterdam-based non-binary vocal diva {Lisa}. Heavy harmony, and breathy, sweaty voices form the basis of longer tracks, which {Lisa} calls her “little monsters”. The new album is “dancy as hell”, body-political and features live drums, and special guest appearances from other artists. {Lisa}’s former two albums were both released at ReWire, and her music is described as “sensual and highly dramatic”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcWztukHFNk

DJ GÄP
Bratislava born, producer who flips melancholy into euphoria and chaos into beauty. Known as an artist whose bootlegs and edits can be found on many of your favourite DJ's USBs, DJ tools circulating everywhere in the underground. With releases on Ashida Park, Cakeshop's Carousel, Low Income Squad, Promesses and Mäss. He has collaborated with artists such as Miss Jay, Joao Lagrima de Ouro and has been remixed by underground legends such as Tayhana, Nick León and Why Be.
https://soundcloud.com/djgapdjgap
https://instagram.com/djgapdjgap

This site-specific installation (which was part of the Wild Summer of Art 2025 exhibition at Brutus) now finds itself as a cassette (available at the event) and a live performance of voices and tape. Another attempt at sustaining a moment in time.

TiSiTi is an international fem collective of three artists: Tara Reece, Ceola Tunstall-Behrens and Tisa World. Together they combine their practices of composition and performance, grounded in experimentation and vocal improvisation. They co-compose and perform with bodies, voices and language in site-specific situations. With their shared love for collective sounding they bring fun, empowerment and community into the space of sound.

This event is created in collaboration with Zavod Sploh (Ljubljana, Slovenia) and the project Sluhodvod: Zborovanje; as well as Niek van den Driesschen, Far Out Sound Studio (Rotterdam).

https://tisa.world/?tisiti / https://www.instagram.com/ti_si_ti/

TikTok videos, Zoom calls, corporate safety shoots, gritty black-and-white images, even footage from an old socialist film… yes, all in one film. Radu Jude, one of the most uncompromising filmmakers working today, brings these elements together in Do Not Expect… to reflect on the shittiness of living and working today. The film follows Angela over the course of a working day in Bucharest, driving through the city while producing a corporate safety video, answering calls, and managing an endless flow of tasks. It follows cloesely the rhythms of contemporary labour under neoliberalism, where exhaustion and exploitation are part of the everyday.

The film unfolds as a collage, where different kinds of images meet without hierarchy. It looks at how images are produced and put to work, how they reshape lived experience into something usable, and how they participate in the systems they seem to represent. At the same time, it proposes a way of doing cinema that remains open and porous, where no image is too minor or too degraded to matter. Jude creates a film that is formally unique, funny, messy, and sharply critical of how labor and images are entangled under late capitalism.

Before the screening, from 19:30, there will be a vegan community meal and a short introduction by Radu, initiator of dispositif film club and currently doing a PhD in the anthropology of labour. He will briefly unpack some of the references (some of them quite Romanian) and say a few words about Jude’s style to prepare you for the wild ride that this movie is. Please reserve your meal by buying a separate Community Ticket (€4) under 'tickets' above.

Dispositif is a travelling film club based in Rotterdam. It moves between different spaces with the aim of making cinema-going more communal and accessible. The focus is on bringing a wider range of films into the city, especially those that engage with social and political questions, and presenting them in an open environment that encourages discussion. Screenings are often combined with community meals or other activities, as a way to bring people together around the films.
In the coming period, Dispositif will focus more on films dealing with labour, and on bringing more Eastern European films to Rotterdam, many of which are unfortunately often left outside the cinema circuit in the Netherlands.

Cineville valid at the door and online the day of the screening!

Rachad
Rachad is een schrijver en spoken word artiest die al bijna 10 jaar meedraait op podia, tv en radio. In 2024 won hij de El Hijzra literatuurprijs voor de poëzie en in 2025 kwam zijn eerste poëziebundel ‘Na’im’ uit. In zijn werk bespreekt hij onderwerpen als identiteit, politiek en mentale welzijn.

Yanaika
'Laat het maar aan Zomer over om de zwaarste dingen voor je op te tillen en te verplaatsen wat onverplaatsbaar leek. Ze doet het met een lichtvoetigheid die troostrijk is. En vaak: bedrieglijk.' - Ester Naomi Perquin.
'In de eerste plaats is Zomer een goochelaar, nee een buikspreker, nee een Houdini met de taal.' - Peter Vermaat, Meander magazine.

Yanaika Zomer is schrijver, dichter en stadsdichter van Den Helder. In die hoedanigheid won ze in 2022 De Grote Prijs van Gouda voor de beste stadsdichter en plaatste zich het jaar eropopnieuw voor de finale. In datzelfde jaar stond ze ook in de finale van het Nederlands Kampioenschap Poetry Slam. In 2024 kwam haar debuut 'U heeft nog 43 ongelezen gedichten' uit dat heel goed werd ontvangen en heeft in oktober 2024 de Granateprijs in ontvangst genomen. Terugkerende thema’s in Zomers werk beginnen opvallend vaak met een M. Meisjes, moeders, menselijk onvermogen, MILFs, mussen, merels en meer gevogelte, mentale
gezondheid, mannen, moed, minnaressen en de mogelijkheid aan alles te ontsnappen.

Daniël Vis
Daniël Vis (1988) is dichter en schrijver. Van zijn hand verschenen de bundels Crowdsurfen op laag water, Insect redux (genomineerd voor de J.C. Bloem-poëzieprijs), Het weefsel en Aan wie, deze offers (bekroond met de Ida Gerhardt-poëzieprijs). In 2022 verscheen zijn eerste roman Een woelend lichaam. Voor zijn poëtische oeuvre ontving hij in 2021 de Frans Vogel-prijs. Momenteel werkt hij aan zijn tweede roman.

Dean Bowen
Dean Bowen (Nederland) is dichter, performer en programmamaker. In zijn werk kijkt hij hoe de identiteit van mensen zich verhoudt tot de maatschappij, zoals blijkt uit zijn meertalige bundel Bokman (2018). Zijn krachtige voordracht leverde hem de eerste Van Dale SPOKEN Award; hij was in 2019 en 2020 stadsdichter van Rotterdam. In zijn Ik vond geen spoken in Achtmaal (2020) beschrijft een naamloze figuur met dagboeknotities, gedichten, biechten, en rituelen de zoektocht naar wat er overblijft van een mens, lang nadat die gestorven is. Hij publiceerde gedichten op online platforms SampleKanon en Hard//Hoofd en in tijdschriften als nY en Kunsttijdschrift Vlaanderen. Hij is docent performance literature en poëzie aan de Creative Writing opleiding van ArtEZ. Samen met de Vlaamse schrijver en muzikant Joost Hoekaf maakt hij introspectieve hiphop in het project Vudu Cru. Zijn volgende bundel Masc:r verschijnt in januari 2026.

Marthe van Bronkhorst
Marthe van Bronkhorst is schrijver, dichter, theatermaker en psycholoog. Ze schrijft politieke columns in tijdschrift hard//hoofd, acteerde bij het ZID theatergezelschap, maakt podcast Radio Kookpunt en schrijft voor radio, toneel en film. Haar film 'Zittenblijvers'; en haar boek 'Het ontduiken van Lo Laan' komen in 2026 uit.

Helene Rust
Helene Rust is a Dutch singer with a unique sound that blends modern soul, enriched with R&B and subtle jazz influences. Her deep, warm voice reflects her personal journey. Through her music, Helene shares stories that are both relatable and inspiring. With her performances and online presence, she creates a safe space where her audience feels seen and understood.
Info to come.

🌪️Season 6 van Levels Music League brengt 4 rondes vol talent, battles en onvergetelijke performances.

Van open mic tot de main shows, hier wil je bij zijn. 🔥

🏃Kom langs en support jouw favoriete team!

Expect high-voltage rhythms, raw energy and percussion-driven sounds at breakneck tempo.

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DJ Diaki
Nyege Nyege legend DJ Diaki’s hard thumping live electro balani show is the quintessential African rave sound, the one that can wake even the dead, drawing comparisons to shangaan, singeli and acholitronix as well as drum n bass and footwork. DJ Diaki’s style of balani show is a live performance on laptop, mic and drum machines. With influences of coupe decale and soukous, Diaki delivers an atomic blend of traditional balani electrified with all the West African candence! Diaki has perfected his craft over the last 30 years, and risen to fame after his Boiler room set at Nyege Nyege festival 2019 where legendary DJ-and WORM friend - DJ Marcelle called him “The discovery of the Century”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5-NxgN9sjk&list=RDx5-NxgN9sjk&start_radio=1

Cheb Runner
Cheb Runner (real name Reda Senhaji) is a Moroccan producer and composerrooted in the coastal city of Agadir, exploring the electronic musical landscape. Cheb embodies a new sound of inbetweenness, shaped by different worlds while moving freely across time. Drawing from firsthand field recordings and a personal sample bank based on traditional instruments, Cheb Runner playfully merges analogue and digital textures, supported by a unique collection of synthesizers and other gear.

https://soundcloud.com/scenenoise/select-332-mixed-by-cheb-runner

Shaun D
Shaun D, born and raised in The Hague, was introduced to the vibrant world of bubbling at a young age, thanks to his Caribbean mother and Dutch father. Shaun started making bubbling tracks with a group of friends using MadTracker and FastTracker. These mixes were shared across platforms like Hyves, PP2G, Fiestainfo, YouTube, and MSN Messenger, gaining notable attention in an era before smartphones and social media dominated. This was a time when going viral was almost unheard of—you wouldn't even know if your work had gone viral. Yet Shaun's music organically spread, capturing the energy and imagination of listeners across the Netherlands. Inspired by Chuckie and nAffie, Shaun D took bubbling to the next level by blending it with house music, a bold innovation that resonated deeply with the youth at bubbling parties. Through this fusion, Shaun D also gave birth to the name "Bubbling House," cementing his role as a pioneer in the scene.

https://soundcloud.com/dj-shaun-d/boeke

Rav Fasi
Rav Fasi is a Surinamese DJ who roots his sounds in cross-continental rhythms. Blending Afro-diasporic genres together with electronic elements, he creates a dynamic atmosphere that makes you irresistible to move. With an emphasis on bass and percussive elements, his mission is to contribute to the movement of bringing global Afro rhythms to the electronic nightlife.

https://soundcloud.com/ravfasi/open-source-radio-28-09-2025

T.NO
Princes Vineyard

কাল্পনিক রেখা (Kalponik Rekha) is a sound and performance art platform created to cultivate community and collaborative engagement between South Asian artists and across (cultural) borders. Primarily driven by fragments of displacement and as a phenomenological resistance to objectified romanticism; the term Kalponik Rekha translates to an imaginary terrain, referring as a metaphor for loose geographical definitions and contemporary contexts of south asian subculture.

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Siddharta Talukdar (Bangladesh)
Sidhartta Talukdar is a Chakma (from Bangladesh) electroacoustic composer and improviser from Treaty 4, Turtle Island. He collects synthesizers, stringed instruments and radios (among other things) to forge sound sculptures in real time with the aid of biofeedback and controlled randomization, resulting in a soundtrack for post-capitalist dreams.
Bandcamp
https://sidtalukdar.bandcamp.com/album/murmuration-ep

Neo Geodesia (Cambodia)
Neo Geodesia is the recording name of Saphy Vong (born 1982), an experimental electronic music producer and composer of Cambodian heritage, born to Cambodian parents, raised in Nancy, France, and currently based in Brighton, UK. His work is known for intricate electronic compositions characterised by a strong emphasis on melody, hypnotic pacing, conceptually stylised structures, and an extreme use of audio processing techniques. Early incarnations of Neo Geodesia trace back to the mid-2000s, when he performed under the moniker Lafidki, a project that combined stylistic elements of electronica and experimental music with the structural intensity and abrasiveness of noise. He has released work on Orange Milk Records before going on to found Chinabot, a collective dedicated to Asian artists. In 2021, he released the LP 2562 Neon Flames on Chinabot, a project that focused heavily on experimental funeral compositions.
Bandcamp https://chinabot.bandcamp.com/album/oknha-stamina

Met deze maand op het programma: Tatjana Almuli, Daan Borrel, Halima Ikane en een open mic!

Frontaal trommelde de scherpste vrouwelijke stemmen van dit moment op om te spreken over lijf, liefde en politiek. Samen met Daan Borrel en Tatjana Almuli ontdekken we welke politieke en maatschappelijke trends ons lichaam, onze relaties en ons zelfbeeld vormgeven. Deze wil je niet missen!

Daan Borrel is schrijver van essays, proza en theater. In haar recentste boek Rechts verpest onze seks zet ze op vlammende wijze uiteen hoe sociaal en progressief stemmen ons uiteindelijk een leuker seksleven oplevert. Wij zijn fan!

Meet our girl crush: Tatjana Almuli! Ze is schrijver, fotograaf, presentator en journalist. In mei verschijnt haar actuele en haarscherpe essayboek Tot lijf gemaakt, waarin ze onderzoekt hoe schoonheidsnormen onze autonomie en levensruimte beperken.

Halima Ikane won de Talent Award bij de Spoken Word Awards, stond al op podia als Brainwash Festival, Poetry International, Spraakuhloos en Mensen Zeggen Dingen. Hoog tijd dat ze ook het podium van Frontaal beklimt!

Then join in on May 17th from 16:00 to 19:00 for a special edition of the Pirate Stitching Club in collaboration with The Political Comforter! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

The Political Comforter is a workshop at the intersection of craft and politics. In a cozy group setting we discuss politics and what’s going on in our communities while making little quilt blocks that will be used for a collaborative community quilt. Join in for a more relaxed way to take in the news and meet people in your community.

🧶 All materials and supplies are provided, but you’re always welcome to bring any fabrics or sewing tools you like.
No quilting experience is needed, we can teach you everything you need to know to make a quilt block. All we ask is you bring an open and respectful attitude.

Hope to see you there 🪡

if you want to join the Pirate Stitching Crew or collaborate feel free to email Dari ami.rinn@outlook.com

This screening is part of a monthly film series presented by Soctalk and hosted and co-curated by WORM, exploring cinema through the lens of social reproduction feminism. In the words of Cindi Katz (2001), social reproduction is the fleshy and messy stuff of everyday life. The program invites audiences to look at film as a way of understanding the structures of regular practices that make life possible, while questioning whose labour remains unseen. Across four screenings, we explore how capitalist relations profit from the status quo and depend on keeping much of this work hidden.

The final screening focuses on domestic labour and housework, forms of maintenance work that are repetitive, gendered, and systematically undervalued. Cooking, cleaning, and caring are essential to everyday life, yet often naturalized into invisibility. This program highlights both the necessity and the frustration of domestic labour, exposing the social systems that rely on its continual erasure.

This concluding screening will be presented by speaker Amal Miri. Amal (Ghent University) holds a PhD in Gender & Diversity. Her research explores the intersections of migration, critical feminist theory, and participatory methodologies. She examines the nuanced experiences of migrantised and racialised people through affective citizenship and agency, highlighting how (popular) culture both shapes and is shaped by these dynamics. She is committed to amplifying marginalized voices and fostering collaborative approaches that challenge dominant narratives in academic and community spaces.

Deux ou trois choses que je sais d’elle
by Jean-Luc Godard
1967, France, 90 min, French with English subtitles
Through a fragmented portrait of a woman navigating domestic labour, consumer culture, and sex work in Paris, the film exposes how gendered labour is commodified and embodied. Repetition structures everyday life in a society that refuses to acknowledge the work it depends on.

Saute ma ville
by Chantal Akerman
1968, Belgium, 13 min
Shot in her mother’s kitchen, Akerman’s short film follows a young woman performing an increasingly frantic routine of cleaning, cooking, and dancing. Both comic and ominous, the film turns domestic labour into an explosive gesture of excess and refusal.

Soctalk is a junior staff initiative within the Department of Public Administration and Sociology at Erasmus University Rotterdam. The collective organizes workshops and courses both inside and outside the university. Soctalk aims to foster a culture of care that critically engages with institutional structures, while redistributing and collectivizing resources to support communities and initiatives in the city of Rotterdam.

Cineville valid at the door and online on the day itself!

🌪️Season 6 van Levels Music League brengt 4 rondes vol talent, battles en onvergetelijke performances.

Van open mic tot de main shows, hier wil je bij zijn. 🔥

🏃Kom langs en support jouw favoriete team!

Songs from a Crime Scene is een intieme solovoorstelling waarin een reeks vintage koffers één voor één wordt geopend, waaruit liederen, aria’s en monologen tevoorschijn komen over liefde, ballingschap, erbij horen en de onzichtbare wetten die ons leven bepalen. Elke koffer draagt een andere stem in zich: fragmenten van herinneringen, vaderland en verlangen die zich ontvouwen als getuigenissen.

Door materiaal uit O-shaped Songs te combineren met geselecteerde aria’s en monologen uit Crime of Passion, creëert het werk een gelaagd verhaal waarin persoonlijke verhalen elkaar kruisen met de historische en culturele context van de ‘misdaad uit passie’. Liefde verschijnt niet alleen als intimiteit, maar ook als iets dat wordt beoordeeld, geromantiseerd en soms bestraft.

Vloeiend schakelend tussen concert, verhalen vertellen en theatraal ritueel, verandert het podium in een archief van bewijsmateriaal. Liederen worden documenten, bekentenissen en getuigenissen. De uitvoerder wisselt tussen de rollen van zanger, verteller en drager van verhalen en leidt het publiek door een landschap van emotionele en politieke spanningen.

Songs from a Crime Scene is een draagbare en minimalistische kameropera voor één stem. Het nodigt het publiek uit tot een poëtisch en intiem onderzoek naar liefde, recht en de voortdurende menselijke zoektocht naar thuis.

Trigger warning: stroboscoop, rookmachine

We strive to create a safe space where the LGBTQIA+ community can come together to socialize, enjoy, and build new friendships and connections. Queer Oriental Rotterdam is a hetero friendly event.

Looking forward to seeing you at our fifth gathering on Saturday, May 23rd.

*The figure on the poster is Shahmaran: a symbol of feminine power, knowledge, and transformation.

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Queer Oriental Rotterdam is een cultureel queer ontmoetings- en entertainmentevenement, georganiseerd door Stichting Sirkaf. Het evenement biedt een platform voor culturele uitwisseling met muziek, dans en podiumoptredens geïnspireerd door motieven uit Turkije, Mesopotamië en het Zuidwest Azië – in koloniale terminologie het Midden-Oosten...

Onder de naam Queer Oriental willen we de aanwezigheid van queer gemeenschappen in Turkije, Mesopotamië en het Zuidwest Azië benadrukken en aandacht vragen voor hun strijd voor rechten en gelijkheid. Dit evenement eert tevens de cultuur, het vermaak en de oriëntaalse danstradities uit deze regio’s, en brengt dat culturele erfgoed hierheen om het te verbinden met de lokale queer gemeenschap.

Ons doel is een veilige plek te creëren waar de LGBTQIA+ gemeenschap samen kan komen om te socializen, genieten en nieuwe vriendschappen en connecties op te bouwen.
Queer Oriental Rotterdam is een heterovriendelijk evenement.

We zien je graag op onze vijfde evenement op zaterdag 23 mei.

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Queer Oriental Rotterdam, Stichting Sirkaf tarafından organize edilen kültürel queer bir buluşma ve eğlence etkinliğidir. Etkinlik, daha çok Türkiye, Mezopotamya ve Güneybatı Asya -kolonyalist tanım ile Ortadoğu- motifli müzik, dans ve sahne şovlarının sergilendiği, kültürel bir kaynaşmayı amaçlayan bir platform sunmaktadır.

Queer Oriental adıyla, parçası olduğumuz Türkiye, Mezopotamya ve Güneybatı Asya’daki queer topluluklarının varlığını hatırlatmayı ve hak ve eşitlik mücadelesine dikkat çekmeyi hedefliyoruz. Aynı zamanda bu etkinlik, oradaki topluluğun kültürüne, eğlencesine ve o coğrafyaya ait oryantal dansa bir göndermede bulunarak bu kültürü buraya taşımayı ve buradaki queer toplulukla buluşturmayı amaçlamaktadır.

LGBTİQA+ topluluğunun bir araya gelip sosyalleşeceği, eğleneceği ve yeni arkadaşlıklar kuracağı güvenli bir buluşma etkinliği olmayı hedefliyoruz.
Queer Oriental Rotterdam hetero friendly bir etkinliktir.

23 Mayıs Cumartesi günü beşincisini düzenleyeceğimiz buluşmamızda görüşmek üzere.

Line Up
Dj set:
(https://www.instagram.com/ashtattz)
(https://www.instagram.com/djipek)
(https://www.instagram.com/deejay_peony)

Performance:
(https://www.instagram.com/thedarvishofficial)
(https://www.instagram.com/hassonans)

Ontroerende muzikale reis vol herinnering, strijd en hoop.
In dit bijzondere recital versmelten westerse kunstliederen met traditionele Indonesische keroncong, uitgevoerd op ukelele en viool. Geïnspireerd door de brieven van Raden Adjeng Kartini, pionier van vrouwenrechten in Nederlands-Indië, brengen Saputra en Kalamenios een diep menselijk en poëtisch programma.

Klassieke componisten als Berg, Copland en Saariaho worden afgewisseld met Indonesische meesters als Poniman, Marzuki en Martohartono. Elke lied wordt gekoppeld aan een fragment uit Kartini’s brieven: over natuur, idealisme, moederschap, verlangen en veerkracht. Zo ontstaat een rijk, reflectief en vernieuwend recital dat bruggen slaat tussen culturen, tijden en stemmen. Een ontroerende muzikale reis vol herinnering, strijd en hoop.

Deze voorstelling is een samenwerking met International Vocal Competion, waarbij jonge talentvolle zangers een podium krijgen.

Nate Wooley – trumpet/amplifier/field recordings
Chris Corsano – percussion/half-clarinet/electronics
Ches Smith – percussion/sampler/electronics

After a decade of conceptually-minded bands such as Mutual Aid Music and knknighgh, trumpeter Nate Wooley put together the trio Folk Music to reconnect with pure improvisation.
Wooley asked two of his favourite collaborators, the percussionists Chris Corsano and Ches Smith to join him, with the only rules being flexibility and spontaneity. The result has become an improvising trio capable of whispering sensitivity and huge monoliths of sound.

Nate Wooley (b.1974) was born in Clatskanie, Oregon and began playing trumpet professionally with his father, a big band saxophonist, at the age of thirteen. He made his debut as soloist with the New York Philharmonic at the opening series of their 2019 season. Considered one of the leading lights of the American movement to redefine the physical boundaries of the horn, Wooley has been gathering international acclaim for his idiosyncratic trumpet language.

Chris Corsano (b. 1975, USA) is a New York-based drummer who has been active at the intersections of collective improvisation, free jazz, avant-rock, and experimental music since the late 1990s. He's been the rim-batterer of choice for some of the greatest contemporary purveyors of "jazz" (Joe McPhee, Paul Flaherty, Mette Rasmussen, Zoh Amba) and "rock" (Sir Richard Bishop, Bill Orcutt, Jim O'Rourke), as well as artists beyond categorization (Björk for her Volta album and world tour, Michael Flower, Okkyung Lee).

Originally from Sacramento, California, Ches Smith is a drummer, percussionist, and composer based in New York. He has collaborated with a host of artists on many scenes since the early 2000s, including Marc Ribot, Tim Berne, John Zorn, Darius Jones, David Torn, John Tchicai, Nels Cline, Mary Halvorson, Trevor Dunn, Terry Riley, Kris Davis, Dave Holland, Secret Chiefs 3, Xiu Xiu, Good for Cows, Theory of Ruin, and Mr. Bungle, among others.

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Wanneer regisseur Emma Lesuis van haar schoonvader een koffer ontvangt met het archief van diens grootvader, Maarten de Niet, ontvouwt zich een confronterende familiegeschiedenis. De koffer bevat foto's, politieke documenten, krantenartikelen en een pop met twee gezichten: wit aan de ene kant, zwart aan de andere.
De Niet was tussen 1926 en 1953 procureur generaal en waarnemend gouverneur van Suriname, betrokken bij de arrestatie van verzetsstrijder Anton de Kom en de opsluiting van vakbondsleider Louis Doedel in de psychiatrische inrichting. In diezelfde periode leefden Emma's Surinaamse grootouders onder zijn bewind. Hun werelden lagen dicht bij elkaar, maar werden gescheiden door macht en kleur. In een tijd waarin het gesprek over koloniale erfenissen steeds urgenter wordt, werd de drang groter om alle foto's, documenten en brieven van de Niet aan het licht te brengen. Dat doet ze op het moment dat ze een kind verwacht. Door het openen van de koffer komt niet alleen die vergeten periode van koloniale machthebbers naar boven, maar duikt ze ook samen met haar moeder in hun eigen verzwegen geschiedenis.
Wat draagt haar kind mee?
Inclusief introductie en nagesprek met filmmaker Emma Maria Lesuis

ENG
When director Emma Lesuis’s father-in-law hands her a suitcase that belonged to his late grandfather, Maarten de Niet, an unsettling family history is about to unfold. The suitcase contains an archive of photographs, political documents, newspaper articles and a double-faced doll: white on one side, black on the other. From 1926 to 1953, De Niet was Attorney General and Acting Governor of Suriname. As such, he was involved in the arrest of resistance fighter Anton de Kom, and the imprisonment
in a psychiatric institution of trade union leader Louis Doedel. During this same period, Emma’s own Surinamese grandparents lived under De Niet’s government. Their worlds touched, but were effectively separated by power and origins. Emma has Surinamese roots on her mother’s side. At a time when the debate about colonial legacies grows ever more urgent, she decides to open the archive. She does so while expecting a child who will combine both histories. As a film maker of Surinamese origin, what does it mean to investigate the colonial past of her in-laws, and her own?
What will her child inherit?
Including introduction and talk with filmmaker Emma Maria Lesuis

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🌪️Season 6 van Levels Music League brengt 4 rondes vol talent, battles en onvergetelijke performances.

Van open mic tot de main shows, hier wil je bij zijn. 🔥

🏃Kom langs en support jouw favoriete team!

THE LONG AWAITED THROWBACK PARTY.
Decadence, nostalgic electro, 2000s.
Don't be silly: party like the rich kids did back then!

Line up:
DIVO
A mix of spoken word, rap and heavy electronic music with elements of gabber, deconstructed club and glitched EMO sound.
http://soundcloud.com/ylguwzbgk4mj/

PARIS DOPING
Sexy french synth punk duo.
http:/http://soundcloud.com/parisdoping/

Vienna / Amsterdam based duo showcasing electro-clash, dubstep and hardcore, in a universe where fashion, music, and attitude merge.
http:/soundcloud.com/gatto-global/sexdreams/
Denn Glanzig
A blend of electronic sounds, from euphoric trance to heavy eurodance, elevated by unexpected hiphop and grime elements.
http:/soundcloud.com/dennglanzig/4preview/

CZAR
(“cee-zar”) is a Rotterdam-based DJ who creates his own Afro-electronic, Baile Funk, UKG, and other high-energy Club-sound mixes, where he loves to apply his own creativity by making crossovers between genres, while also sporadically trowing his own edits in the mix.
http:/soundcloud.com/czra/attitude/

4 years of beautiful memories, 4 years of the craziest events and 4 years of captivating stories. Through out the years we heard that strangers became friends for a lifetime, we heard that people found love on the dancefloor and we heard that people experienced unity like nowhere else. That is what make use so proud and keep pushing for more moments like this.

Focussed on Jungle, D&B and Footwork, this high energy night is not for the weak. 160+ BPM pumping through your veins giving you stankfaces and gunfingers galore all night long.

Celebrate our 4 year anniversary with us!

Line up:
TIM REAPER
4 hour celebration set

DJ BLAIZE
MC Dart
DJ Crisps
Rayven Lux
MAC-V

Wed 3rd of June 15:00-20:00
Thu 4th of June 15:00-20:00
Fri 5th of June 15:00- 22:00 + performance night 19:00 – 20:30
Sat 6th of June 15:00-20:00

On the Friday night there will be a performance night with dance, poetry and more!

Some of the artists joining:
Daan @bird___boy
Ada @adaucar
Lucy @lucydetheije
Aitana @aproapetablouri
Talitha @mami_tera_
Nina @anakrojak
Anneke @anneke883
Kristina @kristyvicious
Ezgi @ezgiaktug
Sol @solcicaetano
Chiara @chiaramucciarella
Lot @lot_groen
Luhe @soaked_inblue
Dieu @triufoo
Bia @teatroquadrado

Art-Gang and WORM are collaborating in organising an exhibition project, where around 15 artists work on, or make, art for an exhibition in a period of three months. During this project they take part in workshops, visit different kinds of art mediums and work on their personal art works. This project is part of SKILLS COURT and is organised through MDT.

Wed 3rd of June 15:00-20:00
Thu 4th of June 15:00-20:00
Fri 5th of June 15:00- 22:00 + performance night 19:00 – 20:30
Sat 6th of June 15:00-20:00

On the Friday night there will be a performance night with dance, poetry and more!

Some of the artists joining:
Daan @bird___boy
Ada @adaucar
Lucy @lucydetheije
Aitana @aproapetablouri
Talitha @mami_tera_
Nina @anakrojak
Anneke @anneke883
Kristina @kristyvicious
Ezgi @ezgiaktug
Sol @solcicaetano
Chiara @chiaramucciarella
Lot @lot_groen
Luhe @soaked_inblue
Dieu @triufoo
Bia @teatroquadrado

Art-Gang and WORM are collaborating in organising an exhibition project, where around 15 artists work on, or make, art for an exhibition in a period of three months. During this project they take part in workshops, visit different kinds of art mediums and work on their personal art works. This project is part of SKILLS COURT and is organised through MDT.

Wed 3rd of June 15:00-20:00
Thu 4th of June 15:00-20:00
Fri 5th of June 15:00- 22:00 + performance night 19:00 – 20:30
Sat 6th of June 15:00-20:00

On the Friday night there will be a performance night with dance, poetry and more!

Some of the artists joining:
Daan @bird___boy
Ada @adaucar
Lucy @lucydetheije
Aitana @aproapetablouri
Talitha @mami_tera_
Nina @anakrojak
Anneke @anneke883
Kristina @kristyvicious
Ezgi @ezgiaktug
Sol @solcicaetano
Chiara @chiaramucciarella
Lot @lot_groen
Luhe @soaked_inblue
Dieu @triufoo
Bia @teatroquadrado

Art-Gang and WORM are collaborating in organising an exhibition project, where around 15 artists work on, or make, art for an exhibition in a period of three months. During this project they take part in workshops, visit different kinds of art mediums and work on their personal art works. This project is part of SKILLS COURT and is organised through MDT.

Op 10 april 2026 verschijnt Talma's solo-album Celluloid Illusies bij Excelsior Recordings, een elpee / cd met daarop negen gezongen (levens)verhalen van Nederlandse acteurs, actrices en regisseurs uit de jaren ‘70 en begin jaren '80.

Het album kent twee lange ballades; over Hans van Tongeren (7:26) en over Sylvia Kristel (14:24) en kent verder liedjes, veelal in de eerste persoon, over Paul Verhoeven, Rutger Hauer, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Monique van de Ven, Wim Verstappen, Andy Vrielink en Adriaan Ditvoorst.

Zoals vanouds bij Talma gaat het om een multimediale voorstelling: bij alle liedjes is er beeld, evenals bij alle korte, onderhoudende inleidingen van de liedjes. Na de Integrale uitvoering van Celluloid Illusies vindt De Grote Meindert Talma WK-voetbalshow plaats met daarin de grootste Oranje hits van Talma's drie voetbalbums (Eenmaal Oranje (2012, Balsturig (2019) en Minna (2021).

Het WK voetbal zal gehouden worden in Canada, Mexico en de VS en vindt plaats van 11 juni t/m 19 juli 2026.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNFsxPTFyMg

Recensies over Talma's voetballiedjes:
Menno Pot in De Volkskrant: "Talma's voetbaloeuvre is als een groene, bloemrijke oase midden op de dorre akker van de Nederlandse voetbalmuziek."
Klaas Knooihuizen in Trouw (): "Dikwijls zoomt hij in op een detail, een enkele keer vertelt hij een levensverhaal, en telkens weet hij te ontroeren. (...) Het is genieten, zelfs wanneer je niets om voetbal geeft."
Peter van der Heide in Dagblad van het Noorden / Leeuwarder Courant (): "Het levert muzikale standbeeldjes op: voor voetballiefhebbers niet te versmaden, onderhoudend genoeg voor voetbalhaters."
Danny Koks in de Nieuwe Revu (****): "Koesteren deze collectie gortdroge liedjes met een hartje van goud."

Live-recensie
Edwin Struis in de Nieuwe Revu (24-1-2018): "(…) Ik hield m'n hart vast. Moest deze zonderling een voetbalpubliek van zeshonderd man vermaken? (…) Ik had me vergist, bleek een paar uur later. Zijn 'Koning van de kluts' bleek al een regelrechte voltreffer, maar toen moest het hoogtepunt van de avond nog komen. 'Met een stem als een snijbrander wond hij de toeschouwers om zijn vinger' schreef de recensent van Haarlems Dagblad een dag later en zo was het ook. Meindert Talma hoefde daarvoor enkel het refrein van zijn lied over Oekie Hoekema in te zetten."

More information about the second editon is TBA.

Underground Kino Club
A space for underground DIY filmmakers and video artists based in the Netherlands to share their work, talk about it, and build an alternative film community. Facilitated by Riccardo Calandro.

Action, drama, experimental video art, erotica: there’s no limit to what we screen!
Just a few rules: you must be able to attend the screening, no reactive videos, it must be under 25/30 minutes, and has to be DIY (or DIT: collective works are more than welcome) - films with an established production behind them will be immediately discarded.

Come one, come all, and come build this cinematic DIY-underground community!

Inspired by a dream, Anıl Eraslan sets out to make a documentary about Istanbul's free improvisation music scene. Featuring his musician friends who are invited to recite their sonic dreams and stage them as musical performances,the film evolves into a phantasmagoric portrait of Istanbul, shifting between dream and reality.

This is not simply a screening, but a cineconcert- after the film, we will journey through the narration with as the featured musicians will take over the stage and play live.

Anıl Eraslan - director, improviser (cello)
Cellist, composer and improviser Anil Eraslan is working in various musical projects in between Berlin, Strasbourg and Istanbul. From Anatolian traditional music to experimental/noise/free music, he multiplies his experiences with many ensembles and creative musicians from all over the world. As a filmmaker, he just finalized his first feature documentary film Sound Dreams of Istanbul on the free improvisation scene in Istanbul. WORM thought it would be a good idea to invite him personally to talk about the film (do not fear, it won't take too long) and to also invite a few musicians that play in the film, and let them play a set afterwards.

Oğuz Büyükberber - improviser clarinetist, present in the film
Award winning clarinetist composer Oğuz Büyükberber’s wide ranging work could be heard on over 60 CDs full of original music for acoustic and electronic formations. His visual impairment has shaped the way he learns, creates and teaches, and as a life long student, he studied bass clarinet, composition, electronic music and visual arts and holds multiple degrees. He has published a book of his own approach to composition and improvisation, recorded for ECM and Blue Note, was invited to prestigious residencies such as the EMS, Erica Synths HQ, STEIM and taught at universities worldwide.

İpek Odabaşı - improviser, co-founder of Berlin’s richten25_space and of A.I.D. collective, present in the film
İpek Odabaşı is an Istanbul-born, Berlin-based noise maker, sound artist, experimental DJ, and curator. Her practice centers on experimental music, including noise and improvised performance, where samples and field recordings are combined with live sound created using various hardware. She is a co-founder of the artist-run project space Richten25, co-curator of the Neu Berlin Institute of Improvised Music series, one of the bookers at B.L.O. Ateliers – Kantine, and co-founder and coordinator of the A.I.D concert series.

Ege Şahin - improviser, organizer at WORM
Ege Şahin (b.1996, Turkey) is an experimental composer and improviser based in the Hague, working across experimental music and sound studies with sensitivity to perception, participation, and metaphysics. His work draws on rational tunings, feedback, noise, and field recordings—using guitar, computer, found objects, and audience’s mobile phones in performances, recordings, and installations. He is co-founder of the independent music label Rubber Commune, a co-curator of the improvised concert series Electric Umbrella in WORM Rotterdam, and is a research associate at the Institute of Sonology.

Click here to watch the offical trailer!

In cooperation with North Sea Round Town

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