Amsterdam Film Network and Screenings Meetup

Our special guest this session is the remarkable actress GAITE JANSEN. Gaite is considered one of the most promising Dutch young acting talents of her generation, so incredibly young, and she already has an impressive track record with titles such as PEAKY BLINDERS, LINE OF DUTY, 170 HZ, SUPERNOVA among many others. Gaite recently wrapped JETT, a new show for Cinemax in the US. So much to talk about! MORE ABOUT GAITE Gaite Jansen is considered one of the most promising Dutch young acting talents of her generation. Her performance as a deaf teenager in the groundbreaking 2011 drama 170HZ, earned her nominations for Best Actress at the Seattle Film Festival and the Netherlands Film Festival. SUPERNOVA, in which she plays the lead role, screened at the GENERATIONS competition at Berlinale film festival 2014. She played the lead role in THE PRICE OF SUGAR, the opening film of the Netherlands Film Festival in 2013. Gaite is making the leap to the global stage with her roles on BBC’s PEAKY BLINDERS Season 3 and LINE OF DUTY Season 4. Apart from her TV and film work, Gaite worked on stage with internationally renowned theatre directors, such as Ivo van Hove and Simon Stone. Gaite recently wrapped-up JETT, a new show for Cinemax in the US. In our Official Selection, and can watch and meet the teams of: VILSHULT: AN AMSTERDAM PICTURE FROM IKEA Tom Roes | Documentary | 14:24 After hanging an IKEA picture of Amsterdam on the wall of his living room, filmmaker Tom Roes starts spotting the picture everywhere, across the world. At the same time most of his friends disapprove of the picture, that was sold almost half a million times. They say it's mediocre and a sign of bad taste. Tom decides to find out who made the photo and how it ended up on the shelves of one of the biggest retailers in the world. A remarkable story unfolds. BELONGING Aswin Baaijens | Live-Action | 10:00 Three high school teenagers reflect on the absence of the seriously ill Zoë. Voice-overs reveal their deepest thoughts in this poetic triptych. ------------------------------------- March 26th, de kring (Leidseplein) - 2 eur donation recommended. More info: https://bit.ly/2u5D4on Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/349071615697117/

Proud and honoured to receive as our special guest, director ENA SENDIJAREVIĆ !! We’re doubly proud because Ena’s also a well-deserved winner of the Mr Zee Best Director Award in our 3rd Annual Awards. Look at her now! Her first feature film, TAKE ME SOMEWHERE NICE, was released in the last IFFR - International Film Festival Rotterdam, won the Special Jury Award for outstanding artistic achievement and received a lot of love by the international film press. TAKE ME SOMEWHERE NICE will run from May 23rd in cinemas across the country. MORE ABOUT ENA Ena Sendijarević is an Amsterdam based, Bosnian-born filmmaker. She studied Film Studies at the University of Amsterdam and the Freie Universität Berlin, before graduating from the Netherlands Film Academy as a writer/director in 2014. She wrote and directed several awarded short films, including TRAVELLERS INTO THE NIGHT (2013) and FERNWEH (2014). Her latest short, IMPORT (2016), premiered at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs section of the Cannes Film festival 2016. Ena's critically acclaimed debut feature film, TAKE ME SOMEWHERE NICE (2019), had its world premiere in the Rotterdam Film Festival 2019 TIGER competition, where Ena won the Special Jury Award for outstanding artistic achievement. In our Official Selection, and can watch and meet the teams of: DAYDREAMING Yim Brakel | Live-Action | 10:01 Romanticist Jonathan (13) is in love with Zoë. Nobody knows this, not even Zoë herself, but Jonathan intends to declare his love for her soon. BEHIND THE MAGIC: ROBIN MATRIX Justin Krul | Documentary | 2:48 Would you give up everything to be successful? An intimate look into the life, work and vision of magician Robin Matrix. MARCH WINNER: Screening and Announcement of our JURY TEAM favourite movie in MARCH. This is the FIRST FILM to be nominated for Mr Zee Best Film and to join our international tour for the Audience Award. ------------------------------------- April 2nd, de kring (Leidseplein) - 2 eur donation recommended. More info: https://bit.ly/2HtDlKB Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/349071615697117/

This session will be dedicated to the IMAGINE FILM FESTIVAL. For 35 years, Imagine Film Festival has been the number one festival homaging fantastic film in The Netherlands. Festival director CHRIS OOSTEROM will join us to let us know more about this edition and co-host the Q&A. Guest to be announced. MORE ABOUT IMAGINE FILM FESTIVAL For over 30 years, Imagine Film Festival has been the number one festival homaging fantastic film in The Netherlands. Imagination is the key objective of the festival: it broadens the mind, explores the unknown and makes you look differently at your own world. Fantastic film is the ultimate platform for thought experiments and futurist prospects. Imagine film festival celebrates fantastic film in an eleven-day tribute by curating a variable and broad program related to fantastic film. From April 10th until April 20th, join Imagine Film Festival at EYE Filmmuseum. In our Official Selection, and can watch and meet the teams of: STUCK Alexander Wolff | Live-Action | 9:30 Robert has been in a car accident. When he wakes up, he finds himself stuck in his car. Water slowly seeps into the car and escape seems impossible. "STUCK" (original title, VAST) is an exciting film that gives you a claustrophobic look into the stages you go through when the end is near. SCREWED Tim Schijf | Live-Action | 06:47 When a man can't find a corkscrew during his date, he has run through Amsterdam by night to find one. ------------------------------------- 9th April, de kring (Leidseplein) - 2 eur donation recommended. More info: https://bit.ly/2HKP9rr Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/349071615697117/