Archive

21 January 2017 15:30 - 17:30 uur Theater en Filmhuis Dakota

World Stories at Dakota Theatre

21 January 2017 14:00 - 15:15 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 1

Reading the Bible with Sedlacek

21 January 2017 14:00 - 15:30 uur Institute of Social Studies

World Storytelling in the Institute of Social Studies

20 January 2017 23:45 - 01:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - foyer

Dancing into the Friday Night

20 January 2017 23:15 - 23:35 uur Filmhuis - Studio A

The Book of My Life: Mircea Cărtărescu

20 January 2017 23:00 - 23:45 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 1

This Is Not America (Part 2)

The choice of Trump is seen primarily as a protest by citizens against the political elite, and a sign of broad discontent among the American public. Is the USA our role model?

20 January 2017 23:00 - 00:30 uur Filmhuis - zaal 1

Film: Anomalisa

Michael Stone, a respected author, finds himself numbed by the daily grind. On a business trip to Cincinnati he discovers a possible escape from despair when he meets the inconspicuous Lisa. A stop-motion animation by Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation) and Duke Johnson, won the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice film festival.

20 January 2017 22:40 - 23:00 uur Filmhuis - Studio A

The Book of My Life: Olga Grjasnowa

20 January 2017 22:20 - 22:40 uur Filmhuis - Studio A

The Book of my Life: Baban Kirkuki

20 January 2017 22:15 - 22:55 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 1

This Is Not America (part 1)

A late-night show about the United States of America that touches on many issues, from the shrinking middle class to the differences between whites and blacks, from hopeful new immigrants to the embittered white underclass. The America of the supporters of President Trump.

20 January 2017 22:05 - 22:55 uur Filmhuis - zaal 1

In Search of the Real (Love) - Dorit Rabinyan about her novel Border Life and the film Anomalisa

Dorit Rabinyan wrote a contemporary Romeo and Julia: her novel Border Life tells about the love between a Palestine man and an Israeli woman. Love and identity are rarely depicted as keenly on screen as in the animation film Anomalisa, screened subsequently. Philosopher Stine Jensen discusses novel and film with her and the audience.

20 January 2017 22:00 - 22:55 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 2

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

We tell one another fairy tales: about how the world appears, but also about how we ourselves appear. On Facebook, Instagram and vlogs we show our best side.

20 January 2017 21:40 - 22:00 uur Filmhuis - Studio A

The Book of My Life: Piotr Ibrahim Kalwas

20 January 2017 21:15 - 22:10 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 1

In the Mirror of Refugees

The image that refugees have of Europe does not match the reality they experience upon arrival. Europe is a fiction.

20 January 2017 21:10 - 21:30 uur Filmhuis - Studio A

The Book of My Life: Ece Temelkuran

20 January 2017 21:00 - 23:45 uur Theater aan het Spui - foyer

Friday Night Wintercafé

The Wintercafé brings together writers and the public. Host Francis Broekhuijsen and singer-songwriter Dieter van der Westen supply the enjoyable atmosphere. Drink, eat, try the poetry-machine of Roos Laan, and stop by the booksigning sessions at Van Stockum Bookshop or visit the Cultural Press Centre.

Booksigning sessions at Van Stockum Bookshop:
20.45-21.15: Ian Buruma
21.15–21.45: Mircea Cărtărescu, Tomas Sedlacek and Michel Faber
22.15–22.45: Michaïl Sjisjkin and Hassan Blasim

20 January 2017 20:55 - 22:00 uur Filmhuis - zaal 1

Film: Fleeing is No Longer Allowed

Gerlinda Haywegen, a curator with the festival and programmer for The Hague's Filmhuis, presents and introduces a series of short films, video clips and animated shorts. The linking factor: fleeing and refugees.

20 January 2017 20:45 - 21:55 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 2

The Secret Space - Poetry

Within De verborgen ruimte (The Secret Space), the map is newly read and drawn by nine poets. Which sounds and tones belong in it, what has not yet been said, and what is continually misunderstood?

20 January 2017 20:40 - 21:00 uur Filmhuis - Studio A

The Book of My Life: Rodrigo Hasbún

20 January 2017 20:20 - 20:40 uur Filmhuis - Studio A

The Book of My Life: Bas Heijne

Writers talk about their favourite book - the book that inspires or moves them; the book that formed their moral or intellectual compass; the book that they would recommend to anyone.

20 January 2017 20:10 - 21:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - foyer

Friday Night Wintercafé: Spot on Young Poets

High-school students from the Hague region reading their own poetry, the result of workshops led by members of the Hague Poets' Guild. Professional poets Salena Godden and Marieke Rijneveld accompany the up-and-comers.

20 January 2017 20:00 - 21:10 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 1

Winternachten lecture: Fiction in Fake Times

What is real, what is fake? And yet it's the fabrications that can provide insight into the world in which we live. Michel Faber kicks off the evening with the Winternachten Lecture.

20 January 2017 20:00 - 01:00 uur Theater aan het Spui & Filmhuis Den Haag

Friday Night Unlimited

20 January 2017 20:00 - 20:40 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 2

The Dutch on the Couch: Stine Jensen

A country sees the doctor — the Netherlands is suffering from burnout, we are working ourselves to pieces. If in theory, one can lead a perfect life, should we do so? Professor of Psychiatry Damiaan Denys is the therapist, philosopher Stine Jensen is patient the Netherlands.