Archive

16 January 2016 21:40 - 22:00 uur Filmhuis - Studio A

The Text of my Life: Helmut Lotti

16 January 2016 21:20 - 22:20 uur Filmhuis - zaal 1

Rodaan Al Galidi's Film Picks

With clips from Citizen Kane (Orson Welles), La Grande Bellezza (Sorentino), Der Untergang (Hirschbiegel) and Holy Motors (Léos Carax).

16 January 2016 21:20 - 22:10 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 1

Does evil lurk in every relationship? Neel Mukherjee wrote The Lives of Others, a tale of missing bonds within a large family. Connie Palmen in Jij zegt het (Whatever You Say) gives a voice to poet Ted Hughes, whose wife, poetess Sylvia Plath, committed suicide after the limits of their love had been reached.

16 January 2016 21:20 - 21:40 uur Filmhuis - Studio A

The Text of my Life: Adriaan van Dis

16 January 2016 21:00 - 23:50 uur Theater aan het Spui - foyer

Saturday Night Wintercafé

Writers and the public meet and mingle in the Wintercafé. Master of ceremonies Francis Broekhuijsen and musician Dick van der Harst create a warm winter atmosphere. Snacks and drinks, the Van Stockum Bookshop, the Cultural News Agency, and the interactive quiz Mind of Moral by Sade Schönhage contribute to the fun. After midnight, DJ Socrates keeps everyone dancing.

Booksigning Sessions - Van Stockum Bookshop
20.45 -21.15 Adriaan van Dis and Rodaan Al Galidi
21.20 -21.50 Geert Mak and Susan Neiman
22.15 -22.45 Connie Palmen and György Dragomán
23.15 -23.45 Daan Heerma van Voss, José Eduardo Agualusa, Neel Mukherjee, Petina Gappah and Stine Jensen

16 January 2016 20:45 - 22:10 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 2

Where Can You Hide?

Four innocent young women looking for refuge. Forgotten (Agualusa) tells the story of Ludo, who locks herself in her home on the eve of Angola's independence. The Book of Memory (Gappah) gives voice to an emprisoned girl who was abused by her white adoptive father. In Dark, almost Night (Bator) Alicja tries to uncover her deceased sister's secret in the abandoned house on the Polish-German border. And thirteen year old Emma in Fire Stack (Dragomá) is picked up from an orphanage in the middle of the Romanian revolution.

16 January 2016 20:40 - 21:00 uur Filmhuis - Studio A

The Text of my Life: Daan Heerma van Voss

16 January 2016 20:20 - 20:40 uur Filmhuis - Studio A

The Text of my Life: Alaa al Aswany

16 January 2016 20:10 - 21:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - foyer

Saturday Night Wintercafé: Storytelling

Listen to the most beautiful stories of the storytelling events that took place this afternoon in the Dakota Theatre and at the Institute of Social Studies. Poet Runa Svetlikova assists the storytellers, and Francis Broekhuijsen hosts this part-English event.

16 January 2016 20:00 - 21:10 uur Filmhuis - zaal 1

Don't Look Now - films to scare you silly

Why do we love to watch scary scenes on the big screen? An anthology of the mechanisms behind "delicious" horror, with lots of film clips from various genres.

16 January 2016 20:00 - 20:20 uur Filmhuis - Studio A

The Text of my Life: Stine Jensen

Writers present their favourite texts from world literature and explain why a particular poem, novel excerpt, or song lyric influenced their life and work.

16 January 2016 20:00 - 21:15 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 1

Past Evils, Present Problems. Winternachten lecture by Susan Neiman

How do nations deal with their problematic pasts? Susan Neiman finds links between processing the past and the attitude of European states toward current challenges, such as the refugee crisis. After the lecture, a debate on this subject will take place.

16 January 2016 20:00 - 20:40 uur Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 2

Welcome in Holland

Rodaan Al Galidi roamed the world without a passport until he ended up in a Dutch refugee centre. Without the benefits of refugee status or an integration diploma, he built a career as a writer. His latest book, Hoe ik talent voor het leven kreeg (How I Found a Talent for Life), is presented to the public and to special guest Adriaan van Dis tonight.

16 January 2016 20:00 - 01:00 uur Theater aan het Spui & Filmhuis Den Haag

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