Archive

18 January 2009 10:00 - 11:30 uur Dudok

VPRO O.V.T.

17 January 2009 23:10 - 23:40 uur Filmhuis - zaal 6

Film: Babakiueria

Mockumentary in which Australia is discovered by a group of Aboriginals after which roles are reversed radically. Short by Don Featherstone on racial stereotypes and inequality. 30 min. In English.

17 January 2009 23:10 - 00:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal

Poets of the memory - Suriname/Antilles

Four Caribbean poets about native soil, about the country they live in and about the land of their ancestors. With Raj Mohan, Shrinivási, Gilda Dannarag and Philip Rademaker. Host: Tanja Fraai. In Dutch.

17 January 2009 23:10 - 00:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal

The Real Thing 3: Art

Documentary maker Heddy Honigmann and writer Bernlef talk about the question what ‘genuine’ or ‘authentic’ means in their work. Host: Michaël Zeeman. In Dutch.

17 January 2009 23:10 - 00:00 uur Filmhuis - zaal 7

Wintercafé 4 The folds of language

Selim Temo (Kurdish), Kamran Nazirli (Azerbaijani) and Gündüz Vassaf (Turkey) read and talk about their daily struggle not to have their language kidnapped by politics or taboo. Turkish/Dutch/English.

17 January 2009 22:10 - 23:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal

International poetry: The Right Word

The renowned poets Esther Jansma, Joumana Haddad, Nese Yasin and Laksmi Pamuntjak read and talk about their quest for the right word. Host: Tsead Bruinja. In English.

17 January 2009 22:10 - 23:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal

Music: Izaline Calister sings stories for a Winternacht

Commissioned by Winternachten, the Curaçaon diva collected stories on the Dutch Antilles, Aruba, South Africa, Indonesia, Surinam and the Netherlands. With Ed Verhoeff, Sven Happel and Roël Calister.

17 January 2009 22:10 - 23:00 uur Filmhuis - zaal 7

Wintercafé 3 Tip Marugg

A ‘pre-read’ at Winternachten round writer Tip Marugg (1923-2006). With Aart Broek, Petra Possel and Carel de Haseth. In Dutch.

17 January 2009 22:10 - 23:00 uur Filmhuis - zaal 6

Film: Emoticons

Documentary by Heddy Honigmann shows the versatile use of the Internet as an aid of six surfing girls. The computer as a safe haven replacing the painful reality. In Dutch.

17 January 2009 21:10 - 22:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal

Music: Manar

This Moroccan sextet plays various musical styles, including ritual sufi music with African influences, performed on traditional percussion instruments.

17 January 2009 21:10 - 22:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal

The Real Thing 2: Religion

Somali writer Nuruddin Farah saw the growth of Islam in his country. He talks to writer and globetrotter Ilija Trojanow who converted to Islam. Host: Michaël Zeeman. In English.

17 January 2009 21:10 - 22:00 uur Filmhuis - zaal 7

Wintercafé 2: Pupils & Hélène Gelèns on revelations

Hélène Gelèns and pupils of local secondary schools read their own work on ‘revelations’. In Dutch.

17 January 2009 20:10 - 21:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal

The Language of my Heart - Tamazight

Three writers on what the spoken language of Tamazight or Berber means to them: Ahmed Essadki, El-Mahdi Acherchour and Rachida Lamrabet. Presentaton: Asis Aynan. In Dutch.

17 January 2009 20:10 - 21:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal

The Real Thing 1: Morality

Ethicists, writers and artists about their quest for truth and genuineness. A full evening's, three-part programme hosted by Michaël Zeeman. Part 1: morality. If people lose their moral bearings, can the law keep them on the straight and narrow path?Writer/ethicist Marjolijn Februari reads her column, and will talk about morality and writing with the German writer Juli Zeh and the South African writer/criminal lawyer Chris Marnewick. In English.

17 January 2009 20:10 - 21:00 uur Filmhuis - zaal 7

Wintercafé 1: Arthur Japin

A brand new story by born storyteller Arthur Japin, on dream and reality. In cooperation with DeBuren from Brussels. The Wintercafé is hosted on Saturday night by Neske Beks and Wim Brands. In Dutch.

17 January 2009 20:10 - 22:00 uur Filmhuis - zaal 6

Film: Two girls (Iki genc kiz)

Perihan Magden, guest at Winternachten, in 2002 published her best-seller Two girls (Iki genc kiz), adapted for film by the Turkish director Kutlug Ataman. English subtitles.

17 January 2009 20:00 - 01:30 uur Theater aan het Spui & Filmhuis Den Haag

Winternachten Saturday Night

17 January 2009 20:00 - 00:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - foyer

Foyer: Books, Art and music

Artistic fake by third year students of the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten Den Haag, book stalls, writers autographing, drinks and (fake) snacks.

The whole evening DJ Blue Flamingo produces nostalgic sounds with his 78-record turntable: calypso, jazz, mambo and tango from the early 20th century.

17 January 2009 14:00 - 16:30 uur Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal

How to Bluff your Way into Turkish Literature

17 January 2009 14:00 - 16:30 uur Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal

NRC's Readers' Club Live

17 January 2009 00:00 - 01:30 uur Theater aan het Spui - foyer

Dance the night away: Biguine Balade

An irresistibly swinging band. Dance to long forgotten Carribean evergreens.

16 January 2009 23:10 - 00:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal

It really happened

Gerrit Komrij, Kristien Hemmerechts, P.F. Thomése and Naima el Bezaz in a debate on the question: how real is literary non-fiction really? Komrij opens with a pamphlet. Hosted by Koen Kleijn. In Dutch.

16 January 2009 23:10 - 00:00 uur Filmhuis - zaal 7

Wintercafé 4: You don't know what you see

Psychologist and writer Katinka van der Kooij and evolutionary biologist and writer Tijs Goldschmidt on the question: can be survive without manipulation? With readings from their own work. In Dutch.

16 January 2009 23:10 - 00:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal

The Fake Nation

Three writers talk about the myth of nationalism and how to write in opposition to it. With Margriet de Moor, Perihan Magden and José Eduardo Agualusa. Host: Pieter van den Blink. In English.