Archive

18 January 2008 21:40 - 22:01 uur Filmhuis - zaal 6

Documentary from Indonesia: Abracadabra!

In his strongly ironically entitled documentary ‘Abracadabra!’ Aryo Danusiri unravels the peace process in Atjeh in the year 2002/2003, meant to make an end to the escalating violence there. English subtitles.

18 January 2008 21:40 - 22:01 uur Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal

Liberation in literature

How do characters and their creators, the writers, free themselves from oppressive restrictions? With Laila Abuzaid and Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, and Anne-Sophie van Neste (host). In English.

18 January 2008 21:40 - 22:01 uur Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal

Memory, speak

On the fear of forgetting the past and the task of the writer to recall that past. With South African poet Antjie Krog, Dutch novelist Harry Mulisch and Turkish writer Elif Shafak, and Rudi Wester (host). Partly in Dutch and in English.

18 January 2008 21:10 - 21:30 uur Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal

André Manuel

A contrary troubadour who likes to give us a piece of his mind.

18 January 2008 21:10 - 21:30 uur Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal

Music: Boi Akih & Bart Fermie

Singer Monica Akihary, composer/guitarist Niels Brouwer and Bart Fermie on percussion.

18 January 2008 21:10 - 22:01 uur Filmhuis - zaal 7

Who's Afraid of Youth? Pupils have the floor

Alfred Schaffer presents pupils in The Hague and their poems about their greatest fear. The pupils then interview poet Ester Naomi Perquin. In Dutch.

18 January 2008 20:00 - 21:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal

Indonesia now: new and innovative poetry

Violetta Simatupang and Tan Lioe Ie talk to Tsead Bruinja about the role of engagement in modern Indonesian literature and the fears experienced in Indonesia. In English.

18 January 2008 20:00 - 01:30 uur Theater aan het Spui & Filmhuis Den Haag

Winternachten Friday Night

18 January 2008 20:00 - 21:00 uur Filmhuis - zaal 7

Turkish literature home and abroad

Margot Dijkgraaf talks to the Turkish writer and journalist Asli Tohumcu, the Turkish- Dutch writer Sadik Yemni and the Turkish-Dutch poet Tuncay Çinibulak. In English.

18 January 2008 20:00 - 21:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal

Ghost Writing

Ahmad al-Aidi and Dimitri Verhulst wrote a story responding to existing images of fear of 'the Arab' or ‘the westerner’. Nelleke Noordervliet talks with them. Cartoonist Willem reacts on the stories. In English.

18 January 2008 20:00 - 21:20 uur Filmhuis - zaal 6

Documentary: Black Stone, with an introduction by the author Khaled Khalifa

Syrian documentary by Nidal Al-Dabas on the hard life of children in a poor part of the city of Damascus. With an introduction by the writer Khaled Khalifa, who wrote the scenario. In English.

18 January 2008 20:00 - 23:55 uur Theater aan het Spui - foyer

Foyer programme

Play the Syrian computer game Quraish (Afkar Media), in which you can pretend to be either a mujjahedeen or a crusader. Furthermore DJ Jairzinho, book store Van Stockum, autographing writers, drink andl snacks from all four corners of the world.

17 January 2008 20:00 - 22:00 uur Nieuwe Kerk

Winternachten Lecture: Elif Shafak

14 January 2007 10:00 - 11:30 uur Dudok

VPRO's OVT - Live in Winternachten

13 January 2007 23:55 - 01:30 uur Theater aan het Spui - foyer

The African dancefloor: Benkadi

This Winternacht ends on the dancefloor with a powerful combination of old folksongs and modern swinging music from Africa.

13 January 2007 23:05 - 23:55 uur Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal

In search of the soul. Part 3: Art

Writer Allard Schröder, visual artist Theo Jansen and composer Klaas de Vries go in search of the enchantment or disenchantment of art. Presented by Michaël Zeeman. Dutch spoken.

13 January 2007 23:05 - 23:55 uur Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal

For the sake of love - Surinamese and Aruban female writers in the Netherlands

Sranantongo poet Celestine Raalte, writers Giselle Ecury and Karin Amatmoekrim (When We are Together) speak with Noraly Beyer. Dutch spoken.

13 January 2007 22:35 - 23:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal

Haytham Safia

Young ud-player from Jerusalem blends Arab music, jazz, eastern and African sounds.

13 January 2007 22:35 - 23:01 uur Filmhuis - zaal 7

Film: Goldline

A documentary by Hans Hylkema about the 173 kilometer long railway in Suriname which was to transport the gold diggers to their concessions. Dutch spoken.

13 January 2007 22:35 - 23:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal

Izaline Calister - sung stories

Jazz star Izaline Calister sings stories from her island Curaçao.

13 January 2007 22:35 - 00:05 uur Filmhuis - zaal 6

Film: Mana Beyond Belief

Peter Friedman and Roger Manley went in search of mana - the Maori's word for a special power - and travelled the world. The result is an amazing collection: ranging from gigantic Buddhas to Hitler's lost fingers. No spoken word.

13 January 2007 21:40 - 22:01 uur Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal

In search of the soul. Part 2: Religion

Is the soul purely religious? A conversation with the Indian writer Pankaj Mishra and the British writer Karen Armstrong. Presented by Michaël Zeeman. English spoken.

13 January 2007 21:40 - 22:30 uur Filmhuis - zaal 6

Film: Promised Paradise

Filmmaker Leonard Retel Helmrich shows how theatre maker Agus confronts the perpetrators (all of whom were sentenced to death) of the attack on the discothèque on Bali in 2002. Indonesian, Dutch subtitles.

13 January 2007 21:40 - 22:01 uur Filmhuis - zaal 7

Young poets - part 2

Poet Tsaed Bruinja presents young poets Ramsey Nasr, Willem Thies and Florence Tonk. Dutch spoken.