Dutch director Michael Dudok de Wit won an Oscar for his animation short Father and Daughter. Now, under the header of legendary Japanese Studio Ghibli, de Wit has produced his first long animation film, The Red Turtle. The movie was…
There are few cultural locations as endearing as Oostblok. With small funds and a great number of volunteers and creativity, they are working hard to creating a bustling and buzzing theatre center. The storm that rampaged through the cultural landscape…
One of our leading goals when we got started: new audiences for new makers! And, do you dare to spend an evening discovering unknown names? Compagnietheater, Korzo productiehuis and LIMA tell us why we all should. Have you heard of…
Paris, Texas has been one of my favourite films for years. The scene that stuck with me most was with the one-way mirror, best known from police interrogation rooms, but now used for a peep show. She sees her own…
He suffers from xenomania, he says. The insatiable need to consume music and films. Job de Wit, music expert and film lover, has joined our team of curators and is starting his quest to find music and film that is…
Huis Marseille is exhibiting a retrospective on photographer Stephen Shore, starting 10 June. Shore is legendary and influential due to his interest in the every day and his glorious use of colour, without shying from a bright flash. These are…
Choices, choices, so many choices! It’s not always easy to keep an overview of the comprehensive programme put together by Holland Festival, that gives the stage to the very best performance art from all over the world. We selected ten…
The question seemed innocent: What European art and culture belongs in a European canon? But my oh my, has that question caused a stir. Words like ‘colonial discourse’, ‘Eurocentrism’ and ‘Western epistemology’ started filling out mailboxes. But there were also…