Oosterstraat 44
😴 Nothing scheduled here in the near future.
Cronenberg's body-horror masterpiece The Fly screens at Zienema for Halloween. A scientist's teleportation experiment goes catastrophically wrong.
Silent film by Esteban Sapir about a future without voices, where a monopolist controls all communication. A visually inventive work with themes that still resonate today.
Samsara is a visually hypnotic cine-concert film by director Garin Nugroho, telling a Balinese folk tale through mythical imagery and gamelan-inspired hardcore beats.
Documentary exploring how young men are drawn to the manosphere, followed by a Q&A with director Cindy Jansen. A collaboration with the International Film Festival Assen.
Documentary about Groningen musician Rudy Lentze, followed by a live performance from Rudy & his Fascinators. The film traces his life against seventy years of pop music and world history.
Documentary about chemsex among queer men, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers. Three personal stories about boundaries, freedom and dependency.
Eisenstein's landmark 1925 film Battleship Potemkin screened with a specially composed live soundtrack by Rome-based band Hiverne, blending electronic aesthetics with acoustic instruments.
Xanadu (1980), the inimitable cult classic with Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly, opens the season at VERA Zienema. A genuinely absurd film packed with bizarre dialogue, sudden musical and dance sequences, and pure cinematic chaos.