BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8557@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Dok Night – Symbiopsychotaxicinema – PRETTY VILLAGE\, PRETTY FLAME   1996 Directed by Srdjan Dragojevic DTSTAMP:20261008T222622Z DTSTART:20250918T160000Z DTEND:20250918T210000Z DESCRIPTION:Every Thursday there’s a Vegan Dinner accompanying an exhibitio n\nopening/closing\, a live performance\, live music\, movie screening or ...\nCome meet other people interested in art and activism\, good food and great\nprices. Bring your favourite game and your friends. Or meet new pe ople at the\nbar.\n\n18u bar open\n\n19u Vegan Ethiopian Food by Moknen\n\ n20u30 Symbiopsychotaxicinema\, a film evening presentd by Jeffrey Babcock \n\nPRETTY VILLAGE\, PRETTY FLAME 1996\n(Lepa Sela Lepo Gore)\n\nDirected by Srdjan Dragojevic\n129 minutes\n\nThis flick starts off in a country th at no longer exists\, called Yugoslavia\,\nwhen it was under the reign of a guy named Tito. When Tito died\, everything in\nthe country began unrave ling fast\, and the economy started to plummet. This\nstory zooms in on tw o young boys who are friends and follows their relationship\nfor the next years\, eventually leading them to different sides of the Bosnian\nwar tha t broke out in the early 1990s. By the time this movie was made\,\nYugosla via had officially perished.\n\nThis flick throws us into the thick of it\ , and is absolutely riveting\, with\ngreat performances by all the lead ac tors as it juggles the politics of a\nchaotic time in history. It was a ti me when the closest friends or even families\nwere broken apart and killin g each other. This movie depicts such a tragedy\, but\nit is also full of humor\, wit and insights. The mechanics of the film are\nrazor-sharp\, fro m the cinematography to the dialogue to the direction. It is one\nof the m ost praised movies dealing with the topic of the war in Yugoslavia\, and\n it shows all the absurdity\, irony\, ridiculousness and hypocrisy of any w ar\nsituation.\n\nIt was directed by the young Yugoslavian whippersnapper Srdjan Dragojevic (We\nare Not Angels) who really blooms as a director her e... a film that takes place\nin a hospital room full of severely wounded and dying soldiers\, with most of the\nstory told through flashbacks and m emories.\n\nThe movie is also great in how it shows how the madness escala tes... starting\noff with something small\, but then—step by step—escalate s into a furious war\nsituation where the most unbelievable atrocities bec ome normal. Do you think\nyou’re immune to this kind of narrow-mindedness? I see it all around me every\nday. This war mentality is in the air. And now Europe is building up a huge\nmilitary infrastructure—the same NATO th at loves to rush into troubled areas and\nalways thinks bombing is the bes t solution\, just like what happened to\nYugoslavia.\n\nSYMBIOPSYCHOTAXICI NEMA\n\nA series of socially engaged movies\, screened once a month on Thu rsdays.\nTouching on such hot topics as immigration\, homelessness\, racis m\, education\,\nradical gender propositions\, the pandemic and gentrifica tion\, these films not\nonly explore visionary politics\, but are also cho sen to stir our imagination and\ncreativity. The essence of cinema is the collective experience\, and these\nscreenings are aimed at creating intima te communities again in an increasingly\nhectic and fragmented world. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/dok-night-22 GEO:52.368298;4.911167641156702 LOCATION:Plantage Dok - Plantage Doklaan 8-12\, 1018 CM STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:activism,amsterdam-centrum,community,dinner,exhibition,film,food ,games,gender,live,music,opening,performance,plantage,stories,vegan X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Every Thursday there’s a Vegan Dinner accom panying an exhibition opening/closing, a live performance, live music, mov ie screening or ...
Come meet other people interested in art and activ ism, good food and great prices. Bring your favourite game and your friend s. Or meet new people at the bar.

18u bar open

19u Vegan Ethiopian Food by Moknen

20u 30 Symbiopsychotaxicinema, a film evening presentd by Jeffrey Babcock

PRETTY VILLAGE, PRETTY FLAME 1996
(Lepa S ela Lepo Gore)

Directed by Srdjan Dragojevic
129 minutes

This flick starts off in a country that no longer exists, called Yugoslav ia, when it was under the reign of a guy named Tito. When Tito died, every thing in the country began unraveling fast, and the economy started to plu mmet. This story zooms in on two young boys who are friends and follows th eir relationship for the next years, eventually leading them to different sides of the Bosnian war that broke out in the early 1990s. By the time th is movie was made, Yugoslavia had officially perished.

This flick t hrows us into the thick of it, and is absolutely riveting, with great perf ormances by all the lead actors as it juggles the politics of a chaotic ti me in history. It was a time when the closest friends or even families wer e broken apart and killing each other. This movie depicts such a tragedy, but it is also full of humor, wit and insights. The mechanics of the film are razor-sharp, from the cinematography to the dialogue to the direction. It is one of the most praised movies dealing with the topic of the war in Yugoslavia, and it shows all the absurdity, irony, ridiculousness and hyp ocrisy of any war situation.

It was directed by the young Yugoslavi an whippersnapper Srdjan Dragojevic (We are Not Angels) who reall y blooms as a director here... a film that takes place in a hospital room full of severely wounded and dying soldiers, with most of the story told t hrough flashbacks and memories.

The movie is also great in how it s hows how the madness escalates... starting off with something small, but t hen—step by step—escalates into a furious war situation where the most unb elievable atrocities become normal. Do you think you’re immune to this kin d of narrow-mindedness? I see it all around me every day. This war mentali ty is in the air. And now Europe is building up a huge military infrastruc ture—the same NATO that loves to rush into troubled areas and always think s bombing is the best solution, just like what happened to Yugoslavia.

SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXICINEMA

A series of socially eng aged movies, screened once a month on Thursdays. Touching on such hot topi cs as immigration, homelessness, racism, education, radical gender proposi tions, the pandemic and gentrification, these films not only explore visio nary politics, but are also chosen to stir our imagination and creativity. The essence of cinema is the collective experience, and these screenings are aimed at creating intimate communities again in an increasingly hectic and fragmented world.

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