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SUMMARY:Leiden Shorts x Ventilator Cinema
DTSTAMP:20260516T183004Z
DTSTART:20260523T123000Z
DTEND:20260523T150000Z
DESCRIPTION:Genre: Short Films\, Festival\nOpen: 14:30 - 17:00 hrs\nTickets
	: € 10\n\nFrom May 29 until June 02\, @leidenshorts [https://leidenshorts.
	nl/]returns to\nLeiden for its 18th edition\, transformingthe city into a 
	space for short-form\ncinema that engages directly with the realities shap
	ing ourpresent. Across five\ndays\, the festival will present a wide-rangi
	ng programme of internationaland\nnational works\, bringing together filmm
	akers who reflect on the conditions we\nlive in today.\n\n----\nOn Saturda
	y May 23\, Leiden Shorts and Ventilator invites you to a preview\nscreenin
	g of three short films from different sections of the 2026 programme.\n'Da
	ria’s Night Flowers’ (International Competition)\, ‘And still\, it remains
	’\n(Artists in Focus: Arwa Aburawa & Turab Shah)\, and ‘Last Seen\, Long A
	go’ (We\nneed to talk about... Venezuela) collectively explore lives shape
	d by conflict\,\nrepression\, colonial violence\, anddisplacement.\nJoin u
	s for the screening\, and stay for a drink and and reflections afterwards!
	\n\nDoors open: 14:30 pm (Walk-in)\nFilm program starts: 15:30 pm - 17:00p
	m\n\nStay for drinks till 22:00 pm or jump into short films made by women 
	in Egypt\n[https://amsterdamalternative.nl/agenda/21758/between-women-film
	makers-caravan]\nat 18:00 pm.\n\n----\n\nFilm Credits:\n→ Daria’s Night Fl
	owers / Maryam Tafakory / 16’ / Iran\, United Kingdom\, France /\n2025\n→ 
	And still\, it remains / Arwa Aburawa\, Turab Shah / 28’ / Algeria\, Unite
	d\nKingdom / 2023\n→ Last Seen\, Long Time Ago (Última vez hace mucho tiem
	po) / Santiago Martín /\n24’ / Venezuela / 2026\n\nLeiden Shorts: Instagra
	m [https://www.instagram.com/leidenshorts/] / Website\n[https://leidenshor
	ts.filmchief.com/shop/tickets]\n\nVentilator Cinema: @ventilator_cinema\n[
	https://www.instagram.com/ventilator_cinema/] (on the second floor of\n@ot
	301adam [https://www.instagram.com/ot301adam/])\n\nLocation: Overtoom 301\
	, Amsterdam\n\nhttps://www.ot301.nl/vorigehttps://www.ot301.nl/volgende
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/leiden-shorts-x-ventilator-cinema
GEO:52.3601403;4.8656923
LOCATION:OT301 - Overtoom 301\, 1054 HW Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:amsterdam-west,festival,festivals,film,live,short films,shorts,t
	alk,vondelparkbuurt
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<strong>Genre:</strong> Short Films, Festival<
	br><strong>Open:</strong> 14:30 - 17:00 hrs<br><strong>Tickets:</strong> €
	 10  <p><strong>From May 29 until June 02, <a href="https://leidenshorts.n
	l/" target="_blank">@leidenshorts </a>returns to Leiden </strong>for its 1
	8th edition, transformingthe city into a space for short-form cinema that 
	engages directly with the realities shaping ourpresent. Across five days, 
	the festival will present a wide-ranging programme of internationaland nat
	ional works, bringing together filmmakers who reflect on the conditions we
	 live in today.</p> <p>----<br> <strong>On Saturday May 23, Leiden Shorts 
	and Ventilator invites </strong>you to a preview screening of three short 
	films from different sections of the 2026 programme.<br> 'Daria’s Night Fl
	owers’ (International Competition), ‘And still, it remains’ (Artists in Fo
	cus: Arwa Aburawa &amp; Turab Shah), and ‘Last Seen, Long Ago’ (We need to
	 talk about... Venezuela) collectively explore lives shaped by conflict, r
	epression, colonial violence, anddisplacement.<br> Join us for the screeni
	ng, and stay for a drink and and reflections afterwards!</p> <p><strong>Do
	ors open: </strong>14:30 pm (Walk-in)<br> <strong>Film program starts:</st
	rong> 15:30 pm - 17:00pm</p> <p><strong>Stay for drinks </strong>till 22:0
	0 pm <strong>or</strong> jump into<strong> <a href="https://amsterdamalter
	native.nl/agenda/21758/between-women-filmmakers-caravan" target="_blank">s
	hort films made by women in Egypt</a></strong> at 18:00 pm. </p> <p>----</
	p> <p>Film Credits:<br> → <strong>Daria’s Night Flowers</strong> / Maryam 
	Tafakory / 16’ / <strong>Iran</strong>, United Kingdom, France / 2025<br> 
	→ <strong>And still, it remains </strong>/ Arwa Aburawa, Turab Shah / 28’ 
	/ <strong>Algeria</strong>, United Kingdom / 2023<br> → <strong>Last Seen,
	 Long Time Ago </strong>(Última vez hace mucho tiempo) / Santiago Martín /
	 24’ / <strong>Venezuela </strong>/ 2026</p> <p>Leiden Shorts: <a href="ht
	tps://www.instagram.com/leidenshorts/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> / <a 
	href="https://leidenshorts.filmchief.com/shop/tickets" target="_blank">Web
	site</a></p> <p>Ventilator Cinema: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/vent
	ilator_cinema/" target="_blank">@ventilator_cinema</a> (on the second floo
	r of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ot301adam/" target="_blank">@ot301
	adam</a>)</p> <p>Location: Overtoom 301, Amsterdam</p>  <a href="https://w
	ww.ot301.nl/vorige"></a><a href="https://www.ot301.nl/volgende"></a>
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