BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:23524@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Screeing নধরের ভেলা (Nadharer Bhela) / The Slow Man and His Raft DTSTAMP:20260606T182509Z DTSTART:20260626T163000Z DESCRIPTION:Movie Screeing নধরের ভেলা (Nadharer Bhela) / The Slow Man and H is Raft\nPradipta Bhattacharyya · 2025 · 179 mins | Bengali Spoken | Subti tles English\n\nRSVP:\nhttps://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/E6GFPWBOINJy ca4tZ-SMPHV6nI5s1lFmV...\n[https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/E6GFPWBO INJyca4tZ-SMPHV6nI5s1lFmVnQubjqSs7k/]\n\n\nAstaroTheatro · 26 June 2026 · Doors 18:30 · Film 19:00\nSint Jansstraat 37\, Amsterdam (5 minutes from C entraal Station).\n\n"Nadhar\, a man deemed dysfunctional for his extremel y sluggish movements\,\nbecomes part of a travelling circus\, where his co ndition turns into spectacle."\n\nWhat happens when a body does not align with the speed at which the world\ndecides value. Around the body\, a worl d is being sorted too quickly into what\ncan be used\, what can be shown\, what can be kept as “culture”\, and what can be\nleft behind. The Manasam angal lore\, a six-hundred-year-old poem most people\nremember as a love s tory and which is not\, is underneath this: snake\, deity\,\nfear\, protec tion\, not as heritage\, but as something still active in how life is\ndiv ided\, who is held and who is left outside.\n\nThe film's journey has been as unusual as its subject. Rather than relying on\nconventional theatrica l distribution\, Nadharer Bhela has travelled through a\nnetwork of indepe ndently organised screenings\, community halls\, town theatres\,\ncultural spaces and self-organised gatherings across Bengal and beyond. Its\ncircu lation has depended not on multiplexes or streaming platforms\, but on\nau diences willing to create spaces for collective viewing and conversation.\ nThough it travelled to Rotterdam\, this is not a festival film seeking pr estige\nfrom afar.\n\nIt is a film that has found its life in rooms filled with people sitting\ntogether for an evening\, allowing a story to unfold at its own pace.\nAstaroTheatro is one of those rooms.\n\nSuggested donat ion: €8–15 (sliding scale). Less is welcome\, more helps support\nindepend ent filmmaking and the space. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/screeing-nadharer-bhela-the-slow-man-an d-his-raft GEO:52.3729667;4.8961117 LOCATION:AstaroTheatro - Sint Jansstraat 37\, 1012 HG Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,bar/cafe,community,festivals,film,oude kerk,st ories,theater X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Movie Screeing নধরের ভেলা (Nadharer Bhela) / The Slow Man and His Raft
Pradipta Bhattacharyya · 2025 · 179 mins | Bengali Spoken | Subtitles English


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AstaroTheatro · 26 June 2026 · Doors 18:30 · Film 19:00Sint Jansstraat 37, Amsterdam (5 minutes from Centraal Station).


"Nadhar, a man deemed dysfunctional for his extremely sluggish movement s, becomes part of a travelling circus, where his condition turns into spe ctacle."


What happens when a body does not align with the speed at which the world decides value. Around the body, a world is being sorted too quickly into what can be used, what can be shown, what can be kept as “culture”, and what can be left behind. The Manasamangal lore, a six-hund red-year-old poem most people remember as a love story and which is not, i s underneath this: snake, deity, fear, protection, not as heritage, but as something still active in how life is divided, who is held and who is lef t outside.


The film's journey has been as unusual as its subject . Rather than relying on conventional theatrical distribution, Nadharer Bh ela has travelled through a network of independently organised screenings, community halls, town theatres, cultural spaces and self-organised gather ings across Bengal and beyond. Its circulation has depended not on multipl exes or streaming platforms, but on audiences willing to create spaces for collective viewing and conversation.
Though it travelled to Rotterdam, this is not a festival film seeking prestige from afar.


It is a film that has found its life in rooms filled with people sitting together for an evening, allowing a story to unfold at its own pace. AstaroTheatro is one of those rooms.


Suggested donation: €8– 15 (sliding scale). Less is welcome, more helps support independent filmma king and the space.

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