BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:23605@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Screening নধরের ভেলা (Nadharer Bhela) / The Slow Man and His Raft DTSTAMP:20260609T194113Z DTSTART:20260626T163000Z DESCRIPTION:Movie Screening নধরের ভেলা (Nadharer Bhela) / The Slow Man and His Raft\nPradipta Bhattacharyya · 2025 · 179 mins | Bengali Spoken | Subt itles English\n\nRSVP:\nhttps://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/E6GFPWBOINJ yca4tZ-SMPHV6nI5s1lFmV...\n[https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/E6GFPWB OINJyca4tZ-SMPHV6nI5s1lFmVnQubjqSs7k/]\n\n\nAstaroTheatro · 26 June 2026 · Doors 18:30 · Film 19:00\nSint Jansstraat 37\, Amsterdam (5 minutes from Centraal Station).\n\n"Nadhar\, a man deemed dysfunctional for his extreme ly sluggish movements\,\nbecomes part of a travelling circus\, where his c ondition 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 wor ld 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 Manasa mangal lore\, a six-hundred-year-old poem most people\nremember as a love story and which is not\, is underneath this: snake\, deity\,\nfear\, prote ction\, not as heritage\, but as something still active in how life is\ndi vided\, who is held and who is left outside.\n\nThe film's journey has bee n as unusual as its subject. Rather than relying on\nconventional theatric al distribution\, Nadharer Bhela has travelled through a\nnetwork of indep endently organised screenings\, community halls\, town theatres\,\ncultura l spaces and self-organised gatherings across Bengal and beyond. Its\ncirc ulation has depended not on multiplexes or streaming platforms\, but on\na udiences willing to create spaces for collective viewing and conversation. \nThough it travelled to Rotterdam\, this is not a festival film seeking p restige\nfrom afar.\n\nIt is a film that has found its life in rooms fille d with people sitting\ntogether for an evening\, allowing a story to unfol d at its own pace.\nAstaroTheatro is one of those rooms.\n\nSuggested dona tion: €8–15 (sliding scale). Less is welcome\, more helps support\nindepen dent filmmaking and the space. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/screening-nadharer-bhela-the-slow-man-a nd-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 Screening 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 19:00< br>Sint Jansstraat 37, Amsterdam (5 minutes from Centraal Station).


"Nadhar, a man deemed dysfunctional for his extremely sluggish movemen ts, becomes part of a travelling circus, where his condition turns into sp ectacle."


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


The film's journey has been as unusual as its subjec t. Rather than relying on conventional theatrical distribution, Nadharer B hela has travelled through a network of independently organised screenings , community halls, town theatres, cultural spaces and self-organised gathe rings across Bengal and beyond. Its circulation has depended not on multip lexes or streaming platforms, but on audiences willing to create spaces fo r 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 togethe r for an evening, allowing a story to unfold at its own pace. AstaroTheatr o is one of those rooms.


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

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