BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:27315@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:🎬 Tender is the Moon: Mid-Autumn gathering\, tea tasting and short film program DTSTAMP:20260911T192507Z DTSTART:20260925T150000Z DESCRIPTION:The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most important celebratio ns in Chinese\nculture and across several other East and Southeast Asian c ultures.\nTraditionally a time for gathering under the full moon\, it cele brates family\nreunion\, connection and togetherness. We are bringing the spirit of the festival\nto Amsterdam through an intimate gathering of tea\ , traditional treats and\ncinema. We hope to create a safe and welcoming s pace to appreciate and celebrate\nChinese culture\, for those who are far from home\, as well as those who want to\ndiscover\, share and appreciate it. \n\nThe evening is divided into 2 independent parts: a tea tasting and a film\nscreening. Guests are welcome to join either one or both\, depend ing on how they\nwould like to experience the evening. More details about each part can be found\nbelow.\n\n\n\n------TEA TASTING------\n\nThe eveni ng begins with a Chinese style tea tasting\, prepared using the methods\no f Gongfu Cha\, sometimes referred to as a Chinese tea ceremony. The tea wi ll be\nserved slowly in small cups\, with repeated infusions allowing us t o experience\nhow its aromas and flavours develop and change with each inf usion.\n\nOur host will guide us through 3 teas from 3 different Amsterdam based tea\nvendors:\n\nComforting\, roasted Dong Ding Oolong\n凍頂烏龍\, Taiw an\, by YumCha\n\nSweet\, aromatic Jin Jun Mei red tea\n金骏眉\, Wuyi Shan\, China\, by Amsterdam Teas\n\nSweet\, delicate Moonlight White\n月光白\, Yunna n\, China\, by Cha Moods\n\nDuring the final part of the tasting\, we will accompany our favourite tea with a\ntraditional mooncake\, specially prep ared for the Mid-Autumn Festival by the\namazing people at Hoi Tin\, one o f Amsterdam’s oldest Cantonese family\nrestaurants\, bringing another part of Chinese food culture to our table.\n\nWhether you are already a tea en thusiast or have never taken part in a tea\ntasting before\, this is an op en space for anyone curious to learn\, taste\, and\nenjoy good tea in good company.\n\nPlease note: the tea tasting is limited to 20 guests.\n\nTick ets for the tea tasting + screening can be purchased in advance HERE\n[htt ps://amsterdamalternative.nl/tickets/22973/tender-is-the-moon-mid-autumn-g athering-tea-tasting-and-short-film-program]. \n\n\n\n------SHORT FILM PRO GRAM------\n\nThe program brings together 6 short films across different f ormats and\nsensibilities. Some unfold through a more poetic language\, wh ile others possess\na striking rawness and immediacy. Though distinct in f orm and voice\, each film\ncarries its own particular essence\, connected by a subtle thread of nostalgia\, a\nfeeling we feel resonated especially well with the spirit of this gathering.\n\nAll films will be screened with English subtitles. \nTickets for the film screening will be available at the door only. \n\n\n茂谷甜橙 Honey Murcott\nFriend Chen | 2024 | 4’\n\nWalkin g down an autumn-strewn street\, a man catches a whiff of oranges\,\nrecal ling the first one he tasted years before.\n\n \n\n在水一方 Across the Waters\ nViv Li | 2024 | 15’\n\nSandstorm blows\, waters scarce. In a remote minin g town without any radio\nsignals\, a quirky teenage girl gets curious abo ut a passing truck driver.\n\n \n\n磊山碾信 Lá Shān Niǎn Xìn\nWenfei Zhao | 20 26 | 25’\n\nLá Shān and Niǎn Xìn are the names of two neighbouring village s\, their\nboundaries made more distinct by the arrival of the highway. At night\, the\nhighway becomes another kind of space. Ghosts wander along t he road\, crossing\nthe boundaries between villages\, with nowhere to go. Longing travels along this\nroad\, too.\n\n \n\n杨玉枝，农民，工人，家庭主妇 Yang Yuzhi\ , a Farmer\, a Worker\, a Housewife\nTie Yan | 2026 | 4’\n\nThis experimen tal animated poem pays tribute to the director’s grandmother\,\npiecing to gether her life through delirious words from her illness. Its title\nencap sulates her lifelong identities—farmer\, worker\, housewife—each defined b y\nunremitting labor and self-sacrifice.\n\n \n\n南方少女 She Runs\nQiu Yang | 2019 | 20’\n\nIn an ordinary Chinese winter\, a small city junior high st udent\, Yu\, tries to\nquit her school aerobic dancing team.\n\n \n\n送还 Th e Returned and the Blessed\nShizhao Lin | 2023 | 10’\n\nIn southern China\ , two children find an abandoned\, wood-carved Earth God statue\nafter the demolition of their village. They carry it a long way\, hoping to\nreturn it to a temple\, only to discover that no one wants it and that it is\nwo rth no more than a can of Coke.\n\n\n----\n\n\nFull Program\n\n17:00 Doors open\n17:30-18:30 Tea tasting\n18:30-19:00 Mooncake sharing and mingling\ n19:00-20:30 Short film screening\n\n  URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/tender-is-the-moon-mid-autumn-gathering -tea-tasting-and-short-film-program GEO:52.381974;4.8703107 LOCATION:Filmhuis Cavia - Van Hallstraat 52-1\, 1051 HH Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-west,course/workshop,experimental,festivals,film,food, staatsliedenbuurt X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most important celebrations in Chinese culture and across several other East an d Southeast Asian cultures. Traditionally a time for gathering under the f ull moon, it celebrates family reunion, connection and togetherness. We ar e bringing the spirit of the festival to Amsterdam through an intimate gat hering of tea, traditional treats and cinema. We hope to create a safe and welcoming space to appreciate and celebrate Chinese culture, for those wh o are far from home, as well as those who want to discover, share and appr eciate it. 

The evening is divided into 2 independent parts: a tea tasting and a film screening. Guests are welcome to join either one o r both, depending on how they would like to experience the evening. More d etails about each part can be found below.



------TE A TASTING------

The evening begins with a Chinese style te a tasting, prepared using the methods of Gongfu Cha, sometimes referred to as a Chinese tea ceremony. The tea will be served slowly in small cups, w ith repeated infusions allowing us to experience how its aromas and flavou rs develop and change with each infusion.

Our host will guide us th rough 3 teas from 3 different Amsterdam based tea vendors:

Comforti ng, roasted Dong Ding Oolong
凍頂烏龍, Taiwan, by YumCha

Sweet, arom atic Jin Jun Mei red tea
金骏眉, Wuyi Shan, China, by Amsterdam Teas
Sweet, delicate Moonlight White
月光白, Yunnan, China, by Cha Moods
< br>During the final part of the tasting, we will accompany our favourite t ea with a traditional mooncake, specially prepared for the Mid-Autumn Fest ival by the amazing people at Hoi Tin, one of Amsterdam’s oldest Cantonese family restaurants, bringing another part of Chinese food culture to our table.

Whether you are already a tea enthusiast or have never taken part in a tea tasting before, this is an open space for anyone curious to learn, taste, and enjoy good tea in good company.

Please note: the tea tasting is limited to 20 guests.

Tickets for the tea tasting + screening can be purchased in advance HERE. 




------SHORT FILM PROGRAM------

The program brings to gether 6 short films across different formats and sensibilities. Some unfo ld through a more poetic language, while others possess a striking rawness and immediacy. Though distinct in form and voice, each film carries its o wn particular essence, connected by a subtle thread of nostalgia, a feelin g we feel resonated especially well with the spirit of this gathering.

All films will be screened with English subtitles. 
Tickets fo r the film screening will be available at the door only. 


< br>茂谷甜橙 Honey Murcott
Friend Chen | 2024 | 4’

< p>Walking down an autumn-strewn street, a man catches a whiff of oranges, recalling the first one he tasted years before.


 


在水一方 Across the Waters
Viv Li | 2024 | 15’

Sandstorm blows, waters scarce. In a remote mining town without any radio signals, a quirky teenage girl gets curious about a passing truck driver.< /p>

 


磊山碾信 Lá Shān Niǎn Xìn
Wenfe i Zhao | 2026 | 25’

Lá Shān and Niǎn Xìn are the names of two ne ighbouring villages, their boundaries made more distinct by the arrival of the highway. At night, the highway becomes another kind of space. Ghosts wander along the road, crossing the boundaries between villages, with nowh ere to go. Longing travels along this road, too.


 


< p>杨玉枝，农民，工人，家庭主妇 Yang Yuzhi, a Farmer, a Worker, a Housewife
Tie Yan | 2026 | 4’

This experimental animated poem pays tribute to the director’s grandmother, piecing together her life through d elirious words from her illness. Its title encapsulates her lifelong ident ities—farmer, worker, housewife—each defined by unremitting labor and self -sacrifice.


 


南方少女 She Runs
Q iu Yang | 2019 | 20’

In an ordinary Chinese winter, a small city junior high student, Yu, tries to quit her school aerobic dancing team.

 


送还 The Returned and the Blessed
Shizhao Lin | 2023 | 10’

In southern China, two children fin d an abandoned, wood-carved Earth God statue after the demolition of their village. They carry it a long way, hoping to return it to a temple, only to discover that no one wants it and that it is worth no more than a can o f Coke.



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Full Program


17:00 Doors open
17:30-18:30 Tea tasting
18:30-19:00 Mooncake sharing and mingling
19:00-20:30 Short film screening


 

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