AmsFF x Uitkijk
Every year, a group of passionate student volunteers organize and produce the Amsterdam Student Film Festival (AmsFF) to provide visibility for aspiring artists and, in the process, foster a community of young people across Amsterdam who are passionate about film.
AmsFF began in 2022 when six Amsterdam University College students recognized an absence of platforms for student work and decided to create one from the ground up, with virtually no funding or formal structure. Now, three years later, the festival is independent from academic institutions and is composed of an even larger team of volunteers from a variety of academic and professional backgrounds, all excited to create the most ambitious edition of AmsFF yet.
The festival will take place May 29th to 31st across five independent Amsterdam venues: FC Hyena, De Uitkijk, Het Documentaire Paviljoen, LAB111 and Droog. As in previous years, a jury of diverse film industry professionals will work to screen the short films and provide feedback for the filmmakers. Audience members will also be able to interact with the filmmakers at select screenings.
Welcome to the opening Night of Amsterdam Student Film Festival 2026!!
Farewell to The Moving Clocks
The dismantlement of the empty homogenous time gives way to the proliferation of multiple temporalities — a cinema that refuses to conform and converge. Eight films present different strategies of intervening the dominant mode of time, be it absurdist theatricality, formalistic experimentation, essayistic narration, or DIY intermedial montage. At the edge of form and intelligibility burst a shock to thought, to bid Farewell to The Moving Clocks and look forward to a world beyond this time.
Program (68 min):
● Muñecas Sinfonola, Directed by Lucie Lelièvre "7:06
● O homem morreu / The Man Died, Directed by Maria Pinto "2:45
● Ad Vitam, Directed by Lucien de Tovar "8:00
● Deus suidat in dònnia logu / God blows everywhere, Directed by Letizia Dessì
"8:30
● Untitled, Directed by Gianluca Garu Paionni "2:35
● I Looked Outside and Saw Us All, Directed by Gradiva Verdeil Novara, Anna Lou
Valentini, Lisa Wagemakers, Jelle Wernik"11:08
● Time Detective Show. Episode 1: Girls Against Death, Directed by Tam Do "13:39
● How to Build a Cathedral, Directed by Philip Meany "14:39
30 minutes of Q&A with filmmakers afterwards.
- Duration: 120 mins.
