Refugee Welcome Week - Program 2: Everyday Resistance
An afternoon of film, memory, and solidarity. Join us for a special screening program at Ventilator Cinema, featuring a curated selection of films that center resistance, exile, queerness, and the struggle for justice.
Here's the 2nd program:
Doors open 14:00hrs
Starts 14:45hrs - 16:40hrs
Cinema closes 18:00hrs
Program 2: Everyday Resistance
Theme: Finding humor, identity, and care in the quiet moments of immigrant life.
Feature Fiction
Fremont
Dir. Babak Jalali | 1h 30m
A dry, soulful comedy about an Afghan woman seeking connection—and herself—through a fortune cookie factory in California.
Short Films (2)
Burnt Milk
Dir. Joseph Douglas Elmhirst | 10 mins
A sensory, intimate look at food, memory, and Jamaican identity in the UK.
Nanitic
Dir. Carol Nguyen | 14 mins
A child’s quiet coming-of-age in a Vietnamese family facing generational change and loss.
Social media
Ventilator Cinema Instagram - www.instagram.com/ventilator_cinema
Location information:
Ventilator cinema/ Bar at OT301 - on the 2nd floor
Accessibility - Only stairs. No elevator available to get to the 2nd floor.
Address - Overtoom 301 Amsterdam
Bike parking - Due to having neighbors, no parking in front of the OT301 building entrance.
Public transit -Tram stop ‘J.P. Heijestraat’ (Tram 1)
Car parking - Reade Overtoom (Paid per hour) or streetside.
