For the 5th year the Dutch Centre hosts its unique Low Countries Film Festival (LCFF)in the UK. LCFF is the only Dutch cinema and Dutch language cinema festival in the UK and has a tradition of showcasing the best and newest Dutch shorts, documentaries and feature films. This year the LCFF will be partnering with UCL Centre for Low Countries Studies, UK Jewish Film Festival and Flanders House. For 2019 we have a programme of 2 documentaries, 2 fiction films, a silent short plus music. We are welcoming 2 musicians for a short cinematic concert and 2 speakers (a filmmaker and actress) for a Q&A to the Dutch Centre. Please see details on our programme below – you won’t be disappointed!
Please note that you can buy tickets per event date, or purchase a financially interesting passe-partout and get access to all films screened a the Dutch Centre.
TUESDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2019 | 7pm
DIRTY GOD | Fiction | 90 mins | Sacha Polak
A film about Jade, a young mother from London, who suffered a violent acid attack leaving many scars and her journey to reclaim her life and some sense of normality. The critically acclaimed film was selected to be screened in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and won three Golden Calves (Gouden Kalf) at the Netherlands Film Festival for best film, best director and best music (Rutger Reinders).
Dirty God’s actress, Vicky Knight will join us for a Q&A to be held after the film screening.
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The evening will start with: UNLOST is a cinematic concert about the ever increasing contemporary melancholy, fear and the alienation between different cultural groups in society. Captivating songs by the French composer Olivier Messiaen will be performed live alongside a projection of a short silent film, which was written and directed especially for these songs.
Composition: Olivier Messiaen | Concept en soprano: Florien Hilgenkamp | Screenplay and film director: Luciënne Venner
Pianist: Roberto Guijarro |
WEDNESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2019 | 7.30pm
Flemish evening
GIRL | Fiction | 106mins | Lukas Dhont
We are very excited to confirm the Flemish evening’s screening: Girl about Lara, a 15-year-old girl who was born in a boy’s body, is committed to becoming a professional ballerina. Girl was inspired by Nora Monsecour, a trans female dancer from Belgium, whom film director and co-writer Dhont met when he was 18 and she was 15.
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THURSDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2019 | 7.30pm
THE MIRACLE OF THE LITTLE PRINCE | Documentary | 89mins | Marjoleine Boonstra
In collaboration with UCL Centre for Low Countries Studies.
The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s celebrated philosophical children’s book about friendship, love and respect, is one of the world’s most widely translated literary works. In The Miracle of the Little Prince, Marjoleine Boonstra visits the people who have translated this little masterpiece from French into Tibetan, Tamazight (North Africa), Sámi (northern Finland and Scandinavia) and Nawat (El Salvador). All of these languages are under threat.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Marjoleine Boonstra and Honorary Professor Reinier Salverda.
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TUESDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2019 | 9pm
GANZ: HOW I LOST MY BEETLE | 55mins | Documentary | Suzanne Raes
In collaboration with the UK Jewish Film Festival, this screening will take place at JW3, 241 Finchley Road, London NW3 6ET
The beloved Volkswagen Beetle is a timeless classic that almost single handedly resurrected the German economy after the war. The car – the embodiment of Hitler’s dream, whose innovative design is attributed to Dr Ferdinand Porsche – was in fact based on an earlier model, the Standard Superior, built by Josef Ganz, a Jewish car engineer who had to flee Germany following the Nazi rise to power. This delightful documentary tells the incredible story of a forgotten cultural hero and the surprising origins of a 20th century icon.
Tickets for this film are available here.
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