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During , Fortunata (Tino) Manenti (FORTVNATA) watched the four short films that make up Waterworlds, the festival’s Eco Shorts Competition programme. Spanning animation, documentary, fiction, and experimental filmmaking, the selection explores water as a force that shapes lives, communities, and environments.

Read the full review on Rephrase Magazine. Link in bio.

As this will be our last meetup before the summer break, we want to spend time together, slowly, generously, and in good company. 🌻✨

Bring a piece of writing, a poem, letter, diary fragment or unfinished thought, and, if you like, someone you love: a friend, a lover, a family member, a witness to your world.

Date: Wednesday June 17 2026
Location: Oosterpark, Amsterdam
Time: 7PM — until we run out of words

Don’t forget to bring a blanket, and something to eat or drink to share with the group, we’ll make a little feast together. ♡

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Selected for the Debut Competition at the , Chronicles From the Siege (2026) by Abdallah Al-Khatib, seen by Liza Kolomiiets (), offers an unsentimental portrait of Palestinian civilians trapped in a fictitious town under siege, where humour, intimacy, fear, and the need to document life persist amid hunger, violence, and uncertainty.

Read the full review on Rephrase Magazine. Link in bio.

Chronicles From the Siege is tonight’s closing film at the Sprouts Film Festival at , screening at 21:15.

As a part of Eco classics, offered a curious, nearly forgotten gem of the Soviet era — Raspad / Decay (1990) by Mykhailo Belikov, watched by Liza Kolomiiets (). The first feature film made about the Chernobyl disaster offers an enticing take on the human price of what remains the worst nuclear disaster in history.

Read the full review on Rephrase Magazine. Link in bio.

Raspad will be screened on June 6th Sprouts Film Festival at Kriterion I 19:15.

Selected for the Eco Competition at the , Yunan (2025) by Ameer Fakher Eldin (.fakher.eldin), watched by Liza Kolomiiets (), combines thickly painted landscapes, subtle mythological tropes, and an unlikely relationship formed amid an all-consuming storm.

Read the full review on Rephrase Magazine. Link in bio.

Selected for the Eco Competition at the , Yunan (2025) by Ameer Fakher Eldin (.fakher.eldin), watched by Liza Kolomiiets (), combines thickly painted landscapes, subtle mythological tropes, and an unlikely relationship formed amid an all-consuming storm.

Read the full review on Rephrase Magazine. Link in bio.

In deze vierdelige columnreeks verkent Loes van Rooij () de dunne lijnen tussen moederschap, schrijverschap en vrouwelijkheid. Vanuit alledaagse, intieme momenten stelt ze grotere vragen over identiteit, zichtbaarheid en de blik van de ander. Wat blijft er over van de vrouw die je was, en hoe geef je ruimte aan alles wat je óók nog bent?

Lees de hele column op Rephrase Magazine. Link in bio.

From 1 to 7 June, the fifth edition of takes place in Amsterdam. Stefanie Gordin () spoke to artistic director Thomas Streekstra () about eco-cinema, fiction as a tool for climate storytelling, and the festival’s evolving role as a platform for activism and community.

Read the full interview on Rephrase Magazine. Link in bio.

Revolutions are rarely born in moments of certainty. More often, they emerge from exhaustion—from years of silence, obedience, and promises that were never meant to be kept.

In this piece, Hanieh Hosseini (.hms) explores the collision between despair and resistance, and the fragile hope that survives even in the ruins.

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