Suriname 50: Films + diepe taki (Ed. 7): Makandra Film Festival
Join us on ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ฐ, from ๐ญ๐ฐ:๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ผ ๐ญ๐ฒ:๐ฌ๐ฌ, as we welcome the ๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น to Amsterdam as part of its nationwide tour!
Fifty years after Surinameโs independence, ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐บ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ share their personal perspectives on contemporary Suriname through ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐. Their stories explore grandmothers passing down memories, once-forbidden languages now celebrated as cultural heritage, music, mourning rituals, nature, and the legacies we leave for future generations.
Presented by the ๐๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ (๐ฉ๐จ) in collaboration with ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ and ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ, ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ๐ & ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ explores Surinamese and Surinamese-Dutch histories, cultures, and experiences through cinema. This ๐ณ๐๐ต ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป features three ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐น ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐บ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, exploring the stories they chose to tell, their creative processes, and the role of film in shaping perceptions of Suriname. The programme also includes ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ by ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด, ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฟ-๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต, and ๐๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐.
๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฌ: ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ๐ + ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ (๐๐ฑ. ๐ณ): ๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น
Date: Saturday, November 14, 2026
Time: 14:00-16:00
Venue: Agora 1, Main building, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Address: De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam
Film: ๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น
Moderator: ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฒ
Keynote speakers: ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด, ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฟ-๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต, and ๐๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐
Panellists: ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ท๐ฎ๐ป, ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ, ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ต, ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ผ๐๐น ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐น, ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น, ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ธ๐ฒ๐น, ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ณ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐, ๐๐น๐๐ป๐ถ๐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด, and ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ป ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ
Extra: Presented by the ๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐น๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐น in collaboration with ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐, ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ, and, this edition, the ๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น
Registration (free but required): [email protected]
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น
The Makandra Film Festival is a celebration of Surinamese cinema, culture, history, and identity, marking 50 years of Surinameโs independence. The festival brings together eleven documentaries by eleven Surinamese filmmakers, each offering a personal perspective on contemporary Suriname and its diverse histories and communities. Exploring themes such as cultural heritage, collective memory, language, music, mourning rituals, nature, and intergenerational connections, the films highlight stories that deserve to be told, remembered, and passed on. Through screenings and conversations with filmmakers, the festival creates space for reflection, dialogue, and new perspectives on Surinameโs past, present, and future.
