50 JAAR VERA ZIENEMA
Saturday 26 OctoberZienefest2024
Dreamteam // De Boot van Klaveren // Anders als die Andern // Videotheek de Herinnering - Kringverjaardag editie // Hidden Phenomena // Zienema x The Day Of x huny
Filmfestival to celebrate 50 years of VERA Zienema
Zienema exists 50 years! And this will not be celebrated lightly with Zienefest: a day full of films from 13:00 to 23:00. The program is full of modern, local, absurd and inspiring films. And if you haven’t finished partying yet, you can join us afterwards when our own Zienema DJs start spinning.
Each film costs our normal price of €5. But, with our passe-partout (sold out) of just €12,50, you can enter any film during the day. Please note that this applies to all films in the main auditorium. Videotheek de Herinnering has a smaller capacity and is unfortunately not included in the passe-partout.
PROGRAM
Dreamteam
(Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn, USA 2024)
13:00 – 14:30 | Mainstage | € 5,- / free with passe-partout
Dream Team is an absurdist homage to 1990s TV thrillers that appeared on cable television. In the film, we follow the episodic escapades of two spicy INTERPOL agents as they unravel an international, interspecies mystery. Expect a cult film full of synth music and dreamy 16-mm images of luminous sea creatures, sunny beaches and hotties bouncing around. For fans of Twin Peaks, Maya Deren and Baywatch.
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Videotheek de Herinnering: Kringverjaardag-editie
15:30 – 17:00 | Location: Kemenade (upstairs) | € 5,- / Passe-partout not valid
A ‘kringverjaardag’ is a kind of underwhelming birthday party where, upon entering, everyone is immediately placed in a circle of chairs and benches, usually all facing the birthday person who is the centre of the party. The occasional round comes with a tray full of cubed cheese with pearl onions, pickle ham rolls, or dehydrated cake.
But what if you replace the birthday person with 4 TVs that you put with their backs against each other? And what if they all play the same movie and the audience sits around them in a circle? Now you have a picture of the underwhelming circle anniversary edition of Videotheek de Herinnering. In honor of Zienema’s 50th anniversary, of course.
Expect absolutely no spontaneity. The whole event revolves around sitting neatly and taking an occasional sip of your lukewarm tea. And of course a cult film, as you would expect from videothecarian Hil.
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Lokaal talent: Anders als die Andern met live muziek + de boot van Klaveren
(Richard Oswald, GER 1919 / Sanne Schoemaker, NL 2024)
15:45 – 17:15 | Mainstage | € 5,- / free with passe-partout
Groningen is crawling with local talent and at Zienema we like to give it a stage. For Zienefest we are therefore screening the queer Weimar classic ‘Anders als die Anders’ with musical accompaniment by none other than Julia & Hugo. This duo already has several sold-out editions under their belt and knows every time again to draw the audience into their interpretation of extraordinary silent films.
Prior to the film we will screen ‘The boat of clubs’ by local film talent Sanne Schoemaker. In this graduation film, we follow retired klaverjas player Rita (70). For many years she has organized klaverjas competitions on her houseboat Kareltje, in the middle of the city of Groningen. It is a special place for Groningen’s klaverjas community. As a viewer, you find yourself among the tournament candidates and their chatter, as if you were cozily among them yourself.
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Hidden Phenomena
(Analú Laferal, Tiagx Vélez, Quentin L’helgoualc’h, COL / FRA 2024)
20:00 – 21:00 | Mainstage | € 5,- / free with passe-partout
Come join us in leaving this narrow plain of existence for a while. Two experimental, contemporary short films exploring themes such as pleasure, freedom, nature and gender. Translating abstract feelings into imagery, movement and sound. Revealing the hidden phenomena.
In El tercer mundo después del sol, borders between time periods and genders blur in the heart of the mysterious Colombian jungle. The rubber trees start radiating erotic energy as their gooey sap is taken. A missionary tries to temper a forest that is naturally untamable.
In Molecular Delusions, an abandoned warehouse is used as a studio to record and study orgasms. An opening to a hidden dimension seems to open in response as a mysterious voice emerges. An odd curiosity journey into the wonderful unknown.
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Zienema x The Day Of x huny
21:30 – 23:00 | Mainstage | € 5,- / free with passe-partout
Local zine The Day Of and Zienema join forces to create an interdisciplinary program centered around the human body. What does it mean to experience having a body every day? How much do we depend on it, and how aware are we? These are questions raised in three short films of different ages and styles, connected through one main theme: corporality. After the film huny (Luz Mercedes) invites you to an intimate sonic journey that accompanies the film, with live visuals of artist “nongalant” (Gerben Oolbekkink). With a blend of vocals and experimental electronics they create an immersive, vulnerable and unapologetically queer journey that is both raw and tender
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Afterparty
After watching films all day, it’s time to loosen up and dance on our very own Zienefest Afterparty!
DJ SBB plays music determined by fixed patterns as well as less conventional electronic music. When he’s spinning songs, you can expect skewed house, decent breaks and perhaps some faster tunes.