11/06/2025
๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ! Held for the first time in ๐๐บ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ from ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ญ๐ญ-๐๐ฏ, the inaugural ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ invites you to a vibrant ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐บ๐ experiencing, celebrating and reflecting on the spirit of Carnaval worldwide. This ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฏ-๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น organized by ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ and ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ explores how Carnaval has inspired filmmakers around the world to tell stories of joy, resistance, community, and freedom. From the dazzling parades of ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ and ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป to the rhythmic expressions of ๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ, ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ, and the ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป and the Prince Carnaval traditions of the ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ and ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ด๐ถ๐๐บ, Carnaval is a global phenomenon, rooted in ๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐. The inaugural ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น honors the complexity, creativity and resistance of these traditions, while asking urgent questions about culture, identity, and belonging in a changing world.
The ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ features ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป-๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ at ๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐ธ๐๐ฒ๐ด and ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐ด in ๐๐บ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ in the weekend of ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ญ๐ญ-๐ญ๐ฏ, as well as an extensive ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ with ๐ฑ๐ฌ+ ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ on Carnaval available wordwide. From the opening night screenings of ๐ข๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ, on ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น, and ๐ฃ๐๐ก! ๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐, on ๐ง+๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น, often called '๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต', to documentaries and shorts on Carnaval from across the globe, particularly in the ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป (๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ถ, ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฎ, ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ, ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ผ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐), but also in ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ข๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐, ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ, ๐๐ฒ๐๐ and ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐, the ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น offers a cinematic journey into the heart of the roots and rhythms of Carnaval worldwide. ๐๐พ๐บ๐ฟ
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July 11-13 | 24/7 | ๐บ ๐ข๐ป๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ | Streaming platform YardVibes
Fri July 11 | 19:00 | ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ | Melkweg Cinema
Fri July 11 | 21:30 | ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐๐ก! ๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ | Melkweg Cinema
Sat July 12 | 16:30 | ๐๐พ๐บ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ | Melkweg Amsterdam
Sat July 12 | 19:30 | ๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น: ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒโ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ถ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ถ๐
๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ | Melkweg Cinema
Sat July 12 | 21:30 | ๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ: ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฎ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ | Melkweg Cinema
Sun July 13 | 16:00 | ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ป๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ | Droog Amsterdam
Sun July 13 | 19:00 | ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ ๐จ๐ป ๐ฃ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐น๐ผ | Droog Amsterdam
๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ | ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ญ๐ญ-๐ญ๐ฏ | ๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐ธ๐๐ฒ๐ด ๐๐บ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ + ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐ด ๐๐บ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ
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Carnaval Film Festival 2025: On-Location Program (July 11-13)