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We'll be hosting our monthly writing club on the 11th of March! Same old: we’ll meet at a local café in Amsterdam where ...
04/03/2026

We'll be hosting our monthly writing club on the 11th of March! Same old: we’ll meet at a local café in Amsterdam where you can sit together with our NL-based editors to talk, write, draw and share ideas with other writers and creatives.

You can reserve a spot by following the link in bio or on our website banner. All needed information is in there. We look forward to meeting you (again again), we'll announce the exact location soon💐

Graphics by Aline JM.

At this year’s , writer Rashko Angelinov () attended Nina Roza, the second feature by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles, a quie...
26/02/2026

At this year’s , writer Rashko Angelinov () attended Nina Roza, the second feature by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles, a quiet yet piercing reflection on homecoming.

The film follows a Canadian-based curator returning to Bulgaria after 28 years abroad, confronting loss, memory, and the unsettling feeling of becoming a stranger in one’s own homeland.

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

Tino Manenti () spoke with film scholar Jennifer Lynde Barker during IFFR about Future Is Now, a curated program reclaim...
21/02/2026

Tino Manenti () spoke with film scholar Jennifer Lynde Barker during IFFR about Future Is Now, a curated program reclaiming feminist film history through animation. In this conversation, Barker reflects on female pleasure, sexual politics, and the radical potential of animated cinema as a space for reimagining gender, desire, and representation.

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

During IFFR, Gijs Suy watched Unerasable (2026), a striking Belgian/Thai/Swedish production that explores political exil...
19/02/2026

During IFFR, Gijs Suy watched Unerasable (2026), a striking Belgian/Thai/Swedish production that explores political exile, memory, and the fragile boundary between anonymity and visibility.

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

Amélie Baasner’s () poems move between private memory and public unrest. Across four languages, she reflects on war, inh...
17/02/2026

Amélie Baasner’s () poems move between private memory and public unrest. Across four languages, she reflects on war, inheritance, urban life and the quiet return of old shadows in contemporary Europe.

Read all the poems on Rephrase Magazine. Link in bio.

[VISUAL COLUMN — PART 3]In this visual column,  examines the collapse of the “End of History” thesis, tracing how the il...
15/02/2026

[VISUAL COLUMN — PART 3]

In this visual column, examines the collapse of the “End of History” thesis, tracing how the illusion of Western inevitability shaped a depoliticized generation, and how that illusion is now fracturing.

Image & text by .

Anne Karam () watched Meu Semba (My Semba) by Hugo Salvaterra () during the International Film Festival Rotterdam, where...
14/02/2026

Anne Karam () watched Meu Semba (My Semba) by Hugo Salvaterra () during the International Film Festival Rotterdam, where its rhythmic urgency and political charge stood out within a programme attuned to socially engaged cinema.

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

In this analysis, writer Livia Wendland () examines what the Epstein files reveal about Donald Trump, political loyalty,...
13/02/2026

In this analysis, writer Livia Wendland () examines what the Epstein files reveal about Donald Trump, political loyalty, and the dynamics of power within the MAGA movement.

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

After Mariia Lapidus () won the Tiger Short Competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam () 2026, Stefanie G...
11/02/2026

After Mariia Lapidus () won the Tiger Short Competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam () 2026, Stefanie Gordin () spoke with her about The Second Skin (2026). In their conversation, Lapidus reflects on where the film began, how it slowly took shape through a collective process, and the responsibility that comes with working with testimonies of sexual violence.

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

At the International Film Festival Rotterdam (), Liza Kolomiiets () spoke with Thana Faroq () about Imagine Me Like The ...
10/02/2026

At the International Film Festival Rotterdam (), Liza Kolomiiets () spoke with Thana Faroq () about Imagine Me Like The Country of Love (2026), reflecting on memory, displacement, and the experience of inhabiting two homes at once.

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

Watching Sound of Falling at , Stefanie Gordin () reflects on intergenerational memory, slowness, and the ways womanhood...
05/02/2026

Watching Sound of Falling at , Stefanie Gordin () reflects on intergenerational memory, slowness, and the ways womanhood is shaped, repeated, and carried across time. Moving between film analysis and personal recollection, this essay lingers in the space where images, sounds, and emotions refuse to resolve.

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



During IFFR 2026, Hava Masaeva () watched Why Hasn’t Everything Disappeared Yet, Stefan Koutzev’s () debut feature on st...
05/02/2026

During IFFR 2026, Hava Masaeva () watched Why Hasn’t Everything Disappeared Yet, Stefan Koutzev’s () debut feature on stillness, displacement, and being elsewhere.

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



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