African Diaspora Film Festival: Celebrate black culture during the 5th annual, including PANMAN, RHYTHM OF THE PALMS. PANMAN tells the story of the rise and fall of the steel drum pan player Harry Daniel. Harry is an icon of the Caribbean whose personal life suffers when he places his music above his family. For he is desperate to pass the pan culture to a younger generation. During this crusade to keep the music alive on his beloved island of St Martin he meets the exceptionally talented Jacko who becomes his star apprentice and hope for the future. Harry treats him like the son he never had. However when Harry's fame begins to diminish, Jacko turns against him and embraces instead the world of rock music. But when Harry dies unexpectedly Jacko returns to his island culture to become pan music's brilliant new icon.
Starring:
Ian Valz
Director:
Sander Burger
Producer:
Ian Valz
&
Norman de Palm
Awards:
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE at the Brooklyn International Festival
& BEST FEATURE FILM at the Hollywood Black Film Festival.
Language:
English
Year:
2006
Playing Time:
90 min.
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Den Prison - THIS WEEKEND FINAL VIEWINGS
Den Prison is a popular drama of producer Juni Aniceta. Hilarious situations and social issues in prison.
Producer:
Juni Aniceta
Language:
Papiamento
Tickets:
Nafl. 25,00
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DEN PRISON
Den Prison is a popular drama of producer Juni Aniceta. Hilarious situations and social issues in prison.
Director:
Juni Aniceta
Producer:
Juni Aniceta
Tickets:
Nafl. 20,00
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Golden Oldies: Todo sobre mi Madre
All about my mother
A single mother in Madrid sees her only son die on his 17th birthday as he runs to seek an actress's autograph. She goes to Barcelona to find the lad's father, a transvestite named Lola who does not know he has a child. First she finds her friend, Agrado, also a transvestite; through him she meets Rosa, a young nun bound for El Salvador, and by happenstance, becomes the personal assistant of Huma Rojo, the actress her son admired. She helps Huma manage Nina, the co-star and Huma's lover, and she becomes Rosa's caretaker during a dicey pregnancy. With echoes of Lorca, All About Eve, and Streetcar Named Desire, the mothers (and fathers and actors) live out grief, love, and friendship.
Starring:
PEDRO ALMODÓVAR
Director:
PEDRO ALMODÓVAR
Awards:
Won 47 Oscars & had 31 nominations
Language:
Spanish with Dutch suntitles
Country:
Spain
Year:
1999
Tickets:
Nafl. 13,50
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Golden Oldies: Sexo Con Amor
Sex with love
Sexo con Amor (Sex With Love) is a 2003 Chilean comedy film about sex and relationships. A group of parents of fourth-grade students addresses how the school should deal with sex education. But sexuality is still an unresolved issue for many of the parents themselves. Sexo con Amor is the story of how three of these couples are ambushed by their own erotic passions. They each profess undying love to their partners while hopping enthusiastically on a merry-go-round of physical relations with one another, leading to sometimes tragic and sometimes hilarious effects.
The film was directed by Boris Quercia, who also wrote the screenplay and even played a role in the film.
Starring:
Boris Quercia
Director:
Boris Quercia
Awards:
5 wins & 1 nomination
Language:
Spanish with Dutch subtitles
Country:
Chile
Year:
2003
Tickets:
Nafl. 13,50
Music
Orchstra: Ricciotti ensemble
Everywhere for everybody
The Ricciotti ensemble chooses to surprise the audience by playing in public areas such as the street, shopping centers and parks. They also play in very strange or rare spots, like: (youth) Prisons, asylum seekers' centers, hospitals, psychiatric institutions and suchlike. The Ricciotti Ensemble wants to come as close as possible to their audience. Therefore, they are hardly on stage. The orchestra always stands during its performance, is capable of set up the orchestra within three minutes and plays at least three times a day; the record stands on twelve. Whoever meets the orchestra on his way, will not forget it soon. Together with Izaline Calister, the Ricciotti ensemble performs especially for children at the 31st of July in La Tentashon. In total, the orchestra gives 18 appearances in Curacao. Every performance is free and for everyone to enjoy.
Country:
The Netherlands
Tickets:
Free Entrance!
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Golden Oldies; BrokeBack Mountain
BrokeBack Mountain tells the story of two young men – a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy – who meet in the summer of 1963, and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection, one whose complications, joys and tragedies provide a testament to the endurance and power of love.
Starring:
E. Annie Proulx, Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana,
Director:
Ang Lee
Producer:
Murray Ord, Diana Ossana, James Schamus
Language:
English
Country:
United States
Year:
2005
Playing Time:
134 min.
Tickets:
Nafl. 13,50
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Golden Oldies; Fidel
He fought for freedom. He settled for power.
Fidel Castro is one of the world's best known and most recognizable political leaders, but he is also among the most mysterious. Fidel is a documentary by filmmaker Estela Bravo, who combines vintage newsreel footage with exclusive recent interviews which offer an insight into both Castro the leader, struggling to face the political and economic realities of the post-Soviet global environment, and Castro the man, as he tours his childhood home, goes swimming, and visits with his friends.
