Festival Strijdbare Vrouwen

Expect an inspiring weekend with films and documentaries, talks and debates, live music, a Fado Lounge and plenty of room for meeting during brunch and dinner - all in a familiar Filmhuis atmosphere. 

Programma:

Saturday March 7:

• 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.: Opening by Attje Kuiken
• 11:45 a.m. – 1:45 p.m.: Documentary: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
• 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.: Documentary: Mediha
• 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.: Power Lunch, with performance by Bocca Bella
• 1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.: Story Walk & The Essential. Meet and listen to extraordinary stories from young women about the essence of their lives. Video Art by Martin & Inge Riebeek
• 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.: Dolle Mina: Short film “Miss '70” by St. Joost students from 1970 about one of the first actions. Followed by a conversation with Dolle Mina Marlotte Molenaar
• 4:00–5:30 p.m.: Filmhuis Draait Door. Grietje Braaksma in conversation with Lale Gül about her latest book ‘Ik ben vrij’ (I am free)
• 5:30–6:15 p.m.: Documentary Lale Gül ‘Ik leef mijn eigen leven’ (I live my own life)
• 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.: Film: C’è Ancora Domani
• 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Wo-men's Dinner
• 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.: Performance by De Linda's
• 6:45 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.: Film: Wuthering Heights, Where the Wind Comes From, Hamnet, Barbie

Sunday March 8:

• 10:30–11:30 a.m.: Lecture by Victoria Koblenko
• 12:00–1:30 p.m.: Ladies’ Brunch with Storytelling by Maggy Groeizaam
• 1:30–4:00 p.m.: Film: C’è Ancora Domani and Frida
• 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.: Debate: Militant Women 
   - Documentary ‘Not Cool’
   - How do women in the Breda city council advocate for women? With  moderator Carla van Loon
•  3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.:  Filmhuis Draait Door. In conversation with the first female lieutenant general Elanor Boekholt-O’Sullivan about diversity in the armed forces and her book Gewapend met gevoel (Armed with Emotion). Elanor will receive the Aletta Jacobs Prize on March 6.
• 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.: Film: Hidden Figures (film chosen by Elanor Boekholt)
• 4:00–6:00 p.m.: Film: Hamnet
• 4:30–6:30 p.m.: Fado Lounge. Portuguese tapas, Fado by Cathelijne Bach
• 6:45–9:00 p.m.: Film: Wuthering Heights, Little Women

Program changes reserved

View the program at the Maczek Memorial here.

Festival Strijdbare Vrouwen is part of Strijdbare Vrouwen, Weerbare Democratie (1 to 15 March), a collaboration with the Faculty of Military Sciences  and the Maczek Memorial.