The second allegation threatens his mayoralty immediately.

The interior minister has the power to unseat any mayor who is accused of terror charges, even if they have not yet been convicted.

Dozens of pro-Kurdish party mayors in southeast Turkey have been replaced in this way.

I’m sorry for your loss Jaap. Sterkte 💔❤️‍🩹

Originally conceived as an installation (which unfortunately never made its way to the NL!) by ‘private ear’ and forensic audio analyst Lawrence Abu Hamdan, this is a fascinating register of ‘atmospheric violence’ created by high noise levels and constant humming of Israeli planes polluting the sky.

the famous phrase ‘archives teach us about our present’ can be evoked for this film, which depicts the continuum of various forms of violence inflicted on Palestinians using a wide variety of archival footage.

the film enacts a screen where spectres materialise in our haunted present: filming is forensics, watching is witnessing. From the sky to the soil and stones, everything is a witness; from Dargecit to court halls, everywhere is a crime scene. Tip: also watch The Soil and the Sea (2023)

#4 Dargeçit / Hold Still. This incisive doc follows the kafkaesque legal process concerning the forced disappearances in 1995 in the eponymous district. Like the likenesses of victims appearing on the surfaces of stones in an art installation depicted in the opening sequence +

#3 The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing. Based on 16mm footage of wildflowers filmed by Scottish missionaries in Palestine in the 1940s, this short doc probes into the unsettling absence of Palestinians in these images, ruminating on the continuum of erasure and violence to this day.

#2 Dahomey. Feeling kinda double about this one but still has strong moments and a great addition to the growing attention to return/restitution/repatriation of cultural heritage.
Tip: also watch Statues Also Die (1953), You Hide Me (1970), The Story of Ne Kuko (2023), The Cemetery of Cinema (2023)

Followers around Amsterdam: On 26 January, @EYE_film has a screening with live music!!! www.eyefilm.nl/whats-on/nos...