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Ventilator Cinema
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Ventilator Cinema is an independent, volunteer-run cinema and bar inside OT301 in Amsterdam. Located on the 2nd floor.
🎬 SUNDAY 01 FEBRUARY

🇺🇦 Ukrainian Film Events #2
THICKETS (Хащі)
Donbas | Whose Land Is This?
by Shidniiture Collective

A powerful documentary journey through abandoned Ukrainian villages, erased histories, and the contested landscapes of Donbas. Memory, identity, colonial pressure.

#ventilator
January 27, 2026 at 9:34 PM
🎬 Sun 01 Feb | OT301 – Ventilator Cinema

Donbas | Whose Land Is This?
Documentary screening + conversation with Volodymyr Kohan exploring memory, land, and resilience in Eastern Ukraine.

🕓 16:00–20:00
🎟️ donations
🖼️ Photo exhibition

Ukrainian Film Events #2
#VentilatorCinema #Documentary #Donbas
January 25, 2026 at 8:15 PM
🎭 You’re looking at me!
📍 OT301 – Ventilator Cinema
🗓 Saturday 24 January
🕖 Doors 19:00 | Show 19:30

Een avond met Studio Meisner Amsterdam:
6 volledig geïmproviseerde scènes over echte connectie, aanwezigheid en spontaniteit.
🎟 Tickets: amsterdamalternative.nl/tickets/2044...
January 20, 2026 at 9:51 AM
🎬 This Week at OT301 – Ventilator Cinema
- Thu 15 January
🕗 20:00 | Amsterdams Stadsjournaal – Activist Films (1974–1984)

- Sat17 January
🕓 16:00 | Mockumentary Shots with Ґаnok: Ukrainian Movie Room
Security only needed if share with Café

- Sun 18 January
🕗 20:00 | Cinema Dérive – Cargo 200
January 15, 2026 at 11:17 AM
SATURDAY 17 JANUARY
OT301-Ventilator Cinema
Mockumentary Shots with Ґаnok: Ukrainian Movie Room

Schedule:

Doors Open 16:00
Film opening presentation 16:30 - 16:40
Screenings 16.40 - 17.30
Q&A 17:30
Drinks at bar 18:00
Presentor: Vitalii Nemchenko

🎟️ amsterdamalternative.nl/tickets/2049...
January 12, 2026 at 7:44 PM
SAT 17 JAN | OT301 – Ventilator Cinema 🎬
Mockumentary Shots with Ґanok: Ukrainian Movie Room

Two Ukrainian mockumentaries on memory, myth & history.
Films by Zhenia Stepanenko & Fіlіp Sotnichenko.
Doors 16:00 | Tickets €7.50
All proceeds support Ukrainian medical volunteers.

#UkrainianCinema
January 3, 2026 at 10:37 AM
This week at ventilator
December 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
🎬 This Week at OT301 – Ventilator Cinema

- Wed 17 Dec · 19:00 · €10
Touch Jam

- Fri 19 Dec · 18:30 · €5
Minnie’s Romance & Danger Cinema

- Sat 20 Dec · 19:00 · €10
Cliffs of Dover
Christmas Comedy Show

- Sun 21 Dec · 19:30 · €3
Cinema Derive

🎟 amsterdamalternative.nl/ventilator
December 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This week at Ventilator Cinema:
Wed 10 Dec: KIVA – The Call of the Wisdom Keepers
Thu 11 Dec: Made in Dagenham + panel on labor unions (free)
Fri 12 Dec: Decolonizing Minds film about Frantz Fanon
Sat 13 Dec (15:00): Compost for Wild Weeds free
Sat 13 Dec (19:00): Alquimia Gala
Sun 14 Dec: YINTAH
December 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Danger Cinema - Extra Special Edition
Line up: norahjane, bullet_bra

For the next Extra Special Edition, I’ll be showing you another Dangerously Romantic Film…
Maybe one thing more than the other — you decide.

Tickets : amsterdamalternative.nl/agenda/20401...
December 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
OT301-Ventilator Cinema
PREN-Ki TaTa Suriname Short Film Festival | Fiction Films
Line up: The Under, Ventilator Cinema

Genre: Fiction, Suriname, Film Festival
Open: 14:30 - 21:00
Tickets:
amsterdamalternative.nl/agenda/19343...
December 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
SATURDAY 13 DECEMBER

Compost for Wild Weeds - Launch of the first Disobedient Art School publication

Genre: Publication launch & talk
Open: 15:00 - 18:00
Tickets: € Free

More info: amsterdamalternative.nl/agenda/20103...
December 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Decolonizing Minds A powerful feature film on Frantz Fanon, colonial history, and the psychology of liberation.
Film 19:30

Film + discussion exploring resistance, identity, and the ongoing impact of colonialism in North Africa.

#FrantzFanon #DecolonizingMinds #DiasporaCinema #VentilatorCinema
November 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Saturday, Dec 13 💃🎬
Alquimia Gala at OT301 – €10
An evening where live dance meets cinema: performances by Casa Alquimia & screenings of video projects. Doors 19:00 · Showtime 19:30 · Social dance & drinks 20:15-22:30
Tickets sold out? DM Casa Alquimia
#AlquimiaGala #DanceFilm #Salsa #OT301
November 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Sunday, Dec 7 🎬✨PREN-Ki Suriname Short Film Festival | Documentaries at OT301 – €20From ultra-shorts to Surinamese & international premieres, experience raw stories and powerful documentaries. Doors 14:30 · Film 15:00 · Afterhours 19:00-21:00Trailer:

#SurinameFilmFestival #PRENKi #Documentaries
November 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Saturday, Dec 6 🎬✨
PREN-Ki Suriname Short Film Festival | Fiction Films at OT301 – €25
Showcasing Surinamese talent & international premieres, from ultra-shorts to drama & horror. Doors 14:30 · Film 15:00 · Afterhours 19:00-21:00

#SurinameFilmFestival #PRENKi #ShortFilms #OT301
November 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Thursday, Dec 4 🎶🎥
The Calm And The Storm at OT301 – €0.55
Intimate documentary following HALFPASTSEVEN on his first European tour. Raw, honest, and beautifully shot by Yunil Jeon.
Doors 18:30 · Film 19:30 · Photo book showcase & drinks after
#Documentary #MusicFilm #HALFPASTSEVEN #OT301
November 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Wednesday, Dec 3 🥋🔥
Fu-rious Warriors – Spin Off! at OT301 – €5
A wild Hong Kong cult ride: wuxia, fantasy, gangsters, romance, sci-fi chaos & iconic stunt work. Featuring Maggie Cheung, Yuen Biao & Yuen Wah.
Doors 19:30 · Film 20:20
#HongKongCinema #Wuxia #CultFilm #OT301
November 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thursday, Nov 27 🎬
16mm Cult Movie Night at OT301 – €3
Featuring The Wild Angels with Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra & real Hells Angels. 🏍️💥
Doors 19:00, film 19:30. No digital — only 16mm.
#CultCinema #16mm #TheWildAngels #OT301
November 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“Saturday 22 Nov @ OT301 – De SNOTKIP Show. A playful night of short films, filmmaker chats, tiny-piano interludes & the premiere of the short SNOTKIP. Doors 19:00, screening 19:30. Tickets €5. A mix of drama, animation & surprises—come join the chaos.”
November 17, 2025 at 7:34 AM
“Thursday 20 Nov @ OT301 – The Cost of Growth. A powerful documentary on the true price of endless economic growth, with stories from Europe’s frontlines. Screening followed by a talk with filmmakers Anuna de Wever & Lena Hartog. 19:00, €5.”
Tickets: amsterdamalternative.nl/tickets/20017
November 17, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Friday 14 November | OT301 – Ventilator Cinema | 19:30 | €7

Bring Them Home / Aiskótáhkapiyaaya
Documentary Feature | 85 min | Curated by Skylar Joseph

Lineup: Lily Gladstone, Paulette Fox, Ervin Carlson
Doors: 19:30 | Film: 20:00 | Discussion: 21:30 with Lakota Elder Cheryl Angel
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
📚 Thu 13 Nov | 17:30 | OT301 – Ventilator Cinema
Free book launch of Platform Brutality by Geert Lovink (Valiz, 2025).
Talks w/ Stefania Milan, video by INC artists, and discussion on art & network cultures.
#PlatformBrutality #OT301 #Amsterdam #GeertLovink
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
🎬 Cinema Dérive

📅 Sunday 16 Nov, 19:30

🎞 Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (1971)

🎥 Dir. Shūji Terayama

🇯🇵 In Japanese w/ English subs | 138 min | €3

A phantasmagoric masterpiece of rebellion,
A must-see for lovers of underground Japanese cinema.
#Ventilatorcinema #CultCinema
November 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM
🎬Join us tonight at the anniversary of the October Revolution, October (1928) is one of Sergey Eisenstein’s most ambitious works 🎬

⏰Doors open at: 19:00
📅Film starts at: 19:30
🎞️Duration Film: 1h 36m
🎟️Tickets: amsterdamalternative.nl/tickets/19922
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM