Film four-day Silent Indian | a silenced past has its say

This summer, film theater De Lieve Vrouw offers a four-day film and context program from Thursday, August 14 to Sunday, August 17, especially for anyone who feels connected to, or wants to know more about, the Indian past. And its influence on the present. With extras like a 'Tracing your roots' workshop, an exhibition and post-screening discussions with filmmakers.

Want to know more? Then check out the site of De Lieve Vrouw!

Extra fun, if you purchase a ticket for this special four-day film program before August 11, you'll have a chance to win free tickets to the Elbow Church. There is now the art installation Eroded Borders by the Javanese art collective GEGERBOYO on view.

Eroded Borders shows that borders are not static. They are continually redefined by how societies understand themselves, write history and organize power. The installation focuses on the history of the Indonesian archipelago, in which borders have continually shifted under the influence of power shifts from Hindu-Buddhist empires to colonial rule. By Portugal, Britain and especially the Netherlands. These powers used borders and infrastructure as a means to exert control over land and trade in valuable resources.

By bringing together all these layers - official historiography, propaganda, local narratives and alternative perspectives - the work invites reflection: what do borders mean today, and how do they influence our view of the past, present and future?