Eco Expo 

Archives are never neutral. They are acts of selection, shaped by power, loss, and forgetting. For the 2026 Eco Expo of Sprouts Film Festival, three artists glean from what remains: a parasitic flower evolving through plastic pollution, a fictional Caribbean island scarred by colonization and memory loss, and a disabled bull, sole survivor of a colonial herd exterminated on a remote Indian Ocean island. Together, their works ask what grows when we return to what was left behind, and how inherited images, objects, and histories can be composted into new ecologies of meaning. 

Three artists will show their work at Studio/K. 

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1 - 7 June
Mo. 17:00 - 22:00
Tue. - Fri. 14:00 - 22:00
Sat. - Sun. 11:00 - 22:00

Sprouts Film Festival 1 - 7 June
For five editions now, the team behind Sprouts has developed a recurring platform for fictional ecocinema and socially critical debut films. We have steadily grown into an interdisciplinary film festival, now present across six venues in three of Amsterdam’s city districts: Studio/K, Kriterion, De Uitkijk, Droog, MidWest, and QRU.

While a five-year anniversary calls for celebration, each day we are reminded of why we felt the need for a festival like Sprouts in the first place. Autocrats, tech bros, and far-right factions continue to wreak havoc on our planet, disrupting ecosystems and undermining international law and human dignity. This is why we cherish the brave filmmakers of our 2026 edition so deeply: they defy systems to share bold, uncompromising visions. We also support the shaping of a new generation of green storytellers by hosting our very first Sprouts Eco Shorts Pitch and Industry Day.

From 1 - 7 June, let us focus on bringing people together and inspiring one another to resist. Whether by visiting our free Eco Expo, joining our community dinners, attending outdoor screenings, supporting our fundraiser for Sudan, or simply watching a film together. For more information on the festival and our full programme, visit www.sproutsfilmfestival.com and follow us on Instagram @sproutsfilmfestival