Screening: Hair, Paper, Water...
Open: 21:00 - 23:00
Tickets: € 0
June 4 | 21:00 | De Uitkijk | + Q&A filmmakers, together with Asian Movie Night
June 5 | 19:00 | KINO 5 Rotterdam | + Q&A filmmakers, together with Asian Movie Night
Hair, Paper, Water… by Nicolas Graux & Trương Minh Quý
Eco competition | Dutch premiere | 2025 | Belgium/France/Vietnam | 71’
Amid the pressures of globalisation, nature and minority languages are in steep decline. In rural Vietnam, an elderly woman from the Rục community teaches her great-grandson to value both. Directors Graux and Trương capture this exchange in a tactile, deeply immersive style, evoking a vivid sense of place and a world already slipping from view. A meditative 16mm gem, recalling Samsara (2023). Both screenings will be with a Q&A with the filmmakers and Asian Movie Night.
'Asian Movie Night (AMN) is a diasporic film platform in the Netherlands. Established as a direct response to the systematic lack of Asian representation in the Dutch cultural scene, AMN brings in different narratives and aesthetics to a broad audience through collaboration with various cultural venues. With an interdisciplinary approach that integrates film, visual art, design, and conversations, AMN aims to challenge the notion of 'Asianness' by transcending nation-state borders and resisting fixed identities. Find us at asianmovienight.com
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