Leiden Shorts x Ventilator Cinema

From May 29 until June 02, @leidenshorts returns to Leiden for its 18th edition, transformingthe city into a space for short-form cinema that engages directly with the realities shaping ourpresent. Across five days, the festival will present a wide-ranging programme of internationaland national works, bringing together filmmakers who reflect on the conditions we live in today.

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On Saturday May 23, Leiden Shorts and Ventilator invites you to a preview screening of three short films from different sections of the 2026 programme.

'Daria’s Night Flowers’ (International Competition), ‘And still, it remains’ (Artists in Focus: Arwa Aburawa & Turab Shah), and ‘Last Seen, Long Ago’ (We need to talk about… Venezuela) collectively explore lives shaped by conflict, repression, colonial violence, anddisplacement.

Join us for the screening, and stay for a drink and and reflections afterwards!

Doors open: 14:30 pm (Walk-in)
Film program starts: 15:30 pm - 17:00pm

Stay for drinks till 22:00 pm or jump into short films made by women in Egypt at 18:00 pm. 

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Film Credits:
→ Daria’s Night Flowers / Maryam Tafakory / 16’ / Iran, United Kingdom, France / 2025
→ And still, it remains / Arwa Aburawa, Turab Shah / 28’ / Algeria, United Kingdom / 2023
→ Last Seen, Long Time Ago (Última vez hace mucho tiempo) / Santiago Martín / 24’ / Venezuela / 2026

Leiden Shorts: Instagram / Website

Ventilator Cinema: @ventilator_cinema (on the second floor of @ot301adam)

Location: Overtoom 301, Amsterdam