Food, Community & Ecological Resistance (workshops + dinner + film screening + Q&A)
Line up: Brazil Unfiltered closing event

Brazil Unfiltered comes back from 1 to 31 October with a special curation of documentary films to contextualise the presidential elections taking place in Brazil this month. Centred around territorial struggles and the frontlines of resistance, the programme starts with a masterpiece from the late Eduardo Coutinho, followed by a bonus screening, a sequence of 3 films set in the Amazon, and a closure event + screening about climate resilience and ecological farming.

To close the second edition of Brazil Unfiltered, join us for this special evening of workshops, a shared meal, a film screening and an inspiring talk around food, community and ecological resistance with the filmmaker and members of the urban farming collective Cityplot.

 

-17:30-

Workshops by Cityplot (NL/EN)

Cityplot is a collective of professional urban food growers, educators and permaculture designers. Checkout their website for more info. Especially for this event, they will offer short workshops on:

Composting with worms: how can you keep your kitchen scraps out of the waste stream and instead produce beautiful, rich compost to feed your indoor and outdoor plants? We will explain how, and introduce you to some of our helpful worm friends!

Sprouting for health: Did you know that you can sprout many different kinds of seeds, grains and nuts at home to make hyper nutritious sprouts? We will show you how, and you will take home a sprouting kit and some starter seeds!

Herbs for your balcony or windowsill: We will show you how to make cuttings and divide supermarket plants so that you have an endless supply of fresh herbs at home!

Seed saving: We will bring a collection of seeds – flowers, greens and veggies – for you to take home and sow. Bonus: we'll also teach you how to fold an origami envelope for seed keeping!

Ticket: free (donations are welcome)

-19:00-

Dinner

Share a meal with us! Our volunteers will prepare a delicious soup made of Amsterdam-sourced fresh veggies.

Sliding scale: €3 to €10, up to you

-20:00-

Mãos à Terra

Sérgio Guidoux | 2025 | Brazil | 80’ | EN subtitles  

In the extreme south of Brazil, over more than four decades farming families, urban environmentalists and progressive clergy join together to imagine and build an alternative to the problematic conventional agricultural model.

Mãos à Terra was produced over six years (2018-2024), portraying environmental activism in Brazil through the lens of the FAE, the largest ecological farming fair in Latin America, held since 1989 in Porto Alegre. Combining interviews with market-goers, agronomists, peasant farmers, environmentalists, and representatives of the MST (Landless Workers' Movement), the film contrasts these farmers' sustainable practices with the monoculture model promoted by the 1960s “Green Revolution”, backed by the military dictatorship, which caused rural exodus and land concentration in Rio Grande do Sul. Drawing on extensive archival research, VHS tapes, photographs, and news reports, along with footage shot across various towns in the state, the film also revives the words of environmentalist José Lutzenberger, drawing a parallel between past human choices and today's climate crises.

Ticket: €5 or Cineville

-21:30-

Talk with the director and members of Cityplot

Sérgio Guidoux, the filmmaker, is joining us in person all the way from Porto Alegre, Brazil. Together with him, members of Cityplot will exchange ideas about urban farming, ecological resistance, climate activism and resilience.

Stay with us afterwards at our foyer for some music and drinks!