Cinema Collectiva

Cinema Collectiva presents a film night and talk around the theme of Collective Cinema, collaboratively co-programmed by four self-organised cinema collectives. Besides the films themselves, Cinema Collectiva focuses on self-organised spaces and practices that enable the collective viewing of films. Artist-run, grassroots, underground, self-organised cinema collectives resist the commodification and individualisation of the film industry and move outside of the set parameters for screening films.

This event brings grassroots cinema collectives together and explores different ways of self-organisation within. Cinema Collectiva will create a communal space to exchange experiences with other self-organised cinema collectives, to find like-minded souls to start new initiatives with, to share thoughts and experiment with (other) ways of watching together.

This evening we will present some of the outcomes and insights from the Green Screen collective sessions.

Participating collectives:

Videopower
Video Power is an audiovisual platform based in Maastricht, geared toward adventurous filmmakers who move outside of the confinements of the film industry. Through several original events, such as a filmmakers camp-in, an editing sprint, the unfinished film festival or open calls for projects that need some productional support, they support filmmakers in the conceptual development, production and distribution of their work.
Website: https://www.videopower.eu/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/video_power/

wysiwyg
wysiwyg (what you see is what you get) is an organisation from The Hague that creates space for artists with film-making practices. Through experimentation with events, programming, and dialogue, wysiwyg strengthens the playful exchange between artists, audiences and works. By weaving local and international networks, they add a stronger position for artists with film-making practices in the cinematic landscape. They currently run the monthly Glued&Screwed filmprogram at Filmhuis Den Haag, and have organised the XXL Dreams exhibition together with Homecinemaaaaaaa.

Website: https://wysiwygcinema.net/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wysiwygcinema/

WET film
WET is a Rotterdam-based collective and project space for artists’ moving image. We provide a platform for exhibitions, screenings and workshops, with a focus on artworks which challenge existing orthodoxies, and propose alternative historical, political and aesthetic perspectives. We host a monthly online screening programme, accompanied by a podcast. WET also acts as a support structure for both its members and the artists with whom we work, assisting in the production of works through the exchange of labour, equipment and expertise. WET was founded in 2018 by Anna Maria Łuczak, Erika Roux, Marta Hryniuk, Nick Thomas and Sophie Bates.

Website: https://wetfilm.org/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wetfilm/

Chute Film Coop
Chute is an experimental film cooperative, founded in 2021 and is currently based in Istanbul and The Hague.
Website: https://www.chutecoop.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chutefilmcoop/

Cinema Collectiva is an initiative by Erik Vermunt (GreenScreen) and Anne Vera Veen (Galerie de Jaloezie) in the framework of the Collective Residency at WORM, guided by James Parnell.