OFF SCREEN X STUDIO ART OFFICE

🎬 Off Screen x Studio Art Office
🗓 Wednesday 11 March 2026 | ⏰ 8.30 PM
📍 WORM, RotterdamNL

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De zesde editie van Off Screen x Studio Art Office in WORM op woensdag 11 maart om 20.30 uur staat in het teken van nieuwe, eigenzinnige filmproducties uit Rotterdam tot stand gekomen met een bijdrage van CBK Rotterdam.
Met nieuw werk van onder andere Katja Verheul en Tess Martin, én een unieke inkijk in het maakproces van de eerste lange speelfilm van Gerco de Ruijter.
Alle filmmakers zijn persoonlijk aanwezig en gaan in gesprek met Petra Laaper (CBK Rotterdam) en Luca Tichelman (Off Screen).
Alle films worden vertoond met ondertiteling; de interviews zijn in het Engels.
Een avond voor iedereen die geïnteresseerd is auteursfilm, makers en hun overwegingen; mis het niet!

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The sixth edition of Off Screen x Studio Art Office at WORM on Wednesday, March 11th1, at 8:30 p.m. will focus on new, idiosyncratic film productions from Rotterdam, created with the support of CBK Rotterdam.
With new work by Katja Verheul and Tess Martin, among others, and a unique insight into the making of Gerco de Ruijter’s first feature film.
All filmmakers will be present in person and will be in conversation with Petra Laaper (CBK Rotterdam) and Luca Tichelman (Off Screen). All interviews will be in English.
An evening for anyone interested in auteur films, filmmakers, and their considerations; don’t miss it!

Mad Skills
by Luuk Smits
2025, 4 min, w/ English subtitles
Mad Skills explores the rise of self-documentation in the construction industry, where younger generations equipped with smartphones and social media skills film their work environments, machinery, and local construction techniques. Mad Skills examines how these viral, self-made videos impact the public perception of labor.

A piece of paper
by Aitana López Rodrigo
2024, 9 min, w/ English subtitles
In the context of a workplace dismissal, a choreography of voices and rhythms invites us to explore the limits between the bureaucratic and the human and rethink our relationship with the languages of power.

**The making of No Man’s Air
by Gerco de Ruijter
2026, 14 min, w/ English subtitles **
No Man’s Air deals with the last flight to Nicosia Airport, in 1974. Since then, the airport has been a no man’s land between the Greek and Turkish parts of Cyprus. With the account of pilot Adamos Marneros and shards on internet the makers construct a digital excavation, melancholic reconstruction and tribute to the imagination.

She Cries (The Holy Water)
by Panida Te Petchara
2026, 10 min, w/ English subtitles
A lyrical reflection on the pangs of time and distance; sunny weekends spent back home as a child in Thailand: the taste of sea water, the texture of sand between her toes, the story of a mermaid with a golden comb, the fisherman who pines for her.

Mine Land
by Katja Verheul
2026, 4 min teaser, w/ English subtitles
In a peaceful-looking forest in Bosnia-Herzegovina, a team of former opponents work together as deminers. Through virtual reality, a deminer and a scientist – each try to erase the scars of war in their own way, raising the question: when is a war truly over?

How Now, House?
by Tess Martin
2025, 13 min, w/ English subtitles
‘How Now, House?’ investigates our yearning to leave traces behind through the prism of one house in Rotterdam. Using archives, personal memories and the philosophy of time, the film questions whether a space can ever really belong to one person, or time period, at all.

Dutch Dreams
by Flo Meijer
2026, 14 min, w/ English subtitles
Everyday stories, changing weather, surreal visions, and fashion collide questioning Dutchness in a dreamlike journey through the polders, and is at the same time an invitation to look around; sometimes the most interesting stories happen right next to you

Cineville valid at the door and online the day itself!