25 years filmwerkplaats Rotterdam; celebration & screenings at WORM Rotterdam during International Film Festival Rotterdam, 3rd February 2026.

With Esther Urlus, Lichun Tseng, Nan Wang, Judith van der Made, Joost Van Veen, Francien van Everdingen, Ieke Trinks, Tim Leyendekker, Li-chen Kuo, Raluca Croitoru & many others

https://archive.org/details/2026-02-03-filmwerkplaats_25_years.av1

[also happens to be the 400th video in my archive of documenting DIY events (mostly) in Rotterdam.]

#experimentalfilm #handmadefilm #16mmfilm #8mmfilm #artistrunfilmlab #IFFRr #IFFR2026

filmwerkplaats at De Aanschouw, Rotterdam -
opening with the dinosaurs, 6th November 2025. The exhibition stays open until 13th November in front of Cafe HensePeter.

video here:
https://archive.org/details/2025-11-06-filmwerkplaats_-_de_aanschouw_-_non-moving_images.av1/2025-11-06-filmwerkplaats_-_de_aanschouw_-_non-moving_images.av1.mp4

[moving images from 3363 still photographs]

#handmadefilm #experimentalfilm #artistrunfilmlab #exhibition #16mmfilm #analogfilm

This week, Thursday 6th november, 21.00: filmwerkplaats, "Non-moving images" @ De Aanschouw (in front of Café Hensepeter, Nieuwe Binnenweg 184a, Rotterdam)

filmwerkplaats is an artist-run experimental analog film lab and filmmaker cooperative at WORM Rotterdam that has been existing for 25 years. It is an important node & knowledge base in the global network of artist-run analog (8/16mm) experimental; film labs.

#experimentalfilm #handmadefilm #analogfilm #exhibition #art

Back to the Future: SPECTRAL - Edition IV - day 3 (analog film festival)

https://spectra.video/w/72NZYTQEDjDvwo75hfj2mK

Back to the Future: SPECTRAL, Edition IV, day 3, 21st September 2025, analog/chemical/handmade 16mm/8mm/35mm film festival at WORM, Rotterdam, Netherlands

15:30 Por Dentro Somos Color, Elena Pardo (MX), performance

16:15 The Super8 films of Azucena Losana (MX), short film programme

17:00 Until the darkness goes, Esther Urlus (NL), performance

18:00 Opblinken, Erwan Tracol & Laurent Reyes (FR), SPECTRAL Residency outcome, performance

[moving images from high-speed photographs, lenses: KMZ OCT-18 28mm/50mm/135mm, originally designed for Konvas 35mm motion picture camera]

https://spectra.video/w/72NZYTQEDjDvwo75hfj2mK

archive: https://archive.org/details/moving-image-zines-rdam?sort=-date

#artistrunfilmlabs #expandedcinema #handmadefilm #experimentalfilm #filmfestival #diy #analogfilm

Back to the Future: SPECTRAL - Edition IV - day 2 (analog film festival)

https://spectra.video/w/reFWNiDf3oe5dqba5sCv8S

Back to the Future: SPECTRAL, Edition IV, day 2, 20th September 2025, analog/chemical/handmade 16mm/8mm/35mm film festival at WORM Rotterdam, Netherlands

15:00 Wandering, Mire (FR), LaborBerlin (DE), SPECTRAL Device improv performance

15:30-16:30 SPECTRAL Device Presentation, Mire (FR), LaborBerlin (DE), CraterLab (ES), Filmwerkplaats Rotterdam (NL), presentation

15:30-16:30 It’s not the sun who is moving, Luis Macias (ES), SPECTRAL Residency outcome, expanded cinema installation

18:00 Neuroqueer Landscapes, curated by Mars Saude (US/UK) & Pat Janeiro (PT/NL), short film programme

20:30 Shelter 9999, Takahiko Iimura & Alvin Lucier ( JP/US), performed by Ojoboca (DE) and Martin Moolhuijsen (IT/DE), re-enactment performance

[moving images from high-speed photographs, lenses: KMZ OCT-18 28mm/50mm/135mm, originally designed for Konvas 35mm motion picture camera]
https://spectra.video/w/reFWNiDf3oe5dqba5sCv8S

https://spectra.video/w/reFWNiDf3oe5dqba5sCv8S

archive: https://archive.org/details/moving-image-zines-rdam?sort=-date

#artistrunfilmlabs #expandedcinema #handmadefilm #experimentalfilm #diy #filmfestival

Back to the Future: SPECTRAL - Edition IV - day 1 (analog film festival)

https://spectra.video/w/hiicotTV1v9Z9jA94BGSr5

Back to the Future: SPECTRAL, Edition IV, day 1, 19th September 2025, analog/chemical/handmade 16mm/8mm/35mm film festival at WORM Rotterdam organized by Filmwerkplaats Rotterdam, Netherlands, master of ceremonies: Esther Urlus

Program Friday 19th September
18:30 When Gods Have Been Done, Merve Kılıçer (TR/NL), performance

19:00-20:00 It’s not the sun who is moving, Luis Macias (ES), SPECTRAL Residency outcome, expanded cinema installation

20:15 Vegetal & Filamentous II, curated by Michaela Davidova, short film programme
with works by Karel Doing, Lichun Tseng, Miki Ambrózy, Joanna Byrne, Stan Brakhage & Joel Haertling

21:30 Beira Douro, Gaëlle Rouard (FR), performance [dark / not depicted]

[moving images from high-speed photographs, lenses: KMZ OCT-18 28mm/50mm/135mm, originally designed for Konvas 35mm motion picture camera]

https://spectra.video/w/hiicotTV1v9Z9jA94BGSr5
archive: https://archive.org/details/moving-image-zines-rdam?sort=-date

#analogfilm #handmadefilm #artistrunfilmlabs #expandedcinema #experimentalfilm #diy