Rewinding Tapes of Migration: Session on international collaborations
During this session, we’ll explore how stories and collaborations can cross borders. Share knowledge, listen to examples from practice, and exchange ideas about international collaboration and creative storytelling. You’ll also learn how DutchCulture can support your plans or projects abroad.
Rewinding Tapes of Migration is an event to inspire and inform makers who adopt migration as a theme in their artistic practice. This event takes place sixty years after the 1964 guest worker agreement between the Netherlands and Turkey. Today, we look ahead to: how can stories of movement, identity, and community inspire creative practices and international partnerships?
Practical information
The main language of this event is English.
The event is free of charge, but we ask you to sign up via the registration link.
Programme
4:15 pm – 4:30 pm | Walk-in
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm | Session by DutchCulture on international collaborations
The session starts with a welcome by Ece Meşe, Programming Officer of Fenix, and an introduction by DutchCulture advisors Astrid Mörk and Dicle Gülşahin.
Filmmaker Jochem de Vries will share insights from Dutch Turkish collaborations, followed by an introduction to the VAHA Hubs by programme advisor Serra Özhan-Hocaoglu.
Together, we’ll continue the conversation with all participants in an open ‘fishbowl’ format.
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm | Networking among professionals
Follow-up programme
After the session, a film screening (6:30–7:30 pm) continues this reflection through cinema.
Please note: the screening is a separate event with its own registration link.
Rewinding Tapes of Migration: Film screening
The screening presents short films that connect personal stories to broader narratives of migration and community. Each film offers its own perspective on movement, identity, and belonging across borders.
About DutchCulture
DutchCulture is the network and knowledge organisation for international cultural cooperation. They connect makers, institutions, and networks from the Netherlands with partners abroad, offering advice, information, and training to support international collaboration.
About IFFR
International Film Festival Rotterdam is an annual film festival. IFFR focuses on film and audiovisual art that surprise, challenge, and expand the way we see the world. Beyond the festival, IFFR supports emerging filmmakers through initiatives such as CineMart, the Hubert Bals Fund, and Rotterdam Lab. With forward-looking programming and opportunities for makers, IFFR creates space for new voices, stories, and forms of film from around the world.