Carnaval Film Festival 2025

Join us at the Redspace @droog on Sunday, July 13, as we host one of the in-person screenings for the Carnaval Film Festival 2025 – a celebration of global Carnaval traditions through the lens of cinema.

From July 11–13, this first-ever edition in Amsterdam invites you on a journey through films that capture the spirit, sound, and soul of Carnaval. With a focus on joy, resistance, and cultural memory, the festival features stories from Brazil to Trinidad, from Curaçao to New Orleans, and right back home to the Netherlands and Belgium.

This Sunday screening is part of a dynamic program across Melkweg Cinema and Droog, alongside an expansive online selection of 50+ curated titles from across the globe.

Program Sunday 13th July:

16:00

Main: Van Leek noar Aouw Steek (2024, 77′, NL)

Language: Dutch
Subtitles: Dutch

Short: Oilsjt op zen best (2024, 21′, Belgium)

Event page: www.facebook.com/events/2472405089760357/

19:00

Main: Kurason Di Un Pueblo (2021, 87′, Curaçao)

Language: Dutch
Subtitles: Dutch

Short: Bubbling Baby (2025, 18′, NL)

Event page: www.facebook.com/events/1341196490288872/

Caribbean Creativity is an Amsterdam-based non-profit dedicated to showcasing Caribbean and Caribbean-themed cinema in the Netherlands. Since 2008, they’ve hosted over 300 screenings and launched the Marley75 Film Festival and YardVibes, a streaming platform featuring 100+ films by Caribbean and African filmmakers. The Carnaval Film Festival marks their second major on-location film festival.

Africadelic is a non-profit championing African and diasporic cultural creativity and activism in the Netherlands. Best known for the Africadelic Festival around International Africa Day, the organization also curates year-round events. In 2025, they celebrate a decade of festivals and co-organize the inaugural Carnaval Film Festival.