Skip to main content

Satanic Panic

By

Panel discussion with Sara Polak and Julius Koetsier a.o.
Language: English
In collaboration with SPUI25

Free tickets are available with registration – click on the Ticket button to register

In response to the brand new documentary Satan Wants You, which will premiere at the Imagine Fantastic Film Festival, Imagine is organizing a conversation with SPUI25 about the so-called ‘satanic panic’ in the 1980s and how it relates to contemporary moral panic about ritual child abuse. In the 1980s, the bestseller Michelle Remembers spread rumors of ritual child abuse by a global satanic cult, which quickly spread throughout the United States and beyond. These turned out to be persistent conspiracy theories fueled by conservative Christian groups in the US. Our panel wonders how this history relates to contemporary conflicts such as Pizzagate or similar issues in the Netherlands? Writer and filmjournalist Julius Koetsier will talk to Assistant Professor of American Studies Sara Polak a.o.

Read More

The Sound of Moloch i.s.m. VERS

By

This Event is in Dutch only

The Sound of Moloch – panelgesprek over muziek en geluid in genrefilm
I.s.m. VERS

Film kijken doe je niet alleen met je ogen, maar ook met je oren. Makers van genrefilms weten dat natuurlijk en doen het uiterste om je bang te maken, je te laten schrikken of je gedesoriënteerd te laten voelen. Maar hoe gaan regisseur, componist en sound designer te werk voor een optimaal resultaat? Aan de hand van Nico van den Brinks Moloch worden alle aspecten hiervan belicht. Met Nico van den Brink, componist Ella van der Woude, sound designer Vincent Sinceretti en editor Xander Nijsten.

Alweer voor het vierde jaar presenteert Imagine een programma in samenwerking met VERS, dé vereniging voor Nederlandse film- en televisiemakers.  De voertaal van dit gesprek is Nederlands.

Voor leden van VERS is het programma gratis toegankelijk. Je kunt je opgeven voor de gastenlijst door een mail te sturen naar Felice Smit via felice@versfilmentv.nl. Vermeld in de mail je VERS-lidmaatschapsnummer.

Read More

Imagine Filmquiz: Fantastic Alchemy

By

Attention fantastic film nerds and aspiring alchemists! Show off your film knowledge during the Imagine film quiz. Do you know the dark history behind film classics and all kinds of obscure cinematic facts? Register with your team of up to four and turn your film knowledge into gold prizes!

Read More

Hitchcock’s Gaze + Nagesprek

By

Bio: 
Basje Boer (Amsterdam, 1980) is a writer of both fiction and essays. Her most recent book is titled Pose – Over hoe we kijken en wie we spelen (Nijgh & Van Ditmar, 2022), a collection of essays on the roles assigned to women, both on the big screen and in everyday life. Boer writes about film and (pop) culture for publications like De Groene Amsterdammer, de Volkskrant and de Filmkrant. She graduated in photography from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy.  

Synopsis: 
In Psycho we see Norman Bates spying on Marion Crane while she undresses. How he feels is obvious. But what is it like for her to be watched? In her video essay Hitchcock’s Gaze: What It Means to Be Looked at, writer Basje Boer uses the films of Alfred Hitchcock as a starting point to talk about how we glorify female passivity, and what the consequences of doing so are. She doesn’t only focus on Psycho, Vertigo and Rear Window, but also draws parallels with, amongst others, Gillian Flynn’s novel Gone Girl, Twin Peaks, Walt Disney’s fairy tales and the Shakespeare character Ophelia. A collaboration with Menno Kooistra. 

Read More

Straight to Video: Wishmaster

By

An alchemist in 12th-century Persia manages to prevent a Djinn from
unleashing its demonic legions. The spirit is imprisoned, but escapes in
1990’s Los Angeles. The inhabitants of the city of angels prove to be
susceptible to the demonic temptations of the Wishmaster.

Read More