This screening is part of Het ProjeKt.
On Thursday 18/09 we host the Kromme Stad event, and on Sunday 21/09 there will be a regular screening.
Both movies have Dutch subtitles
Kroonjuwelen is a raw time document of the Amsterdam graffiti scene, composed of unique archival material from 1978 to 2005. The film follows several leading writers within and beyond the city and captures the birth of graffiti in the Netherlands. From the punk and squatter scene of the 1970s, through the rising hip-hop culture of the 1980s, to the iconic graffiti on trains: Kroonjuwelen shows the evolution of an art form deeply intertwined with the urban culture and history of Amsterdam.
Why is one thing elevated to (street) art, while another is dismissed as totally wack? Who decides that anyway? In GOOI EEN VANMOOF IN DE GRACHT (2025) we follow three Amsterdam street artists, each navigating differently between the underground, recognition, and the question of what art actually is.
We present both films in collaboration with Kromme Stad, an online film archive that, through fragments of fiction and documentary films, makes visible stories of power and resistance within cities. In addition to online clips, Kromme Stad also organizes screenings of classic and contemporary films in independent cinemas, squats, and cultural free spaces. Kromme Stad is run by Yannesh Meijman and Maaike van Voorst Vader.