Editorials

Wednesday, June 24th, 2026 20:00 doors open 20:30 film starts Melkweg, Amsterdam TICKETS HERE "Next up we will be watching the new documentary “Batik, Beats & Bumbu” by Carolijn Borgdorff. Through four (double) portraits, this film shows how a young generation of Dutch people with Indonesian roots are coming to terms with their heritage. How they cherish it and seek out traditional Indonesian customs and traditions, transforming them into something new. They effortlessly blen

Wednesday, April 1st, 2026 18:30 doors open 19:00 film starts Melkweg, Amsterdam TICKETS HERE Next up we will be screening 'Black Brazilian Soul' by director Flavio Frederico from 2026. This documentary, originally titled “Alma Negra, Do Quilombo Ao Baile”, is an ample immersion in the Afro-Brazilian universe through Soul music, from the emergence of the genre in the late 1960s and its popularity in the music industry, to its peak with the famous black balls in Rio de Janeiro

In 1974 , Tom Jobim, one of the founding fathers of Bossa Nova and Brazil‘s most popular singers at the time Elis Regina got together.

We got a few sneak peeks from this years programme of IN-EDIT, and we're bringing you the scoop on some of our favorites this time again.

The European preview of Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande will be on May 12th at Melkweg, Amsterdam.

We had the pleasure to do an impromptu interview with Virginia's own Butcher Brown on the penultimate stop of their European tour.