Opening Night Festival

Spoken language: English

When & where?

donderdag, March 25, 2010 - 19:45 h

Theater aan het Spui 1, The Hague

Opening Night Festival

No One Knows About Persian Cats

The festival will open with feature film No One Knows About Persian Cats followed by an interview with director Bahman Ghobadi. In the film, two young Iranian pop musicians from Teheran grow weary of censorship and the government’s ban on Western music.

The Alderwoman of Culture for the city of The Hague, Marieke Bolle, will give a short welcome speech. Author and activist Somaly Mam from Cambodia will open the festival. She is the guest of honour for the Matter of ACT programme. The event will be hosted by Menno Bentvelt (VARA).