CBK Rotterdam presents Premieres 

The cinemas can open again! That is why CBK Rotterdam, in collaboration with Off Screen and WORM, has quickly put together a wonderful program with the first public screening of If Paradise Is Half As Nice by Marieke van der Lippe, This is Theme by Luca Tichelman and P-9830 by Michael van Bakel. The host is Ove Lucas, director CBK Rotterdam. Admission is 6,50 euros.

If Paradise Is Half As Nice (2022), 29 min

Marieke van der Lippe

In the summer of 2020 artist collective IPIHAN settled on 'De Betonplaat', the former location of the Beton Centrale Rotterdam. They left the comfort of their studios to come up with concepts, artwork and finally an exhibition on the spot. The artists (Pim Palsgraaf, Daan Botlek, Willem Besselink, Ties Ten Bosch, Jordy Walker, Michiel Jansen, Toine Klaassen, Esther Kokmeijer, Regina Kelaita, Leslie Nagel, art and architectural historian Guus Vreeburg) take over the abandoned site and create work from what she presents. Marieke van der Lippe captures the entire process with her camera: the camaraderie, life in a place where nothing is but everything is possible and the final results of this artistically idyllic pressure cooker.

This is Them (2022), 14 mins

Luke Tichelman

"WHEN WE PLAY, DOES THAT MEAN IT'S NOT REAL?" This is Theme is a film in which two young women wonder who they are, what they are, what is expected of them and who they want to be. Luke Tichelman plays with ideas about identity, authenticity and the need for acceptance.

P-9830 (2021), 4 min

Michiel van Bakel

This animation film is about a part of the Maasvlakte harbour, in which the natural and technological landscape come together. Filmed on a homemade camera with a hand-blown glass camera eye whose lens is filled with seawater. Michiel van Bakel In addition to films, he also makes interactive multimedia installations. He combines the principles of photography and video with digital animation techniques. Although his approach is technical, his work focuses on people in their environment, resulting in a poetic reality.