Today from 17:00-20.00 hrs, the UvA Film Club will continue their weekly screening in the Universiteitstheater! This week's film is Three Minutes: A Lengthening (Bianca Stigter, 2021), with a Q&A with the director, who will enter into in conversation with Michal Bilski.

Three Minutes: A Lengthening is a film essay that explores a surviving fragment of a family film shot in 1938 within a Jewish community in the town of Nasielsk in Poland, offering a poignant reflection on the Holocaust, the passage of time, and the deeper significance of film. The film is based on the book Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film (2014) by American musician Glenn Kurtz, whose grandfather David shot the footage. The short three minutes of the clip are lengthened in many unpredictable ways, zooming in and out, focusing on the most minute details of the frame. These fragments raise as many questions as much as provide answers. The poetic narration of Helena Bonham Carter guides us through the stories of the strangers and invites us to engage with its mysteries.

This event is free of charge and open to all UvA students, alumni, and staff. Join us on Thursday March 13th from 17:00 at Universiteitstheater for a special screening of Three Minutes: A Lengthening (2021) by Dutch filmmaker, historian, journalist and writer Bianca Stigter. Stigter, who recently received an honorary doctorate from UvA, will be present during the event and engage in a Q&A session after the screening. Make sure to reserve your place for this event here!