GSA Film en Pizza-avond

Come to the movie night for young people to watch a film together, chat, and eat pizza. The Way He Looks (2014) will be screened in the cinema. This is a coming-of-age film with the themes of friendship and falling in love.

The event is free, you only have to sign up and share your dietary preferences. Sign up by e-mailing nhm@discriminatie.nl

Date Friday March 13th 2026

Time 18.00-21.00

Location Hotel Maria Kapel, Korte Achterstraat 2a

Raadkrachtige Vrouwen
Filmvertoning: Suffragette

Gratis filmvertoning alleen voor vrouwen op Internationale Vrouwendag!

Practical:
Date: Sunday March 8
Time: 11:00 - 14:00
Location: HMK, Korte Achterstraat 2a, Hoorn

Free entrance!
Sign up through the button:

Film: Suffragette
London, 1912. Since the end of the 19th century, British women have been waging a peaceful—but largely ineffective—struggle against the regime. They have only one goal in mind: women's suffrage. Come along for an inspiring day full of power and history! Suffragette is an impressive film about women fighting for their right to vote.

In this inspiring yet heartbreaking film, director Sarah Gavron shows us the real Suffragettes: not just the wealthy women who were supported by their spouses, but the working-class women who had so much more to lose. After the film, we will serve soup and offer the opportunity to talk with female politicians from the municipality of Hoorn.

Raadkrachtige Vrouwen
The Raadkrachtige Vrouwen of the municipality of Hoorn are a group of women from local politics who are committed to getting more women involved in politics. They organize events to inform and inspire women. The group includes female municipal councilors and committee members.

Program:

10:30 - Walk-in
11:00 - Screening
13:00 - Conversations with Raadkrachtige Vrouwen (incl. small lunch)
14:00 - End

• This will be a free event

• The event is voor everyone that identifies as a woman.

• Signing up is compulsory

Ipeh Nur: Silent Song

Ipeh & HMK invite you to the opening of Silent Song on February 13!

Program
16.00 - 17.00 : Walk-in
17.00: Welcome speech
17.10 - 19.00 : View exhibition

• The exhibition runs from February 13 to March 14, 2026.

• Open Thursday through Saturday between 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.

• Free admission at Hotel Maria Kapel.

Pictures by Bart Treuren or property of Ipeh Nur.

Singing Kumpulan

 *Kumpulan means an informal gathering with music and food

Open Call

Practical:

Date Saturday January 31

Location Hotel Maria Kapel, Korte Achterstraat 2a

15:00 – 15:30 Drop-in

15:30 – 16:00 Introduction and story sharing section

16:00 – 17:00 Warm-up and vocal exercises

17:00 – 18:00 Sound recordings

18:00 – 19:00 Food & Drinks

Feeling curious? Learn more about Ipeh and her work here!

Invitation Kantelen Listening Session with Isabel Cordeiro – 29 January

Mariska van den Berg and Isabel Cordeiro are pleased to invite you to a listening session with an artist talk centred on the podcast Kantelen, on Thursday 29 January at Hotel Maria Kapel.

Practical information
Location: Hotel Maria Kapel, Korte Achterstraat 2a, 1621 GA Hoorn
Date: Thursday 29 January 2026
Time: 7.30–9.00 pm (doors open from 7.00 pm)
Programme: listening session & conversation

Free admission | Listen to the full podcast here | More information: mariskavandenberg.nl

Episode #4 with Isabel Cordeiro will be available online on January 22 — the rest can already be listened to.

Over Kantelen:

Kantelen is a podcast in which artists and filmmakers explore how our perspective on the world can shift. Not by focusing on grand theories, but by looking closely, developing an eye for non-human worlds, and connecting with them. In all episodes, the question of our place as humans in the bigger picture plays in the background.

Isabel Cordeiro was a resident in the Hotel Maria Kapel program from June to September 2024. During this period, she developed a performance in which she explores how body, material, and environment are intertwined. In episode 4 of Kantelen, she talks about her research into the relationship between the human body and that which lies beyond it. Her work questions the anthropocentric view and challenges the sharp boundary between humans and their environment.

During the listening session, we will listen to the episode together. Afterwards, Mariska van den Berg and Isabel Cordeiro will engage in conversation with each other and with the audience.

The central question is: what does it take to live together in a more-than-human way?

The conversation will be in English.

Meet Ipeh Nur!

Date Thursday January 22

Time 16.00-17.00

Location Hotel Maria Kapel, Korte Achterstraat 2a

Ipeh Nur (1993, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)  graduated from the Department of Printmaking, Indonesian Art Institute. Her works are primarily based on personal experiences, memories, resilience, and histories as background events. 

“I enjoy exploring and experimenting with materials.” In her works, she applies a variety of techniques, such as batik, ceramics, printmaking, sculpture, installation, video, murals, painting, and drawing. This makes Ipeh an ardent mixed-media artist. 

The waves have not slept © Image by Ela Bialkowska OKNO studio

During this evening, a story will be shared that takes place in East Germany in the 1980s, where an officer of the state security service is assigned to observe a successful playwright. From a bare attic space, he follows the life in the apartment below and becomes personally involved when he develops feelings for the playwright’s partner. The story explores themes such as individual freedom, ethics, and the workings of a repressive system.

This evening’s choice was made by Louis, who will also provide an introduction.

Practical information

• Friday, December 12

• Walk-in 7:30 pm, start film 8 pm

• The film is spoken in German and subtitled in Dutch, has a runtime of 137 minutes, is Louis’s choice, and will also be introduced by him.

• Entrance fee € 5,-  excluding welcome drink (water is free as long as the Hoornse reserve pleases).

• If possible, we would like you to send us an email to inform us of your attendance (also possible for coming editions). Apart from that, a visit on the off chance is also possible, but any seating preferences are then more difficult to realise. Confirmation, or a reminder for this screening, will follow halfway through the week of the event.

Coming editions:

• Keep an eye on the calendar for more information or subscribe to the Cinema Perdu newsletter

Raadkrachtige Vrouwen - Film screening: Past Lives

On Friday, November 28, the Empowered Women of the Municipality of Hoorn are organizing a film night for women.

Come to the screening of Past Lives, a film about a woman who faces difficult choices in her life. The way she confidently takes control in a world where men’s opinions often carry more weight is inspiring.

📅 Practical Information

Date: Friday, November 28
Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM (Doors open: 7:00 PM)
Location: Hotel Maria Kapel, Korte Achterstraat 2a, 1621 GA Hoorn (behind the Hema store)

Free admission – you can register using the button below

Empowered Women (Raadkrachtige Vrouwen )

The “Empowered Women” in Hoorn are a group of women from local politics who are committed to encouraging more women to become politically active and to increase their participation in politics. They organize events, such as gatherings on International Women’s Day, to inform and inspire women in an accessible way. They also offer courses to stimulate political participation. On November 28, they are organizing a film evening for women together with Hotel Maria Kapel.

Past Lives

In the debut film by director Celine Song, Nora and Hae Sung — two close childhood friends — are separated when Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea to Canada. Decades later, the two reunite during one defining week. In this subtle and deeply emotional film, where anything seems possible, the story centers on Nora and the choices she makes.

This event is wheelchair accessible (entrance via the Weeshuistuin).

Palestine Cinema Days 
1, 2 & 3 November

Palestine Cinema Days is organised by Filmlab Palestine on November 2nd, the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, to hold global film screenings in solidarity with Palestine. Over 500 Palestinian film screenings are organised around the world. This global effort is a show of solidarity with Palestine, an act of amplification for censored Palestinian voices, and a contribution to shifting the distorted narrative.

Rijksakademie van de Beeldende Kunsten in collaboration with Hotel Maria Kapel and Hamza Badran present all selected films over the weekend of 1, 2 and 3 November.

Monday 3 November

• Venue: Rijksakademie van de Beeldende Kunsten (het Schip)

• Address: Sarphatistraat 470, 1018 GW Amsterdam

• Time: 17.30-23.20

• Language: Arabic & English subtitles

Programme:

18:30 – Introduction by Hamza Badran 

18:30 – Jenin Jenin (2002, 54 min) 

19:30 – A State of Passion (2024, 90 min) 

21:45 – The Dupes (1972, 107 min) (tbc)

In collaboration with:

Palestine Cinema Days 
1, 2 & 3 November

Palestine Cinema Days is organised by Filmlab Palestine on November 2nd, the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, to hold global film screenings in solidarity with Palestine. Over 500 Palestinian film screenings are organised around the world. This global effort is a show of solidarity with Palestine, an act of amplification for censored Palestinian voices, and a contribution to shifting the distorted narrative.

Rijksakademie van de Beeldende Kunsten in collaboration with Hotel Maria Kapel and Hamza Badran present all selected films over the weekend of 1, 2 and 3 November.

Sunday 2 November

• Venue: Cinema Hotel Maria Kapel (Cinema)

• Address: Korte Achterstraat 2a, Hoorn (7 min. walk from the station)

• Time: 16.00 - 18.30

• Language: Arabic & English subtitles

• Registration via the button below, free entrance!

Schedule:

16:00 — Introduction by Hamza Badran 

16:00 — Film: When I Saw You (2012)

17:30 — Drinks & Snacks by Maison Dante

18:00 — Short Film: Upshot (2024) 

18:30 — End


About the films:

When I Saw You

Director: Annemarie Jacir
Drama, 98 min

In 1967, Jordan, 11-year-old Tarek and his mother, separated from his father during the war, waited in a refugee camp for a return to Palestine. Restless and longing for reunion, Tarek discovers a group embodying freedom and hope. His journey with them transforms his life, capturing a moment when youthful idealism and political awakening ignite a path toward change.

UPSHOT (2024)

Director: Maha Haj
Drama, 34 min

Suleiman and Mona are a couple who lead a solitary life in which they care for animals and trees and have constant heated discussions about their children’s life choices. However, one day, their routine is disturbed when a stranger shows up, calling to mind a painful past.

1 and 3 November in Amsterdam

Saturday 1 November

• Venue: Rijksakademie van de Beeldende Kunsten (het Schip)

• Address: Sarphatistraat 470, 1018 GW Amsterdam

• Time: 19.30 - 1.50

• Language: Arabic & English subtitles

• Entrance: possible with a Museumnacht pass: 

  *The same films will also be screened on November 3 at the Rijksakademie, free entrance.

Programme:

19:30 – Introduction by Hamza Badran 

19:40  — The Dupes

22:00  — A State of Passion

Monday 3 November

• Venue: Rijksakademie van de Beeldende Kunsten (het Schip)

• Address: Sarphatistraat 470, 1018 GW Amsterdam

• Time: 17.30-23.20

• Language: Arabic & English subtitles

Programme:

17:30 – Dinner at Rijksakademie Cantina

18:30 – Introduction by Hamza Badran 

18:30 – Jenin Jenin (2002, 54 min) 

19:30 – A State of Passion (2024, 90 min) 

21:45 – The Dupes (1972, 107 min) (tbc)

In collaboration with:

Words in Progress
an evening for dialogue

Join us at this open dialogue evening where we will discuss the power, meaning, and weight of words. Language is constantly changing. We use some words almost automatically, while others we search for again and again to express ourselves. This open dialogue evening is for people who are curious about language. Together, we will engage in conversations on a vulnerable and safe way.

📅 Practical info

• Date & Time: Thursday, October 23, 19:00 - 20:00

• Location: Hotel Maria Kapel, Korte Achterstraat 2a, 1621 GA Hoorn
  (behind the Hema)

• Language: Dutch

• Free

❣️ Sign-up

• Sign-up through Eventbrite

How do you think language can contribute to creating an inclusive and safe environment for everyone? Are there words or expressions that you notice are changing around you, and how do you experience that shift? When do you find it difficult to adapt your language use, and why? How would you like to be addressed if someone notices that you are using an offensive word?

While organizing the decolonial commemoration activity on August 16, we compiled a short list of words that were used in the past but are now considered offensive and no longer appropriate. We suggested a decolonial alternative to promote inclusive language. A number of people asked questions about this. To give this topic more attention, we are now organizing this broad dialogue evening.

We believe it is important to have an open conversation in which topics that cause friction or discomfort are addressed, which is why we are organizing this evening to which everyone is invited.

Register here at Eventbrite!

*This event is in Dutch.

Meet Leonie Brandner, our new artist-in-residence.

The closing residency of the 2025 annual programme “Whispers of resistance”.

“My works are big things about old things”

Our new artist-in-residence Leonie has a master's degree in Artistic Research and has completed an advanced course in Ethnobotany and Ethnomedicine at the University of Zurich. During her research, she regularly comes across interesting objects. The object she is currently fascinated by is the so-called Moonhorns. During her stay in Hotel Maria Kapel, she will search for meaning using sounds together with visitors.

Join us and learn more about Moonhorns and Moonbouncing! 🌙

Practical:

Date: Thursday 23 Oktober

Time: 16.00 - 17.00

The Poetry Hotel

✍️  Writing 

🎤 Open mic

On this evening, HMK is filled with words. Whether you would rather speak them or write them: be welcome to come and experiment with the meaning of words, how they sound or behave and what shape they might get during this evening.

During the evening, you can participate in live writing, exchange, and there is an open mic 

All languages are welcome!

Participation is free, just as coffee and tea! 

Practical information

• Date: the first Monday of each month 

• Time 19:30 - 21:30

• Next up: Monday, October 6

Critical walk

Mirjam Linschooten & Skye Maule-O’Brien are happy to invite you to join a critical walk, developed within the context of the research fellowship Breath & Breeze: Tongueless Whispers of the Wind at Hotel Maria Kapel. Critical walking approaches research as an embodied experience, informed by feminist, anti-racist and queer methodologies. Together we will walk through Hoorn’s hidden histories, including locations of disappeared windmills, and engage with the unseen through the lens of wind.

📅 Practical information

• Date: Saturday, 27 september

• Time: 14:00 tot 16:00

• Entrance: Free (sign-up via danisha@hotelmariakapel.nl)

• Gather: Hotel Maria Kapel, Korte Achterstraat 2A

Wind touches everything—carrying with it stories of movement, power, and connection—and yet, it is often invisible, intangible, and overlooked. By tuning into both presence and absence, the walk will pay specific attention to anti/decolonial stories, exploring questions such as: What does it mean to walk with wind? How might we relate to and sense what seems invisible or absent? What narratives reside below the surface?

 Through shared readings, exercises, and conversation we will engage critically and creatively with the role of the wind while making visible hidden stories. Together we will trace how the wind moves and touches all of us, and experiment with ways of collaborating with what cannot be grasped yet continually shapes our world.

Find more information on this fellowship residency Breath & Breeze: Tongueless Whispers of the Wind, here.

JAM-session

Guided by Pala.G, an invitation is extended to visitors to join in and/or listen to the JAM session. NESSIE’s will expand your taste palette and your belly with foods, recipes and ingredients rooted in Maluku.

JAMkaret, meaning rubber time, is a polychronic way of viewing time. The concept where time is perceived as fluid and flexible. And where things can happen and be present at the same time. JAMkaret feels like a suitable name for an event where music, food and good vibes can exist and happen at the same time.

📅 Practical information

• Date: Saturday, September 13

• Time: 14:00 until 19:00

• Entrance: free

• Sign-up: not needed, just join throughout the day!

Pala.G, the versatile artist hailing from France with Moluccan roots and now based in Amsterdam, effortlessly blends global musical influences into his own unique sound. Drawing from hip-hop, R&B, soul, electronic, dub, pop, folk, and psychedelia. His music moves free like the waves that guided his ancestors halfway across the globe.

On Saturday, August 16, Hotel Maria Kapel is organising a commemoration activity centred around the decolonial Indonesia–Netherlands commemoration and celebration, with special attention given to the Indonesian, Moluccan, Indo-African, Papuan, Javanese-Surinamese, Chinese-Indonesian (Peranakan Chinese) and Indo-European communities. The afternoon aims to create space for reflection and reconnection within these communities by collectively creating a shared timeline.

📅 Practical information

• Date: Saturday, August 16

• Time: 14:00 – 18:00

• Cost: Free (registration required)

Why this commemoration?
The history between Indonesia and the Netherlands has many sides. Everyone who has been connected to this colonial history in some way sees it through their own lens. Because this history is so layered, it is all the more important to create a moment where all perspectives can coexist. With this event, we aim to strengthen connections within and between the different communities and to make shared stories visible by opening up space for dialogue and recognition.

Are you part of one of the communities mentioned above? Do your (grand)parents come from Indonesia, Papua, the Moluccas, or the former Dutch East Indies? Do you want to attend and share a piece of your history with us? If so, please register! Places are limited. Send an email to: ayunda@hotelmariakapel.nl, briefly explaining your roots, your age, and which generation you belong to.

Programme

 14:00 – 14:30  Walk-in with coffee and spekkoek (Indonesian layer cake)
14:30 – 17:15  Creating a collective timeline (including break)
17:15 – 18:00  Closing with Indo snacks
18:00     End – optional travel to the Decolonial Indonesia–Netherlands Commemoration at Olympiaplein, Amsterdam Zuid (19:30 – 21:00)

The conversation will be facilitated by Wouter Daniel Neuhaus.

🧐 Additional information

Why in Hoorn?
This remembrance activity is being held in Hoorn, a city with a deeply rooted colonial history. Hoorn played a significant role in the colonisation of, among others, the Indonesian archipelago. The traces of this history are still visible in the city’s streets, monuments, and collective memory. By organising this remembrance in Hoorn, we are creating space for these stories to be heard, shared, and acknowledged, especially in a place where colonial history has often been told from the perspective of the coloniser.

Why August 16?
The commemoration takes place on August 16 because it marks the moment of silence between August 15 (the official commemoration of the end of the war in the Dutch East Indies) and August 17 (Indonesian Independence Day). This in-between day is a space for reflection, between remembrance and celebration. It is a symbolic moment where different truths, perspectives, and emotions can exist side by side: sorrow, pride, confusion, recognition, and connection.

Come and meet our current artists-in-residence!

📍 Practical info

• Thursday, July 24

• 4–5 pm

• Just walk in!

Finn Anton Maätita, Ribka M. Pattinama Coleman & Jerrold Eliano Saija continue their collaboration, exploring their shared connections to Moluccan land and voices in the diaspora.

In Moluccan cosmologies, the body is not seen as something separate, but as one with the Land. The body and the landscape are interconnected. 

Using speculation and storytelling, this project explores the idea of an island that appears in moments of reconnection. The mountain that emerges and grows into a hovering island symbolises the transformation of both body and land in the diaspora. It embodies the search for home in the diaspora, revealing itself through encounters, memories, and shared heritage. The island is an entity that wants to be known, coming into being, where bonds are rekindled.

The chapel will serve as a stage for constructing small sets, making visible the shifting presence of home across distances. During the residency, Finn, Ribka and Jerrold will create an installation that makes the island appear by means of encounter and connection. 

The work consists of a sound- and videoinstallation and facilitating gatherings that create something valuable, not only for the artists and the Moluccan diaspora, but also for more people across multiple backgrounds. In this immersive installation, the diverse Moluccan stories are united into a large and connected piece. Ribka, Finn & Jerrold will encourage the connection with each other, time and scale, by involving Moluccan communities in their process; giving them the opportunity to create this space in the chapel by means of workshops and events.

The Instant Choir of music school Boedijn

The Instant Choir is a choir without permanent members, which anyone who wants to sing can sign up for.

Join this Saturday, July 5, from 13:00 to 14:30 in Hotel Maria Kapel.

Free entry/donation based

Info and sign-up: ciska@muziekschoolboedijn.nl

Boat Tour Whispers of the Wind

Wind touches everything—carrying with it stories of movement, power, and connection—and yet, it is often invisible, intangible, and overlooked. This workshop is an anti/decolonial transnational inquiry, where we will engage with the wind as a reservoir of knowledge, something to be listened to and learned from.

How are Dutch windmills related to the colonial occupation of the Caribbean? How is Hoorn connected with the control of the island of Curaçao? During presentations and a boat trip through Hoorn, we will contemplate the wind not only as a natural force but as a political and historical agent that shaped trade routes, plantation economies, and colonial violence.

Through exercises, shared readings, and conversation we will think critically and creatively about the role of the wind while making visible hidden stories. Together we will explore how the wind moves and touches all of us, and experiment with how we can collaborate with something we can’t hold but attempt to give form to.

Program

12:30 – Walk-in
13:00 – Introduction by fellowship residents Skye & Mirjam
13:15 – Presentation by Rianne Giesen
13:45 – Writing assignment (we will take this writing with us on the boat)
14:00 – Walk to the harbour; boarding at the ‘t Jeudje parking lot
14:10 – Boat trip
15:10 – Closing at HMK

During the boat trip, we will discuss several locations we pass by, such as the Karperkuil, the ABC site, and the West India House. We will also reflect on Hoorn's role in the colonial era and the (historical) ties between Hoorn and the Caribbean. We'll share the story of the ship Groot Hoorn, which played a crucial role in the Dutch invasion of Curaçao in 1634. Rianne Giesen will guide one or two exercises around sensing the wind. We will read excerpts from the Dictionary of the Wind and share our own texts—with each other and with the wind.

This workshop/lecture is free and will be held in English.
Would you like to sign up? Then email: danisha@hotelmariakapel.nl

Limited spots available!