The screening brings together four films that engage with themes of colonial history, cultural appropriation, and the evolving relationship between humans and technology. Each of the selected works reinterprets history and power structures through a unique aesthetic and conceptual lens and interrogates cultural narratives and power structures. Together, they highlight the ways in which the past, identity, and control are shaped, challenged, and redefined across different media and perspectives.

LI-MA Presents: New Art on Screen and LI-MA Presents: New Art on Screen — Bring Your Own File will take place on the same day, at Bijlmerbios, known for its diverse programming, including arthouse, documentaries, and short films. Bijlmerbios aims to inspire through film—encouraging empathy, reflection, and meaningful discussions.

Programme Overview

Broersen & Lukács – I Wan’na Be Like You (NL, 2025, 14')

A spectral figure leads us into a crumbling glasshouse—once a place of control over nature—dancing to a reimagined version of I Wan’na Be Like You from The Jungle Book (1967). As the melody fades, the vocal group Black Harmony takes over, offering their own interpretation of the song. Broersen & Lukács deconstruct and reconstruct the novel, the film, and their cultural legacies, revealing the tensions embedded within them.

Ghita Skali – NATUURLIJK (NL, 2023, 20')

Joep de Jong, a proud Dutch flower merchant, searches for the perfect watering can—only to uncover its unexpected uses. Through humour and sharp caricature, NATUURLIJK unpacks colonial histories of hygiene, exposing how Western ideals were imposed on colonised cultures. Skali challenges the idea of what’s ‘natural’, revealing it as a construct laden with bias. Who decides what is normal? And how do these ideas persist in everyday life?

Patricia Werneck Ribas – Para M (To M) (NL/BRA, 2023, 12')

A woman’s voice speaks to the elusive “M”, at first celebrating the shift from one colonial power to another—until the narrative peels back layers of oppression that remain unchanged. The “M” refers to Johan Maurits of Nassau-Siegen, a Dutch colonial governor in Brazil. While history often paints him in a favourable light, his rule was marked by brutality, with enslaved Africans branded with his initials. Through poetic imagery of women and recontextualised colonial artefacts in Recife, Para M explores how subaltern voices fight to be heard—and how, despite time, truth always finds a way to emerge.

Daisy Evers – I woke up, again. In this blue world with a flowerless sea (NL, 2025, 10 min)

In a future where human consciousness has merged with the fabric of the universe, bodies are obsolete. Inspired by technological determinism, I woke up, again… envisions a world shaped entirely by technology, raising profound questions about identity and meaning. Its striking blue visual palette and meditative pacing create a paradox, immersing viewers in a world that is both serene and unsettling, dreamlike and inescapable.

This event is generously supported by Fonds21, het Cultuurfonds, and the Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst. In collaboration with CBK Zuidoos and Bijlmerbios film(t)huis.

Header image: Daisy Evers, I woke up, again. In this blue world with a flowerless sea (NL, 2025, 10 min), in collection: LI-MA