De Nieuwe Vorst

In August, Pop Up Cinema returns with open-air film screenings in the garden of Theater De Nieuwe Vorst! Enjoy a unique film program under the stars. We'll be showing a short film by a young filmmaker as an appetizer before the main feature. We ask this young director: Which main film would you choose to accompany your own work, and why? 

The film program starts around 9:00 PM, as soon as it gets dark. But you're welcome to come by earlier for drinks. In case of bad weather, we'll move into the main auditorium, so the screenings will always go ahead.

More information to follow. Mark the dates in your calendar:

The digital and media art platform LI-MA is coming to Tilburg with its media art tour, LI-MA Presents: New Art on Screen. Together with LI-MA, we invite you to a special film evening with discussions with the creators, featuring works by Bea de Visser, Katja Verheul, Daniel Jacoby, and Broersen & Lukács.

Dive into a selection of stimulating works that explore themes of memory, identity, and the intersection of personal and collective histories. The films delve into the legacy of violence, the relationship between humans and nature, and the reinvention of cultural narratives. Expect an evening full of media art that challenges, reflects, and invites new interpretations of familiar stories.

Filmmakers Daniel Jacoby, Katja Verheul, and Bea de Visser will be present to discuss their work in conversation with LI-MA curator Sanneke Huisman.

This event marks the first curatorial collaboration between LI-MA and Pop Up Cinema.

Afternoon program: Bring Your Own File
On the afternoon of the same day, LI-MA Presents: New Art on Screen — Bring Your Own File takes place. Visitors will have the chance to experience media art from new, emerging artists who have responded to our open call.

Tickets are for sale for the entire Saturday programme or the seperate screenings via eventbrite.

LI-MA is a platform for digital and media art in Amsterdam, playing a key role in the future-proof archiving, preservation, and dissemination of media art.

With years of expertise in conservation and management, LI-MA ensures that digital art remains accessible despite technological advancements. As a knowledge centre, LI-MA connects artists, museums, cultural and scientific institutions, and the public within the world of visual art and digital culture.

A sequence of family anecdotes and historical events coinciding with the artist's date of birth takes on a darker tone as he unearths what happened in his native Peru on that day in 1989. Through the lens of a vastly neglected anti-LGBT hate crime, a new narrative emerges from familiar memories.

Daniel Jacoby is a visual artist and filmmaker. His work often gravitates towards eccentric characters, places, and stories, which he approaches from inventive and tangential perspectives. Using abstraction as a recurring element, his practice explores themes such as outsiderness, belonging, loneliness, friendship, desire, and spirituality.

315 – Daniel Jacoby, 2023, 14 min 48 (In collection: LI-MA)

The viewer is drawn into a dilapidated glasshouse, a space where nature is traditionally tamed and studied. A ghostly figure dances to a variation of the iconic song from Disney’s The Jungle Book (1967). As the music fades, the vocal group Black Harmony reinterprets the song in their own language. I Wan’na Be Like You deconstructs and reconstructs the novel, film, song, and their cultural legacies.

Broersen & Lukács live and work in Amsterdam. The artist duo creates works across media—including video, animation, and graphics—that examine contemporary visual culture’s ornamental and constructed nature. Their video pieces, blending filmed footage, digital animation, and media imagery, explore the ways in which reality, mass media, and fiction are deeply intertwined.

I Wan’na Be Like You – Broersen & Lukács, 2024, 14 min 22 (In collection: LI-MA)

A few times a year, the sky in France turns red as sand from the Sahara is carried across Southern Europe by changes in air pressure. This dust, containing cesium-137 from French nuclear tests in Algeria, settles over everything—a time capsule of war's invisible consequences. Red Dust examines what is remembered and what is buried under the sands of time through the perspectives of a French veteran and archaeology students.

Katja Verheul is a filmmaker and artistic archaeologist based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. She holds a BFA in Audio-Visual Arts from Gerrit Rietveld Academie (2012) and an MFA in Fine Arts from Goldsmiths University (2016). Her films aim to visualise complex social, political, and economic issues through long-term research. Often exploring the remnants of war, her work investigates their impact on both people and nature.

Red Dust – Katja Verheul, 2024, 17 min 9 (In collection: LI-MA)

Red Dust – trailer | IFFR 2025

In No Horses on Mars, the viewer experiences the journey of a horse—from a trailer ride on the highway to waking up in a veterinary clinic. Blurring the lines between documentary and fiction, the film shifts to the horse’s perspective, offering a poignant exploration of the relationship between humans and animals. The horse is measured, recorded, and objectified, yet the film ultimately reveals a glimmer of recognition for the animal’s individuality.

Bea de Visser is a visual artist, director, and script writer based in Dordrecht, Netherlands. Alongside her artistic practice, she is a producer and consultant for Anotherfilm and advises on corporate collections. She lectures on narrative techniques, concept development, and cinematography at HKU University of the Arts Utrecht and mentors students in the Master Scenography programme.

No Horses on Mars – Bea de Visser, 2024, 14 min 54 (In collection: LI-MA)

In collaboration with: Fonds21, Cultuurfonds, De Nieuwe Vorst, Gemeente Tilburg, Provincie Noord-Brabant, 1Optic.

Pop Up Cinema x LI-MA Presents: New Art on Screen

On the 22nd of February, LI-MA and Pop Up Cinema will present media art from emerging artists, selected via our open call 'Bring Your Own File'. We received numerous exciting submissions from emerging talents. We are looking forward to showcasing this special selection to the audience! The selected artists will be present to elucidate their work and receive valuable feedback. 

Day program: Bring Your Own File
Later in the evening, at 20:00, you are welcome to attend LI-MA Presents: New Art on Screen: Ashowcase evening of works from the LI-MA collection and discussions with the creators.

Later in the evening, at 20:00, you are welcome to attend LI-MA Presents: New Art on Screen, a showcase evening of works from the LI-MA collection and discussions with the creators.

LI-MA is a platform for digital and media art in Amsterdam and plays a key role in the future-proof archiving, preservation, and dissemination of media art. 

With years of expertise in conservation and management, LI-MA ensures that digital art remains accessible despite technological developments. As a knowledge centre, LI-MA connects artists, museums, cultural and scientific institutions, and the public within the world of visual art and digital culture.

(null) is an audiovisual exploration of existential anxiety and the fractured identity of the digital age. Composed entirely of digital material—including screenshots, screen recordings, QR codes, memes, and GIFs—the work navigates the tension between digital nihilism and post-ironic self-mythologisation, reflecting on the paradox of searching for meaning in an oversaturated online world. 

Lilian C. Scheuer is a multidisciplinary artist and graphic designer based in Germany. Her work investigates the psychological conditions of human nature in relation to the post-digital age, spanning audiovisual works, printed matter, and installations. She employs digital aesthetics and internet iconography to explore the dual existence of modern society—simultaneously physical and virtual. 

Inspired by Oskar Fischinger’s 1920s wax experiments, States of Matter is an experimental strata-cut animation crafted from wax and paper. Solid sculptures are shaped from liquid wax, only to be systematically sliced apart and reanimated, creating mesmerising macro animations. The tactile soundscape accentuates the textures and movements of the materials, immersing the viewer in their transformation. 

Marvin Hauck is an experimental animator. Influenced by his studies in creative media in Hong Kong, he later pursued a master’s degree in animation in the Netherlands, focusing on expanding the field of strata-cut animation. His practice builds on historical techniques while exploring new material possibilities in moving image. 

QUEER TEARS visualises the disconnect between internal queer experience and external societal perception. Through costume and abstraction, the film constructs a world where alienation and monstrosity take centre stage—transforming pain and exclusion into symbols of joy and self-acceptance. 

Sophie Waller is a British-American interdisciplinary artist and performer based in the Netherlands. Working across performance, video, and digital media, she explores physical expression, queerness, and abstraction. Her practice embraces experimentation and non-traditional methodologies, using play and intuition to challenge normative structures and perceptions. 

Chemical Affinities traces the ecological and territorial impact of ammonia fertilisers in Portugal’s Alentejo region. The work juxtaposes high-resolution images of agricultural landscapes with granular Super 8 footage toned using ammonia-based processes, questioning the role of chemicals in shaping growth, industry, and visual culture. 

Miguel Teodoro is a visual artist and researcher working between Portugal and the Netherlands. His practice examines materiality, geopolitics, and ecology through site-responsive and media-specific interventions. Holding an MA in Geo-Design from Design Academy Eindhoven, he investigates the techno-scientific transformation of landscapes and its historical entanglements with imaging technologies.

Nesie Junyi Wang (she/her), In the Trace of Tilled Stones, 2024, 20’

At a copper mine in China, decades of extraction have left the land infertile and toxic. Yet, despite these conditions, mine workers have created small gardens in the very soil altered by industrial processes. This film interweaves their stories, revealing the complex relationship between the workers and the landscape they both degrade and nurture.

Nesie Junyi Wang is an artist and researcher working across printmaking, photography, and film. Her practice explores human interactions with their environments, focusing on relational dynamics, paradoxical connections, and transformations within ecological and cultural contexts.

In collaboration with: Fonds21, Cultuurfonds, De Nieuwe Vorst, Municipality of Tilburg, Province of Noord-Brabant, 1Optic.

Pop Up Cinema x LI-MA presents: Bring Your Own File

On the last three Thursdays of August and the first Thursday of September, Pop Up Cinema will once again be hosting summer film screenings at Theater De Nieuwe Vorst. These evenings, the garden will serve as the main setting where you can enjoy a unique outdoor film program!

We will screen a short film by a young filmmaker as an amuse-bouche for the main movie. We asked this young director: which feature film works well with your own short film and why? The result is an intriguing program with surprising choices and interesting combinations. The filmmakers will introduce the film(s) on the evening itself.

In case of sunshine, the screenings will be in the garden of the theatre, and in case of rain, in the auditorium. The screenings will always take place, no matter the weather.

The program will start around 21:00, as soon as it gets dark, but you can come earlier to enjoy a drink. The summer films are a pay-what-you-want event. No ticket purchase is necessary; you can just walk in. This is a popular event, so make sure to arrive early so secure your seat as space is limited.

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On x Epoxy Paradise

The Killing of a Sacred Deer x Bench x Count to Ten

April is the month of Philosophy. Every year in April, philosophical nights, programs, lectures, debates and festivals are organized around a certain theme. 

According to philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, the philosopher must "descend into the old chaos and feel at home there." This year, the month of Philosophy is centered around the theme of chaos!  On Saturday the 13th of April, Tilburg University organizes the annual Night of Philosophy in theatre the Nieuwe Vorst. Pop Up Cinema joins the festivities with a film program about everything chaotic. What this will be exactly remains a secret for now. 

For more information and tickets, visit denieuwevorst.nl. 

This summer, Pop Up Cinema will once again show a selection of quality films in the garden of theater de Nieuwe Vorst. We are busy putting together a wonderful program to treat you to the best, funniest, craziest and most exciting that film has to offer. This year with a new twist. The main film is introduced by a local filmmaker, after we watch one of their own works. 

This year the well-known open-air cinema area of ​​the Nieuwe Vorst will be the stage for an unique film program every Thursday evening in August. The summer films are chosen together with local filmmakers. Soon we'll be able to tell you more about the film selection.  n the meantime, put all Thursday evenings in August in your schedule!  

We start the program as soon as it gets dark around 9:30 pm in the courtyard of theater, but you can of course come and have a drink beforehand. In case of bad weather, we will move to the main auditorium, the show will always go on. 

Buying a ticket is not necessary, you can just walk in. Be on time, because full is full and the summer movie nights are always very popular!

This year the well-known open-air cinema area of ​​the Nieuwe Vorst will be the stage for an unique film program every Thursday evening in August. The summer films are chosen together with local filmmakers who will present their work and host the evening together with us. This evening you will see the short film I, Adonis by creator Angelo Raaijmakers and the uncomfortably beautiful alien sci-fi movie Under the Skin

Come watch the short film I, Adonis bij filmmaker Angelo Raaijmakers and the feature film Under the Skin.

Under The Skin | Official Trailer HD | A24

This summer, Pop Up Cinema will once again show a selection of quality films in the garden of theater de Nieuwe Vorst. We are busy putting together a wonderful program to treat you to the best, funniest, craziest and most exciting that film has to offer. This year with a new twist. The main film is introduced by a local filmmaker, after we watch one of their own short films.

This year the well-known open-air cinema area of ​​the Nieuwe Vorst will be the stage for an unique film program every Thursday evening in August. The summer films are chosen together with local filmmakers who will present their work and host the evening together with us. This evening you will see the feminist body horror films My Mother the Atom Bomb and Raw.

We start the program as soon as it gets dark around 8:30 pm in the main auditorium of the theatre due to bad weather this evening.

Come watch the short film My Mother the Atom Bomb bij filmmaker Nina Noël Raaijmakers and the feature film Raw. 

'Raw' Official Trailer (2016)

Summer films: My Mother the Atom Bomb x Raw

A cabinet of curiosities on the big screen

A new 'kind of festival' during the Tilburg Fair: the Kouwe Kermis.

From 21 to 30 July, kermis enthusiasts, kermis haters and everything in between can visit theatre de Nieuwe Vorst for a taste of something different. With the inner theatre garden as the heart of the festival, you can enjoy a program full of installations, performances, films, lectures, bands, art and spicy cotton candy for ten days.  

On the 23rd of July Pop Up Cinema presents the Kouwe Kermis Klutsblok during the festival: a short film block with 5 films that will leave you completely confused in a good wat. From animated projects that are visually as spectacular as they are elusive to eerie moving images that surprise you. Do you dare to enter the red salon during the Tilburg Fair? 

The Kermis Klutsblok can be seen continuously for free throughout the day of the Kouwe Kermis Festival. 

The festival heart is accessible daily for free from 2 p.m. More info about the full lineup and tickets will follow. Want to know more about the Kouwe Kermis and the entire festival program? Click here.

De Nieuwe Vorst

Summer film #1

Summer film #2

Summer film #3

Archive

Pop Up Cinema x LI-MA Presents: New Art on Screen

Pop Up Cinema x LI-MA presents: Bring Your Own File

The Rider x Of ik langs Lyon kwam

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On x Epoxy Paradise

Playtime x ECHOES

The Killing of a Sacred Deer x Bench x Count to Ten

Philosophy night // CHAOS

Summer movies #4

Summer movies #3

Summer films: I, Adonis & Under the Skin

Summer films: My Mother the Atom Bomb x Raw

Shorts block | Kouwe Kermis Festival