27/05/2026
Kriterion is proud to welcome Sprouts Film Festival back for its fifth edition this June, a festival that, over five years, has grown into a vital platform for ecocinema, socially critical storytelling, and bold debut filmmaking!
Sprouts has expanded into a citywide event, now spanning six venues across three Amsterdam districts: Kriterion, Studio/K, De Uitkijk, Droog, MidWest, and QRU! A five-year milestone is worth marking, but the Sprouts team would be the first to say the work now feels more necessary than ever! At a time when “autocrats, tech bros, and far-right factions continue to wreak havoc on our planet, disrupting ecosystems and undermining international law and human dignity,” the filmmakers in this year’s programme respond with courage and uncompromising vision.
> 03/06 - 21:00�
Cotton Queen
�A Sudanese coming-of-age story where Nafisa uncovers her family’s colonial past after genetically modified cotton arrives in her village. Directed by the first Sudanese woman to make a feature film.
+Food served in the café from 19:00�
+Half of the box office revenue will support relief efforts in Sudan
> 04/06 - 19:15�
Eco Shorts: (de)compression
�A selection of experimental eco shorts exploring labour, climate, borders, memory and coexistence, featuring Dutch premieres from Croatia, Taiwan, Norway, the UK and the Siberian Arctic.
> 05/06 - 21:30
�Straight Circle
�Two men guard opposite sides of an artificial desert border.
> 06/06 - 19:15
�Raspad
�The first narrative film about Chernobyl. A mix of documentary footage and fiction capturing the chaos of the 1986 nuclear disaster.
🎟 Tickets and info via and on https://sproutsfilmfestival.com/