Hugo Emmerzael

Film critic, public speaker and curator from Amsterdam

Below is an overview of my upcoming public appearances — film introductions, Q&As, lectures, and masterclasses at cinemas, festivals, and cultural institutions. Tickets and details via the links.


21 October 2026

Q&A Holofiction (with Michal Kosakowski) in Cinecitta Tilburg

Cinecitta Tilburg · Q&A

23 October 2026

AMSTERDAM POLISH FILM FESTIVAL 2026 ANDRZEJ WAJDA: PAST. PRESENT. POSSIBLE

Amsterdam Polish Film Festival · Panel guest

5 November 2026

Imagine Film Festival Screen Talent NL Showcase

Screen Talent NL, Imagine Film Festival, LAB111 · Panel moderation

6–7 November 2026

Noorderlijk Film Festival: Spotlight Talk Sjón + Q&A Lamb

Noorderlijk Film Festival · Q&A

11 November 2026

Inleiding: The Return (Andrey Zvyagintsev)

Forum Groningen · Intro

14 November 2026

IDFA Film Talk: Closure (with Michał Marczak)

IDFA · Panel moderation

17 November 2026

IDFA keynote: youth docs

IDFA · Keynote

18–22 November 2026

IDFA in Groningen 2026 (Forum): inleidingen, nagesprekken, talkshow

Forum Groningen · Intro

19 November 2026

Filmcollege: Mindfuck Films + Donnie Darko (2001)

LantarenVenster · Lecture

20 November 2026

IDFA Film Talk: Sawyer Avenue, Sunday Afternoon + No Man's Air (with Bill Morrison, Peter Delpeut, Gerco de Ruijter)

IDFA · Panel moderation

24 November 2026

Lezing Mindfuck films (Donnie Darko) in LAB111

LAB111 · Lecture

27 November 2026

Cine of the Times: Under the Skin

LAB111 · Intro

16 December 2026

Fimcollege: Possession & Psychosexual Cinema

LantarenVenster · Lecture

17 December 2026

Cine of the Times: Marie Antoinette (2006)

LAB111 · Intro

22 January 2027

Cine of the Times #6: Magic Mike XXL (2015)

LAB111 · Intro

25 February 2027

Cine of the Times #7: Miami Vice (2006)

LAB111 · Intro


Interested in having me speak at your event or institution? Get in touch.

Past events

16 October 2026

IMAGO Q&A

Rialto · Q&A

15 October 2026

Cine of the Times #3: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)

LAB111 · Intro

7 October 2026

Filmcollege: Iñárritu + Amores perros (2000)

LantarenVenster · Lecture

29 September 2026

Q&A + inleiding: GENOMINEERD! 3

NFF · Q&A

28 September 2026

Q&A + inleiding: GENOMINEERD! 2

NFF · Q&A

27 September 2026

Docu op Zondag: Sovereign Son

Filmschuur · Q&A

20 September 2026

Film screening: Shermans March (with introduction)

Slieker Film · Intro

18 September 2026

Lecture: The Cinematic Ghosts of 9/11

LAB111 · Lecture

15 September 2026

Q&A Love-22-Love (With Jeroen Kooijmans)

Filmtheater Almere · Q&A

27 August 2026

Q&A: Fragments of Belonging (Tatjana Bozic)

Mokum Film, Rialto · Q&A

20 August 2026

Cine Of The Times presents No Country For Old Men (2007)

LAB111 · Intro

30 July 2026

Film Screening: Memory (Q&A with Vladlena Sandu)

Eye · Q&A

30 July 2026

Blue Sun Palace (Previously Unreleased)

Eye · Intro

29 July 2026

Filmcollege Jacques Tati

LantarenVenster · Lecture

20 July 2026

Filmcollege Greek Mythology in Cinema

LantarenVenster · Lecture

28 June 2026

Docu op Zondag: Soldiers Bones

Filmschuur · Q&A

23 June 2026

Moderatie NFF Ondernemers Club

Nederlands Film Festival · Q&A

21 June 2026

Docu op Zondag: Batik, Beats & Bumbu (Claire Pijman)

Filmschuur · Q&A

17 June 2026

Cine Of The Times #1: The Fast And The Furious (2001)

LAB111 · Programming

14 June 2026

Docu op Zondag: Mama’ku – Van Jakarta tot de Molukken

Filmschuur · Q&A

27 May 2026

Filmcollege: Frames of War & The Battle of Algiers (1966)

LantarenVenster · Lecture

11 May 2026

VERS Workshop: Anne de Clercq & Jurriaan van Nimwegen over PAAZ

LAB111, Vers Film Festival · Workshop

6 May 2026

Filmcollege: Stanley Kubrick & A Clockwork Orange (1971)

LantarenVenster · Lecture

23 April 2026

Q&A kruisbestuiving in architectuur

Mokum Film, Rialto · Q&A