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Filmfestival Vlieland

On Februari 20-22, De Facto teamed up with writer Adwin de Kluyver and Podium Vlieland - the cutest cinema on the Wadden island of Vlieland - to organise an Off the Map film festival. People travelled from all over the Netherlands and even from Berlin to be with us on the island for three days.

Suzanne Hendriks | 25 Feb 2026

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Movies that Matter 2024

This Friday, 22nd of March, filmfestival Movies that Matter kicks off in The Hague (NL). We are sure the whole program is fabulous, still we cherrypicked some films that feature borders and/or contested territories.

De Facto | 20 Mar 2024

Past event

De Facto Live #5

With journalist Joeri Boom about Kashmir and graphic designer Floor Koomen about the unification flag of North and South Korea. Music by Dusty Stray, quiz by Suzanne Hendriks. Moderation: Jorie Horsthuis.

De Facto | 4 Oct 2022

Past event

De Facto Live on Dutch Public Radio

We visited the Dutch radio show Bureau Buitenland to tell about our passion for stamps, frictional states and curious borders.

De Facto | 14 Jan 2020

Past event

De Facto Live #1

With journalist Koen Greven about Catalonia, artist Vibeke Mascini about the Mont Blanc, photographer Rachel Corner and journalist Jorie Horsthuis about Transnistria and graphic designer Floor Koomen about cinderella stamps. Quiz: Suzanne Hendriks.

De Facto | 15 Nov 2019

In focus Donetsk People’s Republic

War in Ukraine

In War in Ukraine (Lecturis, 2017), multimedia journalist Pierre Crom has documented the highly explosive situation in the Crimea and the Donbas region between 2014 and 2016, when Russian-backed separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk declared independence. With his pictures, Crom brings us closer to the people who got trapped in the chaos of war.

De Facto | 10 Jan 2018