Getting the Band Back Together!
Music brings us together. Whether that’s from Amsterdam to The Hague, from one end of the Grote Marktstraat to the other, or in a high school bathroom, outside the closed doors of your favourite band’s concert, or at a barn with vampires lurking outside. That's why this November, Filmhuis Den Haag, Melkweg and PAARD are striking the same chord to present GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER: a joint film programme celebrating bands in all shapes, sizes and genres. From first rehearsals to last concerts, we’re exploring what it means to make music together, find your people and turn up the volume through some of the highlights of musical cinema. Don't forget to stay for the encore.
The Filmhuis Den Haag Line Up
24 Hour Party People
Michael Winterbottom, 2002
Tony Wilson takes on the Manchester music scene, one revolutionary band and one disastrous business decision at a time.
Almost Famous
Cameron Crowe, 2000
A teenage music journalist hits the road with Stillwater and discovers that getting close to rock stars is more complicated than it seems.
Frank
Lenny Abrahamson, 2014
An aspiring musician joins an experimental band led by a man who never takes off his giant papier-mâché head.
Her Smell
Alex Ross Perry, 2018
As punk frontwoman Becky Something spirals out of control, the survival of her band hangs in the balance.
Kneecap
Rich Peppiatt, 2024
Three Belfast rappers turn the Irish language into a weapon of rebellion, putting their music and their politics on a collision course with the establishment.
Linda Linda Linda
Nobuhiro Yamashita, 2005
Four high school girls, three days of rehearsals and one punk anthem to make their school festival unforgettable.
Meet Me in the Bathroom
Will Lovelace & Dylan Southern, 2022
From The Strokes to LCD Soundsystem, a new generation of New York bands rewrites the rules of rock 'n' roll.
Rock City: The Life We Live
Will Wissink, 2022
Decades after shaping The Hague's rock scene, five veteran musicians are still making music — and finding new reasons to keep going.
School of Rock
Richard Linklater, 2003
A failed rock star turns a class of schoolchildren into a band...without telling their principal.
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Edgar Wright, 2010
Winning Ramona's heart means taking on seven evil exes in a battle of love, music and video game mayhem.
Sing Street
John Carney, 2016
In 1980s Dublin, starting a band to impress a girl becomes a teenager's ticket to a bigger world.
Sinners
Ryan Coogler, 2025
Two brothers open a juke joint in the Mississippi Delta, only to discover that something far more sinister is drawn to the music.
The Blues Brothers
John Landis, 1980
Jake and Elwood Blues reunite their band to save their childhood orphanage, with the law hot on their heels.
This is Spinal Tap
Rob Reiner, 1984
A documentary crew discovers that following a heavy metal band on tour is its own kind of rock 'n' roll disaster.
Velvet Goldmine
Todd Haynes, 1998
Behind the glitter and glam of a vanished rock star lies a story of fame, desire and reinvention.
We Are The Best!
Lukas Moodysson, 2013
Two teenage punks who refuse to be taken seriously start a band and prove that attitude matters more than musical ability.
Special screening of Sinners (2025) with Music and Spoken Word by Sharrif Simons
On November 12th, Sharrif Simmons wil give a poetic musical introduction to 'Sinners' (Ryan Coogler, 2025). Sharrif Simmons is a poet, musician, writer, arts educator, and longtime Harlem resident, currently based in Amsterdam. Simmons emerged from New York’s explosive spoken-word poetry scene in the early 1990s and, in 2023, became the first poet of his generation to be honoured with membership in The Last Poets.
