Fanfare 2025

Fanfare 2025 is a fictional story about a society out of balance, set in a seemingly idyllic landscape. The film was shot in Giethoorn, the watery village where Bert Haanstra also filmed the 1958 Dutch classic Fanfare, based on a screenplay by Jan Blokker and featuring music by Jan Mul.
Fernandes breathes new life into this story: a village brass band torn by internal strife tries to make it to the national competition on time. But time plays a different role in this story… The brass band De Bergklanken forms the film's central point and plays the leading role.

About the creator
Priscila Fernandes is a visual artist working with painting, drawing, installation, photography, video, and publications. In her speculative and often humorous work, she poses fundamental questions about freedom—individual and collective—in relation to uncertainty, the commodification of time, and the threat of violence in contemporary society. She lives in the Netherlands and is the director of the BEAR program (Base for Experiment, Art and Research) at ArtEZ and Kunstwerk Kolderveen. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the São Paulo Biennial, the Reina Sofía Museum, the Joan Miró Foundation, Artium, the Reykjavik Art Museum, the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, the SMBA (Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam), Serralves, MAAT, and many other institutions.

This film was commissioned by Solar Galeria de Arte Cinemática (Vila do Conde, Portugal) in collaboration with Batalha Centro Cinema (Porto, Portugal) and Circular Festival (Vila do Conde, Portugal), with support from the Mondriaan Fund (NL).

Practical Information:

The film is 22 minutes long.
Admission is free, but reservations are required.
Parking is free, but a 10-15 minute walk away. Possible parking: Huisarts Kolderveen or De Schalle in Nijeveen (subject to availability).
Unfortunately, our location is not wheelchair accessible.
Due to a maximum capacity of 100 people, this event is private and subject to approval by the municipality of Meppel.

Fanfare 2025, 4K video, color, sound, 16:9, 22 minutes. Priscila Fernandes 2025.
With the cooperation of: De Bergklanken (Rik Hoekstra, Henk Zantinge, Jaap Veltman, Harm Nijdam, Paulette Hendrikx, Karlijn Amesz, Nomi Tijmens, Willem Nijmeijer, Alfred Gunnink, Fleur Scheerhoorn, Julian Gunnink, Lize Amesz, Willemiek Nijdam, Evelien Slomp, Hilda Winters, Mense Kirghof, Jacoby Bos, Guido van der Linde, Rianne Pool, Evert Kreuze), Loes Heebink, Chiara, Hes Mundt, Mees Rusticus, Eefje Madelief Spaansen, Monique Hogeboom, Priscila Fernandes, and River Oliveira Thomson.