🎬🎙 Hemelsleutel director, Digna Sinke

Film director, Digna Sinke joined us for an interview, as her latest film, Hemelsleutel, hits Amsterdam cinemas.

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Known for her reflective and quietly powerful body of work, Digna Sinke has spent decades exploring the intersections of memory, landscape, and time.

Her new film, Hemelsleutel, enters cinemas in the Netherlands on June 19th. The film follows Lea, the imagined protagonist of a feature film that Digma is in the process of making. A photographer commissioned to document the energy transition in the Port of Amsterdam, Lea’s commercial assignment resurfaces deeply personal memories (and associations) for Lea. Gradually, the line between Lea and Digma blurs. The film seamlessly blends fiction, autobiography, and video essay, part into a meditation on the past, memory, and transience.

This radio feature is available to listen to On Demand online, and also broadcast on BRAM RADIO in June-July 2025. 

Interview by Roma Kwiatkiewicz. 

Screenings

Hemelsleutel, can be seen in Amsterdam cinemas and across NL from 19 June 2025, including: Ketelhuis and EYE filmmuseum, and screenings with English subtitles are available at Rialto de Pijp (Monday 23 June, 19:15) and Rialto VU (Sunday 22 June, 16:20). 

For more on Digna Sinke’s work see, dignasinke.nl.

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