Werkplaats during the festival

A happening that offers a fertile free space for a group of young queer performers. Out of each person’s longing for transformation emerges a living artwork — a constellation of bodies moving beyond the binary.

An immersive time capsule that brings the first Surinamese opera, Helstone’s Het pand der goden (1906), back to life.

Four young writers. An island before the festival awakens. What stories did they gather in the silence? What words did they hear in the wind?

De helpende handen van Oerol is a documentary about the festival’s volunteers — the helping hands behind Oerol — created by volunteers themselves.

You say goodbye, you die, you are remembered. How will you leave the Earth behind?

Can we save our future by disappearing? A philosophical walk through the dunes, in search of a balance between humanity and nature.

Totomboti docks their ship on Terschelling to connect Saramakan belief systems with the rights of nature. The aim: to protect our shared ecological lifelines.

Raaklijn is a long-term collaboration between Oerol and SoAP/Rita Hoofwijk, inviting you to explore the ever-shifting boundary between the festival and the island’s protected natural landscape.

What can you do with a piece of rope? A lot more than you think... Just leave that to the winner of Kunstbende 2025!