From 13–16 March, Caillou Film Festival, a new Brussels-based film festival, explores the strategies used in territorial struggles and the role of cinema in resistance.

From 13 to 15 March, Kaaitheater and KANAL-Centre Pompidou are hosting Cinema as Assembly, a three-day study circle that invites the public to come together – as an audience, as thinkers and as makers – to explore cinema’s potential as both a method and medium that can help rehearse collective organisation, militant imagination and liberatory transformation.

Malian director and writer Souleymane Cissé passed away on 19 February in Bamako, Mali, at the age of 84.

On 19 February, Quatre nuits d’un rêveur (1971) by Robert Bresson will be re-released in French theatres in a 4K restoration by Carlotta Films.

For its 2025 edition, running from 24 February to 1 March, the Spanish film festival Punto de Vista will present a retrospective dedicated to the cinema of Dutch filmmaker Frans van de Staak.

During the weekend of February 21–23, the itinerant film screening troupe The Theatre of the Matters will host Peasants of the Cinema: António Reis & Margarida Cordeiro, a programme dedicated to the cinema of António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro.

To mark IFFR 2025 and the release of the third and final instalment of Wang Bing’s Youth films, IDFA’s Het Documentaire Paviljoen and IFFR will present Wang Bing’s complete Youth trilogy on Sunday, 9 February.

After the successful retrospective at CINEMATEK in Brussels, Chantal Akerman’s oeuvre moves to London for a complete retrospective in February and March at BFI Southbank.

Courtisane and Sabzian proudly present a new publication dedicated to the cinema of Portuguese filmmakers António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro.

American filmmaker, musician and artist David Lynch (1946-2025) passed away on Wednesday 15 January.

Le Cercle du Laveu, un espace communautaire centenaire situé dans le quartier du Laveu à Liège, se trouve à un tournant critique alors que son bâtiment est mis en vente.

The Belgian documentary filmmaker, editor and lecturer Bram Van Paesschen unexpectedly passed away on Friday 10 January in Brussels, at the age of 45. 

Eye Filmmuseum presents a nationwide release of two digitally restored films by Georgian-born filmmaker Mikhail Kalatozov (1903–1973). Both films will be screened in Dutch cinemas starting 9 January and will also be available on Eye Film Player.

En 2025, l’Union de la Presse Cinématographique Belge (UPCB) célèbrera son 100e anniversaire avec un programme de projections spéciales à la CINEMATEK.

In 2025 viert de Unie van de Belgische Filmpers (UBFP) haar 100-jarig bestaan met een speciaal vertoningsprogramma in CINEMATEK.

Sabzian is taking a break. We’ll be back on 6 January. Best wishes and Happy New Year!

As every year, Âge d’Or returns to CINEMATEK for a weekend dedicated to subversive and experimental cinema, taking place on 14 and 15 December. This edition presents a programme of seven sessions organized around three distinct themes.

The State of Cinema event on 11 December has sold out. To meet demand, Loznitsa will deliver his lecture a second time on Thursday, 12 December, at 19:00, prior to the Belgian premiere of his latest film, The Invasion (2024).

In the coming months, CINEMATEK, in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut and Sabzian, will present an (almost) complete retrospective of Ulrike Ottinger’s oeuvre – a rare event, as her films have been seldom shown in Belgium over the past half-century.

Op 11 december is Sergei Loznitsa te gast in Bozar voor Sabzian’s jaarlijkse State of Cinema en een Close-up-programma gewijd aan zijn werk. In aanloop van het evenement ging Bozar met hem in gesprek.

Le 11 décembre, Sergei Loznitsa sera invité à Bozar pour la State of Cinema annuelle de Sabzian et un programme Close-up consacré à son œuvre. En préparation de l’événement, Bozar s'est entretenu avec lui.

On December 11, Sergei Loznitsa will be a guest at Bozar for Sabzian’s annual State of Cinema and a Close-up program dedicated to his work. In the lead-up to the event, Bozar spoke with him.

From 14 November to 1 December, Centre Pompidou honours Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel with a retrospective. Martel will present her films, lead a masterclass, and curate a special screening.

Together with Academy SLAC and HIW Filmclub, the Belgian collective R(a/u)pture presents a multi-day programme on 20, 27, 28, and 29 November in the city centre of Leuven, Belgium. The collective welcomes American filmmaker and collage artist Devin Horan as a guest of honour.

Between October 30 and November 3, Filmhuis Cavia in Amsterdam will inaugurate the first edition of the Amsterdam Film Meeting, a diverse new film programme that spans a range of styles, forms, and cinematic schools.

On the occasion of Seeing, Looking, Filming, the Johan van der Keuken retrospective presented by Sabzian and CINEMATEK, Sabzian launches a new print publication. The publication contains Van der Keuken’s original French text ‘Méandres,’ along with translations in Dutch and English.

From 25 October to 8 December, the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is organising a retrospective of the cinema of South Korean filmmaker Hong Sang-soo.

Until 23 October, the Palestine Film Institute presents Provoked Narratives, a programme featuring ten films made between 1967 and 1984 in various contexts, each using different grammars of resistance, all live and resonant to this day. All films are freely available to stream on the Palestine Film Platform.

Le 9 octobre, Sabzian fête son dixième anniversaire.Pour marquer cet événement, Un chant d’amour (1950) de Jean Genet sera disponible pendant 24 heures dans notre Screening Room le mercredi 9 octobre à partir de 12h00 (CET).

Op 9 oktober viert Sabzian haar tiende verjaardag. Ter gelegenheid van die verjaardag is Un chant d’amour (1950) van Jean Genet 24 uur te zien in onze Screening Room op woensdag 9 oktober vanaf 12u00 (MET).

On October 9, Sabzian celebrates its tenth anniversary. To mark our anniversary, Un chant d’amour (1950) by Jean Genet will be available for 24 hours in our Screening Room on Wednesday, October 9 from 12h00 (CET).

Film Fest Gent, in its 51st edition this year, will host a retrospective and director’s talk with Brussels-based Palestinian filmmaker Michel Khleifi on October 10th.