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Jean-Baptiste Thoret Releases Film on Godard on YouTube
In January 2017, Jean-Baptiste Thoret and Nicole Brenez travelled to Rolle to meet Jean-Luc Godard, then 86 years old, at his home. This long, open conversation later became the basis for a film that, for years, could not be released due to rights issues. On 3 January, Thoret released the film for free on YouTube, for an unspecified period of time.
The sun is out and so is the cinema-goer. Here is a list of cinema events for the summer (mostly outdoors), so you don’t have to miss the silver screen in the summer break.
From 26 June to 26 July 2025, Cinéma Galeries in Brussels will present a focus programme dedicated to Chinese filmmaker Wang Bing. As part of this programme, the cinema will host a masterclass with the director on Sunday 29 June.
What sustains cinema, long after the lights come up? For both DAFilms and Sabzian, the answer is reflection – watching, thinking, writing, and reading in communal conversation unbound by societal borders. In this special collaboration between DAFilms and Sabzian, we present a selection of films and texts that invite you to join the dialogue. The selection brings together films by Helke Misselwitz, Johan van der Keuken, Boris Lehman, Loredana Bianconi, Atteyat al-Abnoudy, Wang Bing, Alice Diop, Harun Farocki, Sergei Loznitsa, Trinh T. Minh-ha, and others.
New Interactive Guide to Every Motion Picture Film Format
Film Atlas is a new joint initiative by FIAF and the George Eastman Museum, made possible through the support of the Louis B. Mayer Foundation. This expansive online resource combines scholarly essays with high-resolution images to trace the history of film as a physical medium – from the beginnings of cinema to the present day.
On June 8, American film historian and theorist P. Adams Sitney passed away.
An overview of the graduation screenings of the film schools in Flanders and Brussels.
Conference and Film Programme at CINEMATEK
From June 11 to 14, CINEMATEK, Université libre de Bruxelles, Women and Film History International (WFHI), and University of Antwerp host the conference Women and the Silent Screen XII: Form and Feeling in Silent Cinema. Over four days, panels will present new research and restorations, highlighting archival (re)discoveries of women’s roles in silent film. In tandem, CINEMATEK presents the Women in Silent Film programme, which continues throughout the summer.
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