MUBI has announced a new initiative offering film students around the world free access to their streaming service for the duration of their studies.

Coïncidant avec le début de la rétrospective Chantal Akerman à la Cinémathèque française, un nouveau livre sur elle vient d’être publié.

Stoffel Debuysere’s thesis manuscript entitled Figures of Dissent. Cinema of Politics / Politics of Cinema. Selected Correspondences and Conversations can now be found on the website of the Ghent University.

EPAS is now open for applications for next year’s program starting in September 2018.

As of 2018, the Brussels documentary festival ‘Filmer à tout prix’ will likely no longer take place. After 33 years, the festival’s financial support from the ministry of culture will be completely cut off.

The last couple of years, Sabzian celebrated its birthday around Valentine’s Day. From this year on, this festive night will be given a different form. For the first edition, the State of Cinema of 2018, Sabzian is honoured to welcome filmmaker Sarah Vanagt. She has chosen Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) by F.W. Murnau. The film will be accompanied by musician Seppe Gebruers.

After Courtisane Festival last year, Ricardo Matos Cabo’s retrospective of the works of Shinsuke Ogawa and Ogawa Pro continues and expands at Cinéma du Réel and Jeu de Paume.

The Belgian publisher Éditions Yellow Now has a new book out on Samuel Fuller.

Coinciding with the start of the Hong Sang-soo retrospective at CINEMATEK, a new book (in French) on the filmmaker has just been published.