One year after the publication of the issue Serge Daney and the Promise of Cinema on Sabzian, accompanied by a ten-film programme at London’s ICA, Kokermag publishes a Persian-language selection devoted to Serge Daney.

An overview of the graduation screenings of the film schools in Flanders and Brussels.

Filmoteca Española and Filmoteca de Catalunya celebrate filmmaker and activist Pere portabello with 'Acción Portabella', a series of activities throughout 2026 and 2027.

From July 5 to 11, Cinea is organising a new edition of the Zomerfilmcollege, a yearly summer film school taking place in De Cinema in Antwerp that offers seven days of lectures and film screenings, centered around two themes.

Edgar Morin, the French philosopher, sociologist, filmmaker and public intellectual whose work spanned nearly a century of political, cultural and scientific debate, passed away in Paris on May 29 at the age of 104.

PleinOPENair, organized by Cinema Nova, will return to Brussels from July 1 to 15 with a program combining open-air cinema, concerts, debates and guided walks. The festival will set up its outdoor screen at two currently abandoned open-air locations: the former Audi factory site in Forest and the Verdonck Stadium in Anderlecht.

Belgian filmmaker Jean Harlez passed away on 15 May 2026 at the age of 101. Harlez became best known for Le Chantier des Gosses (1956), widely regarded as the first Belgian neorealist film. Though long overlooked, the film was rediscovered and restored by Cinema Nova, which helped return Harlez’s work to public attention in recent years.

MoMA announces two major film programs this summer: Teo Hernández (May 14–26), the first U.S. monographic presentation of the Mexican-born queer avant-garde filmmaker, comprising 19 films from his Super 8 practice; and Universal Westerns (June 5–July 3), a series tracing the evolution of the Western at Universal.

Until July 11, Établissement d'en face in Brussels opens its doors every Friday and Saturday evening between 19:00 and 22:00 for an eclectic program of short and feature films. Screenings will be announced in their newsletter.

The American Cinematheque in Los Angeles is hosting a Peter Watkins retrospective (through June 28, 2026) following the filmmaker’s passing in November, featuring works such as Culloden (1964), The War Game (1966), Punishment Park (1971), Edvard Munch (1974), and the monumental The Journey (1987), alongside a selection of shorts.