Belgian Premieres and Festivals / May 2026
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April 16 - May 21 | CINEMATEK, Brussels
Une école belge de l’étrange
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April 22 - May 2 | Flagey, Cinema Vendôme & Galeries, Brussels
Brussels Short Film Festival (BSFF)
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April 23 - May 4 | Various Belgian cities
MOOOV film festival
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April 27 - May 9 | Belgian release, Bozar, Brussels
Mariinka (Pieter-Jan De Pue, 2026)
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May 13-24 | Belgian release, Bozar, Brussels
Le veilleur (Lou de Pontavice & Victoire Bonin, 2024)
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April 28 - May 2 | Bibliotheek Tweebronnen, Cinema ZED, Leuven
DisABILITY Filmfestival
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April 30 - May 3 | Cinéma Aventure, Cinéma Galeries, Cinéma Nova, AB Club, C12, Reset Atelier, Brussels
Brussels Porn Film Festival
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May 1-10 | Eskimofabriek, Gent
Cinema Culinair
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May 5 | CC De Kruisboog, Tienen
Frame Kortfilmfestival
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May 6 | Belgian release
Tre ciotole (Isabel Coixet, 2026)
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May 6 | Flagey, Brussels
Special screening of La trilogie du travail (Noëlle Bastin & Baptiste Boagerts, 2025)
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May 6 | Beursschouwburg, Brussels
OpenField Gathering, Day 3 – with a film programme curated by Inge Coolsaet (Argos) & Quinten Wyns (Beursschouwburg)
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May 7 | Various places in Hasselt
Kunstennacht Hasselt
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May 7-29 | Belgian release, Bozar, Brussels
Vitrival (Baptiste Bogaert & Noëlle Bastin, 2025)
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May 8 - 30 | Various venues in Brussels
Kunstenfestivaldesarts 2026 – with works by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Alice Diop, Ali Cherri, and more.
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May 9 + 25 | Coyendanspark, Citadelpark, Gent
Film Fest Gent Offroad
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May 12 | Belgian premiere, Flagey, Brussels
Nighttime (Michel Lorand, 2026)
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May 14 | Cinema Palace, Brussels
BE Curious: Everything is Temporary (Juliette Klinke, 2024)
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May 14-22 | Het Bos, Antwerp
Vruchtbare Grond expo
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May 18-22 | Cinema Lumière, Brugge
SNT-Filmfestival
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May 20 | Belgian release
Métisses - Cinq Femmes contre un crime d'État (Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo & Quentin Noirfalisse, 2026)
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May 21 | Belgian release
National Theatre Live: All My Sons (Ivo van Hove, 2026)
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May 27 | Belgian release
L’île de la demoiselle (Micha Wald, 2026)
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May 27 | Belgian release
Retour à Fukushima (Thomas Licata, 2026)
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Image: Noces de plumes (Patrick Ledoux, 1968), part of the Une école belge de l’étrange programme at CINEMATEK.
