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.

From 8 to 17 May, TIFF Cinematheque in Toronto presents a retrospective dedicated to Portuguese filmmakers António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro, marking the beginning of a wider North American rollout following Cinema Guild’s recent acquisition of their work, with restorations and digitisation carried out by the Cinemateca Portuguesa.

We are pleased to offer two free tickets for each upcoming screening of Sept promenades avec Mark Brown (Vincent Barré & Pierre Creton, 2024) at Bozar, taking place on 25 April, 16 May, and 30 May.

From 25 to 30 April 2026, the first edition of the Restored Film Festival Brussels will be organised by Cinema Palace, CINEMATEK, Cinema RITCS and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura. The programme brings together a selection of digitally restored films from international archives, celebrating both local and global film heritage.

From 4 April to 23 May, CINEMATEK, in collaboration with Another Gaze journal, presents ‘Let Cinema Go to Its Ruin: The Cinema of Marguerite Duras’, a major retrospective dedicated to one of the most singular voices in modern cinema.

Alexander Kluge (1932-2026), the German writer, filmmaker, and public intellectual who profoundly shaped postwar European culture, has died at the age of 94.

Arte consacre un cycle à Kinuyo Tanaka (1909-1977), figure majeure du cinéma japonais, actrice prolifique ayant tourné dans plus de 250 films, notamment sous la direction de Kenji Mizoguchi, et aussi réalisatrice encore trop peu reconnue.