Belgian Premieres and Festivals / October 2024
If you notice a missing Belgian premiere or festival, please e-mail Ruben Demasure.
September 26 – October 3 | Cinema Palace & Galeries, Brussels
Korean Film Festival
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September 27 – October 4 | Namur
Festival International du Film Francophone (FIFF)
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September 28 – October 12 | Brussels
Quinzaine de la solidarité internationale / Veertiendaagse Internationale Solidariteit (incl. film screenings)
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September 29 – October 6 | 30 cinemas & CC’s in Flanders & Brussels
Open Cinema
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September 30 – October 5 | Velvet Room, Gent
Obskuur Ghent Film Festival (Ghent Art Week)
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September 30 – October 5 | Cinematek, Brussels
Fien Troch Retrospective
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October 1 | Belgian premiere, Cinéma le Caméo, Namur
October 10 | BE Curious, Cinema Palace, Brussels
L’Amazone (Emilie Maréchal & Camille Meynard, 2024)
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October 1-6 | Cinema Galeries, Palace, Aventure & Cinematek, Brussels
Brussels International Women’s Film Festival (BIWFF)
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October 2 | Belgian premiere, Cinema Le Delta, Namur
Aimer perdre (Harpo Guit & Lenny Guit, 2024)
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October 2 | Belgian premiere, Cinema Galeries, Brussels
Les miennes (Samira El Mouzghibati, 2024)
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October 2, 9, 16, 19, 23, 30 | Filmhuis Klappei, Antwerpen
50 Years Klappei in 50 Films (Part I)
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October 3 | Belgian premiere, Cinema le Caméo, Namur
Fuga (Mary Jimenez & Bénédicte Lienard, 2024)
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October 3 | Pianofabriek, Brussels
Korte blikken / Regards courts #13
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October 3 | KASKcinema, Gent
First films <3 at first sight
(Student films curated by Fairuz Ghammam)
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October 3-5 | Filmhuis Klappei, Antwerpen
KrachtVeer Festival
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October 4 | Cinema Aventure, Brussels
Graines de Cinéastes (Belgian debut films by female filmmakers)
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October 4-6 | CC Agora, Kraainem
Beyond Japan Film Festival
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October 4-19 | Brussels, Charleroi, Liège, Namur, Mons & 20 other cities
AlimenTerre International Film Festival
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October 5 | Club K, Kalmthout
International Short Film Festival Kalmthout
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October 6, 10 | Cinema Nova, Brussels
Ôte-toi de mon soleil (Messaline Raverdy, 2023)
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October 9 | De Vooruit & Kinepolis, Gent
Small Things Like These (Tim Mielants, 2024)
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October 9 | Belgian release
TKT (Solange Cicurel, 2024)
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October 9-12 | Beursschouwburg, Brussels
Tashweesh Festival (incl. looped Palestinian cinema)
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October 9-20 | Kinepolis, Studio Skoop, Sphinx Cinema, KASKcinema, Gent
Film Fest Gent
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October 10 | Belgian premiere, Kinepolis, Gent
October 14 | Belgian premiere, Cinema Palace, Brussels
October 16 | Belgian release
Julie Zwijgt (Leonardo van Dijl, 2024)
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October 10+14 | Kinepolis, Gent
Michel Khleifi Focus
Incl. Director’s Talk (on 10/10), three films and carte blanche
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October 10-19 | De Vooruit, Wintercircus, Miry & de Koer, Gent
VIDEODROOM
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October 10-19 | Théâtre National, Brussels
Festival des libertés
Incl. International Documentary Film Festival
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October 11 | Belgian premiere, Kinepolis, Gent
BXL (Monir Ait Hamou & Ish Ait Hamou, 2024)
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October 11-13 | Cinema Aventure, Brussels
6th EU-China Film Festival
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October 11+17 | Kinepolis & Sphinx Cinema, Gent
Film Fest Gent International Short Film Competition I
Incl. film Anne Verbeure
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October 11-20 | Namur
International Nature Film Festival Namur (FINN)
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October 12 | Belgian premiere, Kinepolis, Gent
De laatste joodse zomer (Thom Vander Beken, 2024)
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October 12 | De Vooruit, Gent
Rubens (Paul Haesaerts & Henri Storck, 1948)
+ Johannes Is Zijn Naam
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October 12+17 | Kinepolis & Sphinx Cinema, Gent
Film Fest Gent International Short Film Competition II
Incl. film Jaro Minne & Yu Wang
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October 12+17 | Kinepolis & Sphinx Cinema, Gent
Film Fest Gent International Short Film Competition III
Incl. film Camille Vigny
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October 13 | Belgian premiere, Kinepolis, Gent
Ana + yek (Zohra Benhammou & Romy Mana, 2024)
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October 13+16 | Kinepolis & Sphinx Cinema, Gent
Competition for Belgian Student Shorts
Incl. lau persijn, Lennert Madou, Quirijn Dees, Naomi Zwaenepoel, YiChin Tsai, Florence Boone, Alexander Wolfgang Smadja, Nastia Korkia & Vlad Fishez, Ana Prebil
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October 14 | Belgian premiere, Kinepolis Gent
Les dames blanches (Camille Ghekiere, 2024)
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October 15 | Belgian premiere, Kinepolis, Gent
Kouté vwa (Maxime Jean-Baptiste, 2024)
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October 15 | Belgian premiere, Kinepolis, Gent
Milano (Christine Vandekerckhove, 2024)
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October 15 | Belgian premiere, Studio Skoop, Gent
La passion selon Béatrice (Fabrice du Welz, 2024)
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October 15-17 | Gent
World Soundtrack Awards Film Music Days
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October 16 | Belgian premiere, Kinepolis Gent
Hold on to her (Robin Vanbesien, 2024)
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October 16-26 | Bozar, Brussels
Tonga Saa (Nelson Makengo, 2024)
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October 17 | Belgian premiere, Kinepolis, Gent
Maldoror (Fabrice du Welz, 2024)
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October 17-20 | Huy
Les Enfants Terribles Festival: le jeune cinéma européen
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October 18 | Belgian premiere, Kinepolis, Gent
The Jacket (Mathijs Poppe, 2024)
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October 19 | Belgian premiere, Kinepolis, Gent
October 23 | Belgian release
Waarom Wettelen (Dimitri Verhulst, 2024)
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October 23 | Belgian release
Under the Surface (Guido Verelst, 2024)
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October 23 – November 1 | Sphinx Cinema, KASKcinema, Cine Rio, … Gent
FilemKING – Film Festival for and by Children
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October 23 – November 6 | Beursschouwburg, Cinema Galeries, Nova, Palace, Vendôme, Kinograph, Cinematek, … Brussels
Filem’on – International Film Festival for Young Audiences
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October 24-27 | Bozar, Brussels
Close-up: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
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October 24-26 + 30 – November 2 | Sint-Lodewijkscollege, Bruges
Razor Reel Flanders Film Fest
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October 25-26 | KAAP, Oostende
Fort Beau – Een korte geschiedenis van een lange eeuwwisseling
Pieter Van Bogaert book presentation and screenings
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October 26 | Belgian premiere, Beursschouwburg, Brussels
Stone or Waterfall (Chloé Op de Beeck, 2024)
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October 27 | Sint-Lodewijkscollege, Bruges
KUMA Anime Film Festival
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October 29-30 | Kinepolis, Bruges
Bruges International Film Festival
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October 29 – November 3 | Quai 22, Namur
Aaaargh Retro Film Festival (ARFF)
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October 31 | Belgian Avant premiere, Art Cinema OFFoff, Gent
Hexham Heads (Chloë Delanghe & Mattijs Driesen, 2024)
+ Concert Sam Comerford & Branwen Kavanagh
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October 31 – November 2 | Beursschouwburg, Brussels
Vultures Feast
Incl. screening Clamor (Edurne Rubio, 2022)
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October 31 – November 9 | Cinema Nova, Aventure, Palace, Galeries & Beursschouwburg, Brussels
Pink Screens – Brussels Queer Film Festival
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Image: underneath it flickers (laura “lau” persijn, 2024)
Front image: Hexham Heads (Chloë Delanghe & Mattijs Driesen, 2024)
