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Sabzian Launches New Publication!
On the occasion of Seeing, Looking, Filming, the Johan van der Keuken retrospective presented by Sabzian and CINEMATEK, Sabzian launches a new print publication. The publication contains Van der Keuken’s original French text ‘Méandres,’ along with translations in Dutch and English.
Together with Academy SLAC and HIW Filmclub, the Belgian collective R(a/u)pture presents a multi-day programme on 20, 27, 28, and 29 November in the city centre of Leuven, Belgium. The collective welcomes American filmmaker and collage artist Devin Horan as a guest of honour.
Between October 30 and November 3, Filmhuis Cavia in Amsterdam will inaugurate the first edition of the Amsterdam Film Meeting, a diverse new film programme that spans a range of styles, forms, and cinematic schools.
Until 23 October, the Palestine Film Institute presents Provoked Narratives, a programme featuring ten films made between 1967 and 1984 in various contexts, each using different grammars of resistance, all live and resonant to this day. All films are freely available to stream on the Palestine Film Platform.
Le 9 octobre, Sabzian fête son dixième anniversaire.Pour marquer cet événement, Un chant d’amour (1950) de Jean Genet sera disponible pendant 24 heures dans notre Screening Room le mercredi 9 octobre à partir de 12h00 (CET).
Op 9 oktober viert Sabzian haar tiende verjaardag. Ter gelegenheid van die verjaardag is Un chant d’amour (1950) van Jean Genet 24 uur te zien in onze Screening Room op woensdag 9 oktober vanaf 12u00 (MET).
Film Fest Gent, in its 51st edition this year, will host a retrospective and director’s talk with Brussels-based Palestinian filmmaker Michel Khleifi on October 10th.
Filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul is the guest of honour for the Centre Pompidou's 2024-2025 season. Starting on October 2, the Centre will host a comprehensive retrospective and exhibition on the work of the Thai filmmaker.
On the occasion of the appearance of Rebekah Rutkoff’s new book, Double Vision: The Cinema of Robert Beavers (2024), Anthology Film Archives presents the first comprehensive U.S. retrospective of Beavers’s work from September 26 to 29.
Silent Film Festival in Bruges
From 26 to 29 September, the second edition of STOM!, a film festival dedicated to silent film, will take place in Bruges.
The sixth edition of SHHH, the festival that celebrates the power and poetry of silent film, hosted by Monokino, will take place in Ostend from 13 to 14 September. This 6th edition is dedicated to The Social Life of Film, an international gathering of nomadic film platforms from various corners of the world.
The Cinémathèque du documentaire at the Bibliothèque publique d’information of Centre Pompidou will showcase the complete filmography of Frederick Wiseman, screening all 46 of his films between September 2024 and March 2025 at the Centre Pompidou.
Bozar has invited Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul to Brussels for a Close-up program, where he will present his first-ever performative VR project, showcase a selection of his films and film choices, and engage in a conversation about his work.
From 4 to 8 September, Frankfurt based festival exf f. - tage des experimentellen films frankfurt is hosting a four-program retrospective of American experimental filmmaker Gregory J. Markopoulos, one of the most idiosyncratic and influential figures of avant-garde and experimental film in the post-war period.
Sabzian is going into summer mode. During July and August, Sabzian will publish at a reduced pace. We'll be back to full speed in September!
To mark the beginning of our summer break, we offer you an overview of the texts we have published over the past year, which we hope will end up on your summer reading list!
The sun is out and so is the cinema-goer. Here is a list of cinema events for the summer (mostly outdoors), so you don’t have to miss the silver screen in the summer break.
Retrospective at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London
In collaboration with Another Gaze Editions, the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London presents a full retrospective of Marguerite Duras’ work. The retrospective will include her shorts, features and televisual work, alongside several works in literal or theoretical conversation with hers.
L’Atelier de Production du GSARA organise une résidence annuelle invitant un.e artiste sonore artisan et un.e artiste visuel.le spécialisé.e en film analogique (super8, 16mm) à créer un court métrage de 10 à 15 minutes sur la diversité bio-culturelle, en prenant comme point de départ le Marais Wiels à Forest.
An overview of the graduation screenings of the film schools in Flanders and Brussels.
The Harvard Film Archive recently launched a new section called “Conversations” on their website. The conversations are part of The Harvard Film Archive Visiting Artists Collection documenting visitors to the HFA’s cinematheque.
From 8 June to 30 August, Courtisane is hosting the programme We Have Long Been Silent, an expanded version of the programme of the same name presented at the Courtisane festival earlier this year, at CINEMATEK.
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Earlier this month, the Goethe-Institut launched Goethe on Demand, a new streaming platform which presents a variety of online film programs, film festivals and film series that can be streamed from home.
On the weekend of May 25 and 26, Pieter Van Bogaert, critic, programmer and curator, presents Fort Beau at CINEMATEK: a programme made up of a subjective selection of works and artists who reflect on the history of the last fifty years.
Last week, on May 9, the legendary Hollywood producer and filmmaker Roger Corman passed away.
From July 7 to 13, Cinea is organising a new edition of the Zomerfilmcollege, a yearly summer film school taking place in Antwerp that offers seven days to immerse yourself in two film historical themes, through fifteen or so lectures and some twenty film screenings.
Films, Talks and Events at Filmmuseum Eye in Amsterdam
From 10 to 24 May, Filmmuseum Eye in Amsterdam is hosting a series of talks, films and events entitled ‘Songs and Scenes from Palestine’, a programme dedicated to the history and cultural identity of the Palestinian people through their own lens, in collaboration with the Palestine Film Institute.
From 27 April to 27 May, the platform for film and audiovisual arts, Courtisane, is presenting a retrospective of the works by Yvonne Rainer at CINEMATEK.
Renowned Italian film critic, historian, filmmaker, actor, book editor, and teacher, Adriano Aprà, passed away last week on April 15th.
Film theorist and filmmaker Laura Mulvey will visit Brussels for a Bozar program paralleling the Chantal Akerman: Travelling exhibition. On 11 May, she will discuss Chantal Akerman’s impact on cinema, from theory to practice. Sabzian is giving away 10 tickets for this event!
On April 19th, R(a/u)pture 1, a new experimental film event, will take place for the first time in Hasselt. The event is organised by the new collective of creators, thinkers, programmers and spectators known as R(a/u)pture.
Last week, German filmmaker and programmer Wolfgang Kolb passed away in Brussels.
On the weekend of 22 March, NW (Netwerk Aalst) is festively opening a brand-new building with a series of new film programmes and exhibitions. The whole weekend will be dedicated to encounters, rituals, films, performances, kitchen stories, workshops, and listening moments.
A Conversation with Artistic Director Pieter-Paul Mortier
From Wednesday 27 March to Sunday 31 March, the twenty-third Courtisane Festival will take place in Ghent, Belgium. During the festival, Courtisane, a platform for film and audiovisual arts, will explore the relationships between image and world, aesthetics and politics, experimentation and engagement. Pieter-Paul Mortier, artistic director of the festival, guides us through this year’s programme.
Een gesprek met artistiek leider Pieter-Paul Mortier
Van woensdag 27 maart tot en met zondag 31 maart vindt het 23ste Courtisane festival plaats in Gent. Tijdens het festival onderzoekt Courtisane, een platform voor film en audiovisuele kunsten, de relaties tussen beeld en wereld, esthetiek en politiek, experiment en engagement. Pieter-Paul Mortier, artistiek en zakelijk leider van het festival, gidst ons door het programma van dit jaar.
From 18 to 31 March, the Cinémathèque française in Paris is hosting a complete retrospective of French filmmaker Nicolas Philibert. The retrospective coincides with the release of Philibert’s new film Averroès & Rosa Parks (2024) in French theatres.
The Italian director Paolo Taviani passed away on the 29th of February. It marks an end to a long cinematic journey which begins back in the 1950's with his life long collaborator and brother Vittorio Taviani.
American film scholar and writer David Bordwell passed away last week on 29 February.
From March to July, BOZAR and CINEMATEK are hosting a joint retrospective of the life and work of Belgian film director Chantal Akerman. We listed all the activities and events for the coming months.
Screening of Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-Israel at Kaaitheater
On Sunday 3 March, Kaaitheater in Brussels is showing Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-Israel by Eyal Sivan and Michel Khleifi. The film will be shown in the context of Refusing to Disappear, a series of decentralised film screenings and discussions organised by United Screens for Palestine, held in different cities and venues across Belgium to celebrate the rich legacy of Palestinian storytelling through films.
From 29 February to 20 March, Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam will screen an extensive retrospective of French filmmaker Claire Denis.
Na tien edities verdwijnt de internationaal gerenommeerde Contour Biënnale voor Bewegend Beeld. De sector van de audiovisuele en beeldende kunsten is een petitie gestart om het verdwijnen van de biënnale te voorkomen.
After ten editions, the internationally renowned Contour Biennial of Moving Images is now slated to disappear. The audiovisual arts sector launched a petition to avert its cancellation.
On Wednesday 21 February, the universities of Ghent, Antwerp, and Namur are collaborating to present a two-day symposium on post-war Belgian cinema. In collaboration with CINEMATEK, five film screenings have also been curated, all of which will be introduced by symposium participants.
From 14 February to 10 March, the Cinémathèque française in Paris is hosting an extensive retrospective of Boris Barnet, one of the most notable figures of Soviet cinema.
Na Fantômas stopt ook het filmtijdschrift Humbug, dat voor het eerst verscheen in 2021, met haar printedities.
From 20 February until 14 May, Cinema RITCS (with the support of UAB (Universitaire Associatie Brussel)), presents ‘The Power of Belgian Cinema’, an assortment of 11 lectures in English by 11 Belgian film scholars on important movements, films, filmmakers in the moving history of Belgian cinema.
Cinema Scope’s editor-in-chief Mark Peranson announced the closure of the Canadian journal.
The 5th edition of Festival En ville! will take place in Brussels cinemas from 29 January to 4 February 2024.
Van donderdag 11 tot en met zondag 14 januari vindt in Eindhoven het Nederlands Silent Film Festival plaats, een festival ter viering van stille films. Het festival biedt 13 filmprogramma’s aan met live muziekbegeleiding in Pand P en het Muziekgebouw Eindhoven.
Supernova Coop, the cooperative associated with the iconic Cinema Nova in Brussels, has launched a new program to achieve the goal of acquiring their cinema building. The program starts on 11 January and includes a diverse array of films, meetings, exhibitions, concerts, and special events.
Georgian filmmaker Otar Iosseliani, born in 1934 in Tbilisi, passed away yesterday at the age of 89.
Ciné Rio (Ghent) and Cinema Nova (Brussels) welcome you to their first joint Kino Climates symposium!
20th Anniversary Edition
Art Cinema OFFoff celebrates its 20th anniversary with a special edition of the Night of Experimental Film on 8 December at De Centrale, Ghent.
On Monday the 13th of November, film critic and longtime editor of Positif magazine Michel Ciment died at age 85.
The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) recently found itself embroiled in a controversy as several filmmakers – including Sky Hopinka, Miko Revereza, Maryam Tafakory, Charlie Shackleton, and Basma al-Sharif – withdrew their documentaries over allegations that the festival was stifling Palestinian activists.
Sabzian launches all-new website!
The first and main aim of this all-new design is to make our growing archive more visible and accessible, not least through a number of new features such as the Film Index, Issues, Collections, Screening Room, Audio Room and a further elaborated Search function.
Sabzian lanceert gloednieuwe website!
Het eerste en belangrijkste doel van dit volledig nieuwe ontwerp is om het groeiende archief zichtbaarder en toegankelijker te maken, niet in het minst door een aantal nieuwe functies zoals de Film Index, Issues, Collections, Screening Room, Audio Room en een verder uitgewerkte zoekfunctie.
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Iranian filmmaker Dariush Mehrjui passed away on October 14th alongside his wife, Vadideh Mohammadifar, after a fatal attack at their home.
From November 15 to 19, Bozar, ISELP and CINEMATEK invite you back for the sixth edition of the Brussels Art Film Festival (BAFF).
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