Five arthouse cinemas in Brussels announced the launch of a new monthly subscription.

Home Cinema, the collective responsible for the occupation of the renowned Cinema La Clef in Paris, is under threat of expulsion since the beginning of February. In response, a campaign has recently been launched to prevent it.

Magnum Begynasium Bruxellense (1978) by Boris Lehman will be screened in the Grand Hospice Pacheco on February 5. 

On January 17, the French actor Michel Subor passed away at the age of 86 as a result of a car accident.

The corona pandemic has forced cultural organizations to rethink the relationship to their audience. Denderland TV is one of the many initiatives that arose from the search for alternative ways of communication.

Each month, Sabzian lists upcoming Belgian premieres, releases and festivals.

Sabzian’s seasonal roundup of recently published and forthcoming film publications.

Nadat het Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds (VAF) het nieuwe Vlaamse filmtijdschrift Fantômas opstartsteun toekende, heeft het nu vijf maanden later besloten om de werking in 2022 niet te steunen.

Belgian producer, director, presenter and TV pioneer Annie Declerck has passed away.

Each month, Sabzian lists upcoming Belgian premieres, releases and festivals.

On 15 October, Iranian-French writer Youssef Ishaghpour passed away at the age of 81.

In October, both the Centre Pompidou in Paris and De Cinema in Antwerp are screening the work of American filmmaker Kelly Reichardt.

10 years ago, the first bricks were laid for the house that would become known as On Cinema. Happy birthday!

Uw steun kan ons helpen om onze kwaliteitsnormen te handhaven en ons de middelen te geven om het werk van onze vrijwilligers te vergoeden. Steun Sabzian!

After a succesful opening weekend, Beursschouwburg organises Black Archive, a decolonial approach to experimental cinema from 21 to 23 September, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Collectif Jeune Cinéma.

The French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo has passed away. He was 88 years old.

On September 16, Art Cinema OFFoff presents the Night of the Experimental Film at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels.

Van 2 tot 5 september stelt Electric Shadows een eerste filmfestival met een selectie van Aziatische cinema voor in De Cinema in Antwerpen.

Sabzian is taking a summer break. We’ll be back in September!

Sabzian’s seasonal roundup of recently published and forthcoming film publications.

Today, Chris Marker (29 July 1921 - 29 July 2012) would have turned 100 years old.

This August, the Belgian collective De Imagerie hosts its Visite Film Festival at Het Bos in Antwerp. Visite composes a program featuring work of invited makers and an inspirational film of their choice, with a focus on documentary and experimental cinema.

The Research Centre for Visual Poetics at the University of Antwerp has put out a call for papers for the two-day conference ‘Poetic Insurrections’ (20-21 January 2022).

On Tuesday 29 June, the master students of the Audiovisual Arts department of KASK / School of Arts in Ghent present their graduation projects in Sphinx Cinema.

In memoriam of the Belgian cinematographer Willy Kurant.

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Dutch translator Walter van der Star has passed away.

Subversive Film, a curatorial collective that focuses on militant film practices, launches Resounding Archives, a podcast series featuring conversations with filmmakers, archivists, freedom fighters and activists about their work and participation in the liberation struggle for Palestine during the 1968-82 period. 

The thirteenth episode of The Bandwagon, Sabzian’s irregular series of film-related mixes, by editorial member of Sabzian and filmmaker Nina de Vroome.

Belgian film and tv director Patrick Le Bon passed away on February 3 at the age of 81.

Cecilia Mangini, Italy's first female documentary filmmaker, passed away on 21 January at the age of 93.

Sabzian’s seasonal roundup of recently published and forthcoming film publications.

On 28 December 1895, 125 years ago today, the cinema came into existence with the first real public screening hosted by the brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière in the basement of the Grand Café in Paris.

The eleventh episode of The Bandwagon, Sabzian’s irregular series of film-related mixes, by filmmaker and sound recordist Achiel Van den Abeele.

Just at the very last moment: the fall edition of Sabzian’s seasonal roundup of recently published and forthcoming film publications.

The future of the Cinemateca Brasileira and the livelihoods of its workers are under threat.

The French critic and writer Jean Collet has passed away.

Soumitra Chatterjee, the legendary Indian actor with more than 200 films to his name and famed for his work with Satyajit Ray, has died of complications from the coronavirus.

The fight to save the emblematic Cinéma La Clef in Paris from real-estate speculation continues. You can help in the endeavour to buy La Clef and create a creative commons.

The tenth episode of The Bandwagon, Sabzian’s irregular series of film-related mixes, by Les Ateliers Claus’ artistic director Tommy Denys.

In times of social distancing, cinema visits, alone or collectively, are not allowed. Luckily, there’s an abundance of films to stream online, often for free. We listed up some initiatives.

Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne ont reçu le Prix Lumière 2020.

De originele Franse versie van Olivier Assayas’ State of Cinema, ‘Le temps présent du cinéma’, verscheen deze week bij Gallimard.

WANDA is a new independent Belgian lobby group consisting of female directors. It unites women in the fight against institutional inequality within the Flemish and Brussels audiovisual sector.

Each month, Sabzian lists upcoming Belgian premieres, releases and festivals.

From 23 to 26 September, CINEMATEK, the Royal Belgian Film Archive, pays homage to Belgian director Robbe De Hert, who passed away at the age of 77 on Monday 24 August.

Each month, Sabzian lists upcoming Belgian premieres, releases and festivals.