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Tënk celebrates its 10th anniversary in Brussels

On Friday, 16 October, the documentary platform Tënk comes to Cinema Nova to celebrate its 10th anniversary with “Boxing Against the Male Gaze,” a special evening organised in collaboration with En Ville and Cinema Nova.

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Vote for CINEMATEK in the Heritage Tombola

CINEMATEK has been selected as one of twelve finalists in the Heritage Tombola, a project organised by the National Lottery, Prométhéa, the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage and museumPASSmusées. Their project, “10 Decades of Belgian Cinema,” aims to digitally restore twelve films spanning a century of Belgian film history – from the 1910s to the 2010s, crossing languages, genres and artistic movements.

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Patricio Guzmán (1941-2026)

Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán passed away in Paris on 15 September at the age of 85. Born in Santiago in 1941, he devoted much of his life and work to preserving the memory of Chile’s recent history.

Bertrand Tavernier (1941-2021)

On March 25th, Bertrand Tavernier, one of the most versatile and foremost figures of French cinema, passed away at the age of 79.

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Resounding Archives: Conversations on Militant Film Practices in Palestine

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. 

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Out of the Shadows

On the occasion of the Out of the Shadows programme (originally conceived for the Courtisane festival 2020), Courtisane, Sabzian and KASK School of Arts compiled, edited and published the publication Out of the Shadows, focussing on the work of five Arab female film directors: Atteyat Al-Abnoudy, Selma Baccar, Assia Djebar, Jocelyne Saab and Heiny Srour. A copy of Out of the Shadows can now be ordered!

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Patrick Le Bon (1940-2021)

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

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Cécilia Mangini (1927-2021)

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

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Nathalie Delon (1941-2021)

Nathalie Delon, one of French cinema's brightest stars, passed away on January 21st at the age of 79.

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Jean-Pierre Coursodon (1935-2020)

On the last day of 2020, the French film historian and critic Jean-Pierre Coursodon has passed away at the age of 85.

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125 ans de cinéma

Le 28 décembre 1895, il y a 125 ans aujourd’hui, le cinéma voit le jour avec la première véritable projection publique animée par les frères Auguste et Louis Lumière au sous-sol du Grand Café à Paris.

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125 Years of Cinema

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.

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