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Georganiseerd door Sabzian en rekto:verso
Wil je je graag ontwikkelen als kunst- en filmcriticus en heb je een uitgesproken interesse in bewegend beeld? Dan is de workshop die cultuurtijdschrift rekto:verso en filmtijdschrift Sabzian eind oktober organiseren tijdens en over Contour Biënnale in Mechelen iets voor jou! Stel je kandidaat tegen 4 oktober.
Les bibliothèques flamandes et bruxelloises lancent une nouvelle plateforme de streaming
Cinébib est une nouvelle plateforme de streaming lancée le 14 mars 2025 par près de 40 bibliothèques publiques en Flandre et à Bruxelles. Elle offre aux membres des bibliothèques un accès libre à une sélection soigneusement composée de plus de 1 500 films.
Vlaamse en Brusselse bibliotheken lanceren nieuw streamingplatform
Cinébib is een nieuw streamingplatform dat op 14 maart 2025 werd gelanceerd door bijna 40 openbare bibliotheken in Vlaanderen en Brussel. Het platform biedt bibliotheekleden vrije toegang tot een zorgvuldig geselecteerd aanbod van meer dan 1.500 filmtitels.
On 16 March 2025, Belgian actress Émilie Dequenne passed away at the age of 43.
From Wednesday the 2nd to Sunday the 6th of April, the 24th edition of the Courtisane film festival will take place in Ghent, Belgium. As a platform for film and audiovisual arts, the festival describes its mission to explore “the relationships between image and world, aesthetics and politics, experiment and engagement.”
Films as/about Strategies of Territorial Resistance
From 13–16 March, Caillou Film Festival, a new Brussels-based film festival, explores the strategies used in territorial struggles and the role of cinema in resistance.
From 13 to 15 March, Kaaitheater and KANAL-Centre Pompidou are hosting Cinema as Assembly, a three-day study circle that invites the public to come together – as an audience, as thinkers and as makers – to explore cinema’s potential as both a method and medium that can help rehearse collective organisation, militant imagination and liberatory transformation.
Malian director and writer Souleymane Cissé passed away on 19 February in Bamako, Mali, at the age of 84.
Eye Filmmuseum celebrates the legacy of Feministisch Filmkollektief Cinemien (1974–1989), a pioneering film collective that sought to amplify the voices of female filmmakers in the Netherlands. Running from 6 to 25 March, the programme links the collective’s work to urgent contemporary themes, fostering intergenerational discussions on equality.
On 19 February, Quatre nuits d’un rêveur (1971) by Robert Bresson will be re-released in French theatres in a 4K restoration by Carlotta Films.
Frans van de Staak Retrospective at Punto de Vista Film Festival
For its 2025 edition, running from 24 February to 1 March, the Spanish film festival Punto de Vista will present a retrospective dedicated to the cinema of Dutch filmmaker Frans van de Staak.
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Sabzian’s seasonal roundup of recently published and forthcoming film publications.
Belgian Premieres and Festivals
Each month, Sabzian lists upcoming Belgian premieres, releases and festivals.

