The German writer, film critic, documentary and essay filmmaker Hartmut Bitomsky has passed away.

Shhh returns to Ostend for its seventh edition on the last weekend of September. The festival, the only one that “declares its love for both silent cinema and the sea,” will take place over two days (26 & 27 September 2025) across multiple locations in the city.

Film Fest Gent 2025 will present Fractured Visions: A Nicolas Roeg Retrospective, a comprehensive programme highlighting the work of the acclaimed British filmmaker Nicolas Roeg.

From October to December 2025, students and teachers from RITCS, ESACT, LA CAMBRE and ULB will work and experiment closely together, inspired by the work and ideas of the Italian poet, filmmaker, novelist, playwright Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975).

From September to November, CINEMATEK presents a retrospective dedicated to Dutch filmmaker Frans van de Staak (1943–2001).

From 11 September to 16 October, The Museum of Modern Art in New York is presenting a complete retrospective of Chantal Akerman’s cinematic work, featuring over forty features and rarely screened shorts in newly restored digital versions.

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!

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.

From 26 June to 26 July 2025, Cinéma Galeries in Brussels will present a focus programme dedicated to Chinese filmmaker Wang Bing. As part of this programme, the cinema will host a masterclass with the director on Sunday 29 June.

What sustains cinema, long after the lights come up? For both DAFilms and Sabzian, the answer is reflection – watching, thinking, writing, and reading in communal conversation unbound by societal borders. In this special collaboration between DAFilms and Sabzian, we present a selection of films and texts that invite you to join the dialogue. The selection brings together films by Helke Misselwitz, Johan van der Keuken, Boris Lehman, Loredana Bianconi, Atteyat al-Abnoudy, Wang Bing, Alice Diop, Harun Farocki, Sergei Loznitsa, Trinh T. Minh-ha, and others.