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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.