Welcome to the website of the Royal Film Archive of Belgium - CINEMATEK
we have been preserving and screening films since 1938…
CINEMATEK
Today in our Theatres
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CINEMATEK@FLAGEY
Place Sainte-Croix, 1050 Bruxelles 02 641 10 20
Discover the cinema selection we bring to Flagey, Studio 5 - Agnès Varda.
How do you not only represent an event, but make it tactile and pungent? Steve McQueen accomplishes this with an unrelenting approach, through a frank confrontation with the subject matter, and by realizing an uncompromising proximity with it. McQueen’s films focus on subjective experience, and anchors his audience into that experience. That way, “history” hardly feels so distant.
CINEMATEK
Much more than movie theatres
Groups & schools
CINEMATEK à la carte
CINEMATEK continues to offer families, colleagues and groups exclusive and intimate private screenings for their social bubble.
Library
Library
The library has a rich collection of books, specialized magazines, press clippings, photos and posters about film and cinema.
Our Collections
Chantal Akerman Collection
CINEMATEK not only conserves all the films of this masterful director, but also manages her entire archive.
Exhibitions
Wunderkammer
In the Wunderkammer, the history of film is brought to life through various interactive showcases, starting from the Chinese shadow play to the cinematograph of the Lumière brothers.
Covid Safe Ticket
The Brussels government is making the Covid Safe Ticket mandatory for all hospitality and cultural events from 15 October.
From 15 October, you’ll be back in our theatres without face mask and without social distancing, but with a Covid Safe Ticket.
Order our new Thierry Zéno dvd.
Thierry Zéno is a forerunner in the history of Belgian cinema, both in terms of international recognition and in terms of brilliant craftsmanship and absolute daring. Add his 3 defining films, carefully restored by CINEMATEK, to your DVD collection: Wedding Trough, Of the Dead and Bouche sans fond ouverte sur les horizons. Available in presale from 25/08.
Published in collaboration with the CINEMATHÈQUE DE LA FÉDÉRATION WALLONIE-BRUXELLES.