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we have been preserving and screening films since 1938…
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Today in our Theatres
LEDOUX LEDOUX
Sunday 14.12
15:00
Âge d’Or ⁄ Lectures, introductions, workshops...
A Film of Buddy Matsumae ⁄ Matsumae-kun no Eiga ⁄ color ⁄ 180' ⁄ ST - OND: EN
Hiroyuki Oki, Japan 1989
Première mondiale du film en version restaurée (DCP). Séance en presence d'Aurore Laci et de Kana Akahori (Image Forum).
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Filmmaker and contemporary artist OKI Hiroyuki’s early work, stages the film itself as the site of occurrence-presence, direct address, and a shifting relation between body and frame. The frame becomes a pressure the filmed body both seeks and resists, unsettling our trust in images and asking what it means to film the real. Inverting the usual order between reality and image, the film makes the…
19:00
Âge d’Or
ZKM : Early Electronic Moving Images in Europe
Aléatoire 1 ⁄ B&W ⁄ 4' ⁄ ST - OND: EN
René Bauermeister, Switzerland 1978
Ein Hauchtext. Ein Liebesgedicht ⁄ B&W ⁄ 4' ⁄ NO DIALOGUE
Valie Export, Austria 1970
Tritität ⁄ B&W ⁄ 8' ⁄ ST - OND: EN
Peter Weibel, Austria 1975
Open Reel ⁄ B&W ⁄ 3' ⁄ NO DIALOGUE
Dalibor Martinis, Yugoslavia 1976
Signale für Hausfrauen ⁄ B&W ⁄ 10' ⁄ ST - OND: EN
Ulrike Rosenbach, Germany 1976
SAVI 74 ⁄ B&W ⁄ 11' ⁄ ST - OND: EN
Francis Reusser, Guy Milliard, France 1974
Monitor 1 ⁄ B&W ⁄ 6' ⁄ NO DIALOGUE
Stephan Partridge, UK 1974
Input Output ⁄ B&W ⁄ 3' ⁄ V: EN ⁄ ST - OND: —
Wojciech Bruszewski, Poland 1977
Reminiscence ⁄ B&W ⁄ 4' ⁄ V: CS ⁄ ST - OND: —
Woody Vasulka, Czechoslovakia 1975
21:00
Âge d’Or ⁄ Lectures, introductions, workshops...
Image Forum : Women filmmakers with 8mm
Green Bug / Midori Mushi ⁄ color ⁄ 41' ⁄ NO DIALOGUE
Mari Terashima, Japan 1991
Benighted but not Begun / Yukikuredomo Machiakazu ⁄ B&W ⁄ 22' ⁄ ST - OND: EN
Yukie Saito, Japan 1994
Peach Baby Oil / Momoiro Baby Oil ⁄ color ⁄ 16' ⁄ ST - OND: EN
Junko Wada, Japan 1995
Séance en presence d'Aurore Laci et de Kana Akahori (Image Forum).
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PLATEAU PLATEAU
Sunday 14.12
18:00
Free Anthology
Enamorada ⁄ B&W ⁄ 96' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
Emilio Fernández, Mexico 1946, María Félix, Pedro Armendáriz, Fernando Fernández
20:00
Free Anthology
Pour le pire et pour le meilleur ⁄ As Good as It Gets ⁄ color ⁄ 138' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
James L. Brooks, USA 1997, Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear
CINEMATEK
Much more than movie theatres
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.
Our Collections
Chantal Akerman Collection
CINEMATEK not only conserves all the films of this masterful director, but also manages her entire archive.
Library
Library
The library has a rich collection of books, specialized magazines, press clippings, photos and posters about film and cinema. Consult the online catalogue.
Shop
Webshop
Discover the Collection of DVDs and books published by the Royal Belgian Film Archive, CINEMATEK, available for sale online
Dossiers
Additional context for film programs, filmmakers, and our own activities.
DOSSIERS
Archives
Research within the CINEMATEK archive has recently identified Diwata ng Karagatan (Goddess of the Sea), a long-lost Filipino film…
DOSSIERS
Filmmakers
Nurşen Bakır & Frans van de Staak
Conversations about art, poetry, cinema, and philosophy.
30.10 2025
I was editing my short film Thrift which I shot in New York, in the editing room of an artist collective in Amsterdam. In those days,…
DOSSIERS
CINEMA’KET
From glass slippers and dancing feet to worn-out trainers and bare toes, this summer shoes and feet are in the spotlight at CINEMA’KET. And of…
DOSSIERS
PRESS
On the occasion of the UPCB’s centenary in 2025, CINEMATEK joins the celebration by inviting members of the Union to present, throughout the year, on…
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