Cypher Sex X Oddd
To start this year, Constant celebrates the publication of the manual "How to Cypher Sex: A Manual for Collective Digital Self-Defense Guides" by the collective Cypher Sex. Constant happily invited Oddd to design this installation in the window.
To start this year, Constant celebrates the publication of the manual "How to Cypher Sex: A Manual for Collective Digital Self-Defense Guides". Constant supported the collective Cypher Sex in the making of this "how to" manual that will lay out strategies on how to write locally-oriented digital self-defense guides aimed at empowering LGBTQ* people, women, and sex workers. The manual is intended to help the writing of localised guides with basic outlines, resources, links, suggested approaches and interview questions relevant to different international locations that advocate self-empowerment through online identity management and other digital self-defence strategies.
Cypher Sex is a queer feminist collective aimed at empowering LGBTQ* people, women, and sex workers in their use of online services and digital tools through workshops, guides, and personalized consultancies. Constant happily invited Oddd to design this installation in the window.
Collectif Cypher Sex (artists); Oddd (graphic designer)
Constant
Saint-Gilles
Exhibitions
Cypher Sex X Oddd
Girl, So Confusing
Casi Septiembre
Lucía G. Romero
2025 - 30' - Spain
vo: es
sub: fr-en
Alejandra lives year-round with her family in a seaside campsite. While she struggles with her fear of being abandoned, a budding romance with a tourist from Madrid brings her insecurities to the surface.
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La fille du rocher
Laetitia Bouhelier
2026 - 17' - France
vo: fr
sub: en
Livia, a 16-year-old teenager, spends the day with friends by the river where she witnesses a scene that plunges her into a strange dizzy state.
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Lady Attila
Apolline Andreys
2025 - 25' - France
vo: fr
sub: en
Agathe works at her family’s garage. She loves tractors and rock music, and decides to enter an air guitar competition. But her brother disapproves.
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U Got to Live a Little liksom
Hedvig Orback
2024 - 14' - Sweden
vo: sv
sub: fr-en
Two friends live far apart, yet offer each other tenderness and comfort. A tender portrait of friendship, vulnerability and emotional resilience.
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Ragamuffin
Kaitlyn Mikayla
2024 - 15' - United States
vo: en
sub: fr
A motocross enthusiast, Ryan questions her identity in a male-dominated world.
Cinema Galeries
Brussels
Cinema
Girl, So Confusing
En el Camino
Cinéma Palace
Brussels
Cinema
En el Camino
Pink Screens' B-B-B-B-BIG Birthday Party!
Pink Screens 25th anniversary in association with Les Halles de Schaerbeek
Pink Screens and Les Halles de Schaerbeek are treating you to a queer and spectacular birthday party where Hollywood glamour gloriously goes off the rails!
Under the artistic direction of La Veuve, three worlds will be coming together on stage. Cabaret Mademoiselle brings an explosive mix of drag, humour and irreverence. HOTSPOT explores desire, stripping and the codes of masculinity in a sensual show featuring transmasc performers. And finally, special guests from Amsterdam-based infa BIXARIA Queer Brazilian Club Night bring Brazilian sensuality and some serious r4bas-shaking to Brussels.
None other than Bissy will be stirring this whole birthday mix together! Butchi-who? Butchibou! Being a professional sexy is a full time job, that a Sagittarius must accept. With their Ascendant in MC-ing, Butchibou guides you together with La Veuve through our Pink Screens b-day bash! in gloriously chaotic style.
Come and join us to celebrate 25 years of cinema, queer community, resistance and partying.
Will you be the cherry on our birthday cake?
Pink Screens
Cabaret Mademoiselle
HOTSPOT
BIXARIA Queer Brazilian Club Night
Bissy
Les Halles de Schaerbeek
Schaerbeek
Show
Pink Screens' B-B-B-B-BIG Birthday Party!
ÉCRANS CROISÉS : BRUXELLES X BEIJING
A quarter of a century. Pink Screens is all grown up and what a joy it is to look back. On this special occasion, we also looked around. This is how we met the Beijing Queer Film Festival, also celebrating its 25th edition this year! Our two festivals have come together to create a joint programme of shorts from our previous editions, exploring identity in all its forms and the collective memory of our communities. Let’s celebrate 25 years by revisiting who we were, understanding who we are today, and catching a glimpse of who we might become.
未来的花朵 (Future Flowers) — Hao Zhou
2022 - 10' - China - vo: zh-hans - sub: en
Appearing to be a couple, a woman and man live together but have entirely separate lives. Yet, their schedules are linked by a propagandistic program that guides them toward a single goal.
Neo Nahda — May Ziadé
2023 - 12' - United Kingdom - vo: en-gb - sub: en
Mona finds archived photographs of Arab women cross-dressing in the Middle East in the 1920s. Somewhere between her fantasies and reality, she starts a feverish journey of uncovering her own identity.
翡罗弥诺浮彼亚 I (Philomirrophobia I) — Qin Yuke
2011 - 24' - China - vo: zh-hans - sub: en
It's a concept that emerges in Yuke's world, owing to the asymmetry in the morphology of philo- and phobic inclinations: both the prefix and the suffix are allowed to cluster around their selfless companions - mirrors.
God, Guns and Queers — Tom De Pékin
2010 - 5' - France - vo: en - sub: en
An animated musical fresco celebrating freaks and gender liberation against puritanical norms, set to the electro-punk sounds of “Alors heureuse?”.
We Want to Get Married — Shi Tou
2007 - 5' - China - vo: zh-hans - sub: en
On February 14, 2007, Valentine's Day, eight individuals who supported same-sex relationships and marriage offered prepared roses and cards to passersby. They wished them a happy Valentine's Day and requested their support for LGBTQ rights.
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https://pinkscreens.org/
Beursschouwburg
Brussels
Cinema
ÉCRANS CROISÉS : BRUXELLES X BEIJING
CASTRATION MOVIE. CHAPTER III. JUNIOR GHOSTS – PREMORPHIC DRIFT; A FRAGMENTARY PASSAGE
CASTRATION MOVIE. CHAPTER III. JUNIOR GHOSTS – PREMORPHIC DRIFT; A FRAGMENTARY PASSAGE — Louise Weard
CA — 2026 — 126’ — FIC — VO EN
Castration Movie explores the overt transphobia of Izzy, a straight woman grappling with her partner Tiffany’s transition. It’s a premise that might put us off—were it not for the fact that the film is directed by Louise Weard, a trans woman filmmaker from the same artistic collective as Jane Schoenbrun. Weard’s take on this transmisogynistic spiral proves to be masterful, oscillating between cynicism, empathy, fascination, and horror, and ultimately provoking a true catharsis for anyone who has endured such nonsense.
Beursschouwburg
Brussels
Cinema
CASTRATION MOVIE. CHAPTER III. JUNIOR GHOSTS – PREMORPHIC DRIFT; A FRAGMENTARY PASSAGE
THE GOLDEN YEARS
GORZKO (A CAPPELLA) — Marcin Kluczykowski • PL — 2024 — 29’ — VO PL — ST EN/FRKarol and Henryk are "choir mates." However, hidden from view is a whole life they share together.CAVALO MARINHO (SEAHORSE) — Leo Tabosa • BR — 2024 — 22’ — VO PT — ST EN/FRAs St. John's Day nears, Francisca's reunion with her son Tião awakens a long-buried secret.LES OISELLES — Thibaud Renzi • FR — 2026 — 24’ — VO FR — ST ENSam revisits a family taboo: his lesbian aunt’s activism, which involved various actions considered scandalous at the time.AU BAIN DES DAMES — Margaux Fournier • FR — 2025 — 30’ — VO FR — ST ENTopless retirees proudly show off their sun-kissed skin. They laugh, talk about love, sex, and changing bodies, and set the world to rights with the freedom of women who have nothing left to prove.
Cinéma Aventure
Brussels
Cinema
THE GOLDEN YEARS
Sebastiane
Sebastiane is a young soldier in a Roman army filled with men who are often naked and engage in homosexual acts. The centurion, Severus, tries to seduce Sebastiane, who rejects him. A reinterpretation of the life of Saint Sebastian, the film is a peplum with unapologetically homoerotic themes, whose visual beauty and power are striking. Transcending the issue of gender and linking rebellion with homosexuality, Derek Jarman already addresses sexuality here in its most political dimension.
Starring Barney James, Neil Kennedy, and Leonardo Treviglio
Music by Brian Eno
Cinematek
Brussels
Cinema
Sebastiane
Made in Belgium
Breaking Walls
Jan-Dirk Bouw
2025 - 23' - Belgium - Netherlands - Norway
vo: nl-en
sub: fr-nl
Journalist and activist Hoi Yi defends democratic freedoms and values, all the while suppressing his queer identity...
A poetic and stimulating reflection on resistance, identity and the courage of the human being in the face of repression from the outside world
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Le bruit intérieur des choses
Alice Khol
2026 - 18' - Belgium
vo: fr
sub: nl
Sophie and her partner Alex have a meeting with a man who might be able to help Sophie fulfill her dream of motherhood, but things don't go as planned.
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La lave ne brûle pas
Nao Fauveau Merle
202628'Belgiumvo: frsub: en
Filmed in 16mm, this poetic journey reconnects gender transitions with the Earth's movements and the lava flowing around its core.
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Rouge
Zoé Arene
2025 - 16' - Belgium - France
vo: fr
sub: nl
In this adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood, nothing goes as planned: Little Red Riding Hood asserts her desires without fear or shame, the Wolf is nothing like a predator, and Grandma loses her mind.
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L'hiver a un goût de radium
Margot Rigaud
2026 - 20' - Belgium
vo: fr
sub: nl
In a world where the air is poisonous, two people in love set off to seek the ideal terrain for planting vegetation that can turn things around. But time is running out.
Cinéma Palace
Brussels
Cinema
Made in Belgium
Pink Screens
Welcome back, Pink Screens! And happy birthday
Beursschouwburg
Brussels
Cinema
Pink Screens
APOLO + GREENHORN
APOLO — Tainá Müller, Ísis Broken • BR — 2025 — 82’ — DOC — VO PT — ST EN/FRApolo follows the journey of a TLT (trans loving trans) couple expecting a child, revealing the strength of their love and their tireless fight for dignified prenatal care. This documentary offers an intimate look at their family dynamic, inviting us to rethink our normative constraints about parenthood and pregnancy. By accompanying Lourenzo's pregnancy, supported by their partner Isis, the directors show us how much the fight for the right to healthcare is also a radical act of love: a dream of a better world for Apolo.GREENHORN — Sabrina Way • CA — 2025 — 19’ — FIC — VO EN — ST FRA queer person returns to their father's home to care for him after an accident and is confronted with questions about their identity.
Cinéma Aventure
Brussels
Cinema
APOLO + GREENHORN
dyke injection
camille freychet À partir de 14 ans[ Durée : 1h10 ] co-présentation Rideau ❤ atelier210 les cicatrices de la terre ont été faites dans une violence inouïe, et pourtant maintenant elles sont magnifiques. ça nous apprend que les cicatrices ça peut être beau.carla, twingo orange, 11h47 quel est ce moment où tout bascule ?ce point vacillant et sublime entre la mort et l’extrême vitalité. ce point de rupture, qu’il soit amoureux, politique, familial ou identitaire, et parfois, tout à la fois. dyke injection c’est le récit de ma dyke* naissance qui a eu lieu à 144 km/h sur l’A7.entre glissements de terrain, auto-stop, pannes en bord de route, soleil de minuit, changements d’itinéraires, rencontres hasardeuses, sandwich triangle sur l’aire de montauban sud, découverte de l’ère glaciaire et des jours sans nuit, je raconte comment plus rien ne pourra être comme avant. *dyke (argot, péjoratif) lesbienne, gouine.(géologie) injection magmatique verticale qui coupe à travers les roches dominantes. AFTER SCENE - Je 05 novembre après la représentation. Avec l’équipe du spectacle. VISITE Queering Brussels – Sa 07 novembre. De 14h à 16h. Par l’asbl L’Architecture qui dégenre.
Le Rideau
Ixelles
Show
dyke injection
Expat Cinema : Coward
Cannes 2026 - Double Prize Best Actor
The young soldier Pierre wants to prove himself on the battlefield during the First World War. Behind the frontlines, he meets Francis, who is asked to find a way to boost morale.
Cinema Galeries
Brussels
Cinema
Expat Cinema : Coward
Pink Screens Festival
25 years and still going strong!
Pink Screens is celebrating its 25th edition. Almost a quarter of a century of showing queer films, shaking things up on screen, stirring up desires, strong emotions, and ideas… and clearly, we still have no intention of slowing down. For this anniversary edition, yellow and fuchsia are once again taking over the cinemas and cultural venues in the centre of Brussels. Films, discussions, readings, performances, meet-and-greets, parties, and a few surprises: at 25, we can still go all out.
Genres d'à côté - Pink Screens
Brussels
Festival
Pink Screens Festival
Edith Dekyndt x Cristobal Balenciaga
The Fabric Decides
Enter a unique dialogue between Belgian artist Edith Dekyndt and the rarely seen archives of Cristóbal Balenciaga. The exhibition examines the memory embedded in materials and the way they endure through time, revealing unexpected resonances between contemporary art and haute couture. It offers a poetic reflection on the present through gestures, skills, and forms in constant transformation, inviting you to discover this intimate and singular encounter up close.
Bozar - Centre for Fine Arts
Brussels
Exhibitions
Edith Dekyndt x Cristobal Balenciaga
Icons, 20 years Designer of the Year
In 2006, the first “Designer of the Year” award was presented in Belgium. The prize was originally established by the Interieur Biennale and the magazines Knack Weekend and Le Vif Weekend, and was awarded that year to Brussels-based designer Alain Berteau. Over the years, various partners joined the initiative, and it grew into a well-established reference in the Belgian design landscape.
Twenty years later, the list of laureates reads as a best-of-the-best of what the country has to offer in contemporary design: from ceramic designers and silversmiths to product and lighting designers. Concepts such as innovation, originality, and ecology are often central to their work. The list includes names such as Muller Van Severen, Alain Gilles, Nedda El-Asmar, Julien Renault, and Linde Freya Tangelder. On the occasion of the 20th edition of the title, all twenty names come together in an exhibition at MAD Brussels, on view from 1 October to 12 December.
MAD Brussels
Brussels
Exhibitions
Icons, 20 years Designer of the Year
Pink Memories: from Stonewall (1969) to the emergence of AIDS (1982): queer cinema between self-affirmation, activism and sexual liberation
Hidden, ashamed, and ostracized for decades!
In the 1970s, films began to openly address the lives and demands of gay men, lesbians, and transgender people.
One of the catalysts for these changes was the Stonewall Riots, during which gay men, lesbians, transgender people, sex workers, and homeless youth who frequented the bar took to the streets to respond to daily harassment by the police.
Other factors, such as the sexual revolution and the rise of feminist movements, contributed to the emergence of films in which gay and lesbian characters are (almost) like any other fictional characters, and activist films advocating for equal rights.
On the occasion of its 25th edition, the Pink Screens festival invites you to explore this brief period when screens flourished with films free of taboos and increasingly provocative—films featuring liberated queer people, far removed from the victimization that had been their lot in previous decades.
This diverse—though by no means exhaustive—retrospective is scheduled primarily at Cinematek throughout November.
A lecture by Didier Roth-Bettoni, author of the book “QUEER CINEMA 1895–2025,” will be held on Tuesday, November 3, at 7:00 p.m. at LaVallée (39 Rue Adolphe Lavallée - Molenbeek). The theme will be: FROM STONEWALL (1969) TO THE EMERGENCE OF AIDS (1982): QUEER CINEMA BETWEEN ACTIVISM AND SEXUAL LIBERATION.
Program:
29/10 - 21:30 - Cinéma Aventure : Stand Up For Your Rights (session of political shorts)
30/10 - 19:15 - Cinéma Aventure : Johan
31/10 - 14:00 - Cinéma NOVA : Born in flames
31/10 - 21:30 - Cinéma Palace : The Rocky Horror Picture Show
02/11 - 21:30 - Cinematek : Sunday Bloody Sunday
03/11 - 19:30 - LaVallée : Conférence de Didier Roth-Bettoni
04/11 - 19:00 - Cinematek : Sebastiane
05/11 - 19:00 - Cinematek : Hélène, trésore transnationale
06/11 - 19:00 - Cinematek : Cruising
07/11 - 21:00 - Cinematek : Mineshaft:The Cruising Murders
08/11 - 20:30 - Cinematek : Cambio de Sexo
09/11 - 18:00 - Cinematek : Miss O'Gynie et les Hommes fleurs
10/11 - 20:00 - Cinematek : Céline et Julie vont en bateau
15/11 - 18:00 - Cinematek : Cambio de Sexo
15/11 - 19:00 - Cinematek : Laberinto de Pasiones (le labyrinthe des passions)
16/11 - 20:00 - Cinematek : Miss O'Gynie et les Hommes fleurs
17/11 - 21:00 - Cinematek : Heat
18/11 - 18:00 - Cinematek : Un autre regard
19/11 - 21:15 - Cinematek : Pink Flamingos
20/11 - 18:00 - Cinematek : Les tueurs fous
20/11 - 21:00 - Cinematek : Les lèvres rouges
21/11 - 19:00 - Cinematek : Glissements progressifs du plaisir
21/11 - 20:00 - Cinematek : Céline et Julie vont en bateau
22/11 - 19:00 - Cinematek : Le Décameron
23/11 - 20:00 - Cinematek : Un autre regard
23/11 - 21:15 - Cinematek : Faustrecht der Freiheit (Le droit du plus fort)
25/11 - 18:00 - Cinematek : Ce n'est pas l'homosexuel qui est pervers, mais la société dans laquelle il vit
26/11 - 20:15 - Cinematek : Les tueurs fous
28/11 - 17:00 - Cinematek : A Bigger Splash
30/11 - 20:00 - Cinematek : Ce n'est pas l'homosexuel qui est pervers, mais la société dans laquelle il vit
30/11 - 21:00 - Cinematek : Je t'aime, moi non plus
Cinematek
Brussels
Cinema
Pink Memories: from Stonewall (1969) to the emergence of AIDS (1982): queer cinema between self-affirmation, activism and sexual liberation
Transparences liquides : Anne-Camille Allueva, Matan Mittwoch, Laure Tiberghien, Emmanuel Van der Auwera
Contretype
Saint-Gilles
Exhibitions
Transparences liquides : Anne-Camille Allueva, Matan Mittwoch, Laure Tiberghien, Emmanuel Van der Auwera
Free Nocturnes
Every first Wednesday of the month, WIELS stays open late and for free! A perfect moment to enjoy the exhibitions in the evening and join a relaxed guided tour.
Discover the full programme on our website.
Wiels - Contemporary art centre
Forest
Guided tours
Free Nocturnes
LP - All Is Not Lost Tour
The song that defined the soundtrack of 2016? “Lost On You” by LP! This year marks exactly ten years since this global hit topped the charts, and we’re celebrating with a concert you won’t want to miss. In addition to an intimate evening at the OLT Rivierenhof on June 30, the Italian-American artist will bring the “All Is Not Lost Tour” to La Madeleine in Brussels on Thursday, November 5, 2026.
The song that defined the soundtrack of 2016? “Lost On You” by LP! This year marks exactly ten years since this global hit topped the charts, and we’re celebrating with a concert you won’t want to miss. In addition to an intimate evening at the OLT Rivierenhof on June 30, the Italian-American artist will bring the “All Is Not Lost Tour” to La Madeleine in Brussels on Thursday, November 5, 2026.
LP
La Madeleine
Brussels
Concert
LP - All Is Not Lost Tour
Un peu schieve
QUINION
Mathieu Berthon
2025 - 17' - France
vo: fr
sub: en
Two connoisseurs of forbidden flavours fight over a rare treat, much to the despair of its owner. A funny film that pays homage to soupeurs (urine-fetischists).
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Cockroach
Justice Singleton, Liliana Padilla
With John Cameron Mitchell
2025 - 23' - United States
vo: en
sub: fr
When a trans man hooks up with a stranger, the night spirals into the unexpected... and into disaster.
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Sunday Lunch
Lyndon Henley Hanrahan
2025 - 14' - United Kingdom
vo: en-gb
sub: fr
Grace brings her girlfriend to her very religious family's traditional Sunday dinner. Of course, her family doesn't know she's a lesbian. Hilarious.
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BLEAT!
Ananth Subramaniam
2025 - 15' - France - Malaysia - Philippines
vo: ta
sub: fren
An elderly Tamil couple's sacrificial goat is pregnant. Torn between religious beliefs and community pressure, they must make a choice.
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Yaoi Dumb Bitch
Mathieu Morel
2026 - 39' - France
vo: fr
sub: en
Fleur, a fan of Japanese pop culture, announces her departure for Tokyo to her family. Having received little support since her transition, Fleur finds the ally she needs in her cousin Noé.
Cinema Nova
Brussels
Cinema
Un peu schieve
2e Jeudi du Pink
LaVallée
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Clubbing
2e Jeudi du Pink
La mécanique du désir
Tienes Sitio?
Estefanía Serrano
2025 - 16' - Spain
vo: es
sub: fr-en
A threesome in the cramped confines of a car. An intimate and humorous look at young people’s desire faced with uncertainty.
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La Moto
Matteo Giampetruzzi
2025 - 20' - Denmark - Italy - Spain
Sans paroles
Luca is shy, but develops an irresistable attraction to Valerio, himself obsessed with motorbikes. This bold and surprising film explores desire, roleplay and the violence sometimes at work in sexuality.
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Metamorphosia
Elsa Michaud
2025 - 14' - France
Sans paroles
Fascinated by two strange limousines abandoned on a beach, two women decide to repair them.
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Bleifrei 95
Emma HuttTina Muffler
2025 - 25' - Austria - Germany
vo: de
sub: fr-en
At her bachelorette party, Aino reunites with Toni, a former fling, and Lolly, her mother's occasional lover.
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Taxi Moto
Gaël Kamilindi
2026 - 20' - France - Switzerland
vo: fr
sub: en
Prevented from filming his film where he wanted to, a director reinvents its imagery elsewhere, with a different actor. For them, cinema becomes an act of love and of intimate, poetic resistance.
Cinema Nova
Brussels
Cinema
La mécanique du désir
La conscience politique - Un portrait de Geoffroy de Lagasnerie
La Conscience politique (Political Consciousness) offers an analysis of our present through a portrait of the philosopher Geoffroy de Lagasnerie. Combining fragments of his life, readings, and archival footage of queer struggles, this film shows us the moment when political thinking is shaped by lived experiences. It unflinchingly examines the judicial and punitive system, family and sexual norms, and institutional and police violence. But above all, this film is a portrait of friendship as a way of life and a form of resistance, as well as an invitation to collective struggle.
The film will be followed by a discussion with director Léolo Victor-Pujebet and Geoffroy de Lagasnerie.
Cinéma Palace
Brussels
Cinema
La conscience politique - Un portrait de Geoffroy de Lagasnerie
Hélène, trésore transnationale
“Workers of all countries, caress one another”: Hélène Hazera came up with the slogan for the Gazolines demonstrations, the great ’70s generation of “transwomanifestations.” By addressing Hélène Hazera directly and intimately, filmmaker Judith Abitbol paints a portrait of a key figure in France’s countercultures from the 70s to the 90s. A member of the Gazolines and the F.H.A.R. (Front homosexuel d’action révolutionnaire), and a tireless activist, Hélène Hazera founded the Trans and AIDS Commission within Act Up, one of her greatest sources of pride. She was the first transgender journalist at a major national daily newspaper, Libération.
Cinéma Aventure
Brussels
Cinema
Hélène, trésore transnationale
BULLETPROOF: A LESBIAN’S GUIDE TO SURVIVING THE PLOT
A sarcastic yet essential documentary on LGBTQ+ representation on television. Through numerous conversations with screenwriters, queer scholars, and TV fans, Regan Latimer humorously depicts the power of the media to shape our perception of ourselves. Filled with numerous references to pop culture, as well as personal accounts and/or expert insights, the film reveals the crucial issues behind the apparent simplicity of TV series: their power to change mindsets.
Cinéma Aventure
Brussels
Cinema
BULLETPROOF: A LESBIAN’S GUIDE TO SURVIVING THE PLOT
Hélène, trésore transnationale
“Workers of all countries, caress one another”: Hélène Hazera came up with the slogan for the Gazolines demonstrations, the great ’70s generation of “transwomanifestations.” By addressing Hélène Hazera directly and intimately, filmmaker Judith Abitbol paints a portrait of a key figure in France’s countercultures from the 70s to the 90s. A member of the Gazolines and the F.H.A.R. (Front homosexuel d’action révolutionnaire), and a tireless activist, Hélène Hazera founded the Trans and AIDS Commission within Act Up, one of her greatest sources of pride. She was the first transgender journalist at a major national daily newspaper, Libération.
Cinematek
Brussels
Cinema
Hélène, trésore transnationale
I RARELY WAKE UP DREAMING
Oleh is a young Ukrainian trans man who shares his life with Olya. His life is turned upside down when Russia invades Ukraine. As men are conscripted into the army, Oleh grapples with questions about his masculinity, which also shake his relationship. This film shifts the focus of the question of identity from broad geopolitical spheres to the most intimate experiences.Trigger warning: physical and/or sexual violence.
Cinéma Aventure
Brussels
Cinema
I RARELY WAKE UP DREAMING
No Rest For The Wicked - Brief Somebodies
It's 1862 on the Faroe Islands, and Baldur lives in a remote fishing community. His life is turned upside down when a rugged whaler arrives, awakening an unquenched desire in him. When tragedy strikes the desolate shores, their forbidden passion unleashes unsettling forces. For they refuse to let their love be buried; they will fight to the death - and even beyond.
No Rest for the Wicked is deliciously gothic, brilliantly blending gay romance, period drama, and vampire story to create a genre film that reinvents the rules.
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Brief Somebodies
Andy Reid
2025 - 14' - Canada
vo: en
sub: fr
While rehearsing for a sexual assault scene, two actors build a connection which will be put to the test once filming begins.
Cinema Galeries
Brussels
Cinema
No Rest For The Wicked - Brief Somebodies
Coward
Pierre, a young Belgian soldier wants to prove himself on the battlefield during the First World War. Behind the frontlines, he meets Francis, who is asked to find a way to boost morale.
Flagey
Ixelles
Cinema
Coward
Haute & Freddy
Haute & Freddy is the dazzling brainchild of Michelle Buzz and Lance Shipp. The duo released their first single "Scantily Clad," sparking a devoted fanbase. The song has landed them on Spotify playlists Lorem, Obsessed, and the cover of Fresh Finds paving the way for their second single "Anti-Superstar," which has also been embraced with equal support and looks on multiple Spotify playlists leading to them being named on Spotify’s Artists To Watch for 2026. Their third single “Shy Girl” is currently their most streamed track and has been licensed 5 times over for film & tv projects.
Fast forward to now, and the comment sections are buzzing with fans speaking in Ren Faire lingo, while their shows are filled with attendees crafting their own jester hats, as a mime clown joyfully twists balloon crowns for the rest of the Royal Court—aka H&F’s loyal followers. With their debut album on the horizon and their sold-out Mini Grand Tour under their belt, Haute & Freddy’s momentum is picking up speed. Fans devoured the recently released videos for “Shy Girl”, “Sophie” and “Freaks.” More festivals and tour dates in the works for 2026 when the album drops. Their latest single is a new anthem “Dance The Pain Away” out now, with their debut album Big Disgrace coming out via Atlantic Records on March 13th.
Their love for theater, obscure synths, and underground club culture runs deep, infusing every track with an audacious energy. The duo moves through their music like runaway carnies, crashing through the veneer of polite society with all the flair of an 18th-century escapade.
Botanique
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Concert
Haute & Freddy
underscores - umru
Experimental, unhinged digital hyperpop born out of internet culture
umru
Through wide-reaching collaborations with the likes of Laura Les, Tommy Cash, Empress Of & Caroline Polachek, a producer-staple sample pack series, and a kinetic, CDJ-defying mixing style that has launched him into a constant international DJ circuit, his strength in joining earworm songwriting with distorted sonic maximalism has become a defining influence on the cutting edge between underground and popular music. In 2025, he released his first EP on Scottish label LUCKYME®, a single with underscores, and production and remixes for names like Danny Brown, Cortisa Star, and Ninajirachi.
Botanique
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Concert
underscores - umru
La Bola Negra
Spain, 1932, 1937, 2017. In three different times, three homosexual men face a society which does not offer them the same freedoms. Their stories reach out to each other, connected by pain, desire and memory. An uncompleted work by Federico Garcia Lorca inspires a film which expands its world into a queer, romantic, poetic tapestry. Eras intertwine and the love stories which history tried to erase continue to echo. An unmissable film from Los Javis, key figures in Spain's contemporary queer cinema.
Cinema Galeries
Brussels
Cinema
La Bola Negra
Transconnections
Entró con un hacha
Cande Lázaro
2025 - 13' - Spain
vo: es
sub: fr-en
In a traditional tavern populated by queer characters, someone enters carrying an axe. Borderline absurd.
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Rainbow Girls
Nana Duffuor
2025 - 16' - United States
vo: en
sub: fr
A group of trans women organize to rob department stores. A jubilant anti-capitalist revenge.
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The Dysphoria
Kylie Aoibheann
2025 - 13' - Australia
vo: en
sub: fr
A trans woman turns to a satanic ritual to obtain a vagina, but in doing so unwittingly invites a demonic being into her home.
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Purebred
Caleb J. Roberts
2025 - 15' - Ireland
vo: en
sub: fr
Owen, a trans man, must inform his lover Seán of his positive pregnancy test. An opportunity to clarify their relationship.
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Chambre 206
Laurie Bisceglia
2025 - 17' - France
vo: fr
sub: en
After undergoing a torsoplasty, Clair no longer cares what the world thinks and is on the path to true self-acceptance.
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MIA MIO
Roxanne Peguet
2025 - 20' - Luxembourg
vo: en-lb-pt-pt
sub: fr-en
Mia finds herself in an identity crisis after an after-party. Her two best friends help her to make a decisive life decision.
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Dysphoria Mundi
Fauvitude Fauve Vanhaesendonck
2026 - 5' - Belgium
vo: fr
sub: en
Between destruction of administrative norms and animal complicity, a body refuses the dichotomy of mind/body in order to embrace a planetary 'dysphoria', defined not as a disease, but as resistance and a new way of inhabiting the world.
Cinema Galeries
Brussels
Cinema
Transconnections
Lucky, Apartment
Together for a decade, Seon-woo and Hee-seo have bought an apartment on the outskirts of Seoul. When Seon-woo loses her job after an accident, Hee-seo, still in the closet to those around her, must cover the loan repayment on her own. Meanwhile, Seon-woo follows a foul stench and finds the corpse of their neighbour, then becoming utterly obsessed with the dead woman's story. An intimate and enchanting portrait of two women on the verge of collapse: one haunted by her fears of living alone and forgotten, the other by society's expectations.
Cinema Nova
Brussels
Cinema
Lucky, Apartment
Conférence: La vie à l’œuvre. Entretien avec Didier Eribon et Geoffroy de Lagasnerie
On the occasion of the screening of La conscience politique, a portrait of Geoffroy de Lagasnerie directed by Léolo Victor-Pujebet, and the reissue of Didier Eribon’s biography of the renowned philosopher Michel Foucault, Pink Screens brings together these two major figures of contemporary thought for an extended conversation at Cinema Palace.
The discussion will begin with the fundamental question of the interplay between thought and life, particularly when those lives are queer lives. How does theoretical work take shape at the intersection of a personal journey, social experiences and a gay life? How can life nourish or embody thought? And, in turn, how can political, sociological or philosophical thinking radically transform a way of life, or even propose new ways of living?
This encounter builds on the questions raised by cinema when it goes beyond simply portraying lives or ideas and instead shows how thought takes shape through bodies, gestures and stories, making the screen a unique space for dialogue between work and existence. An encounter between art and life that echoes one of Foucault’s powerful final ideas, shortly before his death from AIDS, concerning the possibility of an “aesthetics of existence”: can we make each individual’s life into a work of art?
Didier Eribon is a sociologist and philosopher. He is the author of numerous works, including Réflexions sur la question gay, Retour à Reims and Michel Foucault, 1926-1984, a new edition of which has recently been published in Flammarion’s Champs collection.
Geoffroy de Lagasnerie is a sociologist and philosopher. His works include 3. Une aspiration au dehors. Éloge de l’amitié, Par delà le principe de répression. Dix leçons sur l’abolitionnisme pénal and L’âme noire de la démocratie. All three were published by Flammarion.
Cinéma Palace
Brussels
Conferences and conventions
Conférence: La vie à l’œuvre. Entretien avec Didier Eribon et Geoffroy de Lagasnerie
ÌFÉ: (THE SEQUEL)
A touch of Nollywood arrives in Brussels with this lesbian drama. Two women reconnect after a painful breakup. As feelings are rekindled, doubts set in and disrupt the established order. This is the first Nigerian film to feature a lesbian relationship. This production draws on a cinematic tradition that breaks with established norms and has enjoyed considerable success in recent years on the African continent and beyond.
Cinéma Aventure
Brussels
Cinema
ÌFÉ: (THE SEQUEL)
The Sassy Cabaret
L'Os à Moelle
Schaerbeek
Show
The Sassy Cabaret
Cruising
In order to investigate better a series of homosexual murders in Greenwich Village, a young cop (Al Pacino) poses as a leather-clad, mustachioed gay man. The film was very poorly received by the gay community at the time, and yet Friedkin does not denigrate homosexuality, or even sadomasochism. He even seems fascinated by a good old-fashioned fist-fucking in the depths of New York's darkrooms...
With Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen
Cinematek
Brussels
Cinema
Cruising
Funny Women Brussels Open Mic
What to expect? A hostess with the mostest and a rotation of 9 women comedians, rising stars and returning comets. No two shows are ever the same, and neither are the jokes — expect fresh material, sharp wit, and a few surprises along the way. We're committed to promoting comedy by women and encouraging more women to pick up the mic and test their funny bone.
Join us for a hilarious evening of comedy at the Funny Women Brussels (FWB) open mic! Get ready to flex those abs in the company of comedians who take the stage to entertain you with their wit and humor.
Funny Women started in 2002 in the UK, founded by comedian Lynne Parker to give women in comedy a stage and a platform of their own. Since then, it has grown into a European comedy community with local editions in cities including London, Amsterdam, Paris — and Brussels. Each city runs its own line-up and its own local flavor, but all are united by the same mission: promoting comedy by women and encouraging more women to pick up the mic.
Funny Women Brussels is the first all-female presenting comedy show in Brussels, created by a female comedian. Running since April 2023 at Kamilou café, each show features a rotating line-up of 9 women comedians — a dynamic mix of new acts testing out material and more seasoned performers from Belgium and beyond.
Organized by Heli Pärna and hosted by her or other MC's. the night moves at a fast, fun pace, with a warm and welcoming crowd cheering every comedian on. Whether you're a stand-up regular or trying it for the first time, expect a lively, feel-good evening built on one simple idea: comedy by women, for everyone.
Join us for a hilarious evening of comedy at the Funny Women Brussels (FWB) open mic!
Funny Women Brussels
Brussels
Theatre
Funny Women Brussels Open Mic
Feito Pipa (Gugu's World)
Gugu is 12 and dreams of becoming a footballer. He also loves to wear make-up, and lives under the wing of his loving and open-minded grandmother Dilma. The two share a quiet but powerful bond which protects them from the disapproval of Gugu's father and the community around them. But then changes begin to shake their daily life: Dilma is losing her mind, while Gugu, determined to keep their world intact, begins to worry about losing the only safe space he’s ever known. This tender intergenerational comedy was screened at the Berlinale, where it won several prizes.
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Cinema Nova
Brussels
Cinema
Feito Pipa (Gugu's World)
Modern Love
Kilómetro 9 o desde cuándo te parás a ver la ciudad
Mika Nivola
2024 - 17' - Colombia
vo: es
sub: fr-en
Wandering the sleeping streets of Medellín, two boys philosophise about their worlds and the desire that binds them.
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À quoi rêvent les Maknines
Sarra Ryma
2026 - 23' - Algeria - France
vo: ar-fr
sub: fr-en
Two young Algerians are about to leave everything behind and cross the Mediterranean. Over the course of one day, we join this unusual couple as they wander the city, sharing their passions and their fears.
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Fale a ela o que me aconteceu
Pethrus Tibúrcio
2025 - 25' - Brazil
vo: pt-br
sub: fr-en
Giu isn't entirely sure what's going on with Danilo, but he decides to tell his side of the story.
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The New Gardener
Ryan Parma
2025 - 16' - United States
vo: en
sub: fr
Larry and Leo's relationship is put to the ultimate test by the arrival of an extremely seductive young man posing as their new gardener. Sexy, quirky and deliciously kitsch.
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Intervalo
Roberto Fiesco
2025 - 20' - Mexico
vo: es
sub: fr-en
Carlos is desperate: his boyfriend isn’t replying. But Aurelio, a rather sexy taxi driver, watches over him all night long.
Cinéma Palace
Brussels
Cinema
Modern Love
BINGO DRAG with Raoul Les Mécaniques
Join us at LGBTQIA+ The Crazy Circle bar every first friday of each month to play together BINGO with the dragking Raoul Les Mécaniques. Numbers will be translated in english if needed.
Doors open: 6 p.m.
Sale of bingo grids: 7:30 p.m. (no reservations)
Show: 8 p.m.
All profits go to militant associations and/or queer people in need.
The Crazy Circle
Ixelles
Show
BINGO DRAG with Raoul Les Mécaniques
Visite Queering Bruxelles
Parcours Queering Brussels / L'architecture qui dégenre [ Durée : 2h ]Bruxelles a-t-elle une histoire queer ? Quels sont les témoins de la situation actuelle des droits des femmes* et des personnes queer ?Pouvons-nous déjà s’en réjouir et quel chemin reste-t-il à parcourir ensemble pour une ville plus vivable ?Départ : Place de la Bourse - 1000 Bruxelles
Le Rideau
Ixelles
Guided tours
Visite Queering Bruxelles
Perro Perro
While on holiday, Juan finds a stray dog. This man-animal, initially fearful, reveals a gentle, beautiful, tender, and docile side. Juan takes him in, bathes him, feeds him, and a mutual affection develops between the two.
In this delightfully absurd fairy tale, animal desires and instincts take on a strangely literal form, to the point that strokes on the belly and slobbery kisses on the mouth can become the height of homoeroticism. Sensual, funny, whimsical, fascinating, and unsettling, this film explores themes of relationships, polyamory, identity, and gender.
Cinema Galeries
Brussels
Cinema
Perro Perro
Hunky Jesus
Bless us, Hunky Jesus, because we have just the perfect joyful film for you! Combining activism, humour, and complete silliness, this documentary presents the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence through their famous and very festive annual Easter Sunday event, "Hunky Jesus". Discover the Sisters' story and the impact they have had in San Francisco and around the world. Let us pay tribute to these decades of service and resistance that help rekindle our faith in one another, as only the Sisters know how. And may the Church say, "Amen!"
Cinema Nova
Brussels
Cinema
Hunky Jesus
Pink Sceens Awards & Screening of Award-Winning Films
A number of awards paying tribute to Belgian and international queer short films
With the support of the National Lottery and its players, several awards will be presented: the National Lottery Award for Best Belgian Short Film, the award for Best International Fiction Short Film, and the award for Best Animated and/or Experimental Short Film.
In addition, the RTBF will present its award for Best Belgian Fiction Short Film.
Join us at the Nova Cinema on November 7 at 7:00 PM to discover the short films selected by our four juries!
A surprise screening that promises to be eclectic and vibrant!
Cinema Nova
Brussels
Various
Pink Sceens Awards & Screening of Award-Winning Films
Gueulante - Queers in the City
Les villes sont-elles cis-hét ? Comment les espaces urbains, l’architecture et l’occupation des espaces publics sont-ils pensés pour la majorité ?
Pour cette gueulante, nous vous proposons de discuter de la manière dont les existences minoritaires questionnent et, peut-être aussi, perturbent l’agencement des villes. Comment s’immiscent-elles, s’infiltrent-elles, s’installent-elles dans des espaces pensés sans elles ?
Cinema Nova
Brussels
Various
Gueulante - Queers in the City
The Crowd + Je veux qu'on se souvienne de nous
As his partner Raman prepares to leave Iran, Hamed organises a large underground farewell party in his family's abandoned garage. As friends gather for one last night together, they are still haunted by the loss of a friend, while Hamed's brother tries to stop the celebration by all means. Blending grief, friendship and the longing for freedom, this vibrant chronicle reveals a side of Tehran's nightlife rarely seen on screen and celebrates an Iranian youth that resists patriarchal forces through community, celebration and solidarity.
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Je veux qu'on se souvienne de nous
Hélène Giannecchini
2026 - 26' - France
vo: en-fr
sub: en-fr
Since the 1960s, Donna Gottschalk has spent her life photographing queer persons working-class queer people - figures that go unnoticed, who work and die alone. Using previously unseen archive material, the author, Hélène Giannecchini, reconstructs stories revealing this moment in our collective history.
Cinema Nova
Brussels
Cinema
The Crowd + Je veux qu'on se souvienne de nous
Pink Night
When it comes to the closing party, Pink Screens never misses a beat.
When it comes to the closing party, Pink Screens never misses a beat. As always, Pink Night is the long-awaited party where the night is bound to satisfy all your senses. This year, we're welcomed once again by Les Halles in Schaerbeek to dance all night to delicious rhythms and beats, house, pop, disco, and touch on some drifting technobeats — whipped up by an impressive Brussels line-up and a star from London's queer scene.
It’s bound to get hot, dress as you like, be as sexy AF and come shine your queer bodies on the dancefloor.
Feeling too overwhelmed, want to move to a different rhythm? Or just looking for a nice little spot to avoid the crowd? New this year: chill space.
Doors open at 21.30. Music kicks off at 22.00.
LINE UP-P-P-P
* MONSIEUR 7AWLI x PETITE FLEUR (DJ SET A/V)
* ELKKA (UK)
* LOVE CHAOS AGAIN: CLUB CHAOS vs. JO ONE AGAIN vs. LALALOVE
* NAZANIN
* PIXELS BY ORCARO / VISUAL RUBIX
* CHILL SPACE BY ISOUL
Monsieur 7Awli
Monsieur 7awli is on a mission to decolonize the dancefloor, serving up unexpected classics and well-kept secrets from artists across the SWANA region, sometimes unearthed from the deepest corners of the internet. Expect a surprising, percussive and punchy set. For Pink Night, he teams up with Petite Fleur (video) for an A/V set that will delight your ears and dazzle your eyes! Get ready to bust out your best dance moves!
Elkka (UK)
After inviting a London-based artist for the first time last year, we once again looked to the British capital this year. That's where we found Elkka, not only founder of the label Femme Culture, but also of the queer parties 'Prism of Pleasure'. Since we're suckers for a 'sweaty steamy love affair', there was no doubt in our minds. We're thrilled to present this Welsh DJ and producer, whose queer awakening happened in London. Her sound moves between anthemic, vocal-led euphoria and hazy, low-slung deep house — euphoric and sultry all at once.
Love Chaos Again
Love Chaos Again brings together three enfant terribles of Brussels’ nightlife, joining forces to bring the PinkScreens festival to a joyful close. The fusion of their worlds creates a new, hybrid and bouncy creature: soft-hearted, raw in energy, and fiercely eager to bring together all the queeros of the city and other galaxies.
Nazanin
You might already know Iranian artist and DJ Nazanin as Floèmee, her musical project whose single 'Bracts recall' is set to drop later this year. In her DJ sets, she takes you through bass-heavy, breakbeat-driven club music from around the world. She draws inspiration not only from the bass scene, but also from leftfield techno, experimental club sounds, and IDM, which occasionally creep into her sets.
TTTTTICKETS
Special price: 16 € — limted to 500 tickets only at our pre-sales counters at RAINBOWHOUSE, Rue du Marché au Charbon / Kolenmarkt: 22 & 23/10 → 15:00–18:30, 24, 26, 27 & 28/10 → 16:00–18:30, and later at Cinema Nova during the festival.
Regular tkts here: 19 € until full house (bank transfer costs included).
For purchases at the box office, Les Halles is open every Wednesday afternoon 14:00 – 18:00, as well as one hour before each performance. Those wishing to purchase tickets through ART 27 can contact Les Halles at reservation@halles.be.
Instagram links:
Monsieur 7awli https://www.instagram.com/monsieur7awli/
Elkka https://www.instagram.com/elkkamusic/
LalaLove https://www.instagram.com/laiss.lalalove/
Jo One Again https://www.instagram.com/jo.one.again/
Club Chaos https://www.instagram.com/club__chaos
Nazanin https://www.instagram.com/nazaninyalda/
Les Halles de Schaerbeek
Schaerbeek
Clubbing
Pink Night
Rawabet closing night w/, Deena Abdelwahed + Mezar + Lynn Adib + prnc
Rawabet — Arabic for ‘links’ — is an international project connecting Europe and the Arab world, with a focus on the Arab Levant, including all minorities.
From 5–7 November 2026, the 4th and final Rawabet Festival takes over Brussels for three days of live performance, music, multimedia, and conversation. Across the city, discover new works developed through the Rawabet production grant programme, bringing together artists and ideas from across Europe, in a space for encounters, exchange, and new connections across artistic practices, cultures, and borders.
FULL PROGRAMME >>
Organised by the Brussels–Beirut-based organisation Ettijahat – Independent Culture, the Rawabet Festival marks the culmination of a three-year Creative Europe programme (2024–2026). And what beter place than the Beursschouw-rooftop between the clouds and the stars of Brussels by night, to dance the final dance?
20:30 (open)
21:00 performance by Deena Abdelwaheb
22:15 performance by Mezar
23:30 performance by Lynn Adib
00:45 dj set by prnc
03:00 (end)
https://youtu.be/-LWXbUt2VPQ?si=2ZhleIW1y-nUNYFZ
Deena Abdelwaheb – Diwan Midi
Deena Abdelwaheb – vocals, computer music
Nidhal Jaoua – qanun MIDI
Imed Alibi - percussion MIDI
Widad Mjama – vocals
A contemporary exploration and reinterpretation of Arabic music via the Qanun MIDI, a prototype instrument developed at IRCAM. Deena Abdelwahed is rethinking the performance of electronic music by drawing on the intuition of Arabic music, a landscape where improvisation plays an essential role.
https://www.instagram.com/deena___abdelwahed/
https://youtu.be/2ntEOJoqKdw?si=g-kxNxcDH54GXznT
Mezar
Chakib Kouidri – vocals, cigare box
Elsa Corgié – keyboards, backing vocals, violin
Mounir Hachemaoui – bass, backing vocals
Pablo Giusiano – drums
Mezar plays a Bedouin blues, carried by a trance rooted in Afro-Oriental heritage. Vocals, cigar box guitar, analog-toned synths, bass and drums build a sound that moves between hypnotic and euphoric, in service of a heritage still very much alive.
https://www.instagram.com/mezar_______/
https://youtu.be/Bp6kTrjAvhI?si=s8FIzaG2yjw51aot
Lynn Adib – Malakout
Syrian singer, composer, and improviser Lynn Adib brings together jazz, Arabic traditions, and sacred forms in a distinctive, fluid sound. From maqâm and Byzantine chant to free improvisation, her music moves between traditions, cultures, and sonic worlds. For Malakout, Adib takes the stage with the musicians who brought her forthcoming album to life in the studio. Together, they revisit its repertoire in an intimate live performance where voice, dialogue, and collective expression meet. Rooted in spirituality, memory, and transformation, Malakout opens onto a rich and immersive sonic landscape.
https://www.instagram.com/lynnadib/
https://youtu.be/kyl4eVkxojw?si=YOsyOyrelugm5bel
prnc
prnc is a Palestinian DJ based in Brussels, weaving raw underground energy into sets that are as intimate as they are electric. Moving through driving grooves, trance-soaked rhythms, Arabic pop, traditional melodies, and fractured electronic textures, he builds sonic worlds where boundaries blur and bodies take over. For prnc, the dancefloor is a space for freedom, queer expression, and resistance.
https://www.instagram.com/prncjdg/
about
Ettijahat – Independent Culture was founded in Syria in 2011 and has since become one of the most active organisations supporting Arab arts in exile. With legal status in Belgium (ASBL) and deep roots across the Arab cultural landscape, Ettijahat operates at the intersection of two worlds – embedded in the realities of cultural production in the Arab region and fluent in the institutional logics of the European sector.
For over a decade, Ettijahat has developed sustained programmes supporting artists working under conditions of displacement, precarity, and political constraint, through residencies, production grants, mobility support, advocacy, and the creation of transnational networks. Rawabet is the most ambitious expression of this commitment to date, bringing together partners across five European countries to support emerging artists through a full three-year development arc.
This dual anchoring – in Europe and the Arab world – shapes the organisation's approach. Ettijahat neither imports nor exports culture; it works at the point where the two landscapes meet, with all the tension and possibility that entails.
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Photo Deena Abdelwaheb – ©Bachir Tayachi
Photo Mezar – ©Virgile Robert Leroudier
Photo Lynn – ©Alice Fave
Photo prnc – ©Yousif Lama
Rawabet is a project by Ettijahat Independent Culture and i-vzw, with offices in Brussels and Beirut, in partnership with Transversal, Voce, Masahat, Gezmataz, and Coculture, with the mission to support artists in and from Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan.
Rawabet is co-funded by the European Union.
Beursschouwburg
Brussels
Clubbing
Rawabet closing night w/, Deena Abdelwahed + Mezar + Lynn Adib + prnc
Mineshaft : The Cruising Murders
The production and release of William Friedkin's 1980 film Cruising provoked outrage and protest from some sections of the era's queer community. In Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders, Jeffrey Schwarz investigates both the controversy around Cruising, and the real-life murder which inspired Friedkin to make it. This captivating documentary shines a nuanced light on a complex matter.
Cinematek
Brussels
Cinema
Mineshaft : The Cruising Murders
Flesh and Fewl
Étienne is a truck driver and a serious guy, not very talkative, totally dedicated to his job. He is gay, but only permits himself occasional one-night stands in car parks or woodland. When Étienne meets Bartosz, a Polish trucker, new emotions make an appearance. Crushed by the relentless time pressure of their work, the two lovers will need a thousand tricks to meet again. Alexis Manenti's dazzling charisma fuels a film that is all the stronger because it operates on two levels, both romantic and social. This harsh and precarious world makes the perfect setting for an absolutely believable love story.
Cinéma Palace
Brussels
Cinema
Flesh and Fewl
TransPDBiGouines en short
English version to come soon
O Faz-Tudo
Fabio Leal
2025 - 6' - Brazil
vo: pt-br
sub: fr-en
Un homme à tout faire straight accepte de se laisser filmer nu à condition que la scène illustre sa chanson préférée.
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Magic 8
Robyn Faye
2026 - 5' - United Kingdom
vo: en
sub: fr
La séduction, c'est comme une partie de billard : de la casse à l’empoche, le regard se perd dans les braguettes.
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Gay Jesus
Aaron Jin
2025 - 6' - United States
vo: en
sub: fr
Jésus tente d'accomplir sa mission sur terre, mais il se heurte à des obstacles et des préjugés inattendus.
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MASC4MASC
Felix Augustin Greisinger
2024 - 8' - Sweden
vo: sv
sub: fr-en
Crise du désir, et de la masculinité, à la salle de sport.
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The Fling
Jemma Cotter
2024 - 4' - Australia
Sans paroles
Une comédie romantique horrifique queer dans laquelle la rencontre amoureuse se fait par des moyens plutôt monstrueux.
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A Synonym For Art: Andriniki
Kasey L. Martin
2025 - 5' - United States
vo: en
sub: fr
Ses tatouages racontent l'histoire de son corps et de ses changements.
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Splish Splash
Frances Arpaia
2018 - 2' - United States
Sans paroles
Une pool party trans dans les Hamptons.
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Shemergency
Paolo Acoogli
2025 - 3' - Italy
Sans paroles
Sher, superhéroïne trans, veille sur sa communauté queer lors de missions drôles et héroïques.
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L'Androgyne : Oh Jenny !
Kimura Byol-Lemoine
2026 - 5' - Canada
vo: en-fr
Une photo d'archive et les réactions qu'elle suscite auprès de différentes personnes.
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Jeanne Dieldoman
Anna Margarita Albelo
2026 - 3' - United States
Sans paroles
Jeanne Dielman n'avait sans doute pas pensé à cet usage de notre bonne vieille patate.
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Abjad Hawaz
Hadi Moussally
2026 - 5' - France - Lebanon - Spain
vo: ar
sub: fr-en
Le corps de Salma Zahore danse l'alphabet arabe, transformant une langue stigmatisée en un acte de liberté.
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ATTAGIRL!
Klimovski
2025 - 9' - United States
vo: en
sub: fr
Une femme trans se venge, dans une esthétique parodique des seventies franchement marrante et empouvoirante.
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Euteamo Euteamo Euteamo (...)
Boy Princess
2025 - 3' - Brazil
vo: en-pt-br
sub: fr-en
Dans un monde régi par une dictature queer, un couple cishétéro se bat envers et contre tout. Sci-fi déjantée et sarcastique.
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Ernesto Coyote
Lucie Donnet
2026 - 11' - Belgium
vo: fr
sub: en
Costumie·re le jour, drag king la nuit, Ernesto Coyote revisite et interroge la masculinité dans des performances qui mêlent acrobaties, danse et pitreries.
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Drama chez les queen
Heloïse Archer
2026 - 3' - Belgium
vo: fr
sub: en
L'inspecteur Poney enquête sur un mystérieux « meurtre » chez les drag queens.
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Les Monstres
Paulin·e Goasmat
2026 - 5' - France
vo: fr
sub: en
En panne de voiture, un couple redoute les monstres qui rôdent dans la nuit.
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Elvis the pelvis
Tom De Pékin
2006 - 4' - France
Sans paroles
Un clin d'œil de Pink Screens à Tom de Pékin, fidèle parmi les fidèles du festival.
Cinema Nova
Brussels
Cinema
TransPDBiGouines en short
Exhibition: Queer Resistance
What does it mean today to resist as a queer person? Queer Resistance brings together artists who view resistance as an ongoing practice: whether driven by anger or joy, collective or deeply intimate, rooted in activism, community, bodies, archives, and the imagination. From challenging dominant narratives to embracing failure, to envisioning alternative futures: the exhibition explores how artistic practices can become spaces of resistance. In dialogue with Radical Pillow Talk, it explores the places where the personal and the political intersect.
Artists: Nicky Lapierre & Nour Beetch, Juli Sando, Hélène Drénou, Norah Orrico y Grima & Charli Bourgeois, Bo Rainotte, Jeff Sermon, Styx Ca’Nox, Emperatriz Placido San Martin, Aizada Amangeldy + Bakai Abdykul uulu, Lou Soussane, Tom Desterke & Julie Boodt, Erwan Roussel, Tommy Danger, Yeongseo Jee, Mathilde du Ché, Rémo Rossignol, p3dale.de.Bxl (Léonce Lainé, Nathan Bédon-Rouanet, Paul Gérard, Toàn Daubin), Cee Füllemann, Violette David, Eloy Collado, Jonas Vanderbeke, Eddie Sim, Lion Ascendant Connasse
Lecture: Bo Rainotte, November 6 at 8:30 p.m.
Cinema Galeries
Brussels
Exhibitions
Exhibition: Queer Resistance
Iván & Hadoum
Iván, a trans man who works in greenhouses in the province of Almería, begins a simple and tender romantic relationship with Hadoum, a newly hired worker. When he is offered a promotion, the underlying relationships of domination come to the surface, challenging their relationship and making him question the man he wants to be. A film that mixes intimate and political with finesse and gentleness.
Cinema Galeries
Brussels
Cinema
Iván & Hadoum
Exhibition Opening: Radical Pillow Talk
What happens in the bedroom does not always remain confined to that space. Radical Pillow Talk brings together 7 artists exploring desire, fantasy, dreams, and the spaces of queer lives: bedrooms, streets, clubs, cruising spots, and imaginary landscapes. These places can offer freedom, pleasure, and escape, but also solitude, vulnerability, and danger. Marking the 25th anniversary of Pink Screens, this exhibition examines how dreams and desire can become radical acts, and how intimate fantasies can open up to a collective dimension. In dialogue with Queer Resistance, this exhibition traverses the intimate spaces where resistance can emerge.
LaVallée
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Exhibitions
Exhibition Opening: Radical Pillow Talk
Lido Pimienta
Botanique
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Concert
Lido Pimienta
Shakespeare Revisited
Belgian singer, pianist and composer Caroll Vanwelden has developed a musical language of her own, rooted in jazz and enriched by pop, chamber music and electronics. Her music is intimate, atmospheric and cinematic.
With Shakespeare Revisited, she gives Shakespeare’s sonnets a surprising new life as contemporary songs. No classical recitation, but music in which the words become lyrics for melodies that can be fragile and intimate, yet also powerful and compelling. Love, desire, doubt and the passing of time sound remarkably close, even more than 400 years later.
Together with Dominique Vantomme on keyboards & electronics and Jean-François Assy on cello & electronics, Caroll creates a rich and expressive sound world where voice, piano, cello and electronics meet.
An intimate and adventurous encounter between Shakespeare and the sound of today, somewhere between jazz, song and cinema.
The Music Village
Brussels
Concert
Shakespeare Revisited
Queer Writing Group
Passa Porta
Brussels
Courses and workshops
Queer Writing Group
FILM SCREENING ‘COWARD’ - Where cinema meets history
An Immersive Experience at the Crossroads of Cinema, History and Remembrance
Through COWARD, cinema explores the realities of the First World War, bringing to life the stories of an era shaped by conflict. Drawing on the collections, archives and historical expertise of the War Heritage Institute (WHI), the film’s artistic vision is informed by a close dialogue with history, grounding its fictional narrative in the historical reality of the time.
To extend this encounter between cinema and remembrance, the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History, located in the heart of Brussels’ Cinquantenaire Park, invites visitors to experience the history of the Great War from a fresh perspective.
In this remarkable historical setting, the film screening will be followed by a guided tour of the museum’s First World War collections. A temporary exhibition will further enrich the experience, offering a closer look at the world of COWARD and highlighting the War Heritage Institute’s historical archives that helped bring the film to life.
Bringing cinema and heritage together, this unique experience offers a fresh perspective on the relationship between artistic creation, historical research and collective memory. It is an invitation to discover the history of the Great War through the lens of cinema and the wealth of historical records preserved by the War Heritage Institute.
5:00 pm – Doors open
6:00–8:00 pm – Film screening
8:00–9:30 pm – Guided tour (FR, NL or EN)
First World War collections
Official COWARD temporary exhibition
The film will be screened in its original language, with French and Dutch subtitles.
Your ticket includes one drink and a snack of your choice.
War Heritage Institute (Royal Military Museum)
Brussels
Cinema
FILM SCREENING ‘COWARD’ - Where cinema meets history
Rimbaud - le spectacle musical - Première
La Station des Rêveurs
Schaerbeek
Show
Rimbaud - le spectacle musical - Première
Kelsey Lu
Botanique
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Concert
Kelsey Lu
Lara Fabian
She started singing at the age of eight and Lara Fabian has since become one of the most beautiful and popular Belgian voices of all time. Don't miss her concert at Forest National!
Lara Fabian has been on stage for over 30 years and has performed in the most prestigious concert halls in the world, from the Olympia in Paris to Carnegie Hall in New York. Not bad for someone from little Belgium! In 2025 she will play a home game at Forest National.
Forest National
Forest
Concert
Lara Fabian
MAD Parcours 2026
From Thursday 12 to Saturday 14 November, MAD Brussels presents the third edition of MAD Parcours, the annual event opening up Brussels’ fashion and design scene to the public. Over three days, Brussels-based creatives take over the city centre, transforming the capital into a vibrant creative trail.
This third edition brings together a diverse range of Brussels-based creatives across studios, boutiques, concept stores, galleries, showrooms and other iconic local addresses. Throughout the parcours, participating venues will host encounters with creatives, collection presentations, launches, demonstrations of craftsmanship, installations, as well as a selection of pieces and objects to discover or (re)discover and, for those who wish, to take home. It is an opportunity to step inside places that may be less familiar, meet the people shaping Brussels’ creative scene, and discover creations, collections and objects that reflect the diversity of approaches and expertise found across the city.
To help visitors find their way, MAD Parcours offers several thematic routes, allowing everyone to explore the city according to their interests. Independent fashion, collectible design, contemporary jewellery, contemporary ceramics or new creative addresses: each route highlights a different facet of Brussels’ rich creative scene, while encouraging visitors to venture beyond the usual circuits and rediscover the independent businesses that form part of it. A printed map, available at MAD Brussels and at participating venues, allows everyone to freely create their own itinerary and explore the city at their own pace.
Conceived as a journey of discovery, MAD Parcours offers a different way of experiencing Brussels: by following the thread of its creativity. The event shines a light on both emerging talents and established creatives, celebrates independent businesses and venues, and invites visitors to discover a local scene renowned for its diversity, boldness and spirit of innovation.
This initiative is supported by Entreprendre Bruxelles, Local Guide and the Alderman for Economic Affairs.
MAD Brussels
Brussels
Exhibitions
MAD Parcours 2026
DeserTGirlZ
Centre Culturel Jacques Franck
Saint-Gilles
Concert
DeserTGirlZ
Festival Mutation·S par Game Ovaires #8
Centre Culturel Jacques Franck
Saint-Gilles
Theatre
Festival Mutation·S par Game Ovaires #8
CAVE invites Kluster - Stranger Sounds (A little party never killed nobody)
CAVE invites Kluster - Stranger Sounds - Friday 13 November 2026
This November, we’re back at UMI… and it’s Friday the 13th.
For this special edition, we’re inviting our friends from KLUSTER Madrid and their resident DJ, Dave Urania. He’ll be behind the decks alongside emerging local talent Andy Bellini and our resident Thomas M. Together, they’ll keep you dancing and shivering all night long.
This time, we’re opening the main room and making space for play on the first floor: our secret playroom and the entire floor transformed into a cruising area.
It’s going to be a terrifying Friday the 13th. Get ready for music that will make you tremble and a night of fright you won’t want to end.
Because remember: A little party never killed nobody.
Behind the decks:
DAVE URANIA
https://soundcloud.com/dave-urania
ANDY BELLINI
https://soundcloud.com/bellini-andy
THOMAS M
https://soundcloud.com/djthomasm
https://www.djthomasm.com
Show your student ID at the entrance and enjoy one free drink (soft drink or beer).
Entrance:
Fast Caver: €14
Pre Caver: €16
Late Caver: €18
Door Caver: €20
Pre-sales only by Billetweb:
https://www.billetweb.fr/cave-stranger-sounds
All ticket sales are final. By purchasing a ticket, the customer accepts the CAVE Brussels Terms & Conditions:
https://cavebrussels.com/terms-conditions
For this edition, CAVE will make a donation to Le Refuge LGBTQIA+ in Brussels, which provides accommodation and support for young people from our community facing exclusion, family rejection or exile.
Because everyone deserves a safe place to be themselves.
You can lend a hand too.
Donate to Le Refuge here:
https://donate.lrlo.be/don2024/~mon-don
Have fun!
Cave Brussels
Brussels
Clubbing
CAVE invites Kluster - Stranger Sounds (A little party never killed nobody)
Les règles du savoir-vivre dans le société moderne
Théâtre Le Public
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Theatre
Les règles du savoir-vivre dans le société moderne
Rimbaud - le spectacle musical
La Station des Rêveurs
Schaerbeek
Show
Rimbaud - le spectacle musical
Le Sassy Show spécial Game Ovaires#8
Centre Culturel Jacques Franck
Saint-Gilles
Show
Le Sassy Show spécial Game Ovaires#8
Au Pairs
Legendary cult band is back in full force
Au Pairs is a post-punk band that was originally established in 1978 and soon became a true cult band. Legendary journalist Lester Bangs once said: “Last night I saw God in the form of the Au Pairs”. After a long hiatus, the band has reformed with a new line-up that includes original frontwoman Lesley Woods – once described as “one of the most striking women in British rock”. Together with Estella Adeyeri (Big Joanie) on bass, Alex Ward (known for his work with Thurston Moore and Pere Ubu) on guitar and Jem Doulton (also associated with Thurston Moore) on drums, Woods breathes new life into the band’s repertoire and underscores its continued relevance in a contemporary context. Au Pairs is known for combining politically engaged and feminist themes with a danceable sound, driven by a tight rhythm section and edgy, duelling guitars heavily influenced by funk. Their live shows are direct and compelling: rhythm-driven, tightly executed and focused on forging a strong connection with the audience. The result is a set that feels as urgent as it is intense, and leaves the audience energised and fully engaged.
Mek'dr'dr
Ancienne Belgique
Brussels
Concert
Au Pairs
Maria Arnal
Maria Arnal is one of the most innovative voices in contemporary Spanish music. Based in Barcelona, she blends electronics, avant-pop and traditional polyphonic music with projects at the intersection of sound, technology and art. Her work has received widespread acclaim and numerous awards, including the Premi Ciutat de Barcelona (2017), RTVE’s Ojo Crítico (2018), Premio Ruido (2022), Premi Continuarà (2024), an Honorary Mention at Ars Electronica’s S+T+Arts Prize (2024) and a Gaudí Award (2025).
She has performed at major festivals like Sónar and on international stages including TED Talks in Vancouver. In 2025, she presents new music at Sónar and appears at leading venues such as the CERN Art and Science Summit, the Venice Dance Biennale, Romaeuropa and Iceland Airwaves.
As a composer, she develops innovative works such as Flors de veu (2025), a mixed-reality installation using AI, alongside AIR (Venice Architecture Biennale 2021) and SIRENA (2022), a generative choral piece interacting with Barcelona’s data. She also co-directs Cada capa de l’Atmosfera (CCCB), a sonic essay on climate awareness nominated for two Ondas Awards.
In parallel, she collaborates closely with choreographer Marcos Morau, composing for pieces like Afanador, Sonoma and La mort i la primavera (2025), where she also performs. In 2024, she presented Maria CHOIR, and composed the award-winning soundtrack for Polvo Serán, as well as music for La Virgen Roja.
Her research into AI-generated voice feeds into AMA, her first solo album and international tour, released in February 2026 with Atlantic Records.
Botanique
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Concert
Maria Arnal
New York Our Time - Vivienne Dick
In the presence of the film director
New York Our Time (IR, 2020, 79', DCP) is an intimate and reflective documentary that celebrates both the past and present of New York's Lower East Side, as it was experienced by Dick after moving there in the late 1970s. In the film, Dick revisits former haunts and reconnects with a number of friends, many of whom continue to work as artists in the city despite rising rents and ongoing gentrification. The interviewees include photographer Nan Goldin and Alexis Adler, performer Lydia Lunch, visual artist Cynthia Sley, musician Pat Place, singer Felice Rosser, among others. A tribute to friendship, particularly women's friendships, as well as to community, artistic resilience, and memory in a rapidly changing urban landscape.The film is preceded by short-film Staten Island, directed by the artist in 1978.
The audience will be then invited to participate to the conversation between film director Vivienne Dick and Isobel Harbison, Irish art historian and senior lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Staten Island (USA, 1978, 5'53'', HD Video from Super-8mm) A low budget sci-fi short, where an androgynous alien, played by Pat Place, emerges from the sea to sift through rubbish on a beach. This film was originally intended to be part of a longer collaborative work to be made by a group of women called Les Guérilléres, after the radical feminist book of the same name by Monique Wittig.
Bozar - Centre for Fine Arts
Brussels
Cinema
New York Our Time - Vivienne Dick
MINDBLOWERS @ PRÓXIMAMENTE
VUB and KVS explore ghost memory and how memory and reality are shaped and reimagined from different perspectives.
What happens to stories that are not allowed to be told? To memories that are suppressed? Or to knowledge that has never been considered valuable?In this edition of Mindblowers, VUB and KVS bring together artists and researchers from Belgium and Latin America around the theme of ghost memory: stories, people and knowledge that have been forgotten, erased or pushed to the margins, yet have never completely disappeared.Through personal stories, artistic projects and academic research, the speakers explore what endures when people are forced to flee, when histories are forgotten, or when certain voices remain unheard. You will hear about Syrian journalists continuing their work in exile, a woman who was abducted as a baby during the Argentine dictatorship, forms of knowledge that have been pushed to the margins for generations, and artists imagining alternative narratives about the past and the future.Expect an evening of art, research and personal testimonies in which ghost memories take shape: things that seemed forgotten, yet never truly disappeared.With contributions by Claudix Vanesix, Claudia Poblete, Yazan Badran, Adriana Moreno Cely and Laura Vandewynckel. Speakers Yazan Badran is a lecturer and researcher at VUB. For Mindblowers, he draws on his research with Syrian journalists living in exile in Istanbul. Their story shows how knowledge, language and journalistic practices continue to exist when people are forced to leave their country. Through his research on media, politics and diasporic communities, he explores who is recognized as a legitimate knowledge holder and how stories, memories and experiences can cross borders without being lost.Adriana Moreno Cely is an activist, researcher and lecturer at VUB. During Mindblowers, she presents her lecture-performance PULPO. Using the octopus as a metaphor, she explores how colonial ideas about race, knowledge, progress and development continue to shape our societies today. Through storytelling, personal experience and critical reflection, she examines which forms of knowledge are recognized and which are systematically pushed to the margins.Laura Vandewynckel is a filmmaker, theatre maker and researcher. During Mindblowers, she draws on her project Let the Sea Take Away All Evil, set on the Brazilian island of Itaparica. Together with local artists and residents, she explores how hopes for change, progress and a better future take shape through stories, rituals and collective imagination. Her work examines how communities respond to social change and how stories help make sense of both the past and the future.PerformancesXenocene: A Manifesto in MotionClaudix Vanesix will share a lecture performance called Xenocene: A Manifesto in Motion."Xenocene" challenges human dominance over meaning by juxtaposing human “reality” with the "xenoreality" produced by an AI system. Is the world we perceive the only one that exists? Or merely one perspective among many, entangled in a post-human ontology where non-human intelligences also claim agency? ClaudiaClaudia by La Conquesta del Pol Sud is the second part of the trilogy exploring the relationship between history and identity through the story of Claudia Poblete.Claudia Victoria Poblete Hlaczik lives in Buenos Aires, works as an IT technician and is passionate about science fiction. Claudia leads a “normal” life, but behind this appearance lies an extraordinary life story. She grew up immersed in the values of a military environment, until, at the age of 21, she discovered that her biological parents were 'desaparecidos' (people who were secretly arrested, tortured and murdered under a military dictatorship) and that the life she had known was fabricated.Her case led to an important turning point in Argentina because it meant the beginning of the end of the military leadership’s impunity. Claudia’s life experience, which is communicated by herself on stage, is the primary material this theatrical documentary is based on. What do some individuals’ experiences have to do with us? What is the meaning of words like revolution, memory, and education today?
KVS BOL
Brussels
Conferences and conventions
MINDBLOWERS @ PRÓXIMAMENTE
