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
Zinée
Introspective and luminous rap, balancing melancholy, tenderness, and a quest for renewal
Botanique
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Concert
Zinée
A Good Man is Hard To Find
Dissecting the Mythology of Power
The performance takes its cue from the so-called ‘Cremationof Care’, a fantastical and decadent ritual allegedly organised by the private club Bohemian Grove in San Francisco. A ceremony in which the global political and economic elite are supposedly invited to rid themselves of their feelings of guilt. In a battered meeting room, the five actor-dancers dissect the mythology of power and lay bare the absurdity, illusions, initiation rituals and destruction that seem to define all these men — emotionally blocked somewhere between gods and teenagers. So imagine an office party at the end of the world, suspended somewhere between a Greek tragedy and a contemporary apocalypse, pop music and an epic symphony, at the intersection of dance and theatre, where beauty meets horror.
A Good Man is Hard to Find was the sensation of the 2025 Venice Dance Biennale. Hailing from London’s underground scene, Bullyache create hybrid works inspired by their working-class backgrounds and queer identity. A Belgian premiere.
BULLYACHE
Les Brigittines
Brussels
Show
A Good Man is Hard To Find
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
La nuit où il s'est réveillé
Théâtre Le Public
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Theatre
La nuit où il s'est réveillé
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
Ugo Rondinone - 'primordial (rainbow)'
Gladstone Gallery
Brussels
Exhibitions
Ugo Rondinone - 'primordial (rainbow)'
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
Fred Hersch
For decades, American jazz master Fred Hersch has been shaping contemporary jazz with a piano style defined by focus, vulnerability, and lyricism. With The Surrounding Green (2025, ECM Records), he adds a new chapter to his already impressive body of work. His signature velvety touch and flowing piano lines connect original compositions, arrangements, and improvisations into a whole that feels both natural and refined. Together with bassist Drew Gress and drummer Joey Baron, his partners on the album, Hersch brings this music to the stage. With rare ease, the trio unfolds rich, seemingly endless melodies in which no note is superfluous and every nuance matters.
album presentation: The Surrounding Green (2025, ECM Records)
Flagey
Ixelles
Concert
Fred Hersch
Deux Chevaux w/, Front de Cadeaux + DJ Bisou & Toirabat
At Deux Chevaux, lower tempos make dancing more intense, more vibey, more psychedelic. Dancing becomes a different kind of hypnosis, with new energy found along the way. Tonight Deux Chevaux founders DJ Bisou and Toirabat curate a night of downtempo dancing. They’ve invited Octopussy collective for the scenography and OG chuggers Front de Cadeaux to play an extended set on your rooftop in the middle of our street
Beursschouwburg
Brussels
Clubbing
Deux Chevaux w/, Front de Cadeaux + DJ Bisou & Toirabat
The Selkie Poetry Reading | Beauty and the Beast
La Balsamine
Schaerbeek
Show
The Selkie Poetry Reading | Beauty and the Beast
Los Ninos: Queer Berlin
Our link with the electronic music capital remains strong. So we celebrate the best they have on offer! Queer offer!
AAGUILAA; Dj Handbag; Immy
C12
Brussels
Clubbing
Los Ninos: Queer Berlin
Fire Island Polaroids
Made during Robert Andy Coombs’ 2022 BOFFO residency in Fire Island Pines, these Polaroids document friends, lovers, chance encounters, and the island’s landscape. Affection, desire, leisure, and caregiving unfold together in a personal account of his time there. The series engages with Fire Island’s history as a refuge for gay men, while drawing attention to the barriers that shape access to its spaces. In dialogue with Tom Bianchi’s Polaroids, Coombs contributes his own perspective as a wheelchair user to the island’s photographic legacy. His photographs explore how care and intimacy make room for connection and belonging. Robert Andy Coombs is a photographer whose work explores disability, sexuality, relationships, and care. Raised in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, he received his BFA in photography from Kendall College of Art and Design in 2013 and graduated from Yale School of Art in 2020. He was a BOFFO resident on Fire Island in 2022.
Robert Andy Coombs
Kaaistudio's
Brussels
Exhibitions
Fire Island Polaroids
Come Closer: Disability, Intimacy, Care and Desire
Come Closer: Disability, Intimacy, Care and Desire explores how we can rethink intimacy through the lens of disability justice. How can we understand bodily autonomy, communicate desires and boundaries, and recognise access needs as an essential part of intimacy? How can we build more accessible and affirming spaces that challenge ableist assumptions and the desexualisation of disabled people?The workshop also invites participants to question the idea that interdependence is a weakness, instead exploring care, support, and mutual reliance as meaningful parts of intimate relationships.Through discussion, performance, creative activities, and shared resources, participants explore the connections between disability, intimacy, care, and desire, with a focus on communication, consent, access needs, kink, and aftercare.Participatory and playful activities invite participants to reflect on how we can create more inclusive, accessible, and pleasurable experiences of intimacy, challenging dominant narratives around bodies, sexuality, relationships, and care.Antonella Candiago is a disability rights advocate working at the intersection of disability, gender, sexuality, and social justice. Drawing on lived experience and professional expertise, she promotes disability justice and sex-positive, intersectional approaches to bodies, desire, intimacy, relationships, and care. Her work focuses on disabled sexuality and intimacy, SRHR, sexuality education, and creating spaces where disabled people can claim autonomy, pleasure, connection, and self-determination.See read more for more information on the structure of this event and the accessibility information. Workshop structure1. Welcome and creating an accessible space Short video screening / text readingIntroductionAccess check-in: reflecting on what helps us feel comfortable and presentOverview of the workshop structure and available resources 2. Disability and IntimacyExploring key concepts and connections: disability, sexuality, ableism, stereotypes, representation, and pleasure 3. Exploring access needs in intimacy (activity) Reflecting on what helps people feel safe, comfortable, and able to experience intimacyImaging how intimacy can become more accessible and inclusive 4. Disability, desire, kink and communication (activity) Exploring sexual desire and kink as a topic connected to consent, negotiation, creativity, and self-expressionReflection game activity using images and questions 5. Aftercare and interdependence (activity) Exploring care, interdependence, and what happens after intense or vulnerable experiences – connection with collective care and disability justiceCollective closing activity focused on connection and meaning of care and interdependence 6. ‘Pillow talk’ with Antonella Optional one-to-one “pillow talk” conversations, informal chats, or activities using tarot cards, images, prompts, and other creative materials, while others can chill, explore resources and creative materials, or rest.Curated music mix by aQRium.brussels 7. Closing Final reflectionsSharing resources for further learning Access notesYou can participate by speaking, writing, listening, observing, or passing.There is no expectation to share personal experiences.Take care of your own needs during the workshop (movement, breaks, reduced stimulation, water, etc.).Different ways of communicating and participating are welcome. Our goal is to create a space where different bodies, minds, identities, and experiences of intimacy are respected.
Antonella Candiago
Kaaistudio's
Brussels
Courses and workshops
Come Closer: Disability, Intimacy, Care and Desire
̶P̶O̶V̶
Centre Culturel Jacques Franck
Saint-Gilles
Show
̶P̶O̶V̶
Les Volumineuses - Volume 12
VK - De Vaartkapoen
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Festival
Les Volumineuses - Volume 12
Bill Stewart Trio ft. Larry Grenadier & Walter Smith III
Jazz Station
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Concert
Bill Stewart Trio ft. Larry Grenadier & Walter Smith III
El Pulso del Agua
Zwart Huis is pleased to present 'El Pulse del Agua', the first solo exhibition by Belgian artist Nils Verkaeren. The exhibition brings together works from a long-term project (2018–2026) developed across diverse South American landscapes. Rather than originating in the studio, Verkaeren’s practice emerges through direct engagement with the environment, where painting becomes a physical and unpredictable process. Working in locations ranging from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Amazon to rivers such as the Río Magdalena and Río Cauca, he gradually shifts from observation to collaboration with natural forces. Water, climate, and time actively shape the works, leaving traces on canvases exposed to the elements. 'El Pulse del Agua 'reflects eight years of working in and with the landscape.
Nils Verkaeren
Zwart Huis
Uccle
Exhibitions
El Pulso del Agua
ANASTACIA
Cirque Royal
Brussels
Concert
ANASTACIA
Allie X
Serial Diva Tour
Allie X has really made her mark in pop music as one of the most unique and forward-thinking artists out there right now. You might’ve already seen her opening for artists like Dua Lipa, Troye Sivan, and Charli XCX.She’s known for her striking sound and visuals, and she’s deeply involved in every part of her work, from writing and producing her tracks to directing her own videos. She also fully crafts her visual world herself, from styling and glam to the creative direction of her album art. That hands-on approach sets her apart not just in pop and fashion, but also within the LGBTQ+ community, where she’s a dedicated ally. She’s organized charity events and has even appeared as a host on Drag Race.The Serial Diva Tour is the highlight of every Allie X era and feels like stepping into all her different versions at once.
Boyish
Ancienne Belgique
Brussels
Concert
Allie X
Strawberry Fractale
Strawberry Fractale is a reading. Strawberry Fractale invites the visitor to meander through a hybrid text that combines meditation, storytelling, soothing thoughts and protocols. Strawberry Fractale is an attempt at gathering words on neurodivergent speech, neuroqueer language, burnt-out brain fogs, exhausted embodiments. Strawberry Fractale is also about the practice of adding strawberry emojis, in our phone contacts, next to the names of people who are super loving. Florence Cheval practices artistic research & writing while, at home, peer-supporting two neuroqueer youngsters with chronic conditions. She explores feminist, queer & crip modes writing, publishing and translating in the field of contemporary arts. She currently develops support sCRIPtures, a non-linear artistic research on image description as a creative and collective access tool supported by the FrArt/Fnrs.
Florence Cheval
Kaaistudio's
Brussels
Various
Strawberry Fractale
Queer musical tour
A guided tour of La Monnaie alongside Sappho, Carmen and even Tintin’s Bianca Castafiore...
Opera singer, guide and drag queen Élysée Moon takes you on a surprising journey of discovery through La Monnaie. From baroque arias to disco hits, from harp to glitter — this sung tour resonates with four centuries of music history within the most emblematic halls of our theatre.
Along the way, you will meet numerous opera heroines and take a closer look at the role of cross-dressing and the layered representation of homosexuality within the art form, the gender-specific nature of instrumental practices and the fate of female composers. All this to the sounds of Mozart, Lully, Bizet, Gounod and Holmès, as well as excerpts from musicals and popular music, performed by Élysée Moon herself. Discover with humour the many links between opera and queerness, and how ideas about gender, norms and conventions have shaped the history of opera.
La Monnaie
Brussels
Show
Queer musical tour
Essyla
Release | The young Belgian singer will show on stage her new project «But Maybe Tomorrow»
Une voix, une force, une empreinte Finaliste de The Voice en 2021, ESSYLA s’est façonnée à travers un univers musical riche et varié. Bercée par la chanson française, elle s’est rapidement tournée vers les grandes voix du jazz, de la folk, du rock et du funk. Habitées par le groove et les sonorités envoûtantes des légendes américaines, ses influences nourrissent une identité artistique puissante et maîtrisée. Son anglais impeccable et son flow naturel impressionnent d’emblée, lui offrant une place singulière sur la scène musicale actuelle.
Son projet But Maybe Tomorrow, dévoilé lors de sa release au Botanique le 11 décembre 2025, promet d’être une révélation. À travers ses textes, ESSYLA renverse le décors de son Ep 1, elle plonge dans la phase inverse de l’histoire. De la confiance en soi aux doutes, aux péchés de l’être humain, on passe de la lumière aux couleurs plus sombres. Un message fort, porté par une voix qui l’est tout autant. ESSYLA est prête. Plus que jamais.
Botanique
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Concert
Essyla
Avant-première : Coward st EN
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
Avant-première : Coward st EN
Joyaux Lourdement Sous-estimés | Bast Hippocrate
Les Halles de Schaerbeek
Schaerbeek
Show
Joyaux Lourdement Sous-estimés | Bast Hippocrate
JOYAUX LOURDEMENT SOUS-ESTIMÉS
This piece explores embracing, as both a choreographic and a political practice.
On stage, two bodies, liberated from conventional notions of love. Presented by Swiss artist Bast Hippocrate, Joyaux lourdement sous-estimés [Heavily Underestimated Gems] portrays the relationship between two men who are drawn to each other, tear each other apart, and make up again, navigating self-discovery, physical exploration and romantic unease.
Platonic relationships, chemsex, polyamory – the two lovers search for each other as a storm rises against a backdrop of individual traumas. Engaged in a tender and sensual pas de deux set to pop music, the performers lead the audience into the heart of their exchanges of movements and words, revealing the pitfalls of the power dynamics that inevitably take hold.
How can we reinvent our way of being with others, of touching, seducing, and loving?
Five solidarity tickets at €5 will be set aside for each performance of performing arts projects (with some exceptions). Please email reservation@halles.be
This piece explores embracing, as both a choreographic and a political practice.
On stage, two bodies, liberated from conventional notions of love. Presented by Swiss artist Bast Hippocrate, Joyaux lourdement sous-estimés [Heavily Underestimated Gems] portrays the relationship between two men who are drawn to each other, tear each other apart, and make up again, navigating self-discovery, physical exploration and romantic unease.
Platonic relationships, chemsex, polyamory – the two lovers search for each other as a storm rises against a backdrop of individual traumas. Engaged in a tender and sensual pas de deux set to pop music, the performers lead the audience into the heart of their exchanges of movements and words, revealing the pitfalls of the power dynamics that inevitably take hold.
How can we reinvent our way of being with others, of touching, seducing, and loving?
Five solidarity tickets at €5 will be set aside for each performance of performing arts projects (with some exceptions). Please email reservation@halles.be
11 € / 14 € / 16 € / 18 € / 20 € / 22 €
Les Halles de Schaerbeek
Schaerbeek
Show
JOYAUX LOURDEMENT SOUS-ESTIMÉS
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
herhalde. & Kudur — queer meyhane
Meyhane means house of wine (originally in Persian: mey=wine, hane=house) and tonight Brussels' queer Turkish-and-beyond collective herhalde. invites their Berlin sibling collective Kudur to transform the beurscafé into a queer cabaret meyhane for a communal gathering around food, drinks, music and performances.
17:00 (open)
18:30 first round of performances
20:00 second round of performances
22:00 (end)
For decades meyhanes and gazinos also offered rare spaces where transgender and queer performers shared the stage with mainstream artists (despite periods of state repression). These venues became places of visibility, artistic exchange, and collective joy, showing how music has long created space for gender and sexual diversity.
Whether your drink is rakı, arak, ouzo, or rakija, it is about togetherness across borders and languages, around a table with good food, music, and a bottle to share. We meet to unwind, to celebrate, to mourn, to sing, to gossip, to dance, and to remember. These tables hold friendships, chosen families, and countless stories.
We will host a very queer version of this long-standing meyhane tradition. Come to sing your hearts out and get shamelessly drunk over your feelings. A meyhane is THE place to embrace them!
LINE UP
Queer artists from Turkey, now living across Europe, will take to the stage, highlighting the power of transnational queer solidarity.
Herhalde Meral
Meral, who never leaves home without a comb in her purse, brings together the hood, meyhane and melodrama around the same dining table. Arabesque, hilarity and queer joy recharge her. She embraces the familiar and tells common stories with more courage, more glitter and just a little “too much”. Cos’ the hood belongs to us, so are stories. Absofreakinglutely!
https://www.instagram.com/beratbbk
Beyefendi
Beyefendi is the product of a long line of people who danced while they suffered, sang while they cried, laughed when they were beaten down. He is the ultimate entertainer, a Kurdish village boy turned superstar, in touch with his feelings and always ready to have fun. And oh! Don't forget to hide your wives!
https://www.instagram.com/berfusr
DJ Ay Ay Ay
Berlin-based DJ and curator DJ Ay Ay Ay (he/him) is co-founder of the Kudur collective, a party series centering trans and queer artists of color. He is serving surprise gems, blending Turkish pop and nostalgic sounds with contemporary club music. Born in Turkey with an Armenian background, his work is shaped by questions of identity, memory, and collective belonging.
https://www.instagram.com/arikoz/
Gizem
Host of the evening is Gizem (they/she/he), the founder of herhalde., an anti-Turkish-nationalism community for Turkish speaking queer and trans persons in Belgium. They’re a community builder, a human rights professional, and an actor. They set up tables around familiar tastes, sounds, and words from home.
https://www.instagram.com/gizemuzbek/
food
Gizem from herhalde. will prepare an open buffet of typical meze to go with your rakı.
about
herhalde. is an anti-Turkish-nationalist trans & queer space in Brussels, active since June ’25. It’s the first space dedicated entirely to turcophone trans & queer persons in Belgium. herhalde. means slay! or of course! in Turkish queer slang, and ‘being in any way, shape or form’ in verbatim. It’s a compliment to affirmative solidarity and fluidity.
https://www.instagram.com/herhaldebxl/
https://linktr.ee/herhaldebxl
Kudur is a Berlin-based trans/queer PoC collective, active since 2022. It emerged from a shared love for Turkish pop and an appreciation of the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean musical cultures. Kudur" translates from Turkish as "go crazy”, embodying the turbulent, unruly nature of our events that challenge cultural and social hierarchies.
https://www.instagram.com/kudur_berlin
https://linktr.ee/kudur_berlin
Beursschouwburg
Brussels
Theatre
herhalde. & Kudur — queer meyhane
Melanie C - Sophie and the Giants
Energetic dance-pop rooted in the Spice Girls’ legacy and built for the club floor
Before she was Mel C of the Spice Girls, she was Melanie Chisholm — an 18-year-old dance student discovering rave culture in the early ’90s. Mesmerised by breakbeats, basslines and the sense of freedom on the dance floor, she immersed herself in the UK’s emerging club scene before answering a life-changing ad that would lead her to global fame with the Spice Girls.
With her latest album Sweat, Chisholm reconnects with those formative rave years. Recorded between London, Stockholm and Los Angeles, the record is a vibrant love letter to dance floors, community and joy. Blending Melanie C the pop icon with Melanie C the DJ, tracks like the electro-house title cut — sampling Diana Ross — and the glittery disco anthem Undefeated Champion celebrate resilience, movement and the power of music to lift us up.
Both euphoric and emotional, Sweat also embraces vulnerability, drawing from personal experiences and heartbreak while keeping the energy of the club alive. Since stepping behind the decks in 2018, Chisholm has played iconic venues from Ibiza to major festivals, bringing her love of rave culture full circle.
More than 25 years after the Spice Girls reshaped pop culture, Melanie C continues to evolve — as a singer, DJ and performer equally at home in underground clubs and stadiums. With Sweat, she celebrates every chapter of that journey: the teenage raver, the pop superstar and the artist still chasing joy on the dance floor.
Botanique
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Concert
Melanie C - Sophie and the Giants
Tomoki Sanders
Child of Pharoah Sanders and pivotal figure in Kassa Overall debuts on Brownswood Recordings
Tomoki Sanders (US) is the son of none other than legendary saxophonist Pharoah Sanders – who, along with John Coltrane and Archie Shepp, played a crucial role in the development of free jazz and spiritual jazz. Aside from their direct family connection, the two have something else in common: they have both previously performed at AB. Pharoah Sanders appeared here in 1999 and Tomoki Sanders in 2023, as saxophonist with the band Kassa Overall. Tomoki was also to be heard on the album CREAM (2025), on which Kassa Overall reworked hip-hop classics by The Notorious B.I.G., Wu-Tang Clan, Dr. Dre, A Tribe Called Quest, OutKast and Digable Planets in a jazz format. Tomoki’s debut under his own name will be out at the end of the year, on Gilles Peterson’s renowned Brownswood Recordings label, which has previously released work by Shabaka Hutchings, Tom Skinner, Zara McFarlane, Yussef Dayes, Kokoroko and Emma-Jean Thackray. Lastly, here’s a lovely quote: “Tomoki Sanders is a free electron who greedily explores Great Black Music, urban music, electronic music and the avant-garde.” (And now that you’ve reached the end of this text: be sure to also check out our (John) Coltrane 100-programme, marking the 100th birthday of one of the most influential pioneers in jazz history.) Line-up Tomoki Sanders: tenor & soprano sax Keyanna Hutchinson: electric guitar Ian Finkelstein: keyboardChristian Napoleon: drums
Ancienne Belgique
Brussels
Concert
Tomoki Sanders
LOU TROTIGNON
Cirque Royal
Brussels
Theatre
LOU TROTIGNON
Concert de Sébastien Delage
A hyperactive, autistic musician, Sébastien Delage has been writing, composing, and singing his own songs since 2021.
That same year, he founded his own queer label, Drama Queen Music, to escape the music industry's dictates. Since then, he has released one album a year, produced entirely in his small home studio with a sense of urgency and obsession bordering on mania.
He speaks candidly about gay desire, masculinity, mental health, and non-heteronormative romances, all set to an indie-rock sound that can shift abruptly from major to minor keys, and back again.
LaVallée
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Concert
Concert de Sébastien Delage
Mykki Blanco + Dida
The one and only Mykki Blanco dropped a new album on September 4th and is now touring Europe. THIS IS NOT A DRILL! Come get some, oh dear inhabitants of planet Brussels, for when Mykki speaks / spits / cries / sings / dances / loves / kisses / (redacted), we open our eyes and ears and (redacted).
Also, good luck getting that far because Brussels weirdo/genius (please redact) Dida will break your heart.
SEE YOU ON THE ROOFTOP OF THIS HOUSE
Beursschouwburg
Brussels
Concert
Mykki Blanco + Dida
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
Club Kid
A wayward thirty-something, part-time party organiser, part-time drug dealer, played by the director himself, suddenly finds himself with a 10-year-old son, Arlo, whose existence he was unaware of, and even though he was convinced he'd never slept with a woman. Forced to take care of the boy, he has to change his life, slow down a bit, and find other ways to deal with his emotions than the ones he puts up his nose...
A candid (and non-judgmental) portrait of the party scene, Club Kid explores the individual journey of its central character, torn between his love of clubbing and the demands (and joys) of fatherhood. A debut film that is both touching and hilarious, filled with iconic and memorable moments.
Cinéma Palace
Brussels
Cinema
Club Kid
Bearcave
Argyro, a headstrong farmer, shares everything with her friend Anneta, the village heartthrob and local manicurist. When Anneta announces that she’s pregnant and is about to leave the village with her boyfriend, a police officer, Argyro suggests one last adventure: climbing the nearby mountain in search of a mythical cave where, legend has it, women can be reborn... A journey that is both a spiritual and romantic quest. Drawing inspiration from ancient myths and contemporary realities, Bearcave creates a landscape of female liberation and forbidden desire, delivering a narrative that is at once poetic, sensual, and deeply queer.
Cinema Nova
Brussels
Cinema
Bearcave
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.
Cinéma Palace
Brussels
Cinema
La bola negra
STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS
LE FHAR - FRONT HOMOSEXUEL D’ACTION RÉVOLUTIONNAIRE — Carole Roussopoulos • FR — 1971 — 25’ — VO FR — ST ENIn 1971, for the first time in France, women and men marched joyfully and proudly, chanting: "Fags and lesbians onto the street." A strong assertion of identity and an encouragement to open minds.FERRO’S BAR — Collectif Cine Sapatão • BR — 2023 — 25’ — VO PT — ST FR The lesbian movement in Brazil was born during the military dictatorship of the 1970s with “Ferro’s Bar Revolt” - also known as “Brazilian Stonewall.”MANIFESTATION CONTRE LA RÉPRESSION DE L'HOMOSEXUALITÉ : JUIN 1977 — Dominique Poggi, Catherine Lahourcade • FR — 1977 — 22’ — VO FRIn 1977, at the initiative of the MLF (Women's Liberation Movement) and the GLH (Homosexual Liberation Group), demonstrators denounced the hatred against homosexuals and lesbians.
Cinéma Aventure
Brussels
Cinema
STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS
HABIBI, CHANSON POUR MES AMI·E·S + GOLDEN MIRROR
HABIBI, CHANSON POUR MES AMI·E·S — Florent Gouëlou • FR — 2024 — 79’ — DOC — VO FR — ST ENEvery month, the artists of Soirées Habibi perform at cinema-themed drag shows at La Flèche d’Or, a community-run, activist performance venue. Artistic cabaret coexists there with community outreach activities (pay-what-you-can cafeteria, outreach patrols, legal aid clinic). From group rehearsals to public performances, *Habibi, Chanson pour mes ami.e.s* offers an intimate look at the making of a show and profiles five drag artists and a community-oriented venue. It’s an opportunity to explore how one group’s social activism fuels another’s approach to performing on stage—all the way to the grand finale: a socially conscious, festive, and welcoming drag show.GOLDEN MIRROR — Nour Beetch, Nicky L. Lapierre • BE — 2026 — 18’ — FIC — VO FR — ST ENThe finale of an extremely intense reality TV show: Couenne and Colette face off after enduring numerous public humiliations. At what cost does "victory" come in the age of social media?
Cinéma Aventure
Brussels
Cinema
HABIBI, CHANSON POUR MES AMI·E·S + GOLDEN MIRROR
1er Jeudi du Pink - Club Kid Party
To kick off the 25th edition of your Pink Screens Festival, we’re bringing you, among other things, CLUB KID PARTY, a chance to bring our now-traditional first-Thursday party together with this striking and explosive film. The dancefloor at LaVallée, our new venue for parties and events, will be shaking to the sounds of funk, disco and techno. In collaboration with the film’s Belgian distributor, 18k.film. In short, we’re celebrating 25 years of queer cinema the way it should be!
LaVallée
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Clubbing
1er Jeudi du Pink - Club Kid Party
Get Animated
Cherry, Passion Fruit
Renato José Duque
2025 - 5' - Brazil - Portugal
vo: pt-br
sub: fren
In a mysterious rainforest, lust takes shape between love and pain.
Doug + Me
Cecile Fountain-Jardim
2026 - 6' - United Kingdom - United States
vo: en
sub: fr
A young director tells the story of her uncle, who died of AIDS before her birth, and reimagines her own history in the process.
Como nasce um rio
Luma FLÔRES
2026 - 8' - Brazil
No speech
In a world of plants and water, Ayla ventures into the unknown to explore her body and her desires.
Silent Waltz
Matthew Mapua
2026 - 4' - Philippines
No speech
At a train station, the shadows of two strangers too shy to speak express what they dare not say.
Whale 52 – Suite for Man, Boy, and Whale
Daniel Neiden, Bill Plympton
2026 - 11' - United States
vo: en
sub: fr
Drawing on the legend of the "loneliest whale," this story features a child with selective mutism, and an ageing widower. Bound together by loss and grief, they discover a magic pen and a diary that allow them to hear each other's unspoken cries and find their way back to life. Illustrations by the brilliant Bill Plympton.
Grand Dandy (For Ezra)
The Campbells
2024 - 4' - United Kingdom - United States
vo: en
sub: fr
A non-binary grandparent wonders how to talk about it with their grandson. A charming stop-motion film.
En Jeg Ser
Kauli Green
2025 - 9'Denmark
vo: da
sub: fren
Two lovers explore the boundaries between desire, intimacy and feelings when sex goes off the rails.
More than Happy
Tan Wei Keong
2025 - 7' - Singapore
vo: en
sub: fr
In a queer utopia, time stops for two couples as they converse, waiting for service that will never come.
Happy Ending
EunJu Ara Choi
2018 - 5' - United Kingdom
vo: en
sub: fr
Based on an anonymous online testimony from a Korean sex worker, this animation explores female desire and the complexities of living in a body that becomes the site of other people’s pleasure.
Tuna Tartare
Lena Greene
2025 - 11' - United States
vo: en
sub: fr
3036. A can of tuna and a fake Louis Vuitton bag dream of glory in a Los Angeles of trash.
La rivière des ourses
Anaïs Mauzat
2025 - 14' - Belgium
No speech
Mackenzie, a sensitive soul, stands apart in a community devoted to brewing a heady drink. A hungry she-bear approaches...
Bubonic Juice
Zazie Raxhon
2025 - 3' - Belgium
No speech
On her way home from a night out, Pepper walks through the city, which seems to be becoming more and more menacing.
Cinema Nova
Brussels
Cinema
Get Animated
Le CMT fête Halloween / Dark & Cult
Halloween – Dark & Cult
Two nights of terrifying cocktails: a VHS horror vibe, cobweb decor, blood-red lighting, and the "Bloody Kiki" flowing freely to set the mood.
We don’t do Halloween by halves here: come in costume—scary, sexy-macabre, or otherwise—anything goes, as long as it gives you the chills.
Belgium Bear Pride
Brussels
Clubbing
Le CMT fête Halloween / Dark & Cult
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
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
Elmer
The Netherlands’ rawest cabaret artist presents new album and show
“If you shout ‘fuck all men!’ then everyone joins in, but I don’t hate all dogs just because one bit me.”With humour, self-deprecation and sharp lyrics, Elmer deliberately plays with expectations around gender, sound and appearance, challenging the norm. Her unapologetic performance feels like a long-awaited breath of fresh air in the Dutch-language music scene.Elmer broke through, in 2021, when her song Je Vader went viral. After that, she was to be seen at Lowlands, Pukkelpop, ESNS and Boterhammen In Het Park. Humo wrote of Elmer’s album Platland: “A damn good debut album”. She toured Dutch pop venues in 2024 and 2025, and won an Edison Award for Best Newcomer.“Elmer has not only lived up to our expectations (yes, it’s raw, it’s crude, it’s hard), but also exceeded them with her versatility. She channels her emotions into such an impressive piece of musical cabaret hysteria, like no other”, said 3voor12 of the club show.In 2026, Elmer commences a new chapter with a new album, in collaboration with producer Wesley Fransen (Keenan Mundane) and with an entirely new live show. The album stems from an artistically multi-faceted and socially relevant theme: men. No pamphlet full of statements, but a personal exploration of masculinity in all its forms, contradictions and shortcomings. In the new tracks, criticism rubs shoulders with affection and aversion collides head-on with recognition. Elmer observes, identifies, laughs and spares none in the process. Least of all, herself. In the exploration of various perspectives, Elmer looks at the man with irony and criticism, but also with compassion. Because, who is there for them?In this phase, Elmer appears on stage as a washed-up crooner in a smoky jazz club setting. The show moves between confrontation and tenderness, and demonstrates that love and reckoning can coexist perfectly well in the same sentence. Don’t expect redemption, but rather a hand on the shoulder and room to doubt.“Als jouw leven een jas was, hoe zag die jas eruit? Stel ik pak ‘m uit de gangkast, wat heb ik dan voor jas vast?”Those who saw Elmer perform at Boterhammen In Het Park in 2024 will no doubt rush to buy tickets.
Keenan Mundane
Ancienne Belgique
Brussels
Concert
Elmer
Porn with a Difference
Slutty Guns & Dirty Boots
Mona Servo, Nour Beetch
2026 - 20' - Belgium
vo: en-fr
Scorching Camargue: two dykes on the run and an arm-wrestling contest. Standing in their way is Leather Fury, a hitchhiker with a sinister past...
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Fistule
Emre Busse
2026 - 17' - Germany
vo: en
The anal fistula serves as an absurd starting point that illustrates social fragility in the form of a raw and kitschy tragedy.
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Hey Everybody: Let’s Make a Porno! HELMAP #1: PornyDays
Mahx Capacity
2025 - 15' - Switzerland
vo: en
Bishop Black and Jamal Phoenix explore intimacy, consent, identity, and voyeurism in a live immersive performance.
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Bad Witch
altShift
2024 - 12' - United States
vo: en
Kali is a great lover, but a really bad witch !
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Cucked
Four Chambers
2024 - 15' - United Kingdom
vo: en
A journey into voyeurism, where jealousy slowly gives way to desire and reason to instinct.
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Occupied
Nova Lov
2026 - 20' - Belgium
vo: enes
This WC is on fire. Trans, faggots and dykes are cruising in filth and fluid desires. Come hack your weak spots.
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Parking Lot Prince
Brandon Oelofse
2026 - 6' - Netherlands
vo: en
A guy navigates apps, drugs and one-night stands. He builds an image of himself that he believes meets others’ expectations, but desperately longs for an intimacy he can’t seem to find.
Cinema Nova
Brussels
Cinema
Porn with a Difference
Cherri
Cherri
Cherri is gay, loves classical ballet, and has a figure that exuberantly celebrates curves. He directs a “plus-size” ballet troupe at a weight-loss clinic in Havana, while also caring for his disabled husband. At the same time, Cherri is head over heels in love with Tim, a charming yet manipulative security guard...
Bad Luck
A troupe of dancers, some living with disabilities and some without… A soloist is injured as the premier approaches, jeopardising the performance and the future of the troupe.
A moving film that explores the universal themes of erotic desire, self-acceptance, love, and loyalty.
Cinema Nova
Brussels
Cinema
Cherri
Exhibition: Queer Resistance
Maison du Spectacle - la Bellone
Brussels
Show
Exhibition: Queer Resistance
London / 0004NGEL
London
London, a young man living independently with a disability, works as a dom at a fetish club with his friends Luke and Lilá. When a medical appointment offers a chance to better understand his body and his disability, London hesitates. He fears that a diagnosis could reduce his identity to a blunt clinical label, endangering the freedom he has built for himself. Victor de Marco plays the main character in the film, which he also co-directs.
Selected for the International Critics' Week at the Venice Film Festival 2026.
0004NGE
A documentary featuring Angel, a sexcam model whose earnings help support his mother living in Mexico.
Cinema Galeries
Brussels
Cinema
London / 0004NGEL
Martyrio's saints & sinners: a southern gothic cabaret
UR Square is pleased to host Martyrio’s Saints & Sinners, a southern gothic cabaret experience. Join us for a campy evening led by junior pastor and senior drag performer Martyrio as a special prelude to Halloween. Tickets are available now through our online ticketing service.
Martyrio’s Saints & Sinners: Southern Gothic Cabaret
UR Square is delighted to present this campy, cabaret-esque evening led by junior pastor and senior drag performer Martyrio. Enter the catacombs of this glitz and glamour church and come get your communion.
Enjoy a carousel of Martyrio’s precious saints and tempting sinners performing their talents. Featuring a collection of international and national performers, from flamenco to pole dance tied in a bow of drag campiness as an amuse-bouche for your Halloween weekend.
Pricing: 11.00 EUR (Sinners - regular ticket) / 16.00 EUR (Saints - donation ticket)
Ticketing: https://fienta.com/martyrio-s-saints-sinners
UR Square
Ixelles
Show
Martyrio's saints & sinners: a southern gothic cabaret
Queer Moussem Festival
QUEER MOUSSEM FESTIVAL where chaos is art, clubbing is culture, and everything else is a beautiful mess...
Moussem is a community. Moussem is a sound, a smell, a memory. Bodies in motion. Brave men and fearless women dancing at the heart of it all, with pride.
Our Moussem is a trip back to the roots. seen through our queer eye, with our own twist. Queer Moussem is beauty, chaos, art. It’s us: queers in full motion.Bodies without censorship. Souls without permission. Our Moussem is a party, a blend of ancestral rhythms and collective trance, transformed into a unique clubbing experience.Expect sounds from Aïta to Mezoued, through electro and acid techno.
This is our reclamation.
This is our homage.
This is our beautiful revenge.
This is a new era for North African queerness.
This is Queer Moussem.
The second edition of Queer Moussem festival is a collaboration between Gazelle L’Hafla and Les Halles de Schaerbeek. A night of live music, performance and pure clubbing, bringing together a unique line-up of more than 15 artists from the Maghreb, the Levant, Europe and the US. This edition proudly welcomes:
Djs:
Aramana Khan
Entourag3: Redaddy B2B Eau Vive
Mamdouh313
Omar Zyami
BibilAAAA
Performers:
Sherine Falasteen
Vanity Dusk
Amin St. Laurent & Friends
Lily
Sheyma
Nassima Al Mascara
Haysa Falasteen
QUEER MOUSSEM FESTIVAL where chaos is art, clubbing is culture, and everything else is a beautiful mess...
Moussem is a community. Moussem is a sound, a smell, a memory. Bodies in motion. Brave men and fearless women dancing at the heart of it all, with pride.
Our Moussem is a trip back to the roots. seen through our queer eye, with our own twist. Queer Moussem is beauty, chaos, art. It’s us: queers in full motion.Bodies without censorship. Souls without permission. Our Moussem is a party, a blend of ancestral rhythms and collective trance, transformed into a unique clubbing experience.Expect sounds from Aïta to Mezoued, through electro and acid techno.
This is our reclamation.
This is our homage.
This is our beautiful revenge.
This is a new era for North African queerness.
This is Queer Moussem.
The second edition of Queer Moussem festival is a collaboration between Gazelle L’Hafla and Les Halles de Schaerbeek. A night of live music, performance and pure clubbing, bringing together a unique line-up of more than 15 artists from the Maghreb, the Levant, Europe and the US. This edition proudly welcomes:
Djs:
Aramana Khan
Entourag3: Redaddy B2B Eau Vive
Mamdouh313
Omar Zyami
BibilAAAA
Performers:
Sherine Falasteen
Vanity Dusk
Amin St. Laurent & Friends
Lily
Sheyma
Nassima Al Mascara
Haysa Falasteen
Les Halles de Schaerbeek
Schaerbeek
Clubbing
Queer Moussem Festival
BIKECHESS
In this Kazakh comedy-drama, Dina, a journalist, spends her time covering absurd or trivial stories, thus fueling state propaganda in hopes of landing a government job. In parallel, her sister Zhanna, a queer feminist activist, faces daily persecution from the authorities. This is a gentle satire that composes its message in successive layers, but despite the sisterly bond, it leaves behind a bitter taste of social violence.
Cinéma Aventure
Brussels
Cinema
BIKECHESS
JOHAN, JOURNAL INTIME HOMOSEXUEL D’UN ÉTÉ 75
A documentary unlike any other—a film-within-a-film that explores the gay scene in France in the mid-1970s. We never get to see the handsome and unsettling Johan, and for good reason: Johan is in prison. He was supposed to be the lead actor in the film a young filmmaker wants to shoot. He tries to find a replacement for Johan, wandering through Paris with his camera, capturing a gay community that was still largely underground. Part docu-fiction, part video diary, this work is about romantic and sexual fantasies.
Cinéma Aventure
Brussels
Cinema
JOHAN, JOURNAL INTIME HOMOSEXUEL D’UN ÉTÉ 75
La Demence: 37th Anniversary Opening Party
La Demence
Brussels
Clubbing
La Demence: 37th Anniversary Opening Party
Bryana Fritz, Stefa Govaart & Chloe Chignell — BEGIN / The Mirror
BEGIJN / SIMPLE SOULS
BEGUINE / The Lesbians
BEGOUINE / IN HUMILITY
BEGUINE / DEATH OF REASON
BEGIJN / NEGATIVE THEATER
BEGIN / OBLIVION,
FORGOTTON
BEGIN / The Mirror resurrects the history of Medieval beguine communities: lay religious women who were living, working, and practicing their faith together in urban centers throughout the former Low Countries starting in the 12th century. The performance is devoted to a book written by the beguine Marguerite Porete (ca. 1250-1310) entitled The Mirror of the Simple Souls Who Are Annihilated and Remain Only in Will and Desire of Love.
Written in the vernacular and in the form of a play between the characters Love, Reason, and the Soul, Porete lays out seven stages of love that a soul must pass through in order to achieve its total annihilation and complete union with god. Bypassing the papal-monarchal powers of her time by offering women direct access to the divine, the book was condemned in Cambrai, set to flames in Valenciennes, and eventually Porete herself was burned at the stake in Paris.
Through dance, sound, and text, BEGIN / The Mirror embodies each of Porete’s seven stages to explore the movements of medieval mysticism, the spiritual practice of radical love, and the political dimensions of self-annihilation. Cutting through the fabric of centuries to translate, in all our humbleness and by the graces of collectivity, this fated text.
about
Bryana Fritz is a choreographer, dancer, and writer based in Marseille, with a deep interest in medieval history, fanfiction, media studies, theology, and histories of illiteracy. Her work situates itself at the intersection between literature and performance, and often does so in duet with the user interface of OS X (like hereschouwburg in 2017). She is engaged in a long-term research and performance project entitled Submission Submission, a feminist hagiographic codex which seeks to portray the subversive lives of Medieval women saints (which we also loveschouwburg). Since 2016, she has been collaborating with Henry Andersen on a a semi-fictional reading group under the moniker Slow Reading Club (and guess whatschouwburg).
https://www.instagram.com/bryana_fritz/
Stefa Govaart is a performance artist based in Brussels. Their work is embedded in collaboration, dialogue and entrustment. Govaart performed for Oscar Murillo, Eszter Salamon, Claudia Pagès Rabal, PRICE, among others. The piece EEE (...till hell freezes over) is a collaboration across performance (Luka Švajda, Lana Hosni, Theo Livesey, Stefa Govaart), visual arts (Marko Gutić Mižimakov) and music (Leila Bordrueil), and premiered at Cultural Center Travno in Zagreb in February 2025. They teach in the Theory program of P.A.R.T.S. (Brussels), and they are a founding member of Sex Negativity, a research group at Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis. Govaart holds MA's in Cultural Analysis (University of Amsterdam) and Performance Studies (New York University).
https://www.instagram.com/stefagovaa/
Chloe Chignell is an artist working across text, choreography and publishing. Her work focuses on language within a choreographic frame and invests in writing as a body building practice. Chloe graduated from a.pass (BE, 2020) and from the research cycle at P.A.R.T.S (BE, 2018). Since 2019, Chloe co-runs rile a bookshop and project space for publication and performance with Sven Dehens. Her work has been presented across Europe and Australia, including at Saal Biennale (ES 2021), Moving Words Festival (NO 2021), QL2 (AU 2022), and here at welcomebackschouwburg just last year. Her first book was published with uhbooks in 2020 under the title The Complete Text Would Be Insufferable. She currently teaches in the BA and MA dance programs at ISAC (BE) and P.A.R.T.S. (BE).
http://instagram.com/chloechignell/
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Choreography and Performance Bryana Fritz, Stefa Govaart, Chloe Chignell Dramaturgy Thibault Lac, Simon Asencio, Andrea Rodrigo Light Design Alice Panziera Sound Design Liew Niyomkarn Head of technique Héloïse Evano
Production QWERTY / Elissa Kollyris Coproduction Espace Pier Paolo Pasolini – Valenciennes, Kunstencentrum BUDA – Kortrijk, NEXT FESTIVAL, Pavillon ADC – Genève, La Briqueterie – CDCN du Val-de-Marne, Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER – Gent, Klosterruine – Berlin
Support Fonds Transfabrik – French-German fund for the live arts, Mondes Nouveaux – program of the French Ministry of Culture, Kunsten Decreet Vlaanderen – Department of Culture, Stiftung Kunstfonds - German Federal Government fund for Culture and Media
images © Julie Folly
Beursschouwburg
Brussels
Show
Bryana Fritz, Stefa Govaart & Chloe Chignell — BEGIN / The Mirror
Playfight @ Beautiful Things
Playfight is a ground fighting sport where the aim is not to win, but to explore your body, your emotions, and the energy of your partner. The dynamics are primal, instinctive, childish, sensual, top or bottom, allowing everyone to express their energy, their limits and their consent through mutual listening and consciousness. Beautiful Things is a sex-positive non-profit, promoting more ethical, inclusive and ecological intimacy, centered on consent.
Genres d'à côté - Pink Screens
Brussels
Sport
Playfight @ Beautiful Things
Interactive Virtual Reality:- the experience Lesbian Simulator
The Lesbian Simulator is an interactive VR experience inviting you to see the world through the eyes of a lesbian girl. Exploring love, sexuality, discrimination and the violence lesbians still face today, it remains an uplifting experience full of joy, humour and a touch of glitter!
From 30 October to 1 November, in FR, NL and EN. Booking info on our website.
LaVallée
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Various
Interactive Virtual Reality:- the experience Lesbian Simulator
D'amours et de hasards
The fishbowl girl
Hung YI WU
2024 - 21' - Taiwan
vo: zh-hans
sub: fr- en
An erotic massage at a specialized salon breaks the ice and awakens the senses.
I'm the Most Racist Person
Leela Varghese
2025 - 13' - Australia
vo: en
sub: fr
A bartender and a customer share their experiences as women of colour. Their conversation takes an unexpected turn…
The Second Time Around
Jack Howard
2025 - 12' - United Kingdom
vo: en-gb
sub: fr
On a rainy night, a waitress crosses paths with a mysterious older woman while closing her café. One of those encounters that defy time and change a life.
Fish & Chips
Macadie Amoroso
2026 - 13' - United Kingdom
vo: en
sub: fr
Fab is planning a surprise for Cassie for their first anniversary, but Cassie's bad day sparks a heated argument over dinner choices.
Où vont les castors?
Margot Sylvestre
2025 - 28' - France
vo: fr
sub: en
In the form of a diary, the director retraces the emergence of her lesbian desire and reflects on the possibility of building her own refuge elsewhere, like a beaver building its lodge far from danger.
Cinema Nova
Brussels
Cinema
D'amours et de hasards
Bruxelles sous les projecteurs
Pro Velo
Ixelles
Guided tours
Bruxelles sous les projecteurs
Born in Flames
Ten years after the socialist revolution in the USA, the structures of patriarchal society are still in place. A diverse range of women's groups, despite their differences (in race, class and sexuality) take up the struggle. They mobilise and establish a dynamic, varied and non-hierarchical network to resist police assaults. The movement keeps growing despite some internal tension, and takes direct action to topple the current system. This cult film is a must-see for any activist and feminist!
Guest: Daniel Paris-Clavel
Cinema Nova
Brussels
Cinema
Born in Flames
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
In the midst of a storm, Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon), newlyweds and terribly uptight, enter the strange mansion of Dr Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), a transvestite scientist. They lose their innocence as they encounter a series of eccentric characters and Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named ‘Rocky’. Unbelievably cult
Cinéma Palace
Brussels
Cinema
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Summer Drift
It's summertime in Geneva and Johanna isn't going on vacation. While she's considering getting rid of her old VW Beetle, she decides to bring it back to life to take on the automotive world that rejected her. This high-octane comedy gently navigates issues of trans-identity, lesbianism and masculinity. Brilliant in its sense of the absurd, drifting, and controlled skids, Virages strips apart the mechanics of liberation and oppression. In late capitalism, this breath of fresh air rings like a call to escape. Punk’s not dead.
Cinema Nova
Brussels
Cinema
Summer Drift
CHEMSEX. Un viaje al Interior
This documentary film delves into the experience of chemsex from an intimate, social, and deeply human perspective. The testimonies of users, expert voices, and the shared experience of a session reveal where pleasure, desire, substances, sexuality, and the search for connection intersect.
An emotional and collective journey that, without judgement or sensationalism, seeks to better understand a complex reality.
Cinema Galeries
Brussels
Cinema
CHEMSEX. Un viaje al Interior
Performance - ANAL Pompidou (a bottom-up initiative)
Somewhere deep inside the asshole of performance-artist Simon Van Schuylenbergh you can find a brand new cultural hub called ‘Anal Pompidou’. If you open-up a little more and go even deeper, the topics go further and the performances are wilder, there might be some audience participation of the worst kind, alongside an artisanal bakery and a weird collaboration with the quartier.
Anal Pompidou reflects on the rise and fall of cultural mastodons like KANAL Pompidou, the brand new museum, promised for more than 10 years to the citizens of Brussels in the old Citroën garage, pseudo-financed by a bankrupt Brussels Government. Anal offers you in
style some of the paradoxes the museum symbolizes and the effect it has on art-making and the community it promises to create.
Each night Anal opens the space, and brings 3 different artists active within the Brussels art-field. An eclectic mix of Theater, Dance, performance and visual arts put together in a cabaret setting.
Expect D.I.Y. special effects, meets homosexual desires, meets institutional-diarrhea, meets chaotic energy, meets unsubsidised haemorrhoids, meets you, the audience in the intimacy of the moment.
“i’m so high on art, but so low on money. High meets low, low meets high, where am i?”
Anal Pompidou (the alter-ego of Simon Van Schuylenbergh)
LaVallée
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Show
Performance - ANAL Pompidou (a bottom-up initiative)
Lignes de fuite
I Want My Inner Dog To Wear Pearls
Valeriu Andrisca
2025 - 37' - Belgium
vo: en-ro
sub: fr-nl
While staying in Romania, siblings Victor and Alexandra discover that the weaving trade, a part of their family history, can offer a space for debates about gender, tradition and resistance. Facing hostility from the villagers, they will understand the importance of queer solidarity.
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Ceasefire, they are crossing
Tony Mouawad
2025 - 33' - Belgium - Lebanon
vo: ar
sub: fr-en
In Beirut, Jado, a 57-year-old trans woman and a leading figure in the LGBTQIA+ community, has to fight every day just to survive.
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KOTOWARI
Coralie Watanabe Prosper
2025 - 23' - France
vo: ar-zh-hant-fr-ja-sr
sub: fr-en
An anxiety‑filled day at the immigration counter. An exploration of the fragile spaces between identity, belonging, and the social structures that shape our lives.
Cinema Nova
Brussels
Cinema
Lignes de fuite
Young and Strong
Yellow Bucket
Simon Brooke
2025 - 15' - United Kingdom
vo: en
sub: fr
Connor, a gay teenager, clashes with his parents over the use of a pseudoscientific method capable of steering their other child's sexuality.
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Holy Curse
Snigdha Kapoor
2025 - 16' - India - United States
vo: en-hi
sub: fren
While on a trip to India, 11-year old Radha begins to question their gender identity. Radha's family uses orthodox rituals in an attempt to correct what they do not understand.
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Everything Between Us
Ilgin G Korugan
2025 - 17' - Turkey
vo: tr
sub: fr-en
Alienated by bullies at school and her strict mother, Azra seeks solace in a young girl with whom she develops unspoken bonds.
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Maailma odotti paikoillaan
Elise Celestia
2025 - 15' - Finland
vo: fi
sub: fr-en
Young trans woman Myrsky searches for her place in the world and dreams of running away, until the love of her friends makes her rethink the meaning of home.
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APRIL
Corona Alonso Rebaque - Carmen Meitín Moreno
2026 - 7' - Spain
No speech
April, a happy little witch, is getting everything ready for a surprise birthday party for her girlfriend. Unfortunately, their cat has other plans.
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Noé s'envole
Simon Helloco
2025 - 25' - Belgium - France
vo: fr
sub: en
With his best friend Tom, Noé creates whimsical, homemade videos. When a real film is being made in the locality, he sees a change to reveal to Tom the true nature of his feelings.
Cinema Galeries
Brussels
Cinema
Young and Strong
Lectures Lesbiennes : Lesbiennes alternatives
Le thème cette année du collectif We Belong Together sera "Lesbiennes alternatives", une plongée dans des textes abordant les conditions des gouines dans les marges, aux expériences et matérialités diverses et plurielles, avec aussi bien des textes d'archives que contemporains.
Cinema Nova
Brussels
Various
Lectures Lesbiennes : Lesbiennes alternatives
BETWEEN DREAMS AND HOPE
Azad, a transgender man, and his partner Nora are in love and live in Tehran, surrounded by a circle of friends who serve as both a refuge and a family to them. To formalize his transition, Azad must obtain his father’s consent. Forced to confront a difficult past and a hostile family environment, the couple sets off for Azad’s hometown, located in a remote region. But this return and this reunion don't go well at all... A powerful and sensitive story about identity, love, and the resilience of a queer couple in the face of physical, psychological, and institutional violence
Cinéma Aventure
Brussels
Cinema
BETWEEN DREAMS AND HOPE
L’ENQUÊTE DE MON CŒUR
All the evidence and all the witnesses confirm it's true: this winter I had a love affair with the wonderful Bruno, young enough to be my grandson. But I can't remember it. Why this amnesia of the last three months? Bruno has gone back home to Brazil, and I am trying to piece together and virtually relive what happened, thanks to the videos on my camera, my journal, and the tales a few friends can tell me. Documentary or fiction? Who cares! Philippe Vallois tenderly reconstructs a beautiful, unlikely but true love story.
Cinéma Aventure
Brussels
Cinema
L’ENQUÊTE DE MON CŒUR
La Demence
La Demence
Brussels
Clubbing
La Demence
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
Montréal, ma belle
An immigrant mother feels isolated in her well-established daily life in Montreal. Between her husband, their two children, and running her business, life leaves no room for her own aspirations, until her desire is reignited by a conversation on a dating app. An opportunity to reclaim it.
Cinema Galeries
Brussels
Cinema
Montréal, ma belle
Gueulante - Labeur Queer
Cinema Nova
Brussels
Various
Gueulante - Labeur Queer
Adam's Apple / Dickflip
The culmination of two decades of work, Adam’s Apple is the result of a unique familial and artistic collaboration. Filmmaker Amy Jenkins tenderly documented her son’s gender transition from early childhood through college. Adam shares his story with remarkable maturity and sincerity, contributing to the film through his own footage and music. A rare and intimate portrait of a family in transition.
Cinema Nova
Brussels
Cinema
Adam's Apple / Dickflip
