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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
Bruxelles sous les projecteurs
Pro Velo
Ixelles
Guided tours
Bruxelles sous les projecteurs
La Demence
La Demence
Brussels
Clubbing
La Demence
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
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
Gaylloween party by la Croque monsieur bagheera brussels | entree gratuite avant 22:00
When the clock strikes eleven, it is time to unleash your dark side on the dance floor. Vampires, devils and mysterious strangers. Who will you bump into after midnight?
Gather your friends, bring your most spellbinding look and dance with us until 4 AM. Tonight, the only thing worth fearing is missing the party.
SATURDAY 31.10.2026 LGBTQIA+ EVENT IN BRUSSELS
GAYLLOWEEN PARTY by La CROQUE MONSIEUR
FREE ENTRY BEFORE 10 PM
Bagheera Brussels | Sat. 31.10
Free entry if you arrive before 10 PM and download your free ticket via Partyfinder
https://www.partyfinder.com/en/event/17873
Facebook
https://fb.me/e/bsADKa1dx
CROQUE MONSIEUR x BAGHEERA
GAYLLOWEEN NIGHTLIFE PARTY
This Halloween, La Croque invites you to a night of thrilling encounters, irresistible looks and dancing until late.
Join us at Bagheera in Uccle, where cosy corners, dim lighting and an intimate atmosphere set the scene for a devilishly good night. Come with your friends, meet someone new and let the Halloween magic take over.
9:30 PM TO 4 AM LETS PARTY
When the clock strikes eleven, it is time to unleash your dark side on the dance floor. Vampires, devils and mysterious strangers. Who will you bump into after midnight?
Gather your friends, bring your most spellbinding look and dance with us until 4 AM. Tonight, the only thing worth fearing is missing the party.
WHAT TO EXPECT
A cosy venue with dim lighting and plenty of Halloween charm.
New faces, flirtatious moments and unexpected connections.
Music, dancing and a party that continues until 4 AM.
The perfect opportunity to show off your darkest, boldest or most seductive Halloween look.
Saturday 31 October 2026
Bagheera
Chaussée de Waterloo 782
1180 Uccle
GAYLLOWEEN PARTY
9:30 PM to 4 AM
LGBTQIA+ party. Everyone is welcome.
A little thrill. A little flirt. A whole night to remember.
Saturday 31 October 2026
Bagheera
Chaussée de Waterloo 782
1180 Uccle
Bagheera
Uccle
Clubbing
Gaylloween party by la Croque monsieur bagheera brussels | entree gratuite avant 22:00
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
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
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
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
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
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)'
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
Podcast Ilis Herstory
Lesbians have always got involved in every struggle, but they are forgotten and erased from history. The International Lesbian Information Service, a network founded in 1980, undeniably made a big contribution to visibility and progress on rights. But who's heard of ILIS?
After listening to an episode from the podcast, a Q+R with the audience will follow: lesbian genius versus invisibility, letting go of mixed-gender work? Because histories repeat, it's up to us to make HERstory today!
https://shows.acast.com/ilis-herstory/episodes/ilis-herstory (fr)
LaVallée
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Various
Podcast Ilis Herstory
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
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.
Cinema Galeries
Brussels
Cinema
Club Kid
Tiger
Taiga, known as “Tiger,” works at a men-only massage parlor. He hopes to use his talents to launch a career as a porn actor, all the while navigating complex family relationships and breathing new life into his unsatisfying love life. Under the dazzling neon lights of Tokyo, Anshul Chauhan empathetically portrays individuals determined to live their lives, while capturing a striking snapshot of queer life in contemporary Japan.
Cinema Nova
Brussels
Cinema
Tiger
Miss Carbón
Based on true events, Miss Carbón chronicles the struggle of a trans woman who defies convention on two fronts in her Chilean village. She becomes the region’s first female miner, challenging a local, patriarchy-fueled superstition linking women to the risk of mine collapses. Starring Lux Pascal, this Spanish-Argentine feature film is a story of queer and working-class struggle and resistance set in the heart of Patagonia.
Cinema Galeries
Brussels
Cinema
Miss Carbón
Bouchra
Bouchra, a Moroccan filmmaker living in New York, is paralysed by the fear of the blank page. A call from her mother in Casablanca brings memories flooding back. Their exchange, tender yet complex, becomes the engine of a creative breakthrough, opening the way to a journey through family ties, lineage, and the first stirrings of love. This animated film, which is formally inventive and imbued with a powerful blend of sensuality and melancholy, explores the memories of coming out through the lens of a mother-daughter relationship, set in a world of anthropomorphic animals.
Cinema Nova
Brussels
Cinema
Bouchra
Queer Market
Following the success of the first edition, the Queer Market is back! Held alongside the film festival, it celebrates Brussels’ queer creativity by showcasing works from artists, artisans, and creators within the community. It's a chance to explore their unique worlds, browse, hunt for treasures, connect, make great finds, and above all support the people who bring the Brussels queer creative scene to life.
Grands Carmes
Brussels
Markets & flea markets
Queer Market
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
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
PANAYOTIS PASCOT
Cirque Royal
Brussels
Theatre
PANAYOTIS PASCOT
Tokio Hotel - Arena Tour 2026
Tokio Hotel is going all-in with their Arena Tour 2026. The band led by Bill and Tom Kaulitz will shake Forest National with stunning visuals, fresh sounds, and thousands of fans!
It’s been nearly twenty years since Tokio Hotel captured teen hearts worldwide with ‘Monsoon’. Today, the German band connects with an entirely new generation of fans. Their new tour is set to be their biggest yet. Meet up at Forest National for a musical and visual gem!
Forest National
Forest
Concert
Tokio Hotel - Arena Tour 2026
Sumud (صمود) : Palestine Cinema Days
Far from Beyrouth
Mon Dewulf
2025- 22' - Belgium - Lebanon
vo: ar-en
sub: fr-nl
From Brussels, the filmmaker documents the war in Lebanon through messages from his partner, who has remained in Beirut. The safety of distance meets an anxiety fueled by fragments: screens, videos, and silences.
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Coyotes
Said Zagha
2025 - 20' - France - Jordan - State of Palestine, United Kingdom
vo: ar
sub: fr-en
In the occupied West Bank, a woman driving on a deserted road realises she is being followed after leaving her lover.
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Don't Take My Joy Away
Omar Gabriel
2024 - 7' - Lebanon
No speech
In the Shatila Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, two friends are forced to flee when bombs shatter their everyday lives.
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Abstraction Belongs to Us
Gaby Sahhar
2025 - 12' - France - United Kingdom
vo: en-fr
sub: fr-en
Between London and Paris, queer Palestinian artists explore European identity and political geography through gender and sexuality.
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A Message
Mama Ganuush
2026 - 5' - State of Palestine
vo: en
sub: fr
A cry of resistance by a transgender Palestinian artist.
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Sorry
John Greyson
2024 - 7' - Canada
vo: en
sub: fr
Between memory and imagination, a childhood VHS tape revives the memory of a lost home in Cairo, where return still feels possible.
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Until We Return
Huss AC
2025 - 11' - Egypt - United Kingdom
vo: en
sub: fr
Between memory and imagination, a childhood VHS tape revives the memory of a lost home in Cairo, where return still feels possible.
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Destroy me, please
Flora Woudstra Hablé
2025 - 17' - Belgium - Netherlands
vo: ar
sub: fr-nl
Driving home from a party, Lebanese migrant Ziyad receives an unexpectedly haunting message from his former best friend Ramy.
Cinema Nova
Brussels
Cinema
Sumud (صمود) : Palestine Cinema Days
Uchronia
Fil Ieropoulos draws inspiration from Rimbaud’s poem “A Season in Hell” for this psychedelic documentary essay. Rimbaud’s ghost pays visits to various revolutionary and queer figures—Emma Goldman, David Wojnarowicz, and Marsha P. Johnson, among others—offering an exhilarating blend of the experimental and the political, delivering an intersectional critique of colonialism, sexism, racism, and transphobia… As wild as it is necessary.
Beursschouwburg
Brussels
Cinema
Uchronia
Girlfriends
Having grown up in Macau and pursued her higher education in Taiwan, Lok now lives in Hong Kong, where she awaits the chance to make her second film. While her partner, Bei Bei, looks for stability, Lok is torn and embarks on a quest to trace back through time and understand how past encounters shape the present moment. Through a reverse-chronological narrative that blurs boundaries, this autobiographically inspired queer romance weaves intense connections between memory and desire, amidst the silence of the cities that inhabit us.
Cinema Nova
Brussels
Cinema
Girlfriends
Discussion: towards accessible queer cinema
Brussels' queer culture often has to make do with limited resources – and this contributes to further marginalisation of people with disabilities and larger people. How can we do better?
In a socio-economic and political context where Brussels' queer culture struggles to gain traction, and where it is often sustained by precarious and/or volunteer work, it constantly faces the following challenge: how to go on with limited resources?
This often necessitates shortcuts and compromises—and often, this highlights the factors of marginalisation. Among those most affected by these choices are people with disabilities and larger people.
Stairs with no lifts, seats that are too small, cramped spaces, oppressive lighting and noise, lack of subtitles, spoken presentations without sign language interpretation or microphones, illegible information, a lack of disability-related stories in programmes…
Yet, it is sometimes possible to create better access to our community events with limited resources. And sometimes, there's no secret: no investment = exclusion of one or more groups.
Let's talk about it! What are the current possibilities for improving access to queer culture for people with disabilities and larger people? What needs to change?
And on a smaller scale, as we approach our 25th anniversary, it's high time for Pink Screens to ask itself: "How can we make Pink Screens more accessible?" by continuing to build on what we've started within the festival, but also on what has been established within the broader LGBTQIA+ community.
Practical information:
• Participation is free but registration is required via the following link: https://forms.gle/KU952irdj4WgjTnG7
• The discussion is scheduled to end between 9:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Er staan verschillende pauzes op het programma.
• LSFB interpretation
• Accessible venue
• Detailed information regarding the accessibility of the venue and the event can be found here: PDF link coming soon
Guests:
• Fat Friendly non-profit organization
Laur du Collectif The Wheelies Project
• Ayden and Julie from the Deaf Feminist collective
• Charlie, author of the publication: Limited access? Accessibility of cultural, associative et activist spaces by Le Poisson Sans Bicyclette; and of the workshop "Whatya looking at? Workshop to deconstruct the ablist approach to cinema.
LaVallée
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Various
Discussion: towards accessible queer cinema
Queer Xperimental
Leather Graves
Malic Amalya
2024 - 12' - United States
No speech
In a cemetery, queer people wander on the tenuous border between mourning and ecstasy: in memory of our siblings.
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Two Dreams About the End of the World
Frances Damien Arpaia
2026 - 5' - United States
vo: en
Two lovers each recall one of their dreams.
Frances Arpaia is a queer trans woman who lives in Brooklyn and makes weird films. Through her work, she explores everything from queer life in NYC and the struggles of community and connection, to longform experimental works.
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Skin Despair
Mireia Vilapuig
2025 - 20' - Spain
vo: es
sub: en
The summer I turned 13, I got a camera. I have only one video from that year. I don’t know if I erased everything or if I just wanted to forget.
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Vibrations
Miguel Soll
2025 - 13' - Belgium
vo: fr-pt
An essay exploring the relationship between explicit imagery and sexuality, on screen and in real life.
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Abortion Party
Julian Mellen
2026 - 13' - Spain
vo: en
After managing to pull together the money for her abortion, the filmmaker decides to celebrate by throwing a party. Among the guests are her geriatric ska musician neighbor, semi-retired gang members, her delightfully filthy gay roommate, and the ever-present bedbugs.
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Daria’s Night Flowers
Maryam Tafakory
2025 - 16' - France - Islamic Republic of Iran - United Kingdom
vo: fa
In her first manuscript, Daria recounts her love for a mysterious girl in a country where love stories turn into crime scenes.
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Vulkan
Julia Zakia
2025 - 15' - Brazil - France
vo: en-fr
A sensitive portrait of a lesbian love triangle. Between the waves, poems and kisses, desire is burning.
Beursschouwburg
Brussels
Cinema
Queer Xperimental
UCHRONIA
UCHRONIA — Fil Ieropoulos
GR — 2026 — 97’ — EXP — VO EN/FR
Fil Ieropoulos draws inspiration from Rimbaud’s poem “A Season in Hell” for this psychedelic documentary essay. Rimbaud’s ghost pays visits to various revolutionary and queer figures—Emma Goldman, David Wojnarowicz, and Marsha P. Johnson, among others—offering an exhilarating blend of the experimental and the political, delivering an intersectional critique of colonialism, sexism, racism, and transphobia… As wild as it is necessary.
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https://pinkscreens.org/
Beursschouwburg
Brussels
Cinema
UCHRONIA
QUEER XPERIMENTAL
LEATHER GRAVES — Malic Amalya
US — 2024 — 12’ — muet
In a cemetery, queer people wander on the tenuous border between mourning and ecstasy: in memory of our siblings.
ABORTION PARTY — Julian Mellen
ES — 2026 — 13’ — VO EN
After managing to pull together the money for her abortion, the filmmaker decides to celebrate by throwing a party. Among the guests are her geriatric ska musician neighbor, semi-retired gang members, her delightfully filthy gay roommate, and the ever-present bedbugs.
DARIA’S NIGHT FLOWERS — Maryam Tafakory
FR/IR/UK — 2025 — 16’ — VO FA
n her first manuscript, Daria recounts her love for a mysterious girl in a country where love stories turn into crime scenes.
SKIN DESPAIR — Mireia Vilapuig
ES — 2025 — 20’ — VO ES
“The summer I turned 13, I got a camera. I have only one video from that year. I don’t know if I erased everything or if I just wanted to forget.”
VIBRATIONS — Miguel Soll
BE — 2025 — 13’ — VO FR/PT
An essay exploring the relationship between explicit imagery and sexuality, on screen and in real life.
VULKAN — Julia Zakia
BR/FR — 2025 — 15’ — VO EN/FR
A sensitive portrait of a lesbian love triangle. Between the waves, poems and kisses, desire is burning.
TWO DREAMS ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD — Frances Damien Arpaia
US — 2026 — 5’ — VO EN
Two lovers each recall one of their dreams.
Frances Arpaia is a queer trans woman who lives in Brooklyn and makes weird films. Through her work, she explores everything from queer life in NYC and the struggles of community and connection, to longform experimental works.
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In the presence of Miguel Soll.
https://pinkscreens.org/
Beursschouwburg
Brussels
Cinema
QUEER XPERIMENTAL
FRAGMENTS D’UN PARCOURS AMOUREUX
Since the age of 16, Chloé Barreau has filmed her love affairs between Paris and Rome. While she was in a relationship, she was already creating memories of it: filming, taking photos, and writing. But every story has two points of view... What do her exes remember? What is their version of events? Intimate testimonies and private images intertwine to reveal the universal journeys of romantic love. A voyage into the past, where anyone who has ever loved can recognised.
Cinéma Aventure
Brussels
Cinema
FRAGMENTS D’UN PARCOURS AMOUREUX
ANOCHE CONQUISTÉ TEBAS
Beneath a dark winter sky, António and Jota make their way through marshes in search of ancient Roman baths. Long submerged beneath the waters of a reservoir, the thermal baths have resurfaced, and people of all ages, intrigued by the discovery, come to spend the day there. In the peacefulness of these hot springs, long-silenced words rise to the surface. A captivating, visual debut film, with an almost physical immediacy, that explores friendship, intimacy, and the delicate, often unspoken, nuances of masculinity.
Cinéma Aventure
Brussels
Cinema
ANOCHE CONQUISTÉ TEBAS
La Demence
La Demence
Brussels
Clubbing
La Demence
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Alex is divorced, Daniel is gay, and Bob is their lover in common. He flits from one lover's arms to the other's without a care in the world. He belongs to no one and lives freely.
Sunday, Bloody Sunday offers an uninhibited portrayal of bisexuality and paints a fascinating portrait of bourgeois society of the time. It is one of the first films not to depict gay/bisexual people as unhappy, hysterical, or monstrous.
With Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch & Murray Head.
The film will be introduced by Muriel Andrin, professor of screenwriting and film analysis at the ULB.
Cinematek
Brussels
Cinema
Sunday Bloody Sunday
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
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
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
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.
See details
Cinema Nova
Brussels
Cinema
Feito Pipa (Gugu's World)
Kick-off La Cenerentola
Exclusively for Opera Makers – meet the cast and artistic team of our festive season production
At the start of the rehearsals for La Cenerentola, the cast and production team meet for the first time. Director Daniel Kramer, who makes his debut at La Monnaie after passing through numerous European opera houses, will present the concept of his flamboyant production in detail.
As an Opera Maker you're making this new production possible and therefore we gladly give you the unique opportunity to attend this kick-off.
La Monnaie
Brussels
Show
Kick-off La Cenerentola
Mouse
At the start of her senior year of high school, Minnie lives in the shadow of her best friend, Callie - a radiant and popular girl. When Callie suddenly dies in an accident, Minnie is left adrift. She grows close to Callie’s mother, Helen, a classical pianist who offers to coach her for the high school cabaret being held in Callie’s honor. Amidst grief, emerging desires, class differences, and the need to reinvent herself separated from the friend she lost, Mouse delicately portrays an adolescent learning to become her own person.
Cinema Galeries
Brussels
Cinema
Mouse
Plus belle la ville
Mardochi
Lucas Gloppe
2026 - 27' - France - Tunisia
vo: fr
sub: en
Vincent returns from Rabat where he failed to find his father's childhood home. On the way back from the hospital where his father is dying, he meets Ahmed a Moroccan student.
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Cairo Streets
Abdellah Taïa
2025 - 19' - France
vo: ar-fr
sub: fr-en
January 2007. I'm back in Cairo. For work. You've changed you number, Omar. I need to see you again. I love you... Abdellah.
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J'ai perdu mes clés
Audrey Bruyninckx
2025 - 19' - Belgium
vo: fr
sub: nl
During a sleepless night, Chloé cycles through Brussels after losing her keys. In a feverish search for human contact, she experiences a series of absurd and awkward interactions.
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Chère Marcelle
Juliette Marrécau
2025 - 29' - France
vo: fr
sub: en
Four queer friends have a date at Marcelle's to get ready for Carnival, but she refuses to let them in. Shocked and bewildered, they try to save their friendship. A beautiful ode to Marseille.
Cinema Nova
Brussels
Cinema
Plus belle la ville
Conférence de Didier Roth-Bettoni : Entre underground et militantisme : un cinéma queer post-Stonewall
LaVallée
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Conferences and conventions
Conférence de Didier Roth-Bettoni : Entre underground et militantisme : un cinéma queer post-Stonewall
Drifting Laurent
Laurent ends up at a deserted off-season ski resort, overcome with anxiety. The only reason he’s there—and not somewhere else—is because his sister’s girlfriend has an unoccupied family apartment there. From unlikely encounters (the wonderful Béatrice Dalle) to a more or less botched romantic adventure with a local photographer, the film is often funny and zany. Its greatest strength is its ability to blend this farce with moments of intense melancholy, tenderness, and despair. It sometimes brings Guiraudie to mind, but with more gentleness, warmth, and grace.
Cinéma Palace
Brussels
Cinema
Drifting Laurent
Just The Way I Am
Magid/Zafar
Luís Hindman
2025 - 19' - United Kingdom
vo: en-ur
sub: fr-en
Tension and heat step up a notch in the kitchen of a swamped Pakistani takeaway. Who ordered from the fast-food joint of love?
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One Day This Kid
Alexander Farah
2026 - 18' - Canada
vo: en-fa
sub: fr-en
Weighed down by his father’s traditionalist expectations, Hamed grows up between fear, desire and shame, seeking at every stage of his life to find his own path.
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Delay
Han-xuan Wang
2025 - 15' - Taiwan
vo: zh-hans
sub: fr-en
A father, who has finally come out as gay, is trying to get to his son's wedding in Paris, but the flight the latter reserved is suddenly cancelled.
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Diego
Melissa Silveira
2025 - 25' - France
vo: fr
sub: en
Diego, who lives with a disability, discovers desire. His sister and father react to this sexual awakening in diametrically opposite ways.
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Des doigts en or
Chryssa Florou
2024 - 6' - France
vo: fr
sub: en
Sitting on the beach, two friends help a queer pal rehearse his coming out: a tender and hilarious tale.
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Douches pour hommes
Hakim Atoui
2025 - 14' - France
vo: fr
sub: en
At the local swimming pool, 11-year-old Skander makes his first visit to the men's showers, where he experiences an erotic awakening.
Cinéma Palace
Brussels
Cinema
Just The Way I Am
OUT LAWS + RED ELEPHANT
OUT LAWS — Lexi Powner, James Lewis
NA/UK — 2025 — 79’ — DOC — VO EN — ST FR
Out Laws is a documentary investigation that follows several activists as they challenge laws criminalising LGBTQIA+ people in their respective countries. All of these countries are former British colonies. We delve into the archives and discover that the laws enacted by the former colonial power are the roots of queerphobia in these societies. This prompts us to question certain assumptions and stand up to governments. The film exposes, on the one hand, the political forces attempting to force queer people back into the closet and, on the other hand, the movement that resists with courage, pride, and solidarity.
RED ELEPHANT — Iqran Rasheed
BE/HU/PK/PT — 2026 — 20’ — DOC — VO EN/FR/UR — ST EN/FR
The violence of Belgian bureaucracy towards queer asylum seekers forces them to turn their identity into evidence and their traumas into testimonials.
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In the presence of James Lewis, Ben Miller, and Iqran Rasheed.
https://pinkscreens.org/
Beursschouwburg
Brussels
Cinema
OUT LAWS + RED ELEPHANT
BEL AMI
BEL AMI — Geng Jun
CN — 2024 — 117’ — FIC — VO ZH — ST EN/FR
In a small Chinese town with straight lines and a cold climate, bodies begin to stir. The slightly eccentric characters make their way through this normative, stifling place, often entering into improbable and astonishing relationships. The film is both lyrical and idiosyncratic in its portrayal of freedom and desire in an extremely normative society. The storylines become intertwined, and the queer narratives burst at the seams even as they're held back. Banned in China, this film is a ballet in black and white, a poetic middle finger to an oppressive regime.
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https://pinkscreens.org/
Beursschouwburg
Brussels
Cinema
BEL AMI
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
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
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!
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
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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Beursschouwburg
Brussels
Cinema
ÉCRANS CROISÉS : BRUXELLES X BEIJING
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
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
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
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
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 Abdelwaheb + 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 & 3 artists
22:30 performance by Mezar
00:00 performance by Lynn Adib
00:30 dj set by prnc
01:00 dj set by Deena Abdelwaheb
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 Abdelwaheb + 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
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
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
Rimbaud - le spectacle musical
La Station des Rêveurs
Schaerbeek
Show
Rimbaud - le spectacle musical
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
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
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
SML
SML brings together five musicians from Los Angeles, each of whom has made their mark on the jazz, improvisation, and indie scenes. Bassist Anne Butterss, saxophonist Josh Johnson, guitarist Gregory Uhlmann, synthesizer player Jeremiah Chiu, and percussionist Booker Stardrum are united by a shared interest in sound, rhythm, and improvisation. In their music, electronics and acoustic instruments merge organically into an intricate sonic tapestry. Short motifs and pulsing rhythms build into a continuous flow of sound, rich in repetition and open to improvisation. Live, SML creates a hypnotic sound in which everything is constantly in motion, yet each layer ultimately falls into place.
Flagey
Ixelles
Concert
SML
Rectum Crocodile
Rectum Crocodile may sound like the title of a dark, unconventional novel but it is in fact a fabulous tale with characters parading around in splendour. Ghosts, people and beasts mingle, the trees speak and collectively this beautiful world tries to atone for a stubborn colonialism.
In the heart of a colonial plantation, living and dead creatures parade by and cross paths, guided by the mischievous and enigmatic voice of a child. Straight out of the carnivale-like imagination of the Caribbean, various figures face us while reciting poems and incantations. Rectum Crocodile is a magical tale, a political and danced fable that seeks to exorcise the ghosts of white supremacy in the 'New World'. Marvin M'toumo is both director and designer and here offers us a profound and feverish creation in which gestures mingle with words and the two merge into dance. The carefully designed costumes add to the wondrous dimension. Just as its creator, the piece sits at the intersection of several arts such as dance, performance, theatre and poetry. It draws on both on the European world of stage and the Caribbean fantasy worlds, both having history as a common thread. Amidst a lush plantation, nature and people question slavery, colonialism and all forms of domination. This dance poem is a polyphony of intersecting voices and bodies that is a both radiant and dazzling pamphlet against discrimination and oppression. Rectum Crocodile, produced in collaboration with Théâtre Varia, is both a roar and a manifesto. Dazzling and bold in its grandeur, the play evokes the colonial past and calls it to account. It underlines the importance of continuing to dig collectively into this shared heritage. • Marvin M'toumo is an artist whose unique poetry transcends academic distinctions between art, theatre, literature and fashion. He expresses his sensitivity in the fluidity of a practice without compartments and where he makes identities, stereotypes and archetypes the centre of a critical poetics full of symbols, humour and dramaturgy. He graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure de la Villa Arson in Nice in 2016 and the Haute Ecole d'Arts et de Design (HEAD) in Geneva in 2019. Rectum Crocodile is his second theatrical creation after Concours de larmes (2022), which he wrote, directed, performed and for which he designed the set and costumes. In fashion, he has worked with Chanel's Lognon atelier and the house of Jean Paul Gaultier.
Marvin M'toumo
Théâtre Varia
Ixelles
Show
Rectum Crocodile
Rectum Crocodile
Théâtre Varia
Ixelles
Show
Rectum Crocodile
The Book Club: Rejection (Tony Tulathimutte)
Muntpunt, De Grid +5
Brussels
Conferences and conventions
The Book Club: Rejection (Tony Tulathimutte)
Endless Summer Camp
L’intimité, le plaisir, le jeu forment l’axe central du travail artistique de Sophie Guisset. Au départ d'un souvenir – le camp d'été, elle approfondit de plus belle ce sillon, autour de l’écriture et de la fictionnalisation de récits érotiques.
A performer who trained in drama at the Conservatoire de Mons and in dance at Berlin’s Tanzfabrik, Sophie Guisset bases her works on observations around queer spaces, and the social organisation and political dimensions of these spaces. “I want to explore how the scene can become a space of vulnerability shared with the public, where stories of sexuality are considered with humour and sensitivity.”Three themes run through Endless Summer Camp : heterotopia, the Other space that suspends day-to-day rules; the figure of the tomboy, who challenges gender norms; and a strong preference for fantasies that stray from the beaten track. Subjects, materials and costumes are subverted, scales modified, time stretched, forming with the four performers a strangely familiar universe, with a view to inviting the audience to “share a collective erotic tension”.
Sophie Guisset
La Balsamine
Schaerbeek
Show
Endless Summer Camp
Endless Summer Camp
In Endless Summer Camp, Sophie Guisset extends her research into spaces of freedom and unexpected alliances. Drawing on her personal experience within scouting, she adopts its framework and structure but only in order to subvert its codes.
Welcome to a utopian summer camp for adults only, where performers create a temporary troupe and together explore desire, transgression and joy. Just as in the woods back then, the aim is to use one’s imagination to invent, build and organize a space for play, and to become one with the group.
Here, vice, perversion and self-transcendence are not taboos, but sources of pleasure and pride. The scouting spirit – facing the unexpected with ingenuity, being attentive to the world around us – becomes the driving force behind an intimate and collective exploration of desire and sexuality, experienced with vulnerability, humour and sensitivity.
Endless Summer Camp invites us to rethink our relation to desire and to imagine, together, new relational scenarios … and under the sun.
In Endless Summer Camp, Sophie Guisset extends her research into spaces of freedom and unexpected alliances. Drawing on her personal experience within scouting, she adopts its framework and structure but only in order to subvert its codes.
Welcome to a utopian summer camp for adults only, where performers create a temporary troupe and together explore desire, transgression and joy. Just as in the woods back then, the aim is to use one’s imagination to invent, build and organize a space for play, and to become one with the group.
Here, vice, perversion and self-transcendence are not taboos, but sources of pleasure and pride. The scouting spirit – facing the unexpected with ingenuity, being attentive to the world around us – becomes the driving force behind an intimate and collective exploration of desire and sexuality, experienced with vulnerability, humour and sensitivity.
Endless Summer Camp invites us to rethink our relation to desire and to imagine, together, new relational scenarios … and under the sun.
9€ / 12 € / 14 € / 16 € / 18 € / 20 €
Les Halles de Schaerbeek
Schaerbeek
Show
Endless Summer Camp
Le Labo de l’Atout
Théâtre Varia
Ixelles
Show
Le Labo de l’Atout
Jessie Ware
The Superbloom Tour 2026
Jessie Ware is making her big comeback this year with her new album ‘Superbloom’ and a world tour of the same name. The disco diva will be performing both new tracks and her iconic hits. She will be joined by Naomi Scott as a special guest.Jessie Ware kicks off 2026 with ‘Superbloom’, a bold new chapter following the critically acclaimed albums ‘What’s Your Pleasure?’ and ‘That! Feels Good!’. The album combines Studio 54-inspired grooves and dreamy pop with Jessie Ware’s most powerful vocals to date. The record explores themes of joy, intimacy and human connection, further expanding the British artist’s glamorous world. Throughout her impressive career, Jessie Ware has already scored five UK Top 10 albums and multiple BRIT Award nominations, establishing herself as one of the UK’s most unique pop voices. Known for her euphoric concerts and her loyal fanbase, she has since become an indispensable figure in modern pop. Off stage, she co-hosts the successful podcast ‘Table Manners’ with her mother Lennie, a cultural phenomenon in its own right.With ‘Superbloom’, she takes to the stage full of confidence, playful and as an artist who has completely mastered her craft. O
Tsatsamis
Ancienne Belgique
Brussels
Concert
Jessie Ware
Colette, frémir de tous ses sens par Tatiana Gerkens
Le Millefeuille
Ixelles
Theatre
Colette, frémir de tous ses sens par Tatiana Gerkens
Cabaret Marcelle - Le Dîner
Panic in the villa! Cabaret Marcelle presents "Le Dîner" on Nov 20-21 (8pm-11:30pm). A telenovela-inspired eccentric gourmet cabaret with Miss Ines, Lilith, and unexpected guests. Staged by Livia Cuveillier & Mathilde Dumas Véran. Tickets: €12-€25.
Cabaret Marcelle - Le Dîner : Panic in the villa. For one night, Cabaret Marcelle dresses up in telenovela style, with recorded laughs and intense camera glances. Welcome to Le Dîner at UR Square on November 20 and 21, 2026. A complicated family reunion led by mistress of ceremonies Miss Ines, inviting graceful Lilith, the mysteries of Gougère des Martyrs, and the fables of the Marquise de Montpeyroux. But who are these unexpected visitors knocking on the door? We think we recognize the Shego duo, a.k.a La Baphomette and Kata Lucify… A gourmet cabaret staged by Livia Cuveillier and Mathilde Dumas Véran, graphic design by Nora. From 8:00 PM to 11:30 PM. With Cabaret Marcelle. Price: €12 to €25
UR Square
Ixelles
Theatre
Cabaret Marcelle - Le Dîner
Courts + Queer Mais Trash 2026 Film Festival
Centre culturel Espace Magh asbl
Brussels
Cinema
Courts + Queer Mais Trash 2026 Film Festival
CLOSING PARTY Gelatina x Próximamente
Celebrate the end of Próximamente with Gelatina, a queer club night featuring neoperreo, reggaeton, cumbia, dembow and baile funk.
Próximamente will go out caliente! Gelatina, Brussels-based party platform founded by Ricky Corazón (Chile), sets the night on fire. Expect a queer party that brings together Brussels’ Latino scene: an inclusive safe space where we go loco together to the sounds of neoperreo, reggaeton, cumbia, dembow, baile funk, Latin club, ...A mover las gelatinas! Line-up RICO RICA (Colombia — Montreal) Latin club at its most restless. Rico Rica takes the codes of the party — deconstructed reggaeton, guaracha, champeta, dembow — and pulls them apart in real time, letting the percussion breathe, the bass stutter, the samples slip out of place. It is a hybrid set: DJ and live performance in the same body, which is exactly where it belongs. She has just released a new single, and it is a serious statement of intent — the kind of record that sounds like the future of the dancefloor arriving early. Come hear it where it was meant to be heard.SHILITA (French — Colombian) Two homes, two bloodlines, one set. Shilita moves between reggaeton and salsa with the ease of someone who never learned to keep them apart — the sharpness of the urban club against the warmth and swing of the tropical tradition. It is a DJ set built on instinct and heritage, and it lands soft, hot and heavy all at once.MALDITA VAINA MALDITA VAINA — Dominican Sudanese DJ and multidisciplinary artist, based in Itabo, Dominican Republic (they/them/elle). Her/his profile describes the project as "a fantastical queer and irreverent Caribbean (post) club wake", and the sets juxtapose Caribbean riddims, African electronica and Afro- and Arab-diasporic club sounds — running through dembow, bouyon, dancehall, baile funk, cargo tech, Afro digital and Afro-diasporic club. The curation is explicitly centred on Black, trans and queer producers. Selected works include a DEMBOW VOL. 1 mix and a guest mix for Foundation.FM in London. Also a Prince Claus Fund awardee.RICKY CORAZÓN Chilean by birth, Brussels by life. Ricky Corazón is a DJ, curator and organiser whose eclecticism is the whole point — a sonic journey from cumbia to guaracha, by way of Latin house, tribal, neoperreo and dembow. Founder of the Gelatina parties and co-founder of Viciosa, he builds festive, inclusive spaces that celebrate queer and Latinx diversity. A heart-on-the-sleeve selector who turns a room into a chorus.Four artists, four ways of understanding Latin club music. One night. Bring your people, bring your body, and stay until the last record. Win a plane ticket to Latin AmericaAirEuropa, official sponsor of the Próximamente Festival, will be raffling a free plane ticket to Latin America at the party. If you want to be in for a chance to win this golden ticket, make sure to come to KVS BOX on 21 November!Terms and ConditionsThe prize flight must be booked by 21 December 2026 at the latest. Both flights (outbound and return) must take place before 12 June 2027, and the winner must be back in Belgium by 12 June 2027 at the latest.The prize flights cannot be used during the following periods:12 December 2026 to 10 January 202721 to 26 January 202728 March to 6 April 2027
KVS BOX
Brussels
Clubbing
CLOSING PARTY Gelatina x Próximamente
Drag Brunch au SERRA Brussels avec Bikini & Dina Price
SERRA Brussels’ Sunday Drag Brunch is back for a vibrant new edition hosted by Bikini, Queen of Good Vibes, joined by Dina Price. Expect live drag performances, singing, dancing, comedy and interactive games, alongside an unlimited sweet and savoury brunch buffet in a warm, inclusive atmosphere.
The Sunday Drag Brunch is back at SERRA Brussels for another colourful, fabulous edition.
Nominated for the visit.brussels Awards, this festive Sunday experience is hosted by Bikini, Queen of Good Vibes, recently seen on the Brussels stage in the musical Kinky Boots. This time, she’ll be joined by Dina Price.
Expect singing, dancing, comedy, live drag performances and interactive games guaranteed to turn your Sunday into a real fiesta. Between performances, tuck into an unlimited sweet and savoury brunch buffet prepared by the SERRA team, all in a warm, inclusive atmosphere filled with good vibes.
Whether you’re celebrating a birthday, a hen party, a special achievement with friends, or simply looking to beat the Sunday blues, it’s the perfect plan for a memorable afternoon.
A glass of cava will be waiting for you on arrival, and groups of six or more will receive a complimentary bottle.
Come hungry, come curious, and get ready for a glamorous, caliente and fabulously unforgettable brunch.
Practical information:
Date & time: Sunday, 22 November 2026, from 12pm to 3:30pm
Duration: 3.5 hours
Location: SERRA Brussels, 20 Place Charles Rogier, 1210 Brussels
Hotel Indigo Brussels City
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Show
Drag Brunch au SERRA Brussels avec Bikini & Dina Price
LAURA COX
Cirque Royal
Brussels
Concert
LAURA COX
Juste Shani
French rap with a diamond edge
JADE & NAÏAJade and Naïa Franche are Franco-Congolese sisters raised in the Canary Islands, blending their multicultural roots into a unique sound. Since forming their duo in Brussels in 2018, they have evolved into a bold musical identity combining Afrolatin, reggaeton, R&B, and trap, with Spanish as their artistic language. With their authentic style and international ambitions, they are ready to make their mark on the global Latin music scene.JUSTE SHANIIndependent artist Juste Shani is a rapper with the sensitivity of a dreamer and the mindset of a winner. Her tracks combine powerful messages with hard-hitting bangers, all underpinned by her sharp, incisive lyrics. On stage, her energy effortlessly draws the audience into her world. This has already taken her to major venues, such as L’Olympia as the support act for IAM, and to festivals including Solidays, Lollapalooza and Les Ardentes. She has also made a name for herself internationally with tours in Chile and Brazil. In her latest EP, Diamant Noir, Juste Shani encourages everyone to turn vulnerabilities into strength and to shine with their own identity – a committed message from an artist who is very much of her time.Juste Shani, just buy the tickets!
Jade & Naïa
Ancienne Belgique
Brussels
Concert
Juste Shani
Osamu Shikichi — ur phantom eyes, our crystalized pains
ur phantom eyes, our crystallized pains (2020–) is an ongoing dance performance building on Shikichi’s choreographic practice over the years. Playing with wet (weird erotic tension) images or images of pain—such as a crucified body or the treatment of phantom limbs—the performance builds plural concepts of the body. Using their tongue to create and lick images, Shikichi imagines it as a screen and a third hand, praying and speaking to a new political eye which they cast on the human body. In doing so, the performance introduces doubts about our ideas of human bodies, remixing and hacking systems that determine what a body is in relation to the gaze.
about
Osamu Shikichi is a choreographer and dancer from Japan. Their practice questions the human body as something often taken for granted, challenging notions of bodily self-possession and identity. Shikichi explores the idea of the anonymous body through performance, video and mediated sculptures, blurring and remixing how bodies are recognised, gazed upon and politicised. Drawing on personal experiences of dissonance between body and mind, their work focuses on wet movements, ASMR-like sensations and the circulation of affects across human and non-human bodies.
https://www.instagram.com/osamu_shikichi/
Bâtard is a Brussels-based performance festival presenting local and international emerging artists.
https://www.instagram.com/batardbrussels
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Choreography and performance Osamu Shikichi
Past research supports Yuri Sakai, Kenta Kuroda, Ayaka Fujita, Chiho Utsugi, Emi Ogura, Ching Shu Huang, Géraldine Haas, Luis Garay, Stefa Govaart, and more Special thanks Pola Art foundation, P.A.R.T.S., and more.
Image: a rose on the pain (2024), Brielle, ink on the tongue
Beursschouwburg
Brussels
Show
Osamu Shikichi — ur phantom eyes, our crystalized pains
Lude & les métamorphoses: Release Party de l'EP MASCARADES
Lude & les métamorphoses is a musical project featuring the dream-pop-electro compositions of Lude Vial, Zach Ruegg, and Valentin Perroud (Pylone). The group, which performs live as a trio with Pierre Ferrand (drums, bass, and vocals/keyboards), explores personal and intimate themes related to trans identity, disillusionment, dreams, and resilience, using various images and symbols.
The musical performance also draws on the world of childhood, various fairy tales, and pop culture references to reimagine their relevance today. Through a poetic and surrealistic universe, Lude & les métamorphoses seek to create new spaces to shed light on certain experiences and emotions through music.
At their release party at La Tricoterie in Brussels on November 27, 2026, they will unveil their debut EP, *MASCARADES*, conceived as a short 8-track album, mixed by Shinji Hashimoto and mastered by Remy Lebbos (Rare Sound Studio).
La Tricoterie - Link factory
Saint-Gilles
Concert
Lude & les métamorphoses: Release Party de l'EP MASCARADES
Le Shit Show x Anal Pompidou
The Shit Show is an underground cabaret in Marseille heavily inspired by British punk culture, where anything can happen. Absurdity and even stupidity are embraced there as political tools. And that inevitably leads to colorful performances where “shit” and “show” are constantly intertwined.
So how could we not associate them with Anal Pompidou, the Marolles cabaret led by performance artist Simon Van Schuylenberg and his husband Steven Sommereyns? With their “Bottom-up” initiative, specializing in “D.I.Y. trash,” Anal hopes that rents will soon drop in Louise, Dansaert, Petit Sablon, Grand Sablon, in front of the European Parliament, and throughout the municipality of Uccle.
Cuddles wraps up with this Franco-Belgian production with its orifices wide open!
Ressources:
https://www.lembobineuse.biz/events/2025/12/19/le-shit-show
https://www.horstartsandmusic.com/arts/anal-pompidou
Five solidarity tickets at €5 will be set aside for each performance of performing arts projects (with some exceptions). Please email reservation@halles.be
The Shit Show is an underground cabaret in Marseille heavily inspired by British punk culture, where anything can happen. Absurdity and even stupidity are embraced there as political tools. And that inevitably leads to colorful performances where “shit” and “show” are constantly intertwined.
So how could we not associate them with Anal Pompidou, the Marolles cabaret led by performance artist Simon Van Schuylenberg and his husband Steven Sommereyns? With their “Bottom-up” initiative, specializing in “D.I.Y. trash,” Anal hopes that rents will soon drop in Louise, Dansaert, Petit Sablon, Grand Sablon, in front of the European Parliament, and throughout the municipality of Uccle.
Cuddles wraps up with this Franco-Belgian production with its orifices wide open!
Ressources:
https://www.lembobineuse.biz/events/2025/12/19/le-shit-show
https://www.horstartsandmusic.com/arts/anal-pompidou
Five solidarity tickets at €5 will be set aside for each performance of performing arts projects (with some exceptions). Please email reservation@halles.be
9€ / 12 € / 14 € / 16 € / 18 € / 20 €
Les Halles de Schaerbeek
Schaerbeek
Show
Le Shit Show x Anal Pompidou
Gegen Brussels
You were taught to stay quiet.
To soften your words.
To hide your accent.
To lower your volume until you became easier to accept.
We refuse.
Every language.
Every laugh.
Every shout across the dancefloor.
Every body that refuses to apologize for taking up space.
Your voice is more than something you speak with.
It is your history.
Your identity.
Your resistance.
Tonight, there is no script to follow.
No role to perform.
No permission to ask for.
Speak loudly.
Dance loudly.
Exist loudly.
Not because you need to be heard.
But because you were never meant to disappear.
Welcome to GEGEN Brussels.
Card Mercure; Boris; Marius
C12
Brussels
Clubbing
Gegen Brussels
Axelle Red
Axelle Red receives MIA Lifetime Achievement Award and presents brand new album.
Her most recent studio album of own work, Exil, was released eight years ago. Her last visit to AB dates from late 2025 and it surprised us too when she turned up on stage here as an unannounced special guest of Roméo Elvis & Oscar and the Wolf.In the meantime, Axelle Red took the time to set the bar very high for new songs, often up-tempo, with lyrics that can be read at many levels. Her new, long-awaited album is to be released at the end of 2026. And we are more than happy to share our AB with her for that.For more than three decades, the Belgian singer-songwriter, pop and soul diva has been responsible for a long list of iconic songs like Sensualité, Parce que c’est toi, Je t’attends, Elle danse seule, Le monde tourne mal, À tâtons, Ma prière, Rester femme and Rouge ardent. With thirteen albums, millions of copies sold and tens of millions of streams every year, she developed - as humanist and feminist – into a unique artist who effortlessly combines emotion and commitment.Axelle’s debut album Sans plus attendre was released in 1993. The pop-soul album was an unprecedented success: with more than 500,000 copies sold, it became one of the best selling albums in Belgian music history. Thanks to the concerts that followed and her second album À tâtons – recorded with some of the best known American soul musicians – she made her definitive international breakthrough. She developed into an artist who not only made pop history but also commanded respect from musical icons worldwide. Her timeless songs are now being covered by a new generation of French artists, such as Vianney, Clara Luciani, Juliette Armanet and Julien Doré and recently even by Dua Lipa, during her concert at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp.In addition to her musical successes, Axelle developed further as an activist. She campaigned for human rights, worked together with UNICEF, was an ambassador for Handicap International and spoke out about the position of women worldwide long before #MeToo.This commitment took on a powerful form on her album Sisters & Empathy (2009), entirely devoted to injustice towards women, child marriage and female genital mutilation: issues she was directly confronted with during her humanitarian work. Whereas she sang on Sans plus attendre: “Le monde tourne mal… Let’s dance”, after Sisters & Empathy she felt the need to do more to use her music as a voice for change.This combination of passion, sensitivity and altruism is a running theme throughout her career: “It’s about all of us being able to seize our opportunities and pursue our happiness, but we have to ask ourselves to what extent we make others pay the price for this.”Her approach to performing has also evolved: “In the past it was veni, vidi, vici, see what I can do. Now I mainly seek ways to share something with an audience, to make real contact.” And that is exactly what makes her concerts so unique. Today, Axelle Red is stronger than ever on stage. Few artists know how to build such a consistent career while remaining innovative at the same time.
Ancienne Belgique
Brussels
Concert
Axelle Red
glaive - kurtains
Botanique
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Concert
glaive - kurtains
Pierre de Maere
Young Belgian pop sensation returns with two extraordinary shows!
It was with a certain flair for flamboyance that Pierre de Maere, a 24-year-old singer-songwriter, made a sensational debut on the French-speaking pop scene. In just a few months, he has brought his own brand of panache to the fore, blending feverish romanticism, biting irony and a keen sense of performance. Named Male Newcomer of the Year at the 2023 Victoires de la Musique - France's quivalent of the Grammy Awards - buoyed by his platinum-certified debut album Regarde-moi, Pierre de Maere charms without ever taking himself too seriously – and makes his mark with disconcerting ease and freedom. He will be back on stage for two exceptional concerts at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels on 1 and 2 December 2026!
Ancienne Belgique
Brussels
Concert
Pierre de Maere
BAQÂ’
Yousra Dahry / Cathy Min Jung À partir de 15 ans[ Durée : 1h20 ] BAQÂ’ ce qui demeure après la brûlureComment une femme raconte-t-elle la violence qu’elle a traversée, lorsque son nom, son visage, sa foi — tout en elle — précède sa propre parole ?Elle parle. Mais déjà, sa voix glisse ailleurs. Elle est reprise, déplacée, chargée de ce qu’elle n’a pas dit. On la regarde avant de l’entendre. On la situe avant de l’écouter. Son histoire intime devient un terrain disputé.Dehors, ses mots peuvent être saisis, durcis, brandis contre les siens. Dedans, ils peuvent fissurer, déranger, inquiéter — comme si dire la douleur revenait à exposer ce qui devrait rester tu. Entre ces deux espaces, sa parole vacille.Où déposer ce qui brûle ?À qui confier ce qui n’appartient qu’à elle ?Alors elle cherche un lieu.Un lieu où la parole ne soit ni capturée, ni jugée, ni récupérée.Un lieu où elle puisse se tenir, entière.Raconter cette histoire, c’est faire du théâtre un espace de reconquête. C’est prendre dans les mains ce qui a blessé, et le transformer. Faire de la brûlure une clarté. Du silence, une matière vivante. Et, dans l'obscurité des discours stigmatisants, allumer une voix qui n’appartient qu’à elle.RENCONTRE - Je 03 décembre après la représentation. Avec des intervenant·e·s choisi·e·s pour leur expertise sur la thématique du spectacle.AFTER SCENE - Ma 08 décembre après la représentation. Avec l’équipe du spectacle.ATELIER D’ECRITURE – Sa 12 et Di 13 décembre. En collaboration avec la Maison du livre de Saint-Gilles.
Le Rideau
Ixelles
Show
BAQÂ’
Pierre de Maere
Young Belgian pop sensation returns with two exceptional shows!
It was with a certain flair for flamboyance that Pierre de Maere, a 24-year-old singer-songwriter, made a sensational debut on the French-speaking pop scene. In just a few months, he has brought his own brand of panache to the fore, blending feverish romanticism, biting irony and a keen sense of performance. Named Male Newcomer of the Year at the 2023 Victoires de la Musique - France's quivalent of the Grammy Awards - buoyed by his platinum-certified debut album Regarde-moi, Pierre de Maere charms without ever taking himself too seriously – and makes his mark with disconcerting ease and freedom. He will be back on stage for two exceptional concerts at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels on 1 and 2 December 2026!
Ancienne Belgique
Brussels
Concert
Pierre de Maere
Un peu de fièvre
Théâtre Les Tanneurs
Brussels
Theatre
Un peu de fièvre
beabadoobee: The Powerlines Tour
British alt-pop star beabadoobee plays her biggest show yet. On her fourth album 'Pylon', she embraces a powerful guitar-driven sound inspired by grunge and 90s rock.
Under her stage name beabadoobee, Beatrice Laus has become one of the leading voices in the UK alternative music scene. With three successful albums, five EPs, and popular tracks such as 'the perfect pair' and 'Glue Song', she has built a loyal fanbase worldwide. She will be bringing her 'Powerlines Tour' to Forest National.
Forest National
Forest
Concert
beabadoobee: The Powerlines Tour
Brussels Ass Book Fair
Brussels Ass Book Fair returns from 4 to 6 december 2026.
Organised by the Paris Ass Book Fair and Kanal-Centre Pompidou, the Brussels Ass Book Fair is dedicated to independent art publishing and will host some 70 exhibitors from Belgium and abroad, complimented by a public programme of live events, music, talks, and some very special interventions. The fair gives prominent space to LGBTQIA+ participants and projects, and brings together creators, authors, enthusiasts, and collectives to present books, fanzines, and editions that challenge mainstream norms. Its mission is clear: to contribute with joy and humor to making our society fairer and more inclusive.
For its third edition, the Brussels Ass Book Fair is relocating to the newly opened Kanal-Centre Pompidou. This year, the fair will take place in Hall 1 of the new museum, which offers more exhibition room and a better visitor experience.
Exhibitors: 16b éditions, 476, Affinity Collective, Anamot Press, Archival Textures, Blob Shop Collective, bog bodies press, BUTT, C.R.A.P. Magazine, Callum Leo Hughes, copyshop—, CURRENT MATTER, Delpire & co, des jacqueries & coucou antoine, Draft001, Editions Raté, Eros•Machine, Erwan Roussel, Extra Extra magazine, FAY x Gabriel Francez, FORMA Editions, Garçons Précieux, GayKitschCamp, Girls Li…
Kanal - Centre Pompidou
Brussels
Fairs and shows
Brussels Ass Book Fair
La nuit positive 2026
Belgian Artists Against HIV
An evening sponsored by Mustii
Presented by Edna Sorgelsen
Featuring
Adriano Selva
Charles
Doowy
Elia Rose
Essyla
Kid Sophie
Millie Hopes
Mustii
Orlane
Pia
Rokia Bamba
Tussy
Ex Aequo is a leading player in the fight against HIV and within the Belgian LGBT community.
The association has been fighting HIV/AIDS since 1994 across French-speaking Belgium with the support of the Walloon and Brussels authorities.
In response to a resurgence of the epidemic, it is using this concert to renew HIV prevention efforts among the general public and young people in particular.
Belgian Artists Against HIV
An evening sponsored by Mustii
Presented by Edna Sorgelsen
Featuring
Adriano Selva
Charles
Doowy
Elia Rose
Essyla
Kid Sophie
Millie Hopes
Mustii
Orlane
Pia
Rokia Bamba
Tussy
Ex Aequo is a leading player in the fight against HIV and within the Belgian LGBT community.
The association has been fighting HIV/AIDS since 1994 across French-speaking Belgium with the support of the Walloon and Brussels authorities.
In response to a resurgence of the epidemic, it is using this concert to renew HIV prevention efforts among the general public and young people in particular.
17€ / 22€ / 32€
Les Halles de Schaerbeek
Schaerbeek
Show
La nuit positive 2026
La Nuit Positive : artists against HIV
Concert & after party with Dj sets and the biggest drag show of Brussels all united against HIV.
Organized by Ex Aequo asbl with Mustii as ambassador & presented by Edna Sorgelsen.
Mustii, Ozark Henry, Orlane, Charles, Essyla, Doowy, Clement Chevalier, Pia, Alex Paradoxe, Loa Mercury, Kid Sophie, Tussy, Elia Rose, Millie Hopes, Morgan, Adriano Selva
Dj Rokia Bamba, Dj Ricky Corazon
Edna Sorgelsen, Queer Moves & 29 drag queens
Les Halles de Schaerbeek
Schaerbeek
Concert
La Nuit Positive : artists against HIV
Kevin Atwater
Botanique
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Concert
Kevin Atwater
NATALIA
Cirque Royal
Brussels
Concert
NATALIA
Kids With Buns
Indiepopduo is back with new album
No "bathroom floor", but a dance floor for Kids With Buns! The Belgian indie pop duo is back with a new album and can't wait to perform it live!Composed of Amber Piddington and Marie Van Uytvanck, Kids With Buns caused a sensation with their debut album “Out of Place,” concerts in legendary venues such as Ancienne Belgique, De Roma, De Vooruit, and OLT Rivierenhof, as well as a notable appearance on the VTM show “Liefde Voor Muziek.” The duo will release their highly anticipated second album this year. After both going through breakups, the duo started writing songs.They moved to Philadelphia to collaborate with Jacob Blizard, former producer and guitarist for Lucy Dacus (member of Boygenius). There, they grew closer than ever, writing songs to support each other and recharge their batteries. Inspired by a chaotic period of sleepless nights and heartbreak, they created their most accomplished, profound, and ambitious work to date. Thanks to notable performances on the main stages of Belgian festivals, such as Pukkelpop, and concerts across Europe, Kids With Buns have built a solid live reputation. Their concerts offer sincere interpretations of vulnerable songs and intense experiences, touching every audience.This concert is a co-production between Live Nation and Ancienne Belgique.
Emma Hessels
Ancienne Belgique
Brussels
Concert
Kids With Buns
Samir Kennedy + Sean Murray — IT'S GOT LEGS!!!!!!
IT’S GOT LEGS!!!!!! was born from the question what other forms emerge when queer historical forms, icons and divas from broadway and beyond are forced into a prison of poe faced postmodernism: Can the high camp and the minimal share a stage?
The result is an infinite, infernal foreplay of a ‘cabaret’ to expose the precarity of constructing a performance and of constructing the self. Using the basic tools of theatre and DIY performance – microphones, speakers, lights and set – Samir Kennedy and Sean Murray question if the way we produce our identities is all that different to how we put on a show.
Embracing the ugliness and chaotic beauty of becoming and unbecoming, IT’S GOT LEGS!!!!!! traces the intricate dances of subjugation, subversion and seduction we’re all forced into as performers, as artists, and as humans. Operating within a complex space of non-arrival, most of the time the duo appears to be just trying to get on with it...
Prepare yourselves for a seemingly never-ending revue of vulgar, visceral, and vampy renditions of the long lost “numbers" that lurk in the depths of our minds. References abound to familiar double acts alongside double entendres as Samir and Sean unearth the only real concrete thing there is in this life and in this business: instability
Beursschouwburg
Brussels
Show
Samir Kennedy + Sean Murray — IT'S GOT LEGS!!!!!!
Normcore
Théâtre de la Vie
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Theatre
Normcore
Les Enfants endormis - Reprise
A man delves into his family archives—yellowed photos, Super 8 films—to understand and to remember. The 1980s. The “AIDS” years. Images of his uncle Désiré, who died of what was then called “the disease of drug addicts and fags.”
At the intersection of autobiographical narrative and documentary investigation, the text traces the emergence of AIDS in the author’s family, while delving behind the scenes of international medical research: the race to identify the virus, the quest for a treatment, the dead ends, the hopes, and the rivalry between French and American researchers.
Forty years after Désiré’s death, Anthony Passeron undertakes a two-pronged investigation:
one into family history, revealing the mechanisms of silence, shame, and denial;
and one into scientific history, a global medical epic interwoven with the personal.
“I tried to understand what people in my grandparents’ village might have known about this disease at that time. (…) Only writing could set this story straight.”
— Anthony Passeron
On stage, four performers bring to life the tension between personal and collective history, between intimate memory and collective history.
⚠️ Smoke effects (minimal but present pyrotechnics)
La Tricoterie - Link factory
Saint-Gilles
Theatre
Les Enfants endormis - Reprise
MUSTII 360
Cirque Royal
Brussels
Concert
MUSTII 360
Pink Winter Wonderland
On 12 December, Pink Winter Wonderland brings colour and festive magic to Rue du Marché au Charbon! Enjoy fabulous drag shows, a DJ set and a vibrant, inclusive atmosphere in the heart of Brussels. A free event organised by Brussels Rainbow Village in partnership with The Arena BXL.
Celebrate the magic of the festive season in the heart of Brussels at Pink Winter Wonderland, a colourful end-of-year celebration organised by Brussels Rainbow Village in partnership with The Arena BXL!
On 12 December 2026, Rue du Marché au Charbon will sparkle with pink, glitter and festive magic for a joyful street event welcoming everyone. Enjoy fabulous drag performances by Tina Barthelina, Sovanja, Chloe Clarke and Kelly Cayne, followed by a DJ set from DJ Shade.
Embracing the inclusive and welcoming spirit of Brussels’ LGBTQIA+ community, Pink Winter Wonderland brings together locals, visitors and curious minds to celebrate the festive season with creativity, glamour and plenty of joy.
Join us from 5 PM to 10 PM, with shows starting at 6 PM, on Rue du Marché au Charbon, in the heart of Brussels’ LGBTQIA+ neighbourhood.
Free entry — everyone is welcome!
Brussels Rainbow Village
Brussels
Various
Pink Winter Wonderland
Downtown Boys
Botanique
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Concert
Downtown Boys
Le Mauvais sort
Théâtre Varia
Ixelles
Theatre
Le Mauvais sort
La Parabole du Seum • Rébecca Chaillon
In the face of the world’s rapidly growing fascist tendencies, Rébecca Chaillon breathes new life into our imagination with a science-fiction fable in which survival goes hand in hand with magic.
In the face of the world’s rapidly growing fascist tendencies, Rébecca Chaillon breathes new life into our imagination with a science-fiction fable in which survival goes hand in hand with magic.
After Plutôt vomir que faillir, which was widely acclaimed in our house in 2024, Rébecca Chaillon’s new work echoes and references Octavia Butler’s cult novel Parable of the Sower, in which we follow a teenage girl who invents her own religion in order to survive in a devastated world. The artist wanted to take this idea further: ‘I have magical faith, and it’s one of my strategies as a Black, fat, ageing, childless lesbian woman’.
By seeking to deconstruct the mechanisms of exclusion, Rébecca Chaillon forges new mythologies focused on queer representations nourished by astrology and superstitions. She proposes a narrative in which fat, racialized, queer bodies can simply exist, free from normative injunctions. La Parabole du Seum is at once an exciting performance and an act of resistance, shifting perspectives and, above all, inciting us to dream differently.
All performances are available in the Relax format.
The stories featured in this production deal with fatphobia, queerphobia, racism, transphobia, sexism and sexual violence. This show contains scenes of nudity and uses smoke.
Rébecca Chaillon is an associate artist at the Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
Coproduction Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
Copresentation Kaaitheater
Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
Brussels
Theatre
La Parabole du Seum • Rébecca Chaillon
Sassy Cabaret de Noël
Le 140
Schaerbeek
Show
Sassy Cabaret de Noël
MORRISSEY
Ready to ring in the New Year with Morrissey at Forest National? A festive New Year’s Eve with a live show, countdown, and DJ sets after midnight.
On New Year’s Eve, Morrissey takes the stage at Forest National in Brussels with a full evening concept. Best known as the frontman of The Smiths, he is a key figure in alternative pop and indie rock, with timeless songs like 'This Charming Man', 'How Soon Is Now?' and solo classics such as 'Suedehead' and 'Everyday Is Like Sunday'.
Forest National
Forest
Concert
MORRISSEY
La Demence
La Demence
Brussels
Clubbing
La Demence
Brussels Philharmonic, Aphrodite Patoulidou & Julio García Vico
For that unexpected twist, we’re delving into the classics of the operatic repertoire. On the stands: the silky lyricism of Puccini, the sparkling French charm of Delibes and Gounod, and the spectacular bel canto fireworks of Donizetti. Soprano Aphrodite Patoulidou will effortlessly sweep you away with these flamboyant tales.
All these musical fireworks are in the hands of rising star Julio Garcia-Vico. He brings a unique technique rooted in the power of flamenco — so expect heaps of expression and a massive shot of extra energy. Exactly the spark you need to kick off the new year with a bang!
Flagey
Ixelles
Concert
Brussels Philharmonic, Aphrodite Patoulidou & Julio García Vico
Barber Shop Chronicles • Inua Ellams Junior Mthombeni Michael De Cock
Junior Mthombeni and Michael De Cock orchestrate a brilliant adaptation of London-based Inua Ellams’ hit play about contemporary black masculinities.
Junior Mthombeni and Michael De Cock orchestrate a brilliant adaptation of London-based Inua Ellams’ hit play about contemporary black masculinities.
It is the final of the Champions League, and barber shops are bustling in Kinshasa, Ouagadougou, Douala, Dakar, Abidjan and Brussels. As the clippers buzz, thousands of stories are shared. Indeed, for African men and men of African descent, the barber shop is where you can come together and share stories. A true safe space, the barber shop becomes a social place where any subject can be discussed: sports, relationships and education, but also exile, religion and politics.
The open and generous set, with no backstage, recreates the vibrancy of the city: colourful costumes, music and dancing create a festive atmosphere full of energy. But beneath the humour and palpable joy lies the false bottom of a show that is as militant as it is joyful, committed to outlining the contours of a possible brotherhood.
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KVS - Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg
Brussels
Theatre
Barber Shop Chronicles • Inua Ellams Junior Mthombeni Michael De Cock
Cliché
Les Riches-Claires
Brussels
Theatre
Cliché
Suzane
Suzane won over audiences with her boundless energy, remarkable stage performances and socially conscious lyrics. After making a lasting impression with her albums ‘Toï Toï’ and ‘Caméo’, the artist returned to the spotlight with a 2025-2026 tour, including a sold-out show at Ancienne Belgique in February 2026.
Ancienne Belgique
Brussels
Concert
Suzane
Kassa Overall
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Your ticket (or combiticket) to this concert also gives you access to the daltonists' concert (22:30)!
Flagey
Ixelles
Concert
Kassa Overall
BONJOUR MADEMOISELLEKE
About embarrassing moments in the fry shopand mothers who come out of telephones.About small thoughts that become biggerand big feelings that shrink.About hormones and a growing moustache,about wearing skirts and armpit hair.About girls and boys and pigeonholes. Or maybe it’s not all that black and white?In BONJOUR MADEMOISELLEKE, Lukas’ love for theatre and illustration meet. This performance is a live graphic novel that unfolds one drawing at a time. In this visual quest for gender identity, Lukas takes inspiration from conversations, situations and feelings he has experienced himself. This stream of images, thoughts, words and feelings is accompanied by live melodica, accordion and electric organ.BONJOUR MADEMOISELLEKE is a performance for young and old where subjects like identity, gender, and the search for yourself are presented with a healthy dose of curiosity, care and humour.Winner of the Boze Wolf prize for ‘up-and-coming talent’ at the Boze Wolf Festival 2025.
BRONKS
Brussels
Theatre
BONJOUR MADEMOISELLEKE
LALOU
Cirque Royal
Brussels
Theatre
LALOU
Pre-dress rehearsal Lucidity
The chamber opera Lucidity by composer Laura Kaminsky, a psychological drama about a woman suffering from dementia, certainly deserves multiple listens. As an Opera Maker, you have the opportunity to discover the production even before the premiere.
La Monnaie
Brussels
Show
Pre-dress rehearsal Lucidity
Surveillée et Punie | Philippe Cyr & Safia Nolin
Les Halles de Schaerbeek
Schaerbeek
Theatre
Surveillée et Punie | Philippe Cyr & Safia Nolin
Surveillée et Punie
Les Halles de Schaerbeek
Schaerbeek
Show
Surveillée et Punie
I'm not done cooking
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Flagey
Ixelles
Concert
I'm not done cooking
Anne Clark & Band
'Edge Of Silence'
Anne Clark returns in 2027 with “Edge Of Silence,” a tour set against a world that feels close to its own breaking point. She steps back into the spotlight as a witness rather than a commentator, using decades of creative evolution to frame a moment marked by tension and uncertainty. Since the early eighties, Clark has been one of the defining figures linking electronic music, spoken word and post punk. Her influence threads through both underground movements and mainstream culture. Concert halls across Europe, the USA and Canada have carried her voice. Tracks like “Sleeper in Metropolis” and “Our Darkness” remain touchstones for listeners who grew up with them and for younger audiences discovering them anew. The 2027 tour is not a retrospective. It leans on her history only to sharpen the present. Clark and her band construct a sound that shifts between electronic edge and acoustic detail. Long familiar pieces reappear with a more distilled focus. New material looks directly at a world where calm is fragile. “Edge Of Silence” offers a space stripped of distraction. Words and sound are placed with precision. Atmosphere matters as much as impact. Clark performs with the clarity of someone who has seen cultural cycles rise, fall and return in unexpected forms. Her voice has followed audiences through many unsettled periods. In 2027, she stands at another threshold, observing it with the same steady lens that has defined her work for more than four decades.
Ancienne Belgique
Brussels
Concert
Anne Clark & Band
Marguerite
Rising star from Star Academy
Following her first platinum-certified hit, “Les filles, les meufs”, and a sold-out debut solo tour, Marguerite has continued her rise to fame since her breakthrough on Star Academy.Buoyed by two new tracks, “La boss” and “Crash Test”, she is set to embark on a new tour across France. Two nights at the Olympia are already sold out, and a finale has been announced at the Zénith de Paris-La Villette in May 2027!
Ancienne Belgique
Brussels
Concert
Marguerite
JARRY & FRIENDS
Cirque Royal
Brussels
Theatre
JARRY & FRIENDS
Cliché
Théâtre Varia
Ixelles
Theatre
Cliché
Depuis que tu n'as pas tiré
Théâtre des Martyrs
Brussels
Theatre
Depuis que tu n'as pas tiré
Cabaret Téhéran
In the tradition of transformist cabaret, Gurshad Shaheman single-handedly embodies a dozen iconic figures from Iranian pop culture. Over the course of several acts, he brings them back to life through their songs that marked pivotal moments in history, allowing voices silenced since 1979 to be heard once more.
Théâtre Les Tanneurs
Brussels
Theatre
Cabaret Téhéran
Basement
The post-hardcore band is back in full force with ‘WIRED’
Basement is a British band from Suffolk that effortlessly combines post-hardcore, emo, grunge and alternative rock. Since their debut in 2009, they have become a cult favourite thanks to their mix of gritty guitars, compelling melodies, big choruses and emotional intensity. Albums like Colourmeinkindness, Promise Everything and Beside Myself made them an established name on the international alternative guitar scene. After an eight-year writing hiatus, the five original band members are back with WIRED, their first album since 2018. The album sounds familiar yet ambitious, with influences of R.E.M., Interpol, The Smashing Pumpkins and a raw production by John Congleton (St. Vincent). Meanwhile, their 2012 track Covet has been given an unexpected second lease of life thanks to TikTok, resulting in an entire new generation of fans.
Fleshwater, Béton Armé
Ancienne Belgique
Brussels
Concert
Basement
Clemix @ La Java | DJ SET
La Tricoterie - Link factory
Saint-Gilles
Clubbing
Clemix @ La Java | DJ SET
Clemix fête ses 10 ans
One album, three EPs, 10 music videos, and no fewer than 150 concerts in Belgium, France, Switzerland, and Canada...: Belgian artist Clemix has 10 years of performing, joy, and connections, witty remarks, and beats under her belt, and she’s looking forward to celebrating her anniversary with you at what promises to be a memorable night!
On the agenda: no pyjama party—just live music and songs, video projections, old clips and dance routines, (more or less) tellable anecdotes, surprise guests, and surely plenty of emotion.
And since you don’t change a team that’s grooving, the second half of the evening will shift into dancefloor mode: Clemix will take over the turntables for an eclectic and exhilarating DJ set alongside her sidekick Knee-x. Good vibes and an endorphin rush guaranteed.
An uninhibited show woman who proudly embraces her Belgian identity and is a touch hyperactive—simultaneously a singer, pianist, DJ, and producer—Clemix effortlessly juggles French chanson, funky electro, and jazzy hip-hop. With her subtle humor and moving sincerity, she draws us into a world that’s both intimate and explosive, where emotions swing between laughter and tears, energy and poetry. Year after year, Clemix continues to assert her unique artistic vision—one that defies categorization yet remains at the heart of a free, joyful, and independent French-language music scene.
La Tricoterie - Link factory
Saint-Gilles
Concert
Clemix fête ses 10 ans
New 20's Cabaret
This cabaret—100% made in La Tricoterie—needs no introduction!
Burlesque and queerness, striptease and pole dancing, retro and drag shows: the performers of the New 20’s Cabaret are bringing their A-game to give you a wild night out.
Sit back, order a cocktail, and let the performers take you on a journey. Join us somewhere between Prohibition and Pride, between feathers and sequins, between carefree fun and activism… in short, between 1920 and 2020. It’s the “New Twenties”—get it?
The bar will be open starting at 7 p.m. and will offer a wide selection of ethically sourced non-alcoholic drinks, local beers, and house-made cocktails. Feeling a little peckish before the show? Check out our delicious snacks and house-made dishes!
Break out your flashy outfits: after the show, the party will continue with a DJ set in the Salon…
La Tricoterie - Link factory
Saint-Gilles
Various
New 20's Cabaret
That's the way the cookie crumbles
Emilie Franco À partir de 14 ans[ Durée : 1h15 ]Co-présentation atelier210 ❤ le RideauReprésentation à l’atelier210 - 210 Chaussée Saint-Pierre - 1040 BruxellesPenser au multivers peut-il nous aider à relativiser notre regard sur le monde ?Comment prendre soin de nos alter-égos ?Une voix chante. Un écran s’allume, des villes se superposent : Agrigente, Liège, peut-êtreNew York. Et entre ces lieux, une question s'agite : et si plusieurs versions de nos vies existaient simultanément — autant de regards possibles sur soi et sur le monde ?That’s the Way the Cookie Crumbles explore l’hypothèse du multivers et notre désir de fuir le réel pour en imaginer d’autres.Emilie Franco y tisse un lien entre le Reality Shifting — pratique de « voyage quantique » popularisée par des adolescent-es sur TikTok — et l’histoire d’exil de Marianna Belmonte, sa nonna centenaire qui aurait quitté la Sicile d’après-guerre en 1954 vers Liège et New York.Ce récit d’auto-fiction, basé sur des recherches de terrain, suit les traces du double de Marianna d’un continent à l’autre et mène Emilie à la rencontre de son propre alter-égo. Mêlant théâtre, musique live et cinéma, cette création invite à plonger dans une « réalité désirée », là où les fictions intimes ouvrent d’autres possibles.LE SPECTACLE – MA 9.02 > SA 20.02 sera présenté à l'atelier 210
Atelier 210
Etterbeek
Show
That's the way the cookie crumbles
Vies infimes, vies infâmes - Quelques réflexions sur la photographie queer
Hélène Giannecchini, writer and curator
This lecture examines the regimes that have historically shaped, and continue to determine, the presence of gender minorities in the photography. Archival erasure and the scarcity of visual sources coexist, paradoxically, with stereotypical hypervisibility. In the face of these impositions, emancipatory practices - such as self-representation, community archives and the subversion of visual codes - are reshaping our relationship with the medium. The aim is therefore to uncover the mechanisms through which photography, far from being a mere vehicle for representation, actively participates in the social construction of gender identities and may, depending on how it is used, either reinforce norms or become a tool for subjective reappropriation.Hélène Giannecchini is a French writer, art theorist and curator. With a PhD in literature, she specialises in the relationship between text and image, as well as the history of photography and contemporary art. She has devoted a significant part of her research to the photographer and writer Alix Cléo Roubaud, for whom she curated a major retrospective at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in 2014. She has taught at the École européenne supérieure de l'image and was a fellow at the Villa Medici (2018-2019) and subsequently at the Villa Albertine. Her best-known books include Une image peut-être vraie (2014), Voir de ses propres yeux (2020) and Un désir démesuré d'amitié. Her recent work focuses in particular on LGBTQI+ archives, minority narratives and the cultural history of queer communities.
Bozar - Centre for Fine Arts
Brussels
Conferences and conventions
Vies infimes, vies infâmes - Quelques réflexions sur la photographie queer
David Kadouch
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Flagey
Ixelles
Concert
David Kadouch
The Black Circus of The Republic of Bantu
In The Black Circus of The Republic of Bantu, Albert Ibokwe Khoza confronts the colonial legacy of human exhibitions and the gaze on the Black body.
Exhibits showcasing artefacts and actual people were popular in the western world during the colonial period. How do we deal with a shameful legacy that echoes into the present? Should we seek to erase it, bury it in the history books, or resurrect and acknowledge this difficult past? This work dwells heavily on the early recorded study of black bodies as a "different species" to the white man. Many argue these shameful episodes from of our history should not be simply forgotten, but should stand as a testament to a shameful, and often uncomfortable past. The Black Circus of the Republic of Bantu brings about an ethnic beauty and pride that was over generations damaged, dragged and stripped of its dignity let alone the Royal lineage that is bestowed on our different shades of brown skin and curly hair, lives and values. The artists write: “We pay tribute to the spirit of Sarah Baartman and the many Africans whose lives and bodies were turned into a spectacle for white supremacist pleasure. We pay homage to our ancestry who gave up everything for the benefit of the world at large.”
KVS BOX
Brussels
Show
The Black Circus of The Republic of Bantu
Zones de lumière, zones d'ombre : Walter Leblanc with Rosa Barba, Rossella Biscotti, Kasper Bosmans, Gabriel Kuri, Felipe Mujica
Walter & Nicole Leblanc Foundation
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Exhibitions
Zones de lumière, zones d'ombre : Walter Leblanc with Rosa Barba, Rossella Biscotti, Kasper Bosmans, Gabriel Kuri, Felipe Mujica
De mon plein gré
Théâtre des Martyrs
Brussels
Theatre
De mon plein gré
Chauv·e
Le 140
Schaerbeek
Show
Chauv·e
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
Coward
Le Senghor - Centre Culturel d’Etterbeek
Etterbeek
Cinema
Coward
EMELI SANDÉ
Cirque Royal
Brussels
Concert
EMELI SANDÉ
Eivør
Faroese folk with a dark, cinematographic and emotionally charged sound
Eivør, one of the most distinctive voices on the Nordic music scene, returns with a new album. Deeply influenced by the rugged landscapes and communal singing culture of her homeland, the Faroe Islands, she blends centuries-old traditions with a contemporary sound. With her new work, she once again moves between different genres, blending Nordic folk, cinematic compositions and modern production into a dark, atmospheric and emotionally charged sound.You may recognise her voice from The Last Kingdom (TV series) and God of War (game), where she helped shape the immersive sound worlds. Live, Eivør is known for her intense and emotional performances, in which she brings her music to life with an energy that is both intimate and powerful. Her next release marks the beginning of a new chapter: more direct and focused, yet still rich in the emotional depth that characterises her sound.Eivør will be joined by Rabbitology as a special guest.Rabbitology is the world created by the idiosyncratic mind of Nat Timmerman, a place full of whimsical ideas and underground twists. Simply follow the tracks of the three-legged rabbit and before you know it, you’ll be knee-deep in a universe of eclectic soundscapes. There you’ll discover a collection of memories transformed into imaginative, musical short stories.
Rabbitology
Ancienne Belgique
Brussels
Concert
Eivør
Et nous
Sandrine Desmet / Pamela Ghislain / Cie Kaori À partir de 15/16 ans [ Durée : 1h20 ] Souvent je me disais, comment c’est possible qu’on s’aime autant et qu’on se fasse si mal ? C’est les personnes que tu aimes le plus au monde qui sont le plus à même de te détruire en deux secondes trente. Après trois années sans se voir, Ambre et Joie se retrouvent enfin. Ensemble, elles revisitent des fragments de leur vie commune afin de comprendre ce qu’il s’est passé. Comment la violence s’est-elle immiscée à l’intérieur de leur couple ? Journal d’une relation, généalogie de leur foirage amoureux, cartographie du « comment être ensemble », ce texte, accompagné d’un piano et de deux comédiennes, aborde la question de nos silences et de nos cris à travers une tentative de réconciliation. Après Lune, la Compagnie Kaori revient au Rideau pour le troisième et dernier volet de la trilogie du Cri sur laquelle Pamela Ghislain et Sandrine Desmet travaillent depuis 2017. RENCONTRE - Je 11 mars après la représentation. Avec des intervenant·e·s choisi·e·s pour leur expertise sur la thématique du spectacle. ATELIER D’ÉCRITURE – Sa 13 mars. Avec Pamela Ghislain. Tout public à partir de 16 ans.AFTER SCENE - Je 18 mars après la représentation. Avec l’équipe du spectacle.
Le Rideau
Ixelles
Show
Et nous
Tout jeter/Garder Flore
Les Riches-Claires
Brussels
Theatre
Tout jeter/Garder Flore
Amour sous contrat
Le 140
Schaerbeek
Show
Amour sous contrat
Don Quixote, Which Was a Dream
With Don Quixote, Life is But A Dream, based upon Kathy Acker's novel, Nona Demey Gallagher creates a satirical universe full of grotesque archetypal figures, where politics, (pop) culture and madness are inextricably linked. See the performance in KVS Br
Through an iconic character, Nona Demey Gallagher creates a distinctive universe where humour and social critique collide with a wild imagination.For the first time, Nona Demey Gallagher (A Room Of His Own, Copyriot, Up Your Ass,…) takes on a classic from the repertoire: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. The story of a wandering knight who, driven by chivalric ideals, mistakes windmills for giants, has become one of the most renowned novels in world literature.This theatrical reimagining draws on an adaptation by experimental punk writer Kathy Acker. Her novel Don Quixote: Which Was a Dream (1986) transforms the Spanish nobleman into an American dreamer searching for love in a loveless society. Together with writer Jana Antonissen, Gallagher develops a contemporary quest in which dreams are not an escape from reality, but a way of reshaping it.With Gene Bervoets, Zita Windey, Lotte Vanhamel, Jonathan Kazanga Linga, Fiene Zasada, Romy Louise Lauwers and live music composed by Nid & Sancy.
KVS BOL
Brussels
Theatre
Don Quixote, Which Was a Dream
Gelatina @ La Java
La Tricoterie - Link factory
Saint-Gilles
Clubbing
Gelatina @ La Java
Marlène Schaff - A Queen is born
NOVUM
Etterbeek
Theatre
Marlène Schaff - A Queen is born
En peau de pêche
Discover En peau de pêche by Dounia Mahammed at KVS, a poetic performance about discrimination, pain and finding comfort.
En peau de pêche shares a series of thoughts that form a rhythmic poem; an atypical song about being crossed out and crossing yourself out, about repressing oppressive memories. About erasing what was and washing what is. About what can happen to someone when ableist, racist, sexist gazes and words run rampant beneath your skin. A playful, colourful, musical performance. NOTE ON (ARTISTIC) LANGUAGES AND ACCESSIBILITYThis performance aims to connect with everyone: individual needs, diverse backgrounds, unique bodies. peau de pêche strives to be sensory-friendly and chooses wheelchair-accessible venues.Before the performance begins, information about accessibility is available at the reception. Half an hour before the show starts, you can speak to a staff member there to get to know the set and performers in the space. A technician can show you the brightest lights or the loudest sounds. If you prefer to sit close to the exit, a reserved seat can be arranged for you.The performance lasts 50 minutes without an intermission. The doors to the venue open 5 minutes before the start of the performance.The full narrative is presented in both spoken Dutch and Flemish Sign Language. To allow space for the poetry of these languages, not everything is translated or told literally and simultaneously. Sometimes Sign Language tells the story, sometimes music, images, spoken language, or animated written language.We perform in an intimate, open setting. Moving in and out, making noise, or shifting around is not discouraged; the door always remains slightly open. Loud sounds or bright lights are avoided but will be announced if they do occur. Staff members are available to talk to, and there is a quiet space for anyone who wishes to decompress.Projections, music, and a smoke machine are used.This work deals with psychological challenges resulting from discrimination. There is no explicit violence in the performance, but sensitive themes are approached in a poetic way.
KVS BOX
Brussels
Theatre
En peau de pêche
MARINE
Marine is more than a singer, she is a storyteller. Jazz influences combined with modern pop create a unique blend of warmth and character.
Once a street musician in Paris, today Marine performs on the biggest stages, including a stop at Forest National. Her songs are infused with emotion, inspired by icons like Norah Jones and Amy Winehouse. She often composes at night, when the city sleeps. Her concerts are an ode to authenticity.
Forest National
Forest
Concert
MARINE
Pre-dress rehearsal M. Butterfly
The opera M. Butterfly by composer Huang Ruo, based on the true story of French diplomat René Gallimard and the captivating opera singer Song Liling, will receive its European premiere at La Monnaie and certainly deserves multiple listens. As an Opera Maker, you have the opportunity to discover the production even before the premiere.
La Monnaie
Brussels
Show
Pre-dress rehearsal M. Butterfly
M. Butterfly
Based on a true story
In Mao’s China, French diplomat René Gallimard is enchanted by the captivating opera singer Song Liling. The two begin a passionate affair that lasts twenty years, until they are arrested. In court, it is revealed that all this time, unbeknown to Gallimard, Song was not only a man in drag, but also a Chinese spy who passed on information about the war in Vietnam.
With more than a nod to Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, in 2020 composer Huang Ruo forged this unconventional love story into a compelling opera that turns gender conventions and cultural power relations upside down. Under the musical direction of Carolyn Kuan, M. Butterfly is now receiving its European premiere, with Robin Adams and Kangmin Justin Kim (acclaimed for his performance as Song in the world premiere) taking on the roles of the two lovers. Director Krystian Lada looks through the eyes of René Gallimard to understand how fantasy can sometimes triumph over reality and how Pinkerton can reveal himself as Butterfly.
Are you under 30? Then attend this opera on the Young Opera Night (4.5.2027) and we treat you to a personal welcome, a free drink, a free digital programme book and an after-event or other surprise.
La Monnaie
Brussels
Show
M. Butterfly
JEANFI JANSSENS
Cirque Royal
Brussels
Theatre
JEANFI JANSSENS
JESSÉ
Cirque Royal
Brussels
Theatre
JESSÉ
Et nous
Centre Culturel d'Uccle
Uccle
Theatre
Et nous
Sabah
With this musically, sexy, queer cabaret Tomas Pevenage introduces you to legendary Arab divas. Through intimate phone conversations with his mother, he outlines his relationships, loves and desires, past the nightclubs of Beirut to the steamy bathhouses
The fascination for Arab divas was Tomas Pevenages’ starting point to travel for ten years through Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. The connection with the Lebanese diva ‘Sabah’ prompted him to leave Belgium behind in 2019 and plunge into a new Lebanese chapter.Sabah (1927-2014), the Lebanese singer and film star, embodied Arab camp and was a strong-willed feminist. Until her last days she deployed her hedonistic lifestyle as a weapon. With 50 albums, 98 films, 20 theatre performances, 30 aesthetic surgeries and nine husbands on her record, she remains a queer icon in the Arab world, with a wardrobe to rival the most fashionable drag queens.At a crossroad in Tomas' life, Sabah sent shockwaves through his body. She took him wandering through a region marked by crises, wars, revolutions and conflicts. Places where the queer community balances dangerously between visibility and safety.With this musically, sexy, queer cabaret Tomas introduces you to legendary Arab divas. Through intimate phone conversations with his mother, he outlines his relationships, loves and desires, past the nightclubs of Beirut to the steamy bathhouses of Damascus.
KVS BOX
Brussels
Theatre
Sabah
The Cadela Força Trilogy Chapter III: A Cordial Light
With A Cordial Light, Carolina Bianchi completes her Cadela Força Trilogy at KVS. This powerful final chapter explores writing, sexuality and identity through literature and performance, in a bold and uncompromising artistic gesture.
In recent years, Carolina Bianchi has repeatedly shaken the theatre world to its very foundations. With the first two parts of her Cadela Força Trilogy, she drew attention to the brutality of sexual violence and its consequences (The Bride and the Goodnight Cinderella) and to the complexity of looking closely the masters of male brotherhood intertwined with theatre history (The Brotherhood).The Brazilian theatre-maker has received numerous awards and widespread acclaim for these first two chapters. She has now reached the final part Cadela Força Trilogy – Chapter III: A Cordial Light. The piece is a disproportional combination of drafts, notebooks, notes, and words from other writers, such as Brazilian author Hilda Hilst and the poet Emily Dickinson, and reveals the violent process of writing as an encounter with the enigma of one's own sexuality. Carolina Bianchi appears as a subject in dissolution, presenting herself through different writer alter egos that enable herself to fulfil her fantasies, especially the fantasy of writing.
KVS BOL
Brussels
Theatre
The Cadela Força Trilogy Chapter III: A Cordial Light
Queer As Punk
Dans une Malaisie où les identités queer sont criminalisées, le groupe punk Shh…Diam! utilise la musique comme acte de résistance. Porté par Faris Saad, homme trans et chanteur du groupe, « Queer as Punk » suit sur plusieurs années leur combat pour exister, créer et revendiquer, entre concerts clandestins, soutien communautaire et activisme joyeux. Un portrait vibrant d’une lutte collective où l’art devient refuge et outil de transformation sociale.
Cinéma Aventure
Brussels
Cinema
Queer As Punk
Ellen Babić
Théâtre Le Public
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Theatre
Ellen Babić
LA CONFUSION DES SENTIMENTS
Théâtre Royal du Parc
Brussels
Theatre
LA CONFUSION DES SENTIMENTS
VÉRONIQUE GALLO
Cirque Royal
Brussels
Theatre
VÉRONIQUE GALLO
Le Grand seXtacle
A cast of eccentric and libertine characters. But what are they up to in this “Cour des Miracles” of eroticism? Singing and dancing to celebrate both the sweet praises and the harsh flaws of a society that is at once eroticized and chaste, waging a battle against conformity and the pressure to conform. They are the aristocrats of their differences. Le Grand SeXtacle surprises, moves, and even shocks the audience. Sometimes unsettling, sometimes painful, often funny, the performers—blurring the lines between circus and cabaret, in full makeup and costume—contrast glamour with an image of society that defies norms. Aware of their otherness, they prompt reflection on identity and appearance.
Directed by: Frédérique Lecomte
La Tricoterie - Link factory
Saint-Gilles
Theatre
Le Grand seXtacle
Norman c’est comme normal, à une lettre près
Théâtre Varia
Ixelles
Theatre
Norman c’est comme normal, à une lettre près
Parker Ramsey
Parker Ramsey about the program: "As an harpist and instrumentalist, I’m always fascinated to see how composers shape and interact with the texts that inspire them. In the Renaissance, madrigals or motets based on biblical stories were used to teach students to improvise and in tandem instill lessons of morality and virtue. Later in the baroque, Gregorian chants were treated as seeds of germination by the likes of Frescobaldi as from which contrapuntal fantasias were crafted. In the era of programmatic music, poems were treated as narrative frameworks within which composers such as Fauré would fit musical ideas. In the 20th Century, we see instances of silent poetry, such as with Paul Hindemith, who set an obscure poem by Hölty which was meant for the harpist’s eyes, but perhaps nobody else’s. In Words Unspoken, I’ve gone back and chosen some of my favorite harp works I learned as a student and paired them with the solo movements from Nico Muhly’s The Street, a setting of the Stations of the Cross by poet Alice Goodman."
Flagey
Ixelles
Concert
Parker Ramsey
VOID
Discover VOID by Wim Vandekeybus and Ultima Vez, a contemporary dance work about individuality, difference and breaking away from social norms.
In Void, Wim Vandekeybus presents a world where outcast characters – those who live in their own “bubble” or “void” and deviate from societal norms – take center stage. Through minimalist set design, contemporary choreography, and the interplay between sound and silence, Void invites the audience to engage with deeper, thought-provoking questions about individuality and difference.Void highlights how the stage is a space where the usual labels of normal or abnormal dissolve, even overturning societal norms. Vandekeybus reinforces the stage not as a place for realistic portrayals of life, but as a space to explore extreme, and often challenging, individual experiences. “I’m not interested in portraying realistic representations of ordinary social life,” he explains. “Rather, I want to delve into more outspoken individual experiences. It’s about people who don’t follow the expected path; who deviate in fascinating ways.” Despite their differences, the characters coexist harmoniously, offering an optimistic perspective on individuality, where even in moments of conflict, respect and collaboration prevail over aggression."Each character in Void sees the world from their unique perspective, and through this, we explore broader societal themes. It's about delving into the intricate inner worlds of these characters, empathizing with their solitude, and understanding their struggles. Society often conditions us to follow a thin line of normality, labeling anything outside of it as abnormal. However, the unconsciousness, the unpredictable aspects of our work, are vital. This creation celebrates those outcast characters and the rare admission of others into their inner worlds." – Wim VandekeybusThe characters in Void are drawn from personal experiences or family histories, adding a distinctive layer of authenticity. Vandekeybus explains, “One performer channels the story of his grandmother, who lived through similar struggles. Another taps into the memories of her brother, while yet another performer reflects on a childhood shaped by solitude – just her, a television, and a handful of cats for company.” Although inspired by real life, these characters are liberated from the constraints of realism. The creative process allowed the cast to explore their pasts while reimagining these stories within the abstract world of Void.Void is not a reflection of reality, but an invitation for the audience to engage with their own imagination. “People must explore what these characters could be,” Vandekeybus says. He believes that everyone has an element of the “abnormal” within themselves and that these characters embody this universal aspect. “Each older character has been a teenager, and every obsessive person has experienced rebellion. It’s fascinating to uncover these narratives.”The collaboration with young Belgian composer Arthur Brouns adds depth to the piece, with the music setting a unique tone that emphasizes both connection and loneliness. “I provide an initial playlist and general ideas, and Arthur transforms them into something extraordinary,” Vandekeybus explains. In addition to his original compositions, the score will incorporate tracks by Lander Gyselinck and elements of New York Jazz, blending genres into a cohesive soundscape.Lastly, the title Void encapsulates the concept of possibility. Vandekeybus describes it as a space filled with potential rather than emptiness. “When there is emptiness, there are countless possibilities. We often think of empty space as devoid of meaning, but that’s not true. For me, the void is a lack of normality, and within that emptiness lies enormous potential.” This idea is central to the performance, where the space itself is manipulated, raised, and hidden, like a child chasing abstract ideas, leaving the audience to imagine the possibilities within that void.
KVS BOL
Brussels
Show
VOID
Poiesis Quartet
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Flagey
Ixelles
Concert
Poiesis Quartet
CHRISTOPHE WILLEM
Christophe Willem brings his powerful voice and flamboyant style to Forest National. Known for hits like 'Double Je' and 'PS: Je t’aime', he promises an unforgettable night of music.
Christophe Willem, winner of Nouvelle Star, has been performing for 20 years and is hitting the road again with a new album. The French pop singer, who has collaborated with artists such as Zazie, blends familiar hits with new material in a show that reflects on his career journey. His nickname, 'La Tortue', earned during Nouvelle Star for his distinctive dance style, will certainly not go unnoticed at Forest National.
Forest National
Forest
Concert
CHRISTOPHE WILLEM
HOSHI
After the triumph of the 'Cœur Parapluie Tour', Hoshi opens a new chapter with the 'Bonjour Docteur Tour'. A show that promises to be more vibrant than ever, blending raw poetry with powerful melodies
After conquering the stage with tracks like ‘Amour Censure’ and ‘Ta Marinière.’ Hoshi now begins a tour of Zéniths and Arenas. She will also perform in Switzerland and Belgium, including a stop at Forest National. Get ready for a show filled with musical intensity and unexpected surprises, brought by an artist whose name means ‘star’ in Japanese.
Forest National
Forest
Concert
HOSHI
