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Avila presents a curated programme of three short films by young filmmakers, unified by a shared sense of longing: for identity, healing, and emancipation. With an intuitive cinematic language rooted in poetry and rhythm, these films - made in close collaboration with the individuals and communities they portray - are at once tender and defiant. Telling stories becomes a life-affirming act of desire, resistance, and self-realization.
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Belgian landmark film Daens returns to the big screen, in a restored version by CINEMATEK. The film tells the story of priest Adolf Daens and his fight against social injustice in industrial Aalst at the end of the 19th century. Daens enjoyed widespread success upon its release and was nominated for an Oscar® for Best Foreign Language Film in 1993. This re-release is a unique opportunity to rediscover this iconic film with fresh eyes. The avant-première will take place on 3 March at Cinema Palace in Brussels, in the presence of director Stijn Coninx, ahead of the nationwide release on 11 March.
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Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Father Daens returns to Aalst, where workers suffer from poverty, child labor, and exploitation in the textile industry. Driven by his sense of justice, he takes their side, even if it means confronting the church and the upper class. A detailed historical drama about the fight for justice.
Melrick, a thirteen-year-old boy, spends his summer vacation with his grandmother Nicole in Cayenne, French Guiana. His desire to learn to play the drum brings back the specter of Lucas, his uncle, also a drummer, who died in tragic conditions eleven years earlier.
Melrick, a thirteen-year-old boy, spends his summer vacation with his grandmother Nicole in Cayenne, French Guiana. His desire to learn to play the drum brings back the specter of Lucas, his uncle, also a drummer, who died in tragic conditions eleven years earlier.
The Marolles is a playground for kids until one day workmen shake up the neighbourhood. The children declare war on them. A film about Brussels in the 1950s, in collaboration with the inhabitants.
The Marolles is a playground for kids until one day workmen shake up the neighbourhood. The children declare war on them. A film about Brussels in the 1950s, in collaboration with the inhabitants.
The Marolles is a playground for kids until one day workmen shake up the neighbourhood. The children declare war on them. A film about Brussels in the 1950s, in collaboration with the inhabitants.
In a small village on the border of Vietnam and Laos, an elderly woman teaches her grandchildren the language and traditional knowledge of the Rục, an ethnic minority. This tactile, poetic documentary, filmed on grainy 16 mm, evokes a sense of quiet wonder.
In a small village on the border of Vietnam and Laos, an elderly woman teaches her grandchildren the language and traditional knowledge of the Rục, an ethnic minority. This tactile, poetic documentary, filmed on grainy 16 mm, evokes a sense of quiet wonder.
In a small village on the border of Vietnam and Laos, an elderly woman teaches her grandchildren the language and traditional knowledge of the Rục, an ethnic minority. This tactile, poetic documentary, filmed on grainy 16 mm, evokes a sense of quiet wonder.
In a small village on the border of Vietnam and Laos, an elderly woman teaches her grandchildren the language and traditional knowledge of the Rục, an ethnic minority. This tactile, poetic documentary, filmed on grainy 16 mm, evokes a sense of quiet wonder.
In a small village on the border of Vietnam and Laos, an elderly woman teaches her grandchildren the language and traditional knowledge of the Rục, an ethnic minority. This tactile, poetic documentary, filmed on grainy 16 mm, evokes a sense of quiet wonder.
In a small village on the border of Vietnam and Laos, an elderly woman teaches her grandchildren the language and traditional knowledge of the Rục, an ethnic minority. This tactile, poetic documentary, filmed on grainy 16 mm, evokes a sense of quiet wonder.
In a small village on the border of Vietnam and Laos, an elderly woman teaches her grandchildren the language and traditional knowledge of the Rục, an ethnic minority. This tactile, poetic documentary, filmed on grainy 16 mm, evokes a sense of quiet wonder.
In a small village on the border of Vietnam and Laos, an elderly woman teaches her grandchildren the language and traditional knowledge of the Rục, an ethnic minority. This tactile, poetic documentary, filmed on grainy 16 mm, evokes a sense of quiet wonder.
In a small village on the border of Vietnam and Laos, an elderly woman teaches her grandchildren the language and traditional knowledge of the Rục, an ethnic minority. This tactile, poetic documentary, filmed on grainy 16 mm, evokes a sense of quiet wonder.
In a small village on the border of Vietnam and Laos, an elderly woman teaches her grandchildren the language and traditional knowledge of the Rục, an ethnic minority. This tactile, poetic documentary, filmed on grainy 16 mm, evokes a sense of quiet wonder.
In a small village on the border of Vietnam and Laos, an elderly woman teaches her grandchildren the language and traditional knowledge of the Rục, an ethnic minority. This tactile, poetic documentary, filmed on grainy 16 mm, evokes a sense of quiet wonder.
In a small village on the border of Vietnam and Laos, an elderly woman teaches her grandchildren the language and traditional knowledge of the Rục, an ethnic minority. This tactile, poetic documentary, filmed on grainy 16 mm, evokes a sense of quiet wonder.
In a small village on the border of Vietnam and Laos, an elderly woman teaches her grandchildren the language and traditional knowledge of the Rục, an ethnic minority. This tactile, poetic documentary, filmed on grainy 16 mm, evokes a sense of quiet wonder.
A collective poem about the burning of home countries, about the fire and the smoke of armed conflict. A conversation with five women from different diasporas: about leaving… and (never) arriving. An ode to the displaced woman.
Jamal Hindawi, Palestinian, lives with his family in the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, where he makes political theatre. When he starts a journey to search for an important lost theatre prop, he witnesses how the successive political and economic crises have disrupted an entire region and its people.
A cinematographic adaptation of the 1983 performance of the same name by dance company Rosas, which weaves together architecture, music and movement in a compelling and meticulous way.
A cinematographic adaptation of the 1983 performance of the same name by dance company Rosas, which weaves together architecture, music and movement in a compelling and meticulous way.
A poetic essay film on the colonial gaze and the magic lantern. This early type of image projector was used in Belgian colonial propaganda, showcasing the good works of the Church, State and industry.
Caught in a dance, bees recount stories about the world around them. From the smallest cell in a honeycomb to the largest economy in the world, this essayistic nature documentary maps the bonds between man and bee.
In 1952, Marie-Louise Chapelle was the first French woman to reach an unclimbed peak in the Himalayas. Years later, filmmaker Ellen Vermeulen follows in her footsteps. An intimate journey through snow landscapes in which personal ambitions, social constraints, and the complexity of being a woman take center stage.
Three highly original, lovingly and playfully crafted films spanning over fifteen years. Blending documentary and fiction, these films, like the blue garden cabin that gives the trilogy its title, form an intimate oeuvre as well as a fertile space of memory and imagination.
Patient observations unfold into a carefully constructed portrait of the modest residential Hotel Monterey in Manhattan. The camera traces an upward path through the building, capturing its corridors, elevators, rooms, and inhabitants.
A fictitious nature documentary narrator takes the viewer on a journey meeting Palestinian stone masons, passionate British geologists and people living on the lava fields of Fogo. A hypnotic essay film asking urgent ecological questions.
Letters filled with everyday concerns and maternal advice contrast with slow-moving images of a distant Manhattan in the 1970s. A personal account and a time capsule of a city in transformation.
Short films that emerged from the eyes and hands of the movement La Voix des Sans-Papiers and two filmmakers. Their work reflects an ongoing struggle, primarily focused on staying aligned together.
