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Découvrez des œuvres contemporaines et des classiques influents du cinéma belge avec la sélection de films d’Avila. À regarder en ligne partout dans le monde sur la plateforme de streaming d’Avila, dans votre bibliothèque via Cinébib, ou sur grand écran.
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Kouté Vwa
Kouté Vwa, Maxime Jean-Baptiste,

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Children's Games
Francis Alÿs,

School’s out, the days are long, and the playground is everywhere! The summer holidays are the perfect time to rediscover the magic of childhood for free through two short films that celebrate the world of children's games: Children's Games #1: Caracoles and Children's Games #31: Slakken.

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Explore Avila’s online film collection, accessible to members of public libraries in Flanders and Brussels.

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Avila brings Belgian films to audiences and organises special screenings across the country and beyond. Check the agenda or get in touch if you are interested in hosting a screening.

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Every season.
A unique Belgian film.
On a big screen near you.

Discover this spring: Forbidden Pilgrimage by Ellen Vermeulen.

2025 PROGRAMME

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Cinema Galeries, Brussels
+ Q&A with Maxime Jean-Baptiste and RamDam festival programmer Souad Ala
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→ Kouté Vwa
Cinéma Plaza, Hotton
+ Q&A with Maxime Jean-Baptiste
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→ Kouté Vwa
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→ Kouté Vwa
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→ Kouté Vwa
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Cinema Galeries, Brussels
+ Q&A with Lyse Ishimwe (Recognition) and Maxime Jean-Baptiste
→ Kouté Vwa
→ Kouté Vwa
Le Senghor, Etterbeek
+ Q&A with Maxime Jean-Baptiste
→ Kouté Vwa
CinéMarche, Marche-en-Famenne
+ In the presence of Maxime Jean-Baptiste
In cinemas
→ Le chantier des gosses
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→ Le chantier des gosses
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Avila, present!
→ Le chantier des gosses
→ Branden
→ Because We Are Visual
Beursschouwburg, Brussels
+ Q&A with Olivia Rochette & Gerard-Jan Claes
→ Fase
Fase (Thierry De Mey, 2002)

Twenty years after the eponymous choreography that put dance company Rosas on the map, the performance was adapted to film. The dance film explores the relationship between movement, music and image, creating a unique and immersive cinematic experience.

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Stijn Coninx,

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.

→ Apple Cider Vinegar
ISELP, Brussels
+ Q&A with Sofie Benoot, in collaboration with Collectif OHME and BAFF
→ Apple Cider Vinegar
Natuurpunt Jabbeke, Jabbeke
+ Q&A with Sofie Benoot
→ Globes

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Thumb Je, tu, il, elle

A feature debut that recounts the last three moments of a young girl's adolescence, painfully approaching adulthood, and who will have to give up something of herself to conform.

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Here (Bas Devos)

A gentle construction worker from Brussels is about to leave for his homeland Romania. He meets a young, Belgian-Chinese woman who is doing doctoral research on mosses. A fragile plea for more rapprochement, to the world and each other.

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Apple Cider Vinegar (Sofie Benoot, 2024)

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.

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Thumb Atelier Graphoui

This short film program showcases five animated films made in the 1980s by children at Atelier Graphoui workshops. Mixing techniques and free-writing, these playful films amplify minority voices, reflecting Graphoui's decades-long work with non-filmmakers.

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Thumb Floréal

This short film program explores several Brussels neighbourhoods. These four films are charming and moving portraits of neighbourhood residents and together span a period of nearly 60 years, offering a special look at a city in constant transformation.

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