Cesare deve morire (2012) – Vittorio Taviani, Paolo Taviani
6 January 2025 | 19.00
Every year, inmates at a Roman prison perform a well-known play. For this film, they sank their teeth into Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.
Challengers (2024) – Luca Guagdanino
6 January 2025 | 21.00
Former tennis prodigy Tashi is married to a champion on a losing streak. Then, he must face off against his former best friend – and Tashi’s ex.
Do the Right Thing (1989) – Spike Lee
7 January 2025 | 19.00
A humorous yet intense tale of racial tensions in Bedford Stuyvesant, a black neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.
Gegen die Wand (2004) – Fatih Akin
8 January 2025 | 19.00
Outcasts Sibel and Cahit, second-generation Turkish-German immigrants, enter a marriage of convenience to free Sibel from her oppressive family life.
The Teacher’s Choice: Patrick Geeraerts
13 January 2025 | 19.00
Editing professor Patrick Geeraerts shows his film of choice, a chaotic Latin American epic in which multiple storylines violently collide.
Eva reste au placard les nuits de pleine lune (2006) – Alex Stockman
14 January 2025 | 19.00
The difficult life of Michel, afflicted by a muscular disease, changes every month at full moon into a carefree existence.
The Look of Silence (2014) – Joshua Oppenheimer
15 January 2025 | 19.00
Joshua Oppenheimer continues exploring the mass murder of a million communists and suspected communists in 1960s Indonesia.
Dahomey (2024) – Mati Diop
16 January 2025 | 19.00
In November 2021, 26 treasures from the kingdom of Dahomey are about to leave Paris to return to their country of origin, the current Republic of Benin.
Working Songs Vol. 1 (2021) – Sanja Mitrović
20 January 2025 | 19.00
A number of guests were invited to interpret a selection of working songs from different cultures. Recording of a live set in Ancienne Belgique.
There Is No Evil (2020) – Mohammad Rasoulof
21 January 2025 | 19.00
In four stories, Mohammad Rasoulof shows the human consequences of Iran’s death penalty system. Winner of the Golden Bear in Berlin.
Bringing out the Dead (1999) – Martin Scorsese
22 January 2025 | 19.00
Underrated collaboration between Scorsese, actor Nicolas Cage and screenwriter Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver) about a jaded paramedic in Manhattan.
Climax (2018) – Gaspar Noé
23 January 2025 | 19.00
Film by Gaspar Noé that caused a feverish hype in 2018. A hallucinatory, frenzied performance full of dance and darkness.
Aftersun (2022) – Charlotte Wells
27 January 2025 | 19.00
Trying to understand her late father’s dark side, an adult woman reflects on her memories of their last vacation together.
In the Mood for Love (2000) – Wong Kar-wai
28 January 2025 | 19.00
Two neighbors (Tony Leung and Maggie Chung) cross paths in Wong Kar Wai’s matchless portrait of a quiet but passionate sensuality.
Paradigma (2024) – Jozef Devillé, Pablo Eekman
29 January 2025 | 19.00
This essayistic author’s documentary uses delicious archival footage to reveal that our society is defined by the stories we tell.