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Monday 16 NovemberRoom 2 19:00VO st ENAs part of the POLITIK Festival A discussion moderated by Paul Germain (TV5 Monde), featuring Donato Rotuno (filmmaker), Elio Di Rupo (former Prime Minister and Member of the European Parliament), Isabelle Durant (former Vice President of the European Parliament), and Caroline Mart (journalist).Read more [Europe la bataille des sièges]Tickets
Tuesday 17 NovemberRoom 1 19:00VO st FR/ENWith director Johan Grimonprez in attendance. Q&A following the screeningRead more [Soundtrack to a coup d’état]- From 6 October to 17 November 2026In partnership with the Jewish Museum of BelgiumRead more [Mandelbaum et Lumumba]
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Wednesday 18 NovemberRoom 1 18:30VO st FR/NL/ENScreening presented by Mélina WassonRead more [Atlantis]
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Sunday 22 NovemberRoom 1 17:00VO st FR/NL/ENIn presence of the directorRead more [European Arthouse Cinema Day : Heysel 85]- Read more [You Can See Everything EARLY]
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Monday 23 NovemberRoom 1 18:00VO st FR/NL/ENIn partnership with the Instituto CervantesRead more [Avant-première : La Bola Negra]Tickets
Thursday 26 NovemberRoom 2 19:00VO st ENScreening of the first two episodes (2x45'), followed by a Q&A with actor Thibaut Evrard; creator and writer Claire Lemaréchal; and producer Caroline de JenlisRead more [Alice]Tickets
Thursday 26 NovemberRoom 2 16:00VO st ENScreening of the first two episodes (2x52'), followed by a Q&A with actresses Lula Cotton-Frapier and Barbara Probst; creators and writers Vincent Robert and Alexandra Echkenazi; and directors Vania Leturcq and Savina DellicourRead more [Nourrices]- From 26 November to 27 November 2026Series Express is a traveling festival created by Unifrance to promote French TV series internationally. The concept is to take these works and their creative teams on the road to meet international audiences, introducing them to the richness and diversity of French audiovisual production. For its inaugural edition, from November 26 to 29, 2026, the festival will stop in Brussels, where four French TV series will be presented for the first time. Selected from among some thirty series by Laurent Valière, in consultation with Unifrance, they showcase a variety of genres and, in particular, highlight unique female characters.Read more [Séries Express]
- From 28 November to 28 November 2026Palestine, Militant Reels and the Student InternationalRead more [The University Is Not an Island]
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Monday 30 NovemberRoom 1 19:00VO st FR/ENIn the presence of Mohanad Yaqubi, directorRead more [Revolutionaries never Die]- From 3 December to 31 January 2027Récompensé dans les plus grands festivals internationaux, Pawel Pawlikowski s’est imposé comme l’une des figures majeures du cinéma d’auteur contemporain. À l’occasion de la sortie de son nouveau film Fatherland, couronné du prix de la mise en scène au Festival de Cannes, le Cinéma Galeries et l’Institut Polonais de Bruxelles s’associent pour traverser une partie de sa filmographie.Read more [Paweł Pawlikowski : FOCUS]
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Thursday 3 DecemberRoom 1 19:15VO st FR/NL/ENPrix de la mise en scène - Cannes 2026Read more [Avant-première : Fatherland]- Read more [Avant-première : Wildwood]
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Saturday 5 DecemberRoom 1 15:00VOEN st FR/NL - Read more [Avant-première : Le Noël d’Ernest et Célestine]
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Tuesday 8 DecemberRoom 1 18:00VO st ENScreening in collaboration with the following organizations: EU DisinfoLab, EDMO BELUX, and Lie Detectors. The screening will be followed by a discussion in English moderated by Natalie Sarkic-Todd, editor of The BattlegroundRead more [Seance speciale : Le Faux Soir]Free on booking
Wednesday 9 DecemberRoom 15:00VOfollowed by a discussion with the young people who took part in the project & the film crewRead more [SAMIR S’EN VA]Tickets
Saturday 12 DecemberRoom 1 14:00VOF st EN/NLIn partnership with La Fondation Folon With Patrick Imbert, the director, the directorRead more [Le Sommet des Dieux (Cinema Galeries x Fondation Folon)]Tickets
Wednesday 16 DecemberRoom 1 13:30VOFEn partenariat avec Le Wolf, la maison de la littérature jeunesseRead more [Le Noël d’Ernest & Célestine avec Le Wolf]- From 9 November to 18 November 2026This fall, in the run-up of its new production of Wozzeck, La Monnaie is joining forces with Cinéma Galeries for two screenings of films that echo the opera’s poignant themes.Read more [La Monnaie / De Munt : Résonances]
- Our programme is updated every Monday evening for the coming week. No shows found for this movie.With directors Quentin Noirfalisse and Benoît Feyt in attendance. Q&A following the screening.Read more [Lumumba, le retour d’un héros]
- From 16 October to 18 October 2026The 18th edition of the Brussels International Women’s Film Festival will take place from October 13 to 21, 2026, at UGC De Brouckère, L’Aventure, Les Galeries, and CINEMATEK, featuring a selection of films by female directors from around the worldRead more [BIWFF 2026]
- From 2 October to 4 October 2026Unified under the theme of "INTRIGUE," this year’s Korean Film Week invites you to explore five distinct cinematic journeys filled with mystery, emotional tension, and irresistible fascination. From the hidden bounds of historical destiny and the delicate intricacies of romance, to the vibrant energy of youth, chilling suspense, and mind-bending psychological twists—discover the captivation of Korean cinema. For this year’s Korean Film Week, INTRIGUE is far more than mere curiosity about the unknown. It is the catalyst—the very spark that sets the story in motion and acts as the doorknob to an undiscovered realm. Across five distinct films, intrigue serves as an invitation to turn the handle, step through the doorway, and immerse yourself in the captivated world of Korean cinema.Read more [Korean Film Week]
- From 6 May to 30 September 2026From May to September, (re)discover the films of Mamoru Hosoda, founder of Studio Chizu !Read more [Focus MAMORU HOSODA]
- From 23 September to 19 October 2026Caroline Strubbe Concludes Her Trilogy *Trying to Forget to Remember*…Read more [Trilogy : « Trying to Forget to Remember » from Caroline Strubbe]
Our programme is updated every Monday evening for the coming week. No shows found for this movie.Pingyao International Film Festival 2025 Best Film Ko-shang ShenRead more [Deep Quiet Room]- From 29 June to 9 July 2026CINÉMA GALERIES & POLISH INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS PRESENT UN…Read more [UN CINÉMA D’ÉTÉ AVEC ANDRZEJ WAJDA]
- From 2 June to 23 June 2026For Pride Month, Cinéma Galeries presents Pride Month Screenings, a series of four screenings from June 2 to 23, celebrating queer voices from around the world. Documentaries, fiction films, animation, and short films will explore questions of community, solidarity, and representation, through intimate stories, political engagement, and creative perspectives. Screenings will include guest appearances and are organized in partnership with engaged actors from the local and international queer scene.Read more [Pride Month Screenings]
- From 14 May to 16 May 2026If the first edition was dedicated to commemorating the rediscovered…Read more [Panorama Cinéma Ibérique : Iridescent Gazes]
- From 16 April to 17 May 2026From Apichatpong Weerasethakul to Alice Diop to Ali Cherri, this edition of the festival is marked by several artists who come from cinema or who—coming from the visual arts—have produced films. In the weeks leading up to the festival, Cinema Galeries is organising a retrospective of some of their films, a way to revisit or to delve into their poetics in anticipation of the new productions they will present at the festival.Read more [Cinema Galeries x Kunstenfestivaldesarts]
- From 30 April to 2 May 2026Established with the purpose of reducing the stigma around pornography…Read more [Brussels Porn Film Festival 2026]
- From 22 April to 24 April 2026Scéal Eile is committed to presenting the best of Irish…Read more [Scéal Eile : Irish Film Festival Belgium]
- From 12 March to 21 March 2026Every year, L’Heure d’Hiver invites you to explore a Mediterranean city through the prism of cinema, revealing its many facets, from history to culture. For this 8th edition, we set our sights on Barcelona, capital of Catalonia and a city magnified by Gaudí.Read more [L’heure d’hiver 2026 : BARCELONE]
- From 15 February to 28 March 2026Cette année, la Chouette du cinéma fête ses 10 ans ! Pour l’occasion, le cinéma Galeries met à l’honneur 10 films rassemblants divers courts métrages racontés par la Chouette. Humour, poésie, simplicité, fraîcheur s’allient à la recherche de sens et de plaisir.Read more [Les 10 ans de la Chouette du Cinéma : Rétrospective]
- From 30 October to 10 November 2025Hold the doors wide open, the queers are coming! The…Read more [Pink Screens Film Festival 2025]
- Read more [Brussels International Women’s Film Festival 2025]From 7 October to 12 October 2025
- From 15 August to 1 March 20262025 marks the 40th anniversary of Studio Ghibli, the legendary…Read more [Retrospective GHIBLI]
- From 26 June to 26 July 2025WANG BING is a major contemporary documentary filmmaker who was born in Xi’an in 1967. He studied photography at the Fine Arts School in Shenyang, the industrial city he would later film in West of the Tracks. After graduating, he was admitted to the Film Academy, where he discovered the films of Antonioni, Bergman and Pasolini, and had a particular admiration for Andrei Tarkovsky. During the 1990s, he earned his living as a camera operator, film assistant and cameraman. The film and television system didn’t suit him as he realized that he couldn’t evolve within it and decided to produce his own films.Read more [Focus WANG BING]
Read more [‘Til Madness do us part (A la folie)]Our programme is updated every Monday evening for the coming week. No shows found for this movie.- From 12 June to 3 July 2025During this summer, (re)discover the best of this year's Belgian cinema, with free, open-air screenings!Read more [L’heure d’été PLEIN AIR – Cinéma belge]
- Our programme is updated every Monday evening for the coming week. No shows found for this movie.Moderated by Stoffel Debuysere (Kask School of Arts / Courtisane)Read more [Masterclass WANG BING]
- From 3 June to 17 June 2025To mark Pride Month, Cinéma Galeries presents Pride Month Screenings, a series of three film screenings taking place on the first three Tuesdays of June, celebrating queer voices from around the world. Documentaries, fiction and short films will explore themes of community, solidarity, and representation — through intimate stories, political engagement, and creative perspectives. Screenings will feature guest appearances and collaborations with committed voices from the local and international queer scene.Read more [Pride Month Screenings]
- From 28 May to 1 June 2025The ninth edition of the UKRAINE ON FILM festival is organised by Arthouse Traffic, the Association of Ukrainians in Belgium, and the Ukrainian Institute, with the support of the Embassy of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Mission of Ukraine to the European Union, ARTE, and Cinema Galeries.Read more [Ukraine on Film 2025]
- From 1 May to 4 May 2025Established with the purpose of reducing the stigma around pornography…Read more [Brussels Porn Film Festival 2025]
Our programme is updated every Monday evening for the coming week. No shows found for this movie.OPENING SCREENING A debate follows : Rosa María Payá, Cuban human rights activist and the protagonist of the film Nadiia Ivanova, director of the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, People in NeedRead more [Night Is Not Eternal – One World]- From 12 March to 21 March 2025Each year, L’Heure d’Hiver invites you to explore a city…Read more [L’heure d’hiver 2025 : Napoli]
- From 27 January to 2 February 2025Le Pass En ville ! 2025 est disponible en ligne et…Read more [Festival En Ville 2025]
- From 21 January to 26 January 2025Nordic films come back to Brussels for the fourth edition of Polarise Nordic Film Nights! Meet us at the Cinema Galeries to share an outstanding selection of features and short films from the 21 to 26 January 2025.Read more [Polarise Nordic Film Nights 2025]
- From 2 January to 23 January 2025In January 2025, rediscover the films that marked 2024!Read more [BEST OF – CINEMA GALERIES 2024]
- From 26 October to 2 November 2024This year marks the 18th edition of the Filem’On international film festival for young audiences, which runs from 23 October to 6 November 2024. As it does every year, the festival is presenting unique and previously unreleased films to families and associations in a number of cinemas and cultural centres in Brussels.Read more [FILEM’ON 2024]
- From 20 October to 29 December 2024From 20 October to 29 December, (re)discover Wong Kar-wai's masterpieces!Read more [Rétrospective Wong Kar-wai]
- From 17 October to 20 October 2024SNAP is a festival dedicated to sex work representations, discourses and narratives. For this new edition, the Halles de Schaerbeek will host the live arts program of the festival on October 18th and 19th while the Cinéma Galeries will be the place for movie screenings.Read more [SNAP! FESTIVAL]
- Our programme is updated every Monday evening for the coming week. No shows found for this movie.La Ville de Bruxelles collabore avec le Cinéma Galeries pour inviter Iris Brey, spécialiste des représentations de genre et des sexualités au cinéma et dans les séries télévisées. Elle sera interviewée par Safia Kessas, journaliste et réalisatrice (Les Grenades)Read more [Conférence Cultur’elle – Iris Brey]
- From 25 July to 22 August 2024This year, as part of the L'Heure d'Été Festival, we're bringing you an open-air focus on dance. Join us to celebrate the beauty of dance in a naturally friendly setting.Read more [L’Heure d’Été 2024 – Focus Danse]
