Festivals
- From 28 September to 5 October 2023Korean culture has made spectacular strides over the past decade, gaining ground with the Western masses thanks to Oscar-winning films like Parasite, immensely popular K-pop and captivating series like The Squid Game. So thanks for waiting, the 11th edition is fast approaching! This year's festival kicks off in Brussels on September 28 and runs until October 5. 15 classic and never-before-seen films will be screened.Read more [11th Korean Film Festival]
- From 10 October to 15 October 2023The festival that cultivates a fairer world. A selection of Belgian and international films (documentaries, dramas, animated films, short films), committed debates, screenings for young audiences, friendly encounters, festive moments and concerts about the challenges of food and agriculture in the world! An initiative by the NGO Humundi, in collaboration with a number of partners, to work together to reinvent our food systems and propose concrete, fair and sustainable solutions for the planet.Read more [Festival Alimenterre 2023]
- From 22 October to 17 December 2023From October 22nd to December 17th, 2023, Cinema Galeries, in partnership with the Korean Cultural Center, offers you an exhibition and a retrospective of the work of director Park Chan-wook, on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of Old Boy.Read more [Retrospective Park Chan-wook]
- From 25 October to 4 November 2023This year marks the 17th edition of the Filem'On international film festival for young audiences, which runs from 25 October to 4 November 2023. 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 2023]
- From 17 September to 23 September 2023In partnership with La Monnaie and on the occasion of the premiere of the opera Cassandre, don't miss these three special screenings. The films in this selection, in the manner of the mythological figure of Cassandra, give us a glimpse of the future, focusing on ecological themes.Read more [Cassandra – La Monnaie]
- From 27 June to 5 July 2023The Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF), will take place from 27th June to 5th July 2023 in the heart of Brussels for its 6th edition! This year again, the BRIFF promises you a concentrate of strong images and emotions on the big screen.Read more [BRIFF 2023 – Brussels International Film Festival]
- From 17 June to 12 August 2023This year, for our annual festival, we'll be taking you on a tour of Mexico City, with open-air screenings and special events! As a pioneer of Latin American cinema, Mexico City has had an eventful cultural history, seeing the birth or welcoming of many directors considered to be true pillars of the seventh art from its beginnings right up to the present day.Read more [L’heure d’été 2023 – MEXICO]
- From 28 May to 1 June 2023In a futuristic setting, philosopher Isabelle Stengers tells her story in an unexpected way, and accompanies us on the edge of the abyss where hope can emerge despite the state of the world.Read more [KunstenFestivaldesArts : Fabrizio Terranova]
- From 2 May to 20 May 2023At the initiative of the Insas Filmclub, Cinéma Galeries will host an exceptional retrospective of the Russian filmmaker Andrei Zviaguintsev. The event is organised in support of the director.Read more [Retrospective Andreï Zviaguintsev – Cinéclub INSAS]
- From 2 May to 5 May 2023The Brussels Short Film Festival (BSFF) returns for its 26th…Read more [BSFF – Brussels Short Film Festival 2023]
- From 24 April to 25 April 2023One World, the world’s largest human rights documentary film festival,…Read more [One World film festival 2023]
- From 26 March to 5 April 2023The MILLENIUM Festival is a high-level international event in Brussels,…Read more [Millenium Documentary Film Festival 2023]
- From 8 March to 19 March 2023Once again in 2023, Cinema Galeries invites you to discover its selection of films for l’Heure d’Hiver, the festival that focuses on Middle Eastern cinema. In 2023, on the occasion of the centenary of the Turkish Republic, we will celebrate the city of Istanbul. For this fifth edition of l’Heure d’Hiver, Cinema Galeries in partnership with European Endowment for Democracy, Bozar and Pink Screens proposes to discover the essence of Turkish cinema through the ages; from recently restored classics to contemporary realisations, addressing the issues of our time.Read more [L’heure d’hiver Istanbul]
- From 1 February to 3 February 2023From the 1st to the 3rd of February, discover Nordic movies with f Polarise Film Festival !Read more [Festival Polarise Nordic Film Nights]
- From 10 November to 19 November 2022Save the date! From November 10th to 19th, the 21st edition of the Pink Screens Festival - the queer film festival of Brussels organized by the non-profit organizations Genres d'à côté and Cinéma Nova - will be held!Read more [Pink Screens 2022]
- From 6 October to 16 October 2022The En ville! film festival is a festival of documentary films that tell the story of our territories, their imaginary world, and the people who live in them and/or make them live.Read more [En Ville ! (In Town !) Off-site]
From 2 July to 31 July 2022This year, L'heure d'été Festival will be the opportunity to present films that are still missing from the Brussels film scene; summer's specials that have never been shown in Belgium before!Read more [Summer’s specials]- From 18 June to 31 July 2022Midsommar is Cinema Galeries' new summer program. For the first time, Cinema Galeries dedicates a festival to the filmography of the Nordic countries in order to explore the endless day, the longest day of the year in countries where the sun barely sets.Read more [Midsommar]
- From 6 July to 31 July 2022L'heure d'été aims to broadcast recent works to immerse our spectators in the current cinematography of a city to an international audience, this festival will also be an opportunity to highlight different phases of the golden age of cinemas anchored in Marseille with the aim of allowing spectators to discover or rediscover classic films and films rarely presented on the big screen.Read more [L’heure d’été Marseille]
- From 6 May to 12 May 2022The MILLENIUM Festival highlights films whose themes are linked to the major challenges and objectives of the 21st century, adopted by the United Nations in 2000.Read more [Millenium Documentary Film Festival 2022]
- From 4 April to 17 April 2022On the occasion of its annual film festival L'heure d'hiver, Cinema Galeries proposes a focus on a Middle Eastern city. The programme aims to reflect the urban, demographic, social and political dynamics that make up the city, but also and above all to tell the story of how these dynamics are lived: what stories they shape, what experiences and what perspectives.Read more [L’heure d’hiver Beirut]
- From 11 November to 19 November 2021The Pink Screens festival aims to be a platform for the expression and discovery of those who like to disrupt normative representations and question binarities and boundaries, who denounce established boxes and who make alternative and/or minority genders and sexualities visible.Read more [Pink screens 2021]
- From 27 October to 6 November 2021The international film festival for young audiences Filem’On is holding its 15th edition this year from October 27 until November 6, 2021. During 10 days, we’ll be showing unique films to schools, families and associations in various theaters and cultural houses of Brussels.Read more [Filem’On 2021]
- From 22 October to 30 October 2021The eclectic 9th edition of the Korean Film Festival 2021 will combine fiction, documentaries and thrillers, shorts and features, and several categories. Korean Film Today for the most recent films, Animazing Animation for animated films, and My Hidden Gems for "unclassifiable" gems, a section created to mark the 120th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Belgium and Korea.Read more [9th Korean Film Festival Belgium]
- From 7 October to 15 October 2021A documentary film festival about our territories, their imaginary, and those who inhabit and/or bring them to life. Every street corner is an opportunity to meet new ones. A multifaceted festival, a place of various discoveries for those open to the surprises of the “cinéma du réel”.Read more [Festival En ville ! (In town !)]
- From 1 September to 11 September 2021In its fourth edition, the Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF) is taking over our capital city.Read more [Briff @ Galeries]
- From 28 August to 5 September 2021The Brussels Short Film Festival is very happy to come back to the Brussels cinemas from August 28 to September 5, 2021 for a 24th edition which, as always, will have at heart to share the best of the short format with the public and professionals.Read more [BSFF @ Galeries]
- From 24 June to 18 August 2021For this special "hors série" edition of our annual L'heure d'été festival, we will this year focus on multiple cinematographies: a cinematographic archipelago in various Brussels public open air spaces that we will take over for the occasion.Read more [L’heure d’été: hors-série]
- From 10 June to 20 June 2021" Millenium rallume les (é)toiles du cinéma ! " Join us in the cinemas from 10 to 20 June to celebrate the reopening of the cinemas and watch a selection of films from the Festival together on the big screen.Read more [Millenium Festival at the cinema]
- From 29 July to 23 August 2020Cinema Galeries, in partnership with the city of Brussels, the…Read more [L’heure d’été Berlin]
- From 4 March to 21 March 2020From 4 to 21 March, the 2020 edition of the film festival L'HEURE D'HIVER, organised by CINEMA GALERIES, celebrate Tunis and Tunisian cinema. The festival was interrupted by the announcement of the closure of cultural venues from Friday 13 March 2020 following the COVID 19 pandemic.Read more [L’heure d’hiver Tunis]
- From 23 January to 25 February 2019For this new edition of L'HEURE D'HIVER, in collaboration with Cinéma Aventure, BOZAR, Atelier 210, Zawya and Cimatheque, CINEMA GALERIES proposes a focus on Cairo and the Egyptian cinema.Read more [L’heure d’hiver Cairo]
- From 10 July to 11 August 2019Driven by the desire to decompartmentalize genres and to offer…Read more [L’heure d’été Seoul]
- From 6 July to 26 August 2018Driven by the desire to open up genres and to offer a quality selection to a wide audience in an exceptional setting, CINÉMA GALERIES organizes for the seventh edition its festival L'heure d’été. In 2018, the city of Rio de Janeiro and Brazilian cinema will be honored.Read more [L’heure d’été Rio]
- From 15 January to 18 February 2018For its new edition of its annual film festival l’HEURE D’HIVER, a focus on Iranian Cinema is proposed at the CINEMA GALERIES but also in other places in Brussels. It will be the opportunity to dive into the heart of Iranian cinema teeming with unique authors and filmmakers who question themselves more than ever about the world and people.Read more [L’heure d’hiver Teheran]
- From 7 July to 12 August 2018For this edition, about fifty films will be shown during the festival, highlighting Tokyo city and japanese cinema.Read more [L’heure d’été Tokyo]
- From 6 July to 7 August 2016From July 6 to August 7, 2016, CINEMA GALERIES presents the fifth edition of its summer festival: L’Heure d’été. The festival highlights the cultural and linguistic diversity in the different works presented to the public, and the relationship that cinema has with foreign cultures.This year CINEMA GALERIES is proud to honor Madrid, heart of Spain.Read more [L’heure d’été Madrid]
- From 3 July to 7 August 2015Driven by the desire to offer cinema in all its…Read more [L’Heure d’été Montreal]
- From 21 March to 23 March 2023Scéal Eile established itself as Ireland's first Irish festival in Belgium in 2018. We are committed to showing the best Ireland has to offer in film. We are grateful to our sponsors for their support.Read more [Irish Film Festival]
- From 5 February to 12 February 2023Brussels Independent Film Festival is back! The full lineup will feature numerous World, International and European Premieres.Read more [Brussels Independent Film Festival]
- From 23 March to 24 March 2022Scéal Eile is committed to presenting the best of Irish…Read more [Scéal Eile – Irish Film Festival]
- From 6 February to 13 February 2022The Brussels Independent Film Festival presents once again its special section, 'The Rabbit Holes'. Join us down a cinematic rabbit hole of offbeat, weird, wonderful, poetic, surreal or abstract films.Read more [Brussels Independent Film Festival : The Rabbit Holes]
