Agenda

Iedere maand licht Kortfilm.be een handvol niet te missen kortfilms uit, te zien in een bioscoop of museum in Vlaanderen of Brussel, of online.
Every month, Kortfilm.be highlights a handful of must-see short films, screening in a cinema or museum in Flanders or Brussels, or online.

July 2025

During World War II, many American cartoons made fun of some of its pivotal figures. Norm McCabe’s satirical The Ducktators doesn’t mince words either: eight minutes of unrelenting slapstick comedy, insults and criticisms directed at Hitler, Mussolini, Hideki Tojo-respecifically a chick, a goose with an Italian accent, and a Japanese duck.

In this saturated film, Varda captures 1950s tourism on the Côte d'Azur: clear skies, burning sun, and cheeky parasols. A touristic tour on the French Riviera’s exoticism, full of captivating imagery, bathed in an atmosphere of nostalgia. Characteristic of Varda’s idiosyncratic style, the glorifying postcards come with some quips, hinting at the end of summer and the loss of such a tourist paradise. 

Poet and filmmaker James Broughton was part of the San Francisco Renaissance, a precursor to the famous Beat Generation.  His work focuses on bodies and sexuality. In the tongue-in-cheek Adventures of Jimmy, he plays a lost man in search of “playmates,” eventually entering a monogamous relationship. The irony lies in the contrast between word and image.