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The short film programme “Where We Are” explores queer affection and the tension between its expression in public and private realms

On Wednesday, April 16, De Cinema welcomes Eva van Tongeren for the screening of her latest short film, Les mains qui travaillent. For this occasion, Eva has curated a diverse short film programme entitled “What a Machine!”, which carefully connects films by and with women that question the role of the camera. In collaboration with Art Cinema OFFoff, Ursula and Kortfilm.be. 

Shortscreen is Kortfilm.be’s annual appointment with genre cinema. In collaboration with the Brussels film festival Offscreen, on March 26, we present a short film programme consisting of recent work in the colours of the festival: edgy and surprising.

Grief due to the disappearance of nature or to the extinction of yet another species: ecological mourning is unfortunately no longer a new phenomenon. On the flip side of warm, cosy autumn days, there are floods, forest fires, and other natural disasters. As part of the Ontroerd Kortfilmavonden, Kortfilm.be presents a short film programme that gives room to emotions of confusion, loss, and activist discontent. However, we move beyond doom and seek a collective space where imagination is a resistance strategy.

On the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, many festivals and film organisations celebrate International Short Film Day. In honor of this, De Cinema, in collaboration with Kortfilm.be, revisits this wordless but rhythmic short film programme focusing on machinery and architecture.

On the penultimate day of Leuven International Short Film Festival, Kortfilm.be presents a “best of” selection of the full programme: a diverse mix that showcases the medium of short film in all its facets.

This short film programme illustrates the liberating power of cinema in a reflective, sometimes activist way. In each of the films, characters, filmmakers, and viewers search for order and freedom—a longer journey that takes us past Nepal, Tanzania, Palestine, and Tunisia.

In col­la­bo­ra­ti­on with Film Fest Gent, Art Cinema OFFoff brings out the 16mm and Super8 pro­jec­tor for an eve­ning of ana­lo­gue short films by the French-American film­ma­ker Maximilien Luc Proctor, inclu­ding Seasonal Concerns (2024) and the world pre­mie­re of Aotearoa (2024). ​

On October 13th, Film Fest Gent and Kortfilm.be invite Naomi Pacifique, Saleh Kashefi, and Camille Vigny to a conversation on intimacy. During this Film Fest Gent Talkie, the filmmakers will elaborate on their filmmaking practices and short films that are part of the festival’s  International Short Film Competition.

For the third time in a row, Flemish movie theatres are celebrating the new film year. De Cinema joins the fun with a unique full-day programme. One ticket allows access to all screenings on Sunday, 6 October! The short film installment is presented in collaboration with Kortfilm.be and bridges Fritz Lang’s dystopian Metropolis (1927) with the industrial cityscapes from Koyaaniqatsi (1982).

From the more than 250 short films that will be shown from April 24 to May 4 during the Brussels Short Film Festival, our editorial team chose five for the “best-of” programme Kortfilm.be Selects. Come discover them on May 3 in Flagey.

Shortscreen is Kortfilm.be’s yearly appointment with genre cinema. In collaboration with the Brussels film festival Offscreen, we present a short film programme featuring recent European work that is difficult to categorise.

Kortfilm.be’s editorial team hand-picks the best of the best out of the entire programme of Short Film Festival Leuven.

On November 3rd, Kortfilm.be presents a guest programme at the Breedbeeld Short Film Festival at De Cinema in Antwerp, featuring four short films by filmmakers who each, in their own way, take a look at their fellow human beings.

During the 26th edition of Brussels Short Film Festival, the editorial team of Kortfilm.be will present its favourite films from the entire festival programme. Join us on the last day of the fest to discover what you've missed!

For their annual Shortscreen programme, Kortfilm.be and Offscreen present a selection of recent short films that meet the festival criteria: original, uncommon and bizarre.

For the 16th time in a row, the editorial team of Kortfilm.be hand-picked the best of the best out of the entire programme of Short Film Festival Leuven.

In November, Sereni and ONTroerd, in collaboration with Kortfilm.be, are organizing a series of (short) film screenings on loss and mourning—selected by various guest curators.

In November, Sereni and ONTroerd, in collaboration with Kortfilm.be, are organizing a series of (short) film screenings on loss and mourning—selected by various guest curators.

In November, Sereni and ONTroerd, in collaboration with Kortfilm.be, are organizing a series of (short) film screenings on loss and mourning—selected by various guest curators.

Much in life is seasonal. These four very different short films borrow textures and iconography from a specific season, telling a very different story each. A programme of four seasons in a day.

We celebrate the renewed Kortfilm.be hub and a new curated video on demand offer, by doing what we do best: watching shorts. The four shorts that mark the start of the VOD catalogue will be screened.

A programme of short films by female filmmakers who, in their work, engage in self-reflection.

For the very first time, Agence belge du court métrage, Dalton Distribution, Short Screens and Kortfilm.be join forces to celebrate the short film medium.