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This summer, cinema comes to life in Brussels

Summer is a new interlude. We walk more slowly, so we have time to linger and explore. This is what Bozar is offering with its eclectic summer programme at The 23: a different pace, a different relationship with images and an invitation to be curious. In this reinvented modern and comfortable venue, the films chosen come from all over the world and are brought to life by singular voices. Documentaries, fiction, hybrid objects... From Wednesday to Sunday, in the heart of Brussels, The 23 becomes a place of passing — of ideas, forms and perspectives.

From Wednesday to Sunday, The 23 offers an eclectic summer programme: art films, documentaries and unique cinematic experiences in Brussels. 

Mond – 16 → 20 July
A former Austrian boxer plunged into a closed enclave in the Middle East. An enigmatic, tense tale shot through with black humour.

Les Reines du drame – 16 → 20 July
Somewhere between queer opera and futuristic fiction, Alexis Langlois has created a kitschy, political fresco at the heart of fifty years of pop passions.

Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window – 23 → 27 July
In war-torn Japan, a little girl discovers a school where freedom reigns supreme. A delicate, deeply humanist animated film.

Miséricorde – 23 → 27 July
A village, a man returning and a disappearance. Alain Guiraudie creates diffuse tension in a rural world that is both familiar and opaque.

May December 30 July → 3 August
A troubling triangle between an actress, a couple and a buried story. Todd Haynes dissects the game of appearances with frightening precision.

Björk: Cornucopia - 30 July → 3 August
A unique audiovisual performance in which the world of Björk takes shape in a sensory, futuristic and organic setting.

Frantz Fanon Revisited - 6 → 10 August
A dense film about the Algerian years of the anti-colonial thinker Frantz Fanon, alongside meetings with contemporary researchers and activists.

The Seed of the Sacred Fig – 6 → 10 August
An Iranian judge grapples with his convictions, his family and a country in crisis. Mohammad Rasoulof’s political thriller resonates like a haunting, personal tragedy.

Caught By the Tides - 13 → 17 August
A woman crosses China in search of the man she loves. Jia Zhang-ke blends fiction and memory in an elegiac fresco.

Black Dog – 13 → 17 August
A man and a dog wander on the edge of the Gobi Desert. A story told with stark simplicity and great tenderness by Guan Hu.

The Room Next Door – 20 → 24 August
Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, friends separated by time, meet again in a claustrophobic setting full of memories and wounds. Almodóvar films memory with restraint and brilliance.

The Falling Sky – 20 → 24 August
An encounter with the shamanic thought of Davi Kopenawa, a Yanomami figure. A powerful contrast between the forest, the spirits and the human world.

Explanation for Everything – 27 → 31 August
A Hungarian teenager, an exam and a scandal. Gábor Reisz examines political polarisation from the perspective of a teenager, with finesse and irony.

Blur: To the End – 27 → 31 August
An insightful and moving glimpse into Blur’s comeback — at the studio, in their rekindled friendship and on the giant stage.

Past screenings 

Flow - 2 → 6 July
An animated odyssey without words, brought to life by a cat and a group of shipwrecked animals. Tender, melancholy and profoundly modern.

No Other Land – 2 → 6 July
Created by a Palestinian-Israeli collective between Israel and Palestine, this is a rare and necessary documentary about memory, injustice and a friendship under strain.

E.1027 – Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea – 9 → 13 July
A subtle film about the house built by Eileen Gray, and the way in which the history of architecture forgets, erases or repurposes.

Volveréis – 9 → 13 July
A couple say goodbye with a party. A bittersweet comedy about love that endures even in the face of separation.