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.