08 19 Oct '25 52nd edition

Programme VIDEODROOM 2025 announced

VIDEODROOM 2025 blog

News 18 Jun 2025

Protect your eyeballs! The programme of VIDEODROOM (our annual dream date with Arts centre VIERNULVIER) is complete and will fill your October month with an intriguing amount of sharp objects and brutal murders, a young Dennis Hopper, drag queens, psychedelic vibes, and so much more.

The full VIDEODROOM programma can also be found on our official programme page.

Classic Cult Films & New Live Soundtracks

There's something for everyone in the VIDEODROOM 2025 programme: 11 films with a live soundtrack, 2 audiovisual shows, 1 radically altered score and two spectacular parties. Tickets are now available.

VIDEODROOM 2025

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Claudio Simonetti's Goblin x 'Profondo rosso'

We're celebrating the 50th anniversary of cult horror classic Profondo rosso (Deep Red) with a screening of the film - and a live score by none other than Claudio Simonetti's Goblin.

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Xiu Xiu x 'Eraserhead'

The legendary cult band Xiu Xiu delivers a singular tribute to David Lynch's macabre masterpiece Eraserhead. Don't expect a conventional film screening, but rather a radical reinterpretation of the iconic soundtrack by composer Alan Splet - performed live - accompanied by ...

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upsammy x 'Parix, Texas'

We're opening VIDEODROOM 2025 with some truly glorious blasphemy. One of the most beloved soundtracks of all time gets muted - replaced by something entirely new, and radically different. Out goes Ry Cooder's iconic slide guitar; in comes the minimalist electronics of ...

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Lee Ranaldo x 'Quick Billy'

VIERNULVIER shares a long history with Lee Ranaldo. Around twenty years ago, he performed there with Sonic Youth (their battered piano still stands as a silent witness), and he has returned several times for solo shows. For VIDEODROOM, he enters into a dialogue with Quick Billy, ...

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The Rocky Horror Picture Party

"Oh stop! I mean: help!" The Rocky Horror Picture Show turns 50 en we're celebrating this birthday with a camp tribute party in collaboration with Send in the Clows - featuring drag performances of iconic songs from the film and a b2b2b DJ set by Angel 666, Veronika Deneuve, ...

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Aya Suzuki x ‘Magdalena Viraga'

Think Jeanne Dielman, but set in a gritty Los Angeles of the 1980s, with a brand-new minimalist soundtrack by Japanese percussionist Aya Suzuki. A sex worker, crushed by a joyless and hopeless existence, ends up in prison after killing one of her clients. Imagination and reality ...

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Frizzi 2 Fulci x ‘The Beyond’

Protect your eyeballs: Lucio Fulci is in da house! We're screening his chilling horror classic The Beyond (1981), with a live performance of the iconic soundtrack by none other than 75-year-old Fabio Frizzi — joined by a full band. Frizzi 2 Fulci is a musical tribute to the ...

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Natasha Pirard x ‘Cuadecuc, vampir’ + Anja Lauvdal x ‘La coquille et le clergyman’

VIDEODROOM takes over the Miry Concert Hall for one night with a double feature full of black-and-white surrealism and electrifying sound art. We open with Norwegian pianist Anja Lauvdal, who will perform a new soundtrack to Germaine Dulac's masterpiece La coquille et le ...

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John Caroll Kirby & Nika Milano x ‘Traces’

Traces is a meditative audiovisual work by composer John Carroll Kirby and visual artist Nika Milano. Rooted in the piano-driven atmospheres of Kirby’s albums Conflict and Tuscany, the piece unfolds through layers, slow gestures, quiet ruptures. Milano’s textures drift between ...

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Mabe Fratti x 'Messiah of Evil'

A film like a derailed LSD trip, now with a brand-new live soundtrack by Guatemalan avant-pop sensation Mabe Fratti. Abandon your expectations and dive headfirst into the malevolent world of Messiah of Evil.

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Milan W x 'Night Tide'

A Lynchian fairy tale about longing and loneliness, with a live soundtrack by one of the most prominent voices in the Belgian experimental scene. Milan W. is undoubtedly the ideal artist to infuse the dreamy, melancholy-soaked Night Tide with brand new music.

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Midori Hirano x ‘The Juniper Tree’

A dark fairy tale and the acclaimed acting debut of singer Björk: The Juniper Tree is a hidden gem of European arthouse cinema and marked the breakthrough of the late, gone-too-soon director Nietzchka Keene. At our invitation, Japanese composer Midori Hirano created a brand-new ...

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Loverman x 'Trainspotting'

No film on the big screen - but perhaps something better: a radically renewed soundtrack!

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Closing Party: GHOST x 'Trainspotting'

On Saturday, October 18, De Vooruit will once again take on the nocturnal form of GHOST for the official closing party of Videodroom and Film Fest Gent. This time with Trainspotting in the bloodstream.

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