Film Fest Gent On Tour
Every third Tuesday of the month we leave our familiar city of Ghent and showcase the latest, most vibrant new films in locations across Flanders and Brussels. The film screenings are preceded by a short introduction.
Tickets can be bought on the websites of the participating cinemas.
May December l 16.01
In Todd Haynes' dark and deliciously funny melodrama May December, Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman play a mysterious cat-and-mouse game of seduction, naivety and performance.
You don't need to teach American filmmaker Todd Haynes (Far from Heaven, Carol) anything about directing actors, creating mood and staging meta-melodramas. May December, a deliciously crafted psychodrama that looks as cerebral as it is seductive, makes that delightfully clear. "It's the complexity, the moral gray areas, that are so interesting," says Elizabeth (Natalie Portman), an actress looking to take her career to the next level. In this darker cousin of Carol, Haynes lets Elizabeth in on the life of Gracie (Julianne Moore), twenty years after she ended up in jail for seducing then-thirteen-year-old Joe as a thirty-something. After all, the actress is going to portray Gracie in a film about the scandal. Gracie and Joe are now married, but is their marriage based on abuse or romance? With as much pleasure as control, Haynes stages a flirtatious game between dysfunctional individuals, as if Ingmar Bergman is discovering his campy side
Wide Angle
- Review & Notes on director Todd Haynes by Patrick Duynslaegher
- Essay in collaboration with Fantômas
- Video essays curated by Filmscalpel
L'Empire l 20.02
After media satire France, Bruno Dumont, one of the enfants terribles of French cinema, is back with a with an absurdist science-fiction film that can only have sprung from the mind of the director of La vie de Jésus, P'tit Quinquin and Ma Loute.
That director Bruno Dumont is not keen on colouring within the lines of genres and "good taste" has long since ceased to be something striking. But a bizarre, apocalyptic "space & earth opera" about extraterrestrial knights who make a rural coastal village in Northern France their battleground, no, that was impossible to predict. Somewhere between his previous films Ma Loute and La vie de Jésus and somewhere between heaven and earth, Dumont offers us his caustic, cruel and crazy vision of Star Wars, including lightsabers.
Wide Angle
- Review & Notes on director Bruno Dumont by Patrick Duynslaegher
- Essay in collaboration with Fantômas
Dream Scenario l 19.03
Sick of Myself director Kristoffer Borgli gives Nicolas Cage a dream role in his ingenious fantasy horror comedy.
The role of his dreams: that's one way to describe the character of Paul Matthews, portrayed by Nicolas Cage. He plays a balding, bearded biology professor who would easily win the title of Mr. Average. But one day, something strange happens: he appears in one of his daughters' dreams. Then in an ex's dream. Until he even starts featuring in the dreams of millions of people who have never even heard of the man. Dream Scenario is the refreshingly creative English-language debut of Norwegian director Kristoffer Borgli (Sick of Myself). And after this film, it's entirely clear: if you're looking for comedies with a twist, Borgli is the right person to turn to.
FFG On Tour screening in collaboration with Cage of Wonders
Wide Angle (online on 18.03)
- Review & Notes on director by Patrick Duynslaegher
- Essay in collaboration with Fantômas
Participating theatres 'Dream Scenario'
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The Roxy Theatre (Mon 18.03)
The Roxy Theatre
Pieter Vanhoudtstraat 39
3582 Beringen
theroxytheatre.be -
Sphinx Cinema
Sphinx Cinema
Sint-Michielsbrug 3
9000 Gent
sphinx-cinema.be -
CC Jan Tervaert
CC Jan Tervaert
Kaaiplein 34
9220 Hamme
jantervaert.be -
Cinema Zed
Cinema Zed
Andreas Vesaliusstraat 9C
3000 Leuven
cinemazed.be -
CC Zoetegem
CC Zoetegem
Hospitaalstraat 18
9620 Zottegem
cczoetegem.be -
CC Binder
CC Binder
Forum 9
2870 Puurs
ccbinder.be -
CC Evergem - Cinema Westside
CC Evergem - Cinema Westside
Weststraat 31
9940 Evergem
cultuurcentrumevergem.be -
Leietheater (Wed 20.03)
Leietheater
Brielstraat 8
9800 Deinze
leietheater.be
Golden Eighties l 16.04
Chantal Akerman ventures into the world of musical-comedies with this bubblegum pop filled film.
As queen of slow cinema, Chantal Akerman, surprised friend and foe with Golden Eighties. With the help of budding pop star Lio, of “Banana Split”-fame, Akerman set her sights on the broader audience of commercial cinema. The Galerie Toison d’Or, a shrine of 80s consumerism, is the second home of a brigade of hairdressers and shampoo girls, salespeople and their romantic troubles. Love triangles, extramarital affaires and old lovers cross in this little corner of Brussels. While Golden Eighties was a venture into commercial cinema, it is still filled with the Akerman essentials: feminism, consumerism and the memory of the Holocaust.
FFG On Tour-screening in collaboration with the Fondation Chantal Akerman, Avila, CINEMATEK, Sabzian and Cinea.
Wide Angle (online on 15.04)
- Review & Notes on director by Patrick Duynslaegher
- Essay in collaboration with Fantômas
- Videoessays in collaboration with Filmscalpel
La Piscine l 21.05
Jacques Deray explores the difficulties of love, ambition and teenage rebellion in the South of France.
Young couple Jean-Paul and Marianne - played by ex-lovers Alain Delon and Romy Schneider - take a break at a friend's villa. Together, they enjoy the sun, the pool and each other - until Marianne's ex, Harry, shows up with his teenage daughter, Penelope. Harry sets his sights on Marianne and makes Jean-Paul's life miserable. Penelope rebels against her father and grows closer to Jean-Paul. Old and new frustrations surface and eventually lead to murder. Passion, intrigue and crime provide the perfect backdrop for a balmy spring evening.
Wide Angle (online on 20.05)
- Review & Notes on director by Patrick Duynslaegher
- Essay in collaboration with Fantômas
- Videoessays in collaboration with Filmscalpel
Soundtrack to a Coup d'État l 18.06
Johan Grimonprez blends jazz, the CIA and the United Nations to create a swinging fusion in Soundtrack to a Coup d’État.
What do jazz music and the murder of Patrice Lumumba have in common? In Soundtrack to a Coup d’État, Belgian filmmaker Johan Grimonprez takes you back to 16 February 1961. Two jazz musicians, Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach, storm the UN Security Council and protest the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, Congo's prime minister. Previous meetings around demilitarisation and decolonisation had already fallen through, much to the frustration of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. The big troublemaker, the US, urgently needed to boost its image and sought refuge in jazz. Music legends like Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington are sent to Congo as jazz ambassadors to divert attention from various CIA operations.
Wide Angle (online on 17.06)
- Review & Notes on director by Patrick Duynslaegher
- Essay in collaboration with Fantômas
- Videoessays in collaboration with Filmscalpel
Past On Tour screenings
- 17.10.2023 - Io capitano by Matteo Garrone
- 20.06.2023 - Goodbye, Dragon Inn by Tsai Ming-liang
- 16.05.2023 - Ghost Dog: The Way of The Samurai by Jim Jarmusch
- 18.04.2023 - All the Beauty and the Bloodshed by Laura Poitras
- 21.03.2023 - La double vie de Véronique by Krzysztof Kieślowski
- 21.02.2023 - The Whale by Darren Aronofsky
- 17.01.2023 - Alcarràs by Carla Simón
- 18.10.2022 - Un beau matin by Mia Hansen-Løve
- 27.09.2022 - Triangle of Sadness by Ruben Östlund
- 21.06.2022 - Il buco by Michelangelo Frammartino
- 17.05.2022 - Tokyo Story by Yasujiro Ozu
- 19.04.2022 - Vortex by Gaspar Noé
- 15.03.2022 - A Chiara by Jonas Carpignano
- 15.02.2022 - Drive My Car by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
- 18.01.2022 - The Scent of Green Papaya by Tran Anh Hung (cancelled)
These are the participating cinemas for FFG On Tour
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Studio Skoop
Studio Skoop
Sint-Annaplein 63
9000 Gent
studioskoop.be -
Sphinx Cinema
Sphinx Cinema
Sint-Michielsbrug 3
9000 Gent
sphinx-cinema.be -
Studio Geel
Studio Geel
Werft 1
2440 Geel
studio-geel.be -
The Roxy Theatre
The Roxy Theatre
Pieter Vanhoudtstraat 39
3582 Beringen
theroxytheatre.be -
Cinema Zed
Cinema Zed
Andreas Vesaliusstraat 9C
3000 Leuven
cinemazed.be -
CC Binder
CC Binder
Forum 9
2870 Puurs
ccbinder.be -
Flagey
Flagey
Heilig Kruisplein
1050 Brussel
flagey.be -
CC Jan Tervaert
CC Jan Tervaert
Kaaiplein 34
9220 Hamme
jantervaert.be -
CC Evergem - Cinema Westside
CC Evergem - Cinema Westside
Weststraat 31
9940 Evergem
cultuurcentrumevergem.be -
CC Zoetegem
CC Zoetegem
Hospitaalstraat 18
9620 Zottegem
cczoetegem.be -
CC Ter Dilft
CC Ter Dilft
Sint-Amandsesteenweg 41-43
2880 Bornem
terdilft.be -
Leietheater
Leietheater
Brielstraat 8
9800 Deinze
leietheater.be -
Netwerk Aalst
Netwerk Aalst
Houtkaai 15
9300 Aalst
netwerkaalst.be -
Cinema Lumière Antwerpen
Cinema Lumière Antwerpen
Lakenstraat 14
2000 Antwerpen
lumiere-antwerpen.be -
Cinema Lumière Brugge
Cinema Lumière
Sint-Jacobsstraat 36
8000 Brugge
lumierecinema.be -
Cinema Lumière Mechelen
Cinema Lumière Mechelen
Frederik de Merodestraat 28
2800 Mechelen
lumiere-mechelen.be -
Cinema Cartoon's Antwerpen
Cinema Cartoon's
Kaasstraat 4/6
2000 Antwerpen
cinemacartoons.be