Clémentine Coupau (FR/DE), who lives in Brussels, takes you to the other side of the street, where the Marriott Hotel is located. Wandering through this labyrinth of corridors, parallel floor levels and generic hotel rooms, one discovers a single room where you can pause and reflect. Come on in, and immerse yourself in Clémentine's filmic universe…

Apología/Antología: Video Itineraries through the Spanish Context arises from the need to make accessible and, above all, readable the audiovisual artistic creation from the Spain.

For two full days, SoundImageCulture (SIC) – a workspace for artists, filmmakers and anthologists – is opening a window into its working processes. The focus of this two-day workshop is collectivity. Working collectively is central to the practices of SIC, as it allows artists and anthologists to reflect together about (the aesthetic and formal conventions of) documentary working methods. SIC helps coach artists with collective seminaries, personal advice, group discussions and dialogue. For that indispensable eye of the outsider, SIC regularly invites external artists and critics to participate.

The French artist Clara Thomine (BE/FR) is based in Brussels, creating videos, installations and performances in which she presents situations that are ‘almost’ normal – or are they utterly abnormal?

Girls just wanna, they really, really wanna have fun: the ultimate guilty pleasure of the Generation Y.

Breathtaking and enchanting: Bristol Trip Hop pioneers Portishead’s live performance in New York has become a modern classic.

A sensory documentary capturing the electronic dance-music explosion of the 90’s featuring Moby, Orbital, Prodigy, Coldcut, Afrika Bambaataa, Roni Size and Photek.

Fascinating look at feminist icon Kathleen Hanna, lead singer of the punk band Bikini Kill and voice of the riot grrrl movement.

When the shit hits the fan(s): a scary shockumentary about controversial punk rock performer GG Allin.

“Son, she said, have I got a little story for you…“: a celebration of two decades of the Seattle based band that helped define the 90’s.

Smells Like Teen Spirit: Sonic Youth and not yet known Nirvana on a European tour that captures the moment right before “grunge” conquered the world.

Concerts, films, picnics, lunch & apéro high up on our rooftop terrace.

From 2013 to 2016, the artist duo Olivia Rochette and Gerard-Jan Claes have been our guests as associated artists. Now that these four years are drawing to a close, we are delighted to see the premiere of their second full-length film take place here at Beursschouwburg.

This screening proposes a survey of British artist Rachel Reupke’s moving image works.

A Sea Change takes its audience to the IBIS maritime boarding school in Oostende. In the buildings that looks out towards the sea, boys from six to sixteen sleep, eat and play.

Twice a year Zéro de Conduite proposes a filmprogramme.

Although we are familiar with Sidney Leoni as a performance artist, this time he has decided to create a full-length film. Under Influence is a portrait of the mysterious and psychotic journey of the actress, Julia Gordon. She employs all the powers of her imagination to turn that imagination into reality, breaking away from her everyday life.

Symposium about the work of Jef Cornelis.

For this evening, a selection of specific short works will be shown, as well as final graduation documentaries.

In a two-dimensional dystopian landscape of deserted, half-built houses in ex-communist Albania, an allegorical version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears unfolds.

We are showing three short films by the young Japanese-Belgian artist, Lisa Spilliaert (JP/BE).

Beursschouwburg is looking for artistic projects for "joint season opening”.

SoundImageCulture (SIC) is an international arts workshop focused on artistic-anthropological research and support for documentary art forms. Each year in December the participants present their projects to the public.

This controversial film, tells the story of Florence Burnier-Bauer, who leads us through her abusive bourgeois childhood, her bohemian life on the road during the swinging sixties and finally her ghastly experiences at the Friedrichshof Commune, led by the Viennese actionist artist Otto Mühl.

► PIZZA + FILM Each Wednesday at 8 pm, we organise a collective viewing moment. We invite an expert to introduce the film and provide pizza. Feet under the table, eyes on the screen!

This is your chance to finally discover this masterpiece in its entirety, a unique voyage through a contemporary history of film.

► PIZZA + FILM Each Wednesday at 8 pm, we organise a collective viewing moment. We invite an expert to introduce the film and provide pizza. Feet under the table, eyes on the screen!