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Join @cinea_be and @decinema_ in early July for ZOMERFILMCOLLEGE 2026: a week of in-depth lectures by internationally renowned critics and academics, Q&As with filmmakers, and screenings of both original 35mm copies and recent digital restorations! This 31st (!) edition features two diverse programme strands. HEARTS OF THE WORLD: GLOBAL FLOWS OF MELODRAMA, presented in collaboration with the University of Antwerp, and demonstrates how melodrama’s versatility allowed it to travel the world. With lectures by Professor Ben Singer (University of Wisconsin, Madison) and Dr. Viola Shafik (freelance filmmaker/lecturer/researcher). In CINEMA OF POETRY: TEXTURE AND MOOD IN NARRATIVE FILM, we look for the elusive qualities—mystery, mood, texture, sensuality, etc.—that constitute ‘the poetic’ in narrative film. Guest speakers include ZFC habitués and film critics Adrian Martin and Cristina Álvarez López. ⤷ PASSES ARE NOW ON SALE via cinea.be! You can attend both programmes or either sub-programme. Tickets for separate lectures and screenings will become available at a later date. Film students and unemployed people can book their tickets at the reduced rate. The lectures will be entirely in English, and all screenings will have English subtitles. More practical info via cinea.be! Subscribe to our newsletter(s) to receive a notification when the full line-up of screenings and lectures is released. *** ZOMERFILMCOLLEGE 2026 is an initiative by CINEA, co-produced and hosted by DE CINEMA, and funded by VLAAMS AUDIOVISUEEL FONDS (VAF). With the support of CINEMATEK and UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN. [1] 𝘓𝘢 𝘝𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 [City of Pirates] (Raúl Ruiz, 1983) [3] 𝘎𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘩 [گبه] (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1996) [4] 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢 [मदर इण्डिया] (Mehboob Khan, 1957) [6] 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘴 [浮雲] (Mikio Naruse, 1955) #zomerfilmcollege #filmstudies #filmschool #summerfilmschool @vlaamsaudiovisueelfonds @cinematekbe @uantwerpen @mhkamuseum @de_studio @shafik.viola

📣 Time to mark your calendars! From 5 to 11 July, @cinea_be and @decinema_ once again present a week full of remarkable films, insightful talks, and vibrant discussions during ZOMERFILMCOLLEGE 2026! Keep an eye out for more announcements in the coming weeks on topics and guest speakers via our social media, website, and newsletter! Cover Image from MOTHER INDIA (Mehboob Khan, 1957) #decinemantwerp #decinema #cinea #zomerfilmcollege #zfc2026 @mhkamuseum

"I belong to no one." Meet Adela Sequeyro: the pioneer who wrote, directed, and starred in the very first Mexican sound film directed by a woman. In NOBODY’S WIFE (1937), Sequeyro shatters the 1930s status quo. Her protagonist, Ana María, doesn't exist to "belong" to a man as a mother or wife; she is an active subject seeking a bohemian life of romance, risk, and radical autonomy. Sequeyro's film is a bold declaration of independence. With expressive close-ups and a sharp sense of humor, Sequeyro dissects masculine poses and romantic claims, proving that desire should never be the price for security. Long forgotten by official history, this film remains a breathtakingly modern statement on female self-determination. On March 18 NOBODY’S WIFE, part of our Stronger Than Love: ¡Too Much Mexican Melodrama! program, will be introduced by Bart Versteirt (@cinea_be ) and archive activist Camilla Baier (@invisiblewomen_archives , @camilla_baier ), who works to close the gender gap in film history and bring pioneers like Sequeyro back into the spotlight. 𝗪𝗘𝗗 𝟭𝟴 𝗠𝗔𝗥 19:30 𝗧𝗛𝗨 𝟭𝟵 𝗠𝗔𝗥 14:15 𝗦𝗨𝗡 𝟮𝟵 𝗠𝗔𝗥 14:15 Tickets ⤷ Tickets via decinema.be! This special screening was formed in collaboration with CINEA, KASK CINEMA, Film Plateau, Invisible Women and Acervo Filmoteca UNAM. #decinemaantwerp #decinema @filmotecaunam

It's been almost three months since the 4K restoration of 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙋𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙞 screened at @cinea_be 's Zomerfilmcollege 2025. If you've missed it then or during its short theatrical run in September, be sure to catch Satyajit Ray's debut at @cinemaritcs ! For his Apu trilogy, Satyajit Ray drew on the rich narrative tradition of Indian culture. With this strong narrative foundation, he was able to deal more subtly with staging, mise-en-scène and music. It is therefore, and with good reason, that Cesare Zavattini, the screenwriter of 𝙇𝙖𝙙𝙧𝙞 𝙙𝙞 𝙗𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚, remarked that 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙋𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙞 “is finally the neorealist cinema that the Italians never succeeded in creating”. PATHER PANCHALI, October 2nd, 19:00, Cinema RITCS Brussel Read Anke Brouwers' essay on the Apu Trilogy via the link in bio. #satyajitray #aputrilogy #patherpanchali #zomerfilmcollege #filmhistory #arthistory #filmschool #summerfilmschool

After our week-long focus on Satyajit Ray at the @cinea_be Zomerfilmcollege 2025 back in July, during which we screened 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙋𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙞 and 𝘼𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙟𝙞𝙩𝙤, we are now happy to finally screen the third and final installment of Ray’s Apu Trilogy, 𝘼𝙥𝙪𝙧 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙖𝙧. We follow the now 23-year-old Apu, who barely makes ends meet as an idealistic and struggling writer. This lack of financial means has led Apu to give up his dreams and accept a meager living. But life is unexpected, just like the arrival of Aparna, the sister of Apu’s university friend Pulu. Apu and Aparna grow closer and build a future together. APUR SANSAR, October 1st, 20:15, @decinema_ Antwerpen Read Anke Brouwers' essay on the Apu Trilogy via the link in bio. #satyajitray #aputrilogy #apursansar #zomerfilmcollege #filmhistory #arthistory #filmschool #summerfilmschool

It's been ten years since we last dedicated part of our Zomerfilmcollege to Jean-Luc Godard, but JLG tends to be inescapable, so he has popped up frequently over the years. It goes without saying that he couldn't be excluded from @cineriogent 's 'Ex Machina' series, celebrating cinematically bold films, each highlighting an exceptional use of one filmic device. You could probably choose a Godard film for every one of these devices, but the choice fell on the close-up, one of Godard's most intricate formal strategies. And if you want to talk about Godard's use of the close-up, you can't ignore 𝙑𝙞𝙫𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙖 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙢: 𝙁𝙞𝙡𝙢 𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙤𝙪𝙯𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙭 (1962). This film consists of—as its title announces—12 'tableaux', each tableau exploring one or more ways to film the human face, using a flimsy B-movie plot as an excuse. The face in question being that of Anna Karina, Godard's then partner, making this film a love letter to the human face, the face of Anna Karina and the face of cinema itself. VIVRE SA VIE, soon at Ciné Rio September 28th, 11:00 @dekoergent With an introduction by Bart Versteirt. #jeanlucgodard #vivresavie #zomerfilmcollege #filmhistory #arthistory #filmschool #summerfilmschool

One of our two topics at this year's Zomerfilmcollege was the work of Satyajit Ray, who appeared on the film-historical stage in the 1950s. Indian film history of course goes back a lot further. Now, @cinea_be has once again joined forces with Pelliculot to dive deeper into film history, all the way to 1928 and the final years of silent film. In the 1920s, Indian actor-producer Himansu Rai and German director Franz Osten collaborated on three films with Indian casts: 𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙨𝙞𝙖 (1925), 𝙎𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙯 (1928) and 𝘼 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙬 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙞𝙘𝙚 (1929). 𝙎𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙯, a visually stunning historical love story about the construction of the Taj Mahal, is considered a masterpiece. The film was an international co-production with British and German support, but with an Indian aesthetic. Rai produced and starred in the film, while Osten's cinematography captured the splendour of North India's landscapes and Mughal architecture. Osten, fascinated by India, later made sixteen non-silent films for Rai's Bombay Talkies. 𝙎𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙯 was his first major success in India and Europe, thanks in part to its compelling narrative and beautiful imagery. The film remains a monument to early Indian cinema. SHIRAZ: A ROMANCE OF INDIA, soon at STOM! Festival van de Stille Film Brugge. September 27th, 16:00, @cinemalumierebrugge With an introductory lecture by @talesofarishi . #HimansuRai #FranzOsten #Shiraz #zomerfilmcollege #filmhistory #arthistory #filmschool #summerfilmschool

After our week-long focus on Satyajit Ray during @cinea_be ’s Zomer Film College 2025 back in July, we are now happy to finally screen the third and final instalment of Ray’s APU-trilogy. We follow the now 23-year-old Apu, who barely makes ends meet as an idealistic and struggling writer. This lack of financial means has led Apu to give up his dreams and accept a meager living. But life is unexpected, just like the arrival of Aparna, the sister of Apu’s university friend Pulu. Apu and Aparna grow closer and build a future together. ONE SCREENING ONLY 𝗪𝗘𝗗 𝟭 𝗢𝗖𝗧 20:15 #satyajitray #aputrilogy

De 4K-restauratie van PATHER PANCHALI (Satyajit Ray, 1955) ging op 7 juli in première tijdens Cinea’s ZOMERFILMCOLLEGE en is de komende weken dankzij Lumière Publishing in verschillende cinema’s te zien. De reacties op de vertoning tijdens het ZOMERFILMCOLLEGE waren alvast veelbelovend! Met zijn even documentaire als lyrische stijl bood Satyajit Ray een alternatief voor de traditionele Bollywood-cinema. Op het filmfestival van Cannes in 1956 won PATHER PANCHALI de prijs voor ‘beste humanistische document’. Daarmee zette Ray India op de kaart als serieuze speler in de arthousecinema. Regisseurs als Martin Scorsese en Akira Kurosawa roemden zijn werk. PATHER PANCHALI werd een soort blauwdruk voor langzame cinema over echte mensen. Spoed je in de komende weken naar een van de Lumière-cinema’s, Sphinx Cinema of kunstencentrum BUDA. Elke bezoeker aan de film krijgt een gratis brochure met daarin een tekst van Anke Brouwers over PATHER PANCHALI. #SatyajitRay #PatherPanchali #ZomerFilmCollege #FilmAnalysis #FilmHistory

This was ZOMERFILMCOLLEGE 2025! See you next year 🎞️✨ Thank you @decinema_ @cinematekbe @film_secession @sun_in_the_belly @eleutheer @dorothee_van_den_berghe @loterienationaleloterij , and all the other lecturers, guests and participants ! 📸 @johnny_guytaar

Enjoy the last day of our ZOMERFILMCOLLEGE with Ray in colour, an authentic and universal portrait of the lives of these four teenage women in France and the brothers Dardenne’s Palme d’Or awarded ‘Rosetta’. 9h30: Screening Ghare Baire / The Home and the World (1984) 140′ + lecture ‘Ray’s Nationalism’ (Rochona Majumdar) 14h30: Screening La vie ne me fait pas peur / Life Doesn’t Scare Me (Noemie Lvovsky, 1999) 111′ + lecture ‘Energy and Friendship in the Young French Cinema of the 1990s’ (Cristina Álvarez López) 19u30: Screening Rosetta (Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne, 1999) 94′ + post screening talk ‘The Legacy of Rosetta and Émilie Dequenne: A Conversation with Dorothée Van Den Berghe and Laura Wandel’ by Wouter Hessels. Find the full program on cinea.be, and buy single tickets (one screening + lecture) via @decinema_ or at the front desk.

We’re nearing the end of our ZOMERFILMCOLLEGE, but we still have six films on the menu! Starting the day off with Jean-Claude Brisseau’s view on the violent youngsters of the ‘banlieue’. And, we’re moving into Ray’s films of the 70s with the first two of his Calcutta Trilogy. 9h30: Screening De bruit et de fureur  / Sound and Fury (Jean-Claude Brisseau, 1987) 95′ + lecture Anger, Revolt and Dreaming in the Cinema of Brisseau’ (Cristina Álvarez López) 14h30: Screening Pratidwandi / The Adversary (1970) 109’ + lecture ‘Ray’s City’ (Rochona Majumdar) 19h30: Screening Seemabaddha / Company Limited (1971) 112′ + introduction by Rochona Majumdar Find the full program on cinea.be, and buy single tickets (one screening + lecture) via @decinema_ or at the front desk.