Joy Boy: A Tribute to Julius Eastman
(Mawena Yehouessi, Fallon Mayanja, Rob Jacobs, Victoire Karera Kampire, Paul Shemisi, Anne Reijniers, 2026, 64min)
An homage to Julius Eastman (1940โ1980), African American pianist, composer, homosexual โ legendary for his voice and his stage presence, who died in poverty. In 1979, he wrote โEvil Niggerโ and โGay Guerrillaโ for piano quartet. Joy Boy is a concert performance alternating between his music and archival recordings โ visualised by a trans-national, six-headed collective in four chapters. Music and images autonomous. The compositions show his skill, the texts his attitude. Inflamed by colonial and life history, raw, radical and crystal clear, he downright hurls the words out (including the N-word โ beyond all possible, necessary trigger warnings), spews them out, becomes thoughtful, quiet. Coming from a wide spectrum of theoretical and artistic practices โ film, performance, dance; textile, archive, research โ the directors partake in a complex collaboration, independent and collective, in solidarity with Eastman and each other. A film that packs a political punch and is beautiful to boot, especially the contact of bodies, colours and rhythms, and the choreography of the Gay Guerrilla along the highway, taking up space, threatening, vulnerable, strong. โBarbara Wurm
Preceded by:
Weh Deh Here
(Maybelle Peters, 2025, 7min)
We Deh Here is a short film by Maybelle Peters tracing the relationship between Scotland and Guyana through photography, sewing, genealogical research and matrilineal lines. Combining stills of historical sites in Edinburgh and the Scottish Highlands with audio conversations between the artist and her mother, the film investigates and speculates on their interconnection as an expression of British and Scottish colonialism. โArsenal Filminstitut
๐๏ธ๐ Tickets and full program guide at prismaticground.com
Gratitude Collectif ๐
@iffr ๐ฏ โ @lyse_ishimwe1 and @koennner gave us the chance to share 10 years of our filmmaking with the Rotterdam audience. It was a great joy and very moving to spend three days in the cinema watching and discussing. Weโll hold this experience close. ๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐ โ who wouldโve thought ๐ฅฒ
Enormous thanks to everyone who worked with us and supported the films @aida.naiv@tenderdove_@studiowardheirwegh@mpi_mugeni@thijs.paijmans@cwstephanie@vandevelde.michiel@het_bos@kinact_festival@artists_nicc@desingelartscentre@ariadna.estalella_alba@eddy_ekete โฆ and many many more
Thank you to those who invited us, those who handled the files, arranged our stay, did the projections, the translations, asked the questions, those who came out to see, familiar faces and new encountersโฆ we are very thankful ๐
We have more screenings coming soon. Keep you posted
Warm wishesโฅ๏ธ
Collectif Faire-part
WORLD PREMIERE ๐ฏ Rotterdam!
One hundred years after the first flight between Belgium and the DR Congo, Brussels Airlines invites Collectif Faire-part to screen their films onboard.
Many reasons to accept.
Just as many to refuse.
A conversation unfolds - about colonial violence, image laundering, internal resistance, and the possibility of addressing thousands of passengers.
๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฝ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐จ๐๐ก๐จ ๐ผ๐๐ง๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๏ธ
๐ข ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐บ @collectif_fairepart - ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ @paul_shemisi@rob_jacos@reijniersanne@molakisi_nizar_saleh - ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐บ @paul_shemisi - ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐บ @molakisi_nizar_saleh - ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข ๐ฃ๐บ @reijniersanne - ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐บ @paul_shemisi@reijniersanne - ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต ๐ฃ๐บ @rob_jacos - ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ @artists_nicc & VGC Brussels - ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ @thijs.paijmans - ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐บ @aida.naiv - ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ @studiowardheirwegh - ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ @ariadna.estalella_alba , Ravana Pandikuziku , @memoirecoloniale , Coordination de Sans-Papiers en Belgique, our conversation partners at Bx Airlines, @max_brussels@onefieldfallow@lyse_ishimwe1@koennner and many more
ALL ARE WELCOME to join us this Sunday 1/2 for our screening at @iffr Rotterdam โฅ๏ธ Let us know if youโre coming!!
Weโre honored and thankful to show the film as part of our focus program at IFFR, we hope to see some of you there!
See you soon ๐ซถ
Faire-part
5 more days of rain โ๏ธ
All are welcome at ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ - a video expo where forests, mountains and rainstorms question the way the world is turning.
๐ธ Batalla by @zonaingravida (2019, 4โ35โ)
๐๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ 26, 2014, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ข, ๐๐ถ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ชรฉ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ป ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ. ๐ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ: ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐จ๐ข๐ด.
When the Rain comes is part of CARTA โ26: the Promise of Rain๐งa biennial festival in @desingelartscentre
๐ Wednesday - Sunday from 14:00-22:00
๐Desguinlei 25 - 2018 Antwerp, BE
TODAY // When the Rain Comes // video expo โ๏ธ
We bring together 8 stunning videos that move us deeply. All are welcome to join us and these living breathing artworks tonight and the coming days.
๐22/1 - @desingelartscentre - 19:00
image - Atomic Tree - Charley Case | 2006 | 3โ50 I BE
โWe belong to this tree, we are all connected to the very same trunk. Even when we are far away, like the leaves, itโs still the same story. When a leaf falls, it turns into humus and so the cycle starts once again.โ - Charley Case
when the rain comes // a video expo ๐๐๐
8 films create a landscape where mountains, rivers, and rainstorms raise questions about the way the world is turning. Natural elements become both stage and metaphor for stories of social struggleโsome glowing with resilience, others mourning what cannot be retrieved.
๐ @desingelartscentre Antwerp, BE
๐ 22 to 31 January // opening Thursday 19:00
๐ Opening hours: Wed - Sun: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m. / until 10 p.m. on performance days
Free Entry โ๏ธ All are welcome โ๏ธ Info in bio
with
Ahmaud et Wanda - @ma.wena | 2025 | 5โ40
Atomic Tree - Charley Case | 2006 | 3โ50
Batalla - @zonaingravida | 2019 | 4โ30
The birth of a Song - @davidetidoni | 2025 | 21โ
Many, Many Women - @rob_jacos & Cem Weiss| 9โ
Resilience Overflow - @laratabet | 2023 | 15โ33โ
13 - @shinyaisobe | 2020 | 10โ
Zone M - @paul_shemisi | 2022 | 16โ
curated by @reijniersanne@rob_jacos flyer design by @molakisi_nizar_saleh films by many โฅ๏ธ
10 years Faire-part ๐ฅฒ our first RETROSPECTIVE
We are delighted and honoured to invite all to our upcoming screenings at @iffr Rotterdam๐ฏTogether with @lyse_ishimwe1 and @koennner we walked through our films and came up with two programs. Weโll be screening older and newer works, including our most recent one โWhat We Said to Brussels Airlinesโ and Nizar Salehโs โKingongolo Kiniataโ for the first time!
Focus Collectif Faire-part ๐
Program 1: Reimagined & Repurposed
- Speech for a Melting Statue
- In Vele Handen
- Kingongolo Kiniata
- What We Said to Brussels Airlines
โข Sunday 1 February 2026, 15:45
โข Monday 2 February 2026, 16:00
Program 2: Reflective Interventions
- Faire-part
- LโEscale
โข Monday 2 February 2026, 18:15
โข Tuesday 3 February 2026, 14:30
More info on the films via link in bio. Let us know if youโre coming!
We are deeply grateful. There are too many people to thank - weโll come back to that later. For now, be welcome, much love, see you soon!
xxx Faire-part
Thursday 22/01 - When the Rain Comes ๐ซ๏ธ - ยกwelcome!
When the Rain Comes is a multi-screen film exhibition where mountains, rivers, and rainstorms ask urgent questions about the way the world is turning. Natural elements become both stage and metaphor for stories of social struggle - some glowing with resilience, others mourning what cannot be retrieved. ๐
The title refers to a film by Paul Shemisi, member of Collectif Faire-part, who speaks with residents of a flooded Kinshasa neighbourhood about mudslides and cloudbursts - their suffering, their strength, their resistance. From this starting point, Collectif Faire-Part brings together short films that present natural elements both as arena and as symbols for social change.
You are welcome to sit beneath these videotaped trees and feel the rain. ๐ด
๐บ @desingelartscentre - Antwerp, BE
๐ opening - Thursday 22/01 - 19:00 until 23:00
๐ expo - 22/01 - 01/02
with films by @ma.wena@shinyaisobe@zonaingravida@davidetidoni@laratabet@paul_shemisi@rob_jacos & Charly Case - curated by @reijniersanne@rob_jacos -
design by @molakisi_nizar_saleh
@caddyforpalestine : Our solidarity market is back! ๐ต๐ธ This Sunday we come together once again to raise funds for urgent humanitarian aid in Palestine.
๐๏ธ Sunday 21.09
๐ Fontainas, Brussels
โฐ 12h โ 18h
Youโll find curated clothes, artisanal designs, rare vinyls, unique prints and special merch โจ Bring your friends, stay for a drink, hang with us and leave with cute gems.
๐๐จ
As we gather, we cannot forget the urgency : Gaza is being relentlessly carpet bombed and the need for solidarity has never been more pressing.
Every purchase helps provide urgent support for Gaza ๐ 100% of profits go to trusted aid organisations.
Please spread the word ๐