For the 17th edition, the Brussels International Women's Film Festival “Elles Tournent - Dames Draaien” becomes the Brussels International Women's Film Festival!

Palace is delighted to host the festival's opening screening:

07/10 at 18:30 with the film SIMA’S SONG by Roya Sadat. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Afghan director Roya Sadat, guest of honor at the Festival.

Roya Sadat

NL/FR/ES/AF, 98', 2024, VO FA ST FR/NL

Synopsis : The political upheavals that shook Afghanistan in the late 1970s tore apart two best friends: Suraya, a wealthy communist activist, and Sima, a traditional Muslim singer. Their journey from young idealists to resistance leaders reveals that their unbreakable bond transcends the very ideologies that divided them. Their story, drawn from Afghanistan's past, becomes a powerful prism through which we can understand our own increasingly divided present.
Réalisé par Roya Sadat, « Sima's Song » est plus qu'un film : c'est un témoignage de l'esprit inébranlable des femmes afghanes. Couvrant plusieurs décennies, il dépeint leurs sacrifices, leur résilience et leur lutte inlassable pour la liberté.

As well as the closing session of the festival:

On 12/10 at 18:30  with LA VITA DA GRANDI de Greta Scarano :

LA VITA DA GRANDI

Greta Scarano

IT, 95', 2025, VO IT ST FR/NL

Synopsis : Irene, a determined Roman advertising executive, returns to her hometown of Rimini to take care of her older brother. Omar, an autistic man with clear goals: to get married, have three children, and become famous as a rapper. Irene will accompany him in his intensive program of independence, lovingly and painstakingly facing the challenges that adult life brings, both for Omar and for herself. A path full of challenges for the brother and sister, in which they will both grow.