We’re happy to announce the avant-première of six short films made at Cinemaximiliaan by Marof Hakimi, Rand Abou Fakher, Anastasia Zolkina, Louay Dabous, Omar Al-Samarai and Angela Al-Souliman.

The short film program will be presented at the Kunstenfestivaldesarts in presence of the directors of each short film and of Béla Tarr. After the films there will be a debate moderated by Gwendolyn Lootens and Gawan Fagard, coordinators of Cinemaximiliaan.

Film director Béla Tarr accompanied several participants of Cinemaximiliaan in the process of making a short film. The shooting took place in the project house in Molenbeek during the month of April.

We also bring in avant-premiere the very first Cinemaximiliaan short film by the Hakimi family, assisted by directors Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami and Julie De Clercq. 

Cinemaximiliaan brings films and debates to asylum centres, private homes and cinemas, bridging newcomers with locals in a personal way. The starting point of this film project is each participants’ desire to share his or her story through a short film. Films are made in and around the Cinemaximiliaan project house, where people gather, sleep over, work and make movies together. Founders and coordinators Gawan and Gwendolyn are living in the house and sharing space and time to build bridges between people. The house figures as a character in the movies, and transforms itself into a film set. All people involved in the film project are putting their energy on a voluntary basis - some people have a lot of experience, others are learning audiovisual skills through the whole process of making films. 

Thank you to all participants and volunteers to make this project possible! 

Other participants to the workshop with Béla Tarr, who received feedback on their projects: 
Fatma Osman, Mojtaba Bahadori, Mays Algayyar, Obaidullah Karimy, Hassan Ali, Joachim Michaux, Gwendolyn Lootens & Lubnan Al-Wazny

FILM PROGRAM // PART I & II

Full program of all six films followed by Q&A

MAROF HAKIMI // ROEPEN IN STILTE

Belgium, 2018 // 11 min. // Color // OV Farsi, ST English, French

RAND ABOU FAKHER // BRAIDED LOVE
Belgium, 2018 // 24 min. // Color // OV Dutch, ST English, French

LOUAY DABOUS // AFTER LIFE 
Belgium, 2018 // 18 min. // Color // No Language

ANASTASIA ZOLKINA // TRANSIT
Belgium, 2018 // 6 min. // Color // OV English, ST Dutch, French
 

OMAR AL-SAMARAI // LETTER FROM BRUSSELS
Belgium, 2018 // 18 min. // Color // OV Arabic, ST English, French

ANGELA AL-SOULIMAN // CHEERS!
Belgium, 2018 // 9 min. // Black & White // OV English, ST Dutch, French

Welcome! 

Thank you for the support of many volunteers who worked hard on production, postproduction, creation, logistics, communication, and many more things to make these films possible: Anna Franziska Jaeger,  Dahlia Pessemiers, Jeronimo Sarmiento, Kinshuk Surjan, Hans Bruch Jr., Sean Luke, Bahzad Salhe, Mahmood Zourob, Gert Verboven, Matthias van Ruijssevelt, Mathias Van Gasse, Enzo Tibi, Lisaboa Houbrechts, Masha Berkers, Hans Van Nuffel, Alex Verhaest, Bas Bonhof, Mousab al Shaikh, Victor Ghostin, Eva Lynen, Gawan Fagard, Gwendolyn Lootens, Roberto Ayllon, Jean-Noël Boissé, Maureen Vandenberghe, Bilal Issa, Omar Al-Samarai, Lubnan Al-Wazny, Soetkin Keukeleire, Alain Dupuy, Nour Assamadani, Abdularahman Al Jasseem, Asad Diriye, Anne-Marie Jacobs, Sarah Hemdi, Maria Pia Bassil, Martha Vandermeulen, Pauwel Hertmans, Romy Lauwers, Grace Ellen Barkey, Victor Ghostin, Flo Vandenbussche, Fatma Osman, Aza Declercq, Teuk Henri, Olga Paterlini, Vincent Metzinger, Stijn Verhoeven, Bart Van Langendonck, Solange Luyckx, Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami, Julie Declercq, Sheri Hakimi, Fataneh Hakimi, Farzana Hakimi, Vakil Hakimi, Makya Hakimi, Leila, Mehrdad Arefani, Victoire Bonin, Mojtaba Bahadori, Ayham Seif, Nik Ahn, Alexandra McAdam, Dahlia Mees, Abdullah Fakhri, Saden Abd Aljbaar, Toon Mertens, Hjalte Zacharewicz, Tariq Al Naeeme, Thierry Van Capellen, Vero Bakos, Natalia Trevino, Charles Godin, Alejandro Rivas-Cottle, Caroline Nugues Bourchat, Batul Hossini, Reza Panahi, Marof Hakimi, Rand Abou Fakher, Anastasia Zolkina, Louay Daboos, Omar Al-Samarai, Angela Al Souliman, Jozef Wouters, Diren Agbaba, Kathleen Werckx, Mays Algayyar, Obaidullah Karimy, Hassan Ali, Amila Ramovic, Béla Tarr, Nina Wabbes, Christophe Slaghmuylder, Kevin Kola, Ebrahim Neissi, Gohram Baloch, Adil Laassal, Aaron Stevens, Leonie Rottmann, Joachim Michaux, Oscar Van Der Put,… and many more.

Also thanks to KFDA, Needcompany & Kuiperskaai for production support and GSARA & Graphoui for post-production support.

Tickets

Tarif plein adulte: € 8,75

Tarifs réduits sur présentation du justificatif à la caisse:

• Etudiants 18 - 26 ans, seniors 60+, enseignants: € 7,00
• Jeunes -18 ans, courts métrages, groupes (min. 20 pers):  € 6,00

Cinemaximiliaan is supported by VAF, VGC and Vlaamse Overheid.