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From Saturday 28 November to Saturday 6 December, Cineville and Leuven International Short Film Festival invite you to attend a different short film compilation every day: a bold and diverse selection  that showcase the very best of emerging film talent. Surrender to the female gaze, laugh along with the absurd scenes in Kitchen Chaos or dive into personal stories from the Palestinian enclave. Something new to discover every single day with your Cineville Pass!

Du samedi 28 novembre au samedi 6 décembre, Cineville et le Kortfilmfestival Leuven vous invitent à découvrir une compilation de courts métrages différente chaque jour : une sélection audacieuse et variée mettant en lumière les meilleurs talents émergents du cinéma. Laissez-vous emporter par Female Gaze, riez des scènes absurdes de Kitchen Chaos ou plongez dans des récits personnels en provenance de l’enclave palestinienne.

Kortfilmfestival Leuven 2025 du 29.11 au 06.12 au Cinema ZED 

Kortfilmfestival Leuven 2025

Van zaterdag 28 november tot zaterdag 6 december nodigen Cineville en het Internationaal Kortfilmfestival Leuven je uit om elke dag een andere kortfilmcompilatie bij te wonen. Een gedurfde en diverse selectie die het allerbeste van nieuw filmtalent laat zien. Laat je meevoeren door de Female Gaze, lach mee met de absurde scènes in Kitchen Chaos of duik in persoonlijke verhalen uit de Palestijnse enclave. Met je Cineville Pas valt er elke dag iets nieuws te ontdekken!

Kortfilmfestival Leuven 2025 van 29.11 tot 06.12

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Kortfilmfestival Leuven 2025 from 29.11 to 06.12 at Cinema ZED 

Festivals are not only a meeting place for filmmakers and their audiences, but also a place where filmmakers themselves come together. Directors get to know each other's work, and thanks to the Peer Award, that work is also rewarded. The participating directors vote for each others' films. Both the nominated films for the Peer Award 2024 and those nominated in the current edition can be found at the festival. You can admire this year’s nominations at a one-off screening on the final day of the festival. The 2025 winner will be revealed during the closing night on 6 December.

Best of Peer Awards 2024

The European Competition is an intriguing mix of liveaction fiction, animation and documentary. Out of more than 3,000 entries, seven programmes remained. The winner of this category immediately makes it to the longlist of the Oscars, the European Film Awards and for British candidates: the BAFTAs. Equally important: viewers also get a vote, thanks to the audience award.

European Competition 4

European Competition 7

If you are to believe film history, women mostly function as plot devices, lust objects or support for strong male protagonists. It took a while before film caught up to reality, but in the two short film compilations themed around the female gaze, nothing remains of this outdated worldview. The filmmakers peel back the layers of a groundbreaking orange, rewrite familiar red-hooded fairy tales, and dig deep beneath the archeological surface. In the context of Europalia España there is an aditional Female Gaze programme featuring Spanish makers. Expect a programme that thoroughly challenges the average film's perspective. 

Female Gaze

22 short films made by Palestinian filmmakers, each with their own perspective on the current reality in Gaza. The project From Ground Zero, launched by the renowned filmmaker Rashid Masharawi, documents the diverse experiences of life in the Palestinian enclave: the struggles, and tragedies, but also moments of resilience. This mix of fiction, documentary and animation creates an intimate and powerful portrait of everyday life and the determination of the Palestinian people.

From Ground Zero

With documentary pioneers like Joris Ivens, Bert Haanstra, and Johan van der Keuken, the Netherlands has built a rich tradition of short documentary filmmaking. To this day, the short form remains a space where filmmakers push boundaries and experiment with its form. In this programme, Go Short presents five recent films from talented directors, giving a look into the contemporary landscape of short documentaries in the Netherlands.

Go Short Docs

No laid back Nigella Lawson vibes, or rustic images of Shepherd's pie. In Kitchen Chaos, you'll discover four different micro societies where culinary excellence, social awkwardness and insensitive jokes get things heated. For fans of The Bear or Boiling Point this humorous short film compilation is one to really savour.

Kitchen Chaos

With VAF Next Generation, the Flemish Audiovisual Fund (VAF) focuses on new film talent. Every year, promising work by master's students from Flemish film schools is highlighted in each category, and a specialised jury awards the prizes. The VAF Wildcards provide a substantial budget and personal coaching for a first extracurricular project, while the Booster Cards offer advice and coaching. The Wildcard winners not only get a place on stage at the festival, their films also get their own programme.

VAF Wildcards Winners

**About the cinema**
On the outside a magnificent building from 1913; on the inside an impressive and modern film palace for everyone.

**Accessibility**
Cinema theater 1, 2 and 4 are accessible for persons with reduced mobility (PRM). Cinema theater 3 is not accessible for PRM.

Palace

On the outside a magnificent building from 1913; on the inside an impressive and modern film palace for everyone.

**About the cinema**
Aventure offers a programme largely off the beaten track and ample room for discussion. Known as the cinema of documentaries, it is is your home away from home.

**Accessibility**
The cinema is not accessible for persons with reduced mobility (PRM).

Aventure

Aventure offers a programme largely off the beaten track and ample room for discussion. Known as the cinema of documentaries.

**About the cinema**
A beautiful arthouse cinema and exhibition space, located in a monumental building from 1939 and dedicated to cinema in all it forms.

**Accessibility**
Cinema theater 1 is accessible for persons with reduced mobility (PRM). Cinema theaters 2 and 3 are not accessible for PRM.

Galeries

An arthouse cinema and exhibition space, located in a monumental building from 1939 and dedicated to cinema in all it forms.

**About the cinema**
Nova stands for independent, contemporary and unseen films. The programme changes every two months and focusses on specific themes, festivals and special events.

**Accessibility**
The cinema theater is accessible for persons with reduced mobility (PRM).

Nova

Nova stands for independent, contemporary and unseen films. The programme changes every two months.

**About the cinema**
A household name in Brussels for more than half a century. Here you can see the latest films from great authors to independent makers.

**Accessibility**
Cinema theater 1 is accessible for persons with reduced mobility (PRM). Cinema theaters 2, 3, 4 and 5 are not accessible for PMR.

Vendôme

A household name in Brussels. Here you can see the latest films from great authors to independent makers.

**About the cinema**
Kinograph, CINEMATEK and Flagey are joining forces for your new favorite film spot in the most dynamic neighborhood of Ixelles: Cineflagey! From Wednesday to Sunday, they will screen new releases, classics, documentaries and forgotten films.

**Accessibility**
The cinema theater (Studio 5: Agnès Varda) is accessible for persons with reduced mobility (PRM).

Cineflagey

Kinograph, CINEMATEK and Flagey are joining forces for your new favorite film spot: Cineflagey!

**About the cinema**
The Royal Belgian Film Archive brings film history to life with daily screenings of unforgettable, influential and exciting titles from their extensive archive (and beyond).

**Accessibility**
Both cinema theaters (Ledoux and Plateau) are accessible for persons with reduced mobility (PRM).

Cinematek

The Royal Belgian Film Archive brings film history to life with daily screenings.

**About the cinema**
Taken over by the Grignoux in 1982, the cinema le Parc is located on the edge of Liège, near Bressoux. It has a magnificent auditorium with over 400 seats. Its large stage and high quality sound system also make it a choice venue for concerts. The café le Parc located in the same street allows you to have a drink before or after your session.

**Accessibility**
The cinema theater is accessible for persons with reduced mobility (PRM).

Le Parc

Cinema le Parc is located on the edge of Liège. It has a magnificent auditorium with over 400 seats.

**About the cinema**
The Churchill cinema is located in the centre of Liege, in a pedestrian area just a stone's throw from the Place Cathédrale. With its splendid Art Deco façade, it gives pride of place to auteur and independent cinema as well as to more "mainstream" productions. Two art galleries welcome painters and photographers.

**Accessibility**
The cinema theaters (salle rouge, salle bleue and salle verte) are accessible to persons with reduced mobility (PRM).

Churchill

Cinema Churchill is located in the centre of Liege. It shows independent cinema, classics and documentaries.

**About the cinema**
Probably the best known and most popular cinema in Liège, this complex has 4 cinemas for a total of 800 spectators and a brasserie, which serves as a place to relax, a small restaurant and also a concert hall. Located in the city centre, it is easily accessible by bus or bicycle. Three partner car parks offer a discount if you park your car there.

**Accessibility**
All the cinema theaters (1-4) are accessible for people with reduced mobility (PRM).

Sauvenière

Probably the best known cinema in Liège, this complex also offers a place to eat and relax. Located in the city centre.

**About the cinema**
Taken over by the Grignoux and completely renovated in 2016, the Caméo has 5 screens and a brasserie, the Caféo. Like the other Grignoux cinemas, it showcases the best recent films for young and old alike, and offers numerous event evenings (previews with directors and film crews, special evenings, conferences-debates with the associative world, etc.).

**Accessibility**
All the cinema theaters (1-5) are accessible for persons with reduced mobility (PRM).

Caméo

Caméo showcases the best recent films for young and old alike, and offers numerous event evenings.

**About the cinema**
Opened in 2017, Quai10 is a first-of-its-kind venue in Belgium that combines a cinema, a video games area and a brasserie within a state-of-the-art structure. Quai10 has 4 screens located in the city centre.

**Accessibility**
All the cinema theaters (1-4) are accessible for persons with reduced mobility (PRM).

Quai10 

Quai10 is a unique venue that combines a cinema, a video games area and a brasserie within a modern structure.

**About the cinema**
The Côté Parc theater is the largest but also the oldest. It is fully integrated into the Quai10 project.

**Accessibility**
The cinema theatre is accessible for persons with reduced mobility (PRM).

Quai10 / Côté Parc 

The Côté Parc theater is the largest but also the oldest. It is fully integrated into the Quai10 project.

**About the cinema**
Situated in the bustling heart of Brussels, at the Antoine Dansaertstraat near the Oude Graanmarkt, Cinema RITCS is the home theatre of the RITCS | Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema & Sound. It is the ultimate meeting place for film aficionados. Equipped with state-of-the-art digital film projectors and a magical silver screen seven metres in width, Cinema RITCS offers 123 seats (+2 wheelchair accessible ones) to experience a fascinating world of moving images. On top of that, many of their screenings are professionally introduced by RITCS-professors, filmmakers, cinephiles, students or other high-profile foreign or domestic guests.

*Accessibility**
The cinema theater is accessible for persons with reduced mobility (PRM).

Cinema RITCS

Cinema RITCS offers an eclectic variety of film classics, hidden cult gems, and new releases from Belgium and beyond.

**About the cinema**
A must-see cinema in Mons, the Plaza offers a program of quality international auteur films in a place of discovery, education, pleasure and exchange. The recently renovated cinema boasts four theaters with state-of-the-art equipment. It also has a special animation room for young audiences.

**Accessibility**
All the cinema theaters (1-4) are accessible for persons with reduced mobility (PRM).

Plaza Arthouse Cinema

A must-see cinema in Mons, with a program of quality films by international auteurs.

**About the cinema**
Cozy city cinema in the heart of Bruges with a curated selection of films that will make you think, laugh or be moved and appeal to young and old. Lumière Brugge offers a wide range of films, from new releases to timeless classics. Located in the center of Bruges, it is the ideal place to combine a movie with a visit to the city and the many cafes and restaurants nearby.

**Accessibility**
All the cinema theaters (1-4) are accessible for persons with reduced mobility (PRM).

**Reservations**
You can reserve a seat by selecting the Cineville rate in their webshop and entering your unique pass number (found below the barcode on your pass). You’ll receive an **e-ticket**, which you must **activate at the box office no later than 15 minutes before the film starts**.

Lumière Brugge

Cozy city cinema in the heart of Bruges with a curated selection of films that will make you think, laugh or be moved.

**About the cinema**
City cinema with a quality and varied film offer with a focus on contemporary films. You can also see classics and restored films, as well as family films. The cinema has a 35mm projector and regularly screens movies on film. Located in the south of Antwerp, it is the perfect place to have a drink or dinner before or after the film, in the FOMU café or in the nearby cafes and restaurants.

**Accessibility**
Both cinema theaters are accessible for persons with reduced mobility (PRM).

**Reservations**
You can reserve a seat by selecting the Cineville rate in their webshop and entering your unique pass number (found below the barcode on your pass). You’ll receive an **e-ticket**, which you must **activate at the box office no later than 15 minutes before the film starts**.

Lumière Antwerpen

City cinema with a quality and varied film offer with a focus on contemporary films.

**About the cinema**
In 2021, the doors of the new Mechelen city cinema swung open. In the beautifully renovated Oude Stadsfeestzaal, film lovers can enjoy cinema in a historic setting. The cinema brings a fascinating mix of new Belgian and European films, avant-premières in the presence of the filmmakers, family films, documentaries and restored classics.
Fancy a drink and/or snack after or before the screening? You can do so at LUX28, the cozy catering establishment on the walkways, overlooking the building's beautiful architecture.

**Accessibility**
All the cinema theaters (1-3) are accessible for persons with reduced mobility (PRM).

**Reservations**
You can reserve a seat by selecting the Cineville rate in their webshop and entering your unique pass number (found below the barcode on your pass). You’ll receive an **e-ticket**, which you must **activate at the box office no later than 15 minutes before the film starts**.

Lumière Mechelen

The cinema shows a mix of new Belgian and European films, avant-premières, family films, documentaries and classics.

**About the cinema**
City cinema with a diverse film selection, from in-depth documentaries, award-winning feature films and modern classics to unconventional genre films. Before or after the film, enjoy a drink in cinemacafe Bar KINO. Extra bonus, you can also just take your drink into the cinema theater.

**Accessibility**
Cinema theaters 1 and 2 are accessible for persons with reduced mobility (PRM). Cinema theater 3 is not accessible for PRM.

**Reservations**
You can reserve a seat by selecting the Cineville rate in their webshop and entering your unique pass number (found below the barcode on your pass). You’ll receive an **e-ticket**, which you must **activate at the box office no later than 15 minutes before the film starts**.

Cinema Cartoon’s

City cinema with a diverse film selection.

**About the cinema**
Quirky cinema, located in the heart of Leuven. In three cinemas you will discover the best films of the moment, a special youth program, fascinating documentaries, film classics, short films and more.

**Accessibility**
Both cinema theaters are accessible for persons with reduced mobility (PRM).

Cinema Zed - Vesalius

Quirky cinema, located in the heart of Leuven.

**About the cinema**
Quirky cinema, located in the heart of Leuven. In three cinemas you will discover the best films of the moment, a special youth program, fascinating documentaries, film classics, short films and more.

**Accessibility**
The cinema theater is accessible for persons with reduced mobility (PRM).

Cinema Zed - STUK 

Discover the best films of the moment, a special youth program, fascinating documentaries, film classics, short films and more.

**About the cinema**
Sphinx cinema is a meeting place for film lovers in the heart of Ghent. On the program: something for everyone and lots to discover. Open every day! 

**Accessibility**
Cinema theater 3 is accessible for persons with reduced mobility (PRM). Cinema theaters 1, 2, 4 and 5 are not accessible for PRM.

Sphinx cinema

Sphinx cinema is a meeting place for film lovers in the heart of Ghent.

**About the cinema**
De Cinema treats its viewers daily with a diverse film program: from historical gems on 35mm and films by up-and-coming talent, to topical documentaries and more experimental work from home and abroad.

**Accessibility**
Both cinema theaters are accessible for persons with reduced mobility (PRM).

De Cinema

De Cinema treats its viewers daily with a diverse film program.

**About the cinema**
A cinema for daredevils! KASKcinema in Ghent programs a surprising, tantalizing and adventurous selection of movies that are not shown in other cinemas. A literal heaven for any cinephile.

**Accessibility**
The cinema theater is accessible for persons with reduced mobility (PRM).

KASKcinema

KASKcinema programs a surprising, tantalizing and adventurous selection of movies that are not shown in other cinemas.

**About the cinema**
Ciné4 opened in 2020 right in the centre of Nivelles, close to the Grand Place. On its two screens you can discover both the best auteur cinema and a selection of movies for the whole family. On top of that you get a very warm welcome and the best possible screening conditions. 

**Accessibility**
Cinema theater 1 is accessible for persons with reduced mobility (PRM). Cinema theater 2 is not accessible for PRM.

Ciné4

At Ciné4 you can discover both the best of auteur cinema and a selection of movies for the whole family.

Studio Skoop

**About the cinema**
Le Stockel, one of Brussels' last remaining neighbourhood cinemas, shows the best new films, from arthouse to more commercial titles.

This authentic cinema is located in Sint-Pieters-Woluwe, a stone's throw from Dumonplein in Stokkel, and is open seven days a week. With its unique curved screen and 496 seats, you can experience film at its best here: on a grand scale and in optimal conditions.

Le Stockel

Le Stockel, from arthouse to more commercial titles.

**About the cinema**
Cinema ZED Hasselt is a distinctive arthouse cinema located by the water, housed in a former malt factory. It offers a carefully curated selection of independent films, documentaries, classics, and surprising international gems.

Here, cinema is experienced as it was meant to be: on the big screen, in a calm setting, without advertising and without popcorn. Pure cinema, with room for depth, festivals, and special screenings.

**Accessibility**
Cinema ZED Hasselt is wheelchair accessible.
There are **2 designated wheelchair spaces** in the auditorium.

Cinema Zed - Hasselt

A distinctive arthouse cinema located by the water, housed in a former malt factory.

Kortfilmfestival Leuven 2025

All films from Kortfilmfestival Leuven 2025