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Submit your film to Schijnwerpers kortfilmfestival

When | Monday 16 June 2025 |
Location | Passersstraat 5, 1070 Anderlecht |
Price | Free entrance |
Your film deserves a spotlight at Schijnwerpers kortfilmfestival, a short film festival for and by youth! We are putting documentary or fiction short films, video clips and sketches on the following themes in the spotlight: African cultures, the African diaspora, decolonisation, discrimination, migration. Submit your film before the 13th of august. via this form: https://forms.gle/Yky2mXfwPiRL264j8.
Guidelines:
- It must be a short film, 20 minutes maximum.
- Short documentaries, fiction short films, video clips and sketches – all formats are welcome.
- You are between 16 and 25 years old.
In August, we’ll let you know if your film will be screened.
Questions? Send an email to solenne@kuumba.be.
Filmfestival: Looking for youth selection commity

When | Friday 20 June 2025 |
Location | |
Price | Free entrance |
You love to watch films and would love to make your own curation together with other young cinephiles? Be part of the selection and programmation team for Schijnwerpers kortfilmfestival.
In September we’re hosting 15 short films in different formats: videoclips, documentary, fiction, short sketches.
As the Flemish African culture house we do pay extra attention to films on African cultures, the African diaspora, decolonisation, discrimination, migration. The films will be shown at different places in Brussels. Exited to be part of the selection team? Send an e-mail to info@kuumba.be.
Workshop Digital Storytelling

When | Tuesday 1 July 2025 |
Location | Werkhuizenstraat 3, 1080 Brussel, |
Price | Free entrance |
Sign up for the Digital Storytelling Workshop
Address: Werkhuizenstraat 3, 1080 Brussels, (JES vzw)
- From July 1st to 4th, from 10:00 to17:00. each day, we are organizing a Digital Storytelling workshop together with JES.
- You will work on your own story. You’ll learn how to tell something personal using images, photos, and sound. Step by step, you'll learn how to create a very short film or digital story. You’ll learn to write, plan, storyboard, take photos, and edit everything into a beautiful final result.
- The workshop is for young people aged 16 to 25. Are you younger? No problem! Send us an email and we’ll see together whether age is a barrier.
- Registration is completely free via info@kuumba.be.
- Free workshop
Zanqa festival - Closing dance party

When | Friday 4 July 2025 |
Location | Passersstraat 5, 1070 Anderlecht |
Price | Free entrance |
04/07 Closing dance evening + Tunisair competition
Wrap up Zanqa festival! On this beautiful evening you can learn how to cook real Tunisian food with Henda Zerelli, catch some beautiful live music, and maybe even win a flight to Tunisia by participating in the quiz.
On the programme
• 6pm-8pm Tunisian cooking workshop with Henda Zerelli from NEAPOLIS.
• Workshop admission: €10. Register via info@kuumba.be.
• 8:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. Live music with Amel Sdiri, Moufadhel Adhoum and Nejib Farjallah
• Quiz CONCOURS TUNISAIR – win a win a flight!
Kids take over! – neighbourhood party

When | Saturday 30 August 2025 |
Location | Passersstraat 5, 1070 Anderlecht |
Price | Free entrance |
Come grab some good food and let the kids play in the street while you can! Passerstraat 5, 1070 Anderlecht will be car-free, and it’s all yours on the 30/08 Kids, parents, neightbour: you're all welcome to join. There’ll be a bouncy castle, bikes, scooters, face painting, sidewalk chalk, a BBQ, and more. Swing by between 13:00 and 17:00.