Agenda

Kom lekker eten en laat de kinderen op straat spelen zolang het kan! Passerstraat 5, 1070 Anderlecht is op 30/08 autovrij en helemaal van jou. Kinderen, ouders, buren: jullie zijn allemaal welkom. Er is een springkasteel, fietsen, steps, schminken, stoepkrijt, een barbecue en nog veel meer. Kom langs tussen 13:00 en 17:00.

Op 5 september start Schijnwerpers kortfilmfestival met programma 1: Discovery. Hieronder meer info over al de films.

18:00 Deuren openen
18:30 – 20:00 FIlms + Q&A, blijf daarna voor een drankje

Adres: Kroonlaan 12, 1050 Elsene (GC Elzenhof)
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•Tomatoes to be planted — Annelies Bodiang – 19′50″ [EN]
We follow Nelle (25) on the day she returns home after a year of solo travel. Fragments from her travel diary reveal thoughts from the past year. The happy reunion with her sister and father is quickly overshadowed by the question: 'What now?' How does she want to shape her young adult life? Has she made the right choices in recent times? At the point where Nelle can no longer avoid these questions, the viewer meets her.

•Listen to my waves — Freia Van Lint – 3′15″ [EN]
This film is a message in a bottle from a young girl who finds her escape in surfing. Told through abstract metaphoric visuals and poetic voice-over, Listen to my waves invites the viewer to feel and interpret freely — with minimal context, and no fixed meaning.

•Norm — Jansher Khan – 9′38″ [EN]
A Brussels film school student's dream of becoming a director is challenged by a difficult choice. His family, from Afghanistan, discovers he's making films without telling them, as filmmaking is taboo in their society.

•Black Pearl — Zita Bamurange Vanbellingen – 9′22″ [EN]
A Brazilian father living in Belgium passes on the culture of his native Bahia to his daughter, the heart of Afro-Brazilian heritage. Through candomblé and capoeira, he shares his roots, spirituality, and pride. An intimate portrait of identity, heritage, and the bond between father and daughter.

•A letter to a friend — Ana Prebil – 3′40″ [EN]
A letter to a friend sent from far away. A whiff of love and loneliness in the wind and the smell of summer bringing friends back together.

•Mama Romy — Jette Renders – 19′25″ [EN / no subs]
Romy's wish to become a mother seems within reach when she guides a 16-year-old pregnant girl. As their bond grows, Romy projects her own desires onto the teenager, but is her longing still reasonable in today’s world? And is the way she pursues it truly right?

Op 6 september kun je programma 2: Life's Burdens komen kijken op het Schijnwerpers kortfilmfestival. Hieronder meer info over al de films.

18:00 Deuren openen
18:30 – 20:00 FIlms + Q&A, blijf daarna voor een drankje

Adres: Kroonlaan 12, 1050 Elsene (GC Elzenhof)
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•Papillon — Noah Nazyimana & Faisal Muhammadu – 12′27″  [EN subs]
Papillon tells an intimate and moving story about young Moïse, a teenager who, after the death of his father, is suddenly forced to take on the role of “man of the house.” He feels responsible for his mother, Monique, who is under immense financial pressure but tries to hide her worries. Moïse does his best to support her, yet he struggles with the reality that, despite everything, he is still just a child.

•Role Play — Ilja Zekovic – 23′55″ [EN subs]
Nenad, a sixty-year-old history teacher, invites a young prostitute, Julia, to celebrate his birthday together.

•Ghosted — Shana Mbala Pembe – 8′42″  [EN subs]
A young girl gets ghosted on a date, which yet again she experiences deception in the romantic field. So in order to feel better she decides that revenge is the way to go and decides to become the ghost to the ghoster.

​•Broken wings — Aime Octave – 13′44″ [EN subs]
Emile receives a phone call from his mother who is sick prompting him to go back home. After years of living away from home, and leaving a trauma in the past, there is a secret he shares with his father, Dele, and something weighing on his mother, Amina. He breaks the conspiracy of silence as he tries to communicate with his parents.

•Vuela — Florangela Condorich – 3′42″ [no subs]
Vuela (Fly) is a heartfelt story about dreams, resilience, and the courage it takes to leave home in the pursuit of your dreams. This short animated film follows a young girl and her dream of soaring through the skies. Along the way, she discovers the challenges of chasing her aspirations, but with her mother’s unwavering support, she learns that dreaming big and being brave, are the keys to making those dreams a reality.

Zin om Lingala of Swahili te leren? Goed nieuws: onze taallessen starten opnieuw dit schooljaar! Kom op 10 september om 19u naar de infosessie om vragen te stellen, je in te schrijven en kennis te maken met de leerkrachten.  

De module Swahili (verschillende niveaus) gaat door op woensdagavond. Meer info over onze les en praktische details volgen via deze link.

Op 12 september kun je programma 3: Sensibilization komen kijken op het Schijnwerpers kortfilmfestival. Hieronder meer info over al de films.

18:00 Deuren openen
18:30 – 20:00 FIlms + Q&A, blijf daarna voor een drankje

Adres: Passerstraat 5, 1070 Anderlevcht (Kuumba vzw)
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•Legacy — Dahyeong Hwang, Doyeon Kim, Jisu Lee, Minha Joo – 8′00″ [no subs]
In mid-to-late 20th century Greenland, a boy who loves animals lives with his father. Unlike other kids, he enjoys reading and mostly keeps to himself. One day, his father takes him hunting.
When the father hands him a rifle, the boy hesitantly accepts it, his hands tense with nervousness. As he takes the shot, the bullet misses the seal—but the moment leaves him lost in thought...

•Our city pets — Matias Ramos ter Maat – 13′51″ [no subs]
"We see them everywhere, yet rarely stop to look. This documentary turns its lens on the overlooked life of the pigeon."

•Au revoir Paradiso — Aurelie van Herk – 6′06″ [EN subs]
In a forgotten corner in Flanders, Eddy lives among dreams of wood, dust and memory. Since he was a child, he has been building his own circus universe with a museum full of miniatures, posters and stories that no one tells anymore. Now, at almost 80 years of age, he is getting ready for his very last show.

Au Revoir Paradiso is an intimate and poetic documentary about dedication, imagination and the art of aging. In the silent setting of his self-made world, Eddy becomes a clown, archivist, child and artist. All at the same time. This film is more than just a portrait. It is a time capsule, a gentle cry against oblivion and a tender ode to what remains when everything seems to disappear.

•Self-loving Jew — Sterre Volders – 15′00″ [EN subs]
Self-loving Jew is a short, intimate documentary following three members of the Anti-Zionist Jewish Alliance in Belgium as they confront what it means to be Jewish in a time of genocide. Often labeled as self-hating, they reflect on intergenerational trauma, faith, family rupture, and political awakening. Their message is clear: to oppose injustice in our name is not self-hatred — it’s self-love.

•Born to be — Björk Vijgen – 4′05″ [no subs]
Sheep has nothing to say in her life. From birth her brain is removed, she gets an assigned diploma, she is put to work in a factory, she gets married and in her womb starts a new life cycle .And so the cycle begins again. The story repeats itself in an even more changed dystopian world. the third Sheep questions the way of living in the present and the future.

•Keep walking — Luna De Win & Oudôm Van Pottelbergh – 10′04″ [NL subs]
In deze korte documentaire volgen we Darin (55), die als vijfjarig meisje de genocide in Cambodja overleefde. Nu, vele jaren later, voelt ze de noodzaak om haar herinneringen te delen. Niet alleen als getuigenis, maar als brug tussen generaties. Ze wil de rijkdom van haar cultuur doorgeven aan kinderen en jongeren die opgroeien in België, en gelooft dat ook het verleden daarin een plek verdient. Voor het eerst besluit ze haar verhaal te vertellen. Van de dag dat de Rode Khmers Phnom Penh binnentrokken tot de stille tochten door bossen vol verborgen gevaar. Haar herinneringen zijn niet vervaagd. Sommige angsten leven nog in haar lichaam, zoals de schrik voor het donker of het gevoel van een lege maag dat zich als een echo door de tijd blijft herhalen. Met haar verhaal bewaakt ze een verleden dat niet verloren mag gaan, en in haar herinneringen schuilt een stille wens: dat wie na haar komt, nooit de gruwel hoeft te doorstaan die zij als kind heeft geleefd.

•The village idiot — Michell Heyndricksx – 8′31″ [EN, NL subs]
Bob, the local village idiot, invites us to spend the day with him. We don’t know much about him, other than he’s been left home alone against the advice of his superiors and that he's still in recovery. He pulls us into his world—or is it a fantasy? A delusion? A hallucination? In this film, Michell Heyndrickx draws from his own experiences with psychosis and psychological vulnerability, as well as the way these issues have historically and culturally been understood. By writing and performing not just the role of Bob but all the characters in the film, Heyndrickx reclaims his voice—a voice that has often been taken over by art and media throughout history. He challenges the clichés and stereotypes surrounding psychological vulnerability.

The film’s aesthetic is inspired by the surreal, artificial worlds of low-budget TV shows and interactive children’s programs, which often feel strange and unsettling due to their artifice. Heyndrickx built the sets entirely from cardboard and paper, a metaphor for the fragility of our perception of reality.

In onze reeks Half-en-half: feeding the city gaan we vanaf het najaar op zoek naar het voedingserfgoed van enkele belangrijke culturele gemeenschappen die voortkomen uit de belangrijke migratiebewegingen in de 20e en 21e eeuw. Voor dit eerste event gaan we op ontdekking in twee wijken waar er een belangrijke Centraal-Afrikaans aanwezigheid is.

Enerzijds is er Matonge, dat sinds de jaren '60 onder invloed van enkele koloniale clubs, maar vooral door de instroom studenten van Maison Africaine, en zelfs een succesvolle discotheek evolueerde tot een bruisende buurt met galerijen, eethuizen of malewa's en voedingswinkels. Daarnaast is er Kuregem, waar in de schaduw van de imposante bronzen stieren van Abattoir, en deels onder invloed van de autohandel in de Heyvaertstraat, de laatste tien jaar meer en meer een soort 'nieuw Matonge' ontstaan is.

Een gids neemt u mee door deze twee buurten, vertelt u over het ontstaan en de evolutie van de wijken en leert u uiteraard ook alles over de geuren en smaken die er te vinden zijn.

We sluiten af bij Kuumba waar je met enkele hapjes, bereid door de vrijwilligers van dit Vlaams-Afrikaans Huis, kunt proeven van enkele Centraal-Afrikaanse bereidingen. Er is ook plaats voor een streepje muziek!
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Locatie: Start van de activiteit in Matonge (Naamsepoort; Patrice Lumumba Square), einde van de activiteit bij Kuumba Vlaams-Afrikaans Huis ( Passerstraat 5, 1070 Anderlecht).

Programma:
14h00-16h00: Geleide wandeling in Matonge en Kuregem
16h00-16h45: Verplaatsen naar Kuumba
17h00-19h00: Buffet proevertjes en concert

[Inschrijven via deze link]
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Kookworkshop: Voorafgaand aan de gidstocht organiseren we een kookworkshop op 04/09 rond de Centraal-Afrikaanse en in het bijzonder Rwandese keuken. Duik met een kok(kin) van Kuumba in de keuken en maak samen enkele bereidingen. Uiteraard kan je ook proeven.

Workshop wordt gegeven in het nederlands.

Deelnameprijs:
10 euro (+ 1 euro verwerkingskosten)
Een link voor inschrijvingen volgen binnenkort.

Op 13 september kun je programma 4: Jury's highlight 1 komen kijken op het Schijnwerpers kortfilmfestival. Hieronder meer info over al de films.

18:30 Deuren openen
19:00 – 20:30 FIlms + Q&A, blijf daarna voor een drankje

Adres: Passerstraat 5, 1070 Anderlevcht (Kuumba vzw)
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•Papillon — Noah Nazyimana & Faisal Muhammadu – 12′27″ [EN]
Papillon tells an intimate and moving story about young Moïse, a teenager who, after the death of his father, is suddenly forced to take on the role of “man of the house.” He feels responsible for his mother, Monique, who is under immense financial pressure but tries to hide her worries. Moïse does his best to support her, yet he struggles with the reality that, despite everything, he is still just a child.
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•Role Play — Ilja Zekovic – 23′55″ [EN]
Nenad, a sixty-year-old history teacher, invites a young prostitute, Julia, to celebrate his birthday together.

•Broken wings — Aime Octave – 13′44″ [EN]
Emile receives a phone call from his mother who is sick prompting him to go back home. After years of living away from home, and leaving a trauma in the past, there is a secret he shares with his father, Dele, and something weighing on his mother, Amina. He breaks the conspiracy of silence as he tries to communicate with his parents.

Op 19 september kun je programma 5: Jury's highlight 2 komen kijken op het Schijnwerpers kortfilmfestival. Hieronder meer info over al de films.

18:00 Deuren openen
18:30  – 20:00 FIlms + Q&A, blijf daarna voor een drankje

Adres: Passerstraat 5, 1070 Anderlevcht (Kuumba vzw)
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•Mama Romy — Jette Renders – 19′25″ [EN subs]
Romy's wish to become a mother seems within reach when she guides a 16-year-old pregnant girl. As their bond grows, Romy projects her own desires onto the teenager, but is her longing still reasonable in today’s world? And is the way she pursues it truly right?

•Keep walking — Luna De Win & Oudôm Van Pottelbergh – 10′04″ [NL subs]
In deze korte documentaire volgen we Darin (55), die als vijfjarig meisje de genocide in Cambodja overleefde. Nu, vele jaren later, voelt ze de noodzaak om haar herinneringen te delen. Niet alleen als getuigenis, maar als brug tussen generaties. Ze wil de rijkdom van haar cultuur doorgeven aan kinderen en jongeren die opgroeien in België, en gelooft dat ook het verleden daarin een plek verdient. Voor het eerst besluit ze haar verhaal te vertellen. Van de dag dat de Rode Khmers Phnom Penh binnentrokken tot de stille tochten door bossen vol verborgen gevaar. Haar herinneringen zijn niet vervaagd. Sommige angsten leven nog in haar lichaam, zoals de schrik voor het donker of het gevoel van een lege maag dat zich als een echo door de tijd blijft herhalen. Met haar verhaal bewaakt ze een verleden dat niet verloren mag gaan, en in haar herinneringen schuilt een stille wens: dat wie na haar komt, nooit de gruwel hoeft te doorstaan die zij als kind heeft geleefd.

•The village idiot — Michell Heyndricksx – 8′31″ [EN / NL subs]

Bob, the local village idiot, invites us to spend the day with him. We don’t know much about him, other than he’s been left home alone against the advice of his superiors and that he's still in recovery. He pulls us into his world—or is it a fantasy? A delusion? A hallucination? In this film, Michell Heyndrickx draws from his own experiences with psychosis and psychological vulnerability, as well as the way these issues have historically and culturally been understood. By writing and performing not just the role of Bob but all the characters in the film, Heyndrickx reclaims his voice—a voice that has often been taken over by art and media throughout history. He challenges the clichés and stereotypes surrounding psychological vulnerability.

•Legacy — Dahyeong Hwang, Doyeon Kim, Jisu Lee, Minha Joo – 8′00″ [no subs]
In mid-to-late 20th century Greenland, a boy who loves animals lives with his father. Unlike other kids, he enjoys reading and mostly keeps to himself. One day, his father takes him hunting.When the father hands him a rifle, the boy hesitantly accepts it, his hands tense with nervousness. As he takes the shot, the bullet misses the seal—but the moment leaves him lost in thought...

Op 20 september kun je programma 6: African diaspora in the spotlight​ komen kijken op het Schijnwerpers kortfilmfestival. Hieronder meer info over al de films.

18:00 – Deuren openen
18:30 – 20:00 FIlms + Q&A
20:00  – Bekendmaking publieksprijs, blijf daarna voor een drankje

Adres: Vooruitgangsstraat 76, 1030 Schaarbeek (TRACK)
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• Black Pearl — Zita Bamurange Vanbellingen – 9′22″ [EN subs]
A Brazilian father living in Belgium passes on the culture of his native Bahia to his daughter, the heart of Afro-Brazilian heritage. Through candomblé and capoeira, he shares his roots, spirituality, and pride. An intimate portrait of identity, heritage, and the bond between father and daughter.

•Broken wings — Aime Octave – 13′44″ [EN subs]
Emile receives a phone call from his mother who is sick prompting him to go back home. After years of living away from home, and leaving a trauma in the past, there is a secret he shares with his father, Dele, and something weighing on his mother, Amina. He breaks the conspiracy of silence as he tries to communicate with his parents.

•Ghosted — Shana Mbala Pembe – 8′42″ [EN subs]
A young girl gets ghosted on a date, which yet again she experiences deception in the romantic field. So in order to feel better she decides that revenge is the way to go and decides to become the ghost to the ghoster.

•Papillon — Noah Nazyimana & Faisal Muhammadu – 12′27″ [EN subs]
Papillon tells an intimate and moving story about young Moïse, a teenager who, after the death of his father, is suddenly forced to take on the role of “man of the house.” He feels responsible for his mother, Monique, who is under immense financial pressure but tries to hide her worries. Moïse does his best to support her, yet he struggles with the reality that, despite everything, he is still just a child.