Millenium Festival March 26 – April 3 2026

Program

24 Mar

Generation Trust

Clara Wetzel & Fanny Lindström /2025 /65 Min /
UGC Toison d'Or 24 Mar / 19:00 Tickets
The future is uncertain. The climate is changing. But on every continent, a new generation is already on the move…

26 Mar

Dounia, The Great White North

André Kadi & Marya Zarif /2024 /52 Min /Canada
Le Senghor 26 Mar / 10:30 Tickets
Dounia: The Great White North follows the journey of Dounia, a little girl with stars shining in her hair, as she settles in her adoptive country: Canada…

26 Mar

L’Extraordinaire Voyage de Mister Jack

Sarah Moon Howe /2026 /59 Min /Belgium
UGC De Brouckère 26 Mar / 19:30 Tickets
Jack, an extraordinary young adult who is happily out of touch with reality, dreams of going to Paris on a tandem bike to sleep at the George V palace hotel.

27 Mar

Natural Paints & Sustainable Creativity for Adults

Civa 27 Mar / 15:00 Tickets
Creative Workshop by Czech artist Sevdalina Kovarova We offer an artistic workshop centered on natural paints and sustainable creativity. Echoing the socially engaged films in our program, this workshops invite… Read more »

27 Mar

En attendant Zorro

Sarah Moon Howe /2024 /52 Min /Belgium
Quai10 27 Mar / 17:00 Tickets
En attendant Zorro immerses us in the private lives of families with children with severe disabilities. Lucas, a special-needs teacher, goes to those families’ homes and tries to help them…

27 Mar

Vittoria

Alessandro Cassigoli & Casey Kauffman /2024 /82 Min /Italie
Vendôme 27 Mar / 18:30 Tickets
Jasmine, 40, seems to have it all: a loving husband, three handsome grown sons, and her own hair salon in the suburbs of Naples, where she grew up.

27 Mar

Iron Winter

Kasimir Burgess /2025 /59 Min /Australia, Mongolia
Le Senghor 27 Mar / 19:00 Tickets
In Mongolia’s coldest valley, horses mean life…

27 Mar

L’Extraordinaire Voyage de Mister Jack

Sarah Moon Howe /2026 /59 Min /Belgium
Quai10 27 Mar / 19:30 Tickets
Jack, an extraordinary young adult who is happily out of touch with reality, dreams of going to Paris on a tandem bike to sleep at the George V palace hotel.

27 Mar

In Hell with Ivo

Kristina Nikolova /2025 /80 Min /Bulgaria, United-States
UGC Antwerp 27 Mar / 19:30 Tickets
In a world that resists his radical individuality…

27 Mar

Retour à Fukushima

Thomas Licata /2025 /80 Min /Belgium
UGC Toison d'Or 27 Mar / 19:30 Tickets
For several years now, the Japanese government has been building complexes called ‘renewal housing estates’ in the heart of Fukushima Prefecture…

27 Mar

A Fox Under A Pink Moon

Mehrdad Oskouei, Soraya /2025 /77 Min /Iran, France, United Kingdom, United States, Denmark
UGC Toison d'Or 27 Mar / 20:15 Tickets
At just 16, Soraya is already creating stunning drawings and sculptures that are as beautiful as they are dark…

27 Mar

Iron Winter

Kasimir Burgess /2025 /59 Min /Australia, Mongolia
UGC Antwerp 27 Mar / 20:30 Tickets
In Mongolia’s coldest valley, horses mean life…

27 Mar

Boucan

Juliette Renard /2025 /60 Min /Belgium
Le Senghor 27 Mar / 20:45 Tickets
Step into the world of young Belgian musicians…

28 Mar

Workshop – Natural Paints for Children

CIVA 28 Mar / 15:00 Tickets
What if you extended the Festival experience in a different way? We offer children the opportunity to create their own colors using natural ingredients and to explore…

28 Mar

Silent Legacy

Jenni Kivistö & Jussi Rastas /2025 /88 Min /Finland, France, Burkina Faso
Quai10 28 Mar / 16:00 Tickets
Sibiry, a choreographer from Burkina Faso now living in Finland, struggles with his unrealistic expectations…

28 Mar

Belgian Young Talent Competition #1

Maison de la Poste 28 Mar / 16:00 Tickets
Brûler la nuit – Elyne Prévinaire, Ilios – Mila Lignel, Total Life Forever – Sebastian Molina Ruiz

28 Mar

Orangutans – The Mysterious People of the Forest

Jens Westphalen, Thoralf Grospitz /2025 /90 Min /Germany
CIVA 28 Mar / 17:00 Tickets
In the heart of Borneo’s rainforests—one of the oldest and most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth—we encounter the largest tree-dwelling inhabitant of the jungle: the orangutan…

28 Mar

Dans leur monde

Isabelle Rey /2025 /65 Min /Belgium
UGC Toison d'Or 28 Mar / 17:00 Tickets
Where does the mind escape to when it seems to disappear…

28 Mar

The Homeless

Ji Qiuyu /2025 /60 Min /China
Maison de la Poste 28 Mar / 17:30 Tickets
The Homeless follows Xiaolong and Wai Wai, two friends living in the same shelter run by Echo, a dedicated social worker…

28 Mar

Cambodian beer dreams

Laurits Nansen /2026 /82 Min /Denmark, Sweden, France
Vendôme 28 Mar / 19:00 Tickets
In Cambodia, through aggressive marketing, young beer girls, and promises of cash prizes…

28 Mar

Belgian Young Talent Competition #2

Maison de la Poste 28 Mar / 19:00 Tickets
Sujet Sensible – Nina Hamzeh & Mathis Albet.  Issa and his friends want to make a film about harassment…

28 Mar

André Is An Idiot

Tony Benna /2025 /88 Min /USA
UGC Antwerp 28 Mar / 19:15 Tickets
When André Ricciardi, a self-proclaimed “idiot”, learns he is dying, he turns his final chapter into an experiment in radical honesty, humor…

28 Mar

Slave Island

Jimmy Hendrickx & Jeremy Kewuan /2025 /110 Min /Belgium, Estonia, France, Taiwan, Italy
UGC Toison d'Or 28 Mar / 19:15 Tickets
The documentary reveals the existence of modern slavery on the island of Sumba, Indonesia…

28 Mar

One woman one bra

Vincho Nchogu /2025 /79 Min /Kenya, Nigeria
UGC Antwerp 28 Mar / 20:00 Tickets
The villagers of Sayit are about to receive title deeds, to have legal ownership of their land. While this is great news for many, Star faces the risk of losing her home…

28 Mar

Grandir

Géraldine Doignon /2025 /88 Min /Belgium
UGC Toison d'Or 28 Mar / 20:30 Tickets
Everything sets Luna and Charline apart, but their life stories unite them…

28 Mar

Belgian Young Talent Competition #3

Maison de la Poste 28 Mar / 20:45 Tickets
Les échos de mon village – Maéva Bussard, On naît et on meurt – Sarah Lederman, Quand Papa a rejoint Maman – Corentin Brunie

29 Mar

Workshop – Natural Paints for Children

CIVA 29 Mar / 10:30 Tickets
What if you extended the Festival experience in a different way? We offer children the opportunity to create their own colors using natural ingredients and to explore…

29 Mar

Workshop – Natural Paints for Children

CIVA 29 Mar / 14:00 Tickets
What if you extended the Festival experience in a different way? We offer children the opportunity to create their own colors using natural ingredients and to explore…

29 Mar

LOVE-22-LOVE

Jeroen Kooijmans /2025 /84 Min /Netherlands
Le Senghor 29 Mar / 15:00 Tickets
Creating art is filmmaker Kooijmans’ reason for being, yet it also drives him to deep despair…

29 Mar

The Man Who Plants the Baobabs

Michel K. ZONGO /2025 /75 Min /Burkina Faso
CIVA 29 Mar / 15:45 Tickets
El Hadj Salifou Ouédraogo has spent more than two-thirds of his life planting baobabs…

29 Mar

The last paradise on earth

Sakaris Fríði Stórá /2025 /86 Min /Faroe Islands, Denmark
Vendôme 29 Mar / 16:00 Tickets
Kári lives a quiet life in his small Faroese village, sharing the loss of their mother with his sister Silja. When their daily routine is disrupted by the threat of the…

29 Mar

A Fox Under A Pink Moon

Mehrdad Oskouei, Soraya /2025 /77 Min /Iran, France, United Kingdom, United States, Denmark
Quai10 29 Mar / 16:00 Tickets
At just 16, Soraya is already creating stunning drawings and sculptures that are as beautiful as they are dark…

29 Mar

The March of the Amazons

Borislav Kolev /2025 /87 Min /Bulgaria
CIVA 29 Mar / 16:00 Tickets
Epic and at the same time intimate look at four contemporary Amazons, who change the image of female strength, while inspiring people…

29 Mar

Quand ils savent

Abdel Tantane /2025 /80 Min /Belgium
UGC Toison d'Or 29 Mar / 16:00 Tickets
Monica, a young teacher, struggles to get her teaching job back after coming out of prison, caught between clearing her criminal record and society’s prejudices…

29 Mar

Rural

Edouard Bergeon /2026 /93 Min /France
UGC Toison d'Or 29 Mar / 17:00 Tickets
Edouard Bergeon (In the Name of the Land) introduces us to Jérôme Bayle, a charismatic farmer and national figure of rural life…

29 Mar

Cast off

Julian Wittmann /2025 /94 Min /Germany
Le Senghor 29 Mar / 17:15 Tickets
Who hasn’t dreamed of leaving everything behind and experiencing true freedom…

29 Mar

Slave Island

Jimmy Hendrickx & Jeremy Kewuan /2025 /110 Min /Belgium, Estonia, France, Taiwan, Italy
UGC Antwerp 29 Mar / 18:30 Tickets
The documentary reveals the existence of modern slavery on the island of Sumba, Indonesia…

29 Mar

Germaine Acogny – The Essence of Dance

Greta-Marie Becker /2025 /88 Min /Germany, France, Senegal
Le Senghor 29 Mar / 19:15 Tickets
Germaine Acogny, the “Mother of African Contemporary Dance”, is one of Africa’s most important artistic voices…

29 Mar

The Gardener, The Buddhist & The Spy

Håvard Bustnes /2025 /95 Min /Norway
UGC Toison d'Or 29 Mar / 19:15 Tickets
Rob refuses to be labeled a cynical fraud. He stubbornly maintains that he was actually a double agent, secretly gathering evidence against his own employers of the asbestos industry…

29 Mar

Na noda duavata (Together as one)

Adrien Berlandi /2026 /70 Min /Belgium, France
UGC Toison d'Or 29 Mar / 20:20 Tickets
In the middle of the Pacific, the Fiji Islands. A village, a community, nestled between ocean and mountains…

30 Mar

Silent Legacy

Jenni Kivistö & Jussi Rastas /2025 /88 Min /Finland, France, Burkina Faso
UGC Toison d'Or 30 Mar / 19:00 Tickets
Sibiry, a choreographer from Burkina Faso now living in Finland, struggles with his unrealistic expectations…

30 Mar

The Tale of Silyan

Tamara Kotevska /2025 /81 Min /North Macedonia
Vendôme 30 Mar / 19:00 Tickets
From the Oscar-nominated director of Honeyland comes a poignant and arresting story set in the heart of rural Macedonia…

30 Mar

André Is An Idiot

Tony Benna /2025 /88 Min /USA
Quai10 30 Mar / 19:30 Tickets
When André Ricciardi, a self-proclaimed “idiot”, learns he is dying, he turns his final chapter into an experiment in radical honesty, humor…

30 Mar

LOVE-22-LOVE

Jeroen Kooijmans /2025 /84 Min /Netherlands
UGC Antwerp 30 Mar / 19:30 Tickets
Creating art is filmmaker Kooijmans’ reason for being, yet it also drives him to deep despair…

30 Mar

The March of the Amazons

Borislav Kolev /2025 /87 Min /Bulgaria
CIVA 30 Mar / 19:30 Tickets
Epic and at the same time intimate look at four contemporary Amazons, who change the image of female strength, while inspiring people…

30 Mar

La Remontada

Tatiana de Perlinghi & Anne Schiffmann /2026 /91 Min /Belgium
UGC Toison d'Or 30 Mar / 19:45 Tickets
Right before turning 60, Karine, a Belgian pensioner living in Dordogne, decided to start a women’s football team.

30 Mar

Silent Friend

Ildikó Enyedi /2025 /145 Min /Germany, France, Hungary
Cinema Palace 30 Mar / 20:00 Tickets
In a botanical garden, a tree is a witness to the passing centuries through three protagonist stories…

30 Mar

Grand me

Atiye Zare Arandi /2024 /80 Min /Belgium, Iran, Qatar
UGC Toison d'Or 30 Mar / 20:15 Tickets
Melina, who is turning nine, is now old enough to plead her custody case in court…

31 Mar

Métisses – cinq femmes contre un crime d’État

Quentin Noirfalisse & Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo /2026 /85 Min /Belgium & France
Vendôme 31 Mar / 18:30 Tickets
Five Congolese women in the twilight of their lives bear witness to their traumatic existence marked by violence…

31 Mar

ABEL

Elzat ESKENDIR /2024 /120 Min /Kazakhstan
UGC Toison d'Or 31 Mar / 19:15 Tickets
When a world collapses, a mere call for justice can often become an act of bravery…

31 Mar

Dark Red Forest

Huaqing JIN /2021 /85 Min /China
UGC Antwerp 31 Mar / 19:15 Tickets
A spiritual journey at 4,000 meters above sea level during the annual retreat of thousands of Tibetan nuns…

31 Mar

Who Is Still Alive

Nicolas Wadimoff /2025 /115 Min /Switzerland, France, Palestine
UGC De Brouckère 31 Mar / 19:30 Tickets
A map of Gaza, its cities, camps and neighbourhoods. White paint on a black floor. In the roughly drawn outlines, nine refugees who were able to escape hell tell their stories…

31 Mar

Silent Friend

Ildikó Enyedi /2025 /145 Min /Germany, France, Hungary
Quai10 31 Mar / 19:30 Tickets
In a botanical garden, a tree is a witness to the passing centuries through three protagonist stories…

31 Mar

Chat & Rap

Mohamad Ali Rakhshani /2025 /60 Min /Iran
CIVA 31 Mar / 19:30 Tickets
The story of the lives of five Rap music singers in Sistani and Baluchistan province of Iran, who are among the first hip-hop protest music singers in their local community…

31 Mar

Grand me

Atiye Zare Arandi /2024 /80 Min /Belgium, Iran, Qatar
UGC Antwerp 31 Mar / 19:45 Tickets
Melina, who is turning nine, is now old enough to plead her custody case in court…

31 Mar

Kabul, between prayers

Aboozar Amini /2025 /102 Min /The Netherlands, Belgium
UGC Antwerp 31 Mar / 20:15 Tickets
In Afghanistan, a young Taliban soldier juggles farming and faith while his teenage brother transitions from boyhood games to militant ideology…

31 Mar

André Is An Idiot

Tony Benna /2025 /88 Min /USA
UGC Toison d'Or 31 Mar / 20:30 Tickets
When André Ricciardi, a self-proclaimed “idiot”, learns he is dying, he turns his final chapter into an experiment in radical honesty, humor…

31 Mar

Belgian Young Talent Competition #4

CIVA 31 Mar / 20:45 Tickets
When the chair fell into the void – Julia Kushnarenko

01 Apr

Becoming Roosi

Margit Lillak /2025 /84 Min /Estonia, Germany
UGC Toison d'Or 01 Apr / 19:00 Tickets
Deep, funny and provocative story of a girl who escaped a hippy eco-commune as a child and became a cosmopolitan citizen…

01 Apr

One woman one bra

Vincho Nchogu /2025 /79 Min /Kenya, Nigeria
Vendôme 01 Apr / 19:00 Tickets
The villagers of Sayit are about to receive title deeds, to have legal ownership of their land. While this is great news for many, Star faces the risk of losing her home…

01 Apr

Girl of Wind

Yuan Nanxi /2023 /38 Min /China
CIVA 01 Apr / 19:00 Tickets
Yang Yang, a deaf girl with a passion for free climbing skyscrapers, lives in a silent world without wealth, driven only by her untamed and free spirit…

01 Apr

Quand ils savent

Abdel Tantane /2025 /80 Min /Belgium
UGC Antwerp 01 Apr / 19:00 Tickets
Monica, a young teacher, struggles to get her teaching job back after coming out of prison, caught between clearing her criminal record and society’s prejudices…

01 Apr

Black water

Natxo Leuza /2025 /82 Min /Spain
UGC De Brouckère 01 Apr / 19:30 Tickets
Bangladesh in 2050 will have approximately 220 million inhabitants and a large part of its territory will be permanently submerged…

01 Apr

Silent Friend

Ildikó Enyedi /2025 /145 Min /Germany, France, Hungary
UGC Antwerp 01 Apr / 19:30 Tickets
In a botanical garden, a tree is a witness to the passing centuries through three protagonist stories…

01 Apr

Les Vies d’Andrès

Baptiste Janon & Rémi Pons /2025 /91 Min /Belgium, Switzerland
UGC Toison d'Or 01 Apr / 19:45 Tickets
Somewhere in Europe. A small transport company. Lorry drivers…

01 Apr

Dark Red Forest

Huaqing JIN /2021 /85 Min /China
CIVA 01 Apr / 20:00 Tickets
A spiritual journey at 4,000 meters above sea level during the annual retreat of thousands of Tibetan nuns…

01 Apr

Hijra

Shahad Ameen /2025 /115 Min /Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, UK
UGC Toison d'Or 01 Apr / 20:10 Tickets
12-year-old Janna embarks on a journey towards Mecca to perform Hajj with her strict grandmother Sitti and rebellious 18-year-old sister Sarah…

02 Apr

Child of dust

Weronika Mliczewska /2025 /92 Min /Poland, Vietnam, Sweden, Czech Republic, Qatar
UGC Toison d'Or 02 Apr / 19:00 Tickets
When Sang, one of countless children abandoned after the Vietnam War, miraculously finds his ailing American father, he follows a lifelong dream to meet him in the USA…

02 Apr

Germaine Acogny – The Essence of Dance

Greta-Marie Becker /2025 /88 Min /Germany, France, Senegal
CIVA 02 Apr / 19:15 Tickets
Germaine Acogny, the “Mother of African Contemporary Dance”, is one of Africa’s most important artistic voices…

02 Apr

In Hell with Ivo

Kristina Nikolova /2025 /80 Min /Bulgaria, United-States
UGC De Brouckère 02 Apr / 19:30 Tickets
In a world that resists his radical individuality…

02 Apr

Kabul, between prayers

Aboozar Amini /2025 /102 Min /The Netherlands, Belgium
UGC Toison d'Or 02 Apr / 19:30 Tickets
In Afghanistan, a young Taliban soldier juggles farming and faith while his teenage brother transitions from boyhood games to militant ideology…

02 Apr

Unerasable !

Socrates Saint-Wulfstan Drakos /2025 /97 Min /Belgium, Thailand, Sweden
UGC Toison d'Or 02 Apr / 20:00 Tickets
Politics meets personal survival, in this urgent, courageous and poetic bricolage diary…

03 Apr

Awards Ceremony

Le Senghor 03 Apr / 19:30 Tickets
A highlight of the Millenium Festival, the screening of the film awarded the Millenium d’Or will mark the closing ceremony…

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