Cinema Trottoir 2024

A middle-aged couple and their two sons embark on a road trip across the Iranian countryside. Over the course of their journey, they bond over memories of the past, grapple with fears of the unknown and fuss over their sick dog.
Hit the Road is a 2021 Iranian road comedy-drama film written and directed by Panah Panahi in his feature debut.

Thomas, who is entangled in a break-up, is invited by Louis to join a sea fishing trip. In the middle of the sea, they encounter an unexpected dilemma, disturbing the dynamics between the two friends, directors Titus De Vooght and Hans Buyse.

As American soldiers prepare to leave Afghanistan, we follow young boys deep into this hidden land. They form wild gangs to control trade routes, climbing rusting tanks as playgrounds, making the new rules of war in the harsh landscape left to them.
In this seamless blend of fictional and documentary form, we experience a stunning cinematic journey, shot over seven years on 16mm footage, by director Pieter-Jan De Pue.

In TRUMPETS IN THE SKY, Boushra, one of the potato-picking girls, returns from a long day of work in the field only to learn that today her childhood life will take a big turn.

In BONBONÉ, a Palestinian man in an Israeli prison decides to have a child with his partner in an unusual way.

Rakan Mayasi is an independant filmmaker from Palestine, born in Germany and currently based between Brussels and Beirouth.

In Mosul, Iraq Nawal takes care of her mother Samia, whose condition worsens as acces to medicine becomes difficult. In the midst of illness, poverty and war, she manages to transform something problematic into something joyful, creating beauty where ugliness strikes.
"I am trying to understand life by recording time, space and people", says Angela Al Souliman, who received the VAF Wild card for her film. She is an active community member since the beginning of Cinemaximiliaan.

In this Cinemaximiliaan production, six international directors – under scenario guidance from Jaco Van Dormael and Sulaiman Addonia – created their own interpretations on the theme of Solitude. All the films are connected by the silent film format of the old days: always in 4:3, black & white, and without dialogue. These silent films formed the foundation for the Brussels musical duo Simon Ho (Switzerland) and Hannibal Saad (Lebanon, US) to compose a unique musical interpretation with an orchestra of 13 musicians. Eastern and Western instruments, sounds and voices meet, taking the audience along on a magical journey.
SILENT FILM LIVE MUSIC will be shown as part of MOLENFEST on an other location nearby : the Great Hall along the canal, Quai de l'Industrie 79 Molenbeek.

Dinner is served by Cultureghem

Silent Film Live Music is a coproduction with Concertgebouw Brugge, Ancienne Belgique Brussel, Buda Kortrijk, Vier Nul Vier Gent, Arenberg Schouwburg Antwerpen, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen Antwerpen.

A documentary film by Belgian-Cameroonian director Rosine Mbakam who enters with her camera in a Sabine's small hairdresser's in the Matonge area in Brussels. Sabine’s stories and the customers’ joys, problems and fears bring depth and life into the premises.