Looking Closer is a six-session workshop exploring portrait documentary as a space for encounter. Participants will learn to approach filmmaking through observation, listening and curiosity, while thinking critically about the ways images shape how we understand other people.

Through a combination of film screenings, conversations and practical exercises, participants will develop their own short portrait film. We will experiment with different documentary approaches — from observational and poetic filmmaking to self-portrait, diary film and found footage — while exploring questions of representation, authorship and perspective.

The workshop is open to different levels of filmmaking experience and requires only basic equipment. Rather than focusing on a single way of making a portrait, the aim is to help each participant develop their own cinematic language and way of seeing.

The workshop will end with a public screening of the films within the Cinemaximiliaan community.

Session 3 – Saturday 24th October 

Reviewing Material + Hands-on on Sound recording practice

Part I: Collective review and discussion of the first footage filmed by each group.

Part II: Basic hands-on practice in location sound recording, exploring how image and sound begin to shape a cinematic portrait.

📍 Cinemaximiliaan,  Manchesterstraat 36, Molenbeek

🗓 6 Saturdays – 10, 17, 24, & 31 October and 7 & 21 November 2026

🕐 Lunch 11:00-13:00, Workshop 13:00–17:00

🗣 Workshop in English but we will try to make translations and language adjustments where necessary

🎬 Final public screening — date TBA

To sign up please fill out the short form –  https://forms.gle/ukjR6fTh19jViqPa8