https://visitefestival.be VISITE FESTIVAL Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:03:55 +0000 https://visitefestival.be en https://visitefestival.be/HOME Fri, 25 Feb 2022 00:47:37 +0000 VISITE FESTIVAL https://visitefestival.be/HOME <img width="492" height="148" width_o="492" height_o="148" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7f47b05ee2e9de160c5457e165e5e37dee764a55565b7625234b0b8409f216e/VISITE-LOGO-w.svg" data-mid="134723197" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/492/i/b7f47b05ee2e9de160c5457e165e5e37dee764a55565b7625234b0b8409f216e/VISITE-LOGO-w.svg" /> https://visitefestival.be/Index-1 Sat, 26 Feb 2022 21:14:18 +0000 VISITE FESTIVAL https://visitefestival.be/Index-1 Year Month Edition 2026 &nbsp; May - June Visite #13 &nbsp;2025 April Visite #12 &nbsp;2023 November Visite #11 &nbsp;2022 November Visite #10 &nbsp;2022 March Now there's something else on the table &nbsp; &nbsp;2021 November Visite #9 &nbsp;2021 July Langweile &nbsp;2021 March Langweile &nbsp;2021 August Visite #8 &nbsp;2020 October Langweile &nbsp;2020 May Foundland Collective &nbsp;2020 February Vacances &nbsp;2019 August Visite #7 &nbsp;2019 May Fairuz Ghammam &nbsp;2019 February Fairuz Ghammam &nbsp;2019 February Marine Hugonnier &nbsp;2019 February Visite #6 &nbsp;2018 August Visite #5 &nbsp;2018 February/March Visite #4 &nbsp;2017 August Visite #3 &nbsp;2017 February Visite #2 &nbsp;2016 August Visite #1 https://visitefestival.be/Info Sat, 26 Feb 2022 16:59:36 +0000 VISITE FESTIVAL https://visitefestival.be/Info ABOUT Visite is a multi-day festival with a focus on experimental, documentary and political cinema. During Visite we invite makers and ask them to bring a film by another maker in order to enter into a dialogue with the public about what inspires them and what their working methods are. ︎Read more &nbsp;&nbsp; ︎See more &nbsp; CONTACT Film Submissions and other questions&nbsp; ︎︎︎eva.van.tongeren(at)hotmail.com &nbsp; ︎︎︎Instagram Designed by Studio Sean Van Echelpoel https://visitefestival.be/About Thu, 17 Mar 2022 23:49:56 +0000 VISITE FESTIVAL https://visitefestival.be/About In the hot summer of 2016, De Imagerie (Koen Bleuzé, Thijs Paijmans, Anne Reijniers, Charlotte Koopman and Eva van Tongeren) organised Visite for the first time, in the cool city garden of art centre Het Bos in Antwerp. In the evening, at the start of the twilight period, films from both young, promising makers and more established names from the Belgian film landscape were shown. Over the years, mainly local makers have been invited to show their work. In addition, they brought films by other directors, to enter into a dialogue with the audience about what inspired them. De Imagerie had the desire to watch films together with an audience and to provide screenings with a broader context. Visite grew into a temporary and reciprocal collage of experimental, political and documentary cinema with short and long films, lectures, performances and audiovisual exhibitions. Prior to the screenings, vegetarian meals were served by local cooking collectives. The dinner has always been important, it strengthens the togetherness at each screening and inspires the conversations before and after the film. From 2018 onwards, Visite took on a more nomadic character, De Imagerie left its Antwerp home base on several occasions and showed films in collaboration with various partners in Brussels, Ghent, Ostend and Tongeren, amongst others. The festival proved to be transformable and flexible. It was mainly organised biannually and sometimes annually. At times it lasted 13 days and occasionally only four. The program was curated collectively and now and then individually. Sometimes it fell in the summer, but also regularly in the winter. Visite strives to be a social space for encounters and exchanges, where people get to know each other and keep coming back for each other and for the films.&nbsp;This fluid, dynamic and sometimes chaotic form has nestled itself in the DNA of the program. From 2022 onwards, we will stick less to our fixed formula and grow towards something lively, nomadic and collective: a mobile festival. This new website is the point where curators, films, makers and programs come together and then fan out to different cinemas. They land there, where we can watch and talk about film together. Visite is nothing without its partners &amp; peers and is very grateful to them: De Imagerie, Het Bos, VAF, City of Antwerp, Antwerp Art, Afreux, Beursschouwburg, Moment, Bozar, Kaskcinema, Monokino, Kaap, Out of Sight, De Cinema, Please add Color, Otark, Spoon, Table Dance, Iets, Sabzian, We Are Various, Fantômas, Filmmagie, kortfilm.be, Vertigo, Collectif Faire-Part, all the volunteers, all the filmmakers and the community of curious and loving spectators. https://visitefestival.be/UNDER-MAINTENANCE-1 Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:13:33 +0000 VISITE FESTIVAL https://visitefestival.be/UNDER-MAINTENANCE-1 UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp;&nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp;&nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp;&nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp;&nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp;&nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp;&nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp;&nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp;&nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE &nbsp; UNDER MAINTENANCE https://visitefestival.be/Visite-13-Love-Lightning Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:38:18 +0000 VISITE FESTIVAL https://visitefestival.be/Visite-13-Love-Lightning #13_2026 Visite #13 Love &amp; Lightning In collaboration with Pilar, Visite will delve into Love &amp; Lightning: A Collection of Queer and Feminist Manifestos. Compiled by Girls Like Us and author Sarah Van Binsbergen, the publication brings together the many forms a manifesto can take — from classical activist formats to more poetic and associative gestures. It unfolds as a collection of texts from different places and times, presented in full or as fragments, glimpses, and summaries. The publication is both an ode to and an acknowledgement of the many writers, thinkers, and activists who have shaped the multifaceted queer and feminist thinking we know today, while embracing ambiguity and polyvocality. It is an invitation to read more, to speak more, to learn more, to question more, to love more, and to care more. Each evening in the Love &amp; Lightning series, we will read a manifesto together and watch a film that formally or thematically resonates with the text.04/05/2026 S.C.U.M. Manifesto &amp; Born in Flames08/06/2026Hydrofeminism, or on becoming a body of water &amp;&nbsp;Water Makes Us Wet: An ecosexual adventurePilar BuildingTriomflaan, VUB Entrance 6, 1050 Brussels More info Order the book Love &amp; Lightning here! https://visitefestival.be/Love-Lightning-1 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:39:39 +0000 VISITE FESTIVAL https://visitefestival.be/Love-Lightning-1 Go Back to Full Programme 04/05/2026&nbsp; 18:45 -&nbsp;Doors open 19:00 -&nbsp;Reading (Free with Soup) 20:00 -&nbsp;Film (5/6€)TICKETS Pilar BuildingTriomflaan, VUB Entrance 6, 1050 Brussels&nbsp; 19h reading S.C.U.M. Manifesto (1967) &nbsp;by Valerie Solanas The radical feminist text SCUM Manifesto, self-published by Valerie Solanas in 1967, became widely known a year later when the first commercial edition was released following Solanas’ infamous attempt to kill Andy Warhol. In it, Solanas begins her political satire by describing human males as genetically deficient due to the Y chromosome, rendering them “incomplete females.” Generally seen as a radical declaration of war on capitalism and patriarchy, SCUM Manifesto can also be read as a rejection of stereotypical ideas about femininity.Order the book Love &amp; Lightning here! 20h screening Born in Flames (1983,79’) by Lizzie Borden A blistering rallying cry issued loud, clear, and unapologetically queer, Lizzie Borden’s explosive postpunk provocation is a DIY fantasia of female rebellion set in&nbsp;America ten years after a revolution that supposedly transformed the country&nbsp;into a social-democratic utopia.&nbsp;In&nbsp;reality, racism, sexism, and economic&nbsp;inequality are as virulent as ever, and a band of radicals—led by Black, lesbian, and working-class women—join&nbsp;forces to fight back. Told through a furiously fractured, kinetically edited flurry of television news broadcasts, pirate radio transmissions, agitprop, and protests shot guerrilla-style on the streets of New York City,&nbsp;Born&nbsp;in Flames&nbsp;is a shock wave of feminist futurism that’s both an essential document of its time and radically ahead of it. Next ︎︎︎ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; https://visitefestival.be/Love-Lightning-2 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:03:55 +0000 VISITE FESTIVAL https://visitefestival.be/Love-Lightning-2 Go Back to Full Programme 08/06/2026&nbsp; 18:45 - &nbsp;Doors open 19:00 - &nbsp;Reading (Free with Soup) 20:00 -&nbsp;Film (5/6€)TICKETS Pilar BuildingTriomflaan, VUB Entrance 6, 1050 Brussels&nbsp; 19h reading Hydrofeminism, or on becoming a body of water (2012) by Astrida Neimanis In this text philosopher Astrida Neimanis traces the reciprocal relationship between the constellation of matter and forces, which we call our bodies, and its surrounding environment through the connecting qualities of all the watery exchanges we have with the world. In so doing she asks us to consider the “outline” of the body as a membrane that is much more elastic and malleable, trans-corporeal, porous and leaky than we might at first imagine.&nbsp;Order the book Love &amp; Lightning here! 20h screening Water Makes Us Wet: An ecosexual adventure (2018, 80’) by Beth Stevens &amp; Annie Sprinkle With a poetic blend of curiosity, humor, sensuality and concern, this film chronicles the pleasures and politics of H2O from an ecosexual perspective. Travel around California with Annie, a former sex worker, Beth, a professor, and their dog Butch, in their E.A.R.T.H. Lab mobile unit, as they explore water in the Golden State. Ecosexuality shifts the metaphor “Earth as Mother” to “Earth as Lover” to create a more reciprocal and empathetic relationship with the natural world. Along the way, Annie and Beth interact with a diverse range of folks including performance artists, biologists, water treatment plant workers, scholars and others, climaxing in a shocking event that reaffirms the power of water, life and love. Next ︎︎︎ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; https://visitefestival.be/Visite-12-1 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 11:10:56 +0000 VISITE FESTIVAL https://visitefestival.be/Visite-12-1 #12_April 2024 Visite #12&nbsp;SALACIOUS SHAME AND SURRENDERING SLUTS On Saturday, 26 April 2025, we invite you to Out of Sight for a day filled with films, performances, and talks. The programme is divided into four chapters.13:30-14:30Chapter 1: CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER15:00:-16:20Chapter 2: WOMB WARRIORS17:00-18:30Chapter 3: UNIONISING19:00-22:00Chapter 4: UTOPIA 26.04.2025, from 13:30 - 22:00Out of Sight, Somersstraat 31, 2028 Antwerpen, BE Participant: Max Ferguson, Ella Schöning, Albina Gaitova, Amber Dooms, Che Go Eun, Marie Bottois, Carole Roussopoulos, Tabita Rezaire, Diane Mahín, Maria Galindo e Mujeres Creando, Utsopi, Boys Project, Isabel Burr Raty, Jezebel Studio Curator: Eva van Tongeren, in collaboration with Out of Sight Production: de Imagerie, Out of Sight Supported by: Flanders — State of the Art, District Antwerpen, Nationale Loterij, Zwartopwit Pay what you can! Choose a price that you can afford.Tickets will be available at the venue. These times are financially tough for lots of people, which is why we like to keep our prices low. We want to give you the chance to decide for yourself what you'd like to pay for a film ticket. You can also&nbsp;pay partially&nbsp;for a stranger.&nbsp;Financially difficult month - €0Normal ticket (what it actually costs) - €5Pay a bit extra for someone who can’t - €10 https://visitefestival.be/Chapter-1 Tue, 10 Oct 2023 12:51:42 +0000 VISITE FESTIVAL https://visitefestival.be/Chapter-1 Go Back to Full Programme 26/04/2025&nbsp; 13:30-14:30 Chapter 1: CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSERFive student short films inviting the female body to express itself in all its vulgarity, softness, and familiarity.Curated by: Emily Walter &amp; Max Ferguson of LuCi moving image collective indialogue with Komplot’s Camille Van Meenen 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗮𝘁 𝟯𝟭, 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗲𝗻 Che Go Eun - The Taste of Tea (2023, 7’) The Taste of Tea (2023) explores uncanny AI-generated visuals depicting a female body undergoing decay over time, symbolizing the circle of life and the fusion of digital technology with traditional paintings using AI imagery. The inspiration is drawn from Kusôzu(九相図), which means ‘painting of the nine stages of a decaying corpse’ in Japanese Buddhist paintings. The painting begins with a depiction of a beautiful female body in the first step and illustrates the stages of decomposition, ultimately to nature. This was a practice rooted in the aesthetic ideas of impermanence. However, what does it mean to illuminate the Buddha’s truth through the female body? Amber Dooms - My Little Ambi (2023, 13’) "In the village I come from, it was important to dig your own grave as a child. When the girls' breasts started growing and the boys' cocks got hard for the first time, we had to prepare ourselves for adult life." With those words begins the film My Little Ambi, in which innocent childhood blossoms into the feverish world of puberty and young adulthood. It is a journey traversing sadness and loss, playful moments and humour, full of burning desire and with fantasy and hope for the future. It is a confusing metamorphosis of alienation in familiar surroundings. Blurring fiction and reality, Dooms shares candid memories, with her dreamed Utopia revealed as a fever dream. Far from the bright blossom of first blood on white cotton underwear, My Little Ambi announces the loss of innocence with the detachment and distance of an idyllic screensaver of a distant, exotic place.The hazy images of childhood dreams come to us through the white glow of the TV screen. Gauzy nightgowns catch between damp thighs and dull sand coats sweet fingertips. The knights can ride their steeds till kingdom come, but the kingdom is burning down to the ground. In Ambiland, the inhabitants pass their time coyly stroking their hair and watching the horses gallop by. Albina Gaitova - Somewhere We Meet In The Blue Light (2024, 14')In a fragmented and inmate exploration of virtual reality, three young women form a bond in an anonymous online world. Meeting regularly in shared digital spaces, they discuss everything from everyday topics to deeply personal matters. The film delves into the complexities of online friendships, the absence of physical form allows them to reveal truths they might otherwise hide, yet it also raises questions about the authenticity of their bonds. The digital space offers them a sense of belonging, but the tension between their anonymous avatars and the growing desire for real-world connection creates an undercurrent of longing. Ultimately, the film reflects on intimacy in the digital age, exploring how relationships can thrive or falter when reality’s boundaries are blurred. Heaven might be a place on earth, but paradise exists online only. I’ll pick you up and we’ll go to the beach. Ella Schöning - A Touch of Schism (2024, 8’) A Touch of the Schism depicts the journey of a creature moving dreamily through a forest who quickly encounters the shattering realization of its own fictionality. It desperately attempts to reintegrate into the seamless rhythm of the editing, but is unable to do so. Despite this, the creature continues to dance, moved by its persistent hope that ignorance will return. The piece embodies the common feeling of cognitive dissonance: the discomfort felt when our actions contradict our beliefs. We often look away quickly and make excuses when we engage in actions that harm the planet, animals, or even other people. A Touch of Schism serves as a moment of wonder and reflection that could perhaps spark an internal realignment. Max Ferguson&nbsp; - You Are the Truck and I Am the Deer (2023, 5') You are the Truck and I am the Deer is an experimental short film that explores the experience of emotional pain. The film uses poetic text to express the feelings of loss, helplessness and overwhelm during the process of accepting the hurt inflicted by others. These emotional wounds are translated visually into a physical and pulsing presence that represents a dark and unsettling image of femininity. You are the Truck and I am the Deer speaks to a feeling. A feeling of roaming, gnawing hunger. The knife's edge between decay and growth; the fertile potential for total destruction. Next ︎︎︎ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;