After more than three and a half months of closure, Belgian cinemas are allowed to reopen on Wednesday July 1.

The Belgian filmmaker, actress and producer Marion Hänsel has passed away at the age of 71.

On June 6, Chantal Akerman would have turned 70.

The German film, television and theatre actress Irm Hermann has passed away.

French actor Michel Piccoli has passed away at the age of 94 on May 12.

Avila offers both contemporary and classic documentary and fiction films. The platform takes off with a selection of Belgian work.

Now that we have to maintain physical distance and cinemas have closed down, our experience of cinema has become a solitary delight. But in this time of confinement, we can find our cinephile community in the non-endemic space of the online environment. In the next weeks, Sabzian will select three films a week, available on online platforms, in an effort to propose imagined film-gatherings that can be attended by everyone, independent of their domicile.

Sarah Maldoror died in Paris at the age of 91 on Monday April 13, due to complications from the coronavirus.

Filmmaker, Canyon Cinema founder and San Francisco Cinematheque co-founder Bruce Baillie has passed away at the age of 88.

Kino Slang presents the new film by Jean-Marie Straub: La france contre les robots (2020).