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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

A Band Apart

Overview of films

  • Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember

    Khavn | 88' | Germany | None

    Whirlwind mix of humour and grotesque violence by the productive Khavn, this time with young kids from the slums of Manila in the leading roles…
  • Generatie B

    Pieter Van Hees | 90' | Belgium | World premiere

    With Belgium in economic turmoil, youths are the first to be hit, forced to live in squatter areas and literally beg for jobs. The homeless…
  • HAMSTERs

    Martine Doyen | 71' | Belgium | World premiere

    After the terrorist attack at the Jewish Museum in 2014, people in Brussels are plagued with a very peculiar disease — they can’t help dan
  • Japanese Girls Never Die

    Matsui Daigo | 100' | Japan | European premiere

    A young woman disappears in Tokyo and a group of female street artists paint her face on walls all over the city. A gang of…
  • Maudite Poutine

    Karl Lemieux | 91' | Canada | None

    Young musician Vincent is targeted by the mob and flees to his small hometown. There, he unexpectedly reconnects with his older brother, a tortured so
  • nirvanna the band the show

    75' | Canada | None

    What would the punkiest rock band be? The one without any songs, obviously. This is the case with nirvanna (two ‘n’s to avoid legal troubles)…
  • Nocturama

    Bertrand Bonello | 130' | Belgium | None

    A group of young people from every corner of French society coordinates a series of bombings in Paris. This timely premise is pushed here to…
  • Scumbag

    Mars Roberge | 114' | Canada | World premiere

    A young hipster fights for his sanity as he joins a telemarketing company, full of crazy workers, ex-convicts and murderers. It’s anarchy on the
  • A Taste of Ink

    Morgan Simon | 80' | France | None

    Vincent (24 and Parisian) is an impressive figure on stage, where he screams out his frustrations as the singer in a metalcore band. The flames…