Nova frequently provides small festivals with an infrastructure and audience in the heart of Brussels. But Nova also provides opportunities for larger organizations to launch new initiatives that are otherwise too adventurous, too risky... In both cases, Nova strives for true collaboration with (…)
During its first year of existence, Nova forged a high-paced full screening program based on a series of varied themes: work, consumerism, travel, dance, the politically incorrect, childhood, the "camera’s gender", ... a continuous flux of international documentaries, fictional works, (…)
In the summer of 1996, a few months before the re-opening of the former Cinéma Arenberg, abandoned for 10 years and now rehabilitated as Nova Cinema (originally destined to exist for only 2 years), the Kino-Trotter association organized "Cinéma Légumen", with the support of Beursschouwburg. (…)
Unsanitary, inhuman, unforgettable, unidentified, unladylike, unrelenting,... in-or-un-whatever-you-want films. But like a good wine, these low-budget flicks get better with age... except for those that have soured into vinegar.
Already sipped: Adios Aldomovar; Rocky Horror Picture Show + live (…)
The "Open Screen" is a popular free evening where amateurs, film students and professional filmmakers can bring along any short feature to be screened, sans censorship! The only pre-requisite is that no film or video be longer than 15 minutes and that films be sent or delivered to Nova a week in (…)
Since the beginning, Nova has often invited musicians to volunteer their talent for a difficult but enriching experiment: to create a live soundtrack for a silent film before a mixed audience of music and film lovers.
The music can either be a composed piece for a specific silent feature, or (…)
Cineketje is a monthly program designed to bring out Nova’s inner child. Children and adults are invited to discover films unreleased or rarely shown in the traditional movie circuit. Whether classic films or recent productions, films made by collectives, amateurs or professionals, Cineketje (…)
"TV Nova: we are the channel and we want to meet you!"
TV Nova wants you to watch TV at the movies as frequently as possible... but not just any TV!
Nova has been actively exploring questions about television media for several years. It participated in a collective of organizations that (…)
