Brussels, capital... but capital of what? There are the European institutions, the federal administration, the embassies, NATO... and very soon we will be hosting all European Summits, every three months from 2004 onwards! The ’Summit of Laken" on 14 and 15 December already shows what we might expect. During this Summit in the cold month of December, Cinema Nova is part of an ’open city", together with some other organisations that have their roots in Brussels. Brussels will also be capital city of social movements, independent media, collectives of artists, and so on. And then we are not talking about a dead, closed city, and certainly not about out-of-place paranoia, on the contrary!
There is ’TV Nova’ from 5 till 9 December: the opportunity for independent media - in the true meaning of the word - to get to know each other and to think about the possibilities of form, content, distribution... The guests of TVNova come from all around the world: Europe, of course, but also Latin-America, Africa and Asia. They will participate on workshops in the afternoon and they will also present their work in public screenings in the evening.
From 13 till 16 December, there is "Radio Bruxxel". Four local radio stations (Air Libre, Campus, FM Brussel and Panik) come together with some radio stations from abroad and lots of individuals, organisations and collectives in order to make way for political, cultural, social and economic themes.
At the same moment, Nova houses the press center of IndyMedia. This international network of media-activists covers, as usual, side-events on the summit via film, texts, pictures and audiotape and puts it all on line.
So, from 13 till 16 December, Nova will be less accessible than in normal circumstances, but will be even more accessible through the web and in the streets...
And after all this... we get some rest! Apart from the usual Christmas version of the Open Screen (Open Stage included!), Nova will be closed to prepare its fifth birthday... and the Euro!
