Vincent Guilbert acquaints us with the grand as well as modest personality of Jean-Louis Costes. Performer and "garage musician", he is better known for his "trash" performances which comprised of howling and gesticulation and for his unclassifiable records; objects of a provocative and often aggressive sincerity which places him above and beyond petty conventions. A portrait filmed in black and white in the intimacy of the performer’s farm house; a chaotic sanctuary in a world itself in disarray.

A nearly ten-hour compilation of archival found footage, almost all in VHS format, with nothing but the worst of the worst carefully picked out... from Throbbing Gristle to Boyd Rice, some vinyl kitsch in a San Francisco bar, to music videos and live, often extreme performances by major bands from the scene as well as by obscure and fleeting experimenters. A compilation put together with the help of Michel from the shop Elektrocution (Brüxxel),and Sylvie Cartiaux and Stéphance Merenne from the label Nuit et Brouillard. http://www.nuitetbrouillard.com/

One of the pioneers of the industrial music scene having (intelligently) traversed the eras, Z’EV’s extensive artistic journey started way back in the USA of the 70’s. Percussionist since childhood, he is committed to staying radical and to keeping off the beaten path; expressing himself through performances, sculptures and sound poetry. With strong imagery drawn from the past and the present and interviews of Z’EV and his collaborators, Ellen Zweig’s documentary sketches the portrait of an artist largely unknown to the general public.

Although this totally unclassifiable musician is connected to the industrial music scene Z’EV has become since the 70’s a master percussionist of what he calls "elemental music". In a tribute concert to Jimi Hendrix, he will honour the Nova with a 35 min performance using 40 seconds of an excerpt of the famous Monterray concert where Hendrix burnt and destroyed his guitar. A gesture open to multiple interpretations, (show-off, off limits, nihilism, despair....) which we can take as a turning point of the evolution of performance and music... or a founding gesture for artists like Z’EV.

Bidonville is a music theatre performance from De Kift, the well-known Dutch band with roots in punk and brass bands that it made in collaboration with actor Sanne den Hartogh (NL) and director Erik Whien (NL). A theatrical concert about people on the fringe of the metropolis, the sort of people that we see forever popping up in De Kift’s work. A performance comprised of melancholy, longing and love for the little man. Could you wish for a nicer Christmas present? Dutch spoken, subtitled in English Reservation recommended: http://www.deburen.eu/en/events/detail/de-kift-bidonville Organisation: Cinema Nova & deBuren

Microboutiek is a small distribution point for a variety of home-made or small scale production books, CDs, zines, DVDs, and other objects. You can browse our collection or give us your own creations, what’s inside is up to you. Come and have a look!

Microboutiek is a small distribution point for a variety of home-made or small scale production books, CDs, zines, DVDs, and other objects. You can browse our collection or give us your own creations, what’s inside is up to you. Come and have a look!

Microboutiek is a small distribution point for a variety of home-made or small scale production books, CDs, zines, DVDs, and other objects. You can browse our collection or give us your own creations, what’s inside is up to you. Come and have a look!

Microboutiek is a small distribution point for a variety of home-made or small scale production books, CDs, zines, DVDs, and other objects. You can browse our collection or give us your own creations, what’s inside is up to you. Come and have a look!

Founded in 1982, in Paris, Le Syndicat was originally an artist’s collective and a music label affiliated to the "cassette culture" and to the "mail-art" network promoting artists like Merzbow, Pacific 231 (Pierre Jolivet), Blackhouse and Controlled Bleeding. Ruelgo, the only remaining founding member of Le Syndicat still active has collaborated with numerous musicians over the years. The Nova welcomes the duo, Le Syndicat Faction Vivante active since 2014 for a live concert which seems to be every bit noise, instinctive and physically unstoppable. + * Tzii * (DJ set – BE)

A nearly ten-hour compilation of archival found footage, almost all in VHS format, with nothing but the worst of the worst carefully picked out... from Throbbing Gristle to Boyd Rice, some vinyl kitsch in a San Francisco bar, to music videos and live, often extreme performances by major bands from the scene as well as by obscure and fleeting experimenters. A compilation put together with the help of Michel from the shop Elektrocution (Brüxxel),and Sylvie Cartiaux and Stéphance Merenne from the label Nuit et Brouillard. http://www.nuitetbrouillard.com/

A man wakes up one morning with a bolt poking out of his cheek and transforms into a half-man, half-metal mutant. He meets and gets into a confrontation with another man, made of steel, leading to an unexpected conclusion... Accompanied by the tense industrial music of Shu Ishikawa, sustained by expressionistic cinematography and a sometimes frenzied editing rhythm, Tsukamoto’s film interchanges between nightmare and surrealism. Filmed and edited using "old school" techniques, but possessing the ultra-fast spirit of manga, "Tetsuo" is a powerful and messy precursor to the cyberpunk genre.

The Germans Einstürzende Neubauten (literally translated: "new buildings collapsing inward") came onto the scene during the second wave of the industrial movement. They took a much more literal approach to the notion of "industrial", using electronically-amplified drills, jackhammers, shopping carts and many other objects and tools as instruments. This film by Sogo Ishii follows their tour through Japan at the early and probably most radical stage of their career.

A nearly ten-hour compilation of archival found footage, almost all in VHS format, with nothing but the worst of the worst carefully picked out... from Throbbing Gristle to Boyd Rice, some vinyl kitsch in a San Francisco bar, to music videos and live, often extreme performances by major bands from the scene as well as by obscure and fleeting experimenters. A compilation put together with the help of Michel from the shop Elektrocution (Brüxxel),and Sylvie Cartiaux and Stéphance Merenne from the label Nuit et Brouillard. http://www.nuitetbrouillard.com/

Bring your own film to Nova’s screen! As long as they are not longer than 15 minutes, you can show your masterpieces during our Open Screen. Send them a week in advance to our office in Arenbergstreet 14, 1000 Brussels (please don’t forget to indicate your contact).

Microboutiek is a small distribution point for a variety of home-made or small scale production books, CDs, zines, DVDs, and other objects. You can browse our collection or give us your own creations, what’s inside is up to you. Come and have a look!

Microboutiek is a small distribution point for a variety of home-made or small scale production books, CDs, zines, DVDs, and other objects. You can browse our collection or give us your own creations, what’s inside is up to you. Come and have a look!

The Germans Einstürzende Neubauten (literally translated: "new buildings collapsing inward") came onto the scene during the second wave of the industrial movement. They took a much more literal approach to the notion of "industrial", using electronically-amplified drills, jackhammers, shopping carts and many other objects and tools as instruments. This film by Sogo Ishii follows their tour through Japan at the early and probably most radical stage of their career.

MekanOrganik’s concert cancelled, we’re welcoming "Cent ans de solitude", a french solo project, more performing than recording, prefering deepness to the rock n’ roll frenzy. Self presenting as "music artisan", musician Jean-Yves Millet work since a bit less than a hundred years (since the late 80’s actually) on creating sound ambiances full of darkness and melancholy, oniric but percussive. His music, not presented as a long track but as thematic tracks, is a total experience combining syntetic sounds with movies, and, most of all a performative part with "self-percussion and the use amplified moving metal instalation manipulated by the musician. An hypnotic and radical panorama of the post-industrial era. + Dj set Lucius quatre-yeux (FR)

Industrial music has made use of the endless source of sound, including primitive percussions, musical weapons of war invoking workers revolts and manifestations. The workshop, percussion on steel barrels proposed by Frank Gorissen of Militia will take place an afternoon over four sessions of less than an hour each: introduction to simple and effective percussion techniques, introduction to a basic method of reading percussive music, learning different techniques to play and eventually compose, and finally perform a small concert composed by the participants themselves. Participation is free but limited to nine participants pre-adolescent to adult and is subject to reservation at the following address: nova@nova-cinema.org

Set in 1968 Marsal, Lorraine, land of lakes. Maurice Gérard, better known as the wise Matkormano, informs the police about the kidnapping of two of his children and the disappearance of his divinatory statues. By means of this obscure incident, the film wanders into a region immersed in the mist of dark powers. 47 years after this incident, Fabien Rennet and Julien Louvet set out to retrace Matkormano’s steps. Based on French and Luxembourgian audiovisual archives as well as documents provided by the municipal archives, they recreate step by step the troubling events that affected the region of Marsal in 1968. In the presence of the directors.

A man wakes up one morning with a bolt poking out of his cheek and transforms into a half-man, half-metal mutant. He meets and gets into a confrontation with another man, made of steel, leading to an unexpected conclusion... Accompanied by the tense industrial music of Shu Ishikawa, sustained by expressionistic cinematography and a sometimes frenzied editing rhythm, Tsukamoto’s film interchanges between nightmare and surrealism. Filmed and edited using "old school" techniques, but possessing the ultra-fast spirit of manga, "Tetsuo" is a powerful and messy precursor to the cyberpunk genre.