Sabam Avond 2026

Korfilmcompilatie 55 min.

Sabam is the Belgian association for creators of all kinds. It manages the copyrights of audiovisual works, literature, music, and the arts. Their support also makes numerous film productions possible every year. Discover Sabam-supported documentaries at this festive screening. The highlight of the evening will be the presentation of ten development grants of €1,000 to promising creators. Afterwards, there will be a networking reception.

Sabam is the Belgian association for creators of all kinds. It manages the copyrights of audiovisual works, literature, music, and the arts. Their support also makes numerous film productions possible every year. Discover Sabam-supported documentaries at this festive screening. The highlight of the evening will be the presentation of ten development grants of €1,000 to promising creators. Afterwards, there will be a networking reception.

Dit programma bestaat uit onderstaande kortfilms. Je koopt één ticket voor de volledige vertoning.

Ik sta even stil en dat is een hele vooruitgang.
Laura Vandewynckel Belgium 2024 15 min.

In the 'bucolic' Watou, a monumental, tottering creature awakens: the embodiment of our desire for ‘more and better’. This kinetic sculpture, a cross between a prehistoric mammal and an irrigation machine, compels passers-by to pause. Is this the way forward, or is pausing for a moment the biggest leap we can take?
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All The Seas I See
Azur Aurran Schleinitz Belgium, France 2025 16 min.

Cephalopods—animals like octopuses and squids—are older than vertebrates. Like humans, they are seen at their evolutionary peak. But what can these invertebrates teach us about survival? All The Seas I See is a poetic exploration of ethology and neuroscience, blurring the line between the two in the cadence of the tides.
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Happy birthday!
Justine Cappelle Belgium 2025 9 min.

Portrayed through the grainy glow of baby monitor images, this intimate short captures a daughter and mother both at their own milestone: their 30th and 60th birthdays. In her mother’s bed, they revisit a painful truth — that she was once unwanted. A conversation unfolds before our eyes about existence, worth, and the right to take up space.
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In Loving Memory of Fleeting Light
Laura Van den Eede Belgium, Italy 2025 15 min.

More than forty years ago, almost all the fireflies that once flickered so abundantly above the Italian countryside disappeared. In a small village in northern Italy, a mother and daughter set out in search of memories of that vanished light. Along the way, they encounter all kinds of phantoms from the past, both within their family and in the village at large.
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