A Cinema of Artists

Pera Film presents A Cinema of Artists, a program realised in collaboration with the Royal Film Archive of Belgium (CINEMATEK).

Located in Brussels, CINEMATEK holds one of the world's most significant and eclectic film collections, which is presented daily to audiences in its own theatre. In addition to preserving this cinematic heritage, the archive undertakes restoration work and focuses particularly on highlighting the richness of Belgian cinema.

For International Museum Day, CINEMATEK was invited by the Pera Museum to curate a program from its archival collection that enters into a profound dialogue with the themes and practices of Canadian artist Marcel Dzama. Each selected film engages with Dzama’s world in its own way, while also revealing the avant-garde, surreal, and interdisciplinary creative energy and artistic wealth that has shaped Belgian cinema since its earliest days.

Described by one of the founding figures of Belgia