Gerard-Jan Claes
@gerardjanclaes.bsky.social
Filmmaker – www.claes-rochette.be –, lecturer, author, both founder and artistic director of the international film journal Sabzian / @sabzian.bsky.social, and co-founder of Avila, a film distributor and VOD-platform for Belgian cinema.
Actor Ahmed Ahmedpoor, known for his role as Mohamed Reza Nematzadeh in Abbas Kiarostami’s Where Is the Friend’s House (1987), passed away last Thursday at the age of 46. ❤️
October 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Actor Ahmed Ahmedpoor, known for his role as Mohamed Reza Nematzadeh in Abbas Kiarostami’s Where Is the Friend’s House (1987), passed away last Thursday at the age of 46. ❤️
Een nieuwe Sabzian publicatie: 𝘞𝘏𝘖 𝘐𝘚 𝘔𝘌: 𝘋𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘴, geschreven door Pasolini in New York tijdens een bezoek aan het NYFF in 1966.
Nu beschikbaar via de Sabzian website en in de Passa Portabookshop.
→ sabzian.be/publication/who-is-me-dichter-van-de-as
Nu beschikbaar via de Sabzian website en in de Passa Portabookshop.
→ sabzian.be/publication/who-is-me-dichter-van-de-as
September 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Een nieuwe Sabzian publicatie: 𝘞𝘏𝘖 𝘐𝘚 𝘔𝘌: 𝘋𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘴, geschreven door Pasolini in New York tijdens een bezoek aan het NYFF in 1966.
Nu beschikbaar via de Sabzian website en in de Passa Portabookshop.
→ sabzian.be/publication/who-is-me-dichter-van-de-as
Nu beschikbaar via de Sabzian website en in de Passa Portabookshop.
→ sabzian.be/publication/who-is-me-dichter-van-de-as
Last Thursday at De Cinema, a beautiful screening of Nicolas Philibert’s Être et avoir. Still on Sabzian, two wonderful texts by him:
→ sabzian.be/text/i-never-decided-to-become-a-documentary-filmmaker%E2%80%A6
→ sabzian.be/text/en-sortant-de-l%E2%80%99%C3%A9cole
→ sabzian.be/text/i-never-decided-to-become-a-documentary-filmmaker%E2%80%A6
→ sabzian.be/text/en-sortant-de-l%E2%80%99%C3%A9cole
September 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Last Thursday at De Cinema, a beautiful screening of Nicolas Philibert’s Être et avoir. Still on Sabzian, two wonderful texts by him:
→ sabzian.be/text/i-never-decided-to-become-a-documentary-filmmaker%E2%80%A6
→ sabzian.be/text/en-sortant-de-l%E2%80%99%C3%A9cole
→ sabzian.be/text/i-never-decided-to-become-a-documentary-filmmaker%E2%80%A6
→ sabzian.be/text/en-sortant-de-l%E2%80%99%C3%A9cole
Tonight, the Frans van de Staak retrospective kicks off at CINEMATEK, in collaboration with Sabzian.
→ sabzian.be/event/frans-van-de-staak-retrospective
→ sabzian.be/event/frans-van-de-staak-retrospective
September 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Tonight, the Frans van de Staak retrospective kicks off at CINEMATEK, in collaboration with Sabzian.
→ sabzian.be/event/frans-van-de-staak-retrospective
→ sabzian.be/event/frans-van-de-staak-retrospective
Abbas Kiarostami's Taste of Cherry, still available to watch for free for a few more days on mk2curiosity.
→ mk2curiosity.com/pages/le-film-de-la-semaine
→ mk2curiosity.com/pages/le-film-de-la-semaine
August 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Abbas Kiarostami's Taste of Cherry, still available to watch for free for a few more days on mk2curiosity.
→ mk2curiosity.com/pages/le-film-de-la-semaine
→ mk2curiosity.com/pages/le-film-de-la-semaine
Fifty years ago today – 22 May 1975 – ‘Jeanne Dielman’ had its world premiere in Cannes.
May 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Fifty years ago today – 22 May 1975 – ‘Jeanne Dielman’ had its world premiere in Cannes.
“This is May 4th.” – Jonas Mekas
May 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“This is May 4th.” – Jonas Mekas
For more Van der Keuken, be sure to check out the Issue on Sabzian with texts by JvdK himself, and the Collection with an overview of the texts about the work of JvdK, as well as a complete annotated filmography.
→ sabzian.be/issue/between-head-and-hands
→ sabzian.be/collection/work-in-progress
→ sabzian.be/issue/between-head-and-hands
→ sabzian.be/collection/work-in-progress
March 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
For more Van der Keuken, be sure to check out the Issue on Sabzian with texts by JvdK himself, and the Collection with an overview of the texts about the work of JvdK, as well as a complete annotated filmography.
→ sabzian.be/issue/between-head-and-hands
→ sabzian.be/collection/work-in-progress
→ sabzian.be/issue/between-head-and-hands
→ sabzian.be/collection/work-in-progress
The screening of De grote vakantie [The Long Holiday] (2000) yesterday marked the end of the Johan van der Keuken retrospective in Brussels, jointly organized by @sabzian.bsky.social and @cinematek.bsky.social. Thank you to all the audience members who have followed the program since November!
March 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The screening of De grote vakantie [The Long Holiday] (2000) yesterday marked the end of the Johan van der Keuken retrospective in Brussels, jointly organized by @sabzian.bsky.social and @cinematek.bsky.social. Thank you to all the audience members who have followed the program since November!
I am looking for the origin of this quote by Jean Grémillon: “Who could fail to sense the greatness of this art, in which the visible is the sign of the invisible?” Anyone have an idea where I could find it?
February 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I am looking for the origin of this quote by Jean Grémillon: “Who could fail to sense the greatness of this art, in which the visible is the sign of the invisible?” Anyone have an idea where I could find it?
New online release on Avila: JE, TU, IL, ELLE (1974) by Chantal Akerman
→ avilafilm.be/en/film/je-tu-il-elle-0
→ avilafilm.be/en/film/je-tu-il-elle-0
February 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
New online release on Avila: JE, TU, IL, ELLE (1974) by Chantal Akerman
→ avilafilm.be/en/film/je-tu-il-elle-0
→ avilafilm.be/en/film/je-tu-il-elle-0
