Author: Lien De Trogh

This workshop by Lu / Fennel Mészáros Ortiz and VLOK is an invitation to share an approach to creation and movement based on self-reflection.

They work with various artistic techniques (charcoal, collage, painting, writing, etc.) to deepen and broaden awareness, and to give form to that which needs to be expressed through us. They wish to share these exercises with artists who want to deepen and broaden their creative work through introspection, meditation and somatic exercises.

Practical information

Register here before Sunday October 4th

Cities by Night is a participatory project by Valentina Medda exploring how experience fear while crossing the city.
Together with women, she sets out to find the places in Kortrijk that feel safe to them.
This is different for every woman.
The women walk through the city after dark.
They avoid streets where they do not feel comfortable.
Together, all these walks form a new map of Kortrijk.

What will you be doing?

First, you’ll take part in a workshop on Sunday 25 October from 9am until noon, led by Valentina.
After that, you’ll have two weeks to go for a walk in Kortrijk yourself, in the dark.
You’ll do this once the shops have closed and the sun has set.
You’ll be given a map on which to mark the places where you feel uncomfortable.
On 8 November, you’ll hand in your map.

Who are we looking for?

We’re looking for 12 women from different backgrounds, ethnicities, genders and ages.
Anyone who identifies as a woman is welcome.
You will receive a volunteer fee for this.

Want to take part?

Are you interested?

Send an email to Famke Struyve at famke@buda.be and include:

• Age
• Your profession or main occupation
• How well you know the city

This information will not be made public.
It will only be used to ensure the group of participants is as diverse as possible, so that a range of opinions and experiences are represented within the project.

Would you like more information?

Email: famke@buda.be
Tel: +32 471 65 76 69

* Anyone who identifies as a woman

A dark night-time scene that looks genuinely dark. Colours so vivid they almost leap off the screen. An image that remains just as sharp and clear from the first minute to the last, right into the furthest corners of the screen. Thanks to new projectors – locally manufactured by Barco in Kortrijk – watching films at Budascoop is a whole new experience, and no, our ticket prices aren’t going up. Due to this transition, there will be no films screening at Budascoop from 10 to 23 August.

Deep black

With the old projectors, a little light always leaked through the lens, making dark scenes appear dark grey rather than black. The new projectors control the light on a pixel-by-pixel basis, to the point where they can switch the light off completely. The result: much greater depth in the image, as if you were standing right in the middle of it yourself.

All the colours of the rainbow

Whereas older projectors could only display a fraction of the colours your eye can perceive, the new projectors cover a much wider spectrum. The bright green in a science fiction film, the deep blue of the ocean, the red of an explosion: you’ll see them more sharply and with greater nuance than before.

Bright picture

Old cinema lamps lose their intensity over time, meaning the picture is already slightly less bright after just a few months. The new projectors use laser light and maintain that same high brightness, year after year. 3D films also benefit from this: they’re less dark and less tiring on the eyes.

Not a single detail is lost

The new projectors operate in native 4K. If you sit close to the screen, you won’t see any grain or pixels – just a razor-sharp image. Jacques Tati’s films are visual masterpieces. He shot *Playtime* on extremely expensive 70mm film stock and filled every widescreen frame with hundreds of simultaneous, tiny visual gags in the background. With the new projectors, you won’t miss a single detail.

Due to this transition, there will be no films screening at Budascoop from 10 to 23 August. From 24 August, we’ll welcome you back with a film programme that’s quintessentially Budascoop: a mix of drama, action, comedy and classics!

Anyuta Wiazemsky Snauwaert is looking for your best recipe for a waffle topping!

During the Almost Summer Festival, she will be presenting her performance VerBELGingsfeest. The piece ends with a festive waffle-baking session. For this, she is looking for original, tasty, international toppings for waffles.

Do you have a recipe? Send it to lien@buda.be and be sure to come and taste them on Wednesday 10 June from 5 pm at the Town Hall!

Not every young person has the opportunity to engage with culture. That is why Kortrijk’s cultural partners – the BUDA arts centre, NEXT festival, Wilde Westen, Antigone and DURF on the one hand, and Groep Intro on the other – have joined forces. This is how Club Cultuur came into being.

Club Cultuur guides these young people towards various forms of culture, such as film, music and theatre. Through shared visits, conversations and experiences, we form a genuine ‘culture club’, turning Budascoop, Antigone’s theatre and De Kreun into familiar, welcoming places where young people can not only feel at home, but also develop a sense of ownership.

Want to know more? Email alieke@buda.be

After seven years as artistic director of the BUDA arts centre in Kortrijk, Mathilde Villeneuve is set to join the Bordeaux School of Fine Arts (Ebabx) as Director of Studies from mid-August.

During her time at BUDA, she contributed to the development of a rich and open artistic programme, working in close collaboration with numerous artists and partners. Her work helped shape the centre as a space attentive to contemporary forms of creation, as well as to collective practices and intersections with other fields such as education, care, and heritage.

She also played a key role in positioning the organisation within European networks that encourage collaborative practices and shared governance, further opening the programme to new voices and ways of working.

BUDA Arts Centre is taking the time until the summer to, together with its team, reshape its future, notably in preparation for the 2028–2032 policy plans that it will submit, as a ten-year core institution, to the Flemish Community by December 2026.

Mathilde Villeneuve: “I experienced BUDA Arts Centre and Belgium as exceptionally welcoming, and as home to one of the most intense and diverse artistic scenes I know. I invite everyone to discover a glimpse of that scene during the Almost Summer Festival in June – it already feels like the most beautiful farewell I could imagine. A remarkable programme is also in store for the NEXT Festival in November.”

2026

Jonas Baeke & Jef Hellemans – Katrien Baetslé – Claire Vivianne Sobottke – Alexandra Sebbag – Gunilla Heilborn – Mar* Sydlowska & Abigail Aleksander – Tulio Rosa – Alice Van der Wielen-Honinckx – Line Bogaerts – Edurne Rubio – Khadija El Kharraz Alami – Myriam van Imschoot & youyou-group – Léa Drouet – Elena Bastogi – Eleni Roberts Kazouri & Vladimir Babinchuk – Bosse Provoost & Ezra Veldhuis – Alix Eynaudi & Elizabeth Ward – Nancy Naser Al Deen & Kongi Milka Mbunga – Tilhenn Klapper – Latifa Laabissi – Pol Pi & Nitsan Margaliot – Sara Manente – Valentina Stepanova – Mariana Viana – Lou Viallon – Amador Alina Folini – Louise Siffert – Catalina Insignares – Magdelaine Hodebourg – La Frontera – Sophia Rodriguez & Teresa Vitucci – Lydia McGlinchey – Sophie Guisset – Mira Studer – Effi & Amir – Darius Dolatyari – Vanishing Monuments – Gregoire Schaller – Hannah Zaouad – Lennert De Vroey – Fieldworks – Max Ricat & Garance Debert – Gerben Vaillant & Marthe Koning – Magdalena Bournot – Kate McIntosh – Kin Collective – Anneleen Keppens – Mamadou Wagué – Manon Janssen – Nathan Ooms & Anna Franziska Jäger – Volmir Cordeiro – Maria Ferreira Silva – Sophia Bauer & Marie Schraepen – Kensaku Shinoharu – Yon Natalie Mik – Carolina Mendonça – Thomas Ryckewaert

2025

La Plage Interdite: Anna Czapski & Marine Fontaine – Mikko Niemisto – Agata Maszkiewicz – Désirée 0100 & Lulu Ramirez Muñoz – Anouk Llaureens – Jiména Pèrez Salerno – Louise Vanneste / Rising Horses – Kim Kidows – Jonas Chéreau – Marah Haj Hussein – Stanley Olivier – David Weber Krebs – Barbara Novati & Sophia Seiss & Ametonyo Silva – Amina Szecsödy – Sophie Guisset – Anna Gaïotti – Sana Ghobeh – Kensaki Shinohara – Stefanie Kayal – Amine Mazhoud – Caroline Mathieu – Nicolas Mouzet – Pauline Brun – Parvin Saljoughi – Helena Elshout – Anat Bosak – Hiatus – Daniel Linehan – Diederik Peeters – Markus Hallmark – De Ambulanten – Geert Belpaeme & Estefania Alvarez Ramirez – Sophia Danae Vorvilla – Rosie Sommers & Micha Goldberg – La Tierce – Maureen Beguin – Meri Ekola & Kid Kokko – Calixto Neto – Natalie Steelandt – Sara Manente & Muna Mussie – Camille Louis et Laurie Bellanca – Carole Perdereau – Nicola Gunn – Simone Bassani – Hang Hang – Catalina Insignares – Lea Vinette – Lea Drouet – Mostafa Shabkan – Jarne van Loon & Freek De Craecker – Yaïr Barelli – Reflecting Light – Superamas – Ellen Vanderstraeten – Sophia Bauer & Marie Schraepen – Davide Tidoni – Paula Almiron – Géraldine Haas – Elena Carvajal – Claire Huber – Thomas Ryckewaert – Hangar – Benjamin Vandewalle – Jonas Baeke & Jef Hellemans – Jeanne Colin – Julia Rubies – Lisa Vereertbrugghen

Woon.Zorg.Kunst brings art into the world of care. Three residential care centres in South-West Flanders are opening their doors to three artists who will be working for six months at the rhythm of the home. Through dialogue with residents, care staff and their environment, each artist discovers their place in the organisation. These projects go beyond individual workshops or one-off presentations, seeking ways to embed art in the daily functioning of the residential care centres.

Loeke Vanhoutteghem is a word artist and musician. She is heading to Pamele, a place in the Heilig Hart Care Group that focuses on people with non-congenital brain damage.
Anneleen Keppens is a choreographer and dancer. She works from WZC De Weister in Aalbeke, which has 46 residents.
Patricia Vanneste is a musician and composer. She works with Sint-Vincentius in Avelgem, which has 108 residents.

Anneleen, Loeke and Patricia each work 20 full days in the residential care centres. They are supervised by De Ambulanten, three artists who followed a similar programme at Huize Sint Monika in Molenbeek.

In the autumn, there will be a conference to explain the programmes and take a closer look at the connection between care and culture.

This project is a collaboration between: Anneleen Keppens, De Ambulanten, Loeke Vanhoutteghem, Patricia Vanneste, WZC De Weister (City of Kortrijk), Zorggroep Heilig Hart – Pamele department, WZC Sint Vincentius (Avelgem)
With support from Durf2030, MUS-E Belgium and BUDA arts centre
With the support of Flanders

As a minus 26-year-old, you can watch a film for €7, but if you are a student at VIVES Kortrijk, Howest Kortrijk, Kulak or UGent campus Kortrijk, you only pay €3 per film on Wednesday! All you have to do is register via StudentApp. StudentApp offers a wide range of sporting, cultural and social leisure activities, so you always have something to do and never have to search for the perfect activity to relax.

How does it work?

• Register via this link and immediately confirm the verification email that was sent to your email address. This remains valid for only 24 hours.
• Pay €20 per semester and get access to lots of extra programmes, including Budascoop.
• Go to the Kortrijk Student City section, unlock Budascoop and pay €3.
• On the day of the film, you can check in online, starting half an hour before the activity begins. Show this screen at the box office. In exchange, you will receive a ticket for the film of your choice. Be sure to arrive on time so that the theatre is not sold out.

Will we see you soon at Budascoop?

Over the last months, a.pass has been meeting with collectives and organisations concerned with the current living and working conditions of artistic research, in Belgium and abroad. Many of them have accepted our invitation to co-curate and/or co-organise a gathering in Brussels and Antwerp. 

The date has been chosen: beginning of May 2026! OpenField is a gathering to collectively explore and support possible autonomies and futures of artistic research in times of neoliberal and right-wing agendas.

If you are an art collective, an artist, researcher, a practitioner, or a cultural worker interested in sharing and meeting around the questions raised by this gathering, you are very welcome to join us as audience and/or as an ally.

More news coming at the end of January.
In the meantime, save the date: 4–8 May 2026!

BY AND WITH a.pass, nadine, Beursschouwburg, WIELS, Monty, De Singel, Arquitectura, Expandida, wpZimmer, One Field Fallow, Constant, Topote de Acahual, kunstencentrum BUDA, The Green Corridor, BNA-BBOT, radical_house, MORPHO, Agency, danscentrum Jette, Argos …

We, members of the Dutch and Belgian cultural sector, wish to no longer remain bystanders to the ongoing war crimes, crimes against humanity and what has been widely recognized by all authoritative institutions as a genocide of the Palestinian people.

With immediate effect, and in response to sustained calls from Palestinian artists and civil society at large, we declare a cultural boycott of the Israeli state and of all Israeli institutions and companies. Exempted from the boycott are those Israeli institutions and companies that are not complicit in violations of international law and have unequivocally spoken out against genocide, apartheid and the illegal occupation. The boycott is explicitly not directed at individuals or their origins, and therefore not at Jewish people or Israelis as such, but rather at the complicity of the Israeli state and Israeli institutions and companies in grave human rights violations against the Palestinian people.

For decades, artists and cultural workers around the world have been actively speaking out against Israel’s grave human rights violations. After nearly two years of genocide in Gaza, characterized by military violence, starvation and the destruction of the medical and educational infrastructure, Israel has further escalated its attacks since March 2025 with the aim of the total annihilation of life in the Gaza Strip. Every form of Palestinian culture has been systematically destroyed: churches, mosques, libraries, educational and heritage sites have been the main targets, along with the killing of journalists, humanitarian staff, medical workers, intellectuals and artists. Life is also increasingly being rendered impossible for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem. This is but the latest phase in a longstanding policy of apartheid and military occupation that has systematically oppressed, marginalized and forcefully displaced Palestinians for decades.

The past weeks have witnessed successive initiatives of collective action against Israel’s genocidal onslaught. Five countries, including the Netherlands, have refused to join the Eurovision Song Festival, if Israel were allowed to participate. More than 5,000 international film professionals, including many in Hollywood, have publicly declared that they will not collaborate with Israeli institutions. Over 400 artists and record labels have joined the No Music for Genocide initiative, refusing permission for their music to be streamed in Israel. And the Flemish Minister of Culture personally called for a nationwide cultural boycott of Israel.

We build on the experiences of the cultural boycott of South Africa, which contributed to the collapse of the apartheid state. We stand in solidarity with our Palestinian colleagues, who are grieving for the violent loss of loved ones, homes and livelihoods. We stand side by side with our Israeli colleagues who join us in the struggle for justice and for the comprehensive rights of the Palestinian people, as stipulated in international law.

A cultural boycott alone cannot end the genocide, apartheid or illegal occupation. We thus echo longstanding Palestinian calls on the sports sector, academia, the economic sectors and all spheres of politics to sever ties with complicit institutions. Only a groundswell of collective grassroots and civil society action can force Israel to fully comply with its obligations under international law.

This decision to commit to a boycott has not been taken lightly. The cultural sector is guided by the belief that artistic exchange and collaboration ought to make the world a better place, or at the very least, do no harm. There can, however, be no question of continuing business as usual: this impunity must come to an end.

Signed by 708 cultural organisations and 2153 artists and cultural workers

Sign the pledge

Seven cultural centres in Kortrijk (Wilde Westen, Antigone, BUDA Arts Centre, Abby, Texture, 1302 and Unie der Zorgelozen) are joining forces to put together an accessible programme of cultural events in Kortrijk. Under the banner of Applaus, each cultural centre will present one or two activities at a time. In this way, we hope to lower the barrier to culture for anyone who needs it.

BUDA Arts Centre is a welcoming place: everyone is welcome here and we look out for one another. You can join us during opening hours to warm up, ask for a glass of water, or charge your mobile phone. Use our toilets, our free lockers, or have a chat with one of our staff. And from now on, thanks to Applaus!, you can treat someone else to a ticket or use a deferred ticket yourself.

Buy a deferred ticket

Online:

• When purchasing a ticket, you have the option to make a voluntary contribution of between €1 and €10
• You can also make a donation of your choice to our Friends of BUDA Fund.

At the box office:

• Er staat een spaarpot waar je cash geld in kan stoppen
• Scan the QR code to make a donation of your choice directly to the Friends of BUDA Fund
• Using a deferred ticket

Using a deferred ticket

Would you like to use a deferred ticket yourself (for whatever reason)? At Budascoop, you can use a deferred ticket to see all our films and performances.

• Email info@buda.be. You will receive your deferred ticket in your inbox.
• Ask at the box office for a deferred ticket. You will receive a free ticket for a performance of your choice.

For the sixth year in a row, an edition of Ecopolis will take place in Kortrijk from 26 to 28 September. We present a three-day programme connecting literature, performance, activism and reflection. With Noon Collective and writer Astrid Haerens as co-curators, we imagine a fair(er) future.

Ecopolis is a place for dialogue between authors, scientists, doers, activists and artists about responsibility and engagement. How can performance practices offer new insights into thinking practices? How do we move forward with what remains? And what are the steps we need to take now?

On the programme:

Friday 26 September

10:00 workshop Sara Manente (EN)
20:15 introduction by curators Astrid Haerens & NOON collective
+ performance: And now the beginning is somewhere else / NOON collective

Saturday 27 September

10:00 the installation And now the beginning is somewhere else can be discovered
10:30 workshop Juan Duque (in english)
16:00 the book and zinefair are open
17:30 dance performance: When Ashes Spiral / Im Kanokporn Vorapharuek (no spoken language)
19:00 performance The True Nature of / Gosie Vervloessem (in english)
20:30 keynote Clarice Gargard (in english, with dutch translation on paper)
22:00 Dean Bowen reads poetry (in dutch)
23:00 nightly performance Useless Land / Carolina Mendonça & Catalina Insignares (in english)

Sunday 28 September

06:00 breakfast at sunset
10:30 Tijl Nuyts & Letterzetter read to you (in dutch)
11:00 the installation, book and zinefair are open
11:00 Panel Ecologie & Zorg, with Gert-Jan Vanaken, Nele Buyst & Pierre Muylle (in dutch)
13:00 performance Gist / Huseyin Umaysiz
14:00 interview with Gaël Faye (FR, we translate for each other)
15:30 performance Sobremesa / Iris Donders & Stef assandri (in english)

Buy your tickets here!

Ecopolis Kortrijk is a collaboration between 11.11.11, Bibliotheek Kortrijk, Bolwerk, Durf, kunstencentrum BUDA, Lieve Zusjes Stoere Broers, Masereelfonds, Oikos, Schouwburg Kortrijk.
With the support of Literatuur Vlaanderen, SoAP and vdk bank

Every year, you resolve to start buying your Christmas presents earlier, and every year you end up having to find something at the last minute. We know how it is, which is why we are delighted to present our BUDA gift ideas!

CUBO

For €20 a month, you get access to the stage and film programme organised by BUDA arts centre and Schouwburg Kortrijk. What’s more, with this gift, you’re supporting creative cultural projects in Kortrijk.

You can give a gift voucher for 3 or 6 months. You can order via our partner Schouwburg Kortrijk. After payment, you will receive the voucher immediately in your mailbox. The recipient chooses when to activate the voucher. You can also pick up the gift voucher at Ticketservice Kortrijk during opening hours.

Gift voucher

Ideal if you are looking for a small gift for Secret Santa with friends or family! For €10, you can give someone an evening of cinema fun. For the over-65s, you can buy a gift voucher for €9, and for children’s films and people under 26, it is only €7.

You can buy a gift voucher at the cinema box office or at our offices in BK6 (only during opening hours, entrance via Burgemeester Tayaertstraat 5). We provide a beautiful envelope made from old film posters.

Ten-visit card

Want to go a step further? Then go for a ten-visit card for €80.

You can buy a ten-visit card at the box office or in our offices in BK6 (during opening hours only, entrance via Burgemeester Tayaertstraat 5). We provide a beautiful envelope made from old film posters.

Monopoly Kortrijk

For competitive types, we recommend the special edition Monopoly Kortrijk. Visit Buda Island, buy the BUDA arts centre, build a hotel on the Oude Leieboorden, spend your money in K in Kortrijk or treat your friends during the Sinksenfeesten. This edition of Monopoly takes you to all the beautiful places Kortrijk has to offer.

The board game is available at the box office for €50. It cannot be sent by post.