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Looking Congo in the eye
As Belgium prepares for the 50th anniversary of the independence of its former colony, the art world brings contemporary Congo into view

This June is the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from Belgium, which controlled the vast African region for 75 years, first as King Leopold II’s personal property and later as an official colony of Belgium, known as the Belgian Congo.
Lisa Bradshaw
(April 6, 2024)
Zombie city
If you won’t go to the horror fest, it will come to you

Nowadays, a lot of European countries have a festival specialising in fantasy and horror, but at the beginning of the 1980s, a group of young enthusiasts of the genre became pioneers, setting up one of the very first such festivals. The Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF) is one of the oldest and one of the most popular of its kind in the world.
Christophe Verbiest
(April 6, 2024)