The British avant-gar­de pio­neer, Malcolm Le Grice, passed away on the third of December at the age of 84. To pay tribute, we are screening three of his most extraordinary works.

In col­la­bo­ra­ti­on with Film Fest Gent, Art Cinema OFFoff brings out the 16mm and Super8 pro­jec­tor for an eve­ning of ana­lo­gue short films by the French-American film­ma­ker Maximilien Luc Proctor, inclu­ding Seasonal Concerns (2024) and the world pre­mie­re of Aotearoa (2024)

As part of the second edi­ti­on of Publiek Park, Art Cinema OFFoff invi­tes the British artist and film­ma­ker Guy Sherwin.

The cinema is a magical place. In 1975, Roland Barthes mused aboutce noir du cinémaas simultaneously hypnotic and fixative, fascinating and liberating. Sometimes, experimental films seek out the slumber that is distinctive of cinema, then again, they oppose it, celebrate alienation, break through the fourth wall and appeal to the awake spectator, leaving behind familiar film forms, good taste and cultural patterns.