One World in Brussels 2025
The One World Festival has been showcasing the best human rights documentaries for over a quarter of a century. This year, Brussels will once again be among the many cities hosting the festival. All 10 films screened here will be available to watch from April 7 to 11, 2025. Discussions with filmmakers, politicians, activists, and journalists—an essential part of the festival—will accompany the screenings.
One World in Brussels 2025
Most of screenings are free of charge, but registration beforehand is required (find the purchase/registration links below).
Selected screeing will be accompanied by discussions. Full programme
Screenings at the Prague House:
Nice Ladies
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- | 19:00 | Prague House, Avenue Palmerston 16, 1000 Brussels
Dancing lets them forget about life’s difficulties. In competitions they succeed next to women a generation younger. Their energetic performance overcomes prejudices. They share a joy of movement, a sense of humour, and deep friendships.
Director: Mariia Ponomarova
Year of production: 2024, country of origin: Netherlands, Ukraine, lenght:97 min, original language: Russian, Ukrainian, subtitles: English
Tickets here.
The Brink of Dreams
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- | 19:00 | Rue du Trône 130, 1050 - Ixelles Bruxelles
Women in a remote south Egyptian village should help men, keep quiet, and bear children. To protest against these stereotypes, some girls start a theatre group.
Director: Nada Riyadh, Ayman El Amir
Year of production: 2024, country of origin: Denmark, Egypt, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, lenght: 101 min, original language: Arabic, subtitles: English
Tickets here.
Facing War
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- | 19:00 | UGC, Place De Brouckere 38, 1000 Bruxelles
The future of countries at war is often decided not by soldiers on the front line but by men in glass buildings. Until October 2024, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was one of them, as he tried from the start to arrange negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Director Tommy Gulliksen had a unique opportunity to record it all.
Director: Tommy Gulliksen
Year of production: 2025, country of origin: Norway, Belgium, lenght:103 min, original language: English, Norway, subtitles: English
Tickets here.
Black Snow
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- | 19:00 | Prague House, Avenue Palmerston 16, 1000 Brussels
Instead of morning fog, a carbon monoxide cloud rolls over Kiselyovsk’s rooftops and black snow falls to the ground. In Kuzbass, a proud mining region, the volume of extracted black coal matters more than human lives.
Director: Alina Simone
Year of production: 2024, country of origin: USA, lenght: 102 min, original language:
Mongolian, Russian, subtitles: English
Tickets here.
Made in Ethiopia
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- | 19:00 | Cinema Aventure, Rue des Fripiers 15, 1000 Bruxelles
On one hand, the industrial zone in Dukem, Ethiopia, with more than 100 Chinese companies, offers tens of thousands of jobs; on the other, it changes the landscape and exploits the locals. The film captures the vision of prosperity through the eyes of 3 women tracked over 4 years.
Director: Xinyan Yu, Max Duncan
Year of production: 2024, country of origin: Canada, Ethiopia, UK, USA, Denmark, lenght: 91 min, original language: Amharic, English, Mandarin, Oromo, subtitles: English
Tickets here.
My Memory Is Full of Ghosts
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- | 19:00 | Czech Permanent Representation to the EU, Anexxed building, 130, rue du Trône, 1050 - Ixelles Bruxelles
After years of war, Homs no longer feels like the “city of smiles” it was once called. The camera, penetrating the ruins, and the memories of people who had to leave, take us there. Their thoughts about the war and the time after it describe the ambience of a specific place and the fate of a nation that wants to live again.
Director: Anas Zawahri
Year of production: 2024, country of origin: Syria, lenght: 74 min, original language: Arabic, subtitles: English
Tickets here.
CLOSING CEREMONY - Screening of the winning film chosen by the jury
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- | 19:00 | Prague House, Avenue Palmerston 16, 1000 Brussels
Black Snow
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- | 19:00 | Prague House, Avenue Palmerston 16, 1000 Brussels
Instead of morning fog, a carbon monoxide cloud rolls over Kiselyovsk’s rooftops and black snow falls to the ground. In Kuzbass, a proud mining region, the volume of extracted black coal matters more than human lives.
Director: Alina Simone
Year of production: 2024, country of origin: USA, lenght: 102 min, original language:
Mongolian, Russian, subtitles: English
CLOSING CEREMONY - Screening of the winning film chosen by the jury
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- | 19:00 | Prague House, Avenue Palmerston 16, 1000 Brussels
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