Going to the cinema in BelgiumGOING TO THE CINEMA IN BELGIUM

Language and subtitles

Films are shown in their original language with subtitles: in Flanders in Dutch, in Brussels often in Dutch and French. An English-language film is in English; a French film is in French with Dutch text. Some film houses also show English subtitles; Evenitto marks those screenings ENGLISH, as it does films in English.

Children's films often have a dubbed version. If a film is in both versions, check the version on the cinema's ticket page before you buy.

Tickets and seats

Many cinemas sell numbered seats, so you pick yours when you buy. Tap a time on Evenitto to go to the cinema's own ticket page.

The time listed is the start of the programme. Most cinemas show trailers first, so the film itself often begins ten to twenty minutes later.

Film houses

Alongside the big multiplexes of Kinepolis and UGC, Belgium has film houses (filmhuizen) and arthouse cinemas: smaller cinemas with a programme of festival films, new directors and classics, often with a talk after the film. Brussels has Cinematek, the Royal Belgian Film Archive, besides the Galeries and Palace cinemas; Ghent has Sphinx, Leuven has ZED, and Lumière runs arthouse cinemas in Bruges, Antwerp and Mechelen.

Film houses are listed with the cinemas on Evenitto, and each one links to its own page.

One-off screenings

Besides new releases, cinemas show one-off screenings: opera and ballet from London and New York, theatre broadcasts, sneak previews and film festivals. They have their own page.