Established with the purpose of reducing the stigma around pornography and acknowledging its significant role in the history of cinema, the Brussels Porn Film Festival stands as Belgium’s first festival dedicated to alternative pornography. As the most widely consumed and produced audiovisual genre in the world, pornography exists simultaneously in plain view and concealed behind closed doors, avoiding public debate outside of moralistic standards. A rich countercultural phenomenon, contemporary porn embraces new forms of expression, serving as a potent political and creative tool for marginalized groups. Feminists, LGBTQIA+, sex workers, and other minorities choose to direct their cameras toward their own bodies, creating a presence typically overlooked by mainstream media.

The festival presents a diverse range of sexually explicit artworks, offering a comprehensive program that includes a national and international short film competition, a special focus on feature films, as well as professional encounters, panel discussions, performative arts, workshops, and parties. With diversity in mind, the festival aims to facilitate connections between different poles within the industry: the mainstream and the underground, the artistic and the political, DIY and big-budget productions... The objective is not to gentrify the genre but to promote ethical development by fostering professional connections, injecting new images into pornography’s imaginary, destigmatizing sex work, and cultivating an audience eager for innovative onscreen sexual representations.

Rue des Fripiers 15, 1000 Bruxelles

There will be tickets available to buy at the ticket counter.

Beursschouwburg

Rue Auguste Orts 22, 1000 Bruxelles

Presales will be available soon.

There will be tickets available to buy at the ticket counter.

Cinema Nova

Rue d’Arenberg 3, 1000 Bruxelles

There will be tickets available to buy at the ticket counter.

Cinema Nova’s ticket counter opens half an hour before the screening.

Rainbow House

Rue de la Chaufferette 3, 1000 Bruxelles

RainbowHouse Cafeteria

Rue du Marché au Charbon 42, 1000 Bruxelles

Rue des Grands Carmes 20/22, 1000 Bruxelles

Pl. de la Chapelle 6, 1000 Bruxelles

Note that the club don’t accept cards: bring cash!

Theater is located in the basement and is not accesible for people with reduced mobility (stairs). If you need help for access, DM us to see how we can help you attend the screenings!

Beursschouwburg

All of the spaces - with the exception of the Black Box - are accessible to everyone (elevators are available if needed)

Cinema Nova

Theater in the ground floor is accessible for people with reduced mobility. Larger seats available at the back of the room. Bathrooms and bar at the basement are not acessible for PRM (stairs)

RainbowHouse

The workshops are accessible for PRM (ground floor)

The venue is not accessible for PRM (stairs, the club is located at the basement). If you need help to access, contact us to see how we can help!