We are an annual independent and underground short film festival based in Brussels, Belgium. The festival has been running since 2005 and is getting more and more successful every year! Our next XXL edition will take place between 31 January and 9 February at L’Espace Magh. Around 7,000 visitors are expected to attend our events during this week. We’ll be selecting more than 100 short films and inviting more than 40 filmmakers from all over the world.
The idea for COURTS MAIS TRASH was born out of the lack of a proper platform for alternative short films. Films that do not meet conservative cinematographic standards are often snubbed by festival programmers and legitimate audiovisual venues. We love originality and creativity, cheapness and beauty! Trash is often used in the provocative sense of the word, but we also use it in the alternative, political, cheap and offbeat sense.
Since 2019, COURTS MAIS TRASH has been expanded as QUEER MAIS TRASH, its non-binary version focusing on LGBTQIA+ communities. It also has a section called Female Trouble, a feminist programme by female directors that focuses on the inequalities women face in various professional fields, from entrepreneurship to academia, sports and culture.
All genres of film are shown, from experimental to animation, from video clips to documentaries. No category is excluded. There is no limit to the length of films, and some feature films are screened out of competition. To avoid any confusion, the sessions are for adults only, with the exception of the school programmes, which are specifically aimed at students aged 15 and over.
About one hundred films will be lovingly selected and divided into fifteen selections. We’ll be awarding a total of 5 prizes of €500 each, all chosen by our beloved audience at the end of the screenings: Best National Film, Best International Film, Best Queer Film, Best Student Film (our newcomer) and the Born 2BE Cheap prize for best cheap productions (our favourite), for a total of €2,500 in prizes.
If you want to be part of the biggest blowout alternative, underground and independent cinema has to offer, then act now and submit your films via Filmfreeway until November 1st, 2024!
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