About Avila

Avila is a Brussels-based non-profit organisation which distributes Belgian auteur cinema in theaters and online. Founded by filmmakers, the platform offers both contemporary and classical, experimental, documentary, and fiction films. The catalogue is a carefully curated selection of films that resonate aesthetically and socially, and contribute to (film) history. Its range consists mainly of films with a unique worldview by directors with a bold cinematic signature who resolutely approach cinema as an art form. 

Belgium produces many exceptional and valuable films that often fail to fully reach their intended audience. Avila seeks to bridge the gap between a film and its public and contributes to a sustainable Belgian film culture on several levels. As a distributor, Avila brings unreleased films to the big screen with care and organises contextualised screenings in Belgium. After their release, the films are published on the streaming  platform where they are accessible worldwide alongside 100 other titles.

General and artistic direction

Ruben Desiere, Olivia Rochette

Financial management and coordination

Quinten Wyns

Distribution

Marguerite de Saint André

Communication

Niels Putman, Dhiaa Biya

Graphic identity / Digital developer

Dirk Deblauwe

Copy editing

Margaux Dauby, Anton Jäger, Veva Leye

Financial assistant

Piet Desiere

Interns communication and research

Gilke Geeraerts, Wolfram Vandenbergen

Interns

Yentl De Baets (2020), Chaimae Elhannouti (2021), Mona Cornelis (2023), Isaak Vervaecke (2023)

Selection committee

Dhiaa Biya, Marguerite de Saint André, Ruben Desiere, Niels Putman, Olivia Rochette, Quinten Wyns

Board of administrators

Jens Buysschaert, Pepa De Maesschalck (chair), Juliette Duret, Michiel Philippaerts

General assembly

Jens Buysschaert, Gerard-Jan Claes, Pepa De Maesschalck, Ruben Desiere, Juliette Duret, Michiel Philippaerts, Rasmus Van Heddeghem, Olivia Rochette

Avila was founded in 2020 by

Gerard-Jan Claes, Ruben Desiere, Olivia Rochette

Many thanks to

Timeau De Keyser, Katrien Desiere, Lennert De Taeye, Nina de Vroome, Hans Galle, Sis Matthé, David Slotema, Nefertari Vanden Bulcke

Avila is a project of

Accattone films
Waterloosesteenweg 37, 1060 Sint-Gillis | BE
VAT | BE 0597.875.039

Avila is supported by

the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) of the government of Flanders, la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, de Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie and the Brussels Capital Region

 

 

 

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