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The fourth chapter of the WINDOW series presents Paula Malinowska’s 3D animated film How Did Daphne Turn Into a Plant (2022).

3D animation/becoming-plant/bodily autonomy/Daphne/feminist art/Greek mythology/human–nature relations/metamorphosis/Paula Malinowska/resilience/video art/vulnerability/Window

Anna Zilahi: Urtica

The third film in WINDOW’s inaugural edition is Anna Zilahi’s moving-image work Urtica (2022).

20-07-2026

Gadó Flóra

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Anca Benera & Arnold Estefán: Rehearsals for Peace, 2023

The second film in WINDOW’s inaugural edition is Anca Benera & Arnold Estefán: Rehearsals for Peace (2023) moving-image work.

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Courtisane 2026 — a subjective review of the festival

In April 2026, the 25th edition of the Courtisane Festival took place in Ghent, presenting a diverse program of experimental cinema and moving-image art.

16mm film/Alia Syed/analogue film/Andrea Luka Zimmerman/archival footage/art and politics/artist talks/artist-run festival/audiovisual arts/autobiographical cinema/avant-garde film/Belgian film festival/body politics/burnout/capitalism critique/care work/cat symbolism/Catholic guilt/Chantal Akerman/Chris Marker/cinematic essay/cinematic experimentation/contemporary art/contemporary cinema/Courtisane 2026/Courtisane Festival/cultural capital/curation/diaspora/displacement/East London/essay film/exile/experimental cinema/experimental documentary/female body/feminist filmmaking/feminist video art/film criticism/film festival review/Ghent/home and belonging/identity/independent cinema/intersectionality/invisible labor/John Smith/kinship/labour and precarity/Larry Achiampong/Lebanese cinema/lecture performance/Marthe Peters/memory/migrant experience/migration/Mona Hatoum/motherhood/moving image art/Niko Wei/non-human beings/Palestinian cinema/performance art/personal documentary/poetic cinema/queer cinema/queer resilience/race and class/religion and gender/rest and relaxation/self-care/sensory cinema/stop-motion/subjective review/Sudanese cinema/transgenerational trauma/underground cinema/video art/Vika Kirchenbauer/visual culture/working-class identity

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PAULA MALINOWSKA: How Did Daphne Turn Into a Plant (2022)

Anna Zilahi: Urtica

Anca Benera & Arnold Estefán: Rehearsals for Peace, 2023

Courtisane 2026 — a subjective review of the festival

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