Curating culture. Cultivating change.
01 about
Velvet Room operates at the intersection of cinema, art, culture, and sustainability — a global ecosystem of initiatives with a social and cultural purpose.
From independent film festivals to art exhibitions, grants, publications, and environmental projects, Velvet Room brings together creators, thinkers, and audiences across continents.
We are an independent, curator-driven platform that champions artistic freedom, cultural dialogue, and ecological responsibility.
Our mission is to discover new voices, preserve artistic heritage, and foster meaningful connections between people and cultures.
Velvet Room is the umbrella behind more than thirty international film festivals, the Auteur Cinema Archive, the Tarkovski Grant, Ghent Art Week, the Connecting Cultures Program, Treeplan.org, Final Cut Magazine, Whush streaming, and multiple art and media initiatives.
Each project is autonomous in its identity, but united by the same values: authenticity, curiosity, courage, and a commitment to impact.
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03 Support Our Mission
Velvet Room is proudly independent: we do not rely on government subsidies, political lobbies, or volunteer labor. Our entire ecosystem is sustained through creative entrepreneurship and the engagement of people who believe in cultural freedom. You can support our mission in many ways — by planting trees through Treeplan.org, purchasing merchandise via Bjurk, collecting art from the Velvet Room Gallery, advertising in Final Cut Magazine, sponsoring one of our international events, or simply by showing up as an audience member and taking part in the worlds we create. Every gesture helps us remain autonomous and continue building cultural, artistic, and ecological impact across the globe. If you’d like to learn more or collaborate, we would love to hear from you.
04 Our Team
05 contact
HQ: Velvet Room BV, Boulevard du Régent 54, 1000 Brussels, Belgium, EU