“Unerasable!” (97 minutes) is an essay diary documentary following the journey of a Vietnamese independent filmmaker: From putting up with state violence in Vietnam to coping with a life in exile in Scandanavia. The film had its world premiere inside Tiger Competition at the International Rotterdam Film Festival (IFFR) in February 2026, followed by Belgian premiere in Millennium Documentary Film Festival (Belgian Competition) in April 2026, and is travelling to different festivals across the world.

It will return to Brussels again as the closing film of the open air Cinema Trottoir film festival on Saturday the 12th September 2026. 

V/O: Vietnamese; SUB: English; DUB: French & Arabic

Entrance tickets: Free. Audience are suposed to donate for the dinner before the film screening.

🍽️ Dinner: 18h00 at CINEMAXIMILIAAN
📍 Rue de Manchester 36, 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

🎥 Film : 20h00
📍Location: De Grote Hal, Quai de l'Industrie 79, 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium (5 minutes of walk from Cinemaximiliaan)

🎬 Trailer 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NHWAkOz3E8 

A special Ravescreen dance after the film screening will start at 22h30 at Cinemaximiliaan .

"Unerasable!" is the director’s debut feature by Socrates S.W. Drakos which is born out of a long and fragile period of displacement for the protagonist. It is produced by Cinemaximiliaan, a Brussels-based collective working with newcomers, migrants, refugees, and people with migrant backgrounds through cinema and artistic collaboration.

Critics Reviews:
Davide Abbatescianni, Cineuropa: “an essay film at its finest: politically incisive, formally daring, unexpectedly laced with a few dry, fleeting moments of humour, and deeply humane”. https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/488682   

Cristina Piccino, il manifesto: “New perspectives to decolonize the imagination… a sort of archive of that violence, a political and emotional landscape in which collective history coincides with individual experience. https://ilmanifesto.it/rotterdam-nuovi-sguardi-per-decolonizzare-limmaginario

Sasja Coachman, Filmkrant: "a film that also offers an immersive experience in his form and rightfully leaves an indelible impression”. https://filmkrant.nl/festivals/iffr-2026-tiger-competitie/

Interview with the Hollywood Reporter:
More info in the Press Kit