What's on this week: 16-22 March

This event is so big that it is occupying the whole of Hall 5 at Heysel. Made in Asia - including the World Cosplay Summit - is all about games, movies and artists from Asia and is back for a 10th edition in Brussels. Events include screenings, fashion shows, cosplay, classes, workshops and individual country features, as well as hundreds of consoles, computers and hi-tech equipment on which you can discover the latest games or rediscover those of the past, and a huge shopping area.
16-18 March

One Sunday per month until mid-July, the Café des Halles and Swing it Brussels present Halles That Swing: a Sunday Swing afternoon/evening at Saint-Géry.
18 March 17.00-22.00

Millenium, the international festival of documentary films, aims to promote the UN Millenium Goals of a better and a more just world for the most disadvantaged. It features screenings, master classes and talks with many directors in attendance at Bozar, Cinéma Galeries, Cinéma Aventure, Actor’s Studio and Palace.
20-30 March

Aristotle said: "Those who have been eminent in philosophy, politics, poetry and the arts have all had tendencies toward melancholia." The Villa Empain’s current exhibition contains works by almost 50 artists from Farah Atassi to Léon Spilliaert to Alberto Giacometti to Félicien Rops to explore such issues as nostalgia, solitude and absence.
15 March-19 August

During the second quarter of the 20th Century, the Margaretenhöhe ceramic studio in Germany flourished following the aesthetic guidelines of the Bauhaus Movement. In 1986, Korean ceramicist Lee Youngjae and associates took over the workshop and developed a product line that embodies those requirements that the pieces be easy to produce and to use and that a colour palette that allows for the harmonious mixing of pieces be used. The end result is a fascinating combination of traditional Korean with 20th-century German aesthetics.
Until 28 April, Korean Cultural Centre, free

As part of the 50 years of francophone Belgian cinema, Cinematek is holding a photo exhibition comprising 50 photos by Jean-Michel Vlaeminckx for 50 days. The photos are behind-the-scenes views of shoots with Belgian stars and directors over the years.
Until 3 May, free

MAD, the Brussels platform for fashion and design, presents It's My OWN: An Everyday Fashion Story. This exhibition explores the fashion and world of Belgian duo OWN. Created by Thierry Rondenet and Hervé Yvrenogeau, OWN is a Brussels-based label that produced, between 1999 and 2007, a subtle wardrobe for men and women, playfully asking questions of fashion codes and customs. Currently OWN collaborates with fashion houses such as Maison Martin Margiela, Balenciaga, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Louis Vuitton and Acne Studios. The exhibition is not a retrospective, but rather it offers a unique journey through a world in which different approaches to fashion are confronted, exploring notions such as the everyday and desire. 
16 March-17 June

Festival XS is back at Théâtre National with short performances (five to 25 minutes each) of a mix of theatre, dance, circus, puppet theatre and object theatre giving you the opportunity to discover a range of artists with distinctive and unusual ways of looking at the world.
22-24 March

The guys at Dynamo Bar de Soif in Saint-Gilles continue their featuring of beers from unexpected countries. This weekend it’s two craft breweries from Serbia - Dogma and Crow. It’s on Friday and Saturday starting at 17.00 and you can meet the brewers on both days. Due to popular demand, there will also be bottles available to take home. Food will be provided by Balkan Express food truck.
16-17 March, Chaussée d’Alsenberg 130, Saint-Gilles

Or you could go to Fermenthings Friday and keep the Serbian beers for Saturday. At Fermenthings they are featuring UK brewery Wild Beer Co which uses modern creative techniques and ingredients to produce some of the oldest beer styles. Fermenthings (the first place in Belgium 100% about fermented food and drink) is pairing the Wild Beer brews with wild fermented food.
16 March 19.00, registration recommended

More than 180 nationalities live together in Brussels today, but was it always like that? This weekend is your last chance to see Brussels: A Safe Haven? which tells how the Belgian capital has slowly become a city of all different nationalities. It will show nearly two centuries worth of objects, personal testimonies and family photographs of the families who migrated to Brussels since 1830. Film screenings, artistic performances, conferences and a workshop are also part of the exhibition.
Until 18 March, Jewish Museum of Belgium

Take the plunge and learn all about water in the Belgian capital at Brussels Water Days. There will be guided walks along watercourses, events to learn all about water and different activities along the canalside. If you walk near Grand-Place, also look at Manneken-Pis who will be dressed in clothes related to water.
17-25 March, several locations

Prize-winning investigative reporter Bastian Obermayer brings inconvenient secrets and hidden truths to the surface. He has uncovered some of the biggest leaks in the history of investigative journalism, from the Panama Papers, to Offshore Leaks and Nazi war crimes. How does he do it? He will explain more in a talk at Bozar "on secrets, leaks and scandals".
22 March 19.30, Bozar, in English