Fantine Harduin

Rising star of Belgian and French cinema, Fantine Harduin is honoring us with her presence for the first time at BIFFF. At just 19 years of age, the Mouscron-born actress has already starred alongside such cinema greats as Isabelle Huppert and Jean-Louis Trintignant, under the watchful eye of director Michael Haneke in the film HAPPY END, which played at Cannes in 2017. This year, Fantine will have to face up to the sharp eye of BIFFF. Passionate about genre films – as evidenced by her recent artistic choices (Adoration, Prométhée and genre shorts) – the young actress has a keen interest in horrific and fantastic cinema. An admirer of Giallo and Cronenberg’s films, she confesses to being attracted by films whose directors “go very, very far”. Perhaps her time with fellow director Fabrice du Welz has left its mark! If one day she were to step behind the camera, it would be to make genre films. Let’s hope her time on the BIFFF short-film jury provides her with inspiration and thrills!