Edition 2006
From the 10th till the 25th of March, the long awaited High Mass of Fantastic Cinema comes to town, with a rosary of film pearls to be admired by 60.000 devoted followers for more than two weeks: 88 plus films presented in world, European or Belgian premiere, of which 15 will have a Belgian distribution. Our faithful flock should have to split itself in two or three if they should want to participate at every screening at the same time: more than 168 films are simultaneously presented in the Auditorium of the Passage 44, Cinema Nova, the Film Museum, the Actor’s Studio, the Botanique, in Brussels and other Belgian cities. For them, the first command will be: Thou shall enjoy. Thou shall enjoy belonging to a public with a ritual of its own, enjoy sharing a film passion. Enjoy the marvellous procession of theatre groups, the exhibitions changing the face of the Auditorium and Nova, the unique spectacles and manifestations such as the Unusual Fashion Show, Make- Up and Body Painting Contest and the divinely pagan closing party, the immortal Bal of the Vampires. For them, the second command will be: Thou shall endure. Thou shall endure 16 days, day and night, three to five films a day, a day of Japanimation, a Belgian Fantastic Film Day, numerous midnight screenings, and on top of that two film nights from dusk till dawn. For them, the third and most important command will be: Thou shall keep an open mind. And if you do that, you will be taken on board a major international event, probably one of the most important in its genre. You will discover wondrous worlds of fantastic film and admire the ever-changing film landscape, with as this year’s focal points: the restoration of the Frankenstein myth, the continuing rising of the dead, the fast spread of the fantastic virus all over Asia, the disturbing emergence of ghosts and ghouls, the proliferation of spiritual and pagan themes, the entry of new and promising talent, the re-entry of the masters of horror, the horror… To say it in the words of the great film architect, at the same time the title of this year’s retrospective on religious and satanic cult films: “Oh, My God!”
- DATES :
10/03 until 25/03/2006 - LOCATION : Actor's Studio, Botanique, Film Museum, Nova, Passage 44
- # movies : 113
- # short : 30
- # previews : 46
- # tickets : 60.246
Opening
Closing
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International Competition-Golden Raven
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International Competition-Silver Raven
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7th Orbit Competition-7th Orbit Award
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DOLL N° 639
International Short Film Competition-Silver Méliès
International Short Film Competition
International Competition
European Méliès Competition
Belgian Short Film Competition
7th Orbit Competition
Opening
Closing
24th Fantastic Night
Masters Of Horror
Fantastikids
An American Trinity
3rd Japanimation Day
2nd Belgian Fantastic Film Day
Religious And Satanic Cult Films
Nunsploitation
Harry Kümel & The Fantastic
MOVIES
VR MOVIES
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Crispin Glover
1964, New York, USA. Intriguing actor whose off beat roles and avant-garde hobbi...
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Jaume Balaguero
Together with Alex de la Iglesia, Jaume Balaguero is probably the most famous am...
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Matthew Robbins
1943, NY City, USA. Graduate from John Hopkins University and University of Sout...
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Michael Ironside
1950, Toronto, Canada. Seasoned character actor with a devoted cult following wh...
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Michael J. Bassett
“After some remarkable films shot on video, Bassett gets the opportunity t...
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Mick Garris
As a big fan of the BIFFF, Mick Garris joins our International Jury with great p...
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Tak Sakaguchi
Spotted by filmmaker Ryuhei Kitamura ( who saw him at work as a street fighter )...
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Alain Galand "Tom Pouce"
This die-hard fan has been a BIFFF-regular since the 2nd edition. He’s crazy e...
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Albert Pyun
In 1986, Hawaiian born Albert Pyun receives the Golden Raven at the BIFFF for hi...
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Anders Banke
A graduate from Moscow’s VGIK in 1996, Banke has been busy directing music pro...
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Andrew Van Den Houten
1977, New York, USA. A film graduate of Boston’s Emerson College, he marked hi...
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Billy O'Brien
Dutch model who, just like her sister Karen, is noticed by the prestigious fashi...
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Christian Thomas
1961, Brussels. Studies Musicology at the ULB and Masters of Film Arts at the Un...
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Cis Bierinckx
Active in film, video, stage and moving arts. Produced films by Harun Farocki, O...
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Courtney Solomon
1971, Ontario, Canada. Grew up on film sets in Toronto with his mother, a produc...
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Dave Gebroe
Attended Boston University Film School. One of his shorts, 38 Geary, won the Bro...
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Dave Payne
Born in Chicago, studied at the Writer’s Workshop at the University of Iowa, b...
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Denise Vindevogel
Bachelor in Roman philology. Studies at INSAS (Institut National Supérieur des ...
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Dong-bin Kim
1957, Seoul, South Korea. One of the pioneers of Korean horror, with his remake ...
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Dylan Bank
Raised in a ruthless suburb of Philadephia, Bank toiled away his adolescent year...
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E. Elias Merhige
1964, New York, USA. Following the visionary classic Begotten, his debut feature...
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Georges Jetter
Joined the RTBF in 1966 and has been buying and programming long features for th...
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Giles Daoust
This self-taught writer, producer and director founded his own production compan...
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Graeme Whifler
1951, Hillsboro, USA. Started with music videos for The Residents and Red Hot Ch...
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Guillem Morales
Graduated in 1999 from the Escuela de Estudios de Cine y Audiovuales de Cataluna...
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Henri Moonen
METAL SCULPTURES Lifeless matter Unusable, forgotten In the back of an attic… ...
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Jake West
British editor/writer/director who has worked extensively in film and TV industr...
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Jean-Pierre Finotto
Jean-Pierre Finotto starts his career as a dancer for the Ballet of the XX centu...
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Johan Swinnen
Teaches time-based-arts and philosophy at the VUB and the Antwerp High School. L...
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John Williams
1962, Hertfordshire, UK. Began making films at the age of 14 on a second hand 16...
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Jonathan English
Son of popular cartoonist David English. Graduated in 1991 from Bournemouth Film...
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Jose Mojica Marins
1929, Sap Paulo, Brazil. Most censored Brazilian film maker and creator of the s...
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Kathy Miller Kniss
“Native of Long Beach, California and American Film Institute’s graduate...
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Marc Gillon
1945, Brussels. Studies Greek and Latin sciences at the Saint François College ...
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Maria Prochazkova
A graduate from grammar school in 1993 and a student of animation film at the Pr...
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Marie Logie
1977. Has worked on the documentation service of the Royal Belgium Film Archive ...
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Michel Devillers
Born in Tournai on June 20th 1950, a painter and a sculptor, he is one of these ...
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Neil Marshall
Neil Marshall has done it again. After winning our Golden Raven in 2002 with Dog...
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Nick Willing
Nick Willing’s long feature debut, Photographing Faries (starring Ben Kingsl...
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Niels Ruell
1975, Bruges. Grows up in Brussels, makes reports and reviews films for the ente...
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Nina Koczorowski
Supermodel Nina K. has graced the covers of Maxim and Men’s Edge. Jeridan has ...
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Pascal Duquenne
Pascal Duquenne is born in 1971 in Liège. During his theatre period at the Crea...
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Pascal Matthey
Born and raised in Geneva. Has been living for about 7 years in Brussels, draws ...
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Philip Chidel
San Francisco based filmmaker who has worked in feature films, reality tv, stage...
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Philippe Delvosalle
Was from 1995 to 2001 programmer at the Film Museum and runs since 2002 the depa...
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Philippe Nahon
°1938, Paris, France. Impressive character actor, who has worked t°1938, Paris...
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Pil-Sung Yim
After directing distinctive shorts Souvenir (1997), Baby (1998), Brushing (1999)...
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Richard Jobson
After being the front man for the Scottish Punk band The Skids, Jobson went on t...
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Rob Schmidt
Born in 1965 at the northern edge of Appalachia a few miles from Slippery rock, ...
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Robin Aubert
Began his movie career as an actor. In 1999, Aubert started directing with the s...
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Saskia Mulder
Dutch model who, just like her sister Karen, is noticed by the prestigious fashi...
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Sean Hogan
After completing his film degree, Sean spent the following few years making seve...
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Tim Sullivan
1964, South Planfield. Started his career as a teenager in the horror flick The ...
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Tina Payne
Born in Chicago, studied at the Writer’s Workshop at the University of Iowa, b...
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Vincent Lannoo
Vincent Lannoo ( 1970 ) studied at the IAD ( Institut des Arts et Diffusion ) be...
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Yudai Yamaguchi
Yudai Yamaguchi was born in 1971 and attended the Japan Academy of Moving Images...
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