Edition 2009
When we hear the latest movie news, we become a little bit nostalgic about the Festival. And the latest news ; that’s Danny Boyle and his eight Oscars. It’s been a long time that we know, follow and appreciate Danny Boyle. Not a lot of people know about that. Two years ago, we opened the first BIFFF at Tour & Taxis with Sunshine. It was an Opening Night to remember, but not a lot of people know about that. Six years ago we opened the BIFFF with 28 Days Later. Danny Boyle was there, but not a lot of people know about that. And in 1995 we presented his very first long feature, a dark, little gem called Shallow Grave. And Danny Boyle stood there, smiling on our stage. We’re certain that hardly anybody knows about that. Danny Boyle finally got the recognition he deserved. We’re not saying that we’ve discovered him. But we already saw his talent from the start. The audience of the BIFFF knew Danny Boyle long before The Beach or Slumdog Millionaire. We wonder if anybody knows about Peter Jackson’s presence at the festival, long before he became one of the biggest directors of our time ? We’ve followed him from the beginning, since Bad Taste in 1987 ! Even David Cronenberg visited us, long before he became the monument that he is today. We don’t think that the media were there when he presented Videodrome at the BIFFF. So many of them have visited the Festival before they became famous : Luc Besson, Asia Argento, Gaspar Noe, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alexandre Aja, Kim Ki-duk, Alex Proyas, Jaume Balaguero, Shinya Tsukamoto, … Discoveries of the Festival that ( almost ) went unnoticed… You’ll understand why we feel a bit nostalgic, but we’re also very pleased. We’ve been true pioneers of cinema and that’s really the most important role of a film festival. HONG-JIN NA, ANTTI-JUSSI ANNILA, TOMAS ALFREDSON, ANDREAS PROCHASKA, CHANG, JACQUES-OLIVIER MOLON, PIERRE-OLIVIER THEVENIN, STEVEN SHEIL, MIGUEL MARTI, JUKKA-PEKKA VALKEAPÄÄ, LUIGI CECINELLI, … Which of these names, little known or not at all, will make it big time ? Up to you to find out at the BIFFF 2009 !
- DATES :
09/04 until 21/04/2009 - LOCATION : Tour & Taxis
- # movies : 65
- # short : 25
- # previews : 13
- # tickets : 57.123
Opening
Closing
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International Competition-Golden Raven
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European Méliès Competition-Silver Méliès
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-Audience Award
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International Thriller Competition-Thriller
7th Orbit Competition
European Méliès Competition
International Short Film Competition
Belgian Short Film Competition
International Competition
International Thriller Competition
Opening
Closing
27th Fantastic Night
6th Japanimation Day
International Short Film Competition
MOVIES
VR MOVIES
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Alberto Sciamma
Already appreciated as a video clip maker for the British labels Mute records an...
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Dirk Brossé
Dirk Brossé is one of the most eclectic European composers and an international...
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Dominique Pinon
Born in 1955 in Saumur (France). Acted in over 40 movies and about 20 plays, mos...
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Edward Furlong
Born in Glendale, California, Edward Furlong had no acting ambitions until he wa...
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François Schuiten
François who ? You really don’t know who François Schuiten is ; THE very ver...
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John Cho
John Yohan Cho was born in Seoul on June 16th, 1972. He settled in the USA with ...
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Karl Urban
Karl-Heinz Urban was born June 7, 1972 in New Zealand. He’s best known for pla...
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Patrick Tatopoulos
Tatopoulos was born in Paris, where he lived until the age of 17. He began his s...
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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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Andreas Prochaska
Born in 1964 in Vienna. Director, screenwriter, and also editor for some films b...
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Angel Sala
Law graduate, writer and movie critic. Angel Sala is the director of the SITGES ...
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Antti-Jussi Annila
After a good childhood – adventuring as the son of Tarzan and getting seco...
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Benoît Polvêche
Benoit was born in 1972 in France. He became creatively aware when his family mo...
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Damien Taymans
Born October 20, 1982 in Charleroi. Studied to become a French teacher. At the e...
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David de Graef
DAVID DE GRAEF’S VISIONARY CREATIONS This painter, who prefers disturbance to ...
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David P.
David P. is a busybody who, in order to tirelessly create his paintings, sometim...
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Didier Stiers
This familiar face at the festival has been covering the BIFFF for many years no...
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Dirk Vandereyken
He wrote his first fantasy novel at 11, got it published a scant three years lat...
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Dominique Standaert
Born in Bombay in 1957, Dominique Standaert grew up in Chicago and Kigali before...
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Gaëtan Dedeken
Gaetan Dedeken was fascinated by film before he could even walk. He graduates in...
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Hicham Alaouie
Hichame Alaouié was born in Brussels in 1974 from a Lebanese father and a Belgi...
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Jacques-Olivier Molon
Molon develops a fascination for special effects at a young age when he discover...
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Jean Boreux
Havana cigars enthusiast, crazy about movie images and obsessed with beautiful s...
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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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Jérôme Cohen-Olivar
Jérôme was born in Paris, but grew up in Marocco. He quits his economy studies...
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Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää
Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää was born in Porvoo, Finland, in 1977 He studied directin...
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Katsuhito Ishii
Born in Niigata in 1966 and a graduate from Musashino Art University. Made his d...
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Kenan Görgün
Kenan Gorgun published his first book, L’enfer est à nous, with Quadrature Pu...
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Lars Diurlin
Festival Director of Lund International Fantastic Film Festival in Sweden since ...
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Laurent De Maertelaer
Laurent De Maertelaer studied German languages at the University of Ghent, and A...
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Lucky McKee
Born ( 1975 ) and raised in a small town called Jenny Lind, California. After gr...
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Luigi Cecinelli
Luigi Cecinelli has been active in theater, television, video clips and film sin...
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Marifey
Marifey (1962°) lives and works in Gingelom, located in the south of the Belgia...
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Martien Uyttendaele
Chief Executive Officer of Paradiso Entertainment Benelux, she started her caree...
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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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Miguel Martí
Born in 1971 in Madrid. Studied Audiovisual Arts and Sciences at the European Un...
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Mirashi
An ungoing art project by Raf Veulemans and Miraschi In 2012 artists Raf Veulema...
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Nadine Monfils
Born in 1953 in Brussels, Nadine Monfils is primarily known as a writer, however...
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Nicolas Alberny
If we had to explain Nicolas Alberny in one word we would choose multitasker: au...
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Philippe Beck
Philippe Beck grew up in Eupen, at the crossroads of several languages and cultu...
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Pierre-Olivier Thévenin
Molon develops a fascination for special effects at a young age when he discover...
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Pieter Van Hees
After making highly original short films with strong festival careers ( Black XX...
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Raf Veulemans
An ungoing art project by Raf Veulemans and Miraschi In 2012 artists Raf Veulema...
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Simon Hunter
Young British director Simon Hunter comes to the festival with Lighthouse, his f...
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Stephen Cafiero
Together with Stephen Cafiero (1960°), Vincent Lobelle (1962°) created the adv...
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Steven Tuffin
Steven Tuffin was born in Antwerp in 1975. From the first day on this planet, hi...
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Tumoas Riskala
Since 2000, Tuomas Riskala has been the director of the Méliès d’Argent comp...
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Uwe Boll
Uwe Boll was born in Germany on June 22nd, 1965 and studied film in Vienna and M...
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Véronique Pacco
A graduated in history and art history at the UCL. She is currently working at t...
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Vincent Lobelle
Together with Stephen Cafiero (1960°), Vincent Lobelle (1962°) created the adv...
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Vincent Tavier
Has a degree in history and sociology. Tavier is especially known as co-author, ...
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Yann Guyonic
Yann Guyonic is the Operational Director of TéléSAT, the first Belgian operato...
