Edition 2012
In somewhat less refined language, we would really love to say: what the f***, thirty years! Who could have thought that, in 1983 during the very first edition of the B.I.F.F.T S.F.F. – the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy, Thriller & Science Fiction Film ( luckily we could switch to B.I.F.F.F. a bit later ) at the projection of Valeri Rubinchik’s The Savage Hunt of King Stakh – this adventure would continue to the next millennium ? And here we are then in 2012: 15.000 reviewed films ( which could be translated into four entire years of our life watching the silver screen or 17.500 successive viewings of The Exorcist ), 2.000 guests and 2 million spectators later! So what the f***, indeed ! And to think that fantastic film was then considered to be almost dead, slowly extinguishing between the burning embers of the Hammer horror heritage, Roger Corman, Lucio Fulci, Mario Bava and company… All we were good for was to give the last rites and accompany Fantastic Film to its grave. But the most tenacious critics oversaw one tiny detail. The genre is simply timeless, because it is inherent to mankind: the monster in the closet, nightmares, fairytales, dreams… What’s more natural than the supernatural ? So we persisted. We fought tooth, nail and claw to get from there to here. We survived the end of the Cold War with Anthony Perkins, Ringo Starr, James Coburn and Christopher Lee. We negotiated with flourishing companies such as Sabena that now no longer exist. We helped young and promising directors into the saddle, who are now at the summit of their career ( Peter Jackson, David Cronenberg and Shinya Tsukamoto, to name just a few ). We exhausted ourselves to give you world premières. And all these years of endurance and passion have paid off. The BIFFF is now recognized as one of the most important genre film festivals in the world. Our prestigious guests do not stop proclaiming that we’re “often imitated, but rarely equaled”, just like the image of our surrealist Belgium. And the spearhead of the Festival, the magic which gives us the strength and the courage to keep on Biff fing year after year… is YOU : our loyal and loudly enthusiast audience, famous throughout the entire galaxy. We take advantage of this opportunity to say it out loud: a thousand Thank You’s to you all… Damn, we had promised not to become sentimental. Must be old age.
- DATES :
05/04 until 17/04/2012 - LOCATION : Tour & Taxis
- # movies : 64
- # short : 29
- # previews : 63
- # tickets : 63.047
Opening
Closing
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7th Orbit Competition-7th Orbit Award
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European Méliès Competition-Silver Méliès
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-Audience Award
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International Competition-Golden Raven
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International Thriller Competition-Thriller
Belgian Short Film Competition
International Thriller Competition
7th Orbit Competition
International Competition
European Méliès Competition
Opening
Closing
30th Fantastic Night
Hong-Kong Focus
Danish Focus
9th Japanimation Day
8th Belgian Fantastic Film Day
MOVIES
VR MOVIES
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Alexandre Courtes
Alexandre Courtès is a French film director who started with directing videocli...
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Barbara Steele
British actress Barbara Steele, the Iconic Scream Queen from the sixties, was th...
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Eric Valette
Eric Valette is a discrete but essential player in French contemporary cinema. H...
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Fabrice Du Welz
In October 1972, while the survivors of flight 571 Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya were i...
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Julie Gayet
Versatile actress Julie Gayet has already played in more than 79 movies. In 1996...
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Lloyd Kaufman
In 1971, Kaufman met his future partner Michael Herz at Yale. The Troma Universe...
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Maxime Chattam
Maxime Chattam is the author of La Trilogie du mal ( last part published in 2004...
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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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Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam, originally from Minneapolis, first works as a magazine illustrato...
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William Friedkin
After seeing Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane, William Friedkin decided he wanted to...
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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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Antonio Manetti
The Manetti Bros. set themselves apart in the contemporary Italian film scene fo...
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Benjamin D'Aoust
After studying journalism as well as analysis & scriptwriting at the univers...
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Bruce Ellison
Bruce Ellison is the off screen voice of “Indian” from the popular animation...
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Daph Nobody
Daph Nobody writes in French and English and has published fantastic and horror ...
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David Hainaut
David Hainaut is the new chairman of Belgian Film Press Union ( UPCB ). In 2006,...
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David Oakes
David Oakes is a British actor born in Hampshire. He studied English Literature ...
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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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Fabian Louis
Louis Fabian is chef editor of educational journals published by Averbode. Journ...
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Francesca Cuttica
Italian actress Francesca Cuttica is an international revelation. She sharpened ...
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Franck Ribière
Even though Franck Ribière is not the first producer to turn director, you can ...
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François Marache
François Marache came to Brussels in 1996 to study at the Insas film school. He...
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Gigi Etienne
Gilberte Françoise Etienne is better known as Gigi Etienne. In the 70ties she s...
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Gökhan Kulak
He was performing as an extra in several short films and TV series. Gökhan is r...
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Guillaume Malandrin
The talented audiovisual dabbler Guillame Malandrin multiplies projects and coll...
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Jazz Vila
Jazz Vila graduated from the National School of Performing Arts of Cuba. He live...
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Jean-Marc Laroche
Sculptors Vilma and Jean-Marc Laroche are gifted alchemists. In Brazil they get ...
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Jean-Michel Roux
French director Jean-Michel Roux taught himself how to make movies. He realises ...
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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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Jeremy Gillepsie
Together with Adam Brooks, professional graphic designer Jeremy Gillespie founds...
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Johan Vandewoestijne
In 1986, Johan Vandewoestijne, aka James Desert, produced and directed the cult ...
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Jonathan Zarantonello
Italian director Jonathan Zarantonello is quite a busy bee. So far he has given ...
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Kenan Görgün
Kenan Gorgun published his first book, L’enfer est à nous, with Quadrature Pu...
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Marc Horentin
Sculptor or goldsmith? Born in Elsene in 1944. Studied Fine Arts in Brussels. Wo...
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Marco Manetti
The Manetti Bros. set themselves apart in the contemporary Italian film scene fo...
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Marijana Jankovic
Serbian-born actress Marijana Jankkovic is one of Danish cinema’s rising actre...
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Mattyas Veress
As a film editor, Matyas Veress started his career in 1993 with the romantic com...
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Michael Sauter
Born in 1973, Michel Sauter is one of the greatest film talents that Switzerland...
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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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Paco Cabezas
Spanish director and screenwriter Paco Cabezas got noticed for the first time wi...
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Pat Cronenberg
Pat Croonenberg, born in Malines, studied languages and communication sciences. ...
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Philip Pettiette
P.J. Petiette is a graduate of NYU Film School. His first project with his compa...
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Philippe Blasland
Philippe Blasband, born on 26 July 1964 in Teheran from an Iranian mother and a ...
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Philippe Dumont
Philippe Dumont was born in 1954 in Brussels. He works for more than ten years a...
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Pierre Dejemeppe
Pierre Dejemeppe works at the cabinet of Charles Picqué, Minister-President of ...
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Robert Heath
Robert Heath is one of the UK’s rising star directors and has shown a real tal...
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Serge Dero
Serge Dero was born in 1966 in Brussels. For twenty years, he worked as an IT sa...
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Stéphane Bourgoin
It all started with a tragedy : the savage murder of Stéphane Bourgoin’s part...
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Stig Svendsen
Stig Svendsen grew up in the small Norwegian town of Brøstadbotn. He began his ...
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Sulev Keedus
Estonian director Sulev Keedus graduated from the Tallinn Pedagogical Institute ...
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Timo Vuorensola
With his one meter 98, this native of the country of a thousand lakes is part of...
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Tony Ching
Hong Kong director, actor and choreographer Tony Ching learns martial arts at th...
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Xavier Gens
It all started for self-taught movie-buff Xavier Gens as an assistant on films s...
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Yam Laranas
Philippine director and scriptwriter Yam Laranas studied at the Manila Mowelfund...
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Yudai Yamaguchi
Yudai Yamaguchi was born in 1971 and attended the Japan Academy of Moving Images...
