Edition 2016
Donald Trump’s terrorist invasions or George Bush Jr’s weapons of mass destruction in Iraq are illustrations of how storytelling has become a redoubtable weapon to transform fiction into fact. But this specialty of marketing and politics now also has an equivalent in genre cinema, that has started feeding more and more on reality for its inspiration. And when it comes to that, the BIFFF 2016 selection is especially marked by this anchorage in our everyday life. Whether we’re talking about the trending illness of the moment, the burn-out (The Lesson, Banjo, Uptake Fear…), or about ecological worries like fossil fuels and the destructive influence of mankind (The Wave, The Survivalist, Into the Forest…); genre cinema is evolving more and more into a disturbing soundboard of all the ailments of the 21st century. Because if there were two paths that were never meant to cross, it’s those of fantasy and the contemporary. But we’re not here to give you the shivers. There are already plenty of those in our program. And speaking about the program, the grandmasters of shivers are once more present at our annual celebration of fantasy. Alex de la Iglesia (My Big Night), RobZombie (31), Takashi Miike (Yakuza Apocalypse) or Anders Thomas Jensen (Men & Chicken) are well represented at the BIFFF with their latest exploits, alongside true event films such as Pride + Prejudice + Zombies, Hardcore Henry and The Visitors : The Revolution ! Add to this an ever stronger Korean delegation, and you’re in for a diabolical genre rave! And, because we’re all one big family, we’ve decided to invite a few friends to the party: Bai Ling (The Crow, Red Corner, Wild Wild West), Luigi Cozzi (Starcrash, Hercules, Contamination), Jaume Balaguero (Rec, Sleep Tight, Fragile), Marc Caro (Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children, Dante 01) and – last but not least – Kevin Smith (Clerks, Dogma, Tusk, Yoga Hosers), who’ll join Jaume Balaguero in the Order of the Knights of the Raven 2016. Regarding novelties, after years of untenable pressure, we’ve finally relented. A non-competitive section of international short features, spread over no less than three screening sessions, will join our already mindboggling offer. Free Master Classes of all kinds, wacky animations, the renowned Zombifff Parade and the 2nd Zombifff’lympics, the Vampire Ball and a whole lot of other events will keep you busy during thirteen unforgetable days, far far far removed from all that trendy scaremongering in these troubled times. In other words: Welcoooooome!!!!
- DATES :
29/03 until 10/04/2016 - LOCATION : BOZAR
- # movies : 104
- # short : 50
- # previews : 100
- # tickets : 55.000
Opening
Closing
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European Méliès Competition-Silver Méliès
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International Competition-Golden Raven
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International Thriller Competition-Thriller Award
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-Audience Award
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7th Orbit Competition-7th Orbit Award
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L’OEIL SILENCIEUX
Belgian Short Film Competition-Grand Prize
7th Orbit Competition
European Méliès Competition
International Competition
International Thriller Competition
Belgian Short Film Competition
Opening
Closing
34th Fantastic Night
Korean Hommage - Seung-Wan Ryo
Jekino Kids Day 2016
Burkland RTBF Special Screening
3rd Mad In Belgium
Collectifff #2
2nd Courts Mais Trash Screening
International Short Film Selection
BELGIAN SHORT FILM OUT OF COMPETITION
MOVIES
VR MOVIES
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Bai Ling
Bai Ling was definitely destined to triumph at the stage. At 14, she enrolled in...
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Dirk Brossé
Dirk Brossé is one of the most eclectic European composers and an international...
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Jaume Balaguero
Together with Alex de la Iglesia, Jaume Balaguero is probably the most famous am...
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Marc Caro
Fascinated by everything related to design and graphics, Marc Caro publishes his...
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Alain Bidard
Alain Bidard is an animation film director who has worked in Martinique for 16 y...
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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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Alberto Marini
Born in 1972 in Turin (Italy), Alberto´s film career is split between writing a...
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Ana Garcia
My grandma certainly lit a fire in me with her stories about ghosts, disturbing ...
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Arno Pluquet
Arno Pluquet (Tournai, 1986°) is a self-taught Belgian director, scriptwriter a...
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Bong-joo Kim
After being a producer for many years (for example Takashi Miike’s Over My Dea...
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Can Evrenol
Born and raised in Istanbul, Can Evrenol studied cinematography and art history ...
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Charles Hiernimus
Graduated in Fine Arts from the Institut Saint-Luc of Brussels, Charles Hieronim...
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Charlotte Timmermans
Charlotte studied audiovisual arts at the University of Antwerp and followed tha...
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Christian Hallman
Christian Hallman had his first experience on a film set was at the tender age o...
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David de Graef
DAVID DE GRAEF’S VISIONARY CREATIONS This painter, who prefers disturbance to ...
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Dominik Hartl
Dominik Hartl studied directing and script writing at the Vienna Film Academy Vi...
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Doron Paz
Yoav and Doron Paz started working in the film industry at an early age. After g...
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Dr. Vibes
Every day we communicate non-stop through a various array of digital gadgets, sp...
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Freddy Thielemans
Born and raised as a true ‘Brusseleir’, Freddy Thielemans came from a modest...
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Gauthier Keyaerts
Some people in life have all the luck, and Gauthier Keyaerts is without a doubt ...
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Geoffrey Claustriaux
While the other kids were spending their time playing soccer outside, little Geo...
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Georges Lini
Georges Lini, founder of la Compagnie Belle de Nuit since 1998, was also artisti...
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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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Gorian Delpâture
In his young and prolific career, Gorian Delpâture has almost worked on every k...
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Isaac Ezban
From an early age, Isaac Ezban was attracted to genre films. He soon became one ...
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Jake Chapman
Jake Chapman makes iconoclastic sculpture, prints and installations that examine...
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Jasna Kohoutova
Before she started acting, Czech-born Jasna Kohoutova, graduated as a doctor in ...
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Javier Ruiz Caldera
Very few show such a natural talent for comedy as this director from Barcelona, ...
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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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Jens Holzheuer
Oliver Tietgen and Jens Holzheuer were both born and live in Hamburg. Oliver is ...
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Joelle Baumerder
She already saw herself working as a prison warden after having studied psycholo...
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Johan Vandewoestijne
In 1986, Johan Vandewoestijne, aka James Desert, produced and directed the cult ...
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Joost Vandecasteele
Joost Vandecasteele is a Brussels based author and screenwriter. His five publis...
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Laura Casabe
After having worked on other peoples short films, clips and feature movies like ...
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Laurent De Groof
Already on the school benches, Laurent dreamt of a career in writing and started...
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Liam Regan
Liam Regan was born in 1985 and raised in South Yorkshire. He was exposed to the...
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Lingo Hsieh
Lingo Hsieh is one of the rare genre film directors in Taiwan. She started her c...
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Luigi Cozzi
Luigi Cozzi, a lifelong friend of Dario Argento, started his career co-writing F...
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Manu Dacosse
At the age of 16 Manu Dacosse received his first camera. He has never stopped si...
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Marc Lahore
Growing up with a pile of VHS tapes and comic books beside him, Marc Lahore quic...
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Maxime Dieu
Born in Mons in 1978, Maxime Dieu graduated at the ‘Institut des Hautes Ecoles...
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Michel Barthelemy
Michel Barthélemy is born in 1943 in a small town located in Belgian Lorraine. ...
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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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Michel Dufranne
This booklover knew that the music academy wasn’t his thing and decided to do ...
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Monique Licht
Monique Licht has a career of more than four decades in movie production. In 197...
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Nancy Ngoma
It might have started somewhere north of the Lake Kivu, but Nancy Ngoma soon fin...
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Nicanor Loreti
Nicanor Loreti (Buenos Aires, 1978°) directed the rockumentary La H (2011), the...
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Nicolas Balmet
Before he was the referee of a crazy football match between zombies and his fell...
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Olivier Mortagne
15 years have passed since Olivier Mortagne started working in the family busine...
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Pablo Pares
Pablo Parès is an Argentinian director with a background in movies, music video...
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Paul Hyett
Paul Hyett started his career as a feature director in 2012 when he showed The S...
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Peter Murphy
Before completing their first feature film, Traders, college friends turned co-d...
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Rachael Moriarty
Before completing their first feature film, Traders, college friends turned co-d...
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Sacha Feiner
Sacha Feiner was born in Brussels in 1982. He graduated in graphic design from t...
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Yoav Paz
Yoav and Doron Paz started working in the film industry at an early age. After g...
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Young-Ho Son
Even though he was selected to direct My Love, My Bride in 2014, it’s with The...
