François Stassens is the head of Sabam’s audiovisual department. He’s also very active with the Pro Spere federation, which is consisted of many authors’ associations specialized in the audiovisual, as well at the movie department’s Consultation Committee of the “Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles”.
Jury participation: 2011 - 7TH ORBIT COMPETITION
Cédryc Ruth
In 2004, journalist Cedryc Ruth realizes his first short feature, Projet Court – Mortelle Impasse, which can be seen in 2005 at BoZar, the Brussel’s Palace of Fine Arts. He then joins the Kino Collective and makes several shorts based on the Kino concept : write, shoot and edit in less than 48 hours. After… Continue reading Cédryc Ruth
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the self-declared Belgian grandmaster of absurd cinema, was born in Courcelles after the Second World War. But his exact date of birth remains a mystery. He’s a fanatic defender of lowbudget cinema ( with budgets of 2000 to 2500 € ), made with few means and non-professional actors because J.J.Rousseau, a brick mason… Continue reading Jean-Jacques Rousseau