Location: Tour & Taxis
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FESTIV’ART 2012 – Nice to be dead
With his exhibition “NICE TO BE DEAD”,Jean-Marc Laroche gives us a unique insight in the hereafter, where we can see the dead partying like there’s no tomorrow. In this astounding installation, we witness thirteen life-size skeletons who are dancing and swinging like mad, rejoicing themselves in the pleasures of life. This Parisian sculptor already exhibited… Continue reading FESTIV’ART 2012 – Nice to be dead
Danish Focus
To honour the Danish presidency of the Council of the European Union, the BIFFF – in collaboration with the Danish Film Institute, the Danish Cultural Institute- Benelux and the Danish Presidency of the European Union – organises a reception in order to greet in our very own special way our friends from the north !… Continue reading Danish Focus
Hong-Kong Focus
Hong Kong, which means “perfumed harbour” in Cantonese, is not only one of the financial and economic powerhouses of the world economy. At the simple evocation of its name, we start dreaming of exotic adventures on faraway seas. We fondly remember the numerous classics from the Shaw Brothers, The Way of the Dragon ( 1972… Continue reading Hong-Kong Focus
5th Comics Land
The eldest European comics’ library, THE SKULL, is back this year at the BIFFF ! Mangas, imports, comics, silk-screen printings, movie books, everything you’veever looked for will be within reach… THE SKULL will also bring some friends for public meetings with the audience. Among them: Henri Vernes ( C.H. Dewisme ) Henri Vernes, born in… Continue reading 5th Comics Land
Masterclass Serial Killer
It all started with a tragedy: the savage assassination of Stéphane Bourgoin’s companion, in 1976, by what was not yet called a serial killer, a term popularized shortly after by Robert Ressler, an FBI agent, during Ted Bundy’s trial. 30 years later, Stéphane Bourgoin has become an essential specialist in serial killers and he is… Continue reading Masterclass Serial Killer
THE HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE – MASTERCLASS 2012 – Strangers in the night
Masterclass Make your own damn movie
Troma Godfather, creator of The Toxic Avenger, Poultrygeist, Mother’s Day, or even Tromeo and Juliet, actor (Rocky, Super), producer, screenwriter, film director… Lloyd Kaufman is a living legend! With more than 280 films to his credit and more than 1000 films in the Troma catalogue, Kaufman knows his subject like the back of his hand.… Continue reading Masterclass Make your own damn movie
Masterclass Mythical Creatures
A native from Nancy, Jean-Michel Roux is self-taught when it comes to cinema. At nineteen, he realises his first short feature, a fantasy adventure film called Quartier sauvage. At the same time, he discovers the work of the renowned science-fiction writer Philip K. Dick, an author whom he admires for his ability to mix philosophical… Continue reading Masterclass Mythical Creatures