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Movie News: Offscreen continues apace

Mar

2013

John Waters was the guest of honour at the Offscreen Film Festival on 9-10 March. His stand-up act This Filthy World at Bozar as well as his masterclass at Cinematek and the screenings of his films at Cinema Nova all enjoyed a full house. Rumours concerning his death that spread through social networks on Friday ...

Movie News: 6th Offscreen Festival Ticket Giveaway!

Feb

2013

Six of the best for Offscreen The 6th Offscreen Film Festival opens with Berberian Sound Studio (2012) and welcomes John Waters as its guest of honour. The festival, an annual gathering for fans of bizarre and cult cinema, will once again open its doors from 6-24 March. Independent films, classic B-movies and the strangest cinema ...

Festivals News: FIFI 2012

Oct

2012

The 39th Brussels International Festival of Independent Film (FIFI 2012) will run from 6 -10 November and, through the films selected for its international competition, will offer a highly emotional trip to Lebanon and Egypt. This year, the jury of the international competition is chaired by Filipino director Brillante Mendoza, who will be accompanied by ...

Offscreen 2012

Feb

2012

Funky festival turns five The Offscreen Film Festival, an annual rendez-vous for enthusiasts of bizarre and cult cinema, celebrates its fifth anniversary this year. From 7-25 March, the spotlight is on independent filmmakers, cult classics and eccentric genres from all over the world.

‘Creative Europe’

Feb

2012

Big in Berlin For someone who loves film as much as your correspondent does, Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou’s presentation of the European Commission’s proposal for the new Creative Europe programme at the Berlinale International Film Festival (9-19 February) is a happy revelation.

Be Film Festival 2011

Dec

2011

Be there! Just a quick plug for the upcoming Be Film Festival, which will be held in Brussels from 19-23 December, and is organised by Picturenose’s very good friends at Bozar and Cinematek …

Interview: Vangelis Vitalis

Nov

2011

During the recent 38th Brussels International Independent Film Festival (FIFI), Picturenose had the pleasure of chewing the cud with New Zealand Ambassador-Designate to the European Union, NATO, Belgium, Bulgaria, Luxembourg and Romania Vangelis Vitalis. Very proud of his country’s affiliation with this year’s festival, Vangelis took time out of his busy schedule to explain just ...

38th Brussels International Independent Film Festival

Oct

2011

FIFI does Brussels! Tony Mallett, the editor of Around Brussels in 30 Days, with which Picturenose will soon be working very closely, offers a sneak preview of the upcoming 38th Brussels International Independent Film Festival.

Offscreen 2011

Feb

2011

And we’re Offscreen! Yes, it’s that time of year again, when the Brussels film-festival season kicks off in earnest. It begins, as it has for the past four years, with the kooky, eclectic and enchanting celebration of all things off-the-wall, Offscreen, which is taking place from 9-27 February 2011 in Brussels, and is the indispensable ...

Brussels International Independent Film Festival

Oct

2010

An independent view The Brussels International Independent Film Festival returns to the capital of Europe for its 37th edition in November – read on to find out more. The festival is one of the most important film and video events on the international scene. For six days, Brussels becomes a meeting point for filmmakers from ...

BIFFF 2010 12

Mar

2010

A giveaway so good, it’s frightening The 28th edition of the Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film, BIFFF 2010, will be opening its doors to a bloodthirsty public from 8-20 April at Tour & Taxis this year – of course, Picturenose is in on the act, as you’d expect, with 50 pairs of film tickets ...