Posts Tagged ‘BIFFF’

A good Dosa fun

The new recruits are flooding in – now EU Reporter Assistant Editor Ferdinand Koenig hops aboard with his take on his first BIFFF and a distinctly postmodern Indian comedy Western…

You don’t turn down an invitation to the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF). Even if, on the way there, it was a struggle to name even one ‘fantastic’ film. ‘Oh, when I was a kid I was terrified by that one, er, what’s its name, the one with that nail guy. Elm Street something – does that count?’ ‘Um, I don’t know, isn’t that horror? What about that Picture Show film?’

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We told you it was coming, and we promised you a great giveaway, didn’t we? Well, Picturenose delivers, as ever – we have a veritable treasure-trove of tickets to offer our lucky readers for films being screened during the 27th Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival - read on, and win!

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Exorcising his demons

In 2005, Paul Schrader introduced an unexpected world premiere at the Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film (BIFFF) – his director’s cut of the prequel to The Exorcist (1973), Dominion (2005). The film was notoriously abandoned by its studio on delivery and virtually re-shot by a new director. But, as Schrader explained to James Drew at the time, he is adamant that his hiring (and firing) was based more on a head-of-studio’s whims than artistic problems with his project.

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Going, going, Gong Tau!

James and I were lucky enough to be able to attend the Brussels International Fantasy Film Festival (BIFFF) earlier this year. We also gave away lots of tickets for their premieres and first European showings, so if you want in next year, keep it here.

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