BIFFF 2013 wrap-up - Video nasties, giant spiders and possessed children

April is my favorite month of the year thanks to the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival BIFFF. This year was the 19th time I attended the festival and I had a blast as usual. Here's a little overview and some photos of my twelve days at the festival.

Wednesday

After a decent opening with Neil Jordan's Byzantium (not bad, but overly long), the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival really took off on Wednesday with Hideo Nakata's new movie The Complex (slow and predictable) and Franck Khalfoun's remake of Maniac (nasty, beautiful, smart, original, stylish).

Feature in Het Laatste Nieuws

The French movie adaptation of my vampire story A GOOD MAN will premiere today at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival. Here's an article from the Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws that talks about the film. Also, Colimetry has done a special feature on A Good Man and an interview with me to celebrate the release: http://burgandyice.blogspot.be/2013/04/vanessa-morgan-and-good-man-at-brussels.html

Purchase

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Life lately

1) and 2) My latest dress (illustrated by my boyfriend Gilles Vranckx, 3) Sunday matinee screening of The Girl Can't Help It, 4) Snowclad rooftops in Brussels seen from Hotel NH Atlanta, 5) Waiting in line for the Offscreen film festival, 6) Dario Nardi, director of the movie Sadourni's Butterflies, in front of the famous Manneken Pis, 7) Two of my favorite things: books and cats, 8) Painting of Avalon by Lou Belcher, 9) Waiting for the train in Zaventem, 10) My soul kitty,

BIFFF 2013

I'll be moderating several panel discussions with filmmakers at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF) this year. Below are the trailers of the films I'll be talking about. Come by if you have the chance.

A Fantastic Fear of Everything

A children's book author tries his hand on crime writing. The more he delves into the world of serial killers the more he begins to fear he will be murdered at any moment. Director Crispian Mills (also the frontman of Kula Shaker) and producer Geraldine Patten will be present for the screening and panel discussion of A Fantastic Fear of Everything on April 5.