BIFFF 2020
For the first time in its nearly 40-year-old history, the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival is cancelled :( And this due to Corona virus. Nevertheless, the good people of the festival worked for almost a full year to present a full program of films. This list is to emphasize their great work. So sad that it can't take place ... Personally, I haven't missed a single edition since 2003 :(
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- DirectorAlbert PintóStarsBegoña VargasIván MarcosBea SeguraA family moving to a new house to live the dream of the big city. A house where dreams turn in nightmares.
- DirectorIgor TuveriStarsToni ServilloValeria GolinoCarlo BuccirossoBased on the namesake book, the movie follows Peppino, an old hit man in a '70 Naples, forced to come back in action by the murder of his son. This tragic event also arises reflections on life and on the society in all the characters.
- DirectorAleksandr BoguslavskiyStarsTinatin DalakishviliEddie MarsanRinal MukhametovAbigail lives in a city whose borders were closed because of an epidemic and Abby's father was one of the sick. Going against the authorities to find her father, Abby learns that her city is actually full of magic.
- DirectorHan-min KimStarsChoi Min-sikRyu Seung-ryongCho Jin-woongAdmiral Yi Sun-sin faces a tough challenge when he is forced to defend his nation with just 13 battleships against 300 Japanese enemy ships in the Battle of Myeongryang.
- DirectorAritz MorenoStarsLuis TosarPilar CastroErnesto AlterioBizarre stories unfold surrounding the encounter of a woman and her husband's psychiatrist in a train.
- DirectorJee-woon KimStarsLee Byung-hunGong YooSong Kang-hoKorean resistance fighters smuggle explosives to destroy facilities controlled by Japanese forces in this period action thriller.
- DirectorYû IrieStarsSei AshinaSumire AshinaBurneyArtificial Intelligence has permeated every aspect of planetary life in 2030. Tokyoites experience AI in every aspect of their lives whether medical, finance, transportation or their personal and day-to-day interactions. Many would tell you that AI is indispensable. Yet, as is often the case with technology jumping the gun on ethics and rules AI spins out of control and causes calamity after calamity. The city and the country are in chaos.
- DirectorRenaud GauthierStarsNicolas FontaineBrittany DrisdelleNick WalkerThrills, chills and screwball comedy meet tiny bikinis and gory dismemberment in this chlorine and blood drenched murder mystery.
- DirectorKitao SakuraiStarsEric AndréMichaela ConlinLil Rel HoweryThis mix of a scripted buddy comedy road movie and a real hidden camera prank show follows the outrageous misadventures of two buds stuck in a rut who embark on a cross-country road trip to NYC. The storyline sets up shocking real pranks.
- DirectorJung-Ho LeeStarsLee Sung-minYoo Jae-myungDaniel ChoiA criminal action movie about two detectives in conflict who solve a murder that shakes up the Korean peninsula.
- DirectorKim Yong-hoonStarsJeon Do-yeonJung Woo-sungBae Sung-wooA struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mom, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker, while a customs officer gets into trouble when his girlfriend runs off with money he borrowed from a loan shark.
- DirectorEgor BaranovStarsAleksey ChadovPyotr FyodorovSvetlana IvanovaLife on Earth is rapidly destroyed except for a small area in Eastern Europe.
- DirectorJeff BarnabyStarsMichael GreyeyesElle-Máijá TailfeathersForrest GoodluckThe dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi'kmaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its Indigenous inhabitants who are strangely immune to the zombie plague.
- DirectorAlister GriersonStarsBen O'TooleMeg FraserCaroline CraigA man with a mysterious past flees the country to escape his own personal hell - only to arrive somewhere much, much worse.
- DirectorJoachim HedénStarsMoa GammelMadeleine MartinTrine WiggenA winter diving trip in Norway turns into a desperate race against time for two sisters when one of them becomes trapped at the bottom of the ocean by falling rocks.
- DirectorSeung-woo KimStarsLee Yeong-aePark Hae-joonLee Won-geunA dedicated mother in search of her missing son follows a tip that leads her to a fishing village where corrupt police officers might have the answers to her mystery.
- DirectorValeri MilevStarsDanny TrejoTimur TurisbekovDoroteya TolevaDuring the Third World War, the American government initiates a secret project code named "Army Bacon" in order to create super soldier by inbreeding human being with pigs. 25 years later a breed called "Muzzles" have occupied top of the food chain, eating and farming humans like animals. Rob Justice is an ex-bounty hunter working for the last line of human resistance - a group of survivors hiding in a nuclear bunker deep underground. His mission is to find out how muzzles came to power and destroy them.
- DirectorTyler CornackStarsTyler RiceTyler CornackShelby DashDetective Fox loves work and alcohol. After going to AA, his sponsor, Chip, becomes the main suspect in his investigation of a missing kid. Fox also starts to believe that people are disappearing up Chip's butt.
- DirectorRichard StanleyStarsNicolas CageJoely RichardsonMadeleine ArthurA secluded farm is struck by a strange meteorite which has apocalyptic consequences for the family living there and possibly the world.
- DirectorNikita ArgunovStarsRinal MukhametovLyubov AksyonovaAnton PampushnyyAfter a mysterious accident, a young architect comes back to his senses in a very odd world. He must find out the exact laws and regulations of it while he fights for his life and keeps looking for an exit to the real world.
- DirectorPaul RaschidStarsMichelle MylettJon Xue ZhangKate DickieTasked with saving the life of a potential bio-weapons terrorist, two London scientists find themselves in a locked-down laboratory with time, and air, running out.
- DirectorChristopher MorrisStarsAndrel McPhersonMiles RobbinsMarchánt DavisAn impoverished preacher who brings hope to the Miami projects is offered cash to save his family from eviction. He has no idea his sponsor works for the FBI who plan to turn him into a criminal by fueling his madcap revolutionary dreams.
- DirectorDaniel ScheinertStarsMichael Abbott Jr.Virginia NewcombAndre HylandDick died last night, and Zeke and Earl don't want anybody finding out how. That's too bad though, cause news travels fast in small-town Alabama.
- DirectorLazar BodrozaB.J. ColangeloJohn Cook LynchStarsBarbara CramptonClarke WolfeTiffany ShepisA collection of 24 films that take a look at the dark side of the festive season. 24 international directors with the most diverse ideas and styles; linked by short animated segments that deal with the Advent calendar itself.
- DirectorJohn HsuStarsGingle WangMeng-Po FuJing-Hua TsengIn 1962 Taiwan, student Fang and teacher Mr. Chang fall in love amidst the restrictive White Terror period banning sensitive books. Despite this, Mr. Chang secretly organizes a banned book study group with fellow teacher and student.
- DirectorKhan LeeStarsKwon Sang-wooKim Hee-wonWoo Do-HwanIn the 1990s, when Go gambling fever swept Korea, Gui-su loses everything because his father gambled obsessively until there was nothing left. Left all alone in the world, Gui-su meets a mentor and Go teacher, Il-do, and goes through vicious training to become the grandmaster of Go. He sets out for revenge on the world that destroyed his life, but soon finds himself chased by an unknown loner pursuing his own vendetta.
- DirectorVicente AmorimStarsSamir AbujamraJoyce AlvesGisela AndradeIn the 90s, Rio de Janeiro was shaken by a wave of kidnappings. Security forces call controversial agents to help save the city from thugs and also from the police itself.
- DirectorErik MattiStarsSharon CunetaJohn ArcillaKent GonzalesA family is haunted by what appears to be the ghost of their youngest daughter.
- DirectorFred DurstStarsJohn TravoltaDevon SawaAna GoljaA rabid film fan stalks his favorite action hero and destroys the star's life.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsBeckyBengalMasayuki DeaiA young boxer and a call girl get caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo.
- DirectorChristian AlvartStarsTrystan PütterNurit HirschfeldFelix KramerTwo cops investigate the disappearance of two teen sisters in a remote town, where it seems like everyone has something to hide - including the bodies.
- DirectorJason William LeeStarsValter SkarsgårdKhamisa WilsherGigi Saul GuerreroWhen 8 celebrities from around the globe are invited to compete in an online reality show, they soon realize that they are playing for their very lives, as those voted off suffer horrific consequences, broadcast live to the entire world.
- DirectorAbner PastollStarsSarah BolgerEdward HoggAndrew SimpsonA recently widowed young mother will go to any lengths to protect her children as she seeks the truth behind her husband's murder.
- DirectorJoko AnwarStarsAbimana AryasatyaTara BasroBront PalaraeIndonesia's preeminent comic book superhero and his alter ego Sancaka enter the cinematic universe to battle the wicked Pengkor and his diabolical squad of orphan assassins.
- DirectorJason HowdenStarsDaniel RadcliffeSamara WeavingNed DennehyA guy relies on his newly-acquired gladiator skills to save his ex-girlfriend from kidnappers.
- DirectorPenny LaneStarsJex BlackmoreChalice BlytheNicholas CroweA look at the quick rise and influence of the controversial religious group known as The Satanic Temple.
- DirectorRob GrantStarsMunro ChambersChris GrayEmily TyraRivalries, dark secrets, and sexual tension emerge when three best friends find themselves stranded on a yacht in the middle of the ocean desperate for survival.
- DirectorWon-sub ChoiStarsKwon Ban-sukLee Ji-WonLee Ji-wonWhile heavily drunk, an unsuccessful comic book writer draws a comic about his life as a former NIS hitman, and runs into trouble when it gets posted online.
- DirectorXavier BurginStarsRusty CundieffErnest R. DickersonRobin R. Means ColemanA look at the history of black horror films and the role of African Americans in the film genre from the very beginning.
- DirectorAdam RandallStarsHelen HuntJon TenneyOwen TeagueA policeman and his doctor wife have some marriage problems and the son blames the mother. For his job, the policeman investigates a case of a missing boy. The possible kidnapping looks like some cases from a few years ago.
- DirectorAlessio LiguoriStarsJamie ChristofersenDavid BailieSonya CullingfordPhilip, a solitary proof reader, is trapped in his apartment, too afraid to leave and tortured by an unknown evil force that has kept him prisoner for the last two years.
- DirectorFlavio PedotaStarsRubén GuevaraLeónidas UrbinaMagdiel GonzálezFilm about an epidemic outbreak of a new rabies virus in Venezuela and a father trying to save his son from contagion.
- DirectorFedor BondarchukStarsIrina StarshenbaumRinal MukhametovAlexander PetrovWith the fall of the alien ship Julia's life changed, now three years later mankind is about to experience new encounter.
- DirectorJeremy LaLondeStarsJonas ChernickDaniel SternCleopatra ColemanA scientist meets a version of himself from the future who has traveled back in time to stop himself from inventing time travel.
- DirectorMiguel LlansóStarsDaniel TadesseAgustín MateoGuillermo LlansóCIA Agents Palmer and Gagano are tasked with the mission of destroying a computer virus called "Soviet Union". They enter the system using VR but the mission turns into a trap.
- DirectorBernie RaoStarsJed BrophyJordan RiversPiimio MeiA killer reclining chair becomes enchanted by a girl and starts committing crimes of passion.
- DirectorAlexandre O. PhilippeStarsWilliam FriedkinHikaru BabaYuka NiwaA lyrical and spiritual cinematic essay on The Exorcist, exploring the depths of William Friedkin's mind's eye, the nuances of his filmmaking process, and the mysteries of faith and fate that have shaped his life and filmography.
- DirectorBruno BiniStarsBruno GagliassoBranca MessinaBia ArantesDaniel (Gagliasso), a physicist, becomes obsessed with time travel in an attempt to save his murdered girlfriend.
- DirectorMarcos PradoStarsRenato GóesAmanda GrimaldiGuilherme FerrazA police officer is tasked to find two brothers accused of brutalizing women and terrorizing a small city in Rio de Janeiro. Based on a real life story.
- DirectorRyan SpindellStarsTristan ByonEden CampbellHannah R. LoydAn eccentric mortician recounts several macabre and phantasmagorical tales that he's encountered in his distinguished career.
- DirectorBradley LiewStarsJC SantosJan BijvoetAgot IsidroA young man is groomed by his tyrannical father to take over the family business, a sinister motel that specializes in "taking care of" immigrants.
- DirectorJeremy LavalStarsGuillaume DuhesmeBérangère Mc NeeseChristophe PerezA man deafened by an accident begins to hear the thoughts of other people and uses the ability to investigate the disappearance of a missing girl.
- DirectorLee Min-jaeStarsJeong Jae-yeongKim Nam-gilUhm Ji-wonWhen a pharmaceutical company's illegal experiments inadvertently create a zombie, the strange Park family finds it and tries to profit from it.
- DirectorDan ScanlonStarsTom HollandChris PrattJulia Louis-DreyfusIn a magical world full of technological advances, elven brothers Ian and Barley Lightfoot set out on an adventure to resurrect their late father for a day.
- DirectorGalder Gaztelu-UrrutiaStarsIvan MassaguéZorion EguileorAntonia San JuanA vertical prison with one cell per level. Two people per cell. Only one food platform and two minutes per day to feed. An endless nightmare trapped in The Hole.
- CreatorEd BurnsDavid SimonStarsWinona RyderAnthony BoyleZoe KazanCharacters live in an alternative history in which Franklin D. Roosevelt was defeated in the U.S. presidential election of 1940 by Charles Lindbergh.
- DirectorNick PowellStarsNicolas CageFamke JanssenKevin DurandFrank's caught wildlife in the Brazilian jungle incl. a 400 lbs. white jaguar. He ships it on the same ship as an arrested assassin. The assassin breaks free and frees the animals.
- DirectorEmerald FennellStarsCarey MulliganBo BurnhamAlison BrieNothing in Cassie's life is what it appears to be - she's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living a secret double life. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs from the past.
- DirectorLisa OviesStarsAleks PaunovicLee MajdoubLisa DuruptWhile celebrating Christmas at a cabin in the woods, a group of high school students are stalked by a psychotic killer obsessed with horror movie icons.
- DirectorKimo StamboelStarsArio BayuHannah Al RashidAdhisty ZaraRevisiting the orphanage where they grew up, three men and their families discover a horrific supernatural presence lingering in their former home.
- DirectorAleksandr DomogarovStarsAngelina StrechinaDaniil MuravevYan AlabushevThe sinister ghost of the Queen of Spades is again thirsty for blood, and this time its victims are the pupils of the boarding school, located in an old mansion, shrouded in gloomy rumors. Entertaining each other horror stories about the murders of children who were committed in this house in the nineteenth century, teenagers find in the abandoned wing of the building a mysterious mirror covered with mysterious drawings. For fun, the students spend in front of this mirror the mystical rite of calling the spirit of the Queen of Spades and make the most intimate desires, hoping that the ghost will fulfill them. The jokers are unaware that their own souls will be the price to pay for each whim to come, and that the Queen of Spades will not rest until they get them all.
- DirectorJay BaruchelStarsJesse WilliamsJordana BrewsterJay BaruchelA pair of comic book writers begin to notice scary similarities between the character they created and horrific real-life events.
- DirectorLaura CasabeStarsAlberto AjakaEdgardo CastroJavier DrolasIn 1919 South America, a landowner's wife is desperate for a child of her own, having suffered through multiple miscarriages. She finds hope, however, in a seemingly outlandish plan: She'll pray to a mythical deity to resurrect her stillborn son. The plan works, but with the child comes something else, something evil.
- DirectorJosé Luis MontesinosStarsPaula del RíoMiguel Ángel JennerJordi AguilarA girl paralyzed. A rabid dog. A duel to death for survival.
- DirectorCourtney AndujarHillary AndujarAnthony CousinsStarsJon Michael SimpsonLuxy BannerSydney HuddlestonChad, the owner of Rad Chad's Horror Emporium, recounts a series of bone-chilling, blood-splattered tales to illustrate the rules of the horror genre to his newest employee.
- DirectorNeasa HardimanStarsHermione CorfieldDag MalmbergJack HickeyThe crew of a West of Ireland trawler, marooned at sea, struggle for their lives against a growing parasite in their water supply.
- DirectorLisa TakebaStarsKanna HashimotoYûta KosekiToshiki SetoA group of high school students are forced into a game where they are hypnotized to commit suicide on an unknown command. Where no one is safe from a sudden death, how can they avoid their fates?
- DirectorChristian NeumanStarsAmber AndersonUdo KierJefferson HallA fragile young woman, who has tried to escape the dark past of her family, is forced to return to her family's estate. She must relive her previous traumas and confront the true source of her family's guilt.
- DirectorAndrew Thomas HuntStarsKathryn KohutMichelle ArgyrisEmily AlataloWhile travelling on their first American tour, Ms. 45, an all-girl punk band, is drugged and kidnapped. They awaken to find their limbs removed and replaced with crude weaponry, and are forced to fight as Gladiators for a sadistic town.
- DirectorYoon Jong-binStarsHwang Jung-minLee Sung-minCho Jin-woongIn the mid-1990s, a loyal South Korean secret agent is caught in a political vortex plotted by the ruling classes of North and South Korea.
- DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsYves MontandRenato SalvatoriO.E. HasseUsing the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay's government and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas.
- DirectorChong ZhangStarsTalu WangJia SongKevin LeeA young scriptwriter starts bringing valuable objects back from his short nightmares of being chased by a demon. Selling them makes him rich.
- DirectorJustin BensonAaron MoorheadStarsAnthony MackieJamie DornanKatie AseltonTwo New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after they encounter a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.
- DirectorYoon SunghyunStarsLee JehoonAhn Jae-hongChoi Woo-sikIn the near future, a financial crisis will hit Korea and slums arise. From those areas, a group of young people commit crime to survive.
- DirectorKazuhiko HiramakiTakuya KawasakiStarsMasataka KubotaMaika YamamotoNobuyuki SuzukiA sketchy ghoul named Gourmet invites a college student named Kaneki to dine with him at a special restaurant where the young man may find himself on the menu.
- DirectorJack Henry RobbinsStarsJake HeadChristopher MarbleChristian DrerupThis bizarre retro comedy shot entirely on VHS and Beta follows 12-year-old Ralph as he accidentally records home videos and his favorite late-night shows over his parents' wedding tape.
- DirectorGille KlabinStarsSheila VandJustin LongTommy FlanaganAn insurance lawyer goes out on the town to celebrate an upcoming promotion with his co-worker, Jeff. But their night takes a bizarre turn when Frank ingests a hallucinogen that completely alters his perception of the world.
- DirectorJuan José CampanellaStarsGraciela BorgesOscar MartínezLuis BrandoniFour aged motion-picture veterans, who share a country estate, are visited by two underhanded real-estate developers who seek to make them homeless. But, though they are old, they still have their storytelling skills intact.
- DirectorAmp WongJi ZhaoStarsKaiji TangJames SieFaye MataA love story between a snake spirit and a snake hunter.
- DirectorNarciso Ibáñez SerradorStarsLewis FianderPrunella RansomeAntonio IranzoA couple of English tourists arrive on an island where all the children have gone crazy and are murdering the adults.
- DirectorKirill SokolovStarsAleksandr KuznetsovVitaliy KhaevEvgeniya KregzhdeAndrei, a detective and the world's most horrible father, brings together a terrible group of people in his apartment: his resentful actress daughter, an angry thug, and a cheated cop. Each one of them has a reason to want revenge..
- DirectorMarcelo Páez CubellsStarsErica RivasLeticia BrédicePablo RagoA single mother, expert in black magic, is forced to use her powers when a prostitution ring kidnaps her daughter.
- DirectorAlistair Banks GriffinStarsNaomi WattsJennifer EhleEmory CohenAn unseen tormentor harasses a reclusive author as a citywide blackout triggers fires, looting and escalating violence during the Summer of Sam in New York in 1977.
- DirectorMichael Beach NicholsStarsChristopher BarciaMiguel BeyTrevor J. BlankIn Florida, parents can hire Wrinkles the Clown to scare their misbehaving children.
- DirectorLars DamoiseauxStarsMaaike NeuvilleBart HollandersBenjamin RamonAn orgy of blood, violence and fun in which a young couple travel to a shabby Eastern European hospital for plastic surgery. Once there things unravel.
- DirectorBrandon ChristensenStarsKeegan Connor TracyJett KlyneSean RogersonA family finds themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend.