Pascale DevreesePascale Devreese, Sales Manager of Kinepolis FilmDistribution started her career in film distribution in 1991 withindependent distributor Alternative Films. She has beenworking for Kinepolis Film Distribution since 1997.Kinepolis Film Distribution is a 100% daughter of theinternational group Kinepolis. Kinepolis Group is a Europeanexhibitor <strong>and</strong> known worldwide as a trendsetter <strong>and</strong> renovatorin the field of multiplexes <strong>and</strong> megaplexes <strong>and</strong> in the digitalarea. As a company quoted on the stock exchange <strong>and</strong>originally Belgian (founded by the families Bert <strong>and</strong> Claeys),Kinepolis group welcomes 25 million visitors a year <strong>and</strong> hastheatres in 4 countries: Belgium, France, Spain <strong>and</strong> Switzerl<strong>and</strong>..Kinepolis Film Distribution is an independent distributor h<strong>and</strong>ling theatrical distribution inclose cooperation with, among others, A-film. Over the years the strategy of KFD hasfocused on local content. With this we try to reach out to the new trend in Europe whereaudiences want edgy, surprising <strong>and</strong> new local movies.Nel V<strong>and</strong>evannetNel V<strong>and</strong>evannet is at the head of the « Cabinet de l’Echevin duTourisme et du Personnel de la Ville de Bruxelles ».Through her experience, she’s a great defender ofthe fight against city’s insecurity <strong>and</strong> violence againstwomen. Fascinated by the fantastic, she is also a big fan ofBIFFF.20
FILMS IN ICOMPETITIONDARK SOULS (César Ducasse & Mathieu Peteul/Norway-France)A César Ducasse & Mathieu PeteulScreenplay : César Ducasse & Mathieu PeteulCast: Morten Ruda, Kyrre Haugen Sydness, Ida Elise Broch, Johanna Gustavsson, Christopher Angus Campbell, Espen Eckbo,Caroline Stoyva Eriksen, Frank Aron Gardso, Jan Harstad, Gustav-Adolf Hegh, Kristian Holter, Mikkel Lodding, Todd Mathiesen,Kristian OdegardRunning time : 95 min.Johanna is jogging in the woods, when she’s suddenly attacked by a man in an orangejumpsuit. Her assailant drills a hole in her skull <strong>and</strong> leaves her for dead. When the policecall Johanna’s father Morten to ask him to come over <strong>and</strong> identify his daughter’s body inthe morgue, he tells them that she has just walked in <strong>and</strong> is sitting in front of her pc. Butthere’s something wrong with Johanna. Black oil is flowing from her eyes <strong>and</strong> the onlymessage she’s able to type on her screen is one long cry for help. And she’s not alone.All over town, people are attacked by men in orange jumpsuits with electrical drills. Thevictims all suffer from the same symptoms, with their bodies slowly disintegrating in frontof their loved ones. The authorities are baffled. Morten can no longer bear to seeJohanna’s suffering <strong>and</strong> decides to find those who did this to his little girl.Dark Souls is an original zombie movie from Norway, directed by two French genrefreaks : Mathieu Petuel <strong>and</strong> César Ducasse. The duo clearly knows how to build up tension. They allow theirdisturbing story to slowly unfold <strong>and</strong> center everything around their very unusual protagonist : an ordinary,middle-aged single father; a fine performance by Morten Ruda (O’Horten). Besides lots of body horror,Petuel <strong>and</strong> Ducasse even manage to give an ecological dimension to their debut feature. Dark Souls is onevery dark movie that slowly creeps under your skin… just like the oil in Johanna’s body.EATERS (Marco Ristori & Luca Boni/Italy)A Luca Boni & Marco Ristori filmScreenplay: Marco Ristori & Germano TarriconeCast: Rosella Elmi, Guglielmo Favilla, Alex Lucchiesi, Claudio Marmugi, Fabiano Lioi, Elisa Ferretti, Francesco Malcom,RobertoMariotti, Riccardo Floris, Steve SylvesterRunning time: 94 min.Devastated by the Great Epidemic, the world is governed by hordes of theliving dead. Three men - Igor <strong>and</strong> Alen, two hunters of the dead, <strong>and</strong> ascientist, Gyno - try to find an answer to what has happened to the humanrace. Alen <strong>and</strong> Igor leave for two days of hunting to find new “guinea-pigs” forGyno <strong>and</strong> meet the most varied characters: a crazy painter, neo-Nazis <strong>and</strong> amysterious girl, daughter of the feared Plague-Spreader, supposed craftsmanof the epidemic... Does this sound nasty enough to you? Welcome home, sonof a BIFFF!Distributed by Uwe Boll, this first long feature from Lucas Boni <strong>and</strong> MarcoRistori is clearly 90 minutes of genuine pleasure for a generation raised onRomero’s classics. Having earned their spurs in commercials <strong>and</strong> video clips,our two chaps clearly know how to cook up a visual bombshell with anastonishing apocalyptic aesthetic. The care taken on the make-up <strong>and</strong> look ofthe infamous zombies is just amazing. And the onscreen result is closer to Danny Boyle <strong>and</strong> Zack Snyderthan to Lucio Fulci’s <strong>and</strong> Umberto Lenzi’s flicks.21