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{{Infobox Film Festival
| name        =Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
| logo       = [[File:Brussels_International_Fantastic_Film_Festival_logo.jpg|180px|center]]
| caption     = 
| number      = 
| founded     = 1983
| last        = 2024
| location    = [[Brussels, Belgium]]
| language    = International
| website     = {{url|http://bifff.net}}
| chronology     = 
| main           = Current: [[43rd Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival]]
| previous       = [[42nd Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival|42nd]]
| next           = 44th
}}
The '''Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival''' ('''BIFFF'''), previously named '''Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film''' ({{langx|fr|Festival international du film fantastique de Bruxelles}}, {{langx|nl|Internationaal Festival van de Fantastische Film van Brussel}}) was created in 1983 as a venue for [[horror film|horror]], [[thriller (genre)|thriller]] and [[science fiction film|science fiction]] films. It takes place in [[Brussels]], every year in March. Initially organized by Annie Bozzo, Gigi Etienne, Freddy Bozzo, Georges Delmote and Guy Delmote, it now has prizes in both feature-length and short films, and also hosts an international body-painting competition.

The festival is accredited by the [[FIAPF]] as a competitive specialised film festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiapf.org/intfilmfestivals_2016_sites02.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161111113646/http://www.fiapf.org/intfilmfestivals_2016_sites02.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-11-11 |title=Competitive Specialised Film Festivals |access-date=2016-05-26 |work=fiapf.org }}</ref> Winners of the grand prize, the Golden Raven statuette, include ''[[Army of Darkness]]'', ''[[Radioactive Dreams]]'', and ''[[Dog Soldiers (film)|Dog Soldiers]]''.

==Winners of the Golden Raven==
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|1983||''{{Interlanguage link multi|Wild Hunt of King Stach|ru|3=Дикая охота короля Стаха (фильм)}}''||[[Valery Rubinchik]]
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|1984||''[[Nightmares (1983 film)|Nightmares]]''||[[Joseph Sargent]]
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|1985||''[[Dreamscape (1984 film)|Dreamscape]]''||[[Joseph Ruben]]
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|1986||''[[Little Flames (film)|Little Flames]]''||[[Peter Del Monte]]
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|1987||''[[Radioactive Dreams]]''||[[Albert Pyun]]
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|1988||''[[Anguish (1987 film)|Angustia]]''||[[Bigas Luna]]
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|1989||''[[Paperhouse (film)|Paperhouse]]''||[[Bernard Rose (director)|Bernard Rose]]
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|1990||''[[La banyera]]''||[[Jesús Garay (director)|Jesús Garay]]
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|1991||''[[Tobu yume o shibaraku minai|A Paucity of Flying Dreams]]''||[[Eizō Sugawa]]
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|1992||''[[Timescape (1992 film)|Timescape]]''||[[David Twohy]]
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|1993||''[[Army of Darkness]]''||[[Sam Raimi]]
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|1994||''[[Frauds (film)|Frauds]]''||[[Stephan Elliott]]
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|1995||''[[Accumulator 1|Accumulator 1 (Akumulátor 1)]]''||[[Jan Svěrák]]
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|1996||''[[The Day of the Beast|The Day of the Beast (El día de la bestia)]]''||[[Álex de la Iglesia]]
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|1997||''[[Luna e l'altra]]''||[[Maurizio Nichetti]]
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|1998||''[[Lawn Dogs]]''||[[John Duigan]]
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|1999||''[[Ring (film)|Ring (Ringu)]]''||[[Hideo Nakata]]
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|2000||''[[The Nameless (film)|The Nameless (Los sin nombre)]]''||[[Jaume Balagueró]]
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|2001||''[[The Isle]]''||[[Kim Ki-duk]]
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|2002||''[[Dog Soldiers (film)|Dog Soldiers]]''||[[Neil Marshall]]
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|2003||''[[Cypher (film)|Cypher]]''||[[Vincenzo Natali]]
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|2004||''[[Save the Green Planet!|Save the Green Planet! (Jigureul Jikyeora!)]]''||[[Jang Joon-hwan]]
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|2005||''[[Marebito (film)|Marebito]]''||[[Takashi Shimizu]]
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|2006||''[[Adam's Apples|Adam's Apples (Adams Æbler)]]''||[[Anders Thomas Jensen]]
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|2007||''[[The Host (2006 film)|The Host (Gwoemul)]]''||[[Bong Joon-ho]]
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|2008||''[[13 Beloved|13 Beloved (13 Game Sayong)]]''||[[Chookiat Sakveerakul]]
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|2009||''[[Let the Right One In (film)|Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in)]]''||[[Tomas Alfredson]]
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|2010||''[[Orphan (2009 film)|Orphan]]''||[[Jaume Collet-Serra]]
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|2011||''[[I Saw the Devil|I Saw the Devil (Akmareul boatda)]]''||[[Kim Jee-woon]]
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|2012||''[[The Awakening (2011 film)|The Awakening]]''||[[Nick Murphy (director)|Nick Murphy]]
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|2013||''[[Ghost Graduation|Ghost Graduation (Promoción fantasma)]]''||[[Javier Ruiz Caldera]]
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|2014||''[[Witching & Bitching|Witching & Bitching (Las brujas de Zugarramurdi)]]''||[[Álex de la Iglesia]]
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|2015||''[[Frankenstein (2015 film)|Frankenstein]]''||[[Bernard Rose (director)|Bernard Rose]]
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|2016||''[[I Am a Hero]]''||[[Shinsuke Sato]]
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|2017||''[[Better Watch Out|Better Watch Out (Safe Neighborhood)]]''||[[Chris Peckover]]
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|2018||''[[Inuyashiki (film)|Inuyashiki]]''||[[Shinsuke Sato]]
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|2019||''[[Little Monsters (2019 film)|Little Monsters]]''||[[Abe Forsythe]]
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|2021||''[[Vicious Fun]]''||[[Cody Calahan]]
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|2022||''[[Vesper (film)|Vesper]]''||[[Kristina Buožytė]], [[Bruno Samper]]
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|2023||''[[Talk to Me (2022 film)|Talk to Me]]''||[[Danny and Michael Philippou]]
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|2024||''[[Steppenwolf (Dala qasqiri)]]''||[[Adilkhan Yerzhanov]]
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|2025||''[[Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In|Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (Jiu Long cheng zhai: Wei cheng)]]''||[[Soi Cheang]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-22 |title=Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In wins the Golden Raven at the 43rd BIFFF |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/476596/ |access-date=2025-11-23 |website=Cineuropa - the best of european cinema |language=en}}</ref>
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==See also==

* [[List of fantastic and horror film festivals]]
*[[European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.bifff.net/}}
*[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000135/ Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival] at the [[Internet Movie Database]]


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