JURY & Awards
International
Samuel Benchetrit
Samuel Benchetrit is a French director, writer,
screenwriter, playwright and actor.
In 2000, he published his first novel, RĂ©cit dâun branleur, followed by Chroniques de lâAsphalte, then Le CĆur en dehors, which won the Populist Novel Award. In 2003, he directed his first feature film, Janis and John. This was followed by Jâai toujours rĂȘvĂ© dâĂȘtre un gangster, which won the best screenplay award at the Sundance Film Festival, and Chez Gino. In 2015 he directed Asphalt, adapted from Chroniques de lâasphalte and presented in Special Screenings at the Cannes Film Festival.
He came back in 2017 with the disturbing Chien, then four years later at Cannes with Cette musique ne joue pour
personne. Samuel Benchetrit is also very active in the theater. After directing Jean-Louis and Marie Trintignant in PoÚmes à Lou by Apollinaire (1999), he created Comédie sur un quai de gare and then Moins deux. In 2021, with his new creation Maman, he signs his great return to the theater.
Claire Bodson
Claire Bodson is a Belgian actress. She lives in
Brussels and divides her time between theatre, cinema and teaching.
She has recently worked with filmmakers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne in Le Jeune Ahmed and Tori et Lokita, Lenny and Harpo Guit in Fils de Plouc and Delphine Girard in Le plus vivant possible.
On stage, she has notably performed in plays by Tom Lanoye (Qui a peur, Mamma Medea) and Hugo Claus (Dernier Lit).
Catherine Jacob
A multi-talented actress, Catherine Jacob made her debut in the 1980s.
In her cinematographic journey, Catherine Jacob has performed in some 70 films and TV movies which have allowed her to meet E. Chatiliez, F. Quentin, and TV movies, which led to meetings with E. Chatiliez, F. Quentin, J. Deray, P. Thomas, B. Blier, G. Oury, G. Lauzier, P. Braoudé, P. Leconte, E. Rappeneau, P. Boutron, L. Belvaux, M. Abdallah, T. Benisti, D. Guillo, S. Perrin, V. Giovanni, F. Onteniente.
Catherine Jacob has also developed a career on stage, including a one-woman show called Catherine Jacob, but also thanks to some wonderful encounters with J. Bonnaffé, H.P. Cloos, R. Topor, J. Savary, G.Hamon, R. Devos, Ch. Lidon in plays by MoliÚre, Jarry, Anouilh, Goldoni, R.Devos, Feydeau...
In 2023, Catherine Jacob will perform in a theatrical creation directed by Ch. Lidon on a text by J.B Patricot. She also lent her voice to the famous musical Le Soldat Rose by Louis Chedid.
Johannes Kuhnke
Johannes Bah Kuhnke is a Swedish theatre,
film and television actor. He studied at the
Teaterhögskolan in Malmö and then at the
Stonestreet Screen Acting Workshop at New
York University.
He began his career in theatre. He has appeared in Three Musketeers, Cabaret, The Jungle Book and The Marriage of Figaro, among others.
In 2014, he gained international recognition and critical acclaim for the lead role in Ruben Ăstlundâs film Force Majeure, which won the Jury Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival where it was in competition in the Un Certain Regard selection.
He continued his international career in the films Tigers by Ronnie Sandahl and Dune Dreams by Samuel Doux. He can also be seen in the TV series The Bridge created by Hans Rosenfeldt, The Dreamer by Jeanette Nordahl, and Love and Anarchy by Lisa Langseth.
Wim Willaert
Wim Willaert is a Belgian actor, director and
musician. Already known in Belgium thanks to
his roles in 22mei and Ex-drummer from Koen
Mortier.
He met with success in France for
instance through his role at Yolande Moreauâs
side in the movie Quand la mer monte. The film was awarded by two Cesars.
At International Film Festival of Amiens in 2012, as well as in Ensors in 2013, he won the award for best actor for his performance as Rudy Vandekerckhove in Offline from Peter Monsaert. In 2016, he won the price for Best Actor at the Magritte Awards for his role
in Je suis mort mais jâai des amis from Malandrin brothers.
His roles in series such as Eigen Kweek or Undercover, his acting performance as Friancis in the film Cargo directed by Gilles Coulier or in Music Hole from David Muzenmacher and Gaëtan Liekens will persist to make him one of the most striking Belgian actor. As a musician, Wim is
accordionist and co-funder of De Dolfijntjes band.
Directors' Week
Michael Abiteboul
Trained at the Ecole RĂ©gionale dâActeurs de
Cannes, Michaël Abiteboul works in the theater, television and cinema.
On the stage, he alternates between classical texts with more contemporary plays, collaborating regularly with Alain Milianti and Stuart Seide, among others.
In television and cinema, he worked with directors Bouli Lanners, Michael Haneke, Pierre Jolivet, Fred Grivois, Fabrice Gobert, Claude Miller, CĂ©dric Klapisch, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Xiavier Giannoli, Lars Von Trier, or Bertrand Blier.
In 2019, he was in Les Crevettes Pailletées, the surprise hit of Cédric Le Gallo and Maxime Govare. On television, we can find him in Le Bureau des Légendes or Maison Close on Canal. In 2022, he is on the bill for La Revanche des Crevettes Pailletées and we will find him again in September on the RTBF and on Arte for Des Gens Biens from Mathieu Donck.
Sophie Breyer
Sophie Breyer discovers cinema through camera acting workshops. From 2013 onwards, she appeared in short-films: Babysitting story by Vincent Smitz and Vertiges, directed by Arnaud Dufeys. She performed the role of Camille in Le Sommeil des amazones by BĂ©rangĂšre McNeese, and won the Best Actress Award at the BSFF.
She later appeared in the successful RTBF series La TrĂȘve, for two seasons. In 2019, she obtained the role of Jessica in the tv-show Laetitia by JeanXavier de Lestrade.
She is currently starring in Christophe Hermansâ first feature film La Ruche, for which she received the Interpretation Award at the Mons Film Festival and the Rising Star Award at the 2021 edition of Alice NellĂ Cita in Rome. She is about to shoot the second season of the tv-show Baraki, the first season is available on Netflix.
CĂ©cile Ducrocq
CĂ©cile Ducrocq divides her time between cinema and series. After studying at Sciences Po, she changed her path and directed her first short film in 2010, Tout le monde dit je tâaime, which won the Unifrance Special Prize in Cannes. She then directed three other short films, including La contre allĂ©e, selected for Criticsâ Week, at the Sundance Film Festival and awarded the CĂ©sar for best short film in 2015.
At the same time, she writes with Eric Rochant on the five seasons of the Bureau des légendes and on the series Dix pour cent. In 2020, she directed her first film, Une femme du monde, presented at the Deauville Film Festival. Laure Calamy got nominated for a César for the lead role.
The same year, CĂ©cile Ducrocq creates with Benjamin Adam her first series, LâOpĂ©ra, of which she is the scriptwriter, director and showrunner. The TV-show was broadcast on OCS in 2021 and season 2 has already been shot.
Emmanuel Marre
Emmanuel Marre is a French director. He studied at the Institut des Arts de Diffusion in Belgium. Nowadays, he lives and works
between Paris and Brussels.
In 2016, he directed Le film de lâĂ©tĂ© that was awarded the Grand Prix at the International Short Film Festival of Clermont-Ferrand and the Jean Vigo award. In 2018, he directed the medium-length film Dâun chĂąteau lâautre, which won the Pardino dâOro for best short film at Locarno Film Festival and the Bayard dâOr for the best short film at Namur Festival.
With a succesful background in short movies, he had a try in feature film with Rien Ă foutre, co-directed with Julie Lecoustre, launched in March 2022 and selected at Criticsâ Week at Cannes Film Festival 2021, where he won the Gan Fondationâs prize.
National
Xavier Leherpeur
Passionate about cinema from a very early age, it is a following of fortunate opportunities that put Xavier Leherpeur on the way to film critic. An occupation that was his dream as a teenager, without thinking it would be possible one day to make it his profession.
Since, he has worked with numerous reviews as Studio CinĂ© Live, TĂȘtu, La SeptiĂšme Obsession, LâObs and lastly Frenchmania. On television side, he has joined in Le Cercle show on Canal+ and has introduced the cinematic column in La Matinale of Canal+ for seven years before joining the ItĂ©lĂ© one as cultural journalist.
For fifteen years, on the radio, he has been a regular collaborator at Le Masque et la Plume on France Inter where he has also been hosting the show Une heure en séries for three years.
Frédérique Moidon
After modern literature studies, Frédérique Moidon began her career as a casting assistant in 1988 in La vie est un long fleuve tranquille by Etienne Chatiliez, and then as a casting director with La DiscrÚte by Christian Vincent.
Over the next 22 years, she worked with directors such as Nicole Garcia, Christian Vincent, BenoĂźt Jacquot, Philippe Le Guay, CĂ©dric Klapisch, Claude Miller, Pierre Jolivet, Philippe Grandrieux, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, among others.
Since 2006, she has been working as an agent for the Artmedia agency, where she represents actors as well as
directors and scriptwriters.
Hugo Revello
After studying cinema and working on various film shootings in the South of France, Hugo Revello took his first steps in the film industry
at Les Films du Losange where he worked in the International Department as an Assistant to the Festivals Manager.
In early 2020, he joined Kinology, a world sales and (co)production company, representing some of the most ambitious and innovative projects on the market, such as Leos Caraxâs Annette and Harmony Korineâs Spring Breakers, and accompanying international talents such as Mia Hansen-Love, Nadav Lapid, Ana Lily Amirpour, Terry Gilliam and soon Nanni Moretti, Michel Gondry and Bertrand Bonello.
Hugo works there as a sales agent and acquisitions coordinator.
FIPRESCI Jury
Stanislas Ide
The film reporter for MĂ©tro Belgique since September 2018, Stanislas Ide learned the trade participating in festivals.
He first worked in the logistic department of the European Parlementâs LUX Award, then for the programming department of the Giornate degli Autori section of the Venice Film Festival.
He is also TV series critic for the RTBF since 2019, and he writes for the movie sections of Sudpresse and Soirmag since 2020.
Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi works as film critic and journalist who covers stories about culture and sustainability.
With a degree in Political Sciences, a Masterâs in Screenwriting & Film Production, and studies at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, Chiara has been working in the press since 2003; collaborating with international magazines and radio-television networks. She has also worked as Producer for European and American productions.
Chiara is also a visual artist, whose eco-works connect to her use of language: the title of each painting is inspired by the materials she upcycles on canvas. Her âMaterial Punsâ have so far been exhibited in four continents, across ten countries.
She is a dedicated ARTivist, donating her works to the causes and humanitarians she supports, and is Professor of Phenomenology of Contemporary Arts at Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan.
Jan StorĂž
Jan StorĂž is a film critic for âKhronoâ (khrono. no) - a daily paper owned by nine universities throughout Norway. It covers higher education and research nationally.
In addition, he writes for the film journals Cinema (cine.no) and Z (znett. no). He is also a Professor of Social Pedagogy at The Faculty of Social Sciences at Oslo Metropolitan University.
Author of seven books. His main interest is arthouse films and films from regions outside the dominating mainstream USA/ Europe film scene (countries in the South).
European Young Jury
Lotte Bax
Netherlands
Lucrezia Dal Toso
Italy
Malo Gauvin-Drillaud
France
ÄorÄije PetroviÄ
Serbia
Polar Vaes
Belgium
Editing Jury
Marc Bastien
Frédérique Broos
Ewin Ryckaert
BRIFF AWARDS 2022
INTERNATIONAL
COMPETITION
GRAND PRIX: 11.000âŹ
2.500⏠for the distributor or the person holding the rights for the filmâs distribution offered by Circles Group*
1.500⏠for the film offered by Circles Group
2.000⏠offered by La Libre Belgique & 5.000⏠offered by De Morgen
for the purchase of media advertising space as part of the promotion of the film*
JURY PRIZE: 8.500âŹ
1.500⏠for the film offered by Circles Group
2.000⏠offered by La Libre Belgique & 5.000 offered by De Standaard for the purchase of media advertising space as part of the promotion of the film*
AUDIENCE AWARD: 3.500âŹ
FOR ONE FILM EITHER IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OR IN THE DIRECTORSâ WEEK COMPETITION
1.500⏠for the film production company
2.000⏠offered by La Libre Belgique for the purchase of media advertising space as part of the promotion of the film*
DIRECTORS' WEEK
COMPETITION
GRAND PRIX: 9.500âŹ
2.500⏠for the director offered by Brussels Capital Region
2.000⏠offered by La Libre Belgique & 5.000 offered by De Standaard for the purchase of media advertising space as part of the promotion of the film*
JURY PRIZE: 8.000âŹ
1.000⏠for the director offered by CinéFemme
2.000⏠offered by La Libre Belgique & 5.000 offered by De Standaard for the purchase of media advertising space as part of the promotion of the film*
AUDIENCE AWARD: 3.500âŹ
FOR ONE FILM EITHER IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OR IN THE DIRECTORSâ WEEK COMPETITION
1.500⏠for the film
2.000⏠offered by La Libre Belgique for the purchase of media advertising space as part of the promotion of the film*
NATIONAL
COMPETITION
GRAND PRIX: 10.000âŹ
1.500⏠offered by BCOH for the distributor, or the person holding the rights for the filmâs distribution*
1.500⏠offered by BCOH for the film
2.000⏠offered by La Libre Belgique & 5.000⏠offered by De Standaard for the purchase of media advertising space as part of the promotion of the film*
JURY PRIZE: 6.500âŹ
1.500 offered by the Cultural Department of the City of Brussels
5.000 offered by De Standaard
AUDIENCE AWARD: 2.000âŹ
1.000⏠for the distributor or the person holding the rights for the filmâs distribution*
1.000⏠for the film
BEST ACTRESS: 1.000âŹ
BEST ACTOR: 1.000âŹ
BEMONTAGE AWARD
One year license for Media Composer | Ultimate + Avid DnxID offered by Avid + 1.000⏠offered by BOXON / Post-Production Image & Sound for the film editor
TV BROADCASTING RIGHTS
10.000⏠in TV broadcasting rights by RTBF*
4.000⏠in TV broadcasting rights by BeTV*
EUROPEAN YOUNG JURY AWARD
Honorary award
FIPRESCI AWARD
Honorary award
*For a film which will be distributed in Belgium