The Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF), previously named Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film (french: Festival international du film fantastique de Bruxelles, nl, Internationaal Festival van de Fantastische Film van Brussel) was created in 1983 as a venue for horror,

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films. It takes place in

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, 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

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as a competitive specialised film festival. Winners of the grand prize, the Golden Raven statuette, include ''

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Winners of the Golden Raven

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Winners of the Golden Raven

See also

Other genre film festivals

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