Fabrice Du Welz

After starting Theatre Studies at the Liège Conservatoire, Fabrice DU WELZ (1972) studied in the Production section of the INSAS in Brussels. Afterwards, he worked as a television presenter and actor in France and Belgium. He directed a number of short films, including Quand on est amoureux, c’est merveilleux, which won awards at several French and Belgian festivals in 1999. His first feature, Calvaire (2004), was selected for Cannes. Du Welz’s sixth feature, the France-Belgium co-production Adoration, premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival 2019 and screened in the Limelight section of IFFR 2019. His newest feature, Maldoror (2024), premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.
Filmography
(selection) Folles avontures de Thierry Van Hoost (1997, short), Quand on est amoureux, c’est merveilleux/A Wonderful Love (1999), Calvaire/The Ordeal (2004), Vinyan (2008), Alléluia (2014), Message from the King (2016), Adoration (2019), Inexorable (2021), Maldoror (2024)
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Fabrice Du Welz at IFFR
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Inexorable
In this Cape Fear-style thriller, a young woman manipulates her way into a rich family. The big question is, why?
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Calvaire
Itinerant singer takes a wrong turn in the dark Ardennes. This is the start of his Calvary. With an innkeeper who recognises his long-lost wife in