Frédéric Fonteyne
Belgian filmmaker Frédéric FONTEYNE (1968) studied film at Institut des arts de diffusion in Louvain-la-Neuve. He realised several successful short films before his two acclaimed features, Max & Bobo (1998) and Une liaison pornografique (1999), which were both screened at IFFR. His work has been awarded multiple times, and his feature La femme de Gilles (2004) won the Joseph Plateau Award for Best Belgian Director at Flanders International Film Festival Ghent.
Filmography
To Nap a Kid (1989, short), Les Vloems (1989, short), Les sept péchés capitaux (1992, short), Bob le déplorable (1995, short), Max & Bobo (1998), Une liaison pornographique/An Affair of Love (1999), La femme de Gilles/Gilles’ Wife (2004), Tango libre (2012), Filles de joie/Working Girls (2020, co-dir)
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Frédéric Fonteyne op IFFR
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Une liaison pornographique
Frédéric Fonteyne | 80' | Belgium | -
In this fake documentary, Fonteyne interviews two lovers about their anonymous, very pornographic relationship. It is an exciting analysis from the fi -
Filles de joie
Frédéric Fonteyne, Anne Paulicevich | 90' | Belgium | None
Even when life offers little hope, at least these three very different ‘working girls’ have one another in this cleverly constructed Walloon drama. -
Max & Bobo
Frédéric Fonteyne | 80' | Belgium | -
The Brussels-Italian Max is a down-and-out hairdresser who can’t escape from the friendship of the fat Bobo. Fresh début was audience favourite at Man