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Bavo Defurne (born 1971)[1] is a Belgian filmmaker.
Defurne was born in Ghent and grew up in Ostend.[2][3] He studied at the LUCA School of Arts in Brussels.[4] His filmmaking career began the 1990s, with a series of short films. His 1999 film Campfire has been screened in Belgian schools to teach students about LGBT issues.[5] Defurne's first feature film, North Sea Texas, based off the novel Nooit gaat dit over by Andre Sollie, was released in 2011 and was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award in 2013.[6] His second feature film, Souvenir, starred Isabelle Huppert, and was released in 2016.
Defurne frequently collaborates with his husband, fellow filmmaker Yves Verbraeken.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). He has worked as a screenwriting instructor and visual artist.[4]
Films
edit- 1990 Atlantis
- 1992 Rohypnol & Particularly now, in Spring - video
- 1993 Trailer & Ludodrome
- 1995 Particularly now, in Spring - film
- 1996 Saint - short film
- 1997 Saint - as a part of the feature length compilation Rainbow Stories
- 1998 Matroos / Sailor
- 1999 Kampvuur / Campfire
References
edit- ^ "Bavo Defurne: "Isabelle Huppert has a great way to respond and bring something magical to it"". Film Talk. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ Osenlund, R. Kurt (2 November 2012). "Five Questions with North Sea Texas Director Bavo Defurne". Filmmaker. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ Fear, Bryon (26 April 2012). "North Sea Texas Interview; Bavo Defurne, Yves Verbraeken, Jelle Florizoone". Polari Magazine.
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- ^ a b "Bavo". Bavo & Yves. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ Goodridge, Mike (18 February 2003). "Belgian Narcissus". The Advocate. Retrieved 18 May 2015 – via Google Books.
- ^ "2013 GLAAD Media Award Nominees Unveiled". Deadline. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
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editBavo Defurne is a European Filmmaker mostly known for his prize winning short film work. He was born in Ghent on 8 June 1971. Bavo Defurne grew up in a village close to Oostende, Belgium. Bavo studied film and video at St. Lukas Art School in Brussels.
Before he focussed his career on directing, Defurne worked as assistant director on experimental filmmaker Matthias Müller's shorts Alpsee (1995) and Pensão Globo (1997). Bavo was a set decorator on many films, like Peter Greenaway's The Baby of Mâcon (1993) and Vincent Bal's De man van Staal (1999).
His first short video, Atlantis, already demonstrated Defurne's themes - the body and the power of nature and silence.
His film work includes Particularly now, In Spring, Saint, Matroos and Campfire.
Besides directing, he now teaches Film and Video Art at the Art Academy in Oostende and works as a photographer.
"Watching the short films of Belgian film director Bavo Defurne, four of which have recently been released on DVD under the title Campfire (Strand Video), can be both an aesthetically pleasing and an emotionally bittersweet experience. Defurne, 31, perfectly evokes the aching adolescent longings of gay teenagers while setting them within experimental visual settings--some reminiscent of Pierre et Gilles, others of Carl Theodor Dreyer." (Mike Goodridge, The Advocate, February 18, 2003)