Frédéric Fonteyne (b. 1968, Brussels) studied TV and film direction at IAD in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (1985-89), and at the beginning of the 1990s he shot several short films. His segment “La modestie” from The Seven Deadly Sins (1991) screened in the Settimana della Critica at the Venice IFF. In 1993 Fonteyne accepted an award from the Fondation Belge de la Vocation and two years later IAD invited him to lecture in direction. His first feature, Max et Bobo (1997), was followed by a teaching gig at Parallax Acting School. Two years later he came out with the successful A Pornographic Affair, which was presented at the Karlovy Vary festival, as was Gilles’ Wife (2004). The director himself came to Karlovy Vary as a Grand Jury member in 2005.
48. MFF Karlovy Vary
