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Ben is mildly autistic and a sitting duck for the school bullies. He wants to cry out his hurt to his tormentors and all the silent bystanders. Inspired by his mystery girl on the web and fuelled by his signature video game, he takes revenge. In their faces !
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 detailed information
| status |
completed |
| type |
fiction (features) |
| title |
Ben X |
| original title |
Ben X |
| director |
Nic Balthazar |
| screenplay |
Nic Balthazar |
| editing |
Philippe Ravoet |
| sound |
Peter Flamman |
| music |
Maurice Engelen - Praga Khan |
| cast |
Greg Timmermans, Laura Verlinden, Marijke Pinoy, Pol Goossen, Titus De Voogdt, Maarten Claeyssens |
| flemish producer |
Peter Bouckaert & Erwin Provoost |
| supported by |
Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Dutch Film Fund, Media Plus, KFD, Bridge Entertainment Group and Telenet |
| original version |
Dutch |
| running time |
90' |
| format |
High Definition, 1:1.85, Dolby Digital, Colour |
| year of production |
2006 - 2007 |
| release |
26 September 2007 |
| contact |
Eyeworks Film & TV Drama NV
Peter Bouckaert
Fabrieksstraat 43
B-1930 Zaventem
Belgium
T +32 2 453 03 04
F +32 2 453 09 20
film.belgium@eyeworks.tv
www.eyeworks.tv |
| sales |
Films Distribution
Rue du Louvre 34
75001 Paris
France
T +33 1 53 10 33 93
F +33 1 53 10 33 98
info@filmsdistribution.com
www.filmsdistribution.com |
| website |
www.benx.be |
| festivals |
2009: European Film Festival, Several cities in Europe (EU) / Medcine – Festival de Cinema Médico de Cascais (PT) /
2008: Berlin International Film Festival (DE) / Buster - Copenhagen International Children’s Film Festival c/o Danish Film Institute (DK) / Cleveland International Film Festival The Cleveland Film Society (US) / Espoo Cine Film Festival (FI) / Festival Espoirs Mulhouse (FR) / Filmfest Braunschweig (DE) / Future Film Festival (IT) / Göteborg Film Festival (SE) / International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino! (PL) / Istanbul International Film Festival (TR) / Kaohsiung Film Festival , Kaosiung (TW) / Kristiansand International Children’s Film Festival (NO) / Libertas Film Festival , Dubrovnik (HR) / Natfilm Festival (DK) / Osaka European Film Festival (JP) / Palm Springs International Film Festival, Palms Springs (US) / PIFAN International Fantastic Film Festival , Seoul (KR) / San Francisco Independent Film Festival (US) / Santa Barbara International Film Festival (US) / Sarajevo Filmfestival (BA) / Sedona Film Festival (US) / Tallin Black Nights Film Festival (EE) / Vilnius International Film Festival "Kino pavaris" (LV) / Warsaw International Film Festival (PL) / Wisconsin Film Festival (US) /
2007: Festival International Du Film Francophone De Namur (BE) / Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF) (AE) / Montreal World Film Festival, Montréal (CA) /
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| awards |
2009: Winner International Cinema Section (Medcine – Festival de Cinema Médico de Cascais) / 2008: Public Prize and Prix du Conseil Général (Festival Espoirs Mulhouse) / 2008: Fipresci Prize of the International Filmcritics (Istanbul International Film Festival ) / 2008: Heineken Red Star Award (Palm Springs International Film Festival) / 2008: Director's and Audience' Choice Awards for Best Foreign Film (Sedona Film Festival ) / 2008: Public Prize & Prix du Conseil Général (Wisconsin Film Festival) / 2007: Black Pearl Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature Film (Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF) ) / 2007: Grand Prix Las Americas, Public Prize, Ecumenical Jury Prize (Montreal World Film Festival) |
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