Bavo Defurne's rich and beautiful prize winning films mark the emergence of one of Europe's most exciting young filmmakers. Defurne examines love and loss, always while flirting with humor. One of the many pleasures in Defurne's work is the playful and unforced way in which he references the work of other artists - from Dreyer, Eisenstein or Sirk, to photographers Herbert List and Pierre et Gilles. Most significantly, Defurne and his regular team have created a allegorical and headily romantic aesthetic that draws on a wide range of influences, and still is uniquely their own.