After Us, the Flood, directed and produced by Arto Halonen and written by Ossi Hakala, has been selected for the international competition at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF). Ten films from around the world have been chosen for this main competition, including three from Europe.
BIFFF describes the films in the main competition as follows: “This section showcases the crème de la crème of the world’s best fantastic films every year.”
BIFFF will be held for the 43rd time from April 8th to 20th. It is considered, along with Sitges in Spain, the most significant European genre film festival, and one of the five most important ones worldwide. The most prestigious is Sitges, where After Us, the Flood has been selected to compete this coming October for the Golden Méliès for Best European Fantasy Film, alongside seven other contenders. At the end of March, the film will also be featured at the Extra Sci-Fi Festival in Verona, Italy.
After Us, the Flood had its world premiere at the prestigious Warsaw International Film Festival in the Free Spirit competition in October 2024. Since then, the film has received the main prize, the Silver Méliès, in its competition at the Trieste Science+Fiction Film Festival in Italy.
In addition to its impressive international success, After Us, the Flood has been recognized in Finland with two Jussi Award nominations. Elias Westerberg received an acting nomination for his breakthrough role of the year, and Vesa Jokinen from Troll VFX for visual effects. The Jussi Awards will be presented in March 2025. Screenwriter Ossi Hakala was also nominated for the Sylvi Award for the best Finnish screenplay 2024.
The film stars Elias Westerberg, Linnea Leino, Tuomas Nilsson, Kasperi Kola, Petteri Summanen, Antti Reini, Pihla Penttinen, Jari Salmi, Tobias Zilliacus, Jemina Sillanpää, Robert Enckell, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Hugo Komaro, and Paavo Westerberg.
After Us, the Flood is a co-production between Art Films production and the Latvian company Tasse Film, with Aija Bērziņa as co-producer. The film has been funded by the Finnish Film Foundation, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, the City of Tampere and Film Tampere, the Latvian Investment and Development Agency and the Riga Film Fund, in co-operation with Yle Public Broadcasting and Scandinavian Film Distribution. The film's international sales are managed by REinvent Studios.
BIFFF international competition and program
https://www.bifff.net/competitions/
https://www.bifff.net/program/
BIFFF press kit (2025 program PDF)
https://www.bifff.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/BIFFF_2025_press_kit_en.pdf
Méliès - Award winners in Trieste
https://melies.org/the-news/the-winners-of-trieste-sciencefiction-festival-2024/
MÉLIÈS
Warsaw International Film Festivals Free Spirit -Competition
Extra Sci-fi Festival Verona
https://extrascififestival.it/
TRAILER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE0-2qNkIuQ