{"id":18406,"date":"2026-03-10T11:55:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bifff.net\/guest\/simeon-halligan\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T19:01:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:01:37","slug":"simeon-halligan","status":"publish","type":"guest","link":"https:\/\/www.bifff.net\/nl\/guest\/simeon-halligan\/","title":{"rendered":"Simeon Halligan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"row align-middle\"  id=\"row-1396525995\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-148953547\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-842847608\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"664\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bifff.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PAST-LIFE_Simeon-Halligan_Director_BIFFF2026-1.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-842847608 {\n  padding-top: 350px;\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-571993388\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Simeon Halligan is afgestudeerd aan het Royal College of Art en heeft drie speelfilms op zijn naam staan, SPLINTERED, WHITE SETTLERS en HABIT en meerdere bekroonde korte films. Zijn films zijn vertoond en bekroond op festivals zoals Sitges, Screamfest LA, Fantaspoto, Leeds, New York City en vele andere. Simeon is ook directeur van het Britse genrefilmfestival Grimmfest. Hij regisseerde PAST LIFE, dat zijn Europese premi\u00e8re zal beleven op de 44e editie van het Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">PAST LIFE (2025), SPLINTERED (2010), WHITE SETTLERS (2014), HABIT (2017)<\/span><\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[1107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18406","guest","type-guest","status-publish","hentry","category-gast"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bifff.net\/nl\/guest\/simeon-halligan\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.1.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"BIFFF - Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Simeon Halligan - 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