{"id":18422,"date":"2026-03-10T12:10:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bifff.net\/guest\/sam-voutas\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T18:50:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T17:50:40","slug":"sam-voutas","status":"publish","type":"guest","link":"https:\/\/www.bifff.net\/nl\/guest\/sam-voutas\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Voutas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"row align-middle\"  id=\"row-613493114\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-322611661\" 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-1314443809\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bifff.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/YESTERDAY-ISLAND_Sam-Voutas_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-1314443809 {\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-1435580549\" 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\">Sam Voutas is een bekroonde filmmaker. In 2008 werd hij genomineerd voor Beste Niet-geproduceerde Scenario bij de Inside Film Awards. Zijn speelfilm RED LIGHT REVOLUTION uit 2010 won de publieksprijs op het Singapore International Film Festival. Zijn volgende film, KING OF PEKING, ging in wereldpremi\u00e8re op Tribeca en werd op veel festivals vertoond. De film werd uitgebracht op Netflix, oogstte wereldwijd goede kritieken, en het scenario werd opgenomen in de AMPAS-bibliotheek. Onlangs schreef en regisseerde hij YESTERDAY ISLAND, dat in Belgi\u00eb in premi\u00e8re gaat op het BIFFF. <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">RED LIGHT REVOLUTION (2010), KING OF PEKING (2017), YESTERDAY ISLAND (2025). <\/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-18422","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\/sam-voutas\/\" \/>\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=\"Sam Voutas - 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