Benoît Mariage (b. 1961, Virton) initially studied law and then directing at INSAS (National Film School). Since 1990 he has made a series of documentaries which he also produced through his own company Tram 33 (Un tour en Afrique, Némadis, Hindu, Une parole libre). He made the short feature Le signaleur in 1997, awarded at festivals in Brussels, Clermont-Ferrant and others. He made his first feature-length film The Carriers Are Waiting (Les convoyeurs attendent) in 1999, which won a César nomination, the Jury Prize in Viareggio and Best Actor in Chicago and was also screened in Karlovy Vary in 1999. "The story of the film The Missing Half is also about death, but I wanted my film to celebrate life as well and I hope that the viewers see it that way," says the director. The Missing Half received the SIGNIS Award and Special Jury Prize for Best Film at Amiens IFF 2003.
MFF Karlovy Vary
