
Known for
Directing
Birthplace
Antwerp, Belgium
Ben De Raes (1990, Antwerp) is a documentary filmmaker based in Brussels. Ben is interested in labour, communality and resistance. His films start from documentary but are influenced by fiction and experimental cinema. He holds a Master in Audiovisual Arts at KASK, Ghent, Belgium.
Ben is a founding member of dagvorm_cinema, a filmmaker-collective that runs a cinema and shared post-production spaces with cooperative ideals. His films have been presented at Beursschouwburg, Visite, Working Title Film Festival and Encounters.
2025
Director, Writer
2023
Director of Photography, Editor, Director
2013
as Patrick