Sat, 5 sept 2020

A story of cosmic terror about The Gardners, a family who moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard. The mysterious aerolite seems to melt into the earth, infecting both the land and the properties of space-time with a strange, otherworldly color. To their horror, the Gardner family discover that this alien force is gradually mutating every life form that it touches...including them. Director Richard Stanley was our main guest of BUT 2017

This ambitious international co-production (13 producers!) with the beautiful title is a follow-up to CRUMBS.
Best described as a futuristic espionage underground thriller, -intentionally or not - ‘JESUS’ is a psychotropic surreal film based on the absence of (external) logic, miscommunication and absurdism. Yet the story follows its own logic and takes you on a Bond-like adventure chasing the computer virus called ‘Soviet Union’ across the world.
Starring Daniel Tadesse - with his extraordinary deformed spine - in a steaming shower sex scène with a tall, fleshy double-D blonde!

A "Diablo Rojo" bus driver, his helper, a priest, and two policemen fall victim to a mysterious spell and end up lost somewhere in the Chiriqui jungle, where they will have to survive the creatures that inhabit the roads, with the old bus as their only refuge.

Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are, or how they got there. They don't know they've been chosen - for a very specific purpose - The Hunt. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, ruthless elitists gather at a remote location to hunt humans for sport. But their master plan is about to be derailed when one of the hunted, Crystal, turns the tables on her pursuers.
Expect an ultra-violent murder game with dark humor that challenges the limits of your political correctness.

Block 1: Old Testament

- A Midwinter Night's Dream (7)
On midwinter’s night the sunstone must be returned or the
darkness will last forever.
- Het Juk/ The Burden(17)
A young woman visits her boyfriend's family home and learns about a sinister history.
- El Sindrome del Artico (14)
After two years of working in the arctic, Silvia returns home to meet her niece for the first time.
- Whence Come Brussel Sprouts (2)
We can finally learn where Brussel sprouts really come from...
- Schrottmagnet (13)
Schrottmagnet is like the mangy boar that fucks you in the ass from behind and then dies bleeding in your vomit.
- Stucco (17)
An agoraphobic woman finds a suspicious, hollow wall in her house.
- Unholy 'Mole (5)
A man sells the soul of his unborn child to satan so his wife will make him guacamole.
- Reformed (12)
An old, reformed criminal is abruptly returned to society, instantly exposing him to old temptations that challenge his new-found, righteous path.
- Enoch (3)
A familiar biblical spirit becomes the worst nightmare of an unsuspecting man.
- NOM (10)
An old cyclist starts a journey with an uncertain end.

Reflections on his fear of dating.

Brandon prepares to give his last stand-up comedy show. As his stories and jokes pass, the public begins to cheer up. But at that precise moment Brandon will realise that these stories have a strong relationship with his past. More than he imagines.
Anthology directed by:
Caye Casas
Alejandro Damiani
Andrew Desmond
Kheireddine El-Helou
Carlos Goitia
Mat Johns
Damien LeVeck
Vincent Paronnaud
Albert Pintó
Denis Walgenwitz
Hendryk Witscherkowsky
Adam O'Brien
Nicolás Onetti

The Opioid Epidemic is destroying America. Legendary director Lloyd Kaufman celebrates Troma’s 45th and his 50th year making movies, by taking on Big Pharma, addiction and the intolerance of social media in #ShakespearesShitstorm. This irreverent musical adaptation of “The Tempest” is ripe with bawdy couplets, Hieronymus Boschian images of excess and unrefined iambic pentameter.”

#ShakepearesShitstorm marks the most ambitious project in Troma’s 45 year history. Working with one of Hollywood’s best special effects companies, Troma brings a whole new experience to their stylized brand. Having a bigger budget also brought about larger scale on-location filming in Albania (a first for narrative feature films in the country) as well as a celestial orchestral score from Portugal and a little help from the Bard. Shakespeare has never been this raw and unfiltered.
Classic English literature and references to Stanley Kubrick lift our festival's intellectual level to new heights. Companion piece with TROMA: FIGHTING FOR THE UNDERDOG

For more than forty years, Lloyd Kaufman has been a driving force of the independant filmmaking scene. In Troma: Fighting for the Underdog, the co-creator of Troma and the Toxic Avenger evokes the ups and downs of a long career full of sex, gore and irony...