Italy

Shivering Shorts

Film screening

Saturday 4 Jan

14:00 - 14:45

Phoenix Filmzaal

Production year

2025

Festival Year

2024

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Blades in the Darkness

Alex — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 20:11:52 +0000

Blades in the Darkness

Alex Fri, 04/12/2024 - 22:11

Director

Alex Visani

Tirana 1997. The chaos left by the fall of communism has opened the doors to a bloody civil war. Matia, just a teenager, is harassed by his playmates. In an attempt to escape, he hides inside an abandoned bunker. In that spooky building, Matia will be the first to discover something scary and unthinkable that will change his whole life… Screening in presence of Italian director Alex Visani.

Film duration

100minutes

Language spoken

Italian

Language subtitles

English

Production country

Blades in the Darkness

Film screening

Saturday 31 Aug

17:00 - 18:45

Nieuwe Veste Classroom 1

Production year

2022

Festival Year

2024

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Stomach

Alex — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 20:06:29 +0000

Stomach

Alex Fri, 04/12/2024 - 22:06

Director

Alex Visani

Alex, a guy who lives in a desolate country place. He’s surrounded by rough and violent people and every day they don’t miss an opportunity to torment him. But inside Alex there is something wrong, something that pushes to get out. Something that is bloodthirsty.

Film duration

75minutes

Language spoken

Italian

Language subtitles

English

Production country

Stomach

Film screening

Friday 30 Aug

22:00 - 23:30

Nieuwe Veste KWA room 2

Production year

2019

Festival Year

2024

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Born Dead / Nati morti

Alex — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 20:04:54 +0000

Born Dead / Nati morti

Alex Fri, 04/12/2024 - 22:04

Director

Alex Visani

Luna is a young embalmer with a strange passion for everything concerning death. One day, during a trip in the woods, she finds two bodies. The first one is a dead woman, the other one is a man who is still barely breathing. Screening in presence of Italian director Alex Visani.

Film duration

80minutes

Language spoken

Italian

Language subtitles

English

Production country

Born Dead / Nati morti

Film screening

Saturday 31 Aug

20:00 - 21:30

Nieuwe Veste Classroom 1

Production year

2021

Festival Year

2024

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Taeter City

Alex — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 16:33:03 +0000

Taeter City

Alex Mon, 07/24/2023 - 18:33

Director

Giulio de Santi

By using a mass-control radio-wave emission, a cannibal dictator brings Taeter City's crime rates next to zero, recycling the criminals' bodies as food. Then, the ultimate mutation emerged. Can the elite police squad clear the mess up?

Festival favorites NECROSTORM are back with a contribution to the food program - awaiting the sequel Taeter Burger.

Film duration

72minutes

Language spoken

English

Production country

Taeter City + VF HIMO

Film screening

Friday 1 Sep

11:30 - 13:00

Nieuwe Veste KWA room 2

Production year

2012

Festival Year

2023

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The House by the Cementary

Alex — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 21:24:03 +0000

The House by the Cementary

Alex Mon, 07/17/2023 - 23:24

Director

Lucio Fulci

Following a tragic incident where a doctor murders his mistress before taking his own life, his colleague Dr. Norman Boyle continues their research. Relocating his family from New York City to the enigmatic Boston mansion, strange occurrences unfold. Boyle's young son, Bob, becomes tormented by visions of a mysterious girl, forewarning him of the peril lurking within the house. A chilling journey into a haunting tale of darkness and the supernatural. This 16mm print is brought to you by our friend Hexagore (on Letterboxd).

Film duration

86minutes

Language spoken

Italian

Language subtitles

English

Production country

The House by the Cementary

Film screening

Sunday 3 Sep

14:00 - 15:30

Chassé Cinema room 3

Production year

1981

Festival Year

2023

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Nightmare City

Alex — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 20:00:13 +0000

Nightmare City

Alex Mon, 07/17/2023 - 22:00

Director

Umberto Lenzi

Within an anonymous European city, a determined local reporter and his doctor wife strive to evade hordes of ravenous zombies — the walking dead, victims of nuclear radioactivity. As military leaders wage a futile battle against these relentless atomic zombies, the couple fights for survival amidst the chaos that engulfs their city. A relentless battle against the forces of the undead in this gripping tale of horror. This 16mm print is brought to you by our friend Hexagore (on Letterboxd).

Film duration

91minutes

Language spoken

English

Production country

Nightmare City

Film screening

Sunday 3 Sep

11:30 - 13:00

Chassé Cinema room 3

Production year

1980

Festival Year

2023

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Night of Doom

Alex — Tue, 09 May 2023 16:17:27 +0000

Night of Doom

Alex Tue, 05/09/2023 - 18:17

Director

Davide Pesca

In the near future, due to a new powerful drug named Doom, violence and madness rule the city. In one long single night, Doom changes the lives of four people forever.

Part of the two film retrospective by festival guest DAVIDE PESCA.

Film duration

61minutes

Language spoken

Italian

Language subtitles

English

Production country

Night of Doom + VF Saint Friday

Film screening

Saturday 2 Sep

17:00 - 18:00

Filmhuis Breda room 4

Production year

2021

Festival Year

2023

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Re-flesh

Alex — Tue, 09 May 2023 16:14:39 +0000

Re-flesh

Alex Tue, 05/09/2023 - 18:14

Director

Davide Pesca

In a Dystopian Future, A mysterious nurse tries to repair the neural system of a sick android by transferring five repair files. Each file corresponds to a terrifying story where technology dominates humanity in different ways. Screened with director Davide Pesca present.

Film duration

60minutes

Language spoken

Italian

Language subtitles

English

Production country