Thu, 3 sept 2020

Norval's life has been, to put it lightly, difficult. Currently living home with his mother, the troubled young man is coming off alcohol-related struggles. So when he receives an unexpected letter from his estranged father requesting a visit, Norval catches a bus up to his dad's secluded and scenic waterfront home. Maybe reconnecting with his father will give Norval the emotional fulfillment he's been lacking. Before long, though, he notices something off about his dad, an uneasy feeling triggered by inappropriate comments and a possible over-dependence on booze.

Detective Fox loves work and alcohol. After going to AA, his sponsor, Chip, becomes the main suspect in his investigation of a missing kid. Fox also starts to believe that people are disappearing up Chip's butt. The best way to get rid of your problems still is to stick it where the sun don't shine. The best title to screen at our festival, oh boy!

Coffin Joe died this year, as a small tribute to this iconic figure of the Brazilian horror and underground scene we provide this feature.
Zé do Caixão survives and is absolved in court from his crimes. He moves to another small town, seeking out the perfect woman to deliver his son. Zé do Caixão and his deformed hunchback minion Bruno abduct six women from the village and he submits them to a creepy experiment, trying to find the future mother of his offspring to keep alive his bloodline. The pregnant Jandira curses him and only Marcia survives, but Zé do Caixão concludes that she is not a superior woman. When Zé do Caixão sees the newcomer Laura, who is the daughter of the powerful Coronel, he concludes that she is a superior woman and adequate to deliver his offspring. Meanwhile the Coronel asks his henchman Truncador to hire a gang of criminals to eliminate Zé do Caixão. But the undertaker seems to have a deal with the devil and never dies. However Laura dies with her unborn son and the population joins to expel him from their lands.
introduction by Gurcius Gewdner

Inspired by the spirit of the 80's films and music, BLOOD MACHINES is a 50-minutes science-fiction film written and directed by Seth Ickerman, scored by the synthwave artist Carpenter Brut.
BLOOD MACHINES is the sequel of the music video TURBO KILLER, their first collaboration.
Two space hunters are tracking down a machine trying to free itself. After taking it down, they witness a mystical phenomenon: the ghost of a young woman pulls itself out of the machine, as if the spaceship had a soul. Trying to understand the nature of this entity, they start chasing the woman through space...
plus intro Turbo Killer

Joe Begos returns to BUT after his previous films ALMOST HUMAN and THE MIND'S EYE with an incredible new feature. BLISS takes you on a hallucinatory hellscape of drugs, sex, and murder in the sleazy underbelly of Los Angeles as a young and desperate artist seeks inspiration from constantly getting high to get over her creative block.

The second part of the new Marian Dora double feature, hazy shades of mystery surrounds the content of his newest film. world premiere.