It's party time - the Offscreen Film Festival celebrates its fifth anniversary ! From March 7 to 25, 2012, the spotlight of this annual rendez-vous for enthusiasts of bizarre and cult cinema, is on independent filmmakers, cult classics and eccentric genres from all over the world. All shows take place on different locations in Brussels, and especially for this festive fifth edition, there's two film-related music concerts as well. So - yeah !
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A selection of unreleased or new unconventional and non-conformist films. On the cutting edge of contemporary cinema, these movies are conceived in an independent artistic and economic context, and are radically innovative in both form and content.
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The Offscreen Festival comes pounding this year at the door of that familiar cocoon and safe haven we call home. With this selection of films, sub-categorized into Home Invasion and Haunted Houses, even the most solid foundations will tremble. When it comes to living in a dysfunctional family, being harassed by strange forces or tyrannized by paranormal phenomena... there's...
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Suzan Pitt's work consists mainly of traditional animation which she complements with all kinds of experimental animation techniques, allowing her to push the boundaries of the art form. Her appetite for experimentation and her background in painting brought her work almost exclusively to art galleries and museums. In the early 80s, the larger public finally had a chance to...
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Behind some of the biggest modern horror classics is a calm and friendly man who learned the craft from directors like Roberto Rossellini, Joseph Losey and Sergio Corbucci. However, the name Ruggero Deodato will forever be associated with the macabre masterpiece Cannibal Holocaust, in which a small group of reporters go to the Amazon in search of the last...
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As a quick and efficient director-for-hire, Umberto Lenzi’s flair never missed the mark. He had a talent for sniffing out trends and delivering exactly what the public demanded: the sensational! Best known for the notorious cannibal orgy Cannibal Ferox (“Banned in 31 countries!”), he also invested his skill in Italian genre films like giallo thrillers and poliziesco cop movies....
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Offscreen selected the best and weirdest shorts of 2011. Including some Belgian talents who will introduce their films to the audience.
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It's Offscreen's fifth anniversary - and what would an anniversary be without a party ! Calibro 35 will set the Bozar alight with a full live soundtrack to the Italian cop thriller Milano Odia, while the B-Movie Orchestra will make the Beursschouwburg swing like there's no tomorrow with their first exclusive concert in Belgium. Party time !
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What exactly is the unique appeal of cult films? How could bad - even terrible - movies like Troll 2, Plan 9 from Outer Space or The Room grow into cult films with a worldwide following? Are low budget and bad taste essential criteria or is there such a thing as a “good” cult film? Is cult a matter...
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Cineketje, Nova's monthly children's program, presents a series of (mainly) silent shortfilms for children (6 years and older).
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Warning: Keep out. In March you'll have a hard time escaping "Home Sweet Home", the theme of this year's Offscreen Film Festival. Our double B to Z bill will abandon you mercilessly at the doorstep of houses you'd best keep away from. One movie will even chuck you head first down the basement stairs into a lair of monstrous...
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A selection of several films can be watched at different locations in our program 'Offscreen - on tour' !
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