Documentary

Production year

2023

Festival Year

2024

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Immortal Beloved Horror

Davy — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 21:10:26 +0000

Immortal Beloved Horror

Davy Fri, 07/04/2025 - 23:10

Director

Johan Vandewoestijne

IMMORTAL BELOVED HORROR is a feature-length, deep-dive documentary that charts the electrifying history of horror—from literary origins to VHS-era cult chaos.

It all begins in 1816, the “Year Without a Summer,” when Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, and friends—trapped indoors by volcanic ash-cloud weather—entertained themselves by writing ghost stories. What emerged was Frankenstein, the spark that ignited two centuries of macabre imagination.

From there, the film traces the genre’s evolution: Poe and Stoker, Edison and Méliès, German Expressionism and Universal Monsters, Hammer Films and Giallo maestros like Argento and Bava. Horror’s heartbeat pulses through Night of the Living Dead, The Exorcist, Daughters of Darkness, and the outrageous rise of Troma with The Toxic Avenger.

Told entirely through archival footage, film clips (75+ of them!), and a compelling voice-over (Johan De Paepe in Dutch, Marc Ickx in English), this documentary skips talking heads and dives straight into the guts of the genre—uncut, uncensored, and soaked in atmosphere. With narration-driven storytelling, rich visuals, rare materials, and original music by Yves Elegeert, it’s a blood-soaked love letter to horror cinema, concluding just before the VHS explosion changed the game forever.

Directed, edited, and written by cult icon Johan Vandewoestijne (Rabid Grannies), produced by James Desert, Johan De Paepe, and Erwin Busschaert. International distribution is handled by Zeno Pictures and Chriskepolis under DEFILM, with more language versions in the works.

A must-watch for horror fans, cinephiles, and lovers of cinematic mischief.

Film duration

134minutes

Production country

Belgium

Immortal Beloved Horror

Film screening

Saturday 30 Aug

14:00 - 16:30

With Johan Vandewoestijne a.k.a. James Desert in attendance!

Production year

2025

Festival Year

2025

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A Brief History of Porn Cinema with Bela Lugosi

Anonymous — Mon, 19 May 2025 13:36:37 +0000

A Brief History of Porn Cinema with Bela Lugosi

Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 05/19/2025 - 15:36

Director

Jonathan Rodrigues

Bela Lugosi returns from beyond to present this documentary that investigates the origins of erotic and pornographic cinema, with uncensored footage from the surviving films.

Film duration

12minutes

Language spoken

Portuguese

Language subtitles

English

Production country

Brasil

A Brief History of Porn Cinema with Bela Lugosi

Film screening

Shorts 3: Another One Bytes The Dust (1)

Film screening

Saturday 30 Aug

11:30 - 13:00

Shorts 3: Another One Bytes The Dust (2)

Film screening

Sunday 31 Aug

17:00 - 18:30

Production year

2023

Festival Year

2025

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The Virtue of Voice

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:50:34 +0000

The Virtue of Voice

Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 01/21/2025 - 11:50

Director

Leticia van Neerven

The animated documentary 'Wat is Spreken Waard?' deals with a difficult subject matter and gives a glimpse into the minds of two people who have committed criminal offences.

Film duration

8minutes

Language spoken

Dutch

Language subtitles

English

Production country

The Netherlands

The Virtue of Voice

Film screening

Shorts 1: Like, Share, Despair (1)

Film screening

Thursday 28 Aug

17:00 - 18:45

Shorts 1: Like, Share, Despair (2)

Film screening

Sunday 31 Aug

11:30 - 13:15

Production year

2024

Festival Year

2025

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The Sketch

Anonymous — Mon, 06 May 2024 08:08:13 +0000

The Sketch

Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 05/06/2024 - 10:08

Director

Tomas Cali

Arriving in Paris, I start learning two languages, French and drawing. I meet Linda Demorrir, a live model. Like me, she is transgender and an immigrant.

Film duration

9minutes

Language spoken

French, Portuguese

Language subtitles

French, English

Production country

France

The Sketch

Film screening

Shorts 2: STRIKE TWO (1)

Film screening

Friday 30 Aug

20:00 - 21:30

Shorts 2: STRIKE TWO (2)

Film screening

Sunday 1 Sep

14:00 - 15:30

Production year

2022

Festival Year

2024

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Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer

Alex — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:15:15 +0000

Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer

Alex Tue, 03/26/2024 - 15:15

Director

Maxim Pozdorovkin, Mike Lemer

In the winter of 2011, after a controversial election, Vladimir Putin was reinstalled as president of Russia. In response, hundreds of thousands of citizens rose up all over the country to challenge the legitimacy of Putin’s rule. Among them were a group of young, radical-feminist punk rockers, better known as Pussy Riot. Wearing coloured balaclavas, tights, and summer dresses, they entered Moscow’s most venerated cathedral and dared to sing “Mother Mary, Banish Putin!” Now they have become victims of a “show” trial.

Film duration

88minutes

Language spoken

Russian, English

Language subtitles

English

Production country

Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer

Film screening

Friday 30 Aug

20:00 - 21:45

Production year

2013

Festival Year

2024

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Soviet Hippies / Nõukogude hipid

Alex — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 19:12:55 +0000

Soviet Hippies / Nõukogude hipid

Alex Sun, 03/17/2024 - 20:12

Director

Terje Toomitsu

Estonia | Germany | Finland

The hippie movement that captivated hundreds of thousands of young people in the West had a profound impact on the other side of the Iron Curtain. Within the Soviet system, a colourful crowd of artists, musicians, freaks, vagabonds and other long-haired drop-outs created their own system, which connected those who believed in peace, love, and freedom for their bodies and souls. More than 40 years later, a group of eccentric hippies from Estonia take a road trip to Moscow where the hippies still gather annually on the 1st of June for celebration that is related to the tragic event in 1971, when thousands of Soviet hippies were arrested by the KGB. The journey through time and dimensions goes deep into the psychedelic underground world in which these people strive for freedom.

Film duration

75minutes

Language spoken

Estonian, Russian

Language subtitles

English

Production country

Soviet Hippies / Nõukogude hipid

Film screening

Saturday 31 Aug

14:00 - 15:30

Production year

2017

Festival Year

2024

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The Art of Self-Harm

Alex — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 11:57:12 +0000

The Art of Self-Harm

Alex Tue, 02/06/2024 - 12:57

Director

Jonathan Doe

The Art of Self-Harm is an uncompromising and unflinching look at the art collective known as “White Gardenia”. A group of artists who explore their cathartic expressions through acts of blood drinking, self-mutilation, and other forms of paraphilia. This documentary takes an in-depth look at this group's body of work, as well as conducts detailed interviews with group members to understand the inspirations and motivations behind their art. A warning is in order about the explicit content, which might also be a recommendation to some.

Film duration

120minutes

Language spoken

English

Production country

USA

The Art of Self-Harm

Film screening

Friday 30 Aug

14:00 - 16:15

Production year

2024

Festival Year

2024

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Queendom

Alex — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 10:51:24 +0000

Queendom

Alex Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:51

Director

Agniia Galdanova

Gena Marvin, an artist from a small town in Russia, dresses in otherworldly costumes and protests on the streets of Moscow. She stages radical performances in public, which becomes a new form of art and activism and puts her life in danger.

Part of our REBEL HELL program. Hell is a lonely place if you are an anti-government protester drag-queen in Russia.

Film duration

98minutes

Language spoken

Russian, French

Language subtitles

English

Production country

France

REBEL HELL: Queendom

Film screening

Friday - 26apr24

19:00 - 20:45

Halle6, München

Queendom

Film screening

Saturday 31 Aug

22:00 - 23:45

Production year

2023

Festival Year

2024

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Enter the Clones of Bruce

Alex — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 06:39:15 +0000

Enter the Clones of Bruce

Alex Tue, 01/23/2024 - 07:39

Director

David Gregory

Chassé Cinema Room 5 - CC 3

Get ready to play a game of death … and another … and another ... with Enter the Clones of Bruce, a documentary exploring the Bruce Lee exploitation craze. After Lee’s death, look-alikes like Bruce Li, Bruce Le, and Dragon Lee filled the void. Director David Gregory masterfully pieces together this astonishing and humorous phenomenon.

Film duration

95minutes

Language spoken

English

Production country

USA

Enter the Clones of Bruce

Film screening

Sunday 1 Sep

11:30 - 13:15

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