Offscreen Film Festival 2016 | Offscreen
The Offscreenings program presents a fine selection of special, new and unreleased films, giving a platform to independent, non-conformist filmmakers as well as to movies at the cutting edge of contemporary cinema. These films are noted for their artistic originality,...
Offscreen Guest: Despite “Evolution” being only the second feature length picture in the filmography of French filmmaker Lucile Hadzihalilovic (°1961, Lyon), she has worked long on an exceptional and unique cinematographic output. After studies in art...
Offscreen Guest: There are few people we would consider an 'exploitation auteur', but Frank Henenlotter (°1950) most certainly fits the bill. From the age of fifteen, the young Henenlotter spent all his spare time at the grindhouses of 42nd Street,...
While neurotic personalities have been pervasive throughout film history, few capture the imagination as wildly as the offshoots of female psychosis. A favoured staple feature in genre films, the neurotic woman stars as a vicious harpy in both horror and exploitation...
In the 60's and 70's, New York's Times Square was one of the most notorious entertainment districts in America. Its main artery was on 42nd Street: behind an uninterrupted strip of flickering neon signs you could find numerous cinemas, sex shops, gun stores, strip bars...
Grindhouse cinema is dead... or is it? Although most of its exhibition venues disappeared long ago and the 'true' grindhouse films are no longer produced, these six talks and an industry panel discussion will examine the continued importance of the grindhouse and...
A focus on Belgian cult and exploitation cinema: “Cinema Bis” is a general term that refers to cheaply produced films – from B to Z – from the Golden Age of the 60's and 70's in popular genres like horror, adventure or erotica. Some Belgians made a name for...
The festival will feature special Sunday afternoon screenings for all ages: musical comedy “Bye Bye Birdie” as a true matinee show from the sixties including ice cream and usherettes, bring the family along to Jim Henson's fantasy comedy “Labyrinth” featuring David...
“You're tearing me apart, Lisa!” In 2012, the festival unleashed “The Room” for the first time on a Belgian cinema audience. Four years later, the cult reputation of this incredible best-of-the-worst film has steadily grown. This hilarious cinematic train-wreck is the...
For the annual Shortscreen program, Offscreen and website Kortfilm.be present a selection of recent Belgian short films that fit the Offscreen criteria: original, unusual, bizarre and surprising. The films will be introduced by the filmmakers!
Every last Friday of the month, Offscreen screens two rarities in Cinematek, uncovered from the darkest recesses of the archive. Two B-to-Z films with a common theme, presented as a double bill for the price of a single ticket.Like every year, the B-to-Z of March is...
Special edition of the Microboutiek: Fanzines on genre cinema The Microboutiek is a distribution stand for books, CDs, fanzines, comics, DVDs, cassettes and other self-published and small-scale productions. Rich in its selection of curiosities, the Microboutiek is...
A selection of several films can be watched at different locations in our programme "Offscreen - on tour" ! At Liège there's even a mini-festival (see: www.offscreen-liege.be).
