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Alex (Al Pillay) is a disgruntled server at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to deal with the contempt and disgust of the upper class, Alex and cohorts attempt to go on a rampage. Meanwhile, General Karpov (Dave Beard) and Spider (Lemmy) plot to involve the inept anarchists in their plans to derail the Prime-Minister-to-be's campaign.

In this Cult classic par excellence, The Pogues and Motorhead team up for 90 minutes of complete madness. As if a Young Ones episode turns into a full-length feature.

After a strange dream, a young woman is abducted by aliens who try to take away her youth.

Buckle Up a.k.a. BAKLAP is an interactive action-comedy film. Berry (played by Henk van Straten) has lost everything, but his sister finds him a job at taxi company IVOTAX. When his new boss Ivo finds out about Berry's shady past, Ivo devises a bizarre experiment that results in an intense chase through the streets of Eindhoven (Netherlands).

The restoration of works of art requires great expertise, the right materials and a lot of work, but at the same time makes us enjoy, intense emotions...

A story of true love… and violence.

In the dark hall, candles flickered faintly. A body lay in the middle of the hall. Huei and her husband Wen Hsiung came to say goodbye to Huei’s dearest sister. The seemingly calm and sad farewell ceremony seemed to hide an astonishing and dark secret......

A short story about a unique history textbook written by only one of the letters from the alphabet.

Shay, the happy-go-lucky last woman on earth, thinks the end of the world is great. She can do, eat, and wear whatever she wants. In fact, the only downside she’s noticed is that the apocalypse makes it hard to get laid. So when she stumbles upon a zombie-infested sex shop, she’s willing to take on its undead horde of Mean Girls if it means getting satisfaction.

Three reckless robbers target a chinese club. They don't know that the bartender, the only one who knows the safe combination, is narcoleptic and falls asleep when too emotional...

After a bungled robbery, a petrol station owner must decide whether to protect her idiot employee or turn him over to the most dangerous man in Ballybeg.

Mai was abused by her parents in her childhood. Now she is 20 years old, spends meaningless days hanging out with her best friend Kana. One day, Mai encounters a possible "cosplay killer" in the news, he is said that he murders people repeatedly wearing mask and costumes of cute anime characters. Mai prepares to be killed, but the killer just stares at her and then disappears. Mai feels anxiety, but at the same time, she begins to associate the cosplay killer with "Shinji", the man who saved her in the past. Meanwhile, the cosplay killer strangely attracted to Mai.

Anti-Fascism/Post Apocalyptic short animated:

In a remote rural estate house, a woman sleeps, she is alone. It’s a time not far from the dawn of the moving image, the obsessed and wealthy Dr. Epstein engineers a number of scientific experiments. He subjects his adopted children, Pete and Re-Pete, along with his darling flapper, Baby Dee, to his various scientific tasks. Things take a decidedly strange turn when Epstein makes a deal with some shifty-looking vagabonds. On doing so he opens a door to the unknown, ruptures the fabric of time and unleashes a shadow-like character bent on reducing all those he encounters to dust.

A documentary about a woman who handles her body dysmorphia by creating outrageous outfits.

A group of stoners wearing Electric Wizard and Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats T-shirts drive to their vacation home with a van full of Black Sabbath CDs, weed, bongs, acid, and other goodies. Once at the house, the party starts, and an evil lysergic witch is summoned after Ricky "The Acid King" sacrifices his friend to Satan.  Drug-fueled madness, murder, and mayhem follow in a downward spiral of violence.

The Northern Lights shine down on a prairie city with a notorious history of anti-Indigenous racism. Seeing the lights, Stephanie, a 2 Spirit nêhiyaw, sadly remembers her missing mother. Not wanting to be alone, she decides to go see her girlfriend, Jackie. She gets into a cab with a seemingly harmless, but nosey male settler cab driver. As Stephanie tries to evade increasingly invasive questions from the driver, the ride takes a dangerous turn when he locks her in the vehicle and speeds out of the city. In a deserted lot she is faced with this predator.

We take a look in the life of an Aromatherapist, who treats his patients to truly transforming healings.

Undercover agent Watanabe has been sent to assassinate “Void Dharma,” the boss of an international crime syndicate based in K City, in the rear of Japan. Watanabe decides to carry out the assassination at the “Void Dharma Mass Assembly” and calls for his reinforcements. On the other hand, dreamy boy Housuke is being bullied fiercely in middle-school. In the midst of such a hellish situation, Housuke asks a machine called “Dharma-Ray” for help. Will destruction or regeneration be the destination for those living in a degenerate world where truth is mixed with lies?

Manu and Nadine lose their last tenuous relationship with mainstream society when Manu gets raped and Nadine sees her only friend being shot. After a chance encounter, they embark on an explosive journey of sex and murder. Perhaps as a revenge against men, perhaps as a revolt against bourgeois society, but certainly in a negation - almost joyful in its senseless violence - of all the codes of a society that has excluded, raped and humiliated them. Controversial for its violence and real sex scenes: a vividly nihilist road movie set in France.

Rendered mute after a horrific assault in the park by a sadistic old paedophile, young Madeleine tries to escape the traumatic experience living in silence in her parents' farmhouse. However, things will take a turn for the worse, when an innocent offer for a lift by a handsome stranger in a flashy sports-car leads to a nightmarish life of prostitution, abuse, and drug addiction.

Il cittadino si ribella - Carlo Antonelli, an engineer from Genoa, gets mugged and decides to take justice into his own hands. At first the muggers seem to get the upper hand, but then he's helped by Tommy, a young robber who takes his side. The Italian title sounds like vigilante poetry: IL CITTADINO SE RIBBELLA. From Enzo G. Castellari, who was so kind to pay us a visit as the main guest of the 2017 edition.

Architect seeks revenge and becomes vigilante after group of hoodlums break into his apartment and rape his wife and sister. Sounds familiar? That's because it's a Turkish remake of the original Death Wish. A bit more bloody and less dramatic.

The story sees three wealthy, middle-aged CEOs - all married family men - get together for their annual hunting game in a desert canyon. It's a way for them to let off steam and affirm their manhood with guns. But this time, one of them has come along with his young mistress, who quickly arouses the interest of the two others. Things get out of hand and she is left for dead in the middle of this arid hell. However, the young woman is very much alive, and the hunting game turns into a ruthless manhunt.

After his wife and son got brutalized by a street gang, and a corrupt criminal justice system puts the perpetrators back on the street, a NYC factory worker teams up with a vigilante group to find some measure of bloody justice. BUT FF is proud to present the namesake title for this year's program. VIGILANTE comes at a 4K restoration by Blue Underground, featuring Fred Williamson and Robert Foster.

General Ahmed has started an inner-city People’s Army to try and relieve the misery of the citizens of Watts. When the locals are put under increasing pressure by Mafia thugs, Ahmed’s second-in-command Colonel Kojah asks for permission to start a protection squad to take more direct action. Ahmed fears this protection squad will just turn into a vigilante mob, and his prediction soon proves correct. Will Ahmed be able to wrest control back from the power-mad Kojah, or will he be the mob’s next victim?

When Doug tell his mother he got an internship so that she gives him money to keep his weed plants, he doesn't realize where his lie will drag him. 

When a ordinairy man visits the toilet in a restaurant, he hears two men talking about what seems to be a drug deal. Scared but quiet he listens to them.

'Is Your Teen A Homosexual?' is a short allegorical comedy that satirizes Trump's America by using the style of “teen hygiene” educational films of the 1950s. Johnny comes out to his family, who is helped by an off-screen Narrator, but stereotypes and prejudices prove to be stronger than family ties.

An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with his band unexpectedly fall in love and go on an epic journey together through America's decaying Midwestern suburbs.
From director Adam Rehmeier comes this festival hit. His previous film THE BUNNY GAME was a shocker at our 2011 edition and, we are still proud of releasing the dvd back in 2011.

The caretaker of a neighborhood community hears strange strange percussive music, noises and screams that comes from the house of one of his neighbors. Something strange is happening in there.

Trevor reflects on his fear of dating.

SWEET SICK TEENS

Oskar, a bullied 12-year old, dreams of revenge. He falls in love with Eli, a peculiar girl. She can't stand the sun or food and to come into a room she needs to be invited. Eli gives Oskar the strength to hit back but when he realizes that Eli needs to drink other people's blood to live he's faced with a choice. How much can love forgive? Set in the Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg in 1982.

A parody film trailer about a family that buys a new home that’s haunted by horny ghosts.

A poetic and nightmarish dive into the deranged mind of a psychotic little girl.
Nina is 10 years old but isn’t like other little girls.
Nina has two secrets... She has freed Tony the monster who lives in the magical cave and
she has just killed her parents...

BLOODY BELGIUM

Issachar and Zabulon, two brothers in their twenties, are supremely stupid and never bored, as madness is part of their daily lives. When they lose their mother's beloved dog, they have 24 hours to find it - or she will kick them out. Anywhere these schmucks turn up, there is chaos and misunderstanding, people get hurt or are killed by accident. They truly master the art of fucking things up. Brussels has become a dangerous place.

In rural Illinois, a young girl’s disappearance traumatizes the small-town residents, as secrets are revealed, destroying some relationships and strengthening others. Three girls, Charlotte, Laurel, and Joanna, form a bond in the aftermath of the tragedy. Sophomore year in the racially diverse community turns strange when a succession of traumas accelerates each character’s coming-of-age and mysteries emerge from every complication.

Hitler, Tojo and Horse-Man Goering fled via submarine to Ghana after WWII to conquer the world with their Ghan-Arians. Only local Ghanaian Kung Fu Hero Addae stands in their way.

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A party. Seven friends. Twelve disasters. If the world should go down really, really - with all the trimmings! The film '2013 menos 1' tells the story of a group of young people who meet in the country to celebrate an apocalyptic Mayan doomsday party. What, however, no one would have expected: the most wonderful things happen after midnight: A solar storm, an earthquake, a giant octopus, a dinosaur and a mysterious hero emerge.

The first part of the new Marian Dora double feature, followed by PESTHAUCH DER MENSCHLICHKEIT, starring Shivabel Cœurnoir. Hazy shades of mystery surrounds the content of his newest film.
During a trip in the Aegean Sea, Maria D. is confronted on an island with impressions of an archaic culture. Fascinated by the morbidity and religiosity of the inhabitants of the island, she decides to end her loneliness. She enters the world of morbidity and sadism.

Disobedient kids all over Latin America have always feared El Cuco. The mystery boogeyman appears out of nowhere to kidnap and eat children that don’t obey their parents.

In the multibillion-dollar world of pornography, the term mope refers to a low-level, wannabe porn actor who perhaps isn’t quite well endowed or otherwise attractive enough to achieve the success granted to “bigger”-name porn stars. Within the seedy underbelly of the industry, mopes are the lowest of the low, hanging around sets and taking on menial jobs with aspirations of being called upon to participate in a colossal gang-bang scene that could (but most likely won’t) lead to their big break.

Pink Flamingoos Day

17-year-old Jakob wants nothing more than to feel alive. Uncontrollable anxiety attacks prevent him from doing so and force him to escape into virtual worlds. One night, he meets 26-year-old Kristjan in a cam chat. Their encounter marks the beginning of a transpersonal journey to the wounds of their souls.
Are you ready for a brainfuck? Yes? When you watching the movie you’re wondering when it starts?
Good news for you: you’re in de middle of it! Don’t miss it!

A visually packed experimental short dark art film.

The first narrative Slackline-Movie ever made!
A greedy Scientist is about to discover the big sensational hit of his career – a giant cocoon in the woods. What he cannot expect is the outlandish thing inside and it’s own will to survive…

Joël, journalist, goes to cover a case in the French countryside. But after running over a dog on the road, he finds himself trapped in the stories he usually writes.

A student of computer science is working on a thesis about wikileaks, leaving his tutor wondering how he got all the classified information. The student digs deeper into the Deep Web, discovering a page in the hidden network called "The liberte". Violence and pornography he never hoped to have to witness cause a feeling of despair and depression to which he only sees one escape.
A minimalistic film that will leave no one unaffected - A MIDNIGHT EXTREME film from Mexico.

Anya, a mourning woman, drives to the unknown in her vintage car. Her only traveling companion is a mysterious urn. Consumed by sadness and loneliness, Anya falls into a confused world, where her memories and her fantasies are blended.
Beautifully shot by Paris-based, but Reunion-born Mengin, who's short film ADAM MOINS EVE was previously screened at BUT FF.
Aurélia will be present during the screening.

Korte presentatie/introductie Virtual Reality, gender, sex & sci-fi
VR documentaire vertonen, maar Notes on Blindness is werkelijk de beste VR documentaire die ik ooit heb gezien (en zo denken veel filmcritici er ook over).