fear good – deutschlandpremiere

interstate

After presenting SALOUM in 2021 at the Fantasy Filmfest Congolese director Jean-Luc Herbulot comes back with INTERSTATE. The plot turns around Franck, a contract killer, who will bitterly regret his newly found mercy for one of his victims. INTERSTATE is another entertaining mix of genres – and a tribute to THE GODFATHER. The plot is full of clever twists and turns and has the potential to drive us all crazy.

german premiere

a place called silence

Sam Quah's Chinese remake A PLACE CALLED SILENCE of his own Malaysian thriller from 2022 is a film that pulls the rug out from under your feet. Without exception, the themes are heavy and relentlessly brutal: bullying, abuse, power structures, manipulation and murder. Good and evil become blurred. Exciting and thought-provoking, but definitely not for the faint-hearted!

fresh blood – deutschlandpremiere

she loved blossoms more

Three brothers are working on a time machine, that shall be able to bring back dead people back to life. What survives the trip through their closet is so far a headless chicken. Then, a young woman appears with her more drugs and alcohol. A melancholy fever dream, a surreal science fiction fable, a head-spinning body horror: director Yannis Veslemes invites us on a mysterious, sometimes uncomfortable journey.

The short A MONSTER CALLED LOVE will be screened prior to the film.

pre-screening: a monster called love

In the supporting film A MONSTER CALLED LOVE by Sophia Lara Nimue Schweizer, a young woman encounters a monster called LOVE in a forest.

fresh blood – deutschlandpremiere

scared shitless

Sonny’s fear of germs is not a good premise to help his father with the family’s plumbing business. But then the two are called urgently to an apartment complex, Whatever is clogging the pipes here... lays eggs. It's also extremely voracious and makes its bloody way from human buttock to buttock. The creature effects of Vivieno Caldinelli’s first feature are by Steven Kostanski, director of THE VOID and PSYCHO GOREMAN.

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german premiere

peg o‘ my heart

Dr Man takes his job very seriously. In the case of his patient and taxi driver Choi San-keung, who suffers from severe sleep problems, this will drag him deep into an unsettling world. PEG O' MY HEART is a psychological thriller that peers into the horror of our subconscious through a kaleidoscope of nightmare images. Hong Kong legend Nick Cheung uses stylish surrealism to test what genre has to offer.

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european premiere

escape from the 21st century

Time travelling through sneezing … Immediately from its international premiere in the Midnight Madness section of the Toronto International Film Festival to the Fantasy Filmfest: The stylish madness of ESCAPE FROM THE 21ST CENTURY is for sure not from this star. This fast-paced action-martial-arts-what-the-fuck firework resembles a cinematographic LSD trip!

fresh blood – deutschlandpremiere

blood star

Roberta is on her way home. In her Ford Mustang she drives through the New Mexico desert. But this is the territory of Sheriff Bilstein and he has other plans for her. A nerve-wracking cat-and-mouse chase begins when Bilstein's perfidious games escalate. The reason for all this? The crazy cop doesn't bat an eyelid behind his mirrored sunglasses. The vast and lonely wasteland in the blazing heat becomes an inescapable trap for Roberta.

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„science fiction hinterfragt!“

the andromeda strain

“Science fiction questioned!” is the motto for an exciting and educational evening, hosted by the Zeiss-Großplanetarium in Berlin and the Munich Observatory. We will be showing the cult classic THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN (1971) by Robert Wise, which was nominated for two Oscars. After the screening, we will discuss with scientific experts whether the content of the film is more “science” or “fiction”.

About the movie: The US government is feverishly researching the causes of a mass extinction in a small town in Nevada in a secret underground laboratory. A deadly dust of extraterrestrial origin has reached Earth and is beginning to mutate. This first film adaptation of a bestseller by Michael Crichton was a cinematic milestone in its day and is still great cinema.

a different man

What if you would wake up one morning with the "perfect" face? For Edward, who suffers from a rare skin disease, this sounds like a blessing. But be careful what you wish for. Schimberg's captivating drama, which alternates between tragedy and humour, asks many of the right questions and inspires with cinematic details and a fantastic Sebastian Stan in the leading role.

director’s spotlight – europapremiere

párvulos

PÁRVULOS is a mix between a haunting, gory horror film and a gripping story about being a family. Mexican director Isaac Ezban (THE SIMILARS, EVIL EYE) takes a creative approach to the virus catastrophe theme: From the atmospheric colour palette to the stirring soundtrack and the particularly effective and disgusting make-up effects of the infected. Ezban breathes real life into them with humour and heart, without it seeming silly. What is for sure not easy to achieve.