the roundup: punishment

The fierce policeman Ma Seok-do is back and goes after cybercrime! His opponents are the tech genius Chang Dong-cheol and his partner Baek Chang-gi. The ex-soldier Baek turns out to be a psychopath and ensures that PUNISHMENT, round 4 of the ROUNDUP series, is for sure the most brutal of all parts. Don Lee (TRAIN TO BUSAN, THE ETERNALS) as Ma is in top form and once again will get plenty of bloody knuckles. 

internationale premiere

oddity

Dani spends the night alone in her mansion in the countryside. Suddenly, a man comes to the door and warns her about an intruder. Some time later: Dani was murdered that night. While her husband Ted has a new girlfriend, Dani’s blind sister Darcy, who deals with antic oddities, wants to find out about the truth concerning her sister’s death. CAVEAT director Damian McCarthy once again proves his skills as a connaisseur of fear. 

abschlussfilm | deutschlandpremiere

late night with the devil

Jack Delroy, the host of the late-night show “Night Owls”, has one wish: the programme of the 1977 Halloween night has to be spectacular. Among his guests is also 13-year-old Lilly, who claims to be possessed by the mysterious Mr. Wiggles. LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL by the Australian brothers Cameron and Colin Cairnes is a hommage to 1970s television culture and classics such as THE EXORCIST.

the empire

A science fiction parody wins the Jury Prize at the Berlinale! And well deserved, since Bruno Dumont’s absurd STAR WARS spoof defies all conventions when it contrasts an epic "space opera" with mundane provincial everyday life. THE EMPIRE delights with bizarre characters and amazes with its creative effects. The space stations in the form of Notre-Dame and Versailles Palace alone are unbeatable. 

german premiere

bitten

Françoise is sure that this will be her last night. To celebrate the last hours before her death, she escapes with a friend from the monastery boarding school to join a party in the woods. There she meets her first love: the vampire Christophe. Set in 1967, this melancholic gothic drama by French director Romain de Saint-Blanquat, with its close-ups and 1960s score, is an ode to the morbid romanticism of youth.

german premiere

the weird kidz

The petrol station attendant warns them about the monster in the desert... But all the teens have in mind are firecrackers, beer, and boobs. The camping trip promises to be epic! Especially considering the fact that Dug's big brother Wyatt, with his tasteless mullet and dreams of a future as a rock star, has also taken his hot girlfriend Mary with them. But then, the monster from the desert appears...

german premiere

the soul eater

While Elizabeth has to investigate a brutal double murder in a small mountain village, Franck searches for several children that have been kidnapped. First, the two cases don’t seem to belong together, but later, the detectives find hints for a deeper, more disturbing link. THE SOUL EATER combines a tough police thriller with gruesome folklore to create a blood-stained film bastard typical of the genre. 

german premiere

cobweb

Director Kim Ki-yeol knows that a new ending will turn its drama into a masterpiece and make him win important prizes. But filming has already wrapped up, and he has to fight against censorship and an acting-up crew. Korea's acclaimed director Kim Jee-woon (I SAW THE DEVIL) and PARASITE star Song Kang-ho deliver with COBWEB, a marvellously over-the-top farce with a crazy fastpaced narrative. 

european premiere

boy kills world

The deaf-mute Boy wants to defeat the tyrant who killed his family and pesters the population with perverted TV shows. This wild and bloody action orgy with plenty of black humour presents a top cast, including Bill Skarsgård, Famke Janssen, Andrew Koji and Sharlto Copley. And it's none other than legendary producer Sam Raimi who added his signature style to the insane carnage.

opening night

love lies bleeding

Rose Glass’s romantic-thriller LOVE LIES BLEEDING develops with its shimmering images of bursting muscles and a driving electro score, a beguiling cinematic frenzy that no one will be able to escape. Ed Harris proves to be a marvellous scene-stealer in the role of the grotesquely coiffed villain. But above all, it is the magnificent Kristen Stewart who forms the pulsating heart of this thrilling story.