Saturday 3 sept

A man rescues a boy and later tries to get him off his back but to little avail, so they end up drifting around a subterranean world, populated by grotesque masked figures. A hundred years after Chaplin filmed his first feature film, The Kid, Norbert Pfaffenbichler offers an experimental punk-style interpretation, which the filmmaker himself has defined as a dystopian slapstick film.

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.

After a seemingly drunken evening, Charlotte wakes up in the middle of the night on her bed. While she has no memory of the past few hours, she hears her co-tenant being violently attacked in her room. Unable to rescue her, Charlotte finds herself alone with the intruder. The latter accuses him of having stolen his most precious possession. To stay alive, Chartlotte will have to identify the object in question, and above all, remember the misdeeds of which she seems accused.

In the pure tradition of the crazy erotic neo-giallo which already characterized his old films, with "13 notes in red" François Gaillard signs his most accomplished work and shows total generosity offering a mixture of hemoglobin and sexuality on a tasty aesthetic punctuated with neon reds and leather. Suffice to say that it's been a long time since French bis cinema has produced something so enjoyable.

A group of filmmakers realizes that their surroundings is way more horrifying than the horror film they're trying to write. Kasper Juhl (Your Flesh, Your Curse/Madness of Many) returns to our festival with his newest shocker, combined with his short film KAKERLAK (27 min).

A cockroach begins to haunt Silas' mind and consciousness, which makes him terrorize his girlfriend and his sister, until he desperately tries to heal himself with an exorcism.

Hotel Poseidon volgt 24 uur in het leven van Dave (Tom Vermeir), een uitgebluste veertiger die in het bouwvallige hotel van zijn overleden vader woont. Hij vult er zijn dagen met luisteren naar ruis op een oude walkman, het ontlopen van zijn dominante moeder (Tania Van der Sanden) en het incasseren van vernederingen door zijn vriendin (Ruth Becquart). Dave wil liefst met rust worden gelaten... maar de komst van een mysterieuze gast (Anneke Sluiters) en een onbetrouwbare vriend (Dominique Van Malder) zet een reeks magische en surreële gebeurtenissen in gang... A day in the life of reluctant hotel owner Dave – a man troubled by nightmares, his neighbor, his friends and love. Dave’s existence is hopeless. His days and nights blend into each other as he wanders vacantly through the halls of the abandoned and dilapidated Hotel Poseidon, which he inherited from his deceased father. When a young woman knocks on the hotel’s door looking for a room, while Dave’s best friend wants to throw a party in the backroom and a recurring dream haunts him, a surreal and grisly ordeal is set in motion.

On her last day of work, a drama student at the theater is targeted by a crazed killer.

After the death of their father, two brothers decide to embark on a hunting trip to help bring them closer together. They become the prey of a deadly creature.

The movie that never got made is a story about a man who are willing to risk anything for the next rush. Even his testicles.

Three students film a documentary about Johannes Duyster, Antwerp's 17th century executioner. This is their footage.

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. Barbie-girl can be a killer after all, in this modern revenge flick with a strong female lead and female director.

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.

Musical based on SIKSA's "Stabat Mater Dolorosa" is a performative dream of making a movie come true, where both the dream and the movie are like chewing gum that has been tasteless for too long. A nostalgic invitation to a dancing story about a girl returning to her childhood, when she dressed up as different women using her mother's wardrobe, and all the roles she played were to please herself. This film is a tool for reconstructing the scenes from the youth, as well as a baroque farewell to all the glitter and unicorns. Stabat Mater Dolorosa is like a bayonet slashing through modern times. She gives us micro-performances with all her body, and at her own risk. SIKSA's music is the scenario rejected, grinded, spat out, negated and intensified by the characters. Piotr Macha's camera is one of the murder weapons that SIKSA would like to use to fuck up the modern reality. It's a language of art that SIKSA has been using almost unnoticed since 2014. A gun, a girl and death – those are the times we live in.

Bob finds himself trapped in a post-apocalyptic desert inhabited by glamorous mutant '80s pop stars out for blood - Bob's blood.

BUTFF is glad to preent this years' punk attitude feature lenght animation, thanks to Kaboom Animation Festival. 

A chimeric future on After Blue, a planet from another galaxy, a virgin planet where only women can survive in the midst of harmless flora and fauna.

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. But when Madeleine finds out her evil pimp's cruel scheme, an irrevocable course of sweet retribution and a deadly sawed-off double-barrelled shotgun will inevitably set the stage for a bloody roaring rampage of revenge. And then, no one will ever dare to harm her again. The iconic appearance of Cristina Lindberg with her angelic face, long leather coat and eyepatch has often been copied and influenced the look of Kill Bill, among others.

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. He hides that he is a killer and approaches her. While Mai hides her trauma and the killer hides his true self, they gradually grow closer and are strongly attracted to each other by an invisible "something". However, to know what they are hiding each other only means their separation.

What happens after the movie is over?

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.

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

A man is driving at night when he notices a refrigerator. He walks near it and then is taken to an unknown place by the refrigerator, which ...

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. 

Title says it all

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......

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.

Two theologians who are fond of hiking go to a farm where the country day of a religious group is celebrated.

Two young girls meet for a pleasant weekend unaware they are being taken to an old isolated house that holds a dark past and is surrounded by death and tragedy.

Short films by David Stojan:

Midnight Fantasy 2022: The story of an unfaithful christian woman who sees her dominant lover after work.

Snuff Toy 2022: During a visit to get rid of incriminating evidence an ex-employee of the now-abandoned orphanage runs into an old friend.

Lost Tapes 2019: A mysterious compilation of deleted scenes.

Probably the greatest story ever told, after FORGOTTEN SILVER by Peter Jackson. Suddenly, everything makes sense in history. But you will not be able to tell what you just saw. During World War II, the Allied Secret Service recruited a Mexican masked wrestler named the Golden Angel. Recently discovered secret files reveal that this agent thwarted several plans that could have changed the course of the conflict in favor of the Nazis. This documentary chronicles the perilous missions of the Golden Angel and how he came to face Hitler in person.

For three years, James (Harry Shum Jr.) has been haunted by his wife’s sudden and inexplicable disappearance. His best distraction is work—specifically, archiving old videos. While watching decade-aged TV news footage one night, he sees a video interference that’s deeply disturbing. And it’s not the only interference he’ll see. As his obsession over these strange clips increases, and he submerges himself into their mysteries, James discovers troubling connections to his missing wife. Based on actual, but never resolved hacks. Was it a serial killer releasing information? Or just some kids playing around? or even an avant-garde way of viral release of a minimal electro album?

Originally shot in 1984 and not finished until 2021, New York Ninja is about a sound technician for a news station who becomes a vigilante ninja in New York City after his pregnant wife is murdered. Great added soundtrack by Voyag3r and voice dubbing by the likes of Linnea Quigley, Michael Berryman and Cynthia Rothrock. Released by Vinegar Syndrome.