Documentary

White Darkness, The

Genre
White Darkness, The

Directed by Richard Stanley, this documentary explores the role of Voudoun in Haitian society.

Production year
2002
Film duration
52minutes

Otherworld, The

Genre
The Otherworld

Hidden deep in the south of France, practically untouched by the modern age, is a place known by many as ‘the Zone’. In this space, the supernatural is an everyday reality of life. Magic is everywhere. It is reason. It is currency. It is unquestionable fact. Richard Stanley’s documentary about his current hometown Montsegur and its inhabitants, who all seem to share an interest in the occult and the supernatural.

Production year
2013
Film duration
105minutes

Mansfield 66/67

Genre
MANSFIELD 66 - 67

Mansfield 66/67 is about the last two years of movie goddess Jayne Mansfield’s life, and the rumors swirling around her untimely death. As entertaining as a documentary can get. Examining reasons why Jayne Mansfield has become such a cult icon. Starring John Waters (BUT Film Festival Main Guest 2008)!

Production year
2017
Film duration
84minutes

Dead hands Dig Deep

Genre
Dead Hands Dig Deep

This years’ Metal Movie is a documentary about metal’s most extreme performer ever (who makes GG Alllin look like a kindergartener). While living in complete isolation in the desert of southern California, a long forgotten shockrock musician refl ects on his dark past of drug abuse, violence, and self destruction.

Production year
2016
Film duration
75minutes

Spit'n'Split

Genre
Spit'n'Split

A mockumentary about the real band ‘The Experimental Tropic Blues Band’ and their surrealistic adventures on the road. How do you survive as a band constantly on the verge of making it (a bit) bigger? The band has composed the entire soundtrack of the film.

Production year
2016
Film duration
87minutes

Revisiting Melancholie der Engel

Genre
Revisiting Melancholie der Engel

An in-depth documentary about the mysterious German director Marian Dora (BUT guest 2010, and winner of the GROUNDREAKER award) and his masterpiece MELANCHOLIE DER ENGEL, steadily in the top lists of ‘most disturbing fi lms’. Who is this director, and what drives him (or her?) to make these extreme and sickening yet beautiful films?

Production year
2017
Film duration
60minutes

Forgotten Scares

Genre
Forgotten Scares Poster

The feature-length documentary “Forgotten Scares” goes back to the birth of Flemish horror in the 70s and shines a bright light on the future of horror in Belgium. A lot of interviews with the people involved, and some choice anecdotes about the likes of Rabid Grannies and Daughters of Darkness.

Production year
2016
Film duration
96minutes