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Room 36
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With Jim Groom in attendance!
Room 36
With Jim Groom in attendance!
When an electrical storm hits during a late-night talk show, a radio DJ receives persistent phone calls from a mysterious caller warning her and telling her stories of electrical appliances having been affected by the storm. Are they true, or just calls for attention.
the moon is our constant companian in life, always there to be stared at, always fascinating and mysterious. is there life on the moon? is it made out of cheese? what is happening on its dark side? - this short film tries to give an answer to all of these questions.
Bela Lugosi returns from beyond to present this documentary that investigates the origins of erotic and pornographic cinema, with uncensored footage from the surviving films.
Brush Me is a quirky and hilariously absurd stop-motion short that transforms everyday toothbrushes into the stars of a playful and provocative narrative. With its janky yet charming animation style, the film delivers a wild tale of flirtation and passion, amplified by perfectly chosen tango music and humorous voice acting that moves from suggestive foreplay to full-on comedic action.
The clever use of simple props and unexpected scenarios keeps viewers laughing while exploring an offbeat, risqué humor that feels both bold and delightfully uncomfortable. The toothpaste twist and cheeky ending add a final touch of hilarity, cementing Brush Me as a unique, entertaining gem that’s equal parts absurd, daring, and fun. It’s an unforgettable ride that showcases the filmmaker’s creativity and leaves audiences eager for more.
On a night like any other, Alma stumbles upon an underground film hidden in the shadows of the internet, unaware that it is more than just an urban legend: a snuff film that will unleash a cycle of unstoppable violence. On screen, her loved one is brutally tortured by a woman whose identity feels eerily familiar…
A poetic and absurd short stop motion film about shame, sorrow, power – and an unexpected kind of comfort.
A woman walks through the city, carrying an unusual physical attribute. It's strange, maybe shameful – but it’s there, unapologetically.
When a man appears with a troublesome dog, an absurd confrontation unfolds. Her body reacts. A tear is shed. Something once a source of discomfort becomes unexpectedly useful.
CITYWALK is a grotesque and tender urban dream sequence – blending stop motion performance, gender politics, and surreal slapstick into a visceral one-minute journey.
Brutal murders are piling up in the red-light district, leaving the police baffled—are they hunting a serial killer, a werewolf… or a Whorewolf?! As detectives search for clues, the full moon rises… and the next victim has no idea they're about to meet their final customer.
A married man... A night off... A guest...
A nazi general and an Iraquian terrorist have taken Col. Robert Young hostage and it's up to Ramboner to rescue him. Heaven help anyone who encounters him along the way.
A filmmaker dreams of making a 16mm masturbation film, guided by her grandmother - following a tried and tested recipe.
Starting off with a scorned golf caddie, Disectoid is an anthology horror short film or "Micro-anthology". Best experienced without any prior information, Disectoid was conceived, written, and shot in 10 days. The film is akin to late night Adult Swim programming and an amalgamation of horror insanity.
THE GLITSY SUPER COOL FILM & MUSIC MARKET
BUTFF doesn’t shun commerce and trade, as long as it is BUT-related. In addition to the trusted Zeno shop from Zeno Pictures, which will be available throughout the festival, there will be room again on Saturday, for the BUT film and music market. Posters, clothing, Blu-rays, DVDs, CDs, vinyl, books, magazines, merchandise, and more B-movie and underground-related objects, both new and used, will lure you to the stalls. Delve deeper into the weirdness and spiciness that the underground world of film and music making can offer. To spoil you even more, the signing session with our guests will take place during the market. Come, buy, and let your purchase be signed!
With Johan Vandewoestijne a.k.a. James Desert in attendance!
IMMORTAL BELOVED HORROR is a feature-length, deep-dive documentary that charts the electrifying history of horror—from literary origins to VHS-era cult chaos.
It all begins in 1816, the “Year Without a Summer,” when Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, and friends—trapped indoors by volcanic ash-cloud weather—entertained themselves by writing ghost stories. What emerged was Frankenstein, the spark that ignited two centuries of macabre imagination.
From there, the film traces the genre’s evolution: Poe and Stoker, Edison and Méliès, German Expressionism and Universal Monsters, Hammer Films and Giallo maestros like Argento and Bava. Horror’s heartbeat pulses through Night of the Living Dead, The Exorcist, Daughters of Darkness, and the outrageous rise of Troma with The Toxic Avenger.
Told entirely through archival footage, film clips (75+ of them!), and a compelling voice-over (Johan De Paepe in Dutch, Marc Ickx in English), this documentary skips talking heads and dives straight into the guts of the genre—uncut, uncensored, and soaked in atmosphere. With narration-driven storytelling, rich visuals, rare materials, and original music by Yves Elegeert, it’s a blood-soaked love letter to horror cinema, concluding just before the VHS explosion changed the game forever.
Directed, edited, and written by cult icon Johan Vandewoestijne (Rabid Grannies), produced by James Desert, Johan De Paepe, and Erwin Busschaert. International distribution is handled by Zeno Pictures and Chriskepolis under DEFILM, with more language versions in the works.
A must-watch for horror fans, cinephiles, and lovers of cinematic mischief.
With Daniel Zerbst in attendance!
A small mechanical owl is brought to life by a mysterious castaway. Following a trail of corals leads the little robot into the magical world of the WITCHES OF EVERLAND. Does love exist in this strange universe?
An epic journey into a fantastic parallel world, from the wilderness to the City of future. A magical & musical road movie about the circle of life, love and death - and the Power of imagination.
This extraordinary artistic film was originally produced as a short film trilogy (see previous film projects and festivals) and presents now the complete audiovisual saga.
No computer generated imagery (CGI) were used in the production of this film. All phantastic imagery & designs are handcrafted.
A murder that happened 30years ago is connected to the future!
Depicting the moment when the past and future! This is time [trouble]splatter!
I made this film with the intention of creating Japan's splatter heroine. I was frustrated that Japan hadn't had a violent splatter heroine until now.
What I want to portray with this film is destruction (an impulse that even destroys destruction), disintegration, and liberation, for the audience to feel through the film.
With Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson in attendance!
Eric is a secret agent currently working as security guard for senator Dilly. The senator is the main advocate for a new kind of police officer: the Tracker, a perfect and nearly invulnerable android. When Eric realizes that senator Dilly is playing dirty games, he does not only have Dilly’s security chief Ross after him, but also those nearly undefeatable Trackers.
With Christian Genzel in attendance!
Rebel, outlaw, porn pioneer: FINDING PLANET PORNO is a portrait of Howard Ziehm. Later he made cult sci-fi sex spoof FLESH GORDON
Presented by Christian Genzel!
Emperor Wang (the Perverted) is leader of the planet Porno and sends his mighty "Sex Ray" towards Earth, turning everyone into sex-mad fiends. Only one man can save the Earth, football player Flesh Gordon. Along with his girlfriend Dale Ardor and Professor Flexi-Jerkoff, they set off towards the source of the Sex Ray, unaware of the perils that face them!
When evil, deadly water starts pooling around their feet, the citizens of Medialight must figure out a way stay alive until it evaporates.
With Arno Pluquet in attendance!
A madcap director takes his cast and crew to a location once rumored to be home to a cannibal family, with the plan of shooting an amateur horror film. Scripts and preparation turn out to be completely unnecessary, and chaos soon ensues. But the real madness has yet to begin—because the legend isn’t as far-fetched as they thought. The psychopaths in question are still very much present. In fact, one of them harbors his own ambition to direct horror films and is handed the perfect opportunity on a silver platter.
The film crew will end up wishing they had never gone there, in Arno’s feature debut where Calvaire and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre are clear influences—though here with a microbudget, killings where the FX remain just offscreen for budgetary reasons, and chaos… lots and lots of POV-style chaos. But one thing’s for sure: Arno & co were clearly having a blast!
While stalking their prey three street punks get the surprise of their lives when their victim turns out to be anything but what it seems at first glance.
Who knows about tomorrow??!
He hates people. He loves smoking. And he grows the world's finest fish bait. What's his secret?
A rescue mission to free chickens from a factory farm goes radically wrong, and a group of four activists is forced to escape into the wilderness.
Gory stop motion animation made with clay, in which some scientists experiment with sound waves to make the population docile. The problem is that these frequencies also make the dead rise from their graves.
In "Terminus," we meet Gary, a middle-aged bus driver grappling with the lingering effects of a head injury and the strain of his daily life. With a well-meaning but persistent wife urging him to adhere to his medication, Gary finds himself increasingly frustrated and isolated. When his car's voice-activated GPS begins to take on a more self-aware persona, it initially offers solace, guiding him to serene locales to ease his mounting stress. However, as their exchanges grow more intimate, the GPS takes a dark turn, probing the intricacies of Gary's strained marriage and planting seeds of violent ideas.
A dreamy picnic in the park becomes a bloody mess when two lovebirds push their boundaries to the limit.
During an evening shift in an empty office building, a young cleaning lady experiences the fright of her life.
Zaterdag 30 augustus:
INTERACTIEVE CLOWNSACT! middagtijdslot tussen 16 en 17 u
The CIA, The Carousel Institute of Arts Avondtijdslot tussen 19 en 19.30 u
Donatas Tretjakovas Avondtijdslot tussen 19 en 19.30 u
Donatas Tretjakovas.
Zaterdag 30 augustus in het tijdslot van de avond tussen 19 en 20 u
Performer. Was ook te beleven tijdens de Winterbut op 4 januari jl. Geïnspireerd door body horror, butoh dans en B-filmcultuur, onderzoekt de performer het copingmechanisme van een individu in deze onzekere tijden.
INTERACTIEVE CLOWNSACT!
Zaterdag 30 augustus in het tijdslot van de middag tussen 16 en 17]
Zaterdag 30 augustus in het tijdslot van de avond tussen 19 en 19.30 u
Presented by Vanessa Morgan!
A sinister corporation loses control of a house cat infected with a genetically-engineered virus. The death-toll rises during the mutant feline’s rampage, and eventually, it finds its way on board a ship of a criminal king-pin.
BUTFF x Phoenix presents:
CyberPhoenix
A wild night of noise and mayhem hosted by our buddies at Poppodium Phoenix in Breda. This year, Phoenix proudly presents:
Combi Magnetron
An elusive outfit from Haarlem, fusing raw grind and minecore into a chaotic sonic assault. With track titles like “I Was Always Picked Last and Now I Make Shitty Music,” they don’t take themselves too seriously — except when it comes to their ferocious live energy. Expect abrasive riffs and absurdist Dutch lyrics.
D’r Neffe
D’r Neffe is a Dutchie band from Eindhoven with a proper rough 'n lively sound. You say moshpit? Well then, you’re talkin’ D’r Neffe, da’s for sure!
Familievloei
A collective from the North-East of our bonnie little country. With a wink and a nudge, they tackle social issues head-on. They sing the life anthem of the squatter, an ode to the crowbar, about reusing junk and throwin’ free parties. They treat the world like one big toy ball and rub up against the rules of the status quo. Sometimes angry, sometimes sincere, often with an anarchist aftertaste. Sometimes espresso, sometimes cappuccino — but always stuck together like glue. Familievloei dishes out ska, punk, blues and more, all with Dutch lyrics.
DJ Magnus A.I.
Artificially generated tunes for all your weddings, parties, and other beautifully questionable life choices.
Armande Pigeon is the queen of shenanigans. In Brussels, she struggles to make ends meet because she can’t stop gambling on everything, always ending up on the wrong side of luck. When she teams up with Ronnie one night, everything changes – they win it all. And when you hit a winning streak, you have to know when to stop.
With Rodrigo Aragão in attendance!
Luna sets out on a journey in search of her mother, who disappeared on the last day of Carnival in Guarapari. Her search leads her to an old building that is apparently empty but inhabited by tormented souls.
A shitstorm of bad news sends out of work filmmaker Jimmy spiraling into an out of control bender in which he claims to have been abducted by aliens.
With Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson in attendance!
Two Nevada border officers, Dave Quarry and John, amuse themselves off duty by honing their kick-boxing skills via virtual reality combat. Elsewhere, a computer tycoon prepares to market his company’s latest invention, a combination of DNA and virtual reality that creates beings and creatures who look and feel real.
The atomic-bomb is about to be dropped on a small Texas town inhabited by compulsive gambler Lee Harvey Oswald (no relation), his platonic nymphomaniac roommate Natty the Nympho, teenage sweethearts Babycakes and Junior High, and other equally unhinged residents all the while globally recognized mad scientist Dr. Calypso races against time to save the town from nuclear fallout.
A brand-new edition of Belgica Obscura — a special program presented by our collaborators in Bruges at the Razor Reel Flanders Film Festival. This showcase dives into the twisted talents of Belgian genre filmmakers, presenting fresh, freaky shorts that prove the Belgian lowlands are anything but low-key. Belgica Obscura drags their spawn into the light: a twisted sampler of Belgium’s subterranean cinema sins. All flavour. No apologies.
Mélanie, a filmmaker with wasted potential, has taken refuge in corporate jobs. When a weirdo comes up on a silver lining, she won't resist the call of the buzz.
When the eccentric owner of a bustling nightclub keeps an eye on his business, his gaze falls on a mysterious lady dressed in red whom he wants to make his own at all costs. While the other guests at the club loose themselves in decadence, the owner remains spellbound by the lady and his inner demons. Will he risk to loose it all? The Masque of the Red Death is a stop-motion allegory about lust, decadence and decay.
Based on the short story of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 – 1849) in which a bloody pestilence manages to invade a masked ball in a barricaded castle.
One Halloween night, Jeanne discovers a package on her doorstep. When she unwraps it, she wasn't expecting to have to play a game of fang-fang with a ghost.
The Shadows of the Unknown is a series of episodes inspired by The Twilight Zone and the films that have shaped our vision. Each tale weaves mystery or horror, immersing you in eerie atmospheres and gripping suspense. The first episode, The Burglar, is about a thief that breaks into the wrong house on the wrong night—only to become the hunted. But when the body vanishes and reality starts to warp, it’s clear this break-in was just the beginning.
During the night, Dimitri has a disturbing experience: unable to move or speak, he is confronted by an indistinct presence that interacts with him in a curious way at first, then violently, causing him to wake up. What seemed like a nightmare turns out to be a never-ending loop in which Dimitri is confronted by an unknown part of himself.
Mia receive her first sex bot and try to make it work.
Toto, a twelve-year-old boy who looks like a monstrous humanoid creature, is sitting at the dinner table with his parents. They’ve made him some soup, but he doesn’t want to eat it. He says he’d rather eat “shit”. How far is Toto prepared to go to make his parents bend?
With Alexander Churchyard in attendance!
Dig out your membership cards, as it's time to rejoin the Video Dungeon in this much-anticipated sequel to the retro VHS horror hit Video Shop Tales of Terror.