‘Klovn Forever’
France’s L’Etrange Festival is set to kick off September 3 – 13 and the full lineup of films has been announced, which feature a ridiculous number of great genre titles including RKSS Collective‘s Turbo Kid, Sean Baker‘s Tangerine, and the world premiere of the Klovn sequel, Klovn Forever, by Mikkel Norgaard.
Take a look below for the full list of films screening this year.
OPENING PERFORMANCE
Ghost Cell Short film by Antoine Delacharlery World premiere
Brand New-U – Simon Pummel International premiere Introduced by director and team
CLOSING FILM
Baahubali: The Beginning – S.S. Rajamouli European premiere UNRELEASED & PREVIEWS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
«Nouveau Genre» Grand Prize & Audience Award
1- The Forbidden Room – Guy Maddin & Evan Johnson French premiere Introduced by Guy Maddin & team
2- Emelie – Michael Thelin French premiere Introduced by actress Sarah Bolger
3- The corpse of Anna Fritz – Hèctor Hernandez Vicens French premiere
4- Ghost Theatre – Hideo Nakata World premiere Introduced by director & actress Haruka Shimazaki
5- Gangnam Blues – Ha Yoo French premiere
6- Turbo Kid – RKSS Collective French premiere
7- The Visit – Michael Madsen French premiere
8- Nina forever – Blaine Brothers French premiere Introduced by directors & actress Fiona O’Shaughnessy
9- The Wakhan Front – Clément Cogitore Introduced by director
10- Schneider vs. Bax – Alex Van Warmerdam French premiere Introduced by director
11- The Dark Below – Douglas Schulze European premiere Introduced by director
12- NH10 – Navdeep Singh European premiere
13- Moonwalkers – Antoine Bardou-Jacquet European premiere Introduced by director
14- Tangerine – Sean Baker Introduced by director
15- Yakuza Apocalypse: The great war of the underworld – Takashi Miike
16- TAG – Sion Sono European premiere
17- Cooties – Jonathan Milott & Cary Murnion European premiere
18- Brand New-U – Simon Pummel International premiere Introduced by director and team
19- “TWITCH presents” Baskin – Can Evrenol European premiere
20- Men & Chicken – Anders Thomas Jensen French premiere
21- Klovn Forever – Mikkel Norgaard World premiere
22- Ludo – Q & Nikon European premiere
23- Chasuke’s Journey – Sabu French premiere
UPPEN COMERS
1- Aaaaaaaah! – Steve Oram International premiere
2- Excess Flesh – Patrick Kenelly French premiere Introduced by director
3- Stung – Benni Diez French premiere
4- The Incident – Isaac Ezban French premiere
5- L’élan – Étienne Labroue World premiere Introduced by director and team
6- Extraordinary Tales – Raoul Garcia
7- Another – Jason Bognacki French premiere
MONDOVISION
1- Sunrise – Partho Sen-Gupta
2- Love & Peace – Sion Sono European premiere
3- I am here – Anders Morgenthaler French premiere
4- Scherzo Diabolico – Adrian Garcia Bogliano French premiere
5- Mirage – Szabolcs Hajdu French premiere
6- Ruined Heart: another lovestory between a criminal & a whore – Khavn French premiere
7- Free Fall – György Palfi French premiere
8- Im Keller – Ulrich Seidl French premiere Introduced by director
9- Chernozem – Judd Brucke French premiere
10- Upstream Colors – Shane Carruth French premiere
11- The Invitation – Karyn Kusuma French premiere
12- Like Cattle Towards Glow – Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley World premiere Introduced by directors and Christophe Honoré 13- Cat & Mouse – Victor Nieuwenhuijs & Maartje Seyferth World premiere Introduced by directors
DOCUMENTARIES
1- Dark Star: H.R. Giger’s World – Belinda Sallin French premiere
2- The Death & Resurrection Show – Shaun Pettigrew French premiere
3- B-movie: Lust & Sound in West Berlin (1979-1989) – Jörg A. Hoppe, Heiko Lange et Klaus Maeck French premiere
4- A German Youth – Jean-Gabriel Périot Introduced by director
5+6- Heart Beat Ear Drum: a movie about Z’EV – Ellen Zweig + Industrial Soundtrack for the Urban Decay – Travis Collins & Amélie Ravalec French premieres Introduced by Ellen Zweig, Travis Collins, Amélie Ravalec & Jean-Pierre Turmel
7- Jodorowsky’s Dune – Frank Pavich
FOCUS « TURKISH FOLLIES! »
1- Remake, Remix, Rip-off – Cem Kaya French premiere Introduced by director
2- Tarzan in Istanbul – Orphan Atadeniz
3- Seytan – Metin Erksan French premiere
4- Tarkan – Mehmet Asiam
UNDERRATED CLASSICS / ODDITIES ON THE ROCKS
1- Bad Boy Bubby – Rolph de Heer Restored version
2- The sender – Roger Christian
3- Death Trip – Rudolf Zehetgruber
4- Paragraph 218 – Wir haben abgetrieben, Herr Staatsanwalt – Rob Houwer & Eberhard Schröder
5- The Needle – Rachid Nougmanov French premiere
6- Carne de tu carne – Carlos Mayolo French premiere
A “CARTE BLANCHE” TO BENOIT DELÉPINE All screenings are introduced by Benoît Delépine
1- Tranquilou – Gérald Touillon introduced by director & Benoît Delépine
2- Heavy Girl – Axel Ranich
3- My Joy – Sergei Loznitsa
4- Norway of Life – Jens Lien
5- Pee Wee’s Big Adventure – Tim Burton
A “CARTE BLANCHE” TO BEN WHEATLEY All screenings are introduced by Ben Wheatley
1- The Friends of Eddie Coyle – Peter Yates
2- Castle Keep – Sydney Pollack
3- Marketa Lazarova – Frantisek Vlacil French premiere
4- Slap Shot – George Roy Hill
5- The Keep – Michael Mann
A “CARTE BLANCHE” TO GUY MADDIN All screenings are introduced by Guy Maddin
1- Glen or Glenda – Edward D. Wood + The Phoenix Tapes – Matthias Muller & Christophe Girardet
2- Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia – Sam Peckinpah
3- Sensuela – Teuvo Tulio
4- The Penalty – Wallace Worsley
5- The Devil’s Cleavage + Back to Nature – George Kuchar
AN EVENING WITH THE RESIDENTS Hosted and animated by Don Hardy & Homer Flynn
– Theory of Obscurity: a film about The Residents – Don Hardy French premiere + Special RESIDENTS Films Program + Q&A World premiere
L’ÉTRANGE MUSIQUE (with La Mécanique Ondulatoire)
The Residents perform «Shadowland» European exclusivity
« SuperMégaBloodyBunnyApocalypticaTurboZombiNIGHT» 0- Ninja Eliminator 4: the French Connection – Short film by Mathieu Berthon
1- Turbo Kid – RKSS Collective French premiere
2- Tales of Halloween – Neil Marshall, Lucky McKee, Darren Lynn Bousman, John Skipp, Andrew Kasch, Mike Mendez, Ryan Schifrin, Paul Solet, Axelle Carolyn, Dave Parker, Adam Gierasch French premiere
3- Bunny the Killer Thing – Joonas Makkonen French premiere
4- Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead – Kiah Roache-Turner French premiere
20 YEARS of L’ÉTRANGE SHORT FILMS
Curated by the Short Programs and Creations Unit at Canal+ France Program 1
– COUNTER – Volker SCHREINER Grand prize L’Étrange Festival 2006
– THE ANATOMY CLASS – So-Yun ZUNG Grand prize L’Étrange Festival 2001
– LA COMTESSE DE CASTIGLIONE – David LODGE
– BLINDNESS OF THE WOOD – Martin JALFEN
– HOME – Douglas BUCK
– REJECTED – Don HERTZFELDT
– ALL FLOWERS IN TIME – Jonathan CAOUETTE Grand prize L’Étrange Festival 2010
– MUSIC FOR XMAS AND 6 DRUMMERS – Ola SIMONSSON & Johannes STJARNE NILSSON
Program 2
– SANTA THE FASCIST YEAR – Bill PLYMPTON
– BOB – Matthew SMITH
– LES BALTUS AU CIRQUE – Stéphane AUBIER
– DIE SCHNEIDER KRANKHEIT – Javier CHILLON Grand prize L’Étrange Festival 2009 – SELL YOUR BODY NOW! – Marco PUCCIONI rand prize L’Étrange Festival 1999
– SISSY BOY SLAP PARTY – Guy MADDIN
– LIGHT IS CALLING – Bill MORRISON rand prize L’Étrange Festival 2004 – RAPTURES – Gordon WILDING
– RARE EXPORTS – Jalmari HELANDER
SHORT FILMS / INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
6 programs – 50 shorts from every corner of the globe vying for the Canal+ Grand Prize and the Audience Award
Program 1: My sweet gore
TWENTY FORTY THREE – Eugénie Muggleton / THE GREY MATTER – Luke & Peter Mc Coubrey / KAIKEN
JÄLKEEN – Pekka Sassi / GUMMI FAUST – Marc Steck / SPLINTERTIME – Rosto / BAD GUY#2 – Chris Mcinroy
Program 2: What if?
SEA DEVIL – Brett Potter / 1500 NIÑOS – Olivier Dubois / GOODBYE UTOPIA – Ding Shiwei / ROOM 731 –
Young-Min Kim / DE SCHNUUF – Fabian Kaiser / TEHRAN GELES – Arash Nassiri / DEMONTABLE – Douwe Dijkstra / SIEBEN MAL AM TAG BEKLAGEN WIR UNSER LOS UND NACHTS STEHEN WIR AUF, UM NICHT ZU TRÄUMEN – Susann Maria Hempel
Program 3: In & Out
BORDER PATROL – Peter Baumann / SWEETHEART – Jack Taylor-Cox / 100001 – Fabio Palmeri / RAMONA
– Andrei Cretulescu / DE SMET – Wim Geudens / EL DISCO – José Manuel Sanchez Barrajeros / DERNIÈRE FORMALITÉ – Stéphane Everaert
Program 4: Crossing the Rubicon
1000 PLATEAUS – Steven Woloshen / SUMSING – Martin Rahmlow / THE OBVIOUS CHILD – Stephen Irwin / BLEACH – Don Best / HORSE – Jie Shen / WORLDS OF TOMORROW – Don Hertzfeldt / FOK NABO DISTORIO – Francesco Rosso / DANS LA JOIE ET LA BONNE HUMEUR – Jeanne Boukraa / HALF WET – Sophie Gate / CROW – Yoav Segal / DAY 40 – Sol Friedman / DÉFRAGMENTATION – Saebyul Hwangbo / 365 – The Brothers Mc Leod
Program 5: Is there anybody there?
12th ASSISTANT – Jae-Hyun Jang / DADDY’S LITTLE DEAREST – Joris Donvil / LA CARNE CRUDA – Samuel Lema
/ INTRUDERS – Santiago Menghini / THE STOMACH – Ben Steiner / HASTA LAS ENTRAÑAS – Leandro Cozzi
Program 6: New Flesh
ALL WE NEED IS SLAVES – Nieto Nieto / POLAROID – Lars Klevberg / EROTICON – Alexander Hahn / SMALL PEOPLE WITH HATS – Sarina Nihei / TRAFO – Paul Horn / EXQUISITE CORPUS – Peter Tscherkassky / HES THE BEST – Tamyka Smith / BOX ROOM – Michel Lathrop / PORTRAIT – Donato Sansone / SHUTTERBUG –
Christopher Walsh
RETOUR DE FLAMME Curated & hosted by Serge Bromberg
– L’inhumaine – Marcel L’Herbier Restored version
EXHIBITIONS
– laSpirale.org presents ‘LaSpirale’s Cave’: «…from Ali Baba to Plato, on the way with Sid Vicious & Timothy Leary!» at Galerie Cabinet des Curieux
– Frédéric Voisin: ‘Linogravures & Sérigraphies 2010/2015’ at Galerie Arts Factory
