The programming group’s favorites – Afsaneh Larsson
Next up is Afsaneh Larsson! Manborg (!!!!!!!!!!!!) There are people in our world who claim that newly produced movies that try to capture the genuine feeling of an old B-movie lacks the true spirit. If you’re one of them, Manborg is here to prove you so, so wrong! You will tumble around in joy and happiness like the rest of us to the gloriousness of this ridiculous masterpiece. This is not a movie that tries to mock its forerunners in a ironical and shallow way, this is... Read More
”Here’s Johnny!”
”Here’s Johnny!” – some lines really get a hold of your head. Of course the line derives from one of the scenes in the film The Shining by Stanley Kubrick, where you can see a terrifying Jack Nicholson in the leading role. Notably enough, Jack Nicholson shares the same first name as his character, Jack Torrance. So does the actor Danny Lloyd, who plays the boy in the film. All right, maybe that detail’s just a coincidence. But the documentary Room 237, directed by Rodney... Read More
The festival generals favorite – DREDD 3D
I need to confess, that text I wrote in the catalogue for Dredd…. I wrote that without having seen the film. But I’ve seen it now. I was wrong on one account, the 3D effects aren’t the coolest and most innovative ever. They’re alright, but the film!? HOLY FREAKIN MACARONIS & CHEESE BATMAN!!!!!! DREDD 3D is the best comic book adaptation EVER! End of story! It’s also one of the best action films of the last 20 years and reminds me of classics... Read More
Guests in trouble
Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, the directors of Resolution, immediately made lots of new friends when they arrived in Lund the other night. But maybe they should have been more careful about who they decided to hang out with… Lund the Right One In from Aaron Moorhead on Vimeo. Read More
“The closest thing to magic in reality”
To experience silent film accompanied by live-music is probably the closest thing to magic in reality. Accompanied by the music of the Malmö-based band Death And Vanilla, the classical silent film Vampire by Carl Theodor Dreyer bewitched the visitors at the City Theatre yesterday. The suggestive music, specifically composed for this event, intensified the mystical feeling of the film. The fact that the band performed under the scene awoke some contradictory feeling with oneself,... Read More
Q&A with zombie legend Romero – our blogger Nora Hadaf was there
This Saturday afternoon, the line was getting long outside Stadsteatern, where people were waiting for the Q&A with the guest of honour George A. Romero. Finally, the opportunity was given to get closer to the man known for making de greatest zombie-films of all time. The most famous one is Night of the Living Dead, which will be screened at the Festival today, 15.00 at Stadsteatern. The Q&A started with a short dialogue with the general of the Festival, Johan Barrander,... Read More
The programming group’s favorites – Jakob Åsell
With so many great films in this year’s festival, it seems almost impossible to go wrong – even though two of the titles open up to misunderstandings. But do not despair! Jakob Åsell offers some clarification regarding what hides behind the doors of Room 205 and Room 237. 205 – Room of Fear Everyone who’s ever sneaked around down in the old catacombs under any of the student corridors of Lund to pick up some laundry after a late night laundry-shift,... Read More
Opening cereomy, mingle and grand guests – our blogger Nora Hadaf was there
This year’s edition of Lund International Fantatic Film Festival has finally started! Yesterday, the opening of the eighteenth edition took place at the municipal-theater of Lund, where no one held back on the festivities. With the newly acquired of lawful age, the festival was celebrated with wonderful mingling, where you could on one hand enjoy refreshments and snacks, on the other hand relish the mixed company of people from the press, cinemaguests and people from the film... Read More
The programming group’s favorites – Joakim Sten II
Here’s Joakim Sten’s second recommendation! My Way During the last days of this years EFM, most of the interesting stuff was over for our part. The fantastic and the less fantastic fantastic films had all been screened, discussed and checked off. But for some reason, me and Lars Diurlin had both got cought up a short film text in the programme. Something South Korean about two East Asian solders who end up on the beaches of Normandie during D-day. It mentioned something... Read More
The programming group’s favorites – Kajsa Albertsdóttir
The time has come for Kajsa Albertsdóttir to present her favorites from this years line up! And also to remind us that tonight’s THE night! Mingle! Bloody beers! A magnificent opening of LIFF 2012 AND: Vamps Boom goes the dynamite! Tonight at eight o’clock, we meet up at the city theater. There we’ll mingle with light hearts, sparkling wine, bloody beers and tasty snacks before Anna Serner opens the festival and the movie Vamps starts to roll. A brilliant... Read More
