CLAYMATION FROM THE BREAKFAST TABLE
His website reads “I make budget films on the breakfast table. Claymations, stopmotion animations and that sort of thing.” But the short stories animated by Lee Hardcastle wouldn’t be appropriate for any breakfast at all. Taking those cult movies we all love so dearly, Hardcastle creates parodies as shapely as clay can be made. Since 2010, his website has been filling up with these 60 second shorts including horror classics like Evil Dead and current LIFFF title... Read More
VAMPS
Most people get tired of living the single life after a few years. Imagine doing it for a few centuries, and not being able to look in a mirror even once. Goody (Alicia Silverstone) and Stacy (Krysten Ritter) are best friends and roomies. They’re also vampires, but they try not to let that get in the way of leading perfectly good, non-murderous lives. Meanwhile, their stem (or sire), played by the stunning Sigourney Weaver, is in town, stirring up trouble. That’s when... Read More
MANBORG
Remember, it’s not about the killing. It’s about family! Evil Count Draculon is taking over the world with his demon army. A small group of rebels is still standing up to him, but they’re falling, one by one. After a devastating battle, one wounded is saved to a life as a cyborg. With a motley crew he takes the fight in true Mortal Kombat style – complete with weird special effects and the sound perfectly out of sync (and tune). Manborg is a tribute to old... Read More
KILLER JOE
The Academy Award-winning director of classics such as The Exorcist and The French Connection and a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer are the chefs of this horrible but irresistible little Texas Noir-stew served with the Lone Star State’s own Matthew McConaughey in the title role as a cop who moonlights as a hitman. Chris (Emile Hirsch) hires Joe to kill his mother, to get the insurance and pay off his gambling debts. This genius scheme triggers a Coenesque downward spiral... Read More
THE BAYTOWN OUTLAWS
Sometimes, you watch a film that you just don’t want to stop, ever! When the action and tension keep rising, when anything can happen next and you’re laughing and cheering the badass anti-heroes all the way to success. Credits roll, and you take your first calm breath in 90 minutes. Well, that’s pretty much what happened when we saw this dirty, gritty and truly awesome southern rock ‘n’ roll shoot-’em-up extravaganza, which could perhaps best... Read More
REMINGTON & THE CURSE OF THE ZOMBADINGS
Philippine films are rare enough in our corner of the world, but this really is a pearl of hilarity and joy, and joyness! You can’t be prepared for it. It can’t be explained. But we’ll try. As a kid, Remington walks around teasing gay guys and is put under a ”curse”: when he grows up, he’ll become gay, too. Time passes, Remington grows up and meets a pretty girl. That’s when it starts to happen. Borrowing his little sisters t-shirts. The butterfly... Read More
Shortfilms: Focus on SKåne
This years festival will put a special focus on fantastic shorts from Skåne. The films will be presented in their own Shortfilms package. A paneldiscussion about fantastic filmmaking in the region will follow the screening. The following films will be screened: The Behemoth A pharmacist arrives to a town were her services aren’t needed since everyone are so damn well. She solves that “problem” by envoking an entity, a thing, that makes everyone having... Read More
The FP-Malmö visning
The classic story of the younger brother avenging his brother’s death is a staple of books & cinema. The latest filmmakers to tackle this subject are the Trost brothers, and they don’t just tackle it. They put it in a headlock & pummel it for good measure. On the mean streets of Frazier Park, gangs battle for turf and supremacy in the baddest way possible; Beat Beat Revolution. JTro is the younger brother of the legendary dancer BTro and together they run one of the... Read More
Attack the Block
A teen gang in South London is forced to stick together and gather everything that can serve as weapons, including those old fireworks. But the purpose is completely different from the riots that have been going on in real life in Britain. Outer space has come to pay a visit, and its monstrous population is not kindly disposed. Joe Cornish who among other things has played a zombie in Shaun of the Dead, has made a sparkling alien- and actionpacked feature debut that has critics... Read More
The FP
The classic story of the younger brother avenging his brother’s death is a staple of books & cinema. The latest filmmakers to tackle this subject are the Trost brothers, and they don’t just tackle it. They put it in a headlock & pummel it for good measure. On the mean streets of Frazier Park, gangs battle for turf and supremacy in the baddest way possible; Beat Beat Revolution. JTro is the younger brother of the legendary dancer BTro and together they run one of the... Read More
