Oct. 12
8:00 p.m.
Spectacle Theater
124 South 3rd Street
Brooklyn, New York 11211
Hosted by: InFEST Underground
The InFEST Underground screening series is hosting an epic night of dark and twisted short films, plus the acclaimed Brazilian horror flick Beyond the Grave, directed by Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro.
Beyond the Grave, a post-apocalyptic zombie western, has been tearing it up on the underground film festival circuit the past few years, winning the Best Horror Film award at the Arizona Underground Film Festival, and screening at the Montreal Underground and at the B-Movie, Underground and Trash Film Festival. In the film, a police officer in a desolate wasteland filled with freaks tracks down a possessed serial killer. Watch the trailer below!
But, before the feature presentation, is a 98-minute block of short films from a few of the masters of the form, including Brian Lonano, Kevin Lonano, Carey Burtt and more. The...
8:00 p.m.
Spectacle Theater
124 South 3rd Street
Brooklyn, New York 11211
Hosted by: InFEST Underground
The InFEST Underground screening series is hosting an epic night of dark and twisted short films, plus the acclaimed Brazilian horror flick Beyond the Grave, directed by Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro.
Beyond the Grave, a post-apocalyptic zombie western, has been tearing it up on the underground film festival circuit the past few years, winning the Best Horror Film award at the Arizona Underground Film Festival, and screening at the Montreal Underground and at the B-Movie, Underground and Trash Film Festival. In the film, a police officer in a desolate wasteland filled with freaks tracks down a possessed serial killer. Watch the trailer below!
But, before the feature presentation, is a 98-minute block of short films from a few of the masters of the form, including Brian Lonano, Kevin Lonano, Carey Burtt and more. The...
- 10/9/2012
- by screenings
- Underground Film Journal
I am a huge fan of short films but the problem is, there are 100 times more shorts made than features, therefor trying to figure out which are worth your time can be quite the chore. That is how the YoungCuts Film Festival can help. The event which kicks off tomorrow, showcases the very best student short films from around the world. So if you are in Montreal and are trying to find something productive to do with your rainy weekend, I highly recommend heading down to check it out. Here is all the info.
The Young Cuts Film Festival takes place at Guzzo Spheretech, 3500 Boul. Côte-Vertu. Here’s how to get there:
If you are going by Metro, get off at StationCôte-Vertu and take the 121 bus going West.
Tickets can be purchased at Guzzo Spheretech the day of the screenings or you can buy tickets or passes from our site...
The Young Cuts Film Festival takes place at Guzzo Spheretech, 3500 Boul. Côte-Vertu. Here’s how to get there:
If you are going by Metro, get off at StationCôte-Vertu and take the 121 bus going West.
Tickets can be purchased at Guzzo Spheretech the day of the screenings or you can buy tickets or passes from our site...
- 9/30/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Enter the sideshow of wonder and amazement, of sorrow and tragedy in Kevin Lonano‘s dark and eerie short film Carny. At the Psycho-Fugue Circus, magician La Fumeur (Vincent K. Guagenti) needs a new act, but it’s one that may leave his longtime assistant, Angela Cloud (Holly Lynn Ellis), not very happy with her partner. And carny retribution can be a real bitch.
Carny is a new film by the prolific Robot Hand! crew and is the first production under their banner to be solo directed by Kevin Lonano, the younger brother of founder Brian Lonano. (The two previously co-directed the short Martian Precursor.)
While there are some slightly similar feels to other Robot Hand! productions, especially the use of regular actors Ellis, Guagenti and Don Singalewitch as ringmaster Mr. Fugue, Kevin Lonano definitely has his own style, feel and pacing.
One of the things that makes Carny work...
Carny is a new film by the prolific Robot Hand! crew and is the first production under their banner to be solo directed by Kevin Lonano, the younger brother of founder Brian Lonano. (The two previously co-directed the short Martian Precursor.)
While there are some slightly similar feels to other Robot Hand! productions, especially the use of regular actors Ellis, Guagenti and Don Singalewitch as ringmaster Mr. Fugue, Kevin Lonano definitely has his own style, feel and pacing.
One of the things that makes Carny work...
- 9/21/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 11th annual Coney Island Film Festival, running Sept. 23-25, offers an exquisite blend of freak show, burlesque and cinematic oddities, featuring movies about reformed gang members, unwitting superheroes, rock ‘n’ roll heaven and tons and tons of short films.
The fest opens with the portrait of a real-life Coney Island badass, Keith Suber, a reformed gang member who now teaches kids that violence isn’t the solution to their problems in the documentary The Last Immortal, directed by Charles Denson.
However, the highlight of the festival — in Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film’s opinion — is the headbangin’ documentary Heavy Metal Picnic by Jeff Krulik and John Heyn, which beautifully relives the glory days of ’80s era rock ‘n’ roll Maryland in all its raucous glory. Featuring footage from an outrageous backwoods farm concert and a reunion among its (slightly) more mature participants. Read the official Bad Lit documentary review here.
The fest opens with the portrait of a real-life Coney Island badass, Keith Suber, a reformed gang member who now teaches kids that violence isn’t the solution to their problems in the documentary The Last Immortal, directed by Charles Denson.
However, the highlight of the festival — in Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film’s opinion — is the headbangin’ documentary Heavy Metal Picnic by Jeff Krulik and John Heyn, which beautifully relives the glory days of ’80s era rock ‘n’ roll Maryland in all its raucous glory. Featuring footage from an outrageous backwoods farm concert and a reunion among its (slightly) more mature participants. Read the official Bad Lit documentary review here.
- 9/14/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival is, once again, set to push the boundaries of modern horror with their sixth annual edition that will run for four terrifying nights on Oct. 13-16 at the Artisphere theater in Washington, D.C.
For the opening night event on Oct. 13, Spooky Movie proves its international flair with the over-the-top Japanese zombie gorefest and action flick Helldriver, directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura, which will have two screenings, one for the early birds at 7:00 p.m. and one for the late-night crowd at 10:00 p.m.
The closing night film on the 16th is also an international affair: Joe Bauer’s The Killage, an Australian horror comedy that sends up the teen camp counselors slasher genre. Plus, there will be several Aussie short films accompanying this final feature.
Smooshed in between these two events are some of the most original and provocative terror flicks around,...
For the opening night event on Oct. 13, Spooky Movie proves its international flair with the over-the-top Japanese zombie gorefest and action flick Helldriver, directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura, which will have two screenings, one for the early birds at 7:00 p.m. and one for the late-night crowd at 10:00 p.m.
The closing night film on the 16th is also an international affair: Joe Bauer’s The Killage, an Australian horror comedy that sends up the teen camp counselors slasher genre. Plus, there will be several Aussie short films accompanying this final feature.
Smooshed in between these two events are some of the most original and provocative terror flicks around,...
- 9/8/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Recently Michael Ryan joined the Sound On Sight team, helping us out with our Fantasia Film Festival coverage, and well he has been pretty much a blessing. What people don’t know is that Michael is also the is the Festival Director for the YoungCuts Film Festival. The fest is celebrating its 10th anniversary with the announcement of 2011’s Top 100 short films by the world’s best young filmmakers 25 and under. Oasis HD will present the films at Montreal’s Guzzo Spheretech theatres from Friday, September 30th to Sunday, October 2nd.
Here is the press release:
The Festival starts with a free screening 1Pm on Friday, presented as part of les Journées de la Culture. Featuring films by young Quebec filmmakers, the opening screening is designed to show high school students the kinds of films that they can aspire to produce at the Cegep level.
Virgin Radio 96 presents the festival...
Here is the press release:
The Festival starts with a free screening 1Pm on Friday, presented as part of les Journées de la Culture. Featuring films by young Quebec filmmakers, the opening screening is designed to show high school students the kinds of films that they can aspire to produce at the Cegep level.
Virgin Radio 96 presents the festival...
- 9/6/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The Atlanta Underground Film Festival will roll out their 8th annual edition at the Goat Farm Arts Center on Sep. 22-25, taking over two screening rooms with a lineup of feature films, shorts and documentaries.
On the features front, Drew Bolduc and Dan Nelson’s hilariously offensive The Taint — about a world taken over by foaming-at-the-mouth misogynists — continues with its international underground takeover with a stop at Auff for an appropriately late-night screening on the 24th. Read the Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film’s review here.
In the short films lineups, be on the lookout for the annual Robot Hand infiltration with Brian Lonano‘s Martian Precursor and Kevin Lonano’s Carny lurking in the Horror Shorts collection on the 23rd. Plus, scattered throughout the fest are Greg Hanson and Casey Regan‘s immensely fun Thy Kill Be Done, Dean Packis‘ grotesque and funny animation Premie Petey in Extreme Makeovary,...
On the features front, Drew Bolduc and Dan Nelson’s hilariously offensive The Taint — about a world taken over by foaming-at-the-mouth misogynists — continues with its international underground takeover with a stop at Auff for an appropriately late-night screening on the 24th. Read the Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film’s review here.
In the short films lineups, be on the lookout for the annual Robot Hand infiltration with Brian Lonano‘s Martian Precursor and Kevin Lonano’s Carny lurking in the Horror Shorts collection on the 23rd. Plus, scattered throughout the fest are Greg Hanson and Casey Regan‘s immensely fun Thy Kill Be Done, Dean Packis‘ grotesque and funny animation Premie Petey in Extreme Makeovary,...
- 8/25/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Here’s some underground film Twitter feeds for you to follow:
An Affair. Chris Hansen’s (American Messiah, Endings) third feature film has recently gone into production in Texas and you can follow its progress on Twitter, which links to very entertaining production blog posts and more. Learn all about shooting at sleazy locations; shutting down city streets for Steadicam shots and the bonding of Hansen’s film student crew. (Hansen is a film professor at Baylor University and uses his students as crew.) Follow @AnAffair_Film.
Battle for Brooklyn. The new documentary by Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky (Horns and Halos) is now out on the festival circuit and will soon be in a theater near you. Read up on the accolades it’s earning and learn more about the continuing skirmishes over Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards project that the film covers. (Film to be reviewed on Bad Lit soon.
An Affair. Chris Hansen’s (American Messiah, Endings) third feature film has recently gone into production in Texas and you can follow its progress on Twitter, which links to very entertaining production blog posts and more. Learn all about shooting at sleazy locations; shutting down city streets for Steadicam shots and the bonding of Hansen’s film student crew. (Hansen is a film professor at Baylor University and uses his students as crew.) Follow @AnAffair_Film.
Battle for Brooklyn. The new documentary by Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky (Horns and Halos) is now out on the festival circuit and will soon be in a theater near you. Read up on the accolades it’s earning and learn more about the continuing skirmishes over Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards project that the film covers. (Film to be reviewed on Bad Lit soon.
- 6/12/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 7th annual Portland Underground Film Festival is all set to terrorize and revile the entire Pacific Northwest with their lineup of seriously deranged feature films and shorts that will run for four nights on June 9-12.
The insanity begins Opening Night when Portland’s own most demented filmmaker, Bob Moricz, premieres his latest feature-length cinematic crime against nature, Felony Flats. Moricz stars in the film himself as a mentally ill man trying to find love and acceptance in Portland’s seediest neighborhood. Bad Lit has been hard pimpin’ Moricz’s work for years and we’re thrilled he’s been chosen to open this year’s Puff.
Other feature films include the Australian punk rock documentary 6 Foot Hick; the female revenge flick Cherry Bomb; the Portland-based drama The Gray Area; the heavy metal musical Mr. Bricks; and the film Puff says is the most gruesome movie they’ve ever...
The insanity begins Opening Night when Portland’s own most demented filmmaker, Bob Moricz, premieres his latest feature-length cinematic crime against nature, Felony Flats. Moricz stars in the film himself as a mentally ill man trying to find love and acceptance in Portland’s seediest neighborhood. Bad Lit has been hard pimpin’ Moricz’s work for years and we’re thrilled he’s been chosen to open this year’s Puff.
Other feature films include the Australian punk rock documentary 6 Foot Hick; the female revenge flick Cherry Bomb; the Portland-based drama The Gray Area; the heavy metal musical Mr. Bricks; and the film Puff says is the most gruesome movie they’ve ever...
- 5/30/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 6th annual Montreal Underground Film Festival presents 3 nights of wild and wooly short films from around the world at various venues around the city on May 12-14.
The fest kicks off with a lineup of 8 short films, plus the World Premiere of Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare’s Main Attraction, about a magician and his resident freaks fending off an eviction from their home. DeGiglio-Bellemare is a member of the Montreal media arts collective Volatile Works and features special effects by underground artist Rick Trembles and Andy Mauro. Also in the Opening Night kick-off is the not-to-be-missed hilarious music video Goths! On the Bus by Karen & Jaimz Asmundson.
Then, the fest continues on the 13th and the 14th with several programming blocks of short films hailing from Canada, the U.S., Germany, the Czech Republic, Serbia, Finland, the U.K. and other countries.
Some standouts in the fest include Zachary Epcar‘s...
The fest kicks off with a lineup of 8 short films, plus the World Premiere of Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare’s Main Attraction, about a magician and his resident freaks fending off an eviction from their home. DeGiglio-Bellemare is a member of the Montreal media arts collective Volatile Works and features special effects by underground artist Rick Trembles and Andy Mauro. Also in the Opening Night kick-off is the not-to-be-missed hilarious music video Goths! On the Bus by Karen & Jaimz Asmundson.
Then, the fest continues on the 13th and the 14th with several programming blocks of short films hailing from Canada, the U.S., Germany, the Czech Republic, Serbia, Finland, the U.K. and other countries.
Some standouts in the fest include Zachary Epcar‘s...
- 5/11/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
It’s lucky 13 for the Boston Underground Film Festival as they celebrate their raucous 13th annual edition this year. Opening with the much buzzed about bloody feature film Hobo With a Shotgun starring Rutger Hauer and directed by Jason Eisener, the fest then barrels on for eight wild nights and days from March 24-31.
While there’s plenty of underground goodness from the U.S.A., this year Buff feels like it’s a much more international affair with several sick features from around the globe. There’s gory horror and quirky black comedy from Japan in the guise of Yoshihiro Nishimura’s Helldriver and Sion Sono’s Cold Fish; the Argentinian freak-out Phase7 by Nicolas Goldbart; David Blyth’s Wound is a psychological thriller from New Zealand; and Mark Hartley’s Machete Maidens Unleashed! is a look at Philippine exploitation cinema from the ’70s.
Stateside there’s Usama Alshaibi‘s Profane,...
While there’s plenty of underground goodness from the U.S.A., this year Buff feels like it’s a much more international affair with several sick features from around the globe. There’s gory horror and quirky black comedy from Japan in the guise of Yoshihiro Nishimura’s Helldriver and Sion Sono’s Cold Fish; the Argentinian freak-out Phase7 by Nicolas Goldbart; David Blyth’s Wound is a psychological thriller from New Zealand; and Mark Hartley’s Machete Maidens Unleashed! is a look at Philippine exploitation cinema from the ’70s.
Stateside there’s Usama Alshaibi‘s Profane,...
- 3/10/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Jan. 22
8:00 p.m.
Moviate
1306 N. 3rd St.
Harrisburg, Pa 17102
Hosted by: Moviate
Genre film production company Robot Hand are masters of a dying art. Very young masters. As the world of cinema becomes increasingly all-digital, Robot Hand cheerfully still makes sci-fi and horror films using old-fashioned practical effects, e.g. stop-motion animation, puppetry, prosthetic make-up and more. Think the early films of Tim Burton, Sam Raimi and George Lucas with about an eighth of the budget of even their lowest budgeted films.
This screening is a complete retrospective of Robot Hand’s movies, from their two most popular films Attackazoids! and its sequel Attackazoids, Deploy!! to earlier mostly unseen films like Brobot to two brand new world premieres. That’s 11 short films produced within the space of only about 6 years. A full listing of the movies screening is below.
Robot Hand was founded by filmmakers Brian Lonano, Kevin Lonano,...
8:00 p.m.
Moviate
1306 N. 3rd St.
Harrisburg, Pa 17102
Hosted by: Moviate
Genre film production company Robot Hand are masters of a dying art. Very young masters. As the world of cinema becomes increasingly all-digital, Robot Hand cheerfully still makes sci-fi and horror films using old-fashioned practical effects, e.g. stop-motion animation, puppetry, prosthetic make-up and more. Think the early films of Tim Burton, Sam Raimi and George Lucas with about an eighth of the budget of even their lowest budgeted films.
This screening is a complete retrospective of Robot Hand’s movies, from their two most popular films Attackazoids! and its sequel Attackazoids, Deploy!! to earlier mostly unseen films like Brobot to two brand new world premieres. That’s 11 short films produced within the space of only about 6 years. A full listing of the movies screening is below.
Robot Hand was founded by filmmakers Brian Lonano, Kevin Lonano,...
- 1/19/2011
- by screenings
- Underground Film Journal
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