NEWCINEMA/OBSCURE+
Some films aren't meant to follow the crowd. They're meant to find the people who will truly appreciate them.
NEWCINEMA/OBSCURE+ is dedicated to underground cinema, obscure discoveries and films that exist outside the mainstream. Here you'll find unconventional stories, uncompromising visions and works that refuse to fit neatly into familiar categories. Every film is here because a filmmaker wanted you to see it, inviting you to explore cinema at its most fearless, personal and unexpected. If you enjoy discovering hidden gems that challenge, surprise and stay with you long after the credits roll, you've found the right place.
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Insania Mundi (United Kingdom) by Brendan Void
A documentary short film observation of two performance artists utilising their own blood, clay and consented torture within their artistic expression and performance. The Director (Brendan Void) collaborates with his own music compositions and filmmaking.
Running time: 00:13:53 -
It will hurt (Germany) by Dasha Altukhova
This poetic documentary follows a Japanese art of rope, Shibari. I reflect on the physical and emotional forms of pain. The film provides an intimate glimpse into the journey from the confrontation with pain to deal with it and finding its new meanings. Ultimately, it offers a window into the tra...
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I Killed You a Dozen Times (Belgium) by Kris De Meester
I killed you a dozen times, but you won’t go away. Maybe it’s because you’ve killed me first. Out in the cold, on a strange new globe.
"I Killed You a Dozen Times" immerses viewers in a captivating exploration of the aftermath of a traumatic breakup. The protagonist, driven to erase the other ... -
Stitch (United Kingdom) by Ailsa Madill
May falls apart and puts herself back together.
Running time: 00:02:12 -
Inside You (Ukraine) by Erik Sémashkin
A grape gets eaten. He then begins a long and perilous journey within the human body.
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King of the World (Belgium) by Ron Chiers
Synopsis: Marc is an artist with bipolar disorder. He filmed himself, and was filmed, during a psychosis. It is an insight into the raw reality of someone struggling with mental illness. Like a lonesome rider, he lets us see into the depths of his soul and goes off the track with his uncontrolled...
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Knife, Chocolate (Iran) by Hooshmand Varaei
The son of the family is antisocial, psychotic, skeptic and sexist who judges women by the smell of their cosmetics! He believes that the smell of a decent woman’s cosmetics is different from an indecent one! He even classifies bees.
Running time: 00:15:00 -
Driller Killer (1979/USA) by Abel Ferrara
A young artist, Reno Miller (Abel Ferrara) and his girlfriend Carol enter a Catholic church. Reno approaches an elderly bearded man kneeling at the pulpit. Although Reno seems to recognize the man as his long-lost father, he is merely a derelict. After the man seizes Reno's hand, Reno grabs Carol...