BLOOD MACHINES Machines we are sending to the skies While on Earth things can revolve around family drama, epic history, romantic comedy, Space is left only with science fiction. Although constantly in its embrace, we are unaware of Space and find nothing traditional in its presence. When the screening shows yet another black screen with [...]
FOKN Bois LIVE! Friday / 17. 4. 2020 from 23:00 / Channel Zero Refresh & Kurja Polt present FOKN Bois Ghanaian "gospel porn rap" phenomenon M3NSA and Wanlov the Kubolor aka FOKN Bois are coming to Kurja Polt ready to take up the lead role both on screen and on stage! [...]
GUESTS Joël Séria (France), director and writer, started his filmmaking career with no holds barred. His debut feature film Mais ne nous délivrez pas du mal (Don't Deliver Us from Evil, 1971), a masterpiece of subversive and transgressive cinema, was banned in France upon its release. But today deservedly enjoys [...]
CULT FILM CONFERENCE WE ARE ALL HAUNTED HOUSES: THE CULT OF THE UNCANNY 17. 4. 2020 / 14:00 – 17:00 / Kinodvor The Cult Film Conference is presented in collaboration with Northumbria University (Newcastle, UK) and chaired by Dr Russ Hunter, Senior Lecturer in Film and Television at Northumbria. Free admission. Lectures are conducted in [...]
WHO KILLED CAPTAIN ALEX? Captain Alex, one of the most decorated officers in Ugandan People's Defence Force, is sent out to destroy the evil Richard and his Tiger Mafia. When Alex is killed in the process, his brother, a Ugandan Shaolin Monk, arrives in Kampala in search of the murderer. From Wakaliwood, home of [...]
SCHWEINCHEN Schweinchen documents a decomposition study conducted by forensic biologist Dr. Mark Benecke under the artistic guidance of Jörg Buttgereit. The score was composed by Andre Abshagen, Buttgereit's frequent collaborator for several audio dramas and documentaries. Benecke commissioned Michal Kosakowski (German Angst) with editing and producing the project. Poster art was created by Gilles [...]
KOIRAT EIVÄT KÄYTÄ HOUSUJA After losing his wife in a drowning accident, a widowed surgeon and now single father Juha is left emotionally paralyzed. Until one day he stumbles into the den of a dominatrix named Mona. A dangerous fetish will lead them down a painful, cathartic path toward emotional enlightenment. One of [...]
CONTEMPORARY ADORATION Fabrice du Welz, France/Belgium, 2019, 98' Fabrice du Welz concludes his "Ardennes trilogy" (after Calvaire and Alleluia, both previously screened at Kurja Polt) with an ethereal tale of teenage amour fou. Deceivingly simple, Adoration is a testament to the power of du Welz's filmmaking vision, as delicate as [...]
SARRAOUNIA During the "Scramble for Africa" in late nineteenth century, European colonial powers rush to plunder and subjugate the African continent. In 1898, the infamously brutal Voulet-Chanoine military expedition sets out to conquer new lands for the French colonial empire. Queen Sarraounia, sorceress, military strategist and forceful leader of the Azna, rallies her [...]
THE MAKING OF SONJA HENIE THE MAKING OF SONJA HENIE Karpo Godina, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, 1972-2007, DCP, 1.37, colour, 97', English subtitles Director, cinematographer and one of the standard-bearers of the Yugoslav Black Wave, Karpo Godina (author of exquisite avant-garde shorts The Gratinated Brains of Pupilija Ferkeverk, Litany for Happy People, On the Art of Love) attended [...]
