Walpurgis Panorama
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Pierrot’s Lost Short Films
Antonio Gracia José, Pierrot (Barcelona, 1942 – 2011), was a multidisciplinary artist who acted, drew, wrote and, above all, was a showman. He was a pioneer of fantaterror and experimental cinema. In his transgressive short films, he blends queer elements with the myths of horror cinema, well ahead of his time. All short films will be sreened in OV Spanish.
Les démons de Dorothy
Direction: Alexis Langlois
29’ – France, 2022 (OV French with subtitles in Spanish)
Dorothy is a filmmaker, but also kind of a loser. One night, fueled by a few Heineken beers, she gets creative and starts writing her screenplay until her producer calls her and kills the mood: “Stop with your queer comedies. Mainstream films are what sell now.” To avoid sinking into deep despair, Dorothy seeks confort in her favorite TV show, Romy the Vampire Slayer. Unfortunately, her own demons will show up…
De la terreur, mes soeurs !
Directión : Alexis Langlois
27’ – France, 2019 (OV with Spanish subtitles)
Today is just another day for Kalthoum and her friends. They drink cocktails, look for hookups on the Internet, get impatient trying to find a partner and, once again, have to endure the transphobic insults from strangers. But today will be different. Today, the four trans friends will plan their revenge.
The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman
Direction: León Klimovsky
86’ – Spain, 1971 (OV Spanish)
In a dark room two forensic doctors remove a silver bullet from a corpse, which comes back to life and kills them. Waldemar Daninsky, the werewolf, has risen from the dead. Two young female college students who have been working on a study of superstition and black magic believe they have located the tomb of Countess Wandesa Darvula of Nadasdy, a terrible devil-worshipping woman. The two women travel to northern France in search of the tomb, but get lost in a forest. Waldemar finds them and invites them to his house. The next morning, the women and Waldemar discover Wandesa’s tomb near the ruins of an old abbey.
The power of the strike
Direction: Dima Barch
15’ – Germany, 2023 (OV English with Spanish subtitles)
A young Alex wakes up in a mini bowling alley. Through an intercom, a voice instructs him to go towards a panel where he must press a button. After he presses it, Rick appears, someone with whom Alex has unfinished business. Rick, bound, gagged, and shirtless, begs for his life. Alex debates between vengeance and staying true to himself. With a gun in hand, he must make a decision. The voice encourages him, pushing him further and further into the abyss.
L.A. ZOMBIE
Direction: Bruce LaBruce
63’ – USA, 2010 (OV English with Spanish subtitles)
An alien zombie, whose appearance constantly mutates between a corpse, a fanged beast with irregular genitalia, and an ordinary man, emerges from the ocean and heads towards Los Angeles.
Bloody Bridget
Direction: Richard Elfman
81’ – USA, 2024 (OV English with Spanish subtitles)
Bridget O’Brian has a trailer park background and big aspirations. After a series of extremely abusive events, she meets the Haitian voodoo deity of life and death, and becomes empowered as a “valentine vampire”. Bridget becomes the “Sword of Justice,” defending women against the most evil and oppressive.
SLAY
Direction: Jem Garrard
99’ – Canada, 2024 (OV English with Spanish Subtitles)
Due to a booking error, four drag queens are forced to perform for a very ungrateful audience. But when vampires attack, that same audience will desperately turn to them for salvation.
Lentejuelas de sangre
Direction: Eduardo Gión
47’ – Spain, 2012 (OV Spanish)
Lentejuelas de sangre traces the life and work of the artist Pierrot. A phase between the late sixties and 1979 dedicated to horror, shock theater, Grand Guignol and amateur Super 8 films.
All about evil
Direction: Peaches Christ
98’ – USA, 2010 (OV English with Spanish subtitles)
When Deborah, a bookworm, inherits her father’s old cinema, she needs to take action to keep it afloat. She decides to start screening a series of terrifying short films, thanks to which she’ll discover her inner killer and a group gore fans. What her audience doesn’t know is that the murders in those short films are very real.