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IX INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL
9. Splat!FilmFest 2023
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FEAR I TERROR
  • #POLISH PREMIERE | fear and terror | VHS | found footage | 1980s | vintage | horror | film anthology | darkness | fear | satanists | lake trip | macabre | TV crew | snazzy suit | natural disaster | family party | bloodbath | scientists | serial killer...
  • #POLISH PREMIERE | fear and terror | modern witch | sorcery | app | rasism | possessing | mental illness | thriller | France | rituals | lizards | frogs | spiders | threat | suspense | city | violence | exorcism | gruesome | desperate | poverty | suburbs...
  • # POLISH PREMIERE | FEAR AND TERROR | spiders | reptiles | insects | even more spiders | horror | thriller | racism | highrise housing | claustrophobia | France | fright | tension | panic VERMINES   thriller, horror | France | 2023 World premiere: Venice Film Festival 2023...
  • # POLISH PREMIERE | fear and terror | vampires | horror | nightmare | retro | marquis | classism | aristocracy | folklore | dead grandpa | hospitality | head of the family | France | Tolstoy | occultism | gothic | anxiety | satire | fear | gloom |...
  • #POLISH PREMIERE | fear and terror | witches | horror | folklore | Piotr Adamczyk | coming of age | desert | pagan rituals | witchcraft | harvest | closed community | suspense | growing up | terror | disturbing | Q&A FALLING STARS horror | USA | 2023 World...
  • #POLISH PREMIERE | fear and terror | holidays | all inclusive | folk horror | slasher | survival | the balkans | bad eye | folklore | USA | 70s 80s slasher vibe | psychedelic | realistic experience | anxiety | tension | bad decisions | holiday acquaintances | Serbia...
  • #POLISH PREMIERE | fear and terror | crisis | thriller | Mexico | border | illegal immigrants | system | horror | neo western | grumpy thriller | border patrol | humanity | tension | darkness DEADLAND thriller | Western | USA, Venezuela | 2023 World premiere: SXSW South by...
  • #POLISH PREMIERE | fear and terror | demon | possession | horror | night of the demons | the 70s | murders | retro horror | USA | school is bad | rituals | school for girls | cult | murder gang | magic | sisterhood | terror | agression...
  • #POLISH PREMIERE | fear and terror | thriller | Brazil | violence | class discrimination | macabre | South America | eat the rich | trauma | armored car | Brazilian countryside | mansion | acres | exploitation | frustration | rebellion | workers | brutality | violence | suspense...
  • #POLISH PREMIERE | fear and terror | horror | after life | Dante | surreal | hell | grotesque | macabre | disturbing | terryfing | condemnation | sin | journey through fears | nightmare | dark side | karma | irony | gloomy | Q&A PANDEMONIUM horror | France...
  • #POLISH PREMIERE | fear and terror | the Philippines | cleaning | class discrimination | gothic | illegal immigrants | english mansion | old guy | family | mystery | scary | terrifying | disturbing | suspenseful RAGING GRACE horror, drama | Great Britain | 2023 World premiere: SXSW South...
  • #POLISH PREMIERE | fear and terror | motherhood | curse | ghost | Airbnb | marriage | in-laws | toxic relationships | mystery | Germany | hearth and home | dread | fear | madness | one-shotfilm HOME SWEET HOME - WHERE EVIL LIVES horror | Germany | 2023 World...
  • #POLISH PREMIERE | fear and terror | storm | rain | wind | night | horror | strangers | danger | tension all the time | minimalism | fear | uncertainty | mystery | psychosis | creeps YOU'LL NEVER FIND ME   horror, thriller | Australia | 2023 World premiere:...
  • #POLISH PREMIERE | fear and terror | Stephen King likes this | horror | Salem | Nancy from Stranger Things | witchhunt | demons | older brother | fun | everything is cool until somebody dies | fear | terror | curse | horror cast | cursed knife | teenagers...
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HORRIBLY FUNNY
  • #EUROPEAN PREMIERE | horribly funny | zombie apocalypse | porn industry | young filmmakers | marijuana | stoned | the living dead | horror | comedy | independent cinema | Santa Claus | film studio | interns | humor | absurdity | breath of fresh air ZOMBIE STRAIN horror, comedy...
  • #POLISH PREMIERE | horribly funny | ghosts | american indepentent film | midlife crisis | fringe | comedy | buddy movie | USA | needy buddy | friendship | cringe | failed actor | mystery | heart warming | simple life | twist | outsiders | dark humor THE CIVIL...
  • #POLISH PREMIERE | horribly funny | very black comedy | irony | thriller | marriage | relationship crisis | arguments | jesus maria | nightmare | newborn | shock | tension | thick atmosphere | hysteria | twist   THE COFFEE TABLE thriller | black comedy | Spain | 2022...
  • #WORLD PREMIERE | horribly funny | clowns | friendship | loyalty | road trip | buddy movie | rednecks | juggalos | rap4life | hardcore rap | subculture | outsiders | outcasts | whites | horror | gruesome | rituals | demons | summoning ghosts | WTF | shady types...
  • # POLISH PREMIERE | fear and terror | hybrid genre | abortion | my body my choice | USA | pearl-clutcher | important | anthology | feminism | comedy | horror | sci-fi | cheerleaders | women's cinema GIVE ME AN A horror, sci-fi, comedy | USA | 2023 World...
  • #POLISH PREMIERE | horribly funny | horror | thriller | dark comedy | South Korea | newlyweds | first child | doggy | fridge | possession | family | genre mix | sleepwalking | stress | fright | phobias | danger | madness | sleep deprivation | plot twists |...
  • #POLISH PREMIERE | horribly funny | vampires | humanist | vegan | macabre | suicidal thoughts | love story | romance | teens | rebellious | over sensitive | comedy | Amelia with fangs | ambience | fear | Montreal at night | oniric | melancholic | funny | touching...
  • POLISH PREMIERE | horribly funny | sloth | killer sloth | student dorm | horror | slasher | comedy | social media | environmentalism | animal protection | PETA | alpha | female students | dorm | dark humor | Instagram | bloodthirsty sloth | fluffy vigilante | revenge SLOTHERHOUSE...
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FANTASTIC
  • #POLISH PREMIERE | fantastic | Conan the Barbarian | variation | fantasy | strange | France | myth | transgression | Belgium | body horror | Agata Buzek | masks | dog | glitter | women | onirism | perversion | nightmare | warriors | sarcasm | Bronx | sophistication...
  • #POLISH PREMIERE | fear and terror | Barbara Crampton |Re-animator | Lovecraft | horror | dead again | Cthulhu | primeval | as Full Moon | talking head | the Scream Queen | The Thing on the Doorstep | psychiatric office | patients | disorders | split personality | nightmare...
  • #POLISH PREMIERE | fantastic | metropolis | sci-fi | elixir of youth | drug | brothers | future | death | revival | capitalism | obsession with appearance | macho | 90s | visual masterpiece |16mm DIVINITY sci-fi, thriller | USA | 2023 World premiere: Sundance Film Festival 2023 Polish...
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WTF
  • #POLISH PREMIERE | horribly funny | Troma | John Waters | LGBTQ+ | Tromaville | Lloyd Kaufman | Heidi Moore | drag | Dolly Deadly | bloody comedy | black humour | musical | obscene | vulgar | indecent | bold | gros sex aggeration | politically incorrect | bad...
  • #POLISH PREMIERE | horribly funny | true story | smoke signals | mockumentary | native americans | America | USA | comedy | indie movies | light minded | wasted talent | broken dreams | film industry | filmset | disaster | sweat and tears | cringe | wtf HEY,...
  • #POLISH PREMIERE | WTF | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers | Avengers | Quentin Dupieux | comedy | anthology | murderous tortoise | smoking | burnout | workaholism | nicotine powers | superheroes day off | campfire stories | smooth-talking rat | drooling | mutant tortoise | annihilation of mankind |...
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DOCS
  • # POLISH PREMIERE | documentary | satanicpanic | satanism | riruals | devil | eating children | 80s | USA | american dream | America | conspiracy | hipnosis | therapy | witch hunting | bestseller | Michelle Remembers | masshysteria SATAN WANTS YOU documentary | Canada | 2023 world...
  • #POLISH PREMIERE | documentary | Bruce Lee | Bruceploitation | Attack of the Clones | King Bruce Lee | karate | kung fu | legacy | Dracula | absurd | Severin Films ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE documentary | USA | 2023 World premiere:Tribeca Film Festival 2023 Polish premiere: Splat!FilmFest...
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CULT CLASSICS
  • SCREENING ONLY IN POLISH ŻE ŻYCIE MA SENS documentary | Poland | 2000 director: Grzegorz Lipiec screenwriter: Grzegorz Lipiec cast: Krzysztof Czarkowski, Grzegorz Lipiec, Jarosław Sokołowski, Jacek Katarzyński, Piotr Materna zdjęcia: Jacek Michalewicz, Krzysztof Gawarkiewicz, Jacek Katarzyński music: Kaliber 44, Wentylator, 3K, Uptown, Marek Jarmulski, Jerzy Bechyne, Maciej Niedzielski, Umbra...
cykl NAJLEPSZE Z NAJGORSZYCH
  • SCREENING ONLY IN POLISH GOD’S EYE SF, thriller | Poland | 2000 World premiere: Polish Film Festival 2001 Polish premiere: Splat!FilmFest director: Piotr Krzywiec screenwriter: Piotr Krzywiec photography: Jerzy Zińczuk, Cezary Andrejuk, Karol Augustyn, Mariusz Piotrowski editor: Karol Augustyn music: Jarosław Papaj, Tomasz Sidoruk duration: 1h 32 min language: Polish...
SHORTS
  • When Amy and her boyfriend have a nice dinner in a restaurant where they first met, it turns out there's some pressure on their relationship. TICKET WARSAW
  • COLD drama, thriller | Poland | 2023 An older man is attacked in his own home by an extremist right-wing group. Initially, the attack appears to be accidental, but later it turns out to be planned. director: Daniel Le Hai screenwriter: Daniel Le Hai cast: Jan Litvinovitch, Jerzy Nasierowski photography:...
  • INVISIBLES horror | France | 2023 world premiere: Splat!FilmFest 2023 Louise’s life is splintering. At work they’ve been shunting her aside. And she’s separating from her boyfriend, who works for the same company. When she learns that her contract will not be renewed, she starts witnessing bizarre attacks. director: Matthieu...
  • GROWING horror | France | 2022 world premiere: FEST - New Directors International Film Festival 2022 Ewa's life is seemingly monotonous, but the accompanying soundtrack makes for real cacophony. In the foreground, there are calls from a nagging mother, or tirades by nursing lecturers made in a robotic tone. Exposed...
  • RINGWORMS horror | USA | 2022 world premiere: Popcorn Frights 2022 After discovering her boyfriend’s plan to propose on their weekend vacation, a young woman undergoes a crisis of commitment which attracts the attention of a sinister cult. director: Will Lee screenwriter: Will Lee, Ian Hedman photography: Rafael Gomez editor:...
  • NOSEPICKER horror | United Kingdom | 2023 world premiere: HP Lovecraft Film Festival 2023 Georgie is an 8-year-old British schoolboy with a nasty habit of picking his nose. Bullied by classmates, unhelped by authority figures, Georgie retreats into himself and his habit with macabre results. A ‘tale of the unexpected’...
  • RICE&CHICKEN animation | Poland | 2023 World premiere: BLON Animation and Games Festival 2023 get out of breath on the stairs again? fed up with your slim figure? puke when you look in the mirror? don't have time for the gym? excellent! Turbo Chicken was created especially for you! filled...
  • UNBURIAL comedy | Poland | 2022 World premiere: Brussels Short Film Festival 2022 Berka is 31 years old – and she’s the most pathetic person ever. She hides from the world under several layers of clothes and dreams of going under the table and staying there forever. When, lured by...
  • A KNIGHT thriller | Poland | 2023 world premiere: Splat!FilmFest 2023 Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during XVII century. The mysterious Knight arrives at the Nobleman's manor. His unexpected visit provokes a confrontation between two different visions of human rights. director: Michał Cygan screenwriter: Michał Cygan cast: Dariusz Starczewski, Bohdan Graczyk, Aleksandra Sroka,...
  • CROCODILE horror | Poland | 2023 world premiere: Cannes Film Festival 2023 A 'neo-giallo' film about the need to fulfill hidden desires, which bursts the characters world from the inside. director: Dawid Bodzak screenwriter: Dawid Bodzak cast: Julia Szczepańska, Natan Berkowicz photography: Adam Suzin editor: Kamil Grzybowski duration: 11 min...
  • THE CAT animation | Poland | 2022 world premiere: Młodzi i Film Festival 2022 A short story, but taking place over 30 years. Times, trends, parties, drugs - they’re changing. Martin Cat sometimes succeeds, sometimes fails as a drug dealer. He enjoys parties, escapes the police, goes to prison, all...
  • ECSTATIC THING drama | comedy | France | 2023 World premiere: Palm Springs International Short Film Festival 2023 Robinson and Theresa form a couple in crisis, who are reclused in the countryside with their two children, preparing for the collapse of the thermo-industrial civilization. The lack of desire and future...
  • DEAD ENDERS horror | comedy | USA | 2023 World premiere: South by Southwest 2023 Disaffected, young gas-station clerk Maya doesn't care about much besides messing with her manager and getting her beer discount at the end of the midnight shift. But after a sinister race of mind-controlling parasites are...
  • KIDDO horror | United Kingdom | 2022 World premiere: Romford Horror Festival 2023 On a bus, a mysterious older woman and a group of excited teenagers drive through the English countryside towards Wonderland, a theme park like no other. Sinister secrets await as 'Kiddo' and her compatriots face off with...
  • LITTLE BROTHER horror | Sweden | 2023 World premiere: Splat!FilmFest 2023 A young man hears the voice of his missing younger brother in the middle of the night, telling him he's at their family's old country house. director: Ruben Wallgren screenwriter: Ruben Wallgren photography: Emil Öberg editor: Ruben Wallgren music:...
  • OPHELIA experimental | Poland | 2022 World premiere: Splat!FilmFest 2023 A short film impression, which is an adaptation of the famous painting "Ophelia" by John Everett Millais. director: Estera Świętosławska screenwriter: Estera Świętosławska photography: Estera Świętosławska editor: Piotr Szubra, Estera Świętosławska music: Zofia Mazurek duration: 3 min no language recommended...
  • STOP DEAD horror | United Kingdom | 2023 World premiere: Fantasporto, Porto International Film Festival 2023 When a workaholic city detective and her laid-back partner try to stop a dishevelled girl staggering down the middle of a country road, they discover she’s being stalked by some unseen entity with a...
  • ONCE MEANS FOREVER drama | animation | Poland | 2023 World premiere: International Film Festival ANIMATOR 2023 „Once means forever” is short animator film which shows us, without delusion, story of young women. Girl who could be any other women. Looking by her’s eyes, we will be troubled by her...
  • MURDERKINO: GEISTERKLO horror | comedy | Austria | 2022 World premiere: Breitenseer Lichtspiele 2022 In the midst of a film screening, sometimes you gotta use the "klo" (Viennese slang for "toilet"). Pedro (Pedro Müller), a Lacanian psychoanalyst, is the first to unwittingly step into this terror ride of toilets. “The...
  • CHARLIE THE CANCELLED SKELETON comedy | horror | USA | 2023 World premiere: Days of the Dead Film Festival 2023 Bitter about a film firing him as an actor for not allowing him to work from home, one man plots out for revenge on a horror film, successfully running a...