Cine Excess VIII - Are You Ready for the Country: Cult Cinema and Rural Excess
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The University of Brighton 14-16 November 2014
The eighth Cine-Excess International Film Conference and Festival on Global Cult Film returns to Brighton between the 14th-16th November, with its distinctive mix of filmmaker awards and retrospectives, exclusive film screenings and a themed three-day conference. To coincide with the 40th anniversary of Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel’s ground-breaking backwoods classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Cine-Excess VIII considers cult representations of the rural space and its inhabitants, analysing the extent to which depictions of the countryside often reveal fascinating issues of class, sexuality, race and regional distinction. Cine Excess VIII is a collaboration between the festival and the University of Brighton’s C21: Centre for research in twenty-first century writings. The festival will host filmmaker awards, retrospectives and screenings at the University of Brighton’s Sallis Benney theatre and the Duke’s at Komedia Cinema, Brighton. Guest of Honour We are delighted to welcome American cult indie legend Jeff Lieberman (Squirm, Blue Sunshine, Just Before Dawn) as the Guest of Honour to Cine-Excess VIII. Throughout his career, Lieberman has crafted a series of prolific nightmare narratives that combined grindhouse thrills with cutting edge social commentary, with many of his celebrated horror titles exploring themes of rural excess central to this year’s festival. Jeff Lieberman receives his Cine-Excess Lifetime Achievement Award on Friday 14th November at 7.30pm in a special onstage Q and A session at the University of Brighton’s Sallis Benney theatre. This special event will be followed by a screening of Lieberman’s influential ‘revenge of nature’ classic Squirm (1976), about electrified earthworms on the rampage in rural Georgia. Scum of the Earth: Horrific Hicks on Film To celebrate this year’s theme of cult rural cinema, Cine-Excess presents the special screening season Scum of the Earth, which deals with some of the most memorable images of ‘horrific hicks’. Screenings occur at the University of Brighton’s Sallis Benney theatre and the Duke’s at Komedia Cinema, Brighton between Friday 14th November and Sunday 16th November 2014. Find out about Scum of the Earth screenings Cult Crowdfunders: New Audiences, New Funders and the Cult Indie Scene This year’s special Cine-Excess impact panel brings guest of honour Jeff Lieberman with other filmmakers and industry representatives to discuss new networks between cult filmmakers, audiences and current indie film funding methods. The session is chaired by the University of Brighton’s digital economy expert Professor Gillian Youngs, and takes place at the University of Brighton’s Sallis Benney theatre on Friday 14th November at 5pm. Read more about the panel Conference- Are You Ready for the Country: Cult Cinema and Rural Excess Running across the daytime slots of the 14th-15th November, the Cine-Excess VIII conference features a range of international scholars and film critics on themes of rural cult excess from around the globe. Download the Panel Schedule How To Book for Cine-Excess VIII There are two types of passes that can be purchased for Cine-Excess VIII through the University of Brighton’s online shop: Delegate Passes Delegate passes include entrance to the daytime conference (14-15th November) all Cine-Excess screenings (at both the University of Brighton Sallis Benney theatre and the Duke’s at Komedia Cinema, Brighton) and filmmaker awards. The delegate pass is available for one or all three days of the event (lunch provided on the Saturday and Sunday slots as part of the package). The delegate pass costs are:
Please note that all passes must be booked in advance as we are unable to process payments at the venue. Book a Cine-Excess delegate pass Screening Passes Cult film fans can purchase a screening only pass for just £15 pounds that allows them access to the Jeff Lieberman Q and A/Lifetime Achievement Award on Friday 14th November at 7.30pm, as well as all five Cine-Excess screenings at the University of Brighton’s Sallis Benney theatre on Friday 14th November and Sunday 16th November. Please note that all passes must be booked in advance as we are unable to process payments at the venue. Book a Cine-Excess screening only pass Booking for the Duke’s at Komedia Cinema, Brighton Cine-Excess VIII will be hosting tie in screenings of the 40th anniversary release of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre at the Duke’s of Komedia Cinema on Friday 14th November at 11pm. On Saturday 15th November, there will also be a special screening of Jeff Lieberman’s influential ‘bad acid’ thriller Blue Sunshine on Saturday 15th November 11pm, introduced by the director himself. Both of the Cine-Excess at Duke’s Komedia screenings can be booked directly through the venue on Tel: 0871 902 5728 or book online |
American cult indie legend Jeff Lieberman (Squirm, Blue Sunshine, Just Before Dawn)
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