Edition 2006

From the 10th till the 25th of March, the
long awaited High Mass of Fantastic
Cinema comes to town, with a rosary of
film pearls to be admired by 60.000 devoted
followers for more than two weeks:
88 plus films presented in world, European
or Belgian premiere, of which 15 will have
a Belgian distribution.
Our faithful flock should have to split itself
in two or three if they should want to participate
at every screening at the same
time: more than 168 films are simultaneously
presented in the Auditorium of the
Passage 44, Cinema Nova, the Film
Museum, the Actor’s Studio, the Botanique,
in Brussels and other Belgian cities.
For them, the first command will be: Thou
shall enjoy.
Thou shall enjoy belonging to a public with
a ritual of its own, enjoy sharing a film
passion. Enjoy the marvellous procession
of theatre groups, the exhibitions changing
the face of the Auditorium and Nova, the
unique spectacles and manifestations
such as the Unusual Fashion Show, Make-
Up and Body Painting Contest and the divinely
pagan closing party, the immortal
Bal of the Vampires.
For them, the second command will be:
Thou shall endure.
Thou shall endure 16 days, day and night,
three to five films a day, a day of
Japanimation, a Belgian Fantastic Film Day,
numerous midnight screenings, and on top
of that two film nights from dusk till dawn.
For them, the third and most important
command will be: Thou shall keep an open
mind. And if you do that, you will be taken
on board a major international event, probably
one of the most important in its genre.
You will discover wondrous worlds of fantastic
film and admire the ever-changing
film landscape, with as this year’s focal
points: the restoration of the Frankenstein
myth, the continuing rising of the dead, the
fast spread of the fantastic virus all over
Asia, the disturbing emergence of ghosts
and ghouls, the proliferation of spiritual
and pagan themes, the entry of new and
promising talent, the re-entry of the masters
of horror, the horror…
To say it in the words of the great film architect,
at the same time the title of this
year’s retrospective on religious and satanic
cult films: “Oh, My God!”

From the 10th till the 25th of March, the long awaited High Mass of Fantastic Cinema comes to town, with a rosary of film pearls to be admired by 60.000 devoted followers for more than two weeks: 88 plus films presented in world, European or Belgian premiere, of which 15 will have a Belgian distribution. Our faithful flock should have to split itself in two or three if they should want to participate at every screening at the same time: more than 168 films are simultaneously presented in the Auditorium of the Passage 44, Cinema Nova, the Film Museum, the Actor’s Studio, the Botanique, in Brussels and other Belgian cities. For them, the first command will be: Thou shall enjoy. Thou shall enjoy belonging to a public with a ritual of its own, enjoy sharing a film passion. Enjoy the marvellous procession of theatre groups, the exhibitions changing the face of the Auditorium and Nova, the unique spectacles and manifestations such as the Unusual Fashion Show, Make- Up and Body Painting Contest and the divinely pagan closing party, the immortal Bal of the Vampires. For them, the second command will be: Thou shall endure. Thou shall endure 16 days, day and night, three to five films a day, a day of Japanimation, a Belgian Fantastic Film Day, numerous midnight screenings, and on top of that two film nights from dusk till dawn. For them, the third and most important command will be: Thou shall keep an open mind. And if you do that, you will be taken on board a major international event, probably one of the most important in its genre. You will discover wondrous worlds of fantastic film and admire the ever-changing film landscape, with as this year’s focal points: the restoration of the Frankenstein myth, the continuing rising of the dead, the fast spread of the fantastic virus all over Asia, the disturbing emergence of ghosts and ghouls, the proliferation of spiritual and pagan themes, the entry of new and promising talent, the re-entry of the masters of horror, the horror… To say it in the words of the great film architect, at the same time the title of this year’s retrospective on religious and satanic cult films: “Oh, My God!”

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