The First Brisbane Underground Film Festival is Coming!

September 01, 2010 11:30

A brand new film festival arrives in Brisbane this month for three nights of diverse screenings, from 29 September to 1 October at the Brisbane Powerhouse.

The first Brisbane Underground Film Festival (BUFF) will screen the kind of films that usually play at midnight, go straight to DVD or never make it to Brisbane at all.

BUFF will release a barrage of arthouse, horror, unusual, controversial, funny and really weird films on Brisbane.

The opening night film, 'Strange Powers', is a documentary on little-known but much-loved indie band The Magnetic Fields, ten years in the making.

Other films include a musical documentary on North Korea’s concentration camps ('Yodok Stories'), a dark Greek drama ('Dogtooth') and an Aussie horror film ('Primal').

Festival director Nina Riddel said Brisbane needs an underground film festival. “There are too many films bypassing Brisbane cinemas and only screening in Sydney or Melbourne,” she said.

Brisbane Underground Film Festival
Date: Wednesday 29 September to Friday 1 October
Time: 7pm Wed to Fri, 9pm Fri
Venue: Visy Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse
Tickets: $15 / $12
Bookings: www.brisbanepowerhouse.org or 07 3358 8600

Contact details:

Location: Brisbane (QSL)

Contact: Brisbane Underground Film Festival

Tel: 07 3358 8600

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