L'Etrange Festival

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Le Trésor

Tue, 1 Sept

Opening short film in the International Competition. Indian and Cowboy discover a treasure chest and follow a mysterious treasure map through a series of mishaps and twists.

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Soirée d'ouverture: Le trésor + Le sabre des gardiens (Blades of the Guardians)

Tue, 1 Sept

Opening evening screening of Le trésor and Le sabre des gardiens (Blades of the Guardians).

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Compétition courts 3 - Étranges mutations

Tue, 1 Sept

Short film competition programme, Étranges mutations.

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Competition Shorts 2

Tue, 1 Sept

Short film programme featuring TapeWorm Alexis and the Opera Diva, In the Teeth of Time, Acid City, Overture, The Guest Room, Happening, Tenebras, A Hand to Hold, 3 CM of Complexity, Soul Kitchen, Osmosis, Builder, Klee, Finalmente, Timekeeper and The Amazing Adam.

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Tormento

Tue, 1 Sept

International Competition horror film about a security guard transferred to a morgue who is haunted throughout the night after fleeing the scene of an accident.

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Turgaud

Tue, 1 Sept

Mondovision drama and gangster film about a mercenary arriving during an election period to help a corrupt candidate while a contract killer is on the prowl.

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Prison on Fire

Tue, 1 Sept

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Spacetime Chronicles

Wed, 2 Sept

Mondovision animated drama about Fred, who moves between dreams and reality, past and present, while questioning his place in the universe with guidance from his philosophical cat Freud.

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L'Invasion des profanateurs de sépulture

Wed, 2 Sept

Philippe Vuillemin carte blanche science-fiction classic about a small Californian town where residents lose all emotion and become automata, possibly due to an invasion from elsewhere. Presented by Philippe Vuillemin.

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American Dollhouse

Wed, 2 Sept

Mondovision horror film about a woman returning alone to her childhood home after her mother's death, where an unsettling neighbour imposes her presence and turns everyday life into a nightmare.

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Competition Shorts 1

Wed, 2 Sept

Short film programme featuring A Stable Marriage, Mancave, Eclosion, Charlie Is Not a Boy, Feedback, Insecticide, Calm, I Walked Through the Wall, Existential Greg, Tongue, Frankenstein's Dream, Hurle! Ça Pousse!, Indigestion, Pithead, I Have a and Have a Great Apocalypse.

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The House on the Moon

Wed, 2 Sept

International Competition fantasy film about Chang Er's journey across the far side of the moon to find her missing husband, a legendary archer who left to save the dying sun.