Press release from BUFF
The 2011 Brisbane Underground Film Festival (BUFF) program was announced today, with seven diverse and colourful feature films screening from 13
October at Brisbane Powerhouse.
Festival highlights include Vacation!, an incredible psychotropic beach party film containing the best use of a blender in cinema history, Profane,
an experimental look at a dominatrix’s struggle with her Islamic faith, and Charlie Casanova, a clever drama about a fast-talking sociopath made for
under €1000.
Closing out the festival is Hobo with a Shotgun, a lurid grindhouse rollercoaster guaranteed to draw a large crowd and give them plenty of thrills and decapitations.
BUFF opens with a tour documentary on feminist electronic band Le Tigre, showcasing their live performances with entertaining interviews and backstage footage. Other documentaries include Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods, on the charismatic and inspiring creator of comic series The
Invisibles, and Shut Up Little Man!, the story of two alcoholics whose hilarious arguments became a viral pop-culture phenomenon when they were
tape-recorded by their neighbours.
Shorts from around Australia, both experimental and narrative, will screen before the features, including work from video remix artists soda_jerk.
Festival director Nina Riddel said this year the festival had almost doubled in size.
“In its second year, BUFF audiences can expect an eclectic mix of films you definitely will not see in mainstream cinemas. Among other things, you'll find exploitation, spirituality, gold spandex, alien abduction and murder in the program.
“I guarantee these films are a lot of fun to watch” she said.
BUFF is generously supported by Pro-Cam Hire and Brisbane Powerhouse.
Brisbane Underground Film Festival
Date: Thursday 13 to Saturday 15 October 2011
Venue: Visy Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse, Lamington Street, New Farm
Tickets: $16 / $13
Bookings: www.brisbanepowerhouse.org or 07 3358 8600
Online: thebuff.net.au
Complete program follows:
Thursday 13 October
7pm Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre on Tour
9pm Vacation! (screens with After the Rainbow)
Friday 14 October
7pm Charlie Casanova (screens with Riding in Between)
9pm Profane (screens with The African Word for Summer)
Saturday 15 October
12pm Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods (screens with Everything is Super)
7pm Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure (screens with From Water)
9pm Hobo with a Shotgun (screens with Glory Hole)
*Films correct at time of release – subject to change without notice