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| name              = Kurja polt Horror Film Festival
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| name              = Kurja polt Genre Film Festival  
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| festival dates      =  18.9.2014 - 21.9.2014, 16.4.2015 - 19.4.2015, 16.4.2016 - 19.4.2016
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| festival dates      =  18.9.2014 - 21.9.2014, 16.4.2015 - 19.4.2015, 13.4.2016 - 17.4.2016, 19.4.2017 - 23.4.2017, 18.4.2018 - 22.4.2018, 18.4.2018 - 22.4.2018, 9.4.2019 - 14.4.2019, 9.7.2020 - 13.9.2020, 8.6.2021 - 13.6.2021, 17.4.2023 - 23.4.2023, 19.4.2024
 
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The [[Kurja polt Horror Film Festival]] is a specialised competitive festival established in [[established::2014]], taking place at [[Slovenian Cinematheque]] and [[Kinodvor Cinema]].
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The Kurja polt Genre Film Festival is a niche, artistically quite ambitious, festival that unearths and puts forward particularly worthy pieces of genre cinema, with a focus on horror film. Treating this genre in a very unconfined way, the festival reflects and presents it through retrospectives, featured as the core programme, and through a smaller selection of contemporary films. Its name meaning "goosebumps", the festival was established in [[established::2014]] and takes place at [[Slovenian Cinematheque]] and [[Kinodvor Cinema]].
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==Film programme==
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The stated motto of the festival is "cults, classics and genre-benders". The section of contemporary films rather firmly adheres to the genre-bending approach. Consequently, the chosen films are very diverse and can even include historic Tollywood blockbusters. Some of the selected films include ''Child of God'' (James Franco, 2013), ''Alléluia'' (Fabrice du Welz, 2013), ''What We Do in the Shadows'' (Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement, 2014), ''Bahubali: The Beginning'' (S. S. Rajamouli, 2015), ''Demon'' (Marcin Wrona, 2015,) and ''Bone Tomahawk'' (S. Craig Zahler, 2015).
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Retrospectives are either thematically or author focused, for example: the "urban versus rural" selection (from Boorman's ''Deliverance'' to cannibal exploitation film); a presentation of the oeuvre of the cult italo-horror director Mario Bava (his son, also a movie author, was that year's guest speaker); or the trope of the final girl (a concept taken from the work of the theorist Carol J. Clover), paying tribute to prominent female figures and roles. Examples of such films are ''I Spit on Your Grave'' (Meir Zarchi, 1978) and ''Suspiria'' (Dario Argento, 1977).
  
Thge 2016 edition features a selection of contemporary horror film production, a thematic retrospective ''The Last Girl'', ''Hommage à H. R. Giger'', etc.  The accompanying programme comprises film critics and AV postproduction workshops, poster exhibitions and lectures.  
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Also, in collaboration with [[Kraken Film Society]], the 2016 edition chose as its focus the cyber-gothic surrealist H. R. Giger, who was presented through a documentary (Belinda Sallin, 2014) and by a selection of Giger's short films curated by Laura Walde and John Canciani of Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur.
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==Accompanying programme==
  
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The accompanying programme usually deals with segments of the cultural universe that are connected in some way to horror film, for example, a workshop on creating comic books and film posters (naturally with a somewhat darker accent) and a lecture on the history of Italian horror comics called "Fumetti dell’orrore" held by [[Pia Nikolič]] of the Stripolis Institute. Other features in the accompanying programme include poster exhibitions, film criticism and other workshops, and more.
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
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*[[Slovenian Cinematheque]]
 
*[[Slovenian Cinematheque]]
 
*[[Kinodvor Cinema]]
 
*[[Kinodvor Cinema]]
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*[[Kraken Film Society]]
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*[[Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival]]
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
* [http://kurjapolt.si/festival/ Kurja polt Horror Film Festival website]  
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* [http://kurjapolt.org/intro-2016-en/ Kurja polt Genre Film Festival website]  
 
 
  
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Kurja polt, festival žanrskega filma
Trubarjeva 22, SI-1000 Ljubljana


Phone386 (0) 41 284 327
Frequencyannual
Festival dates19.4.2024




The Kurja polt Genre Film Festival is a niche, artistically quite ambitious, festival that unearths and puts forward particularly worthy pieces of genre cinema, with a focus on horror film. Treating this genre in a very unconfined way, the festival reflects and presents it through retrospectives, featured as the core programme, and through a smaller selection of contemporary films. Its name meaning "goosebumps", the festival was established in 2014 and takes place at Slovenian Cinematheque and Kinodvor Cinema.


Film programme

The stated motto of the festival is "cults, classics and genre-benders". The section of contemporary films rather firmly adheres to the genre-bending approach. Consequently, the chosen films are very diverse and can even include historic Tollywood blockbusters. Some of the selected films include Child of God (James Franco, 2013), Alléluia (Fabrice du Welz, 2013), What We Do in the Shadows (Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement, 2014), Bahubali: The Beginning (S. S. Rajamouli, 2015), Demon (Marcin Wrona, 2015,) and Bone Tomahawk (S. Craig Zahler, 2015).

Retrospectives are either thematically or author focused, for example: the "urban versus rural" selection (from Boorman's Deliverance to cannibal exploitation film); a presentation of the oeuvre of the cult italo-horror director Mario Bava (his son, also a movie author, was that year's guest speaker); or the trope of the final girl (a concept taken from the work of the theorist Carol J. Clover), paying tribute to prominent female figures and roles. Examples of such films are I Spit on Your Grave (Meir Zarchi, 1978) and Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977).

Also, in collaboration with Kraken Film Society, the 2016 edition chose as its focus the cyber-gothic surrealist H. R. Giger, who was presented through a documentary (Belinda Sallin, 2014) and by a selection of Giger's short films curated by Laura Walde and John Canciani of Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur.

Accompanying programme

The accompanying programme usually deals with segments of the cultural universe that are connected in some way to horror film, for example, a workshop on creating comic books and film posters (naturally with a somewhat darker accent) and a lecture on the history of Italian horror comics called "Fumetti dell’orrore" held by Pia Nikolič of the Stripolis Institute. Other features in the accompanying programme include poster exhibitions, film criticism and other workshops, and more.

See also

External links

Gallery

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The Kurja polt Genre Film Festival is a niche, artistically quite ambitious, festival that unearths and puts forward particularly worthy pieces of genre cinema, with a focus on horror film. +
The Kurja polt Genre Film Festival is a niche, artistically quite ambitious, festival that unearths and puts forward particularly worthy pieces of genre cinema, with a focus on horror film. +
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