Cine-Excess

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Cine-Excess
Location Birmingham
Founded2007
Hosted byXavier Mendik
LanguageEnglish
Website www.cine-excess.co.uk

The Cine-Excess International Film Festival and Convention is a UK film festival about cult films that features a themed conference, open discussions, and screenings. It was founded by Xavier Mendik and has been held in several English cities. As of 2013, it takes place in Birmingham. It caters to mainstream audiences, academics, and film industry professionals.

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History

Cine-Excess was originally part of the 2007 Sci-Fi-London film festival and was spun off in 2008 due to its popularity. [1] Mendik describes it as a "mainstream festival" [2] and says was designed to break down barriers between academics and audiences. [1] In the introduction to their book The Cult Film Reader , Mendik and Ernest Mathijs said that it celebrates the mixing of academics and industry professionals, bringing together theory and practice. [3] Andrea Hubert of The Guardian described it as a "unique, eclectic festival which celebrates paracinema and transgressive film-making like no other." [4] In 2013, the festival moved to Birmingham. It was held 15–17 November. [2] Lifetime Achievement awards have been given to Roger Corman, Dario Argento, and Joe Dante. [5]

Special screenings have included The Movie Orgy [6] in 2010, Cannibal Holocaust [7] in 2011, and A Gun for Jennifer [8] and Society [9] in 2013.

Cine-Excess has partnered with Nouveaux Pictures to release high definition versions of cult films. [10] Releases so far include Amsterdamned , [11] Suspiria , [12] and Viva . [13]

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  1. 1 2 Sélavy, Virginie (2008-05-01). "Interview with Xavier Mendik". Electric Sheep Magazine. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  2. 1 2 Young, Graham (2013-11-15). "Midland film festival has X factor". Birmingham Mail . Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  3. ↑ Mathijs, Ernest; Mendik, Xavier (2007). The Cult Film Reader. McGraw-Hill International. p. 21. ISBN   9780335219230.
  4. ↑ Hubert, Andrea (2009-04-24). "Film preview: Cine-Excess, London". The Guardian . Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  5. ↑ Mathijs, Ernest; Sexton, Jamie (2012). Cult Cinema. John Wiley & Sons. p. 38. ISBN   9781444396423.
  6. ↑ Stafford, Mark (2010-05-17). "Cine-Excess 2010: The Movie Orgy". Electric Sheep Magazine. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  7. ↑ Masters, Tim (2011-05-26). "'Video nasty' director Deodato debates censorship". BBC News . Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  8. ↑ Unsworth, Martin (2013-09-16). "Event News: CINE-EXCESS Announce an Autumn of Cult Activity Including Screening of Rare Revenge Film". Starburst . Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  9. ↑ Unsworth, Martin (2013-05-05). "Event News: Cine Excess Announce SOCIETY Screening + Yuzna Q&A". Starburst . Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  10. ↑ Dennis, James (2009-06-02). "Trash meets academia!". Twitch Film . Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  11. ↑ French, Philip (2009-10-24). "Amsterdamned". The Guardian . Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  12. ↑ Jones, Gareth (2009-12-03). "UK Art, Specs, and Featurette for Suspiria Blu-Ray". Dread Central . Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  13. ↑ Kermode, Mark (2009-07-04). "Mark Kermode's DVD round-up". The Guardian . Retrieved 2014-06-24.
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