Else (französische OmeU) || Fantasy Filmfest || FRESH BLOOD AWARD || Deutschlandpremiere

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Fresh Blood Award

In the FRESH BLOOD section, Fantasy Filmfest presents first or second films by as yet unknown directors and lets viewers vote for their favorites in an audience competition. The winning film will receive the audience award - the FRESH BLOOD AWARD. Voting takes place at every FRESH BLOOD screening with voting cards that are distributed on site. On the voting cards, 1-5 stars can be awarded for each film. The winner will be announced at the end of the festival.

In our FRESH BLOOD section we present first or second feature films by still unknown directors and let the audience vote for their favorites. The winning film will receive our audience award - the FRESH BLOOD AWARD. Voting will take place at every FRESH BLOOD screening via voting cards that will be distributed on site. On the voting cards, 1-5 stars can be awarded to the respective film. The winner will be announced at the end of the festival.

Else

Self-confident Cassie and shy Hans have only just met. But while the mismatched couple carelessly devote themselves to each other, a virus begins to rage outside their front door that will irrevocably change the world. At first, the lovers don't mind moving even closer together because of this. But that soon becomes a problem. Because the epidemic is merging bodies, but not just human ones: No tissue remains unconnected, whether flesh or stone.

ELSE makes these absurd mutations tangible. Every rubbing, every chafing, every sliminess blends into a dreamlike visual and acoustic spectacle. An end-time body horror romance of a special kind and a sensual event for the big screen. Thibault Emin's debut film made it into the Midnight Madness section of this year's Toronto Film Festival.

English Version

In ELSE a mysterious virus provokes bodies and any other matter to merge. The young couple Cassie and Hans are right in the middle of it. Every rubbing, every chafing, every sliminess adds up to a dreamlike visual and acoustic spectacle. An apocalyptic body horror romance and a sensual event for the big screen. Thibault Emin's debut film made it directly into the Midnight Madness section of this year's Toronto Film Festival.

Film: Else (France, Belgium 2024)
Director: Thibault Emin
Actors: Matthieu Sampeur, Édith Proust
Screenplay: Thibault Emin, Alice Butaud, Emma Sandona
Duration: 100 min
Language version: French OmeU

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