BUT Film Festival (18)

Festival start: 30 August 2023      Festival end: 03 September 2023

BUT is an annual international festival with about 50 features, 50 shorts plus performances, music and art.

During 5 days in Breda (Holland) filmmakers, distributors and the audience meet each other.
We specialize in genre cinema, low-budget and independent - the weird and the wicked.
The focus is on underground moviemaking (not horror per se) and B-movies.

Each year there is a main guest, Waters, Buttgereit, Castellari, BrudeLaBruce have been there.

The opening film, closing film, 5 nominations plus retrospectives. 90% of the films is new, rest is retrospective.

BUT is a non-profit festival, run by a foundation (IDFX) and volunteers.

Since the 2020 edition, we incorporated free online viewing into our program.

We do not charge entry fees.

Audience award, no prize money.
We charge no screening fees.

Only recent films. One or two years old.

Please make sure the films match our categories: twisted genre cinema, underground horror, B-action, SF, or films about subcultures.

The viewing team decides on selection, submissions can be screened on other festival occasions on tours throughout the year.