Scream Queer - Eros and Thanatos

ABOUT US: He's considered the heir of Joe d'Amato, misunderstood in his home country and loved by many around the world on the underground extreme circuit: Domiziano Cristopharo is an Italian filmmaker, amongst many other things, who doesn’t shy from bringing shocking images to the screens. His work comes over with a lot of finesse and style. This is the chap behind such titles as Doll Syndrome, House of Flesh Mannequins, Red Krokodil, and many more. His muse, the actress Chiara Pavoni (Andreas Schnaas DEMONIUM, Ivan Zuccon BAD BRAINS, Pastore VIOLENT SHIT: THE MOVIE) is considered a sexy icon of Italian cinema. Both decided to dedicate this festival to the most mistreated side/category of underground cinema, where avant-garde, sensuality, sexuality and - why not - pornography find a place in the experimental matter of a film (or performance) where a language without limits of moralism, bigotry and conformity of the gender identity: Horror, Comedies, Arthouse, Exploitation and Porn are welcome in this fest (expecially) if LGBTQ themed! Most of the fest will reject this kind of works, we acclaim, love and respect them! Special guest/Juror 2022: FABIOMASSIMO LOZZI director and screenwriter, in 2005 he contributed to the collective documentary"Nuovo Cinema Paradosso", presented at the Venice Film Festival (Giornate degli Autori). He's a member of the Actor's Center Rome, with which he made the experimental docudrama Altromondo, released in Italy in 2008 and in the United States in 2010. His noir melodrama "Stare Fuori" had its international premiere at the Montreal Film Festival in 2009 and won Best Film and Best Actress at the Napoli Film Festival 2010. He's currently in the post-production of "Nobody is Perfect" a feature-length documentary made in collaboration with Antonio Veneziani. TIFFANY BLEM Horror lover and writer, perpetual tourist, book worm, music fanatic foodie and dog mommy. She write for nightmarishconjurings.com and morbidlybeautiful.com