BOUTIQUE: TO PRESERVE AND COLLECT
DISCOVERY SCREEN 2
SATURDAY 24 AUGUST - 6.00 PM
Director: Ry Levey.
With: Chris Alexander, David Gregory, Joe Rubin, Peter Kuplowsky.
USA 2024. 75 mins.
DOCUMENTARY - WORLD PREMIERE - An absorbing documentary on the history of physical media, the rise of boutique specialty collector labels and the role they have played in film restoration, preservation and elevation of underrepresented voices. From Something Weird to Severin and Vinegar Syndrome to Criterion, everything about the first bootleg videos minting amateur entrepreneurs, colour correction secrets and the importance of commentaries and Extras to the collector market is explained by filmmakers, historians and label CEOs. Complemented by amazing clips from horror, grindhouse, erotic and cult titles, this lowdown on the business in protecting art in all its genre forms is a dazzling delight.
FrightFest features horror, fantasy, science fiction and thriller films with an overall 18 rating. Therefore, all films will feature an assortment of the following: supernatural/alien threats, strong language, upsetting scenes, violence, gore, blood, suicide, monstrous menace, tobacco products, creature mayhem, psychological intimidation, sexual imagery, death, child endangerment, maiming, religious profanity, abusive behaviour, bullying, nudity, drug use, strobe lighting and racial stereotyping.