Released September 10, 2024
Discover the anniversary book of this legendary genre film festival: L' É TRANGE FESTIVAL
30 YEARS OF STRANGE FESTIVAL
Collective book
20 cm x 28 cm | 320 pages
ISBN: 979-10-93798-28-8
Created at the end of the last century, when so-called genre cinema remained the "ugly duckling" of theatrical exploitation, L'Étrange Festival has become over the years an essential scout, rediscovering entire sections of completely neglected cinematography. This book retraces this crazy adventure, with lots of unpublished texts, photos, archives. A must for cinema fans!
Strengthened in its choices by the support of an audience eager for unusual/original proposals, the Festival applied this same desire and requirement for singularity for its artistic performances and musical creations.
So many emblematic moments, some of which have even been referenced in novels (The Possibility of an Island by Michel Houellebecq, Nowhere by Aryan Kaganof) and
countless biographical works ( Sono Sion , the exercise of chaos by Constant Voisin , Chasms and peaks by Jean-Pierre Turmel, among others).
As the curtain has just fallen on the first quarter of a century, it seems relevant to us to retrace the most powerful moments and events that have defined these years of discoveries and give voice to those who have contributed most powerfully to the history of the Festival.
In nearly 300 pages, many filmmakers, artists and creators, among the most
highlights of the last 30 years, will reveal to you for the first time everything that
you wanted to know (and more) about the reason for such success and such
acknowledgement.
Composed of texts, drawings, unpublished photos and many other graphic surprises, this “collection of L'Étrange” will be published on the occasion of the thirtieth edition of the Festival (from September 3 to 15).
Released on September 10, 2024
