From September 8 to 12, the fifth edition of the BUT Film Festival took place in Breda. BUT is an acronym for the genres B-film, Underground, and Trash, and focuses on idiosyncratic cinema that deviates from the average film found in cinemas, video rental stores, and on the internet. The organizers look back on a successful festival with nearly double the number of visitors at the new location on St. Janstraat in Breda.

BUT Awards winners
On Saturday, September 11, the BUT Awards ceremony took place in the packed concert hall of Kunstencentrum de Nieuwe Veste. Prior to the ceremony, the first real BUT zombie film, Earman and the Revenge of the Zombie-Chick-Squad (2010), premiered. It is noteworthy that this film was made at the BUT Film Festival by filmmaker Thijs van Gasteren.
The winner of the BUT Award for Best Short was: The Terrible Thing of Alpha-9 (2009) by Jake Armstrong (USA). This animated film is about a bounty hunter who travels to a lonely planet in space to kill a terrible monster.
The shortlist of nominated features included: Earthling (2010) by Clay Liford (USA), The Diamonds of Metro Valley (2010) by Aaron Arendt (USA), and Mi (2009) by Cesar del Alamo (Spain). The jury considered originality and the way the story was told. With Earthling, Clay Liford succeeded in bringing together the various elements of B-film, Underground, and Trash in a highly sophisticated manner and won the 2010 BUT Award. The fantastic-looking award, a larger-than-life eye in a gold-colored base, was created by Cor Vermeulen of House of Wax (Breda horror museum).

For a look back at the BUT Film Festival 2010, you can watch all episodes of BUT-TV: http://www.butff.nl



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