Composer:
Stefan WillCast:
Birgit Minichmayr, Jilon VanOver, Claude Duhamel, Fatma Mohamed, Thomas Schubert, Károly Hajduk, Andrzej Konopka, Lili Epply, Paul Ford, Kannon Hicks (more)Plots(1)
Revealing the stories created to explain mankind's darkest fears, The Field Guide to Evil tasked each talented director with revealing a folktale that has captivated and frightened their homeland and interpreting it in their own unique style. Representing Austria are Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, who tell of an ancient demon that punishes those who engage in the cardinal sin of forbidden love. Agnieszka Smoczynska presents Poland's The Kindler and the Virgin, grotesquely illustrating a man's quest for power, while Calvin Reeder reveals America's cannibalistic humanoids known as Melonheads. India's Ashim Ahluwalia takes a black-and-white journey inside a palace of horrors, while British-born, Hungary-based Peter Strickland tells a fetishistic story of lust and envy in the style of a silent film made using 1960s Kodachrome film stock. Finally, there are twisted tales from the depths of Hell that feature a Christmas goblin from Greece's Yannis Veslemes, a mouse demon from Germany's Katrin Gebbe, and a devilish goat from Turkey's Can Evrenol. (Seattle International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Birgit Minichmayr
Austria
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Jilon VanOver
USA
Best movies:
Hatfields & McCoys (2012) (series)
Counterpunch (2013)
Bloodworth (2010)
Claude Duhamel
Canada
Best movies:
Elysium (2013)
The Pastor's Wife (2011) (TV movie)
The Linda McCartney Story (2000) (TV movie)
Fatma Mohamed
Romania
Best movies:
Katalin Varga (2009)
In Fabric (2018)
Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
Thomas Schubert
Austria
Best movies:
A Whole Life (2023)
Fog in August (2016)
Breathing (2011)
Károly Hajduk
Hungary
Best movies:
Those Who Remained (2019)
One Day (2018)
Sleepwalkers (2002)
Andrzej Konopka
Poland
Best movies:
25 Years of Innocence (2020)
The Peasants (2023)
Duże zwierzę (2000)
Lili Epply
Austria
Best movies:
Spectre (2015)
Erik & Erika (2018)
Windstorm 4: Ari's Arrival (2019)
Paul Ford
USA
Best movies:
The Field Guide to Evil (2018)
Albino Farm (2009)
Kannon Hicks
USA
Best movies:
And Then I Go (2017)
The Field Guide to Evil (2018)
Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos
Best movies:
Digger (2020)
The Field Guide to Evil (2018)
Marlene Hauser
Austria
Best movies:
Andrea Gets a Divorce (2024)
Corsage (2022)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Naz Sayıner
Best movies:
The Field Guide to Evil (2018)
Luzia Oppermann
Best movies:
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Nord bei Nordwest (2014) (series)
The Field Guide to Evil (2018)
Kostas Laskos
Best movies:
Tailor (2020)
Apples (2020)
Wednesday 04:45 (2015)
László Konter
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
The Company (2007) (series)
Houdini (2014) (TV movie)
The Danube Pilot (1974)
Panos Papadopoulos
Best movies:
Park (2016)
The Field Guide to Evil (2018)
Sarah Navratil
Best movies:
The Field Guide to Evil (2018)
Proximity (2020)
Abduction Runs in the Family (2021) (TV movie)