BFE 5.0 Schedule

🎥 BASTARD FILM ENCOUNTER BFE 5.0

October 8–11, 2025 | Columbia, SC, USA

📅 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8 — OPENING NIGHT

7:00 – 10:00 PM | The Pastor’s Study
🎉 Opening Night Blowout: From Pulpit to Pandemonium

🪩 MC LadyFingers on the mic as DJ Chaz spins the bastard groove
🧀 Snacks + 💸 Cash Bar
🎤 Keynote Chaos with the Ultimate Bar-steward himself: Skip Elsheimer
🎤🎵 OPTIONAL LATE-NIGHT FIELD TRIP: Art Bar Karaoke with Stephanie Sapienza. Bring your best bastard ballads.

📅 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9 — SURREALITY CHECK

10:00 AM – 4:00 PM | Tin Roof

📽️ Session 1: “Land of the Free, Home of the WTF”

Presentations by Bob Wagner, Dan Erdman, Sara Chapman, Eddy Colloton, Brian Frye, Maybell Romero
Uncover the patriotically perverse side of American found footage.

📽️ Session 2: “PSAs – Publicly Spirited Awfulness”

Presentations by Rich Remsberg, Stephanie Sapienza, Oliver Gaycken, Lydia Pappas
Because nothing says “good intentions” like terrifying children on 16mm.

📽️ Session 3: “Corporate Fanfiction”

Presentations by Gideon Kennedy, Adrianne Finelli, Jeff Martin (via proxy)
When commerce dreams big, and the results are deeply weird.

📽️ Session 4: “Public Enemy #1: The Birth Rate”

Presentations by Those Nelsons, Martin Johnson, and… a surprise guest!
Propaganda, panic, and procreation.

🎮 Evening Extra (6:00 – 8:00 PM):
Games Night @ Transmission Arcade
Challenge your fellow bastard lovers to classic games!

📅 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10 — IN TOO DEEP

10:00 AM – 4:00 PM | Tin Roof
📽️ Session 1: “Not Obscene, Just Strange”

Presentations by Kristin Lipska (Jen Miko), Lumia, Carlos Kase, Eric Cheevers
An uncensored dive into films that make you go “…huh?”

📽️ Session 2: “Well-Intentioned Train Wrecks”

Presentations by Travis Wagner, Gideon Kennedy, and… a surprise guest?!
The road to hell is paved with misguided editing decisions.

📽️ Session 3: “Naked & Unafraid (Of Awkwardness)”

Presentations by Tom Colley, Eric Cheevers, Albert Steg
Everything exposed — except shame.

📽️ Session 4: “Show Tunes & Shenanigans”

Presentations by Rich Remsberg, Tom Whiteside, Those Nelsons
Musical mayhem and reel absurdities.

🍽️ Evening Extra (7:00 – 10:00 PM):
🎞️ Film & Record Potluck @ Bourbon

Bring a 16mm film or a record, and our bastard DJ/projectionists will mix and match the madness. Dinner available (BYO $$). Public welcome. Chaos encouraged.

📅 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 — BASTARD BRUNCH

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM | @ Secret Location 🌮 Closing Mexican Brunch

Informal wrap-up, spicy food, and heartfelt goodbyes
You made it. You’re full of enchiladas and obsolete media. Well done.

🎟️ NOTE:

All sessions and locations are subject to change — because, well, it’s a bastard festival. But we promise you’ll leave weirder, wiser, and possibly scarred, in the best possible way.

Thank You to our Amazing Local Partners!