Highways Presents: 4th Annual Film Maudit 2.0 at Highways Performance Space

The fourth edition of Film Maudit 2.0, a showcase and celebration of outré films, takes places January 12-22, 2023 in Los Angeles and online.

This year, Film Maudit 2.0 features over 100 works of cinema from 20+ countries including films rarely if ever, seen in festivals: works addressing socio-political issues and taboo subject matter that challenges conventional artistic assumptions and sexual mores.

The hybrid festival will present both physical screenings at Highways, as well virtual screenings at watch.filmmaudit.org, of 15 feature films, 10 shorts programs, BEHOLD! Queer Series, and a collection of new music to early avant-garde cinema performed live. Included in the festival are a range of narrative, documentary and experimental films that are deliberately bold, extreme, confrontational and unusual

Film Maudit 2.0 is inspired by French avant-garde filmmaker and writer Jean Cocteau who created the original Festival du Film Maudit (literally “cursed films”) in 1949 aiming to celebrate overlooked, shocking and experimental films.