Bastard
About “Bastard”:
The Bastard Film Encounter (BFE) is a US-based film festival and conference established in 2013 which encourages the viewing and discussion of films and videos which are "poorly executed, offensive in content, or document the offensive." These films have often been orphaned by their original creators or the institutions in which they are held as well as the archivist(s) charged with the film or video's care-taking. A bastard film is sometimes described as the “terribly-behaved cousin of the orphan film”. The participants and attendees are usually archivists, scholars, librarians, academics, social historians, enthusiasts, film researchers, and collectors in the world of film and video content. Over the weekend event, attendees will be introduced to films, view them, and a discussion will follow." BFE has been described as "Equal parts endurance test, group therapy session, academic conference, and absurdist jamboree..."