HUNGARY The ad that failed The making and uses of Géza Bereményi's A Hídember (The Bridgeman, 2002) Was the patriotic and government-financed A Hídember a failed attempt by the then ruling right-wing party to get it through the elections? Felicitas Becker looks at the film and its exploitation. AUSTRIA A high between two lows? The 2002 Diagonale festival Even though Austrian cinema is basking in Michael Haneke's success, there is still pessimism in the industry. Herbert Krill reports from the country's showcase of national film. BULGARIA How much for your soul? Dimitar Petkov's Opashkata na diavola (The Devil's Tail, 2001) Opashkata na diavola is considered one of the most beautiful Bulgarian films of the post-1989 age. Irina Ivanova discusses this work that looks at modern life in a "normal way." GERMANY A closet full of brutality Volker Schlöndorff's Der Junge Törless (Young Torless, 1966) Volker Schlöndorff's debut examines the origins of fascism by focusing on the sadistic and homo-erotic bullying in a boys military academy. Christopher Dietrich looks back at this charged classic.

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HORROR "Don't go in there!" European films at the 20th Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival From Frau Plastic Chicken to Serbian slasher films to Swedish-Portugese science fiction co-productions, Frank Lafond takes us on a whirlwind tour of the BIFFF and its diverse selection of new European horror and fantasy cinema.

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