Oosterom succeeds Phil van Tongeren, who held the position since 2008. Chris Oosterom (49) has a wide-ranging expertise in the field of film. He is and was a programmer for festivals (Lowlands, Crossing Border), as well as cultural centres (Ekko, ‘t Paard). As a journalist he was a writer and editor for film magazine Skrien. He worked in programming for the Filmmuseum and was also responsible for distribution th ere. In recent years Oosterom operated out of  London, as co-owner of ...

Thursday the 27th  of August the line up of the BUT Film Festival 2009 will be released. The festival, held from the 9th until the 13th of September will screen a wide variety of films from the B-movie, Underground and Trash genre. Ranging from the World premiere of the underground-horror film ‘The Tourist' to fantastic classics like ‘Hairspray' (1988) by John Waters (USA) the main guest on this year's festival. Additional to the films the program holds a lot of entertainment and ar...

The line up of the BUT Film Festival 2009 will be released. The festival, held from the 9th until the 13th of September will screen a wide variety of films from the B-movie, Underground and Trash genre. Ranging from the World premiere of the underground-horror film ‘The Tourist’ to fantastic classics like ‘Hairspray’ (1988) by John Waters (USA) the main guest on this year’s festival. Additional to the films the program holds a lot of entertainment and art. Activities, astonishing perfo...