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Professor Xavier MendIk

@cine-excess.bsky.social

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I am director of the Cine-Excess International Film Festival and a researcher on global cult film traditions.

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Professor Xavier MendIk @cine-excess.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Yes, I have lived here a few years.

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Professor Xavier MendIk @cine-excess.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Welcome to Stafford. We have some great quirky shops here.

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Professor Xavier MendIk @cine-excess.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

They are back and we couldn't be prouder! The inspirational Jen Soska and Sylvia Soska return to Cine-Excess 2025 to mentor our film students for this year's Tales of Terror competition: www.cine-excess.co.uk/soska-sister...

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Soska Sisters Tales of Terror 2025 - Cine-Excess

Soska Sisters Tales of Terror 2025

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Professor Xavier MendIk @cine-excess.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

I am delighted to say that the schedule for the Cine-Excess 2025 International Film Festival and Conference is now live: www.cine-excess.co.uk/cine-excess-...

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Cine-Excess 2025 Re-Animated: Reviving Cult Film’s Dead Objects - Cine-Excess

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Professor Xavier MendIk @cine-excess.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Very excited to say that after a tremendous amount of hard work by the festival team the schedule for Cine-Excess 2025 goes live next week!

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Professor Xavier MendIk @cine-excess.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

What does the Betamax video symbol have to do with Cine-Excess 2025 … more info coming soon!

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Professor Xavier MendIk @cine-excess.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Very excited that we will be announcing the next guests for Cine-Excess 2025 next Wednesday. More details to follow on July 23rd.…

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Professor Xavier MendIk @cine-excess.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

If you have not yet checked out the latest issue of the Cine-Excess journal then please do! The issue now comes with PDFs versions of all contents for hardcopy download: www.cine-excess.co.uk/issue-6-rais...

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Cine-Excess | Issue 6: Raising Hell - Cine-Excess

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Professor Xavier MendIk @cine-excess.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Delighted that issue 6 of the Cine-Excess journal is now available online for free! Containing a range of papers, and for the first time supplementary filmed interviews, you can read Raising Hell: Demons, Darkness and the Abject at bit.ly/cine-excess-issue-6

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Cine-Excess | Issue 6: Raising Hell - Cine-Excess

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Professor Xavier MendIk @cine-excess.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Going out with a Christmas bang! Talking about A Nightmare on Elm Street with Daniel Sheppard in The Metro Magazine: metro.co.uk/2024/12/22/c...

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The chilling real life story that inspired Nightmare on Elm Street

The plot for Wes Craven’s iconic film was inspired by a terrifying phenomenon.

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Professor Xavier MendIk @cine-excess.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Am sharing this great opportunity to come and work in BCU's College of Digital Arts as the course leader of our BA (Hons) Filmmaking course: jobs.bcu.ac.uk/en/sites/CX_...

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Senior Lecturer in Filmmaking

The full-time starting salary is normally £51,703.00 per annum, with progression available in post to £56,197.00 per annum. Full Time, Permanent

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Professor Xavier MendIk @cine-excess.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Roll on October 2025 … we can’t wait! cineexcess.uscreen.io/programs/yuz...

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Reanimated! Reviving Cult Film's Dead Objects: An Interview with Brian Yuzna

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Professor Xavier MendIk @cine-excess.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Hello Cine-Excess Sharl

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