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Film Submissions Open for the 24th International Film Festival BellaTOFIFEST!
The call for submissions to two competitions organized as part of the 24th BellaTOFIFEST International Film Festival opens on January 15, 2026. Submissions will be accepted until May 20, 2026, via the online entry form available on the Festival’s website. More »

‘Lesson Learned’ and ‘Under the Grey Sky’ Win at the 23rd BellaTOFIFEST International Film Festival!
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Devils, The

Diabły · dir. Ken Russell
United Kingdom 1971, 111’

The film is murky, uncompromising and blasphemous, yet brilliant, and equally current today as 40 years ago. Against the background of the 17th century France with its Huguenots and Cardinal Richelieu unfolds a story of a priest, an apostate who bears witness to his faith by suffering — pain and bliss — Urbain Grandiera. When the defiant priest breaks celibacy vow a scandal erupts, causing dire consequences. Under the veneer of blasphemy Russell displays two contradictory drives — the eternal struggle of humankind to attain freedom, and their attempt to suppress it.

Director:Ken Russell
Screenplay:Ken Russell; na podstawie / based on: Aldous Huxley (książka / book), John Whiting (sztuka / play)
Music:Peter Maxwell Davies
Cinematography:David Watkin
Editing:Michael Bradsell
Cast:Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave, Dudley Sutton