Thanks to two new partners in debauchery, namely Cinema Oblò and Le Romandie, LUFF is this year in a position to slightly expand its offer and present a greater number of film screenings. This was really a bare necessity for all who may wish to dive deep into this year's narcotic bubblebath blending the writings of the Beat Generation poets with the dream-like delights of the deliciously erotic and subversive productions of Japan's Shuji Terayama. Transgression and altered states remain the rule with Richard Kern, the New York nihilist, as he releases his venomous rage into our bloodstream, thus completing the gruesome vision suggested by Richard Sandler, whose images hold more truth about the Big Apple than any of the innumerable, pompous films and television reports meant as 'declarations of love' by so many honourable citizens hiding in their cushy penthouses. LUFF08, a psychoactive festival made in Switzerland, was bound to pay due respect to the very man who uncovered the secret treasure of the hippie generation, Aldous Huxley's key to spiritual expansion, the late chemist Albert Hofmann who passed away only a few months ago at the age of 102. But this is only the tip of the needle, there are realms that remain unseen to those who shun the dark waters. So let go and dive right in!