March 5 in Fantasporto Features in Competition 2l5j
Grande Auditório 17:00 • In the Name of the Mother – Joel Lamangan- 99’ (Filipinas) – SR – drama - ANTESTREIA MUNDIAL- v.o. leg. ingl e port. After her husband’s suicide, it is the widow’s turn to rearrange everybody’s lives. The woman struggles to keep the family united and her business running. Her family cannot escape ing the violent gangs of Manila. But things don’t go as she hopes for. Lamangan visited the festiv...
March 4 in Fantasporto Features in Competition 1ab6
Grande Auditório 17:00 • I Am Toxic Pablo Pares– 83’ (Arg) CF- v.o. leg. port. In the year 2101, the chemical war in the northern hemisphere has caused hunger in the south. A man awakes in the middle of hundreds of corpses. In the sky, the planes drop more dead bodies. The Argentinian cinema has a long tradition in terror. Selected for the Brussels, Roterdam IFF, Mar del Plata and Fantaspoa festivals, among others. 19:00 • Omar and Us – ...
Improvised after hour drinks party in Porto 3f6u2r
Born in Cork, Ireland Cashell Horgan is a an award-winning filmmaker and artist. His recent fantasy/art-house short film The Clockmaker's Dream has won 22 awards internationally. I have been over ten times to Fantasporto and had never seen that irish pub he found for us, neither did Helena who has lived in Porto for 25 years, and works for the festival. Happy to share film moments with friends from Ireland, South Korea, Hungary and Portugal. ...
VIDEO: Vassilis Mazomenos Director Exile - Premieres in Fantasporto 2020 40 th anniversary 5b2o2o
Vassilis Mazomenos Director Exile - Premiere Fantasporto 2020 40 th anniversary edition in partnership with filmfestivals.cinevost.com ...
Anton Bitel's reviews of Fantasporto titles 22d2
Anton Bitel is a regular attendee at Fantasporto we both served in the jury last year. He, this year, juries the film from the Directors week. He writes a lot about fantasy and horror and has a spectacular platform https://projectedfigures.com/ where he publishes his reviews, here below a few excerpts on those gathered at Fantasporto. Entangled (2019) Entangled sets out its stall early, with a voiceover from Loretta (Paloma Kwiatkowski) about the multiverse wh...
VIDEO: Meet the producer of Valan - Laszlo Kantor 2q143f
Laszlo Kantor is a prolific producer from Hungary, he and I served in the board of the European Film Academy which delivers each year the European Film Awards (tagged the oscars for Europe). He is presenting in Fantasporto his latest film after its world premiere in Warsaw and the 10 nominations it received at the Hungarian Film Awards. Valan-Valley of the Angels - directed by Béla Bagota- 113’ (Hun) – thriller- SR - v.o. leg. Ingl e port. ...
March 3 in Fantasporto Features in Competition 53m4w
17.00 • Dead Dicks- Chris Bavota, Lee Paula Springer - 83’ (Can)- -fantástico- CF- v.o. leg. port. After Rebecca receives a distressing call from her suicidal brother Richie, she rushed to his apartment and finds him alive and well- surrounded by copies of his own dead bodies. One of the most original stories where fantasy crosses with a tender relationship between brother and sister, not very far from the influence of David Lynch. Selected by Fantasia festival (Montreal) &...
March 2 in Fantasporto Features in Competition h105s
19:00 • Exile – Vassilis Mazomenos – 110’ (Grécia)- drama- SR- v.o. leg. Ingl e port. A man is rescued from a boat adrift in the sea. From then on, he knows the fate of those who do not exist. Without documents he lives in a house where he is used and frequently abused. Between the truth and the lies, the imaginary and the real, the man without identity remains a puppet at the mercy of others. The director has already been honoured in Fantasporto. ...
March 2 in Fantasporto SHORTS Competition 3z183x
Selection of shorts to open the afternoon I Have No Home- Volodymyr Vlasenko – 3’ (Ucrânia) A little boy walks in the forest with fantastic creatures. Facelift – Jan Riesenbeck, Dennis Stein-Schomburg- 6’ 46’’ (Alem) Who are we? Our face constantly changing or something deeper? Lady Isobel and the Elf Knight – Cashell Horgan- 8’ (Irlanda) A story of magic in the Irish forests. From the director of multi-awarded &...
Filmfestivals.com returns as a partner to celebrate Mario and Beatriz' 40th edition of Fantasporto 6c2p3g
I brought the sun from nowhere, NOT from Paris anyway looking forward to a treat of films starting afternoon and ending late in the night at Teatro Municipal Rivoli, the festival hotspot. There is now a new Hotel hotspot Porto Royal Bridges, 200m from the screening, how better can it be Met for drinks old friends from the festival and enjoyed the first glass of port!... More to come on all ends. ...
A salute to Fantasporto achievement : 40 years of fantastic productions 6g6n3d
40 Years of Fantasporto in Portugal’s capital of cinema The city of Porto, overlooking the River Douro and close to the Atlantic Ocean, and a World Heritage City, welcomes once again one of the most prestigious film festivals in Europe and in the World. Fantasporto, Porto International Film Festival celebrates its 40th Anniversary in 2020 and it will be held in 25th February- 8th March at the Rivoli Theatre, with the of the Town City Hall. ...
A taste of Fantasporto and a toast to some great trailers 5l1g2g
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Fantasporto opening featured in Variety 654064
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Fantasporto 40 Program Complete 33374l
68 COUNTRIES WHICH SUBMITTED FILMS FOR THE 2020 SELECTION South Africa , , Argentina, Austria , Australia , Bangladesh, Belgium, Belarus , Bolivia, Bulgaria , Brazil , Canada , Kazakhstan, Chile, China , Cyprus , Colombia, South Korea , Croatia , Cuba, Kurdistan , Denmark, Slovenia , Spain, Uni...
The Jury at Fantasporto 2020 40th anniversary edition 3u61r
Actress Marina Gera won Hungary’s first Emmy Award for her role in Eternal Winter INTERNATIONAL JURIES OFFICIAL SECTIONS FANTASTIC CINEMA & EAST EXPRESS Pedro Farate - producer - Portugal Julian Richards - director - 2020– GB Career Award Francisco Bendomir - director - Argentina OFFICIAL SECTION DIRECTORS 'WEEK | MANOEL DE OLIVEIRA AWARD Nigel Floyd- film writer- GB Anton Bitel...
Retro Taiwan at Fantasporto 40 2x4jf
RETRO TAIWAN 2020 THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE For the third consecutive year, the official entity that represents Taiwanese Cinema co-operates with Fantasporto, with a selected group of restored or even just recovered films from its archive. This is a unique opportunity to know this cinema, so rich and innovative. After approaching the great classics in 2018, the role played by woman in the cinema which helped their emancipation in society in 2019, Fantasporto present a program in t...
The official competitions to begin February 28th, Adverse to open the festival 3e401j
40 YEARS OF FANTASPORTO IN PORTUGAL’S CAPITAL OF CINEMA WILL BEGAN WITH THE WORLD OPENING OF ADVERSE WITH MICKEY ROURKE The city of Porto, overlooking the River Douro and close to the Atlantic Ocean, and a World Heritage City, welcomes once again one of the most prestigious film festivals in Europe and in the World. Fantasporto, Porto International Film Festival celebrates its 40th Anniversary in 2020 and it will be held in 25th February- 8th March at the Rivoli Theatre, ...
Jinga retrospective and Fantasporto career award to Julian Richards 82571
JINGA FRIGHT NIGHTS IN RETROSPECTIVE JULIAN RICHARDS, A IONATE CINEPHILE CAREER AWARD FANTASPORTO’2020 Of all those who have been regular visitors of Fantasporto, the British director, producer and distributor Julian Richards is a world apart. Not only because he is one of the few European directors consistently and regularly – but not exclusively - approaching in his films the world of the imagination but also as a promoter and distributor of fantasy fil...
Fantasporto Director's week line up announced for the 40th anniversary edition 3e6c5s
HERE ARE THE FILMS SELECTED FOR THE FANTASTIC DIRECTOR´S WEEK COMPETITIVE SECTION The city of Porto, overlooking the River Douro and close to the Atlantic Ocean, and a World Heritage City, welcomes once again one of the most prestigious film festivals in Europe and in the World. Fantasporto, Porto International Film Festival celebrates its 40th Anniversary in 2020 and it will be held in 25th February- 8th March at the Rivoli Theatre, with the of the Town City Hall....
Fantasporto 2020 Classics 1g155z
Fantas Classics with The Best of Fantasporto 40 Years BLADE RUNNER OPENS FANTASPORTO’2020 DRACULA AND RAGING BULL ALSO NOT TO BE MISSED The Fantas Classics section of the 40th edition of Fantasporto begins February 25th with THE FILM OF THE FESTIVAL. It was in 1983 that open in Europe and Fantasporto, in his third edition was screening perhaps the best film of the era: Blade Runner of Ridley Scott. 10 years later it was time for the European première of the Director...
Horror in Porto for the 40th edition: an exciting selection of fantastic films 5z101t
The city of Porto, overlooking the River Douro and close to the Atlantic Ocean, and a World Heritage City, welcomes once again one of the most prestigious film festivals in Europe and in the World. Fantasporto, Porto International Film Festival celebrates its 40th Anniversary in 2020 and it will be held in 25th February- 8th March at the Rivoli Theatre, with the of the Town City Hall. Here are the film that were selected for the Oficial Fantasy Competition Section: Bulle...
Brian Metcalf's Adverse starring Mickey Rourke, Lou Diamond Philips...to open 40th Fantasporto j67s
40 YEARS OF FANTASPORTO IN PORTUGAL’S CAPITAL OF CINEMA WILL BEGIN WITH THE WORLD OPENING OF ADVERSE WITH MICKEY ROURKE The city of Porto, overlooking the River Douro and close to the Atlantic Ocean, and a World Heritage City, welcomes once again one of the most prestigious film festivals in Europe and in the World. Fantasporto, Porto International Film Festival celebrates its 40th Anniversary in 2020 and it will be held in 25th February- 8th March at the...
Horror in Fantasporto, celebrating 4Oth anniversary with guts and fantasy 2d6y16
The city of Porto, overlooking the River Douro and close to the Atlantic Ocean, and a World Heritage City, welcomes once again one of the most prestigious film festivals in Europe and in the World. Fantasporto, Porto International Film Festival celebrates its 40th Anniversary in 2020 and it will be held in 25th February- 8th March at the Rivoli Theatre, with the of the Town City Hall. Here are the film that were selected for the Oficial Fantasy Competition Section: Bulle...
40 Years of Fantasporto in Portugal’s capital of cinema 1p2g5g
The city of Porto, overlooking the River Douro and close to the Atlantic Ocean, and a World Heritage City, welcomes once again one of the most prestigious film festivals in Europe and in the World. Fantasporto, Porto International Film Festival celebrates its 40th Anniversary in 2020 and it will be held in 25th February- 8th March at the Rivoli Theatre, with the of the Town City Hall. Thirteen days of celebration of the Film World, where producers, director, actors, dis...
"LAST SUNRISE" debut feature film by WEN REN (China) wins the grand Prize of Fantasporto Fantastic Competition 2h5947
Wen ren with festival founders Mario Dorminsky and Beatriz Pacheco Peirera "Last Sunrise," the first feature by Chinese director Wen Ren, who made his world premiere at Fantasporto'2019, is the grand winner of the 39th Fantasporto - Porto International Film Festival. In this film, astronomer Sun Yang and his young assistant Chen Mu discover an icy world where they project the future of humanity after the sun disappears. One of the first science fict...
