Fantasporto

Among 55 films in Portuguese Première in the 3 competitions

FANTASPORTO 2022 PRESENTS 25 EUROPEAN AND WORLD PREMIÈRES, A RECORD NUMBER IN PORTUGUESE FILM FESTIVALS.

The program also includes a retrospective of Classical Movies from the 30-60’s

The 42nd Oporto International Film Festival is proud to announce the proof of its international status: of the new 55 films (most in competition) almost half of them, 21 in fact, are in WORLD PREMIÈRE and 5 in EUROPEAN PREMIERE.

This high number of WORLD PREMIÈRES is an example of the impact and excellent image of the festival all over the world and shows the TRUST directors, producers and sales agents put in the festival to launch their films. This applies to big multinationals, big and small producers, state institutes or independent productions and it is well illustrated in the participation of 60 countries who sent their films for selection. Of these, only 27 countries made it to the final line-up, these countries being Afghanistan, Germany, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, China, South Korea, Croacia, Spain, the United States of America,  the Philippines, France, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Norway, the Netherlands, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, Ukraine and Venezuela.

WORLD PREMIÈRES (WP) AND EUROPEAN PREMIÈRES (EP) IN FANTASPORTO 2022:

Not counting the Portuguese world premières, at the top of the list is Japan with 6 WORLD PREMIÈRES and 2 EUROPEAN PREMIÈRES, all of big budget features coming from companies such as Toei, Pony Canyon ou Fuji Film, followed by the USA ( 1 WP and 1 EP) and CHINA (2 EP).

Here is the line-up of the EUROPEAN and WORLD PREMIÈRES

xxxHOLiC - Mika Ninagawa – 110´(Jap) WORLD PREMIÈRE

Ox-Head Village- Takashi Shimizu- 115’ (Jap) WORLD PREMIÈRE

Ms Lupin a.k.a. Daughter of Lupin- Hideki Takeuchi- 106’ (Jap) WORLD PREMIÈRE

The Good Father – Sho Kataoka- 100’ (Jap) - WORLD PREMIÈRE

Everything, Nothing and Something Else- Marina Kondratieva- 80’ (Ukraine/Lithuania) 2020 - WORLD PREMIÈRE

Riku – 65’ (Jap)- animação- WORLD PREMIÈRE

The Laws of the Universe – The Age of Elohim-Isamu Imakake – 119’ (Jap) – EUROPEAN PREMIÈRE

The Mole Song: final– Takashi Miike- 129’ (Jap) WORLD PREMIÈRE

Baby Assassins- Yûgo Sakamoto 95’ (Jap) - EUROPEAN PREMIÈRE

Follow Her- Sylvia Caminer- 95’ (USA) WORLD PREMIÈRE

Alchemy of the Spirit- Steve Balderson - 92´(USA) EUROPEAN PREMIÈRE

Annular Eclipse – Zhang Chi – 97’- (China) EUROPEAN PREMIÈRE

Chicken of the Mound- Xi Chen- 83’ – (China) EUROPEAN PREMIÈRE

2049: Hedgehog Effect -Chien-Ching Chu – 162’ – (Taiwan) WORLD PREMIÈRE

Saralish – Yaser Ahmadi, Behrooz Bagheri - 76’ (Afghanistan/ Iran) WORLD PREMIÈRE

Broken Blooms –Luisito Lagdameo Ignacio – 107’(Philippines) WORLD PREMIÈRE

Confession- Yoon Jong-seok- 105’ (South Korea) - WORLD PREMIÈRE

Night Breakers - Gabriel Campoy, Guillem Lafoz – 17’ (Spain) – WORLD PREMIÈRE

Amelinda- Miguel Gomes – 114’ (Port) - WORLD PREMIÈRE

Refém- Pedro Mira – 15’ (Port) - WORLD PREMIÈRE

Skull 2: A Variation or the Wars to Come- Luís Miranda – 2’ (Port) - WORLD PREMIÈRE

Jornada de Papel – Emanuel de Oliveira, Maria Ana Marques-7’40’’ (Port) - WORLD PREMIÈRE

Fruta Tocada por Falta de Jardineiro – Pedro Senna Nunes- 8’ (Port) - WORLD PREMIÈRE

Dilúvio- Eduardo Cruz – 35’ (Port) - WORLD PREMIÈRE

Atrás da Porta – Tom Freitas, Bruno Acosta, Inês Paredes- 9’05’’ (Port) - WORLD PREMIÈRE Misericórdia- Gonçalo Loureiro 11’20’’ (Port) - WORLD PREMIÈRE

(This information has been provided by the people responsible for the entries).

FANTASPORTO 2022 is also the launching pad for screening new directors, most of the times with their first features. In the 42nd edition these first films come from the USA, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Hungary France, Italy, Argentina and Belgium, all of them reinforcing the role of the festival as a discoverer of new film talent.

Among past discoveries of the festival as names such as Quentin Tarantino, Ridley Scott, Luc Besson, David Cronenberg, the Coen brothers, the Wachovki’s, Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro, David Fincher, Danny Boyle, David Lynch and many others.

Once again, welcome to the 42^nd edition of FANTASPORTO, most likely the last one at the Rivoli Theatre as the BATALHA FILM CENTER is due to open soon. See you there!

Fantasporto 2023 already has a date – February 24^th till March 5^th 2023