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With today's jury meetings and rumors about the strongest contenders, Fantas has a very strong program today, especially the TV Globo Special, with four productions of the Brazilian company, the European premiere of "Violent Revenge", of the American Brett Donowho, with Bruce Willys in the leading role, preceded by the European anthology of "The Hollow Child", a horror film already winning several international awards.
SPECIAL BRAZIL
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Grand Auditorium
14:00 • The Night of the Virgin
Roberto San Sebastián, 117 '- Esp (Fantasy) - P & P - v.o. english / leg. port. - ANTESTREIA
A horror comedy about a New Year's Eve party. Nico, a naive 20-year-old, does everything to lose his virginity that night, no matter what the cost. In the middle of the party, his gaze intersects with that of Medea, a cunning and attractive mature woman. Award-winning film at the festivals Fantasia (Ca...
Grand Auditorium
15:00 • Fractured
Jamie Patterson, 108 '- 2016 - UK (Horror) - v.o. english / leg. port. - P & P - EUROPEAN ANTESTREIA
Rebecca and Michael are going to spend a romantic weekend away, but a car tire bursts. From there, the couple always have a feeling that someone is following them and watching over them. The only people they meet are Feyr and Alva who give them a ride. But their weekend cottage turns into a terrible prison and torture by somethin...
Films from three continents (Philippines, Hungary, Portugal, Mexico and a Estonian / Netherlands / Poland co-production) are among the alternatives that the program of the 38th Fantasporto - Porto International Film Festival offers today in the Rivoli Grand Auditorium, two candidates in the Official Cinema section (CF), another two in the Director's Week (SR) and one in the Panorama & Première section.
Grand Au...
The team of Chimera having fun in the theatre lobby at Rivoli - Fantasporto's hotspot.
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Grand Auditorium 15:00 - Bhoy Intsik Boy Inside
Joel Lamangan - 107'- Philippines- Drama- SR - v.o.leg english / leg port - INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
Coming from the Philippines, a powerful example of the emerging quality of this cinematography. The story of a transvestite on the streets of Manila city, looking for humanity that runs away. Audience Award from the Manila Festival.
17:00 - The Water Spirit
Dan Villegas - 96 '- CF-...
Films from the Philippines, Egypt and Canada, European or international screenings mark the schedule of this Wednesday at the Grand Auditorium of Rivoli, with themes ranging from dramatic comedy to fantasy, two of which are candidates for awards in the official section Cinema Fantástico (CF) and the other two at the Directors' Week (SR) at the 38th Fantasporto - Porto International Film Festival.
At 15:00, the program of the Grand Auditorium opens with "Boy...
Filmfestivals.com retuns as the official Media Partner of Fantasporto.
OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FANTASPORTO 2018 Oporto Film Festival promotes films that seek new forms and methods of film making.
38th edition of the Festival running from February 20 to March 4, 2018. ONLINE CATALOG
Fantasporto and Porto Pictures Gallery and the recent ones here Video Gallery Fantasporto 2018 Fantasp...
Bioethics at a conference in which the names of the most famous names of Portugal on the theme and who completely filled the 3rd floor of the Rivoli were one of the important moments of Fantas's day yesterday.
But today we will naturally have another big day of Fantas à Fantas, where we will be able to see everything from dramatic comedy to terror, through suspense and fantasy to today's schedule of the 38th Fantasporto - Porto International Film Festival. Two fi...
Grand Auditorium
3:00 PM - The Charmer
Milad Alami - 102 '- Denmark - Drama - SR - v.o.leg english / leg port ANTESTREIA
The drama of immigrant integration in Europe has several faces. It is not enough to succeed to be integrated. The mild and even fun cruelty of integration. Danish Film, Best Achievement Award at the Chicago Film Festival, and Best Film Award at the Tbilisi, San Sebastian and Warsaw Festivals.
17:00 - Replace
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Chimera team at work on selfies (Maurice Haeems and Jay Sitaram with festival volunteers)...
Today's program began with the Fantasporto classic promenade to Douro and Winery visit.
This year the festival took the group of filmmakers to Ferreira wineries, the other side of the river (Gaia))
Wine tasting twany and white port was quite necessary to prepare for the steep walk up and busy program of the day; films all day and conference on ethics at 5pm.
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FEBRUARY 26
Grand Auditorium
14:00 - OFFICIAL COMPETITIVE SECTION OF FANTASTIC SHORTS-METHODS - 167 '
Reruns
Face, 14'23 '', Hol / Fra / Bel
Charon
Luís Tinoco, 15'51 '', Esp
Creature from the Lake
Renata Antunez, Alexis Bédué, Léa Bresciani, Amandine Canville, Maria Castro Rodriguez, Logan Cluber, Nicolas Grangeaud, Capucine Rahmoun-Swierczynski, Victor Rouxel, Orianne Siccardi, Mallaury Simoes...
The Brazilian actor Tony Ramos and the director Mauro Mendonça Filho, already winner of an Emmy (the Oscar of the television), will be in Porto Friday and Saturday of the next week (days 2 and 3 of March) to present in Fantasporto "Vade Retro "his latest television series, a production of Rede Globo.
Both Tony Ramos and Mauro Mendonça Filho will receive on the stage of the Rivoli the Fantasporto Career Award, along with the critic an...
Filmfestivals.com retuns as the official Media Partner of Fantasporto.
OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FANTASPORTO 2018 Oporto Film Festival promotes films that seek new forms and methods of film making.
38th edition of the Festival to be celebrated from February 20 to March 4, 2018. ONLINE CATALOG
Fantasporto and Porto Pictures Gallery and the recent ones here Video Gallery Fantasporto 2018 Fantasport...
European premiere of Living Among Us intrdouced by the team and cast
Vampires have just made themselves public! Now a group of documentarians have been granted access to spend some time with them and learn how they live and coexist with humans. But as reality sets in, the crew realize they are in for far more than they bargained for.
80 minutes USA October 2017 A film by Brian Metcalf I Website I Trailer I Facebook I Twitter...
Chimera is at the centre of the Bio Ethics Forum and theme from Fantasporto
ETHICS AND CINEMA FORUM at FANTASPORTO 2018 The film festival returns to Porto and to the Rivoli Theater in discovering the most modern and recent films from around the world, after the INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION of the last years that places the FANTASPORTO BETWEEN THE BEST OF THE WORLD. The " Grand Cinema of the World " is the generic theme of the ...
February 24th, 9:15 PM - Chimera Small auditorium
The filmmakers are in town today to introduce the movie tonight and they brought T shirts and caps and a great bottle of Porto which will be drawn in a raffle at today's screening.
Maurice Haeems (left) and Jay Sitaram (producer)
The story:
A brilliant but disturbed scientist decides to freeze his children alive, while he races against time to cure their deadly genetic disease by unlocking the secret of immortality encoded withi...
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24
Fantasporto's show features a wide range of proposals from the science fiction fantasy "Glass Garden" by Shin Su-won (South Korea) to the "director's cut" of "Dream Demon" , by Harley Cokeliss, a British horror film classic that makes this year 30 years. It is also a must for the intrigue and realism of the Budapest Noir political-police drama by the Hungarian Eva Gárdos (European anteater), who lived in the oppre...
THE UNWILLING is shown at 23.45pm. A movie with ALL Fantas's condiments. Pure horror. Great.
WINNER IN 14 FESTIVALS SO FAR
Blackout Film Festival Best picture, best director
Oregon Film Awards Best narrative feature
Film Playoff Tournament Best film, best director, best actor David Lipper
Toronto Spring of Horror and Fantasy Best Effects
The Indie Horror Film Festival Best actress Dina Meyer, best st...
Exmo. Mr. Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues
Ilst. President of the Assembly of the Republic
Exmo. Mr. Luis Filipe Castro Mendes
Ilst. Minister of Culture
Exmo. Mr. Carlos César
Ilst. President of the Parliamentary Group of the Socialist Party
Exmo. Mr. João Oliveira
Ilst. Chairman of the PCP Parliamentary Group
Exmo. Mr. Dr. Hugo Soares
Ilst. President of the Par...
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About Fantasporto
 Dorminsky Mario
(Fantasporto) 40th OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL runs Feb 28, March 7
The Oporto International Film Festival, specializes in fantasy and science-fiction films in its Official Competitive section.
This Festival also includes the 18th New Directors Week with an Official Competition and a Retrospective section. The Festival’s director, Mário Dorminsky, is preparing, with the help of the Portuguese Film Institute, a program with Portuguese Films for the benefit of the foreign guests in Fantasporto.
The Festival runs now in 5 theatres (2,600 seats altogether ) and screens nearly new 200 feature films each year. The press coverage of the Festival is made by all the most important Portuguese newspapers, radio stations and television networks and by foreign specialized press. This allows press dossiers of about 5000 clippings every year and represents a unique media coverage in Portugal for similar cultural events.
Almost 110,000 entries, per year is the average of the Festival’s past editions.
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