With the official opening and the arrival of the competitive sessions of Fantasporto, there are naturally in Porto the members of the three Official Juries and the most diverse representatives of the World of the Cinema Industry begin to arrive.
FROM BEAUTIFUL RUSSA OKSANA ORLAN, "THE RUSSIAN BRIDE", to the winner of FANTAS 2015, KAROLY MEZÁROS. OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PRODUCER WHO DISCOVERED THEN THE HILLS TO REALIZE "THE HEAD HUNTER", TO A PERFORMER OF A FANTASTIC CHINESE FILM OF SCIENTIFIC FICTION, WHICH WILL WORLDWIDE ANYTHING IN THE FANTASIES, STILL KNOWN AND RECOGNIZED PHILIPPINES, INDIAN ACTORS AND ACTORS , AUSTALIAN, EMIRATES, ISRAEL, UNITED STATES ...
PHILIPPINES BY WEIGHT
There is a special highlight to make for the Filipino presence in this Fantasporto. Representatives from three films from the Far East, including director James Robin Mayo and actor Ogie Alcasid from the film "Kuya Wes" are present. "School Service", will be present the director Louie Ignacio Lagdameo, actor Dennis Evangelista and Ferdinand Lapuz, distributor. The film's biggest delegation is the five members of the Waiting for Sunset team coming to Porto, director Carlo Catu, producers Roderick Cabrido and Omar Surtijas, distributor Lexter Tarriela and lead actor Menggie Cobarrubias.
It is worth noting that this year the Embassy of the Philippines offers Fantasporto a cocktail to promote Filipino cinema, with the presence of the ambassador in Portugal, which attests to the importance that this country attaches to this festival.
From the United Arab Emirates comes the director Hana Kazim to present her film "Makr", while Asaf Livni, comes from Israel, accompanying his work "Mysteries of the World".
India is present with Biju Kumar Damodaran's "Painting Life" film, a self-taught filmmaker who is also a doctor and already has a long and award-winning filmography in his country. Dr. Biju, as he is known in the Indian film scene, will also be in Porto to present his film, accompanied by actor Prakash Bare.
From Spain come Marc Martínez Jordan (director of "Framed") and Pau Pascoal Galbis (producer of "Impius", "Retaliation", "The Curse" and "Sea of Interior") while the UK is present the director Andrew Desmond ("The Sonata"), with a delegation of eight members of the team, as well as Ryan Symons, with his film "Demon Eye."
Featured by well-known British director Julian Richards, an old friend of Fantasporto, who is present in Porto to present the two films that have this year's competition, "Daddy's Girl" and "Reborn", both in the official section of Fantastic Cinema.
Károly Mészáros, director of "X - The Exploited" candidate in the section CF and already awarded by Fantasporto in 2015, with the long "Liza, The Fox - Fairy" is confirmed.
Gyorgy Pálfi (director of "Taxidermy"), also comes to Porto, accompanied by screenwriter Szofia Ruttkay, to present his film to the contest, "His Master's Voice". Hungarian filmmakers are accompanied by Marta Bényei, from the distributor Hungary Filmalap.
Across the Atlantic comes Mexican director Salomon Askenazi to perform "Dos Veces Tú" in the uncompetitive Première & Panorama section, as well as American Kevin Stewart (producer of "The Head Hunter" filmed in Portugal, in the region of Bragança ). Judy Suh and producer Ursula Romero from the short film "Roberta's Living Room" are present in the USA.
BRAZIL IN FANTASPORTO
Brazil will be present, for example, Rodrigo Aragão and Mayra Alícia Ferreira, respectively director and producer of "A Mata Negra", the competition in the official section Cinema Fantástico (CF), as well as the director Santiago Dellape, already awarded in 2017 by Fantasporto with its long "The Repartition of Time". This year brings to Porto the short film "Escape de Natal", by Gui Campos, which Santiago Dellape produces, candidate in section CF.
Director Wen Ren and actress Yqing Li are in Porto presenting "Last Sunrise", the film that apply to the official sections Fantastic Cinema and Orient Express, while Russia will be present the main actress
