34th OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | FANTASPORTO 2014 PROGRAM

RIVOLI – MUNICIPAL THEATRE

Main Theatre

14.30 - Viral by Lucas Figueroa (French) world premiere 95 min -  

This is a World Première. The story takes place in a store in downtown Madrid (a FNAC store), where a man is selected to be the face of the company. He must sleep in the store for a week and if he manages to win a certain (but undisclosed) number of fans amongst the customers, he will win a very attractive prize money. But the store is also a place where paranormal phenomena will happen…

16.30 – Stalled by Christian James (GB) – 80 min - CF – VO leg. Port

It’s Christmas Eve. A janitor gets trapped in the  women's restroom during a Christmas office party. Unfortunately, he encounters an all-out attack by a horde of zombies… Will he be able do hit the emergency alarm with severed fingers and a catapult bra? Has he come to an end? Or will he simply remain stalled? Dan Palmer makes you root for him, even when he messes up in this zombie apocalypse. A terrific horror comedy!

5 Ways 2 Die by Daina Papadaki (Chipre) - 16 min - CF Curtas

Black comedy. How many ways are there for someone to kill himself? This film explores some of them. Makis, an everyday man, actually does. Where? How? Why? And add a level of difficulty...He has to keep it a secret from his wife.

18.30 - The Red Robin de Michael Z. Wechsler  

This is an European Premiére of the first feature by the producer of the TV series “Four Weddings”. A family reunion goes awry when the oldest son makes the accusation that his dying father, a famed psychiatrist who also did work for the CIA, adopted his children for the purposes of psychological experimentation. With Judd Hirsch, well known in Portugal for the TV series “Perception”, “Damages”, “Law &Order” e “Dear John”.

21.15 - Love me by Maryna Gorbach & Mehmet Bahadir (Ucrânia, Turquia) – 90 min - 

Cemal meets with Sasha on a trip abroad, the leave the night club they met to spend the night together, but the things doesn't happen as they expect. While struggling to survive in the white city Kiev, Cemal and Sasha get to know each other better. Love find them in a moment they don't expect, but there are problems: Cemal is about to marry and Sasha has a boyfriend. This film about the cultural clashed between two cultures, full of ironic touches and unexpected turns, was selected for the Montreal Film Festival in 2013.

23.15 - Witching and Bitching de Alex de la Iglesia (Espanha, França) - 

José is divorced and promised his son to  take him to  Disneyland. His friend Tony is a womanizer and attracts all types of ladies.  With Manuel, a taxi driver, they are going to face the unexpected. Escaping from the police after a hold up in a gold shop, they run amok  toa convent of cannibalistic witches in the Navarrese town of Zugarramurdi… Already with a cult status, Alex de la Iglesia became known  with “Dia de La Bestia”,  “Action Mutante” e “Perdita Durango” .With multiple international awards, he belongs to a generation of hispanic directors such as Guillermo del Toro or Roberto Rodriguez. This film was first presented in the Toronto Festival and had 10 nominations for the Goyas awards.

Protocolo de Rodrigo Hernandez Cruz (México) – 15 min - 

In the future, cloning machines were forbidden. A clone trapped in the multiplier machine tries to escape. When he investigates about his own existence, he finds out some clues that could lead to his survival, avoiding the security protocol.

Small Theatre

15.15 - O Espinho da Rosa de Filipe Henriques (Portugal, Guiné Bissau) [ANTESTREIA MUNDIAL] – 97 min - 

Beware those who leave unresolved issues with the dead. Prosecuting Attorney David Lunga's success is overshadowed by the terrifying secrets of Rosa, a beautiful but mysterious woman with whom he falls in love. What mysteries does she hide? As the macabre facts unravel, David comes face to face with his own demons and is driven to prove his innocence, recover his reputation and, above all, clear his own conscience. In a clever mixture of love and mystery, this first film by Filipe Henriques is in the classic tradition of fantasy and indicates a talent to follow.

17.15 - Pecado Fatal de Luís Diogo (Portugal) [ANTESTREIA MUNDIAL] – 90 min - 

A World Première. A boy and a girl fall in love. But on the night they meet, she was drunk and stoned. She is taken to a friend’s apartment for quick sex. Leaving early, the man lets her in the care of the friend. Falling in love with her, the friend knows that the events of that night may compromise his wishes. A love story filled with misunderstandings in a group of four. A surprisingly interesting screenplay and fine acting from actors Sara Barros Leitão, Miguel Meira and João Guimarães.

21.00 – Sparks de Todd Burrows e Christopher Folino (EUA) – 97 min - 

Sparks is a masked vigilante who discovers the dark side to heroism. His pursuit of the nation's most notorious super criminal leaves Sparks' life and reputation in ruins. Presented in European première, “Sparks” belongs to the classic line of the masked avengers and was the Jury’s Award at the Omaha Film festival.

23.00 - Industry Screenings – Cyclope Vision - Tovarisch, I’m not dead de Stuart Urban (GB) - 

A rolling narrative, a probing biographical chronicle, a road movie, exploring one of the twentieth century’s most extraordinary survivors. Garri Urban, a Polish Jew, survived and escaped from both the Holocaust and the Gulag. Over 15 years, his son, a two-time British Academy award winning director, investigated this singular story. As father and son return in 1992 to the sites of Garri’s horrors and triumphs, the shocks and surprises begin to unfold... After his death, Garri proves to be even more enigmatic - a KGB special agent?