VIDEOS

Faces from the competitions in FantasPORTO 2014

Have a Port Cocktail and watch the opening of Fantasporto

Interview with Olivier Beguin for Chimères

Interview with Richard johnstone for Blood Lust

Designer Sardines repelling Vampires, have a bite or watch the video

Opening Fantasporto 2014

Fantasporto trailer

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Mario Dorminsky through the looking glass... In conversation with Bruno of  filmfestivals.com talks about the 34th edition of Fantasporto...the ins and outs the downs and ups..and a soccer game prediction?       ) ...

 

Bill Plympton's animated feature Cheatin' is the result of Plympton's successful Kickstarter campaign initiated on the already legendary indie fundraising website. Plympton has exceeded his initial goal of $75,000.00 to a whoppings $100,916.00 and 1334 backers. Cheatin' screened at Fantasporto which has enjoyed a long running loving relationship with the animator for many years. Director of Fantasporto Mario Dorminsky recognizes Plympton's poetic appr...

 

Filmfestivals.com Bruno Chatelin enjoyed his jury duty at Fantasporto 2014. Here is a fantastic story for you: walking along the streets of Porto, he found this local artist doing this Street Rap in honor of filmfestivals.com. Check the sound !  The rumor in the streets of Porto : filmfestivals.com own the most comprehensive database on the film festival Circuit (165 112 subscribers) Most of them are filmmakers involved in the circuit, where you could source your future entries....

 

Antonia Gomes and Helena Leao were exhibited at Rivoli Theatre   ...

 

WINNERS FANTASPORTO   1981 (Non-Competitive Festival)   1982 Grand Prix Fantasporto 82:  The Redemeer - Krsto Papic (Jugoslavia)   1983 Grand Prix Fantasporto 83: Scanners - David Cronenberg (Canada)   1984 Grand Prix Fantasporto 84: Le Dernier Combat - Luc Besson (France)   1985 Grand Prix Fantasporto 95: The Company of the Wolves - Neil Jordan (UK)   1986 Grand Prix Fantasporto 86: Fuego Eterno - José Angel Re...

 

34th OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | FANTASPORTO 2014  PROGRAM RIVOLI – MUNICIPAL THEATRE March 9th 14.15  – Audience Award, Best Special Effects Witching and Bitching  (Las Brujas de Zugarramurdi) – Alex de la Iglesia-104’ - 2013 -Esp/Fra-     16.30 – PRÉMIO  MELHOR FILME ORIENT EXPRESS Why Don’t You Play in Hell? (Jigoku de nazu warui)–Shion Sono- 126’ - Jap &nbs...

 

FANTASPORTO´2014 34th edition of the OPORTO INTERNATINAL FILM FESTIVAL Fantasy film jury Cyril Despontin (festival director) Fra; Loris Curci (producer) Ita; Bruno Chatelin (filmfestivals.com) fra; Jordi Navarro (film teacher) Esp; Nigel Floyd (film critic) GB; Vassilis Mazomenos (producer and director) Gre   The International Jury of the Fantasy Section on the 334th Oporto International Film Festival - Fantasporto 2013 has decided to grant the follo...

 

34th OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | FANTASPORTO 2014 PROGRAM RIVOLI – MUNICIPAL THEATRE Saturday March 8th   Main Theatre   13.30 - The Fake de Sang–Ho Yeon (Corea do Sul) – 110 min - CF/OE – VO leg. ingl|port The sophomore feature from South Korean animator Sang-ho Yeon (The King of Pigs) is a blistering critique of organized religion, set in a rural village where a manipulative church minister schemes to defraud his flock.   ...

 

FESTIVAL 2014 NOTÍCIAS O PORTO PREMIADOS 7 MARCO | DAY 8   34th OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | FANTASPORTO 2014 | PROGRAM RIVOLI – MUNICIPAL THEATRE   Friday,  March 7th   Main Theatre 14.00 - Fantas Classics: Gone With The Wind de Victor Fleming (EUA) remastered- – 102 min - FC - VO leg. Port In our tribute to Victor Fleming, this masterpiece c...

 

  6 MARCO | DAY 7 . 34th OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | FANTASPORTO 2014 PROGRAMA/ PROGRAM March 6th Main Theatre 14:30 - Love Eternal de Conor Barry (Irlanda, Luxamburgo, Holanda e Japão) - 74 min - SR/OE – VO leg. ingl|port   Based on the Japanese novel In Love With The Dead, from acclaimed author Kei Oishi (Apartment 1303, The Last Supper), the film centers on an isolated and death-fixated young man who tries to make sense o...

 

We LOVE these designer sardines with oil and garlick...most vampires and children of the night would hate them of course. ...

 

Vidéo Teaser - Chimères        www.chimeres.ch The Director : Olivier Beguin http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0066823/ Producer Lluis Fe Pérez http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2572113/   The Facebook Page http://www.facebook.com/Chimeresmovie   ...

 

34th OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | FANTASPORTO 2014 PROGRAM RIVOLI – MUNICIPAL THEATRE  March 5th   Main Theatre 14.30 - The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas de Elina Psykou (Grécia) – 88 min -  TV news anchorman, a high profile public persona mysteriously disappears off the face of the earth. He has gone into a luxury hotel and has as a purpose to stay there for a while and then come back with greater viewership, be more famous after...

 

FantasPorto JURY 2014 participant producer-director Vassilis Mazomenos   JURIS INTERNACIONAIS   JÚRI SECÇÃO OFICIAL CINEMA FANTÁSTICO      Cyril Despontin Director  do Festival de Cinema Fantástico de Paris (França)   Loris Curci Produtor (Italia)   Jordi Navarro  Professor de Cinema e Estudos Cinematográficos, responsável pela secção Animat do...

 

MARCh 4th | DAY 5 in FANTASPORTO, RAIN AND FANTASY ARE STILL ON BIG TIME   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 ...

 

3 MARCH | DAY 4 Boat ride on the Duro and a visit at Sandeman winery, an occasion to mingle with other filmmakers, and celebrate the beauty of the city. Main Theatre 14.30 – The Human Race by Paul Hough (EUA) – 90 min -   Veronica suddenly finds herself in an undisclosed location together with a group of 80 people, all of them ripped out of their daily lives. They are in a surreal and horrifying marathon race. The rules are simple. If you are lapped, y...

 

After seeing the wonderful Cheatin' animated feature by Master Bill Plympton filmfestivals.com (partner of FantasPORTO) is so happy to discover his last short. 14.30 – Drunker Than a Skunk by  Bill Plympton(EUA) 4 min -  An adaptation of Walt Curtis's poem, "The Time The Drunk Came To Town And Got Drunker Than A Skunk, or So He Thought.", about a cowboy that torments the town’s  drunk. Drunker Than a Skunk - Trailer from Bill Ply...

 

Festival founders at work Mario Talks, gives interviews and smiles, Beatriz opens the festival, Guests enjoy and discover the Port Cocktails, red, pink or white... ...

 

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14:00 Bloodlust 15:45 Cheatin' 17:00 The Crypt 19:00 O Espinho Da Rosa 21:15 Sugar Kisses 23:15 Haunter ...

 

  1 MARCO | DAY 2 . 34th OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | FANTASPORTO 2014 PROGRAMA/ PROGRAM RIVOLI – MUNICIPAL THEATRE   Sábado (Saturday), 1 de Março / March 1st Grande Auditório / Main Theatre 14.00 – Bloodlust de Richard Johnstone (GB) [ANTESTREIA MUNDIAL] – 78 min - CF – VO ingl leg. Port   A bus drives 5 young couples to an old castle in an unknown location. The have responded to an adv...

 

OFFICIAL SECTION PREMIÈRE & PANORAMA Out of Competition Opening Film Vampire Academy - Mark Waters - EUA Vampire Academy   Closing Film : The Railway Man - Jonathan Teplitzky - USA The Railway Man - Jonathan Teplitzky – EUA - 116’ Hansel & Gretel Get Baked - Duane Journey - 86’ - EUA   Johnny Christ - Mark Maggiori - 99’ - EUA Violet & Daisy - Geoffrey Fletcher - 88’ - EUA     ...

 

 

PRÉMIO CINEMA PORTUGUÊS     PRÉMIO CINEMA PORTUGUÊS - MELHOR FILME Competição   Curtas-metragens/Shorts   Blind Date - Claudia Clemente - 9’ 31’’ Walking Dead Infrared - Luís Miranda- 3’20’’     Salomé - Sofia Beirão - 16’09    O que Eu Entendo por Amor - Ricardo Martins - 13’53 Lado Nenhum - Rui António- 12&r...

 

OFFICIAL COMPETITIVE SECTION ORIENT EXPRESS     Why Don’t You Play in Hell? - Shion Sono - 126’ - Jap Kung-Fu Divas - Onat Diaz - 115’ - Filipinas Miss Zombie - Hiroyuki Tanaka (Sabu) - 85’- Jap The Fake - Sang -ho Yeon - 110’ - Coreia do Sul Rough Play - Yeon-Shick Shin - Coreia do Sul   Love Eternal - Conor Barry - 74’- Irl/Lux/Hol/Jap ...

 

OFFICIAL COMPETITIVE SECTION DIRECTOR´S WEEK - MANOEL DE OLIVEIRA AWARD Features Previews in Portugal   Pecado Fatal - Luís Diogo  - Port - 90’  Viral- Lucas Figueroa - 95’ - Esp The Red Robin - Michael Wechsler - EUA Love me - Maryna Gorbach, Mehmet Bahadir Er- 90’ - Ucrânia/ Turquia Love Eternal - Conor Barry - 74’ - Irl/Lux/Hol/Jap Heavenly Shift - Márk Bodsár - 110’ - Hungria Sugar K...

 

OFFICIAL COMPETITIVE SECTION FANTASY FILMS CINEMA FANTÁSTICO Features Previews in Portugal   O Espinho da Rosa - Filipe Henriques- Port /Guiné-Bissau- 97’ - World Opening/Antrestreia Mundial Kung-Fu Divas - Onat Diaz- 115’ - Filipinas - European Opening/Antrestreia Europeia Cheatin’ - Bill Plympton - 76’ - EUA  Soulmate - Axelle Carolyn - 104’ - GB The Human Race - Paul Hough - EUA - 90’ Big Bad Wolves - Aharon...

 

  Features O Espinho da Rosa - Filipe Henriques- Port /Guiné-Bissau- 97’ - World Opening/Antrestreia Mundial Kung-Fu Divas - Onat Diaz- 115’ - Filipinas - European Opening/Antrestreia Europeia Cheatin’ - Bill Plympton - 76’ - EUA  Soulmate - Axelle Carolyn - 104’ - GB The Human Race - Paul Hough - EUA - 90’ Big Bad Wolves - Aharon Keshales & Navot Papushado - 110’ - Israel Haunter - Vincenzo Natali - 97’ -...

 

I don't know about you...but I really look forward to watching this in Porto, Something special. Plus this edition is also something special for mario Dorminsky...We are really happy to th eonline media partner of the festival this year again, what are friends for...    ...

 

11 world and european openings from all over the world…33 country´s, 200 films FANTASPORTO 2014 PRESENTS THE MOST RECENT FANTASY FILMS IN OPORTO, THE “BEST TOURISTIC DESTINATION OF 2014” Going now to its 34th edition, the Oporto International Film Festival- Fantasporto is a film forum of the arts, with nearly 200 films, book presentations and art and photography exhibitions at the main theatre. It begins on the 28th February till the 9th March, introducing this ye...

 

OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FANTASPORTO 2014  Oporto Film Festival promotes films that seek new forms and methods of film making.  34th edition of the Festival to be celebrated from February 28 to March 8, 2014. Fantasporto and Porto Pictures Gallery and  the recent ones here ...

 

The Day by Day program of Fantasporto 2014 is online here ...

 

34th INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PORTO | FANTASPORTO 2014 PROGRAM  February 28 th till March 9 th RIVOLI - MUNICIPAL THEATRE   Friday, February 28   Grand Auditorium OFFICIAL OPENING FANTASPORTO 2014 21:00 - Vampire Academy by Mark Waters (USA) - P & P - ingl VO leg. port. Rose Hathaway a dhampir, half-vampire and half-human, is in training to be Keeper, with many other candidates. Its mission is to protect the good vampires (the Moloi) the evil Strigoi ... TRIBUTE ...

 

  1981 (Non-Competitive Festival)   1982 Grand Prix Fantasporto 82:  The Redemeer - Krsto Papic (Jugoslavia)   1983 Grand Prix Fantasporto 83: Scanners - David Cronenberg (Canada)   1984 Grand Prix Fantasporto 84: Le Dernier Combat - Luc Besson (France)   1985 Grand Prix Fantasporto 95: The Company of the Wolves - Neil Jordan (UK)   1986 Grand Prix Fantasporto 86: Fuego Eterno - José Angel Rebolledo (Spain)   1987 Grand Prix ...

 

O Recado - José Fonseca e Costa 1971 - 110’ Port Veredas - João César Monteiro - 1977- 120’ Port O Bobo - José Álvaro Morais - 1979- 120’ Port Cerromaior - Luís Filipe Rocha - 1980- 90’ Port Hors Saison - Daniel Schmid - 1991- 95’- France/Switzerland/Germany ...

 

A very special exhibition held with the permission of the producers of the restored masterpiece by Victor Fleming version, will be followed by "The Wizard of Oz," which celebrates the 75th anniversary of his debut in 2014 precisely. A musical in which magic and fantasy merge brilliantly, it is considered one of the 10 best movie in movie history, having provided the Judy Garland a chance to win the Oscar for Best Actress Academy.   ...

 

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The festival offers an exclusive look at of the most recent short film production from several countries, in a special cooperation with official film institutes, film schools, festivals, producers, etc Portugal premieres   CATALAN SHORT FILMS     The Disorganized Crime - Stephan Hofmann - 15’ The Olive Tree - Frederic Menchón - 16’ - Esp Mundane Interests Bar Mut - Christian Molina, Ramses Albiñana - 16’42’’ Distop...

 

The festival will open with Vampire Academy by Mark Waters (USA) Vampire Academy   Closing Film : The Railway Man - Jonathan Teplitzky - USA COMPETITIVE SECTION OFFICIAL FANTASY FILMS CINEMA FANTASTIC Films in Competition   Longas-Metragens/Features Ante - Firsts / Previews in Portugal   The Thorn of the Rose - Filipe Henriques - Port / Guinea-Bissau -97 ' - World Opening / Antrestreia World Kung Fu Divas - Onat D...

 

REGULATIONS      1. The 34th edition of the OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - FANTASPORTO 2014 will take place from February, 28th till March 9th.    2. The Festival main purpose is screening and promoting films of quality, both aesthetically and thematically, and to seek new forms and methods of filmmaking.   3. The Festival has the following sections.   3.1. Competitive Sections:   3.1.1. Official Competition fo...

 

ABOUT 200 FILMS PREMIERE of FEBRUARY 28 to MARCH 9 in the 34th Edition of FANTASPORTO-FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA DO PORTO. EVERYTHING IN THE RIVOLI WITH NATALI, ALEX DE LA IGLESIA, MIIKA, KIM KI-DUK ...OF THE PHILIPPINES TO VENEZUELA ...PASSING AROUND THE WORLD. IT'S TIME FOR THE PARTY OF THE ARTS. 2014. Ediçáo 34 of Fantasporto. Year of celebration. Party for the cinema. Party for the arts. Music, literature, fine arts, photography, for the dance. Finally ...