THE COMPETITIVE FANTASY SECTION
The Reckoning/O Derradeiro Julgamento - Neil Marshall – 110’ (GB)
Ten Minutes to Midnight- Erik Bloomquist - 73’ (EUA)
LX 2048 – Guy Moshe- 104’ (EUA / Lituânia)
O Cemitério das Almas Perdidas – Rodrigo Aragão- 95’ (Brasil)
The Trouble with Being Born- Sandra Wollner- 94’ (Alem)
Post Mortem – Péter Bergendy- 115’ (Hungria)
Get The Hell Out – I-Fan...
OFFICIAL COMPETITIVE FANTASY SECTION JURY MEMBERS
CHRISTIAN HALLMAN
(director - Sweden)
Christian Hallman is an award-winning director-writer/producer from Sweden. Experienced in working with feature films, TV Series, Commercials, Music Promos and Corporate films in both development, production and post-production. He has also worked extensively as a 1st AD for. many years. Besides being a filmmaker, Christian has an extensive background working with genre film festivals for more ...
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One more step has been completed towards the realization of the 41th Fantasporto - the official presentation. Hardclub welcomed us with friendly and affability, which is very important when organizing an event like this. Featuring the festival's 40th anniversary Anthology that will be officially presented on April 30th at 18 pm. All are invited.
The Anthology I made about the 40 years of Fantasport arrived today. Anyone who has been there over the years now has to order and then fin...
FANTASPORTO’2021
41st PORTO INTERNATIONAL CINEMA FESTIVAL
HARD CLUB
APRIL 26 - MAY 4 FANTASPORTO'2021
26 APRIL
13.00 • PORTUGUESE CINEMA AWARD - BEST FILM
Toponímia- Memories of Porto - António Pinto - 82 '(Port) - PCP- WORLD ANTESTREIA-documentary - vo fal. port
Through the streets of Porto, a journey in a slow but panoramic train to the past. A legacy of old customs and crafts that began to fall int...
41st PORTO INTERNACIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | FANTASPORTO 2021 WILL BE HELD IN THE HISTORICAL CENTRE OF THE TOWN, NEAR THE DOURO RIVER FROM 26th APRIL TILL MAY 2nd
Fantasporto barely escaped the effects of the pandemic in 2020 which was starting at the time in Portugal, and was able to celebrate its 40thanniversary. Unfortunately, for the 2021 edition, the festival had to be postponed, unable to start on the scheduled dates due to the pandemic and the long period of lockdown that followed, with all ...
Considering the circumstances imposed by the present lockdow in Portugal that will continue till the end of this month, FANTASPORTO/ 41st Porto International Film Festival has made the decision to postpone the event and maintain the 2021 edition in person, with a live audience. Cinema is to be seen preferentially inside theatres, on a big screen. Fantasporto’2021 continues its mission to bring audiences and film creatives together, to celebrate cinema in the best possible way. ...
The Anthology I made about the 40 years of Fantasport arrived today. Anyone who has been there over the years now has to order and then find out from the hundreds of photos if your face and name are there. Everything you wanted to know and didn't know yet. It's 606 pages, but it could have been many more. New Cinema Edition supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and CMP. The book that records the cinephilic activity of my life and Mario, designed by Jo ãoo. And it celebrates ...
BREAKING NEWS / LAST HOUR INFORMATIONS
Dear Friends,
Greetings from Porto.
On the 15th January the country was put in lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at least till the 15th February. All Cultural events have been suspended and theatres were closed. However, we hope that as soon as the lockdown ends, we will be able to resume the normal activity, therefore being able to have Fantasporto in the announced dates- 25th February till 7th March – at the R...
FANTASPORTO 2021 from February 26th till March 6th
INSPIRING WORLD CINEMA RETURNS TO PORTO
Considering the circumstances imposed by the present pandemic, FANTASPORTO/ 41st Porto International Film Festival has made the decision to maintain the 2021 festival edition in person, with a live audience. Cinema is to be seen preferentially inside theatres, in a big screen. Fantasporto’2021 continues its mission to bring audiences and film creatives together, to celebrate cinema i...
Portugal is the first country of the European Union to try to approve legislation regulating the European Directive that urges national governments to make multinational companies providing streaming services (OTTs) to contribute to the development of the national production.
Portuguese Government’s proposed bill will not force international streaming services (Netflix, HBO, etc.) to contribute with taxes, and exempts OTTs as well from the payment of any levy to the national Fil...
SUBMISSIONS CLOSE DECEMBER 1st (feature films) and NOVEMBER 1st (fantasy short films)
Fantasporto 2021 | 41st Porto International Film Festival reminds you that the entries for the next edition of this festival will close December 1st, for Feature films for all sections, and November 1st for Fantasy Shorts in competition.
The 41st edition of the event will be from Feb 26th - 6th March 2021
To submit a film (mandatory):
Go to www...
And a longer version with a trip in the tramway, coming back from the sea
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FANTASPORTO 40 YEARS THE AWARDS
ASIAN CINEMA DOMINATES
FANTASPORTO OPENS TO THE BIG ISSUES OF TODAY
PORTUGUESE FILM AWARDS GO TO BUNKER, ETIC FILM SCHOOL AND BEHIND THE COIN
“Ghostmaster” by Paul Young, a fantasy comedy with heavy touches of gore, won the Fantasy Section in the 40th Porto Film Festival- Fantasporto. A film crew in action. The assistant director, called Akira Kurosawa, is frequently humiliated by all. But what nobody knows is that in a scri...
We met again Julian Richards in Porto, the founder of Jinga Films, who received a Fantasporto career tribute award and a full retrospective of his films, and some of the films he has distributed.
JINGA FILMS IN OFFICIAL SELECTION
Infection – Flavio Pedota - 97’ (Mex) -Jinga
I Am Toxic – Daniel de la Vega – 83’ (Arg)
Deathcember – Dominic Saxl, Isaac Ezban, Sonia Escolano, Mich...
OFFICIAL DIRECTORS WEEK AWARDS
Willow has been awarded with the Manoel de Oliveira Award in the Directors Week / Directors Week Best Film Award
Willow- Milcho Manchevski – 91’ (República da Macedonia/Hung/Belg)
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FANTASPORTO 2020 / 40th OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
AWARDS
FANTASY INTERNATIONAL JURY
The International Jury of the Fantasy Section of the 40 th Oporto International Film Festival - Fantasporto has decided to grant the following awards:
Best Film Award Fantasporto
Ghostmaster - Paul Young- 91’ (Jap)
Jury’s Special Award
Dancing Mary- Sabu – 106’ (Jap)
Best Direction
Clarita &...
Grande Auditório
15:30 • Welcome to the Circle- David Fowler -98’ (Can) – fantástico horror- CF- v.o. falad ingl e leg. port.
A man and his daughter have a car accident. They are rescued by two woman and a man who seem to have a language fitting a sect- The Circle. Some strange mannequins are scattered in the woods. This Canadian horror film is the director’s first feature.
17:30 • 40 Anos de Fantasporto – Isabel Pina-...
Interviewed by Bruno Chatelin at the Festival hotspot : Porto Royal Bridges Hotel
March 1st 16:30 • Precarious- Weston Terray- 106’ (EUA) – fantástico- CF- v.o. leg. port.
Henry travels to a small town to run an errand for his rock collector father. The task quickly grows into a sprawling adventure that catches the attention of the wealthy heiress Ruby and the ambitious newspaper reporter Clark. A fable set in th...
Grande Auditório
17:00 • Guitarist – Jason Orfalas - 142’ (Filipinas) – ANTESTREIA MUNDIAL- ficção- científica/ acção - CF - v.o. leg. Ingl e port.
In the future, a repressive society of one party only, that only offers poverty and pills to its population, that forbids music and burns books, the difference between life and death is small. Marcelo is a young boy who challenges the militarized system that exploits h...
Valan-Valley of the Angels directed by Béla Bagota and produced by Laszlo Kantor, both in town to attend the premiere March 3rd to a fantastic reception from the audience.
The film was nominated in 10 categories at the recent Hungarian Film Awards, (Final awards in just a few days...during Fantasporto! Someone else will have to make a speech on stage back home! They both laughed when i said that!
113’ (Hun) – thriller- Directors Week selection
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Grande Auditório
17:00 • In the Name of the Mother – Joel Lamangan- 99’ (Filipinas) – SR – drama - ANTESTREIA MUNDIAL- v.o. leg. ingl e port.
After her husband’s suicide, it is the widow’s turn to rearrange everybody’s lives. The woman struggles to keep the family united and her business running. Her family cannot escape contacting the violent gangs of Manila. But things don’t go as she hopes for. Lamangan visited the festiv...
Grande Auditório
17:00 • I Am Toxic Pablo Pares– 83’ (Arg) CF- v.o. leg. port.
In the year 2101, the chemical war in the northern hemisphere has caused hunger in the south. A man awakes in the middle of hundreds of corpses. In the sky, the planes drop more dead bodies. The Argentinian cinema has a long tradition in terror. Selected for the Brussels, Roterdam IFF, Mar del Plata and Fantaspoa festivals, among others.
19:00 • Omar and Us – ...
