Julian Richards is a long time friend of Fantasporto, shot here introducing Daddy's Girl on stage Feb 27th. His second movie in the main competition in Fantasporto
A man with many hats Julian runs a sales Agency speciazed in genre movies, some of which he also directed and produced.
Julian Richards - 80 '(USA / Georgia Rep.) - CF - Terror
An investigation into missing persons leads a rookie cop and a guard from the missing unit to meet a serial killer who uses her daughter to lure...
Frederico Duarte Carvalho presenting his fiction book on Fatima: The last secret of Fatima about the unprecedented history, essential to understand the phenomenon that attracts millions.
Milan Todorovic (Jury President) and Georgia Chara (Living Space) on the bridge to Gaia for sunset!
United after screening Daddy's girl
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Big Auditorium presentation of the European Premiere of Isabelle
3:30 PM • Isabelle
Robert Heydon - 81 '(Can / USA) - CF - EUROPEAN PREMIERE - Fantasy Horror
A young couple's dream of starting a family is compromised as they go down the paranoid rungs due to a creepy neighbor who seems to demand their own lives. Second feature film by the award-winning director of "Ecstasy".
17:30 • Painting Life
Biju Kumar Damodaran - 140 &...
Philippine Ambassador to Portugal Celia Anna M. Feria hosted a cocktail reception for the participating Philippine delegation to the 39th Porto International Film Festival also known as Fantasporto 2019, at Teatro Rivoli in Porto on 26 February.
Philippine Ambassador to Portugal Celia Anna M. Feria hosted a cocktail reception for the participating Philippine delegation to the 39th Porto International Film Festival also known as Fantasporto 2019, at Teatro Rivoli in Porto on 26 February.
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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 HU...
GREAT AUDITORIUM
15:30 • The Black Forest
Rodrigo Aragão - 100 '(Brazil) - CF - Terror
A young woman who lives in the forest faces the demons, the spirits of the other world, the dead who are resurrected and, above all, a preacher who demonizes her. In possession of a book of spells, the young woman will try to survive the attacks of all, and at the same time retrieve a bag of gold coins that found.
A great production with Carol Aragão, Jackson Antunes and Fr...
GREAT AUDITORIUM
15:30 • Demon Eye
Ryan Simons - 87 '(GB) - CF - WORLD PREMIERE - Terror / Supernatural
Sadie returns from America to the United Kingdom to inhabit her father's house, after his suicide and to discover a reality where the supernatural mingles with the family's past. A mysterious amulet he finds will awaken two demons he has to defeat. From the director of "Seizure" (2016).
17:30 • Living Space
Steven Spiel - 80 '(Austra...
GREAT AUDITORIUM
15:00 • FANTASTIC CINEMA SHORTS (129 ') - v.o. leg. English.
Makr • Hana Kazim - 14 '45' '(United Arab Emirates) - CF
A Muslim cleric is called to a house to perform an exorcism on a woman.
The Original • Michelle Cervera Garza - 13 '09' '(GB) - CF - EUROPEAN PREMIÈRE
Two women dance. One of them will suffer a serious accident. Cloning is accurate.
Roberta's Living Room • Judy Suh - 12'...
After the first weekend, the 39th Fantasporto will continue on Monday and Tuesday, at Rivoli Teatro, already in a rhythm of cruise, continuing to propose to the public the films of strong impact selected for the competition for the various competitions as well as the retrospective of cinema about Taiwan's 60's woman (the festival's whooping craze) and the brand-new Hungarian cinema. Highlights include the continuation of the Competitive Program of Portuguese Ci...
TODAY, FRIDAY 22, IS THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE 39TH EDITION OF FANTASPORTO
FROM SCIENCE FICTION TO TERROR PASSING FROM FANTASY TO CORRUPTION...
Horror, science fiction, fantasy, romanticism and international intrigue involving high finance and international politics, there are strong attractions for all tastes in the first weekend of the 39th Fantasporto - Porto International Film Festival, which opens Friday off...
A Clockwork Orange will screen February 21st at Rivoli Grand Auditorium at 9pm
Stanley Kubrick - 137 '(GB / USA) - 1971 - FANTASCLASSICS - Drama / Sci-Fi
A gang of young people panic in the city of the future. Your boss, after being arrested, will undergo an experiment to change his behavior. The reaction at the time of this film's debut was such that it was banned in some countries, including Portugal, where it only debuted in November 1974. And directo...
FOUR GREAT CINEMA CLASSICS IN INTEGRAL AND RESTORED VERSIONS
The 39th Fantasporto - International Festival of Oporto Cinema begins to heat their engines already on Tuesday in Rivoli -Municipal Theater of Porto, with the display of FANTAS CLASSICS section.
There are to see four great classics who celebrate this year important anniversaries .
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GRAND AUDITORIUM RIVOLI THEATRE 9:00 PM • The Shining
Stanley Kubrick - 119 '(GB / USA) - 1980 - FANTASCLASSICS - Drama / Horror
Stanley Kubrick's 1980 horror classic brought a genre by many marginalized as inferior to the "mainstream" of great genius movies. A family enters a huge, isolated hotel to spend the winter there. With Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duval. Homage to Fantasporto on the occasion of the 20 years of the director's death.
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Dennis Hopper - 95 '(USA) - 1969 - FANTASCLASSICS - Adventure / Drama
Two friends set off on a motorcycle journey through America, discover a culture of intolerance they did not know.
Shot in Hollywood, this is the quintessential "road movie" by Dennis Hopper in 1969. A hymn to freedom and a quest for a free society. With Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda and Karen Black.
We owe Denis Hopper the discovery of the amazing acting performances of Jack Nicholson.
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MEMBERS OF INTERNATIONAL JURIES FANTASTIC CINEMA
Milan Todorovic - Director - Serbia
Anton Bitel - Critic - GB
Bruno Chatelin - journalist - France
Josep Maria Contel Ruiz - photographer and director - Catalonia
Frederico Duarte Carvalho - Journalist and writer - Portugal
DIRECTORS WEEK / ORIENT EXPRESS
Juan Pinzás - director - Spain
Renzo Fegatelli - Journalist and writer - Italy
José Miguel ...
HONORARY COMMITTEE OF THE 39th EDITION OF FANTASPORTO 2019
Exmo. Sr. Dr. Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues
Ilst. Presidente da Assembleia da República
Exmo Sr Dr. António Costa
Ilst. Primeiro Ministro do Governo Português
Exmo. Sr. Dra. Graça Fonseca
Ilst. Ministra da Cultura
Exmo. Sr. Dr. Rui Moreira
Ilst. Presidente da Câmara Municipal do Porto
Exmo. Sr. Dr. Carlos César
Ilst. Presidente do Grupo Parlamentar ...
Preview of our ad as a partner of Fantasporto
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39th INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CINEMA DO PORTO | FANTASPORTO 2019
FANTASCLASSICS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19
Grand Auditorium
21:00
Easy Rider - Dennis Hopper - 95 '- USA- 1969 - FANTASCLASSICS - Adventure / Dram the
Two friends set off on a motorcycle on a journey through America, discovering a culture of intolerance they did not know. Shot in Hollywood, this is the "road movie "par excellence, performed...
FANTASPORTO 39 from February 22nd till March 2nd 2019
ALWAYS NEW, DIFFERENT AND MODERN
Every year, a new batch. Every year, new films with new perspectives, bringing with them the sounds, images, feelings and ideas of our times. Every year, a totally new festival with the latest film production of the world.
For the next edition of FANTASPORTO, THE 39TH OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, hundreds of shorts and features from 54 countries were appreciated, conf...
40th Anniversary Opening of Alien – Ridley Scott-116’ - UK/USA- 1979
Can you miss that?
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THE CHANGING FACE OF FEMININITY IN 60’S TAIWAN
(in cooperation with Taiwan Cinema Toolkit)
The Fantasy of the Deer Warrior - Ying Chang - 87’ (Taiwan) -1961
Vengeance of the Phoenix Sisters - Chen Hung-Min - 87’ (Taiwan) - 1968
The Husband’s Secret - Lin Tuan-Chiu - 102’ (Taiwan) - 1960
May 13th, Night of Sorrow – Lin Tuan-Chiu - 97’ (Taiwan) - 1965
Six Suspects - Lin Tuan-Chiu - 108’ (Taiwan) - 1965
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HUNGARIAN FOCUS - THE NEW GENERATION
(In cooperation with the Hungarian National Film Fund)
Bad Poems - Gábor Reisz - 97’ (Hung) - 2018
Open - Orsi Nagypál - 90’ (Hung) - 2018
Kills on Wheels - Attila Till - 93’ (Hung) - 2016
His Master’s Voice - Gyorgy Palfi - 110’ (Hung) - 2018
X- The eXploited - Károly Mészáros - 111’ (Hung) - 2018
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I am so proud and happy to return as jury member (for the 3rd time here) in the magnificent city of Porto.
...in the good company of my old friends Mario and Beatriz
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The festival will have its pre opening with the celebrations of Easy Rider-50 years by Dennis Hopper – 95’ – USA - 1969
6º FANTAS CLASSICS
(Special Anniversary Screenings)
90th Anniversary of Stanley Kubrick will feature two of his masterpieces
A Clockwork Orange – Stanley Kubrick – 137’- UK/USA- 1971
The Shining- Stanley Kubrick- 119’-UK/USA- 1980
40th Anniversary Opening
Alien ...
