The 32nd Fantasporto, Portugal’s biggest film fest (Variety) is coming. With a programme dedicated to the newest films in the three competitions, with retrospectives and tributes, it is not only there that lies the whole interest of the event.

In fact, this edition will celebrate officially, and with special permission of the American legal representatives, the 30th Anniversary of the film “Blade Runner” which was seen for the first time in Fantasporto '83.

This film serves as a “leitmotiv” for the special program, a sidebar of the festival crossing the Cinema with the Arts and Sciences, which is dedicated in 2012 to “The Future Now”. A review of what we think is the expectable in several areas such as the Fine Arts, Literature, Science, Music and the Theatre. Lectures with renowned specialists, new films, science demonstrations, hologram exhibitions and the publication of an anthology of sci-fi short stories, among others complete this programme.

With the High Patronage of the Ministry of Culture, welcome to Porto, a World Heritage City (UNESCO) next February 2012 and enjoy a film festival as no other!
Fantasporto will bring a tribute to ANTÓNIO-PEDRO VASCONCELOS.
A director with a long and prestigious career who brought crowds to the theatres with his most recent films, is certainly a man to watch. Fantasporto 2012 has decided to pay its tribute to director-producer António-Pedro Vasconcelos.
Born in 1939, he studied law, was a film critic,the editor of the film magazine Cinéfilo and worked on television. He directed commercials and documentaries as well as feature films. He was a cofounder of the Centro Português de Cinema. In feature films, he directed, among others, “Jaime”, “The Immortals”, “Call Girl” and “Beauty and the Paparazzo”.

FANTASY SECTION 2012
FEATURES AND SHORTS IN COMPETITION

FEATURES

Attack the Block - Joe Cornish - 88’- UK/Fra
Bellflower - Evan Godell - 115’- USA
Calibre 9 - Jean-Christian Tassy - Fra - 91´
Code 37: The Movie - Jakob Verbruggen - Din - 96’
Eddie, The Sleepwalking Cannibal - Boris Rodriguez - USA – 76’
Eva - Kike Maíllo - Spa - 94’
Game of Werewolves (Lobos de Arga) - Juan Martinez Moreno - Spa - 100’
Hell - Tim Fehlbaum - 89’ - Spa
In the Dark Half (Zona Negra )- Alastair Siddons - UK - 90’
Juan of the Dead - Alexandro Bruguès - Spa /Cuba – 94’
Key Hole - Guy Maddin - Can
Madonna’s Pig - Frank van Passel - Belg - 110’
The Holding - Susan Jacobson - UK - 93’
The Whisperer in the Darkness - Sean Barney - 90’- USA

SHORTS

8 - Raul Cerezo - Spa - 13’07’’
Aalterate - Christobal de Oliveira - Fra/Hol - 9’ 44’’
Amor Sacro - Javier Yañez - Esp – 19’50’
Blinky. TM - Ruairi Robinson - 12’- Irl
Colour Bleed - Peter Szewczyk - UK - 5
Ctin! - Cyrille Drevon - 14’ – Fra
Error 0036 - Raul Fernandez Rincón - Spa – 12’
Flower of Battle / Cvijet Bitke - Simon Bogojevic Narath - Croa - 19’ 40’’
Hope - Pedro Pires - Can - 10’55’'
Le Lac Noir - Victor Jaquier - Swi - 19’ 12’’
Le Vivier - Sylvia Guillet - 18’ - Fra
Lizard Girl - Choi Si-Young - South Kor - 16’
Nuru - Michael Palmaers - 14’ 05’’ – Belg
Pristine in Torment - Carlos Dittborn - Chile - 29’18’’
Sonic Birth (Accouchement Sonique) – Jérome Blanquet - 16’55’’- Fra
Striptease Volcanique - Régine Cirotteau - Fra - 10’
The Monster of Nix - Rosto - 30’- Fra/Belg/Hol-

PREMIÈRE & PANORAMA 2012
New and Unreleased Films

SHORTS
Guard Dog - Global Jam - Bill Plympton (USA) - 5’25’
Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forrest - Kevin Sean Michaels ( USA) - 5’44’’
Le Jour où le Fils de Rainer S’est Noyé - Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux (Fra) - 15’
The Lost Town of Switez - Kamil Polak (Pol, Can, Fran, Swi, Din) - 20’

FEATURES
A Boyfriend for My Wife - Juan Taratuto (Arg) - 100’
Adventures in Plymptoons! - Alexia Anastasio (USA) - 85’
Bag of Bones - Mick Garris (USA) - 162’
Exit Humanity - John Geddes (Can) - 113’
Gandu - Q - (India) - 85’
Glorious 39 - Stephen Poliakoff (UK)
Kill List - Ben Wheatley (UK) 95’
La Milagrosa - Rafael Lara (Col) - 106’
Life in One Day - Mark de Cloe (Hol) - 94’
Meat - Victor Nieuwenhuijs, Maartje Seyferth (Hol) - 92’
Monster Brawl - Jesse T. Cook (Can) - 89’
Savages Crossing de Kevin James Dobson (Australia) - 86’
Some Guy Who Kills People - Ryan Levin (USA) - 98’
The Bunny Game - Adam Rehmeier (EUA) - 76’
The Front Line (La Primea Linea) - Renato de Maria (Ita) - 100’
The Maiden Danced to Death - Endre Hules (Hung) - 106’
The Truth of Lie - Roland Reber (Ale) - 98’
This Must be the Place - Paolo Sorrentino (USA)
Untitled - Jonathan Parker, Manfred Baumann (USA) - 96’
Zombie’s Ass - Noboru Iguchi (Jap) - 84’