Specially dedicated to cinema training. Taking advantage of the availability of some of the national and foreign guests at Fantasporto 2024, a program of debates/conferences/workshops was organized aimed at a younger audience, young filmmakers and film students . The aim of this extra-exhibition program of festival films is to promote debate and gatherings, reflecting and pointing out ways for new filmmakers and film lovers
FREE ENTRY.
Sunday, 3 March , 5pm
AN APPROACH TO AM...
The Forbidden Play – Hideo Nakata - 110’- (Jap) CF/OE – horror, fantástico, v.o., leg ingl, leg. port
Images of a happy family. The young son shows his father the severed tail of a lizard. Following his advice, the boy buries the tail, hoping it will bring the animal back alive. But nothing is as simple when the mother dies and the son repeats the proceedings. A curious young woman director is going to investigate what is g...
Filmfestivals.com returns as media partner of Fantasporto 2024 /44th Porto International Film Festival
The festival reveals the full program of this new edition as well as the official poster.
The festival will be held at Batalha Film Centre from 1 till March 10th and will screen around 100 films from 34 countries, all of them as national première, european, International and World Première. Most of the directors and teams of the films in competition will be present as wel...
MORE THAN 1500 FILMS OF 70 COUNTRIES WERE SUBMITED TO THE FESTIVAL
Fantasporto announced today that the film submissions for the 44th edition of the Porto International Film Festival | Fantasporto'2024 closed end November and the line-up for this edition will be announced in December. The final program will be announced in January.
Fantasporto 2024 will take place from March 1 to 10 at the Batalha Centro de Cinema and, possibly, at other venues in Porto.
Around 90 feature films and 20 s...
SUBMISSIONS CLOSE END OF NOVEMBER
So farmore than 1500 film submissions from over 70 countries
Fantasporto announced today that the film submissions for the 44th edition of the Porto International Film Festival | Fantasporto'2024 will close at the end of this month and the line-up for this edition will be announced in December. The final program will be announced in January.
Fantasporto 2024 will take place from March 1 to 10 at the Batalha Centro de Cinema and, possibly, at other...
Fantasporto 2024 is pleased to announce the complete retrospective of the director who won Fantasporto'2023 with the film MEGALOMANIA. Karim Quelhaj's. The retrospective include the films Parabole, Le Repas du Singe, L'Oeil Silencieux, Une Realité par seconde and, of course, Megalomaniac. There will be a MOVIE TALK with his participation and his producer Florence Saâdi, who has agreed to be a member of the International Jury. A symbolic tribute to the Belgian director is...
Fantasporto was invited to represent Europe at the WORLDCON 2023 | 81st World Science Fiction Convention | HUGO´s AWARDS in CHENGDU, China. A conference will be made about the situation of the SciFi Film Festivals and the documentary Fantasporto - 40 Years by Isabel Pina, a co-production between producer companies Pizzo and Cinema Novo will be screened at this huge event that, like the Oscars, have the famous HUGO Awards that are delivered in the last 81 years. This even...
Encouraging higher goals, Fantasporto, an event that launches Porto and Portugal into the world, also receives praise from abroad. The renowned and respected North American magazine MovieMaker considered it one of the 25 "coolest" festivals in the world and the world's leading fantasy website, also North American, Dread Central, refers to the festival as one of the "20 most outstanding festivals in the horror field", including it in this list after a study carried...
44th OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – FANTASPORTO 2024 (March 1 -10 )
SUBMISSIONS CLOSE NOVEMBER 30
To submit a film please send us to info@fantasporto.com the link and password (best in Vimeo) of the film to be seen by the selection committee
FILM ELIGIBILITY:
Features: The films must be produced in 2023.
Shorts (only fantasy films competition) up to 15 minutes produced in 2023
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ENTRIES FOR THE 44th EDITION OF FANTASPORTO ARE OPEN
till the end of November 2023.
We are informing all our friends and colleagues that can submit films to the festival from now on.
The films must be produced only in 2023.
The decisions of the selection jury will be announced over the year and the Final and Definitive
Line Up will be announced on December 15th.
You will find in our site the entry form (compulsory) and regulations for 20...
The teaser for the 44th Porto International Film Festival | Fantasporto´2024
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MEGALOMANIAC AND THE PORTUGUESE INCUBUS WINNERS OF THE FANTASY SECTION AND NARCOSIS OF THE DIRECTOR’S WEEK
The new Multiplex BATALHA received this year the 43rd edition of the iconic and just finished Fantasporto – Festival Internacional de Cinema do Porto.
The International Jury of the fantasy section was LAWRENCE TROTT, MÁRTA BÉNYEI, SANDRA HENRIQUES and LUÍS ROSALES and decided to divide their awards between European and Asian Films.
PORTUGUESE...
Mario Dorminsky, Beatriz Pacheco Pereira dn Julian Temple with Bruno Chatelin in Porto enjoying the festival ine a new venue à Centro de Cinema de Batalha!
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Beatriz Pacheco Peirera Fantasporto co founder with Mario Dorminsky handed the carreer tribute to Krystof before the projection of PERFECT NUMBER his latest film, he said with some humour that he was puzzled by (tribute to his career) which he considers not iover and wants to do more films....
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43rd OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | FANTASPORTO’2023
From today till March 5th at Batalha CC
FILMS, GUESTS AND A WARM WELCOME
Fantasporto 2023 opens today. The rush now is creating the best conditions for our guests, coming from all parts of the world. Set in the beautiful restored BATALHA, home of all things cinema in Oporto, Fantasporto is the next meeting place for cinema lovers.
68 countries sent films for selection, resulting in a selection of...
43rd OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | FANTASPORTO’2023
24th Feb to 5th March
FILMS, GUESTS AND A WARM WELCOME
Fantasporto 2023 is coming soon. The rush now is creating the best conditions for our guests, coming from all parts of the world. Set in the beautiful restored BATALHA, home of all things cinema in Oporto, Fantasporto is the next meeting place for cinema lovers.
68 countries sent films for selection, resulting in a selection of 86 premières in ...
SPECIAL PROGRAM “FALAR DE CINEMA- THE MOVIE TALKS”
Specially dedicated to training in cinema, and taking advantage of the availability of some of the national and foreign guests of Fantasporto 2023, a program of debates/workshops was organized aimed at the younger audience, young filmmakers and film students. The aim of this extra-exhibition program of the festival's films is to promote debate and conversation. Not only about the films shown at the festival and how their...
DIRECTORS OF THE FILMS IN COMPETITION PRESENT IN PORTO
RUSSELL OWEN
Born in North Wales (United Kingdom). He studied illustration and screenwriting at the University of California. He started out as a storyboard artist and worked on the “Doctor Who” series and “Tomb Raider” games before becoming artistic director for very popular TV series. He made his first short film “Anglesey Road” (2009), highly awarded. This was followed by...
JURY MEMBERS
INTERNATIONAL JURY OF THE OFFICIAL FANTASTIC CINEMA SECTION
MÁRTA BÉNYEI
Born in Hungary. Expert with over 35 years of experience in the film industry. She started out as a market specialist and rights buyer. Responsible for the Festivals Department of the National Film Institute of Hungary since 2004, deputy representative of Hungary in the Eurimages Program and collaborator of Fantasporto for decades. Participant in Movie Talks.
LAWRENCE TROTT (Un...
The official section FANTASTIC CINEMA, comes to us with a lineup with several World and International Premiers and the most diverse award-winning feature films at prestigious festivals.
Highlight forever strong representation of Japanese cinema, to the presence of a surprising Ukrainian film, from a Malaysian film, country for the first time present at the festival. Strong presence also of the extremely creative European Cinema, this year again with great product...
ENTRIES FOR THE 43rdd EDITION OF FANTASPORTO ARE OPEN
WELCOME TO THE PORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Fantasporto´2023 | 43rd Porto International Film Festival reminds you that the entries for the next edition of this festival are open, and will close on December 31st, for all sections.
The 43rd edition of the event will be from February 24t till March 5th at Batalha – Centro de Cinema. To submit a film please send to info@fantasporto.com t...
42nd PORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | FANTASPORTO 2022 | THE AWARDS
THE WORLD OPENING OF “FOLLOW HER” BY THE NORTH AMERICAN DIRECTOR SYLVIA CAMINER MESMERIZED THE INTERNATIONAL FANTASY JURY, THE SPANISH “JACINTO” BY JAMI CAMINO WON THE DIRECTOR`S WEEK AND “ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU” BY SEUNG-WAN RYOO, A STRONG FILM FROM SOUTH KOREA WAS THE WINNER OF THE OFFICIAL ORIENT EXPRESS SECTION
The awards of the International Juries went also to Afg...
DON'T MISS THE AWARD FILMS OF FANTAS'2022, TODAY, SUNDAY 10, AT THE RIVOLI TEATRO
DE OLIVEIRA AUDITORIUM
SUNDAY, APRIL 10
15.00 • BEST ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN FANTASTIC CINEMA
The Exorcism of God - Alejandro Hidalgo - 99' (USA/ Mex /Venezuela) - vo ingl /port
a priest North American is called to perform _ a exorcism _ but nothing runs as predicted and years later still _ is suffering the consequences of what he has done. Director Alejandro Hidalgo visited Fan...
