Fantasporto SCHEDULE on MARCH 7TH AND 8TH (THURSDAY AND FRIDAY)...

Fantasporto 2024/44th Porto International Film Festival presents the program of this new edition . The festival takes place at Batalha Centro de Cinema from the 1st to the 10th of March and shows around 100 films from 34 countries , all unpublished and, in debut national , European , international and even worldwide . They will be Most of the directors and crews of the films in competition , well as representatives of producers , sales agents and media _ international and Portuguese .

As always the program includes 4 competitions : the main one, Fantastic Cinema with 30 feature films , one section that includes another for short films , Directors ' Week , Oriente Express dedicated to Asian films and the Portuguese Cinema Award competition .

Welcome to Porto in a period fantastic that we will live during the entire festival given that the last campaign week _ electoral for parliament and whose act election will take place on March 10th , the day on which the festival displays some of the award-winning films .

March 7th - Thursday

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15:15 Within | 91´ China SR/OE- thriller, voice, leg english , leg port

Dalu Guo

Director Chinese from “The Taste of the Bethel Nut ”, presented at the Berlin Festival . Previously used the name Hu Jia. “ Within ” (2023) had debut national festival in Shanghai.

When one old school is demolished , a dead body of a man is found there is very dead . The world of a policeman and that of a woman who fights for life and for get the best for their daughter , they are united , without knowing it , by an event in the past there is very forgotten and that hides the mystery . One friendship story about children _ abandoned with a great interpretation by actress Tao Xinran . One history drama that unites the characters on one tale of humanity and redemption . Shanghai Festival Selection .

17:00 Surrogate - King Palisoc - 88' (Filip) CF/OE- horror fantastic , vo, leg english , leg port

King Palisoc

From the director of “Tandem”, presented at Fantasporto 2016, this is his most recent film , “ Surrogate ”, presented in Preview World Cup at Fantasporto 2024.

One woman young woman is taken to a healer , almost dying . _ When the method traditional failure , it is necessary to use another , more risky . Years later, a girl appears on the doorstep of a couple who want to have children and it achieves . Everything comes together in a story full of imagination in the parameters classics , with devils , possessions and children evil . With effects specials on one production work _ remarkable little common in the Philippines .

18:45 Invisible Windows - Dr,Biju - 126' - India CF/OE- fantastic , vo, leg ingle , leg port

Dr Bijukumar Damodaran

Director three times Prize winner _ National Cinema of India and Oscar selector in 2015, he presented his first film, “Saira” in 2007 at the Cannes Festival. Other films followed that received countless rewards per all over the world , namely at the Shanghai Festival, Cannes, Moscow , Chicago, Tallinn and also at Fantasporto with “Painting Life” (2018) where it won the Critics Award . With 23 awards international , is, among others , known also for “ Birds with Large Wings” (2015), “Sound of Silence” (2017), winner of the Cincinatti Festival , and “ Trees Under the Sun” (2019), awarded as Best Film in Toulouse.

What happens when one window opens to another _ side and see you involved in a story of love , war and loss ? A man with serious problems go to be witness to destruction pending that will affect everyone , but where still there is place for tenderness and reflection on the future . One of the most surprising and modern examples of Indian cinematography , coming from a director who is considered one of most important voices in Indian Cinema and who have already presented the award-winning “ Painted Life” at Fantasporto in 2018. This film is protagonist to superstar Tovino Thomas and music by a composer three times Grammies winner Ricky Kej . _

21:15 Bucky F*cking Dent – David Duchovny – 105' (USA) SR- drama, English voice, leg. port

David Duchovny

David Duchovny he was born in 1960 in New York and studied in the Princeton and Yale Universities , graduating in Literature English . Your career starts as _ actor in “New Year's Day” (1989) and “Bad Influence” (1990). It was on television that he reached fame , first with “ Twin Peaks ” where he played agent Dennis Bryson and above all in “The X-Files” where he obtained success International as Agent Fox Mulder. Realized some episodes of this series and then the series “ Californication ” (2008-2014). “ Bucky F* cking Dent” (2023) is his second feature film for cinema.

Ted, a writer failed , he has to return to earth to take care of his father who see there is very much and a Red Sox fanatic . At the barbershop , friends come together to have a last joy to the old man sick . On a journey of discovery mutual , father and son They finally meet again in a story that reveals the past . And fiction ends for becoming _ reality . One great interpretation by David (“X-Files”) Duchovny, who also signs the realization and the argument .

23:30 La Mujer Sleep - Laura Alvea - 110' (Esp) CF- horror , vo, leg ingle , leg port

Laura Alvea

Director born in Andalusia , Spain . With 6 films like co-director since 2003, he began his solo career in 2016 with “1977”, followed by “ Ánimas ” (2018), “Fernando Torres: El Último Symbol ” (2020), “La Mirada de las Musas” (2021) and the mini series “The Snow Girl” (2023).

One young nurse , Ana, arrives at a small town where she goes take care of a woman in a coma, Sara. Her husband , Augustin, takes her to the mansion where they live and tells her the drama that left Sara like this . But your work as caregiver it won't be long in to present challenges unexpected and mysterious . A film that comes from the well-known Barcelona production company , Filmax , has already honored by Fantasporto.

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15:00 PCP COMPETITION - SCHOOLS - TOTAL: 96'- vo

Anthouse - Iris Viesulas - 10'06 (Port) ESSR

½= 1 – Luísa Alegre - 5' (Port) UNIV CATÓLICA

The Last House - - Francisco Santos- 13' (Port) ESAP

Sea-64 – Paulo Malheiro – 11'28''(Port) UNIV MINHO

The light of Impressions - Luís Miguel Rocha – 8' 17'' (Port) UBI

O Abafador – Silvana Torricella – 12'56'' (Port) ESMAD

I forgot I had Fear – 12´54´´(Port) Fora Comp . ULL

Maria José Maria – Chico Noras -21´ (Port)- OUT OF COMPETITION

17:00 PCP – FILM- SHORT COMPETITION - TOTAL: 94'- vo

Bad - Daniela Pereira Marques – 13'41'' (Port) .

Samson- Vasco Viana- 17'51'' (Port/ Czechia )

Portrait(s ) – Luís Miranda- 2' 30'' – (Port)

Departures - Vasco Viana- 14' (Port/ Czechia )

By Passagem -Telmo Ribeiro- 10' (Port)

Penrose – Alessandra Roucos and Maria Teresa Teixeira -11' (Port)

Paper Birds – Nuno Manuel Pereira -13´, 42´´ (Port )

19:00 Best Cop Ever – João Bruno – 122' –(Port) - PCP FILME- action , sci -fi, vo

John Bruno

Born in 1996 in Porto, he is a director self-taught , with training in engineering IT and experience in the field military . Fascinated with cinema, he began since early to create his “standalone” production for the type of projects he always wanted accomplish , becoming self- taught in several areas technical and artistic . After several _ short amateurs over the years , he concluded in 2023 its first feature film , “Best Cop Ever ”.

If there is a surprising film in Portuguese cinema, it is this one. Made with obvious sense of what cinema is, the film is a production extremely ambitious , made without support financial , over 3 years in which director João Bruno takes over most of the aspects creative and image , namely directing , writing scripts , VFX , effects specials , prop making and concept art, as well as the interpretation of the main role . According to the director , the film is spoken in English (with subtitles in Portuguese) “ just per choice artistic , to add to the atmosphere almost ethereal , distant and alienating film” was filmed in several locations in Portugal, being all team members _ _ Portuguese (from the North and especially Porto). First director 's feature film .

21:30 Comrade Drakulich – Mark Bodzsár – 95´-2019 Retrospective Visions of Hungarian Cinema- fantastic , vo, leg english

Mark Bodzsár

Director Mark Bodzsár _ won the _ Best Film Award at Fantasporto Directors ' Week 2014 with its first feature film , “ Heavenly Shift”.

The vampires have the police secret to the leg , using everything they can to keep them away . A youngster couple has the mission of watching Comrade Fábián who looks like much younger than he should be . One comedy black and a public success , this story of a vampire very “ Hungarian ”, that is , with contours politicians , which won the Screenplay Prize at the Sitges Festival and had awards at the Bilbao festivals , Rojo sangre from Argentina, Imaxinario from Spain , competed in Neuchatel , Fantaspoa and others . Director Mark Bodzsár _ won the _ Best Film Award at Fantasporto Directors ' Week 2014 with its first feature film , “ Heavenly Shift”.

23:30 The Hyperborean - Jesse Thomas Cook- 95' (Can) CF- sci -fi, fantastic , vo, leg english , leg port

Jesse Thomas Cook

Director , actor and producer Canadian , known for “Cult Hero (2022), “Monster Brawl ” (2011) and “The Hoard ” (2018). “The Hyperborean ” is his eighth feature film .

A man very rich bring the children together adults in their country house in place remote . When toasting with a whiskey very old , from a shipwreck barrel mysterious in the Arctic , everything seems normal for the heirs who are unaware of what comes next , especially the daughter who suffers from a illness rare . And who is the “ Hyperborean ”? Film coming from a director good known from Fantasporto where presented “Monster Brawl ” and “Cult Hero”, Canadian Jesse Thomas Cook. FilmQuest Festival selection .

March 8th - Friday

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Hugo Sakamoto

Director Japanese , known as “Baby Assassins” (2021), already shown on Fantasporto, “ Hangman's Knot ” (2017) and “Yellow Dragon’s Village” (2021).

14:15 Baby Assassins 2 – Babies – Hugo Sakamoto - 100´ ( Japan ) CF/OE- thriller, action , voice, English leg , leg. port

After the success of “Baby Assassins”, presented on Fantas , the sequel arrives . Two girls , Chisato and Mahiro , share the same apartment and their relationship it's not easy . In addition Furthermore , both They are paid killers . However , they stayed prohibited from executing orders because they violated the organization 's rules . Needing money to pay their expenses , they _ resume their activities as mascots . Suddenly , two others Murderers chase them . Humor and arts martial arts at great speed and intensity on one argument unexpected .

16:15 The Invisible Fight - Rainer Sarnet - 116' – ( Estonia ) CF- comedy fantastic , vo, leg english , leg port

Rainer Sarnet

Director and screenwriter Estonian , known for “ November ” (2017), awarded at Fantasporto 2018 and already with 24 awards international . This was followed by the TV series “The Bank” (2018) and “ Vaino Vahingu Paevaraamat ” (2021).

A rocker and former border guard between the Union Soviet Union and China , after being attacked , decide go to a monastery orthodox where the monks mix religion and Kung Fu. on one delirium mixed look _ also heavy metal and a Madonna who cries , the rocker seeks to be accepted by the monks . The first The lesson he receives is one of humility . Coming from the director of “ November ” who received 24 awards international competitions and shown at Fantasporto 2018 where it received the Jury Special and Best _ Photography . This film is part of the selection for the Sitges , Locarno and Warsaw Festivals .

18:30 Post Mortem- Péter Bergendy - 115' (Hun) 2021- Retrospective Visions of Hungarian Cinema- horror fantastic , vo, leg engl , leg. port

Péter Bergendy

 Director Péter Bergendy _ he was born in 1964. Licensed originally in Psychology , with a thesis on horror films . As filmmaker , made advertisements commercials awarded . Your first feature film was the comedy “Stop Mom Teresa!” in 2004. This was followed by “The Exam”, awarded at the Chicago festival in 2012 and “ Trezor ”, the first television film Hungarian nominated for an Emmy in 2020.

A photographer , ex- soldier of the First World War , who works family photos with your _ dead , like it was customary at the time . It comes to a village that was caught by the Flu Spanish and lives surrounded by scary ghosts . With dozens of dead per bury due to the frozen earth, unable to resolve the mortality of the epidemic , man go to try help them. This is the first horror film Hungarian rivaling major productions Americans , to remember also great classics like the Soviet “ Viyi ”. Trieste Festival Selection . “Post-Mortem” won the awards for Best Achievement and Better Argument at Fantasporto 2021.

21:00 - Megalomaniac - Karim Ouelhaj – 100' ( Belg ) Grand Prix Fantasporto 2023- Retrospective Karim Ouelhaj – horror , vo , leg ingl , leg port

Karim Ouelhaj

Belgian director, writer and producer. Your first feature film “Parabola”,

was selected for the Venice Festival in the section official Giornatti degli Authored Venice Days. This movie won also the Federico Fellini Prize in 2006 in the USA, among others rewards . It was the first feature film of a triptych dedicated to society , and which included “La Repas du Singe” (2013), Best Actress at the Rome Festival, and “Une Realité para Seconde” (2015). In 2016, his short film fantastic “L' Oeil Silencieux” won the Grand Prix and the Méliès D'Argent at the Brussels Festival and was selected , and awarded , in countless festivals . “ Megalomaniac ” (2022), his fourth feature film , inspired by the story true of the Butcher of Mons, won more than 20 awards international , including Best Film at Fantasia ( Canada ), Best Horror Film at Macabro Film Festival (Mexico) and Best Film, Director and Actress at Fantasporto 2023.

Brothers Martha and Felix live in a big , old house left to them by their father, the notorious Butcher of Mons. In addition to this inheritance, Martha tries to protect her brother who, like his father, is a serial killer. Abused at work , Martha has to find a balance between Felix's violence and the traumas in her own life. Film that won the important Cheval Noir Prize at the Fantasia Festival ( Canada ) is another good example of modern Belgian horror cinema . _ Great interpretation by Eline Schumacher, in her first role in cinema.

23:15 Woman in the Maze - Mitesh Patel 101´ (USA) CF- horror , fantastic , English voice , leg port

Mitesh Kumar Patel

The director was born in India and studied Art Plastics . In 2011 he made “The Man in the Maze”, followed by “ Neron ” (2016), “House of Quarantine ” (2020), “Instant Karma” (2021), among others . “ Woman in the Maze” is his seventh feature film .

One woman lease a house and nothing like what I expected it happens . Per some reason , by staying trapped between those walls , the woman has to find the solution to free herself and leave finally from the house. One story of despair and horror .

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15:00 Meat, the Footprint Unsustainable - Hugo Almeida- 74' (Port)- EVENTUALLY SHOCKING SCENES – PCP- documentary , voice

Hugo Almeida

Portuguese director , he directed 12 episodes of the series “UBI - a Path to Freedom” about income Minimum universal . In 2022, he worked with the American band Hercules & Love Affair in the documentary “ Continuity ”. “Meat: The footprint Unsustainable ” is his first feature film .

is not much It is common for Fantasporto to present documentaries . The quality and impact , I would say same necessity , this film imposes its projection . on one world where everything is changing due to the changes climate and your dramatic impact in millions of beings humans , director Hugo Almeida and his producer , Francisco Guerreiro , this deputy European , bring one review historical and social importance of the evolution of eating habits and the urgent need to change diet , especially in the more advanced societies . This is the first director 's feature film .

17:00 PCP – FILMS OUT OF COMPETITION Total: 122'

Our _ Caminho - Pedro Gil Vasconcelos - 35' (Port) - documentary , flight

It was one Time in the Apocalypse – Tiago Pimentel - 21'30'', (Eng)- sci -fi, horror , vo

Titus - Rui Neto, Jorge Albuquerque - 65' (Port) – tragedy , vo

19:30 Goliath - Adilkhan Yerzhanov – 93' ( Kazakhstan ) - 2022 - Retrospective Kazakhstan | SR/OE- drasma , vo, leg ingl , leg. port

Adilkhan Yerzhanov

He was born in 1982, director and screenwriter , now won 13 awards international and is a presence regular at the Venice Festival where he has already presented this “Goliath” (2022) and “Yellow Cat” (2020). And still known for “The Plague of Karatas Village” (2016), awarded at the Rotterdam Festival , and “A Dark , Dark Man” (2020), among others . Your films are _ presented at big festivals such as San Sebastian, Cannes, Montréal, Tallinn or Venice .

In the Kazakhstan steppe , a surprising adaptation of Machiavelli and his theory about power and how to obtain it . This is the fight and revenge of a man , Arzu , whose wife was killed . The chief of criminals to whom everyone submits is faced with the wrath of this man , a former soldier invalid that you go show the strength of the weakest . A magnificent example of emerging cinema of this country and a director multi-award winning . Venice Festival Selection .

21:30 Meat, the Footprint Unsustainable - Hugo Almeida- 74' (Port)- EVENTUALLY SHOCKING SCENES. PCP- documentary , vo

23:30 The Well – Federico Zampaglione – 91' – Italy- fal English CF- horror fantastic , vo engl , leg. port

Federico Zampaglione

Born in Rome in 1968, musician and screenwriter , he is the director of “Morrison” (2021) and “ Tulpa : Demon of Desire” (2012).

One young American woman who restores paintings ancient is called a palace of a small city in Italy to deal with a painting darkened by a fire . But he soon realizes that there is many mysteries to unravel when a group of biologists with whom he had traveled disappear . Monsters several , heroines in difficulties and witches of the past do of this film a tribute in the best tradition of “ giallo ” and the fantastic classic . Sitges festival selection .