Fantasporto

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 short films will be invited from 32 countries. The Chinese representation is the largest in the selection so far, and Asia will once again be the continent with the most films invited, followed by Europe and the United States.

With still almost 3 months till the beginning of the festival Fantasporto has received around 400 feature films and 1,200 short films directly from producers, sales agents and directors from 5 continents, all of which, according to the regulations, are exclusively fantastic, and all of which have never been shown in Portugal before, and also that many of which are to be shown in international or even world premieres.

The selection of films was difficult, according to the Fantasporto organization, given the very high number of films submitted and also, the quality of most of them, and that is important in terms of world production and shows an improvement in the production and creativity of the cinema that is being produced today.

According to Fantasporto, it's also worth noting that a number of super-productions have entered the festival, and that these are even competing with North American mega-productions. That It's important since its producers place Fantasporto on a higher level, considering it to be an event capable of promoting the most diverse cinematography’s internationally, particularly the Asian ones.

All in all, it seems that Fantasporto 2024, despite being held during the final period of the Parliamentary Election Campaign, could be a space that appeals to a wide audience and gives them a clear picture of current world film production.

It won't be until after the daily program has been conclude, i.e. in January 2024, that it will be possible to find out who the event's guests will be, who will take part in the so-called daily Movie Talks to be held at the Batalha Centro de Cinema. The special guests and juries for the Official Sections of Fantastic Cinema, Directors' Week, Orient Express and the Portuguese Cinema Award will also be announced in February.

It should be noted that the Festival will run from March 1 to 10 and that it has previously announced that, in the retrospectives section that  will highlight Hungarian Fantasty cinematography, a world-first showcase of real-image films from Japanese Manga (comics), a focus on the little-known cinematography of Kazakhstan and a focus dedicated to the director, winner of Fantasporto'2023 with his film "Megalomania", Karim Quelhaj.

This makes for one of the best editions of the Porto International Film Festival, aka Fantasporto 2024.

FANTASPORTO 2024 – LINE UP

Filme Abertura Oficial: Testament (Parece que Estou a Mais) – Denys Arcand -115’ (Can)

Filme Encerramento: Creation of Gods I: Kingdom of Storms- Wuershan - 148’ (China)

SELECÇÃO OFICIAL CINEMA FANTÁSTICO

Longas-Metragens | 30 | Features

Creation of Gods I: Kingdom of Storms- Wuershan - 148’ (China)

Cold Meat- Sebastien Drouin- 89’ - UK/Canada

The Well – Federico Zampaglione – 91’ – Italia

The Floor Plan – Junichi Ishikawa . 110´-Japão

Pandemonium – Quarxx- 95’ Fra

The Witch Game – Fabián Forte – 86’ – Argentina

Half-Way Home- Isti Madarász- 104’ (Hun)

All You Need Is Blood- Cooper Roberts- 100’ (EUA)

Clawfoot- Michael Day- 97’ (EUA)

The Hyperborean- Jesse Thomas Cook- 95’ (Can)

The Universal Theory – Timm Krõger – 118’ (Alem /Austria/ Suiça)

Surrogate / Kampon- Joji Vilanueva Alonso- 88’ (Filip)

From the End of the World – Kaz I Kiriya- 134’  (Jap)

Invisible Windows- Dr Biju- 126’ (India)

The Forbidden Play –Hideo Nakata- 110’- Jap

The Shoreline –Takeo Kikucho - 97’ (Jap)

Mutant Ghost Wargirl - Binjie Liu - 71’ – China- 2022

The Complex Forms- Fabio D’Orta- 74’ (Ita)

La Sombra del Tiburón-Gonzalo Loópez-Gallego -99’  (Esp)

Jour de Merde- Kevin T. Landry- 91’(Can)

La Mujer Dormida- Laura Alvea- 110’ (Esp)

The Invisible Fight – Rainer Sarnet – 116’ (Estonia)

Baby Assassins 2: Babies- Hugo Sakamoto- 101’ (Jap)

Woman in the Maze- Mitesh Patel- 101’ (EUA)

Baian, the Assassin M.D. 1 – Shunsaku Kawake – 134’ (Jap) -2023

Baian the Assassin M.D. 2 – Shunsaku Kawake – 119’ (Jap)-2023

Tokyo Revengers 2- Part 1 – Tsutomu Hanabusa 90’ (Jap) - 2023

Tokyo Revengers 2– Part 2- Tsutomu Hanabusa- 96’ (Jap)- 2023

Fly Me to Saitama 2 – From Bivva With Love – Hideki Takeuchi -117’ (Jap) 2023

Don’t Call it Mystery- Hiroaki Matsuyama- 129’ (Jap) – 2023

S.O. CURTAS-METRAGENS CINEMA FANTÁSTICO / SHORTS

(16 Filmes)

Alicia- Tony Morales- 5’ 30’’- Esp

Vão das Almas – Edileuza Penha de Sousa, Santiago Dellape- 15’ (Brasil)

The Looming- Masha Ko- 15’ (EUA)

Signal- Jerôme Pierrat- 8’54’’ (Belg)

Fishmonger – Neil Ferron- EUA- 25’30’’

Ahora Vuelvo – Lucas Paulino- 13’ (Esp)

Pesudo- Miguel Diaz- 20’24’’ (Esp)

La Ley del Más Fuerte – Raul Monge- 19’ (Esp)

Acid Base- Shirin Eklasi- 15’- (Irão)

Elegy- Jérémy Adonis – 12’ (Belg)

Spot the Differences- Brune C, Aurélie L, Fleur L, Yohan G, Clémence , Samatha Liu – 6’ 34’ – (Fra)

Stabat Mater – Hadrien Maton, Quentin Wittevrongel, Arnaud Mege, Coline Thelliez, William Defrance -13’09’’ (Fra)

Ciela – Mauricio Sierra- 15’ (Mex)

Au 8ème Jour – Agathe Sénechal, Alicia Massez, Elise Debruyne, Flavie Carin, Théo Duhautois- 9’ (Fra)

The Voyager – Fabrice Dugast- 14’ (Fra)

La Condena – Ángel Pazos 14´(Esp)

S.O. SEMANA DOS REALIZADORES

(11 Filmes)

Goliath- Adilkhan Yerzhanov – 93’ (Cazaquistão)

A Normal Family- Jin-Ho Hur - 116’  (Coreia do Sul)

Shadow of Fire- Shinya Tsukamoto - 95’ - Japão

Papa Mascot – Luisito Lagdameo Ignacio – 94’ – Filipinas

Bucky F*cking Dent – David Duchovny – 90’ (EUA)

Supporting Actors- Árpad Sopsits – 110’ (Hun)

Heart Strings- Ate de Jong – 112’ (EUA/UK)

A Strange Path/ Estranho Caminho – Guto Parente – 83’ (Bras)

Lost in the Stars- Cui Rui, Liu Xiang- 121’ (China)

The Last Ashes- Loïc Tanson- 121’ (Luxemburgo)

Within- Guo Dalu- 91’ (China)

S.O. ORIENT EXPRESS

(17 Filmes)

Shadow of Fire- Shinya Tsukamoto - 95’ – Japão- tb SR

A Normal Family- Jin-Ho Hur - 116’  (Coreia do Sul)– tb SR

Lost in the Stars- Cui Rui, Liu Xiang- 121’ (China)- Tb SR

Papa Mascot – Luisito Lagdameo Ignacio – 94’ – Filipinas- Tb SR

The Floor Plan – Junichi Ishikawa . 110´-Japão

The Forbidden Play –Hideo Nakata- 110’- Jap- Toei- tb CF

Surrogate / Kampon- Joji Vilanueva Alonso- 88’ (Filip)

From the End of the World – Kaz I Kiriya- 134’  (Jap)

Creation of Gods I: Kingdom of Storms- Wuershan - 148’ (China)

Baian, the Assassin M.D. 1 – Shunsaku Kawake – 134’ (Jap)

Baian the Assassin M.D. 2 – Shunsaku Kawake – 119’ (Jap)

Tokyo Revengers 2– Part 1 – Tsutomu Hanabusa- 96’ (Jap)

Tokyo Revengers 2– Part 2 – Tsutomu Hanabusa- 96’ (Jap)

Fly Me to Saitama 2 – From Bivva With Love – Hideki Takeuchi -117’ (Jap)

Don’t Call it Mystery- Hiroaki Matsuyama- 129’ (Jap) – 2023

The Shoreline –Takeo Kikucho - 97’ (Jap) Tb CF

Within- Guo Dalu- 91’ (China)

CINEMA PORTUGUÊS

PRÉMIO CINEMA PORTUGUÊS

COMPETIÇÃO – MELHOR FILME

Longas-metragens

Best Cop Ever – João Bruno – 122’ (Port)

Curtas-metragens

Samson- Vasco Viana- 17’51’’ (Port/Chéquia)

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

Sem Nome - Pedro Senna Nunes – 10’  (Port)

Departures - Vasco Viana- 14’ (Port/Chéquia)

De Passagem- Telmo Ribeiro- 10’ (Port)

Ruim- Daniela Pereira Marques – 13’41’’ (Port)

Pássaro de Papel – Nuno Manuel Pereira – 13´42´´(Port)

Maria José Maria – Chico Noras – 20´43´´

COMPETIÇÃO – MELHOR ESCOLA DE CINEMA

ESCOLA ARTÍSTICA SOARES DO REIS

Anthouse- Iris Viesulas- 10’06 (Port)

UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO

Sea-64 – Paulo Malheiro – 11’28’’ (Port)

UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO PORTO

½= 1 – Luísa Alegre- 5’ (Port)

ESCOLA SUPERIOR ARTÍSTICA DO PORTO- ESAP

A Última Casa- Francisco Santos- 13’ (Port)

ESCOLA SUPERIOR DE MEDIA ARTES E DESIGN - ESMAD

O Abafador – Silvana Torricella – 12’56’’ (Port)

UNIVERSIDADE DA BEIRA INTERIOR

À Luz das Impressões- Luís Miguel Rocha – 8’ 17’’ (Port)

UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE LISBOA

Esqueci-me que tinha medo – Diogo Bento – 12, 54´´(Port)

FILMES PORTUGUESES FORA DE COMPETIÇÃO

Longas-metragens

Carne, a Pegada Insustentável- Hugo Almeida- 74’ (Port)

Titus- Rui Neto, Jorge Albuquerque- 65’ (Port)

Curtas-metragens

O Nosso Caminho- Pedro Gil Vasconcelos- 34’ 39’’ (Port)

Era uma Vez no Apocalipse – Tiago Pimentel- 21’30’’ (Port)

PROGRAMAS ESPECIAIS

TRIBUTE

Karim Quejad

AMERICAN INDIE CINEMA: THEN AND NOW.

COCKFIGHTER de Monte Hellman, celebrando os 50 anos da sua produção.

MOVIE TALK COM STEVEN GAYDOS, no Bar Batalha

Produtor, Administrador e Editor Chefe da maior revista da indústria cinematográfica, a revista VARIETY.

Steven Gaydos também é produtor do filme de Ate de Jong, Heart Strings, com exibição a concurso na Semana dos Realizadores.

RETROSPECTIVAS

VISIONS OF HUNGARIAN CINEMA

Semmelweiss- Lajos Koltai- 127’ 2023

Mastergame- Barnabás Toth- 90’ 2023

Post -Mortem- Péter Bergendy - 115’ 2021

Preparations To Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time - Lili Horvát- 95’- 2021

Liza, The Fox Fairy- Károly Mészáros – 99´- 2015 – vencedor do Grande Prémio de Cinema Fantástico do Fantasporto

Strangled- Árpad Sopsits- 114’ – 2016

Comrade Drakulich- Mark Bodzsár-95’(2019)

Half-Way Home- Isti Madarász- 104’– tb CF compet

Supporting Actors- Árpad Sopsits – 110’ - tb SR compet

MANGA TO LIVE IMAGE

Baian, the Assassin M.D. 1 – Shunsaku Kawake – 134’ (Jap) -2023

Baian the Assassin M.D. 2 – Shunsaku Kawake – 119’ (Jap)-2023

Tokyo Revengers 2- Part 1 – Tsutomu Hanabusa 90’ (Jap) - 2023

Tokyo Revengers 2– Part 2- Tsutomu Hanabusa- 96’ (Jap)- 2023

Fly Me to Saitama 2 – From Bivva With Love – Hideki Takeuchi -117’ (Jap) 2023

Don’t Call it Mystery- Hiroaki Matsuyama- 129’ (Jap) – 2023

KARIM OUELHAJ

Parabole- Karim Ouelhaj – 101’ (Belg) - 2005

Le Repas du Singe-  Karim Ouelhaj – 87’ (Belg)- 2013

L’Oeil Silencieux - Karim Ouelhaj – ?  ’ (Belg)

Une Realité Par Seconde- Karim Ouelhaj – 90’’ (Belg)- 2015

Megalomaniac- Karim Ouelhaj – 100’ (Bel)- 2022

FOCUS: CAZAQUISTÃO

Goliath- Adilkhan Yerzhanov – 93’ 2022

The Diamond Sword –  Rustem Abdrashev - 113’ 2018

The Golden Throne -  Rustem Abdrashev , I. Kolyada, Prince Oak Oakleyski - 111’ – 2019

Dawn of the Great Stepp - Akan Satayev 138´- 2022