Fantasporto

JAPAN won with FROM THE END OF THE WORLD, USA took top honors (BUCKY F*UCKING DENT by DAVID DUCHOVNY), China with THE CREATION OF THE GODS and Portugal with DEPARTURES : the big winners of FANTASPORTO 2024

The 44th edition of Fantasporto – Porto International Film Festival has come to an end, although on Sunday, voting day for the legislative elections, eight of the films awarded by the four Juries of the event, for the competitive Fantastic Cinema Sections, Directors' Week-Prize Manoel de Oliveira, Orient Express, Cinema Português and Escolas de Cinema will also be shown from 3pm at Batalha (programming in attach).

In a year in which cinema from Mainland China debuts in force at Fantasporto, in the Fantastic Cinema category the festival was once again won by Japanese Cinema. The Best Film in this section went this time to From the End of the World – Kaz I Kiriya who won the GRAND PRIZE FOR BEST FILM.

THE GRAND PRIZE FOR THE BEST FILM OF THE DIRECTORS' WEEK / MANOEL DE OLIVEIRA AWARD went to the North American Bucky F*cking Dent – David Duchovny and the Japanese feature film Shadow of Fire - Shinya Tsukamoto wins the SPECIAL JURI PRIZE.

IN THE ORIENT EXPRESS SECTION DEDICATED TO ASIAN CINEMA, this year with 21 films in competition the winner went to the Chinese Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms by Wuershan, the SPECIAL JURY PRIZE for The Floor Plan by Junichi Ishikawa also being assigned a SPECIAL MENTION to the also Japanese The Forbidden Play by multi-award winner Hideo Nakata.  

Also, at CINEMA PORTUGÊS, the GRAND PRIZE was awarded to the Luso/Chequia co-production Departures by Vasco Viana and the prize for SCHOOLS with Cinema courses, in which 9 schools participated, went to I forgot that I was afraid of Diogo Bento from the Lusófona University of Lisbon

This year's selection, based on around 1200 films from 68 countries around the world and submitted to the Festival, ended after the selection carried out by fantasporto, which screened films from countries as diverse as Japan, with 11 films (country with the most significant number of films in competition, Argentina, Brazil, South Korea, China, Philippines, Iran, Mexico, India, United States, Estonia, Hungary, Canada, Kazakhstan, and the most diverse European countries, highlighting France and Spain with 6 films each, included 97, all of them unreleased in Portugal, and these were shown in the World Premiere.

Some international media titles present on Fantasporto make the quality and diversity of the selected films clear. The largest magazine in the Entertainment World, Variety, in articles published during the festival, refers to “Fantasporto Presents Eclectic Lineup Ranging From Denys Arcand's Satire 'Testament' to Wuershan's Fantasy Epic 'Creation of Gods'nbsp;or in another article “Fantasporto Chiefs Beatriz Pacheco Pereira and Mário Dorminsky on Spotting Rising Talent in the World of Fantasy”, in turn Euronews headlines “Horror, humour, music and more: Is Fantasporto the ultimate film festival?nbsp;nbsp;And many others thatnbsp;nbsp;already were compiled halfway through the festival and can be found on the Facebook page @fantasporto. There is also coverage work for a large part of the national media such as Expresso, Jornal de Notícias, Correio da Manhã, RTP, SIC, Antena 1, etc.

It is also important to mention the approximately 120 foreign guestsnbsp; (about half of them Asian...) and more than 100 nationalsnbsp; who are still in Porto to witness the official closing session and awards ceremony on the 9th, today, it will take place, were at Fantasporto, including members of the International juries.

The diversity of films awarded in the different sections demonstrates the quality of the selection and the need for jurors to distribute their awards across the most diverse films in the competition. It should be noted that almost all of the films presented were applauded at the end of the sessions and that some of them had applause for more than 5 minutes, especially those whose directors were present in the room.

 JAPAN WINS THE FANTASTIC CINEMA COMPETITION AGAIN

The International Jury of the Official Fantastic Cinema Section of the 44th edition of the PORTO INTERNATIONAL CINEMA FESTIVAL, decided to award the following Prizes:

OFFICIAL FANTASTIC CINEMA SECTION

BIG PRIZE

(Best Film Award - Fantasporto 2024)

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

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

(Jury's Special Award)

The Complex Forms - Fabio D'Orta- (Ita)

BEST ACHIEVEMENT

(Best Direction)

Gonzalo López-Gallego -La Sombra del Tiburón- (Esp)

BEST ACTOR

(Best Actor)

Tovino Thomas – “Invisible Windows”

BEST ACTRESS

(Best Actress)

Eve Ringuette – “Jour de Merde”

BEST ARGUMENT

(Best Screenplay)

Sébastien Drouin – “Cold Meat”

BEST PHOTOGRAPHY

(Best Cinematography)

Roland Stuprich - “The Universal Theory” (Germany /Austria/ Switzerland)

BEST SHORT FILM FANTASPORTO 2024

(Best Short Film)

Acid Base - Shirin Eklasi- (Iran)

SPECIAL MENTION FROM THE JURY

(special mention of the fantasy jury)

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

DUCHOVNY WITH HIS BUCKY WINS FANTASPORTO 2024 DIRECTORS' WEEK

The International Jury of the OFFICIAL COMPETITIVE SECTION DIRECTORS' WEEK of FANTASPORTO decided to award the following prizes:

DIRECTORS' BEST FILM OF THE WEEK AWARD

(Directors Week Best Film Award)

Bucky F*cking Dent – David Duchovny – (USA)

SPECIAL AWARD FROM THE DIRECTORS' WEEK JURY

(Directors Week Jury's Special Award)

Shadow of Fire - Shinya Tsukamoto (Japan)

BEST DIRECTOR OF DIRECTORS' WEEK

(Directors Week Best Director Award)

Loïc Tanson - The Last Ashes- (Luxembourg)

BEST SCRIPT OF THE DIRECTORS' WEEK

(Directors Week Best Screenplay Award)

A Normal Family - Jin-Ho Hur - (South Korea)

BEST ACTOR OF DIRECTORS' WEEK

(Directors Week Best Actor Award)

Zhu Yilong- “Lost in The Stars” (China)

BEST ACTRESS OF DIRECTORS' WEEK

(Directors Week Best Actress Award)

Tao Xinran – “Within” (China)

CHINA WITH THE SUPERPRODUCTION CREATION OF THE GODS I: KINGDOM OF STORMS wins ORIENT EXPRESS OFFICIAL COMPETITIVE SECTION

The International Jury of the ORIENT EXPRESS OFFICIAL COMPETITIVE SECTION of FANTASPORTO decided to award the following prizes:

BEST FILM IN THE OFFICIAL COMPETITIVE SECTION ORIENT EXPRESS

(Orient Express Best Film Award)

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

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE OF THE OFFICIAL COMPETITIVE SECTION ORIENT EXPRESS

(Orient Express Jury Special Award)

The Floor Plan – Junichi Ishikawa - 110´ (Japan)

SPECIAL MENTION FROM THE JURY OF THE ORIENT EXPRESS OFFICIAL COMPETITIVE SECTION

(Orient Express Jury Special Mention)

The Forbidden Play –Hideo Nakata (Japan)

PORTUGUESE CINEMA AWARD FOR LUSO/CZECHY PRODUCTION BY VASCO VIANA

The Jury of the OFFICIAL COMPETITIVE SECTION of the PORTUGUESE CINEMA AWARD section of FANTASPORTO decided to award the following prizes:

BEST PORTUGUESE FILM

(Best Portuguese Film Award)

Departures - Vasco Viana (Port/Czechia)

BEST FILM SCHOOL FILM

(Best School End Award)

I forgot I was afraid – Diogo Bento from Universidade Lusófona de Lisboa

SPECIAL MENTION FROM THE PCP JURI

In the Light of Impressions - Luís Miguel Rocha from the University of Beira Interior

THE USUAL UNOFFICIAL PRIZES WERE ALSO AWARDED

HUNGARY AND PHILIPPINES WIN

AUDIENCE AWARD

(Audience Award)

Half-Way Home - Isti Madarász (Hun)

CRITICS AWARD

(Critics Award)

Papa Mascot – Luisito Lagdameo Ignacio – 94' – Philippines

FANTASPORTO CAREER AWARD

(Fantasporto Career Award)

KARIM OUELHAJ, Belgian Reakuzador

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

SPECIAL AWARDS FANTASPORTO 2024

(Fantasporto Special Awards)

STEVEN GAYDOS / Producer, Writer, Journalist/Variety CEO

NATIONAL FILM INSTITUTE OF HUNGARY, in the presence of its International Director, Mr Csaba Bereczki

MOVIES, COUNTRIES, MEDIA

This year's selection, based on around 1200 films from 68 countries around the world and submitted to the Festival, ended after the selection was made, by Fantasporto showing films from countries as diverse as Japan, with 11 films (country with the most significant number of films in competition, Argentina, Brazil, South Korea, China, Philippines, Iran, Mexico, India, United States, Estonia, Hungary, Canada, Kazakhstan, and the most diverse European countries, highlighting France and Spain with 6 films each, included 97, all of them unreleased in Portugal, and these were shown in the World Premiere.

Some international media titles present on Fantasporto make the quality and diversity of the selected films clear. The largest magazine in the Entertainment World, Variety, in articles published during the festival, refers to “Fantasporto Presents Eclectic Lineup Ranging From Denys Arcand's Satire 'Testament' to Wuershan's Fantasy Epic 'Creation of Gods'nbsp;or in another article “Fantasporto Chiefs Beatriz Pacheco Pereira and Mário Dorminsky on Spotting Rising Talent in the World of Fantasy”, in turn Euronews headlines “Horror, humour, music and more: Is Fantasporto the ultimate film festival?nbsp;nbsp;And many others thatnbsp;nbsp;already were compiled halfway through the festival and can be found on the Facebook page @fantasporto. There is also coverage work for a large part of the national media such as Expresso, Jornal de Notícias, Correio da Manhã, RTP, SIC, Antena 1, etc.

It is also important to mention the approximately 120 foreign guests (about half Asian...) and more than 100 nationals who are still in Porto to witness the official closing session and awards ceremony that will take place today on the 9th, were at Fantasporto, including members of the International Juries

OFFICIAL CLOSING AND AWARDS SESSION,

TODAY, THE 9TH, SATURDAY, AT 9PM

TOMORROW, DAY 10,

SCREENING OF 8 OF THE FILMS AWARDED IN BATTHA FROM 3pm.

ATTACH PROGRAM

FANTASPORTO COMES BACK IN 2025

From February 29th to March 10th, 2025, the 45th edition of Fantasporto will take place, which will take place at Cinema Batalha, now called BATALHA - CENTRO DE CINEMA.

IMPORTANT

PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE MOVIES, TRAILERS, SYNOPSIS , ETC YOU CAN FIND THEM ON OUR WEBSITE www.fantasporto.com ,

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 Fantasporto 2024

Sunday, March 10

Awards Day

SCHEDULE

Room 1

15:15

Fantastic Cinema

Best Director Award / Best Director Award

La Sombra del Tiburon - Gonzalo López-Gallego, 99' (Ita)

Fantastic Horror - vo ing. leg. port.

17:15

Orient Express

Special Award of the Jury

The Floor Plan - Junichi Ishikawa, 110' (Jap)

Fantastic Horror, vo leg. english. leg. port.

19:15

Directors Week

Best Film Award

Bucky F*ckin Dent - David Duchovny, 105' (USA)

Drama - vo English. leg. port.

21:30

Fantastic Cinema

Fantasporto Grand Prix | Best Film Award

From the End of the World - Kazuaki I Kiriya, 135' (Jap)

Sci-Fi, Fantastic - vo leg. ing. leg. port.

Room 2

15:00

Fantastic Cinema

Special Award of the Jury

The Complex Forms - Fabio D'Orta, 74' (Ita)

Science Fiction - Sci-fi, Horror - vo leg. english. leg. port.

16:45

Audience Award | Audience Award

Halfway Home - Isti Madarász, 104' (Hung)

vo leg. english. leg port.

19:00

Fantastic Cinema

Best Argument | Best Screenplay Award

Cold Meat - Sebastién Drouin, 89' (UK/Can)

Thriller/Horror - English language. leg. port.

preceded by:

Fantastic Cinema

Best Short Film | Best Short Film

Acid Base - Shirin Eklasi, 15' (Iran) - vo

21:00

Fantastic Cinema

Best Actress | Best Actress

Jour de Merde - Kevin T. Landry, 91' (Can) - Thriller Horror - vo leg. port.