#fantasporto film festival

[dd-is-my-guiltypleasure]

So I saw Bucky F*cking Dent yesterday at the Fantasporto Film Festival. I thought that this was probably the only opportunity to see this film on the big screen in Europe (hope to be wrong !).

The theater was almost full, the film was in English and Portuguese subtitles.

The audience laughed, a lot. People were also very attentive during the moving scenes and there was a lot of applause at the end.

I'm a bit biased (just a bit)but I really loved the movie. The novel is my favorite so I was a bit anxious to see how it was going to be adapted. It was funny, moving, and it gave David his best role so far. Never saw him more alive and genuine. The banter between him and Logan Marshall Green is nice.

I laughed and cried and I'm super proud and happy for David. People seemed to like the movie. Hope it will be released soon at least in the USA because it deserved a lot of love.

Update : thank you so much for being happy for me. Love you all 💚

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Kargo Directed by: TM Malones Starring: Max Eigenmann, Myles Robles, and Jess Mendoza Won:

2022 Cinemalaya Audience Choice Award winner

Best Film for Orient Express in Fantasporto International Film Festival in Porto, Portugal

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On February 4, 1997 Pulp Fiction was screened at the Fantasporto Film Festival.

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BRUSELAS INTERNATIONALFANTASTIC  FILM  FESTIVAL

Carlos Hugo Aztarain // Junto al reciente Fantasporto y al de Sitges (el próximo mes de octubre) el de Bruselas es otro de los más importantes Festivales para los amantes del cine de género, y dentro de pocos días, del 9 al 21 abril, se llevará a cabo está 42nd. edición del BIFFF, y 72 films en los que se incluyen 4 premieres mundiales, 10 internacionales, 9 premieres europeas y 39…

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FANTASPORTO

The festival takes place at Batalha Centro de Cinema, in Porto, until March 10, with 93 films from 36 countries. Director Mário Dorminsky

Reinforcement of traditional fantastic cinema, epics and super productions, retrospectives and debates, classics in replacement and manga transposed into moving images are some of the highlights from the 44th Fantasporto, which between Friday and March 10th will feature 93 national premieres from 36 countries in the theaters of Batalha Centro de Cinema, in Porto.

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European cinema rewarded at Portugal's film festival

If life begins at 40, then Fantasporto, Portugal's international film festival, has not only found its feet, but is also certain of its place and purpose in the years ahead. Despite its association with horror and fantasy, the generalist festival took place this year at a new venue in Porto. Indeed, the 43rd edition of one of Europe's oldest film festivals dedicated to European cinema, maybe in contrast to earlier editions where the organizers accused of prioritizing Asian films, but more on that eventually... Megalomaniac (Belgium) and Narcosis (Dutch) Megalomaniac (Belgium) won the big prize in the Fantastic Movies section, while the Dutch film Narcosis triumphed in the Directors Week - a category with growing importance at the festival dedicated to cinema of all genres - and there was home-grown success for the Portuguese film Incubus, by Tito Fernandes, which won the short film and the Portuguese film gong, an unusual achievement for a national production. https://youtu.be/NNd2Zcp1NNA It also proved a success for European cinematography at a festival that evolved into a public platform for productions from across the world. "It's curious that practically only European films triumphed in this edition, when we often accused of privileging Asian cinema," one of its co-founders, Beatriz Pacheco Pereira, writes with Mário Dorminsky. But it's not entirely unreal, given the festival's recent emphasis on Asian cinematography (Japan, China, South Korea, Philippines, etc.) and the number of winners in the key categories from these nations.  Who said what? This refocusing on Europe comes with a distressing film, heir to a Belgian heritage of sociological filmmaking. Lawrence Trott, a jury member and former director of Scotland Yard's audiovisual section, told Euronews Culture that he was both happy and proud of Megalomaniac's win: "I've spent most of my life fighting racism and misogyny, so awarding this film was important to me." However, as the film's director, Karim Ouelhaj, noted to Euronews Culture, this is far from a basic anti-misogyny statement. If the main heroine, Martha, raped while working as a factory cleaner, she also becomes an executioner by assisting her brother, a serial murderer, in his horrific mission. "I refuse Manichaeism or the way of portraying the characters only as good or bad," the filmmaker adds. "The victim frequently becomes violent, and there is a boomerang effect." Megalomaniac also won Best Actress (Eline Schumacher) and Best Director, in addition to the Best Film prize. If "Megalomaniac" shows a terrible spiral of violence, Martijn de Jong's Narcosis, winner of Directors Week, is about loneliness and the anguish of losing someone. https://youtu.be/tSDNcI3n61M What distinguishes this film, according to the jury, is "the way in which the fluctuations of a grieving woman's scattered mind interrelate with the hectic autumn landscape outside and with the overall rhythm of the story's atmosphere." In the Orient Express section, which dedicated to Asian cinema, Kargo, by Filipino TM Malones, took top place, beating out other opponents from Japan. Historic venue Special edition of Fantas held at Batalha Cinema Center, one of Porto's iconic venues for the seventh art. After being closed and abandoned for years, this top Porto cinephilia destination has restored to its former glory. This cinema is a site of devotion for film fans and a landmark for art. And the work of Julio Pomar's frescoes that decorate its walls, making it an important monument in the city. Júlio Pomar's frescoes have pride of place at film Festival Batalha - Ricardo Figueira / Euronews The frescos emerged in the 1940s and covered with numerous layers of plaster by the Salazar regime before they fixed almost miraculously. After being assumed to be lost for nearly seven decades, several generations are suddenly discovering them for the first time. "I began attending film sessions in Batalha; this is a place that has been extremely important in my development as a film lover." Discovering these frescoes for the first time and being able to work near them is a big delight," remarked Beatriz Pacheco Pereira. Read the full article

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ALCHEMY OF THE SPIRIT | Trailer, Images & Poster

Artist Oliver Black wakes to discover his wife Evelyn has died in their bed overnight. Brimming with magical realism, we enter a world in which the misconceptions of our belief in a solid reality are revealed.

Space and time bend in a way to challenge the audience with what is real, what is illusion, and what is beyond... This peaceful and hypnotic quiet is interrupted by the outside world and the threat of everyday, common reality, thanks to Oliver's art dealer.

Alchemy of the Spirit is the latest feature from acclaimed indie director Steve Balderson (Firecracker, The Casserole Club), starring Xander Berkeley (Candyman, "24"), Sarah Clarke ("24", "Covert Affairs"), and cult icon Mink Stole (Female Trouble, Pink Flamingos). Balderson, Berkeley and Clarke penned the screenplay together.

Alchemy of the Spirit world premiered at Fantasporto in Portugal, picking up a nomination for Best International Feature, and went on to screen around the globe to critical acclaim, including and the International Sci-Fi & Fantasy Film Festival, dominating the awards with Best in Show, Best Director for Balderson, Best Actor for Berkeley, and Best Actress for Clarke.

ALCHEMY OF THE SPIRIT is now available on Prime Video, and will soon launch on a number of Cable and digital platforms across North America. 

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All about the Fantasporto International Film Festival 2021

Fantasporto, which is also known as Fantas, is an international film festival. It is annually organized since 1981 in Porto, Portugal. It is giving screen space to fantasy/science fiction/horror-oriented commercial feature films, auteur films and experimental projects from all over the world; Fantasporto has now created enthusiastic audiences, ranging from cinephiles to more popular spectators, with an annual average of 110,000 attendees. In spite of being organized by a private entity, the event is mostly state funded, with the Ministry of Culture of Portugal leading and the President of the Republic as head of the Honour Committee in addition to several private sponsors. The news dates have came up now for the much awaited Fantasporto International Film Festival 2021.

With its doors open to the World Fantasporto International Film Festival is now on its way for its 41st edition wedged to its motto, “Fantas goes Global”. There are three indicators through which its worldwide growth can be been seen clearly in media. First, last year we received film submission from all continents and 76 countries. Formerly in the same year, there were 43 world premieres across the competitions. And the third point that shows the impact and reorganization of Fantasporto abroad is that Porto welcomed roughly 200 film crew members – in 2020, 73% of films were screened in the presence of the director and crew. As the film selection goes, it may be measured by the applauses that heavily follow each presentation. Fantasporto has reached many countries in very small time through world media. In 2021 as well Fantasporto International Film Festival 2021 shall once again be a film celebration bringing the name of Porto to every corner of the world.

The festival is very important for the critics and the Portuguese market. Fantasporto has now developed as the Portuguese festival. Authorities consider the Portuguese festival to be interesting and diverse. The director of this festival Mario Dorminski is also a distributor with good relations to Spanish broadcasters.

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Chronopolis is a 1983 experimental stop motion science fiction film directed by Polish animator Piotr Kamler, with music composed by renowned composer Luc Ferrari, and, originally, narration by Michael Lonsdale. It was Kamler's first and only full-length film. The film won "Best Children's Film" at Fantafestival in 1982 and "Critics' Award - Special Mention" at Fantasporto, and it was shown out of competition alongside Patrick Bokanowski's L'ange at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.

Chronopolis tells the story of a gargantuan city lurking in the sky colonised by powerful immortals who have become jaded and bored with eternal life, and thus have decided to manipulate elements of time. They play with atomic particles and electricity, and monotonously construct bizarre and unusual objects to assist in this, including a ball that communicates with higher technology, but in reality they are waiting for the ultimate gift to arrive in their hands.

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Britannia Hospital is a 1982 black comedy film by British director Lindsay Anderson which targets the National Health Service and contemporary British society. It was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival and Fantasporto Festival. Marsha Hunt played the role of the Nurse Amanda Persil.

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44ème édition de Fantasporto

The Best Film award of Directors' Week went to Bucky F*cking Dent, by North American director David Duchovny.

Le prix du meilleur film de la Semaine des réalisateurs a été attribué à Bucky F*cking Dent , du réalisateur nord-américain David Duchovny.

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On February 1, 1988 Cherry 2000 was screened at the Fantasporto Film Festival.

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FANTASPORTO CALIENTA MOTORES

Carlos Hugo Aztarain // Entre el 1 al 10 de marzo se celebrará una nueva edición del Festival Internacional de Cine Fantasporto en Batalha Centro de Cinema en la atractiva e importante ciudad portuguesa de Porto. De los más de 1.000 films recibidos, han sido invitados a participar más de 70 largometrajes y 20 cortos escogidos entre los 72 países que sometieron sus trabajos al comité de selección…

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My film, JACINTA, is competing for the Portuguese Cinema Prize for Best Film at the 40th edition of Porto's International Film Festival: FANTASPORTO'2020.

This is a HUGE deal to me and there are some ways to support me on this!!

I’ve bought my plane ticket to visit Portugal for the festival and come back to the UK. It was a total of 100.46£ and it would be really helpful if i could earn this money back through my art.

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