Oporto, capital of the North of Portugal, over the Douro River and “Best European Destination” 2013 and 2014, welcomes the 35th edition of Fantasporto, Oporto International Film Festival., one of the most prestigious festivals in the world.
More than 10 days dedicated to celebrate the film industry and where producers, directors , actors, other film professionals and a great number of film fans are welcomed to a program with all genres, with shorts and features, but with a strong accent on fantasy and thrillers.
The most recent films, many in European and World Premieres, are present in 4 competitive sections – Fantasy, Directors Week, Orient Express and Portuguese Cinema . The productions of 26 countries have been selected out of the 51 countries that sent films for selection. All in all, about 200 films to be screened, also in retrospectives and tributes.
Included in the section “Fantas Classics” , Fantasporto is going to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Orson Welles and the 80th anniversary of the release of “Top Hat”, which come with a dozen of features remembering top film figures such as Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers – so Dance had to be the year’s theme. Lectures, Q&A’s, book presentations and workshop enrich the program.
The Opening feature is “Hae Moo”, Korean’s entry for the Oscars.
A high-seas adventure with substance and heart, Haemoo is exactly why Hollywood is beating a path to South Korea's door. This gripping drama offers the tense, steady build of a film like Jaws — although in this case the threat is human.
Kang (The Chaser's Kim Yoon-seok) is captain of a fishing boat crewed by rough men who are used to the harsh realities of life at sea. Their regular fishing runs net them only a meagre income for their families back home, so when a more lucrative opportunity comes up, Kang grabs it. The job: smuggle a group of ethnic Koreans leaving China for new lives in South Korea. It's risky — and illegal — but offers the prospect of bricks of cash. Desperate migrants or dead fish: Kang doesn't care what he brings back to port if it means money.
His crew is a more complex mix of individuals, including Dong-sik (actor and K-pop star Park Yu-chun), an inexperienced young sailor. He strikes up a romance with a migrant named Hong-mae (Han Ye-ri), giving her a "first class" hiding spot in the engine room while the others are left in more dangerous circumstances.
Haemoo is based on actual events, which gives a sharp dimension to its story of crew members scheming, battling, and ready to exploit their human cargo.
Director Shim Sung-bo makes an impressive debut here, but his storytelling skill shouldn't be a surprise: he wrote the screenplay for director Bong Joon-ho's award-winning Korean noir Memories of Murder. Bong, fresh from the success of Snowpiercer, has returned the favour by co-writing and producing Haemoo with Shim. The result is a powerfully emotional drama with tension that tightens like a winch.
PROGRAMME
SECÇÃO OFICIAL
Filme Abertura Oficial:
Hae Moo- Shim Sung-Bo- 111’- Coreia do Sul
Filme Encerramento:
Patch Town- Craig Goodwill – 89’ - Can
Fantasy Films Competition
Features
Hungerford- Drew Casson- 79’- UK
Deadly Virtues –Ate de Jong- 87’ –UK/Hol
Wolfcop -Lowell Dean -79’- Canadá
The Hoarder- Matt Win – 86’- UK
Fear Clinic- Robert Hall- 95’- EUA
Blood Moon- Jeremy Wooding- 90’ EUA
Crazy Bitches- Jane Clark -100’ –EUA
The Perfect Husband- Lucas Pavetto – 85’ – Ita
Another- Jason Bognacki- 80’- EUA
The Last Survivors ( a.k.a The Well)- Thomas S. Hammock- 95’ EUA
Liza, the Fox Fairy- Karoly Meszaros- 99’ Hung
Let Us Prey- Brian O’Malley- 90’- UK
Awaiting- Mark Murphy- 95’- UK – World Opening
Horsehead- Romain Basset- 89’ Fra
A Cry From Within- Deborah Twiss- 95’- EUA
Omega 3- Eduardo del Llano – 74’- Cuba
The Canal- Ivan Kavanagh-92’- Irlanda- Jinga-
Handy – Vincenzo Cosentino- 83’ – Ita- European Opening
Ao Oni- Daisuke Kobayashi- 70’ Jap - European Opening
Be My Cat: A Film for Anne- Adrian Tofei- 109’ -Romenia –- World Opening
III- Pavel Khvaleev- 81’ – Alem /Russia- World Opening
Hunger Z ( a.k.a. Hunger of the Dead)- Naoto Tsukiashi- 74’ – Jap- European Opening
The Dead 2: India- Howard J. Ford, Jonathan Ford- 98’- UK
Pink Zone- Benjamin Walter- 92’ – EUA
Mourning Grave- In-Chun Oh- 91’- Coreia do Sul- Antestreia Europeia
Dementia- Perci M. Intalan- 98’- Filipinas- Antestreia Europeia
Asmodexia- Marc Carreté- 81’- Esp
Shorts competition
The Substitute- Nathan Hughes-Berry - 23’ – UK
Big Horror- Maurice Huvelin- 2’ 06’’- Fra- animação
Skales- Anastasia Baliou- 6’03’’- Grecia
Rien Ne Va Plus (Don’t Fuck with Luck)- Salaud Morriset- 10’ -Alem/Suiça
Sale Gueule- Alain Fournier- 16’30’’ – Canadá
Beauty- Rino Stefano Tagliafierro- 10’- Ita
Mi Vanidad- Francisco Bautista Reyes- 8’ – Mexico
La Ultima Cena- Vanessa Quintanilla Cobo – 10’- México
Odd One Out – Christopher Rohde- 20’42’ – EUA –European Opening
Interior.Familia- Esteve Soler- 9’05’’ – Esp
The Sinners (Les Pécheresses) - Gerlando Infuso- 17’ – Bélgica
Alekto – Thomas Kaufman, Michael Mehring- 23’- Alem
El Bosque Negro- Paul Urkijo - 15’- Esp - European Opening
Into the Void/ Al Hueco – Marlon Villar - 5’24’’- Costa Rica- European Opening
DIRECTOR´S WEEK
Competition
White Settlers- Simeon Haligan – 81’ –UK
El Rayo (Hassan’s Way) – Ernesto de Nova- 85’ – Esp
Pseudonym- Thierry Shebban- 73’- Fra
Children’s Show- Roderick Cabrido- 89’- Filipinas – European Opening
Closer to God- Billy Senese- 81’- EUA
Hae Moo- Shim Sung-Bo- Coreia do Sul
One on One- Kim Ki Duk-100’- Coreia de Sul
Landmine Goes Click- Levan Bakhia - 108’- Georgia
Keeping Rosy – Steve Reeves – 93’ UK
Memories on Stone- Shawkat Amin Korki- 97’- Alem/Iraque
Pechorin- Roman Khrushch- 95’ – Russia
Norway- Yannis Veslemmes- 73’- Grécia
The Janitor- Michael Tuviera- 115’- Filipinas
ORIENT EXPRESS
Competition
Children’s Show- Roderick Cabrido -89’- Filipinas
Hae Moo- Shim Sung-Bo- 111’- Coreia do Sul
One on one- Kim Ki Duk- Coreia de Sul
Mourning Grave- In-Chun Oh- 91’- Coreia do Sul- European Opening
Dementia- Perci M. Intalan- 98’- Filipinas- European Opening
PREMIÈRE & PANORAMA
Out of Competition
Shorts
My Kingdom- Debra Solomon- 4’40’’- EUA
The Gnomist – Sharon Liese- 24’
Gliese 581 – Rianne Haak – 40’- Hol
Dog – Robin Schmidt- 40’- UK- 2014- ok- European Opening
Awakening- Gaelle Murre- 20’- UK
Features
Patch Town- Craig Goodwill – 89’ - Can
Drones- Rich Rosenthal – 80’- EUA
Bad Kids Go To Hell- 93’ – Ben Browder- EUA
Lost After Dark- Ian Kessner- 88’- Canada
Beautiful People- Brini Amerigo- 80’- Ita
Mexico Barbaro- Isaac Ezban, Laurette Flores Bornn, Jorge Miguel Grau, Ulises Guzman, Edgar Nito, Lex Ortega, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Aaron Soto - 113’ México
P-51 Dragon Fighter- Mark Atkins- 85’ - EUA
Jorge Y Alberto Contra Los Demonios Neoliberales- Los hermanos Quintana- 86’ Argentina/Bras- World Opening
Suspension- Jeffery Lando – 88’ – Can- World Opening
The 2nd Reign of Night – Antoni Solé- 80’ – Esp
The Stranger- Guillermo Amoedo – 93’ – Esp
Heavenly Sword- Gun Ho Jang- 85’- EUA – World Opening
2º INDUSTRY SCREENINGS
Jinga Films-UK
Deadly Virtues
The Dead 2:India
Blood Moon
Drones
The Canal
Raven Banner- Canadá
Wolfcop
Asmodexia
Lost After Dark
Beautiful People
Archstone- EUA
Bad Kids Go to Hell
P-51 Dragon Fighter
Reel Suspects- Fra
Patch Town
Horsehead
The films indicated are European or World Openings according to the production companies.