FANTASPORTO2023
43th Porto International Film Festival - 24.2.-5.3..2023 fantasporto.com
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- DirectorVincenzo RicchiutoStarsStefania CasiniGianluca VannucciStefano FregniA trio of desperate criminals break into the isolated country house of an elderly goldsmith and his wife. But their chosen targets turn out to be far less defenseless than they seem.
- DirectorPaul WilkinsStarsLuke MablyAndrea DeckRobert PortalA struggling author plagiarises his deceased father's undiscovered last novel, unleashing the demons of his dad's past that he must overcome or be haunted by for the rest of his life.
- DirectorJesse Thomas CookStarsLiv CollinsRy BarrettTony BurgessManager-summoning control freak Kallie Jones attempts to rescue her husband from a "wellness center" with the help of a washed-up expert Cult Buster.
- DirectorTito FernandesStarsEmmanuel BerthelotMalou CoindreauAdam FordTrapped on a boat, a woman is haunted by fear itself.
- DirectorSatoshi MikiStarsRyo NaritaAtsuko MaedaSeiji Rokkaku
- DirectorTakashi ShimizuStarsDaigo NishihataMizuki YamamotoYûta HiraokaMysterious deaths befall on employees of a VR-tech company. There's an unprecedented fear waiting between reality and the virtual world.
- DirectorRuben BroekhuisStarsNastaran Razawi KhorasaniClaudio Magaña TorresMike ReusWhen Bosnian-born Aisha and cameraman Elias team up to shoot a documentary on the mysterious disappearance of Aisha's brother, they cross paths with another film crew, who are creating an even more sinister narrative.
- DirectorKarim OuelhajStarsEline SchumacherBenjamin RamonHélène MoorMegalomaniac questions the invisible line between victim and executioner and how it is crossed. A film about the weight of patriarchy and the illusion of Manichaeism.
- DirectorShinzô KatayamaEiji UchidaStarsSairi ItôYukiya KitamuraMasaki NaitoFollowing the customers of a cafe in Kabuchiko, we get to watch stories of each individual. Aliens, FBI investigation, strange love and murders are some of the themes revealed by this film. The link to all of these characters is Mariko, who owns the bar, but also works as a detective.
- DirectorAlexander ZhovnaStarsOksana Burlay-PiterovaMilena KompaniietsDmitry NizhelskyA shocking murder that shook Soviet society in the seventies and exposed the reverse side of Soviet morality.
- DirectorRussell OwenStarsTom HughesKate DickieGreta ScacchiA young Scottish shepherd, following the death of his unfaithful wife, fights to maintain his own sanity when the past catches up to him.
- DirectorMing Jin WooStarsAsmara AbigailBront PalaraeAmerul AffendiA time-traveling tale of a woman living in the Peninsular Malaysian east coast, who gets entangled with a man in a dangerous dance of duplicity and deception.
- DirectorFabrice BlinStarsSéverine FerrerDavid DoukhanClémence VerniauA young woman, Adèle, is literally haunted by the death of her husband, Jean, killed in a trench during World War One. Desperate and unable to face this tragic loss, Adèle turns to black magic in the hope to bring her lover back.
- DirectorPatrick ReaStarsJohn ThomsonChris BylsmaLaurie Catherine WinkelAmy, a young woman is on the run with her young son Adrian from her abusive ex-girlfriend. When the past rises up to haunt them, they must confront the forces threatening them from both outside and in.
- DirectorSerpil AltinStarsSukeyna KiliçAysenil SamliogluSelen ÖztürkThe life of a family of four, living as wife, husband, child, and grandmother in their underground house, is changed by the newborn baby.
- DirectorJason Paul LaxamanaStarsAllen DizonGladys ReyesEmilio GarciaA single father accidentally kills his eight-year-old daughter by administering the wrong medication. He finds it challenging not only to have her body buried but also to bury his culpability.
- DirectorElmo NüganenStarsSiim KelnerMaarja Johanna MägiMärten MetsaviirA medieval crime thriller about a Tallinn pharmacist who has to uncover the secret behind a terrible wave of murders that threatens to wreck the entire Christian world.
- DirectorElmo NüganenStarsEduard SalmistuEgon NuterMaarja Johanna MägiIn the second film of medieval thriller, the night watchman is frightened by a terrible ghost - the tragically drowned daughter of a rich merchant. In the morning, the guard has fallen to death from a high tower and several more people lose their lives in suspicious accidents. Investigating these events, Melchior's paths cross with a prostitute, a priest, a foreign artist and a mad heretic. The clues take him to the Pirita Convent, which gloomy vaults hide a dangerous secret buried in oblivion. At the same time, Melchior is troubled by the question of why his beloved Keterlyn suddenly breaks their engagement.
- DirectorElmo NüganenStarsMärten MetsaviirMaarja Johanna MägiAlo KõrveIn the third film of medieval thriller, Melchior's wife Keterlyn witnesses a brutal attack. The life of an unknown young man is saved, but the victim who has lost his memory does not know who he is and how he ended up in Tallinn. A ring found at the scene leads Melchior to the night brotherhood, the bizarre troupe who performed on Fair Day also raises questions. Frightening signs suggest that not only the unknown recovering from the attack is in danger, but also Melchior and Keterlyn, who are treating him. At the same time, the pope's envoy, known as a ruthless witch-hunter, arrives in the city.
- DirectorPerci M. IntalanStarsIza CalzadoNonie BuencaminoErlinda VillalobosLiza returns to the family she abandoned five years ago, and suddenly everyone is struggling. Struggling to stay civil. Struggling not to reopen old wounds. Struggling to stay together, although a secret from the past will always keep them apart.
- DirectorJoseph Israel LabanStarsElora EspañoTherese MalvarJuan Miguel Emmanuel SalvadoAfter a particularly strong squall, a sleepy fishing village on a tiny island in Southern Tagalog wakes up to an astonishing sight - their sea has turned red. Floating on their waters are thousands of apples. No one knows where they came from. Some suspect this is a bad omen from the baconaua - a creature of myth. Few believe it to be a miracle from heaven, while others fear a more sinister source.
- DirectorJun LanaStarsEddie GarciaPrincessRez CortezGruff and cynical Rene is no stranger to loneliness, living an emotionally detached life with his dog, Bkawaw. Yet a connection with a middle-aged taxi driver begins to soften his outlook on life.
- DirectorTakashi ShimizuStarsDaigo NishihataMizuki YamamotoYûta HiraokaMysterious deaths befall on employees of a VR-tech company. There's an unprecedented fear waiting between reality and the virtual world.
- DirectorPang Eun-jinStarsRyu Seung-beomLee Yo-wonCho Jin-woongBrilliant math teacher formulates the perfect cover-up, after his neighbor murders her abusive ex-husband.
- DirectorMilcho ManchevskiStarsSara KlimoskaKamka TocinovskiAleksandar MikicTwo couples go down the rabbit hole of unconventional erotic relationships, respectable at the beginning, happy at the end.
- DirectorJun LanaStarsRomnick SarmentaElijah CanlasOlive IsidroA literature professor meets his student at a restaurant and, over the course of one meal, secrets and lies will be unearthed and the sinister connection to a suicide will be revealed.
- DirectorJeffrey JeturianStarsNenita DeonosoKaren Leslie DemateraBoobsieThe movie follows a seemingly-usual day in the life of Loida Malabanan as she embarks on yet another shooting day of a soap opera as an extra. As the shoot goes on we get a glimpse of truth in the ruling system of the production as well as the exploitation of marginalized laborers like Loida.
- DirectorEduardo W. Roy Jr.StarsDiana ZubiriSue PradoSusan Africa
- DirectorChris HuangStarsVincent HuangWitness the legend's origin.
- DirectorHans HerbotsStarsMarie VinckGeert Van RampelbergEriq EbouaneyThe discovery of a chopped-off hand in a Brussels canal forces Belgian police diver Kiki to face deep guilt from the past, her own and her country's. Based on the book 'Ritual' by Mo Hayder.
- DirectorJulian RichardsStarsCraig FairbrassRowena KingJon FinchA newspaper reporter is lured into a mire of pagan rituals and human sacrifice.
- DirectorAnthony WallerStarsMarina ZudinaFay RipleyEvan RichardsA mute make-up artist working on a slasher movie being shot in Moscow, is locked in the studio after hours. While there, she witnesses a brutal murder, and must escape capture.
- DirectorVasilis MazomenosStarsMaria ZorbaKostas BarasNefeli KouriSeven different stories about love in modern Greece, by people who seek it, find it, lose it.
- DirectorPéter FazakasStarsJános KulkaZsolt NagyViktória StaubDuring the Cold War, the secret service of Kádár began a more dangerous state security game than ever before.
- DirectorKensuke SonomuraStarsHitoshi OzawaAkane SakanoueKatsuya TakagiKaiko City is plagued with poverty and crime. When a corrupt businessman decides to run for mayor and starts eliminating opponents from the rival mafia, a former police captain serving time for murder is secretly released and put in charge of a special task force to arrest him.
- DirectorJoji AlonsoStarsMylene DizonMarlon RiveraJenny JamoraBelle Douleur tells the story of a woman's journey of finding happiness as she breaks free from the confines of society that shackles women.
- DirectorTM MalonesStarsMax EigenmannMyles RoblesJess MendozaA woman relieves the heavy burden from her past when she finally exacts revenge on the man who murdered her entire family.
- DirectorMartijn de JongStarsThekla ReutenFedja van HuêtSepp RitsemaNarcosis is about a young family that is hit by a family tragedy and has to deal with it in its own unique way.
- DirectorMarc CarretéStarsPatrícia BargallóCarlus FàbregaJoan Frank CharansonnetJosué's routines are violently altered the night his insane brother manages to escape.
- DirectorFrancesco PiconeStarsJennifer MischiatiChristoph HülsenDavid WhiteAfter her father's death, Alyson, her partner Richard and their baby return to her childhood home.