As promised, Fantaspoa 2019 has announced the second wave of films, and we are here to share the list of screenings with our readers, along with the exciting news that the legendary Roger Corman will be in attendance as a special guest. Also in today's Horror Highlights: Universal and DeviantArt's "Heroes vs. Villains" Glass contest winners and DeviantArt's interview with M. Night Shyamalan, as well as a trailer for The Young Cannibals.
Fantaspoa 2019 Announces Second Wave of Films, Roger Corman to Attend: "Brazil's Fantaspoa, the largest genre film festival in Latin America, is proud to reveal the second wave of films selected for their upcoming fifteenth edition, running from May 16th through June 2nd. The celebrated genre film fest, which takes place annually in Porto Alegre will announce their full line-up, consisting of more than 100 films, on the first week of May.
The 2019 edition of the festival will pay an homage...
Fantaspoa 2019 Announces Second Wave of Films, Roger Corman to Attend: "Brazil's Fantaspoa, the largest genre film festival in Latin America, is proud to reveal the second wave of films selected for their upcoming fifteenth edition, running from May 16th through June 2nd. The celebrated genre film fest, which takes place annually in Porto Alegre will announce their full line-up, consisting of more than 100 films, on the first week of May.
The 2019 edition of the festival will pay an homage...
- 4/24/2019
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Top brass at the Rio de Janeiro Film Festival announced that 41 feature and 19 shorts from Brazilian filmmakers will screen in the 17th edition, set to run from October 1-14.
The Première Brasil competition section will screen 13 features, of which ten will receive world premieres. An additional two features and two documentaries will screen out of competition.
Other Brazilian productions such as a restoration of Walter Lima Jr’s 1965 classic Menino de Engenho (Plantation Boy) will screen in special Première Brasil sidebars such as New Trends, Panorama, Expectation and Fronteiras.
Première Brasil is the only competitive section of the festival and Redentors will be presented on closing night. The audience will vote on three awards for best Brazilian feature film, best documentary and best short film.
As part of this years commemoration of the 450 years of the founding of Rio, the festival will screen six films that have the city as its setting or reflect the theme of Rio...
The Première Brasil competition section will screen 13 features, of which ten will receive world premieres. An additional two features and two documentaries will screen out of competition.
Other Brazilian productions such as a restoration of Walter Lima Jr’s 1965 classic Menino de Engenho (Plantation Boy) will screen in special Première Brasil sidebars such as New Trends, Panorama, Expectation and Fronteiras.
Première Brasil is the only competitive section of the festival and Redentors will be presented on closing night. The audience will vote on three awards for best Brazilian feature film, best documentary and best short film.
As part of this years commemoration of the 450 years of the founding of Rio, the festival will screen six films that have the city as its setting or reflect the theme of Rio...
- 9/2/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
One of world horror's true icons makes a welcome return to screens with word that Coffin Joe (Jose Mojica Marins) is on board as one of the four directors of the upcoming Brazilian splatter anthology The Black Fables (As Fabulas Negras) and will also star. SFX artist and splatter-meister Rodrigo Aragao also directs while supervising the project as a whole with Petter Baiestorf and Joel Caetano rounding out the director roster.Put together on a tiny budget - most of which appears to have been spent on blood and creatures - there's no release date for the film just yet but there is a full, English subtitled trailer for the piece which you can get a look at below. This is much more run and gun...
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- 1/5/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Organisers behind Ventana Sur’s genre works-in-progress sidebar have announced their selections.
The titles comprise one from each of Argentina, Brazil and Ecuador and three from Mexico.
Joe Houlberg’s Ecuadorian title Thirst (Sed) centres on a blind woman and her friends who must confront ghosts and hidden desires.
Argentina’s Intimate Witness (Testigo Intimo) by Santiago Fernández concerns a fight between brothers for the love of a woman that leads to a bloody and unexpected conclusion.
Petter Belestorf and Joel Caetano’s sequence of Brazilian vignettes The Black Fables (As Fábulas Negras) pays homage to genre cinema.
From Mexico comes Diego Cohen’s tale of romantic obsession Honeymoon (Luna De Miel); Isaac Ezban’s profile of an apocalyptic Mexico in The Similar (Los Parecidos); and Adrián García Bogliano’s Here Comes The Devil follow-up Scherzo Diabólico, about a kidnap plot that goes awry.
Several prizes are available to the entries, including the Roma...
The titles comprise one from each of Argentina, Brazil and Ecuador and three from Mexico.
Joe Houlberg’s Ecuadorian title Thirst (Sed) centres on a blind woman and her friends who must confront ghosts and hidden desires.
Argentina’s Intimate Witness (Testigo Intimo) by Santiago Fernández concerns a fight between brothers for the love of a woman that leads to a bloody and unexpected conclusion.
Petter Belestorf and Joel Caetano’s sequence of Brazilian vignettes The Black Fables (As Fábulas Negras) pays homage to genre cinema.
From Mexico comes Diego Cohen’s tale of romantic obsession Honeymoon (Luna De Miel); Isaac Ezban’s profile of an apocalyptic Mexico in The Similar (Los Parecidos); and Adrián García Bogliano’s Here Comes The Devil follow-up Scherzo Diabólico, about a kidnap plot that goes awry.
Several prizes are available to the entries, including the Roma...
- 11/16/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Organisers behind Ventana Sur’s genre works-in-progress sidebar have announced their selections.
The titles comprise one from each of Argentina, Brazil and Ecuador and three from Mexico.
Joe Houlberg’s Ecuadorian title Sed centres on a blind woman and her friends who must confront ghosts and hidden desires.
Argentina’s Testigo Intimo by Santiago Fernández concerns a fight between brothers for the love of a woman that leads to a bloody and unexpected conclusion.
Petter Belestorf and Joel Caetano’s sequence of Brazilian vignettes As Fábulas Negras pays homage to genre cinema.
From Mexico comes Diego Cohen’s tale of romantic obsession Luna De Miel; Isaac Ezban’s profile of an apocalyptic Mexico in Los Parecidos; and Adrián García’s Here Comes The Devil follow-up Scherzo Diabólico, about a kidnap plot that goes awry.
Several prizes are available to the entries, including the Roma Lazio Blood Award for post-production services; an offer of international sales under Habannero...
The titles comprise one from each of Argentina, Brazil and Ecuador and three from Mexico.
Joe Houlberg’s Ecuadorian title Sed centres on a blind woman and her friends who must confront ghosts and hidden desires.
Argentina’s Testigo Intimo by Santiago Fernández concerns a fight between brothers for the love of a woman that leads to a bloody and unexpected conclusion.
Petter Belestorf and Joel Caetano’s sequence of Brazilian vignettes As Fábulas Negras pays homage to genre cinema.
From Mexico comes Diego Cohen’s tale of romantic obsession Luna De Miel; Isaac Ezban’s profile of an apocalyptic Mexico in Los Parecidos; and Adrián García’s Here Comes The Devil follow-up Scherzo Diabólico, about a kidnap plot that goes awry.
Several prizes are available to the entries, including the Roma Lazio Blood Award for post-production services; an offer of international sales under Habannero...
- 11/16/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
It was only a matter of time before the mythical Mexican beast the Chupacabra had its night, and as you're about to see from the latest stills and behind-the-scenes video, it is indeed a bloody one.
Undead Backbrain scored the latest stuff, which you can dig on below. Click on the image of the creature for a slew of new stuff, and look for more on this one soon!
Synopsis
A young couple return to their land of origin in the interior of Espírito Santo in Brazil, a journey through forests and mountains full of mysteries, legends and natural beauty. Douglas Silva (Joel Caetano) finds his family upset over the mysterious death of their farm animals, and old conflicts that have long plagued the area's rival families resurface. The Silva brothers are increasingly certain that the deaths were orchestrated by the neighboring Carvalho family. However, Douglas' father knows that something...
Undead Backbrain scored the latest stuff, which you can dig on below. Click on the image of the creature for a slew of new stuff, and look for more on this one soon!
Synopsis
A young couple return to their land of origin in the interior of Espírito Santo in Brazil, a journey through forests and mountains full of mysteries, legends and natural beauty. Douglas Silva (Joel Caetano) finds his family upset over the mysterious death of their farm animals, and old conflicts that have long plagued the area's rival families resurface. The Silva brothers are increasingly certain that the deaths were orchestrated by the neighboring Carvalho family. However, Douglas' father knows that something...
- 12/20/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
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