This runs from March 2nd-10th in Oporto.
With more than thirty feature films and satellite competitions for shorts, documentaries, Portuguese movies with a Kazakhstan retrospective, it's not possible to cover everything here. The festival ends with a special presentation of new Chinese epic Creation of the Gods.
There are some good things to watch out for. My choices would include the totally bonkers Chinese movie Mutant Ghost Wargirl (2022): "In the future, a mysterious organisation has emerged that specialises in organised combat sport to entertain the rich using mutant warriors - but mutant genes escape. In time, mutants spread like a virus. To combat mutant crime, the International Security Task Force was established. Since then, the good and evil mutant war, has escalated."
Or if you prefer, you can take a trip to Hell with French movie Pandemonium: "After realising he has died at the scene of a car crash, Nathan descends into the depths of hell, where he is doomed to experience the pain of tortured souls along the way."
From Hungary, there's the sharp (ouch!) period comic horror Comrade Drakulich (2019): Vampires are among us. But no need to worry: the Hungarian Secret Police are after them, and beyond the usual spy gadgets, they even use garlic to repel the beasts. This is Hungary in the 70s. Comrade Fábián (Zsolt Nagy), the Hungarian hero of the Cuban revolution, comes home to take part in a blood drive for Vietnam, the communist sister nation of Hungary - but something is wrong with the old comrade: he looks like a 30-year-old, has a cool demeanor, and drives a fire-red Mustang. A young couple who work for the secret police are assigned to monitor the stranger. Maria (Lili Walters) seduces him, and tries to find out the secret to his eternal youth. Maria's lover, Laci (Ervin Nagy), the master of surveillance and close combat, stalks the two, and when he's not mad from jealousy, does something which is not part of his skill set: he thinks. What is the secret of the ageless comrade, who drinks a red fizzy drink, and gazes longingly at ladies' gently curved necks? Comrades and spies start to believe that Bela Lugosi, the star of the old Dracula movie, is not the only Hungarian vampire.
If kickass female assassins are your thing, the long-awaited follow-up to Japanese monster hit Baby Assassins called - wait for it - Baby Assassins 2 might be your thing:
With more than thirty feature films and satellite competitions for shorts, documentaries, Portuguese movies with a Kazakhstan retrospective, it's not possible to cover everything here. The festival ends with a special presentation of new Chinese epic Creation of the Gods.
There are some good things to watch out for. My choices would include the totally bonkers Chinese movie Mutant Ghost Wargirl (2022): "In the future, a mysterious organisation has emerged that specialises in organised combat sport to entertain the rich using mutant warriors - but mutant genes escape. In time, mutants spread like a virus. To combat mutant crime, the International Security Task Force was established. Since then, the good and evil mutant war, has escalated."
Or if you prefer, you can take a trip to Hell with French movie Pandemonium: "After realising he has died at the scene of a car crash, Nathan descends into the depths of hell, where he is doomed to experience the pain of tortured souls along the way."
From Hungary, there's the sharp (ouch!) period comic horror Comrade Drakulich (2019): Vampires are among us. But no need to worry: the Hungarian Secret Police are after them, and beyond the usual spy gadgets, they even use garlic to repel the beasts. This is Hungary in the 70s. Comrade Fábián (Zsolt Nagy), the Hungarian hero of the Cuban revolution, comes home to take part in a blood drive for Vietnam, the communist sister nation of Hungary - but something is wrong with the old comrade: he looks like a 30-year-old, has a cool demeanor, and drives a fire-red Mustang. A young couple who work for the secret police are assigned to monitor the stranger. Maria (Lili Walters) seduces him, and tries to find out the secret to his eternal youth. Maria's lover, Laci (Ervin Nagy), the master of surveillance and close combat, stalks the two, and when he's not mad from jealousy, does something which is not part of his skill set: he thinks. What is the secret of the ageless comrade, who drinks a red fizzy drink, and gazes longingly at ladies' gently curved necks? Comrades and spies start to believe that Bela Lugosi, the star of the old Dracula movie, is not the only Hungarian vampire.
If kickass female assassins are your thing, the long-awaited follow-up to Japanese monster hit Baby Assassins called - wait for it - Baby Assassins 2 might be your thing:
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