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In these dark of pandemic times a festival like Madeira Fantastic FilmFest about fantastic and terror genre could not resign to the threat!!
From the organisation we are going to prepare a special quarantine edition, from March 26 to 29, we want to offer this year's official section in online mode exclusively on the days of the festival. In order to offer entertainment to the confined public in their homes as well as being able to present the prizes and trophies to the winners the 29th March. What better scene for a fantastic film festival than a global pandemic! The Masterclass: Homage to Portuguese filmmaker António de Macedo from Screenings Funchal integrated in Madeira Fantastic FilmFest will be rescheduled for a date to be announced soon and as soon as conditions improve. |
Nestes tempos sombrios da pandemia, um festival como o MFFF do cinema fantástico não podia se curvar à ameaça.
A organização decidiu preparar uma edição especial do festival para que todos possam mesmo em quarentena, de 26 a 29 de março, poderem disfrutar do melhor do cinema fantástico. Iremos dessa forma lançar e a secção oficial desta edição de forma online e gratuita exclusivamente nos dias do festival. A fim de oferecer entretenimento ao público confinado em suas casas, além de poder oferecer os prémios aos vencedores no dia 29 de março. Não podemos deixar de reparar que no cenário atual que estamos a viver poderíamos estar todos neste momento dentro de um filme do género de fantástico. Pois bem, que venham mais! A Masterclass: Homenagem ao cineasta português António de Macedo do Screenings Funchal integrado no Madeira Fantastic FilmFest será reagendado para data a anunciar em breve e assim que se reúnam condições para tal. |
En estos tiempos obscuros de pandemia un festival como Madeira Fantastic FilmFest de género fantástico y terror no se podía doblegar a la amenaza.
Desde la organización vamos a preparar una edición especial en cuarentena. Queremos ofrecer la sección oficial de este año en modo online exclusivamente los días que dura el festival. Para poder ofrecer un entretenimiento al público recluido en sus casas así como poder entregar los galardones y trofeos a los ganadores. ¡Qué mejor escenario para un festival de cine fantástico que una pandemia mundial! La Masterclass: Homenaje al cineasta Portugués António de Macedo de Screenings Funchal integrada en Madeira Fantástico Film Fest será pospuesta a una nueva fecha y anunciada en cuanto las condiciones lo permitan. |
OFFICIAL SELECTION / SEÇÃO OFICIAL / SECCIÓN OFICIAL
Best Internacional Feature Film
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ARTIK by Tom Botchii (United States)
01:17:37 A comic book obsessed serial killer's sinister plan to train his son to be his replacement is interrupted when the young boy lures a well-meaning stranger, Holton, back to their secluded farm threatening to expose their families terrifying secret. |
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The Last Serb in Croatia by Predrag Licina (Croatia)
01:28:41 Mico, a bon viveur from Zagreb, whose daily routine lies somewhere between massage parlours, restaurants and cinemas, where he watches movies featuring his favourite actress Franka Anic, is caught completely off guard by the zombie-epidemics. Nevertheless, he boldly sets off with one highly unattainable goal: to survive! |
Selecção Oficial "Melhor Curta Portuguesa"
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A Herança de Paulo A. M. Oliveira & Pedro Martins
15:00 Lost in the woods during a stormy night, a young couple, Maria e Miguel, take shelter in a forest cottage owned by a bizarre lumberjack with an obsession with breadcrumbs. He persuades them to stay overnight but the idea alarms Miguel, while Maria seems to see this place as a perfect scenario to spice up their relationship – a place where, apparently, the lumberjack does not live alone. |
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Canção de Embalar de Joao Pedro Frazão
14:04 A bastard child of a noble and his mistress, Madalena grew obsessed with fire after both her parents burnt to death in a tragic accident. Raised by her resentful blind stepmother who once cut Madalena´s tongue out of an outburst of anger, she cannot talk but finds other means of expressing her feelings towards her abusive stepmother and the local priest who takes advantage of her silence and innocence. Pyromancy becomes her new language. |
Best Internacional Short Film
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Boustifaille by Mazingarbe Pierre (France)
18:26 North of France, 2018. Daphnée refuses to introduce her boyfriend Karim to her parents. Karim suffers from this. But when Daphnée goes to spend the weekend in her parent's mansion, Karim decides to hide in the trunk of her car... |
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Downward Facing Dogs by Karsten de Vreugd (Netherlands)
11:25 When Mara hastily enters her yoga class she desperately tries to find her zen, only to find out her zen is at the end of letting out all her frustrations first. |
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Five Course Meal by James Cadden (Canada)
07:22 Mark and Jenny agree to take part in a mysterious experiment for money. Things get exceptionally messy. |
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IBAIA by Ferran Brooks (Spain)
07:40 Man thinks he has everything on this planet, but there are forces that he can never control. |
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In Full Bloom by Maegan Houang (United States)
10:39 In Full Bloom is a surrealist short film about overcoming the loss of a partner within the parameters of living as a female Vietnamese immigrant. After her husband’s death, Cecile becomes an agoraphobic hoarder, paradoxically practicing what she loves — gardening — indoors without the help of direct sunlight. She orders worms to grow a rare flower. Though they help the flower grow, the development comes at a price when the worms create a black hole that absorbs everything she cherishes. With her home unrecognizably empty, she has no choice but to leave for the first time since her husband died and re-assimilate into society on her own terms. |
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Kitty Kat by Constance Guirlet (France)
08:46 People says cats have nine lives. In order to bring his murdered family back to life, a man decides to kill his cat. With his alchemist's skills and an old manuscript, he succeed. But one of his daughter will not accept the lose of her cat. |
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Knock Knock!! by María Teresa Hernández & Miguel López Valderrama (Spain)
06:52 One more night, Antoñete stays at home alone as his father is working. Everything looks normal, until someone knocks on the door and to his surprise, no matter how much he runs, nobody is ever behind the door. |
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Off Fleek by Steven Dorrington (United Kingdom)
06:00 Teenager Emma suffers horrendous cyber bullying and her worse fears come true as the body shaming abuse she receives online begins to transform her appearance. She decides to take drastic action, which has disastrous consequences for herself and her family. |
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Polvotrón 500 by Silvia Conesa (Spain)
11:11 Year 2065. Charly is a gray man in a world without hope dominated by large corporations, where everything has a price, even to rest without being besieged by publicity. Charly habitually sleep in an old holographic booth, POLVOTRÓN 500, where you arrange so that nobody bothers. One night he accidentally activated the resident sexual hologram, «Niky», without knowing that it is a new model with improved quantum intelligence … |
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Rito De Paso by Jaime Herrero (Spain)
11:10 After closing his eyes, our main character wakes up in a different world, a place without a voice where everything would be easier. On top of a mountain, he waits for somebody to come. Together, they walk towards the depths of the forest, with the intention of rescuing his most beloved one from the clutches of a mysterious secret society. This cult, led by a fearsome woman connected in some way to the main character, will start a cathartic ritual that will allow accessing the shadows from his past. |
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SAVE 2.0 by Ivan Sainz-Pardo (Spain, Germany)
07:00 Night falls, a dog how breaks the night |
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Swipe by Niels Bourgonje (Netherlands)
05:50 A girl finds out that she has a match on a dating app with a stranger, despite swiping him to the left moments ago. She starts to fear that the man is dangerously close to her. |
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The Matress King by Miguel Lambert (Canada)
16:06 A game between the dream and reality of a man who has to fight his greatest demon: slumber. |
Official Selection "Best Internacional Feature Film"
- ARTIK by Tom Botchii (United States)
- The Last Serb in Croatia by Predrag Licina (Croatia)
Selecção Oficial "Melhor Curta Portuguesa"
- A Herança de Paulo A. M. Oliveira & Pedro Martins
- Canção de Embalar de Joao Pedro Frazão
- Zombie de Rui Pedro Sousa
Official Selection "Best Internacional Short Film"
- Boustifaille by Mazingarbe Pierre (France)
- Capsule - Extintor by Rodrigo Sopeña & Joana Solnado (Spain, Brazil)
- Downward Facing Dogs by Karsten de Vreugd (Netherlands)
- Five Course Meal by James Cadden (Canada)
- IBAIA by Ferran Brooks (Spain)
- In Full Bloom by Maegan Houang (United States)
- In Her Shoes by Ray Kermani (Belgium)
- Kitty Kat by by Constance Guirlet (France)
- Knock Knock!! by María Teresa Hernández & Miguel López Valderrama (Spain)
- O.I. by N'cee van Heerden (Canada)
- Off Fleek by Steven Dorrington (United Kingdom)
- Polvotrón 500 by Silvia Conesa (Spain)
- Rito De Paso by Jaime Herrero (Spain)
- SAVE 2.0 by Ivan Sainz-Pardo (Spain, Germany)
- Swipe by Niels Bourgonje (Netherlands)
- The Matress King by Miguel Lambert (Canada)
- The arena by 张 Zhang 文wen (China)
- ARTIK by Tom Botchii (United States)
- The Last Serb in Croatia by Predrag Licina (Croatia)
Selecção Oficial "Melhor Curta Portuguesa"
- A Herança de Paulo A. M. Oliveira & Pedro Martins
- Canção de Embalar de Joao Pedro Frazão
- Zombie de Rui Pedro Sousa
Official Selection "Best Internacional Short Film"
- Boustifaille by Mazingarbe Pierre (France)
- Capsule - Extintor by Rodrigo Sopeña & Joana Solnado (Spain, Brazil)
- Downward Facing Dogs by Karsten de Vreugd (Netherlands)
- Five Course Meal by James Cadden (Canada)
- IBAIA by Ferran Brooks (Spain)
- In Full Bloom by Maegan Houang (United States)
- In Her Shoes by Ray Kermani (Belgium)
- Kitty Kat by by Constance Guirlet (France)
- Knock Knock!! by María Teresa Hernández & Miguel López Valderrama (Spain)
- O.I. by N'cee van Heerden (Canada)
- Off Fleek by Steven Dorrington (United Kingdom)
- Polvotrón 500 by Silvia Conesa (Spain)
- Rito De Paso by Jaime Herrero (Spain)
- SAVE 2.0 by Ivan Sainz-Pardo (Spain, Germany)
- Swipe by Niels Bourgonje (Netherlands)
- The Matress King by Miguel Lambert (Canada)
- The arena by 张 Zhang 文wen (China)
