The city of Porto, a beautiful baroque town, capital of Northern Portugal, overlooking the Douro river is considered one of the "Best Tourist Destinations in Europe of 2017". Porto has been hosting one of the most prestigious European (if not global) film festivals for 37 years.
There are 10 days of celebration for the world of cinema, in which producers, directors, actors, distributors and (a whole lot) of spectators meld in a multifaceted program with focus on the fantasy genre. Therefore, it's unsurprising that aside from a horror movie, the festival also screens a drama, a documentary, an art house film or and an experimental piece.
There are 10 categories, four of them are competitive with unique international judges who "feed" on the most recent international productions. There are round 50 countries every year are represented for a grand total of 200 to 250 long or short films, all of them never before seen in Portugal. There will be conferences, debates, Q&A's, a lecture dedicated to cinema in schools and the creation of a cultural zeitgeist. The Arts will be be present in this multifaceted event with book presentations and plastic art exhibitions.
Great names in cinema have passed through Porto. Around 200 guests are invited annually, including Max von Sidow, Guillermo del Toro, Wim Wenders, John Hurt, Rosana Arquette, Danny Boyle, Ben Kingsley, Paul Schrader (just to name a few) and they have been coming to Porto to showcase their films, some are even Shown before their worldwide early screenings.
The program, as always is very new and incorporates productions being shown in early screenings throughout the world and Europe. The festival brings to Porto dozens of journalists and foreign distributors, who can then watch the movies that will enter the commercial circuit "firsthand". At the same time, the Festival has a mini Film Market, the Industry Screenings which are means to connect to the movie industry.
There are 10 days of celebration for the world of cinema, in which producers, directors, actors, distributors and (a whole lot) of spectators meld in a multifaceted program with focus on the fantasy genre. Therefore, it's unsurprising that aside from a horror movie, the festival also screens a drama, a documentary, an art house film or and an experimental piece.
There are 10 categories, four of them are competitive with unique international judges who "feed" on the most recent international productions. There are round 50 countries every year are represented for a grand total of 200 to 250 long or short films, all of them never before seen in Portugal. There will be conferences, debates, Q&A's, a lecture dedicated to cinema in schools and the creation of a cultural zeitgeist. The Arts will be be present in this multifaceted event with book presentations and plastic art exhibitions.
Great names in cinema have passed through Porto. Around 200 guests are invited annually, including Max von Sidow, Guillermo del Toro, Wim Wenders, John Hurt, Rosana Arquette, Danny Boyle, Ben Kingsley, Paul Schrader (just to name a few) and they have been coming to Porto to showcase their films, some are even Shown before their worldwide early screenings.
The program, as always is very new and incorporates productions being shown in early screenings throughout the world and Europe. The festival brings to Porto dozens of journalists and foreign distributors, who can then watch the movies that will enter the commercial circuit "firsthand". At the same time, the Festival has a mini Film Market, the Industry Screenings which are means to connect to the movie industry.
Tickets are sold online, with each one costing 5 Euros, or 8 Euros for two, and passes for all screenings are 100 Euros. The 37th edition of the Porto International Cinema Festival, or Fantasporto, was created in 1981.
Porto has its arms wide open for you. Welcome to the world of Arts, to the world of Film.Original Link: https://goo.gl/ZdYyho
Translated by: Mariana
Revised by: Badriah
Chosen by: Mariana
I chose to translate a text on Fantasporto not because I’m a big fan of supernatural films. In fact, I hardly have time to watch movies at all! But because I’d very much like to. I see ads for the festival every year since the year I moved to Porto and it’s always intrigued me. I thought if I forced myself to do an cursory research on the topic, I’d be more excited about it next year. And I am!
Translating this particular text was more challenging that I expected. The author uses a lot of turns of phrase and long, complex sentence structures that are very characteristic of Portuguese, which caught me off guard for a text presumably geared at a wider audience. However, in the end, I managed to translate it to the best of my abilities.
- Mariana Costa
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