25, Feb, 2013 to 10, Mar, 2013
Porto, Portugal
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The 33rd Fantasporto, Portugal’s biggest film fest (according to Variety) is coming. Held between the 25th February and the 10th March (national dates) and 1st -9th March (international competitions), Fantasporto brings the newest films in the three competitions (Fantasy, Directors Week and Orient Express) and also a full programme of retrospectives and tributes. The 2013 edition will celebrate the most recent productions but also Michael Powell, the British director of so many masterpieces like “The Red Shoes” (1948), the 70th anniversary of the classic feature “Aniki Bobó” (1942), the film that portraits the city of Porto better than any other and directed by living legend Manoel de Oliveira and, last but not the least, The Stars of French Cinema, displaying all the beauty of its charismatic actors and actresses. The Special Programm 2013, a sidebar of the festival crossing the Cinema with the Arts and Sciences, is dedicated to Cinema and Literature. And in the section Fantas in Shorts, lots of films for free… With the High Patronage of the Ministry of Culture, welcome to Porto, a World Heritage City (by UNESCO). Next February and enjoy a film festival like no other!