20, Feb, 2018 to 3, Mar, 2018
Porto, Portugal
Homepage: http://www.fantasporto.com/

The 38th Oporto International Film Festival begins next February 20th, bringing all new productions from around the world to the main competitions: Fantasy Films, Directors Week, Asian films in the section Orient Express and Portuguese Cinema. The festival takes place at the Rivoli Theatre, in the centre of Portugal’s second largest city.Fantasporto was considered a while ago one of the 10 film festivals in the world “to visit before you die”. It began in 1981 and it is still organized by Cinema Novo.

“Marrowbone” by Spanish director Sergio G. Sanchez opens the festival, the competitions start with Russian mega-production “Anna Karenina: Vronsky’s Story “ by Karen Shakhnazarov on the 23rd and the festival ends on the 3rd March with “Le Fidèle” by Michael Roskam, Belgian entry to the Oscars.

The theme of this 38th edition, reflecting the worries of today’s world is “Ethics- The boundaries of Science, Arts and the Cinema”, with films, lectures and debates. Also in the program the 1st Fantasporto International Filmakers and Actors Meeting and a debate about “Financing Cultural institutions”, promoted by the University of Minho.

Fantasporto will also be, as usual, the meeting place for film professionals, cinephiles and other people interested in modern Cinema.