The film from Ireland was the big winner of this year’s edition of the Lisbon International Horror Film Festival, which ended on Monday.
It’s not a festival for scared people. MOTELXevery year brings Lisbon the best and the scariest horror cinema A week full of scares from all over the world, of all genres and for all tastes.
Since we are talking about scares, the film that left the festival with the main award (‘Meliès d’Argent’, which rewards the best film in Europe and gives access to the ‘Meliès d’Or’ competition in Sitges) is full of them. ‘Strangeness‘It comes to us from Ireland Damian McCarthy Presented as “a treat for those who enjoy ‘jump scares'”, it is a film that “runs down your spine with its silences, shadows and twists”.
In awarding the award, the jury deemed ‘Oddity’ to be ‘an intriguing story told with style, good practical effects and new levels of tension’. dark and provocative record“We also liked the director’s previous film (‘Caveat’) and we can’t wait to see what new material he chooses in the future,” the jury said.
Ireland under the spotlight
But his contribution Ireland This year’s elections were not limited to this and the country brought us too.’Fréwaka’from the director aislinn clarke.
It’s not about fears here, but rather psychological fear you inner fears. Deep is a film about grief and loneliness, in which the legends and traditions of Ireland play a central role.
The film has a feature that it is almost entirely spoken of. Irish GaelicThis says a lot about the director and screenwriter, who is in Lisbon to speak to ‘Euronews Culture’: “All my education was in Irish Gaelic, my father spoke Irish at home. A horror film has never been made in Ireland beforeAnd I grew up watching horror movies. Considering how dark and traumatic our history is, it’s incredible that a horror film hasn’t been made in Ireland yet. “So when the producers offered me to make this film in Irish, I accepted without hesitation,” he says.
“There’s a lot trauma and pain In Irish history. That’s what the movie is about, about us shared traumas‘ he concludes.
‘Let’s get back to the winners’Meat Puppetrelated to Eros V (UK) Won the ‘Meliès d’ Argent’ award best short film youProcedureChico Noras’ book, a black humor story about euthanasia, received the award. best Portuguese horror short film.
But we can’t help but mention the winners of this festival.Article‘, the movie that caused this sensation inside Cannes Scheduled to premiere in major markets this fall, it promises to be one of the best movies of the new year for horror fans.
Human flesh as main ingredient (from very generous planes of their bodies) Demi Moore you Margaret Qualley increasingly deified monstrosity and bloodbath), the legend of eternal youth A mixture of black comedy and “body horror”, created by the French director. Coralie Fargeat. The film, which was shown out of competition, was deemed worthy of an award. Audience Award.
MOTELX comes of age
This festival, which he directed, took place in 2007. Pedro Souto you João MonteiroHe began to frighten the residents of Lisbon. with it 18th editionThe festival has entered an age of maturity more maturity“It was and continues to be a great adventure,” says Pedro Souto, both in terms of attendance and public support, as well as the number of films shown.
“We started with a much smaller festival. Now a whole weekWith approximately 80 sessions, more than 100 movies. Over the years we have shot many Portuguese films and this gives me great satisfaction. “People come here and see that the Portuguese horror exists,” he concludes.
The Portuguese cinema presented here includes not only the ten short films competing for the award for Portugal’s best short film and the other ten short films competing alongside international short films, but also rarities and curiosities such asO Velho ea Espada (The old man and the sword)’, his first feature film Fábio’s PowersComing here after its world premiere at the festival Fantasy related to Montreal.
movie series Bmade with very low budgetWith special effects and plenty of humor worthy of Nollywood youFirst of all, the rather humorous ‘The Old Man and the Sword’ is Fábio Powers’ tribute to both a character from the town where he spends his holidays (who stars in the film) and Japanese productions such as ‘Kamen Rider’. ‘, as it grows: “Production was chaotic‘Nobody knew what I was doing, I just had the structure of the film in my head,’ he tells ‘Euronews’. The fact that this film is at the festival shows that there is horror for every taste.
A clear example of a winning bet, João Monteiro describes MOTELX as follows: “More than a public success, I would like to underline, it is a success. atmospheric festival and that’s what attracts people. “Every year we have people coming for the first time and discovering that their favorite genre is horror.”
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