OFFICIAL FANTASTIC SECTION
ABRUPTIO
Dir. Even Marlowe
device has been implanted in his neck. He must carry out heinous
crimes in order to stay alive while trying to identify the
mastermind manipulating the now twisted and strange world around
him. The film is enacted entirely using lifelike puppets.
ALL YOU NEED IS BLOOD
Dir. Cooper Roberts
Bucky is a blood-phobic 16-year-old with dreams of becoming a film
director. When a meteor crashes into his yard and turns his deadbeat
father into a brain-eating zombie, Bucky and his mute best friend, a
sarcastic production assistant, and a diva actress set out to make the
first horror film using a real-life zombie.
ANÁLOGOS
Blanca and José are a lonely old couple, whose routine of watching
television is affected by an astronomical phenomenon. Blanca suffers
from a degenerative disease and depends on José in everyday situations.
The loss of the television signal further affects the lives of the
elderly, isolating them from the world. This forces José to ask for help
from Cindy, a young immigrant, who works in a nearby warehouse. But when
the young woman tries to help them, her presence brings to Blanca’s
memory, memories of a missing daughter.
AUXILIO, EL PODER DEL PECADO
Argentina/Columbia, 2023
Dir. Tamae Garateguy
Galician Premiere
Prog. 16.00 a 17.20 h – Venres 27oct, Salón García
It’s 1931. Emilia, a rebellious and defiant young woman, is sent by her
father to a convent. Her arrival unleashes paranormal manifestations in
the place, which become increasingly strong for all the residents,
religious and mentally ill women confined, but even more for Emilia,
like a cry for help which is impossible to ignore.
BEATEN TO DEATH
DARK TALES
España/Estados Unidos, 2023
Dir. Daniel de la Vega, Daniel Noblom, Francesc Canovas, Fabio Colonna, Ezio Massa
A retired projectionist enters a picturesque cinema that is about to be
demolished to remove his belongings. The old man goes to the hidden
storage room and starts projecting old film reels, one by one…A
strange presence prevents the workers from finding it. As each roll is
projected, the countdown begins… The explosion is imminent.
EL ÚLTIMO HEREJE
Argentina, 2023
Dir. Daniel de la Vega
Juan Conte is a successful author of books about atheism. A heart
transplant will save his life, but it will also lead him into a journey of
horror and pain, in which his vision of reality will be put to the test.
He falls prey to fanaticism and becomes prisoner of madness.
JUEGO DE BRUJAS
Through a digital witchcraft game that is a portal to the occult, Mara, a
rebellious 18-year-old girl, unknowingly initiates a real witchcraft
initiation ritual. She will receive in her house the visit of 3 strange
instructors who will teach her the world of sorcery and will try to get
Mara to enter her clan as a witch. But evil will be lurking and she must
achieve the initiation that same night, before the demon manages to enter
the house.
LA MESITA DEL COMEDOR
Dir. Caye Casas
Jesús and María are a couple whose relationship is not going through its
best moment. After several years of trying, their first child has just
been born. Maria is happy with her son despite the crisis in their
marriage. However, Jesus, frustrated, feeling that he has no power of
choice in the decisions of their lives, decides to buy the coffee table
that his wife likes the least. After a long discussion between them they
bring this table into their home and this will turn out to be Jesus’
worst decision ever.
LOGGER
Based upon the fable ‘Death and the Logger’ by Jean de la Fontaine
(1668) and inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s ‘Rashomon’ (1950) we follow a
logger into the woods, where he discovers a brutally mutilated body.
He immediately goes into a catatonic state and gets the unexpected
help of Death herself. From that moment on, the story is told by three
different point of views: that one of the forester, the jogger and the
doctor. Going back in time, the surreal truth slowly unravels until
the final battle with Death turns everything back to normal.
MOTHER SUPERIOR
together by a shared longing: the old lady’s memory contains the secret to
Sigrun’s past; the young woman’s life force holds the key to the future
for the Baroness.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE FUTURE
Turkey, 2022
Dir. Serpil Altin
In the future, the earth becomes uninhabitable due to climate crisis and
famine. The few survivors form colonies and start to live in underground
blocks. According to The Scarcity Laws of the Young Administration which
controls this system, old generations must be destroyed in exchange for
new lives. The life of a family that lives in one of the blocks is
changed by a new baby they are expecting.
THE WELL
Italy, 2023
Dir. Federico Zampaglione
Galician Premiere
Prog. 21.30 h – Martes 31oct, Salón García
Lauren LaVera (Terrifier 2) stars as a budding art restorer who travels to
a remote Italian village to bring a medieval painting back to its former
glory. Little does she know she has fallen prey to an evil cult of
immortal witches who feed off human blood to maintain their longevity.
THE WHIRPOOL
Dir. Den Hook
Beauty Lyuba is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Her
relationship with her husband has come to a standstill – she is
tired of enduring bullying and insults, but cannot find the
strength to leave. Together with her friends, Lyuba goes on a
retreat in the Russian outback, where shamans perform secret
rituals to help the wards face their fears. But it so happened
that Lyuba’s main fear is a meeting with herself. And from
yourself, unlike the clergy, do not run away.
TOPAKK
Galician Premiere
Prog. 17.30 a 19:22 h – Lunes 30oct, Salón García
disorder (PTSD), who — in his bid for redemption as a security guard,
attempts to save the life of a woman who is being hunted by a corrupt
police death squad working for a drug cartel.
WINNIE THE POOH, BLOOD AND HONEY
Robin, now a young man, has left Winnie-The-Pooh and Piglet to fend for
themselves. As time passes, feeling angry and abandoned, the two become
feral. After getting a taste for blood, Winnie-The-Pooh and Piglet set off
to find a new source of food. It’s not long before their bloody rampage
begins…
WOMAN IN THE MAZE
Dir. Mitesh Patel
A young woman rents a house in America’s largest ghost town, Jerome,
Arizona for a business trip, but soon discovers that the house is cursed
and traps any woman who enters it. The house transforms into a maze,
making it impossible for the woman to escape. Will she be able to break
the curse and escape the maze before it’s too late? or will she become
the next victim of the cursed house?
ALUCINE
GEORGE PAL, A HOLLYWOOD MARTIAN IN ARGENTINA
to one of the most relevant pioneers in visual effects and science fiction.
The documentary investigates and explores the professional and personal
history of a leading figure in world cinema: George Pal, producer and director
of several blockbuster films from the 50s and 60s. Titles such as: “Destiny
the Moon”, “The Time Machine”, “The War of the Worlds”, “Thumb”, “Expedition
to Atlantis”, “The Brothers Grimm”, “The Seven Faces of Dr Lao”, “The Conquest
of Space”, “The Great Houdini”, among many others, are part of an extensive
career and reference films in audiovisual history.
HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS
thrust into the frigid wilderness. can he go from zero to hero,
become north america’s greatest fur trapper, and defeat hundreds
of beavers?
RESILENCIA
Spain, 2022
Dir. Alejandro Pacheco
After losing everything, Maya confronts a solitary world with a heavy
burden on her shoulders. Her story will take us to the most dreadful
depths of human suffering and her incredible Resilience. Maya tells us
her story in this harsh drama filled with raw reality that exposes the
best and worst of the human being. Resiliencia is an independent
project from the National School of Acting and Performing Arts, Acting
School, and The Gallery Studio.
CLASSICS
GHOSTBUSTERS (V.E.)
They are not granted a research grant that they had requested.
Finding themselves without work, they decide to found a company to clean
New York of ectoplasms.
DEMONS
only to find themselves trapped in the theater with ravenous demons.
DOG SOLDIERS
Scotland against Special Operations squad. Ignoring the childish
“campfire” stories heard about the area, they continue with their
mission and come across the bloody remains of the Special Ops Squad,
and a fierce howling is pitching the night sky… With two mortally
wounded men, they make an escape, running into a zoologist by the name
of Megan – who knows exactly what hunts them. What began as what they
thought was a training mission turns into a battle for their lives
against the most unlikely enemies they would have expected –
werewolves.
THE EXORCIST (V.E.)
help of two priests to free her from it.
L’ALDILA (THE BEYOND)
Bloody zombies roam there. A young woman who is the heir of the hotel
wants to restore it. She is confronted with strange events: a painter has
a lethal fall, the plumber vanishes, and her friend breaks his neck. When
she escapes to the hospital of a friendly doctor, she doesn’t know that a
nightmare is waiting there.
MONSTER HOUSE (V.E.)
breathing, scary monster.
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (V.E.)
government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain
its awesome powers.
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (V.E.)
rock stolen from them by a secret cult beneath the catacombs of an
ancient palace.
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (V.E.)
Indiana Jones finds himself up against the Nazis again to stop them from
obtaining its powers.
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Opening ceremony)
USA, 1925
Dir. Rupert Julian
Prog. 21.30 a 23.20 h- Venres 27oct, Salón García
basement of the Paris Opera. In love with soprano Christine Daeé, he goes
crazy with jealousy when he finds out that the singer is engaged.
Live soundtrack by the Caspervek sextet.