MARIACHI LOCO, de Oliver Izquierdo

MARIACHI LOCO
Oliver Izquierdo
2013, 05.07 m, cor, México, Selecção Oficial

Realização|Director: Oliver Izquierdo
Argumento|Screenplay: Rafa Orozco
Fotografia|Cinematography: Alejandro Moreno
Montagem|Editing: Oliver Izquierdo
Produtora| Production Company: Darkuss Films, Grim Dogs Films
Elenco|Actors: Miguel Mena, Jessica Neath, Alan Aguirre, Santiago Asencio, Víctor Alonso

Sinopse|Synopsis
Vacationing in Mexico, Richard and Marie are victims of extreme violence that crazy Mariachi that will make them spend a night in hell. A free act appearances, unless the somewhat more.

De férias no México, Richard e Marie são vítimas de violência extrema de um louco Mariachi que os vai fazer passar uma noite no inferno. Um que aparenta ser um acto de violência gratuita, a menos que algo mais os una.

Oliver Izquierdo
Graduate of the Universidad del Cine, where specialty course Address, Oliver Izquierdo starts work with the short film, Mary Jane (2000) and then further developed in as director and producer in several short films and documentaries that will give rise to perform various video clips for national and international labels.
He has also collaborated on various national television programs, has participated in the production of advertasing  for the U.S. Hispanic market and national campaigns.
He is currently developing projects television and web series.

MAGIA, de Iker Arce

MAGIA
Iker Arce
2014, 3 m, cor, Espanha, Selecção Oficial

Realização|Director: Iker Arce
Argumento|Screenplay: Iker Arce
Fotografia|Cinematography: E. J. Baéz
Montagem|Editing: Xabier Elkorobarrutia, Urtzi Martinez
Produtora| Production Company: Byp Media
Elenco|Actors: Gentzane París, Asier Moreno

Sinopse|Synopsis
With the logic and the innocence of a seven year old girl, Carla thinks she can do something to reunite her family: finish the drawing before the morning sun lights up the sheet.

Com a lógica e a inocência de uma menina de sete anos, Carla acha que pode fazer alguma coisa para reunir sua família: terminar o desenho antes que o sol da manhã ilumine a folha.

Iker Arce
Nasceu em 1981. Depois de estudar cinema e especializar-se em escrita de argumento, "Magia" é sua primeira curta-metragem de não estudante.

LOBOS, de Rodrigo García Sebastiá

LOBOS
Rodrigo García Sebastiá
2014, 15 m, cor, Espanha, Selecção Oficial

Realização|Director: Rodrigo García Sebastiá
Argumento|Screenplay: Rodrigo García Sebastiá
Fotografia|Cinematography: Miguel Serrano
Montagem|Editing: Rodrigo García Sebastiá, Eduard Costales
Música|Music: Frank Ochoa, Javier Vela Fuentes
Produtora| Production Company: Lobofilms
Elenco|Actors: Jean Marc Lostetter, Paula Bares, Aitana Lou

Sinopse|Synopsis
Um caçador tenta sobreviver na planície.

A hunter trying to survive in badlands.

Rodrigo García Sebastiá
Valencia, Espanha, 1980. "Wolves" is his debut film as a filmmaker

FIRME USTED AQUI,de Rodrigo Zarza Rioja

FIRME USTED AQUI
Rodrigo Zarza Rioja
2013, 10 m, cor, Espanha, Selecção Oficial

Realização|Director: Rodrigo Zarza Rioja
Argumento|Screenplay: Clara Núñez Vergara, Álvaro Icaza Ruiz
Fotografia|Cinematography: Olvido Pérez
Montagem|Editing: Eva Martos Hinojosa
Música|Music: Antonio Fernández
Produtora| Production Company: ECAM
Elenco|Actors: Lourdes Bartolomé Viejo, Manuel Millán Vázquez, José Ruiz Lifante, Fernando Albizu Ruiz de Alegría, Enrique José Martínez Muñoz

Sinopse|Synopsis
Espanha. Dado o envelhecimento progressivo da população e da situação económica desastrosa, a Administração lançou uma campanha destinada a eutanásia assistida para os chamados seres improdutivos. Ansiosa para receber a quantia monetária fixa como o substituto do velho homem, a família Arevalo tentar se livrar do seu avô, sem saber que ele tem seus próprios planos.

Spain. Faced with the progressive aging of the population and the dire economic situation, the Administration launches an assisted euthanasia campaign aimed at so-called “unproductive beings”. Keen to get their hands on the amount of money set for the substitution of the old man, the Arévalo family will try to get rid of Granddad… unaware that he has plans of his own.

Rodrigo Zarza Rioja
Rodrigo Zarza was born in Talavera, Spain. Architect by training, filmmaker by vocation, professional procrastinator, he is not so young but he is exceedingly well-prepared. Only the first and last of these are provable.

ENCARNA VIVA, de María Sánchez Testón

ENCARNA VIVA
María Sánchez Testón
2013, 15 m, cor, Espanha, Selecção Oficial

Realização|Director: María Sánchez Testón
Argumento|Screenplay: Carlos Alonso Gutiérrez, Samuel Apunto y María Sánchez Testón
Fotografia|Cinematography: Fernando Rey
Montagem|Editing: María Sánchez Testón
Produtora| Production Company:
Elenco|Actors: Selica Torcal, Natxo Molinero, Jorge Moraga, Flora López, Francisca Ródenas

Sinopse|Synopsis

Meat, three women, a butcher and his son can they form the ideal recipe to overcome the crisis?

Carne, três mulheres, um talhante e o seu filho pode formar a receita ideal para superar a crise?

María Sánchez Testón

Realizadora espanhola. Licenciada em “Comunicación Audiovisual” pela Universidad de Extremadura, um  Master em “Dirección y Producción de Cine Digital" pela Universidad de La Laguna e um  Master em “Realización y Diseño de Programas y Formatos de TV” pela Universidad Complutense de Madrid y TVE. Fez montajem de videos de moda para a Glamour TV. Assitente de realização dos programas da TVE “Esta Mañana” e “España Directo”. Co-realizadora de “La vida de la chispa”. 

Realizou a curta-metragem “Por la flor de la canela (pré-selecionado para o Prémios Goya). Realizou a curta-metragem “Encarna viva” selecionada para mais de 20 Festivais  Internacionais e para CANNES 2014 (no Short Film Corner).

DENTES E GARRAS, de Francisco Lacerda

DENTES E GARRAS
Francisco Lacerda
2014, 14 m, cor, Portugal, Selecção Oficial

Realização|Director: Francisco Lacerda
Argumento|Screenplay: Francisco Lacerda
Fotografia|Cinematography: Hugo França
Montagem|Editing: Tito Bettencourt
Produtora| Production Company: Stinger Pictures
Elenco|Actors: Rodrigo Bug, André Dias, Amarino França, Francisco Lacerda, Eliezer Pereira, Pedro PX, Augusto Rocha, André Torres

Sinopse|Synopsis
In the vein of Troma trash cult pieces and Italian rip-offs, comes an all new trash "disasterpiece"! Fangs & Claws! A drunk military recruit accidentally sets free a terrifying pre-historic monster, which will devour and destroy everyone who dares to cross his path! Throughout the carnage a hero rises to end the creature's reign of terror.

Na tradição dos filmes trash da Troma e "rip-offs" Italianos, chega-nos uma nova obra do género: Dentes e Garras! Um militar embriagado acidentalmente solta um monstro pré-histórico, que devora e destrói todos os que se atravessarem no seu caminho. Durante a carnificina revela-se um herói disposto a acabar com o reino de terror do monstro.

Francisco Lacerda

BABYSITTING STORY, de Vincent Smitz

BABYSITTING STORY
Vincent Smitz
2014, 20 m, cor, Bélgica, Selecção Oficial
exibido| screened 31 Out 15.00h | Sala Casa Husher

Realização|Director: Vincent Smitz
Argumento|Screenplay: Vincent Smitz
Fotografia|Cinematography: Bruno Degrave
Montagem|Editing: Nicolas Bier
Música|Music: Simon Fransquet
Produtora| Production Company: Artémis Productions
Elenco|Actors: Sophie Breyer, Pauline Brisy, Vincenzo Caci, Julie Dacquin, Bernard Eylenbosch, Pierre Nisse

Sinopse|Synopsis
On a stormy night, Sarah and Julie, two teenagers, go for babysitting. Once they find themselves home alone, Sarah takes advantage of Julie’s naivety to tell her a terrifying story that would have taken place in the area…

Numa noite de tempestade, Sarah e Julie, duas adolescentes, vão fazer babysitting. Quando estão em casa sozinhas, Sarah aproveita a ingenuidade de Julie para lhe contar uma história terrível que terá acontecido na área ...

Vincent Smitz
This is Vincent Smitz fist film

Este é o primeiro filme de Vincent Smitz.

ANGER OF THE DEAD, de Francesco Picone

ANGER OF THE DEAD
Francesco Picone
2013, 15 m, cor, Itália, Selecção Oficial
exibido| screened 31 Out 21.00h | Sala Casa Husher

Realização|Director: Francesco Picone
Argumento|Screenplay: Francesco Picone
Fotografia|Cinematography: Francesco Picone
Montagem|Editing: Francesco Picone
Música|Music: Riccardo Iacono
Produtora| Production Company: Smallmovie
Elenco|Actors: Beatrice Baldaccini, Serena Bilanceri, Alessio Cherubini, Alex Lucchesi, Federico Mariotti

Sinopse|Synopsis

Alice and Nicholas survived an epidemic that ravaged the world, now only inhabited by the undead. But the nightmare is not over...

Alice e Nicholas sobreviveram a uma epidemia que assolou o mundo, agora somente habitado por mortos-vivos. Mas o pesadelo ainda não acabou...

Francesco Picone

Francesco Picone was born in Pisa (ITALY) on 9 February 1986. Moved from his audiovisual interest, after finishing high school he attends a movie institute in Florence. However, his effective education begins in 2008 when he starts working for some Tuscany television network as director, editor and video maker. 

On 2011 he writes, directs and produces the low budget short movie IO SONO MORTA (I’m Dead), which gets shown to more than 60 international festivals like “Transilvania International Film Festival 2013” (Romania); " Pifan 2012 " (South Korea); " Kaohsiung Film Festival 2012" (Taiwan); "Colchester Film Festival 2012 " (UK); Phoenix Comicon Film Festival 2013 (US); "7th Festival of Serbian Fantastic Film" (Serbia), and which wins 10 awards like "best vampire short" & " best short film " at "Fear Fête Horror Film Festival 2012" in USA and “best short movie at "X Festival de Cine de Terror de Alicante 2012 " in Spain.

24 HORAS CON LUCÍA, de Marcos Cabotá

24 HORAS CON LUCÍA
Marcos Cabotá
2013, 15 m, cor, Espanha, Selecção Oficial
exibido| screened 31 Out 21.00h | Sala Casa Husher

Realização|Director: Marcos Cabotá
Argumento|Screenplay: Marcos Cabotá
Fotografia|Cinematography: Edu Biurrun
Montagem|Editing: Marcos Cabotá
Música|Music: Jesús Calderón
Produtora| Production Company: Strange Friends
Elenco|Actors: Alexandra Palomo, Alberto Lozano, Laura Pons, Jaime Fuster, Manuel Blanco, Guillem Garcés, Roberto Perogil

Sinopse|Synopsis
Lucía has been possessed by the devil. Nacho, her husband, will have to learn to live with it.

Lucía foi possuída pelo demónio. Nacho, o seu marido, terá que aprender a conviver com isso.

Marcos Cabotá

Marcos Cabotá is a young filmmaker from Mallorca who started working at an early age. Before the age of 18 years, he worked as a director in several music videos for local bands. He studied Communications in Madrid and completed his studies in Los Angeles, focusing on filmmaking. There he began his career as a professional, from commercials, music videos, to sitcoms. He returned to Spain to write and co-direct the film “Amigos…” which received the People Choice Award at the Malaga Film Festival. Currently he is finishing “Finding David Prowse”, his second feature film.

THE PERFECT HUSBAND, de Lucas Pavetto

THE PERFECT HUSBAND
Lucas Pavetto
2014, 85 m, cor, Itália, Selecção Oficial
exibido| screened 1 Nov 15.00h | Sala Casa Husher

Realização|Director: Lucas Pavetto
Argumento|Screenplay: Lucas Pavetto, Massimo Vavassori

Fotografia|Cinematography: Davide Manca

Montagem|Editing: Angelo D’Agata

Música|Music: Giuseppe Capozzolo

Produtora| Production Company: Explorer Entertainment

Elenco|Actors: Gabriella Wright, Bret Roberts, Carl Wharton

Sinopse|Synopsis

Viola and Nicola are going through a rough time. To overcome this crisis, they decide to spend a weekend in a remote cabin belonged to Nicola’s parents. Just a couple of days together to heal their wounds, , but everything will take a turn for the worst, when a sneaking suspicion become pure madness. What was supposed to be a quiet trip will suddenly slip into a deadly nightmare.

Viola e Nicola estão a passar por um momento difícil. Para superar essa crise, decidem passar um fim de semana numa cabana isolada que pertencia aos pais de Nicola. Apenas dois dias em conjunto para curar as suas feridas, mas tudo vai tomar um rumo para o pior, quando uma suspeita se tornar pura loucura. O que era para ser uma viagem tranquila, de repente, vai-se tornar um pesadelo mortal.

Lucas Pavetto

Director and screen writer. Lucas was born in Argentina and moved with his family to Italy at the age of 5. As a youngster, Lucas showed promise in story-telling and the visual arts. After finishing his studies, he decided he would start making his own films and wrote and directed his first of the horror, THE BASTARD CONTADINE, completed in 2005. He kept making films, determined to invigorate the Italian indie scene, and was finally noticed internationally for his short presentation of IL MARITO PERFETTO, which was selected at Roma International Film Fest and won best short at Buffalo Scream Horror Festival and Mexico Film Fest. Numerous other awards followed, along with hundreds of thousands of youtube hits. This lead to attention from Italian indie backing to expand the short into Pavetto’s first major feature production, THE PERFECT HUSBAND. Casting in LA found Gabriella Wright and Bret Roberts for his leading roles and the team began production in April, 2013. THE PERFECT HUSBAND will open in 60 theaters in Italy this April and is shopping for International release

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EVANGELINE, de Karen Lam

EVANGELINE
Karen Lam
2013, 85 m, cor, Canadá, Selecção Oficial
exibido| screened 2 Nov 15.00h | Sala Casa Husher

Realização|Director: Karen Lam
Argumento|Screenplay: Karen Lam
Fotografia|Cinematography: Michael Balfry
Produção|Production: Victoria Angell, Michael Balfry, Karen Lam, Jeanne Slater, Karen Wong
Montagem|Editing: Jeanne Slater
Música|Music: Patric Caird
Produtora| Production Company: Opiate Pictures
Elenco|Actors: Michelle Creber, Richard Harmon, Kat de Lieva, David Lewis, Dejan Loyola, Nelson Leis, Larissa Albuquerque, John Shaw, Madison Smith,
Natalie Grace, etc

Sinopse|Synopsis
Evangeline Pullman (Kat de Lieva – Halo 4) has just escaped her sheltered upbringing to reinvent herself in college. As she begins to break out of her shell, she attracts the attention of a violent fraternity leader Michael Konner (Richard Harmon - Bates Motel) and his two cohorts.
Beaten and dumped in the woods to die, Evangeline finds herself trapped in a supernatural nightmare, and she must choose between vengeance and redemption.

Karen Lam
An industry professional with sixteen years of production experience, Karen Lam has been cited by the Horrorquest Film Festival as "having the balls to play" in the male-dominated world of horror filmmaking. Karen has been a full-time producer since 2000, producing four feature films, seven short films, and three popular television series. The Cabinet (2007) was her first short film as a writer and director that was also the recipient of the prestigious National Screen Institute Drama Prize. She just finished her second feature film, Evangeline, after producing two more short films The Meeting and Stalled, both completed in February 2013. Additionally, Karen Lam... the versatile director and writer has already written seven feature horror film screenplays, directed four short films, and two feature films, Stained (2010) and her latest horror movie Evangeline (2013).