Fantaspoa, the largest genre film festival in Latin America, has announced its first wave of films selected for their upcoming event, taking place May 16th – June 2nd in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The festival will announce the full line-up, consisting of more than 100 films, on the first week of May.
Fantaspoa 2019 will host the World Premieres of Deodato Holocaust, a documentary from Brazilian filmmaker Felipe M. Guerra that celebrates the career of exploitation legend Ruggero Deodato as the infamous director turns 80, and Drew Thomas’ incredible new action thriller The Mongolian Connection. Closing out the festival is the World Premiere of the stunning sophomore effort from Greek filmmaker Konstantinos Koutsouliotas, The Fear of Looking Up.
Attending filmmakers will include Fernando Alle, Daniel-Konrad Cooper, Daniel de La Vega, Jordan Downey, Kapel Furman, Rob Grant, Konstantinos Koutsoliotas, Josh Lobo, Justin McConell, Juan Francisco Otaño, Julian Richards, Demian Rugna, Elizabeth Schuch, Koldo Serra, Kevin Stewart, Drew Thomas, and JJ Weber – with more expected to be announced.
The first round of features selected for Fantaspoa 2019 are:
- 70 Binladens (Koldo Serra, Spain) – Latin American Premiere
- A Young Man with High Potential (Linus de Paoli, Germany) – Latin American Premiere
- Alive (Rob Grant, Canada) – Latin American Premiere
- Dead in a Week: Or Your Money Back (Tom Edmunds, UK) – Latin American Premiere
- Deadtectives (Tony West, U.S.) – Brazilian Premiere
- Deodato Holocaust (Felipe M. Guerra, Brazil) – World Premiere
- I Trapped the Devil (Josh Lobo, U.S.) – Brazilian Premiere
- Lifechanger (Justin McConnell, Canada) – Brazilian Premiere
- Model Home (Patrick Cunningham, U.S.) – Latin American Premiere
- Mutant Blast (Fernando Alle, Portugal/U.S.) – Brazilian Premiere
- O Barco (Petrus Cariry, Brazil) – Regional Premiere
- Punto Muerto (Daniel de la Vega, Argentina) – Brazilian Premiere
- Rebobinado, la Película (Juan Francisco Otaño, Argentina) – Brazilian Premiere
- Reborn (Julian Richards, U.S.) – Brazilian Premiere
- Starfish (A.T. White, U.S.) – Brazilian Premiere
- Tejano (David Blue Garcia, U.S.) – Brazilian Premiere
- The Fear of Looking Up (Konstantinos Koutsoliotas, U.K./Brazil) – World Premiere
- The Head Hunter (Jordan Downey, Portugal/U.S.) – Brazilian Premiere
- The Hoard (Jesse Thomas Cook and Matt Wiele, Canada) – Latin American Premiere
- The Russalka (Perry Blackshear, U.S.) – Latin American Premiere
- You Have No Idea Who You’re Talking To (Demian Rugna, Argentina) – Brazilian Premiere
- Last Sunrise (Wen Ren, China) – Latin-American Premiere
- The Mongolian Connection (Drew Thomas, Mongolia) – World Premiere
To find out more about Fantaspoa, visit the offical website or Facebook page.
Related Article: Interview: Filmmakers Behind Medieval-Horror ‘The Head Hunter’ and ‘ThanksKilling’
