Regulations

FANTASPORTO 2025 REGULATIONS

1. The 45th edition of the PORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – FANTASPORTO 2025 will take place from February 28th till March 9th of 2025 at BATALHA CENTRO DE CINEMA

2. The Festival main purpose is screening and promoting films of quality, both aesthetically and thematically, and to seek new forms and methods of filmmaking.

3. The Festival has the following sections.

3.1. Competitive Sections only for unreleased films in Portugal produced in 2024:
3.1.1. Official Section – Fantasy Feature Films – features – fantasy as main genre. Must have been produced in 2024.
3.1.2. Official Section – Fantasy Short Films – short films – only fantasy genre. The shorts should have a maximum of 15 minutes length and must have been produced in 2024.
3.1.3. Official Section – Directors Week (Manoel de Oliveira Award) – for feature films in all genres, produced in 2024.
3.1.4. Official Section – Orient Express – for Asian feature films, produced in 2024.
3.1.5. Official Section – Prémio de Cinema Português – Best Portuguese Film Award – for world premieres of Portuguese films (all lengths) produced in 2024.
3.2. Non – Competitive Sections:
3.2.1. Official Section Out of Competition – Panorama & Première – for feature films unreleased in Portugal and that, for some reason, will not be selected for competition.
3.2.2. FantasClassics and FantasCult Films – Tribute to classical or more recent masterpieces, and cult movies, usually remastered.
3.2.3. Retrospective Section
3.2.4. Tributes

4. The Festival aims at:
4.1. Promoting in the city of Oporto a cultural forum with international impact.
4.2. Dignifying the Portuguese Cinema and encouraging the film production in Portugal.
4.3. Promoting Fantasporto and Portugal in the world film industry.

5. FILMS – PROCEDURES FOR A FILM APPLICATION / SELECTION
For Features and Fantasy Short Films: A screener online must be sent till the November 30th 2024, together with a signed entry form, that can be found at the site www.fantasporto.com or asked to info@fantasporto.com. The screeners and the entry form are mandatory and must be sent to the email info@fantasporto.com. Without this procedure, the submission will not be accepted for the selection. The festival does not accept or pay fees.

6. IF THE FILM IS SELECTED, IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO SEND TO THE FESTIVAL EMAIL info@fantasporto.com TILL DECEMBER 15th:

A – FOR ELECTRONIC SUBTITLING
6.1. Dialogue list of the film in English.
6.2. Screener with link and password valid till March 9th, 2025

B – FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE FILM

6.3. Five (5) or more stills (jpg 300 dpi´s) of the film. One of them must be the poster of the film.
6.4. A Press-book and other promotional materials to be mainly used to do the catalogue and for the social media
6.5. The trailer of the film in mp4 or similar format
6.6. EPK of the film in mp4 or similar format for TV promotion (optional)

7. The online screeners will be destroyed or erased after the end of the festival. If physical, they will also be destroyed, after the festival and will not be returned.

8. All materials should be sent to the email:
info@fantasporto.com

9. IF SELECTED AND FOR EXHIBITION IN THE FESTIVAL:
The participating producers, directors and sales agents may present their films under the following conditions:

9.1. Accepted support: open DCP.
The films that are not spoken in English must have burned subtitles in English.
The films must be sent to do DOWNLOAD to the email info@fantasporto.com.
9.2. THE LINKS OF THE SCREENERS FOR EXHIBITION SHOULD BE SENT TO THE FESTIVAL till January 15th, 2025.

10. The Organizers are responsible for the selection of the films submitted to the Competitive Sections.

11. The Organizers nominate International Juries that will decide on the Official Awards of each section of the festival.

12. Awards to be granted by the Jury of the Official Competition for Fantasy Films:
The International Jury of the Official Section for Fantasy Films will grant the following awards:

a) Fantasporto Best Film Award
b) Fantasporto Special Award of the Jury
This award will be given to a film whose artistic and technical aspects present a high level of originality.
c) Fantasporto Best Direction
d) Fantasporto Best Actor
e) Fantasporto Best Actress
f) Fantasporto Best Screenplay
g) Fantasporto Best Special Effects or Best Cinematography
h) Fantasporto Best Fantasy Short Film Award

13. Jury of the Official Competition Directors Week / Manoel de Oliveira Award
The International Jury of the Directors Week will grant the following awards:

a) Fantasporto Directors Week Best Film Award
b) Fantasporto Directors Week Special Award. For a film with a high level of originality.
c) Fantasporto Directors Week Best Director
d) Fantasporto Directors Week Best Actor
e) Fantasporto Directors Week Best Actress
f) Fantasporto Directors Week Best Screenplay

14. Jury of the Official Competition Orient Express
The International Jury of the Orient Express official section will grant the following awards:

a) Fantasporto Orient Express Best Film Award
b) Fantasporto Orient Express Special Award of the Jury. For a film with a high level of originality.

15. Jury of the Portuguese Cinema
This jury will grant the following awards:

a) Fantasporto Portuguese Cinema Award – Best Film
For a World Première Portuguese film produced in 2024 (short or feature).
b) Fantasporto Best Film of a Portuguese Film School.

15.a) Fantasporto Public Award and Critics Award will also be granted to films, features or shorts, selected for any of the competitive sections

16. The awards of the festival have no monetary value and consist of trophies or diplomas. Diplomas of participation will be given, if asked, to the selected films of the Official Sections. The trophies are delivered only in the presence of a representative of the film in the closing night of the festival (March 8h)

17. The physical awards will not be sent after the festival to the winners. If asked, a diploma can be sent.

18. The directors of the feature films selected for competition will be invited. The festival will provide them 3 hotel nights with buffet breakfast.
Concerning the directors of the short films will also be invited to participate in the festival. The festival provides them with a free pass.

19. The criteria of the final program belongs only to the organizers.

20. The Organizing Committee is the only entity entitled to decide on all matters not provided in these regulations.

Official Contacts:
FANTASPORTO
Rua Aníbal Cunha, 121
4050 – 048 Porto
Portugal

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