The International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre delivers another two week event packed with local talent, exciting new international productions and classics from the archives. It's a great chance to find out about the innovative genre work currently being done in South America, and to get a flavour of an industry which is increasingly coming into its own.

The festival runs from 13 to 29 April.

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Things Will Be Different
Things Will Be Different
In order to escape police after a robbery, two estranged siblings lay low in a metaphysical farmhouse that hides them away in a different time. There they reckon with a mysterious force that pushes their familial bonds to unnatural breaking points.
The Wait
The Wait
A gamekeeper seeks revenge on the rich man who persuaded him to agree to a compromise on hunting safety rules which had devastating consequences.
Children Of The Wicker Man
Children Of The Wicker Man
A documentary about The Wicker Man and its legacy.
Satranic Panic
Satranic Panic
Following the death of a loved one, best friends embark on a demon-killing spree, but there are stranger things going on than they ever imagined.
Self Driver
Self Driver
Facing mounting expenses and the unrelenting pressure of modern living, a down-on-his-luck cab driver is lured onto a mysterious new app that promises fast, easy money.
The Tenants
The Tenants
In a dystopian South Korean city, a soon-to-be-evicted tenant decides to complicate the process by renting his toilet out to an eccentric couple, but their strange behaviours soon become unbearable.
Listen Carefully
Listen Carefully
When troubled assistant bank manager Andy McNeary's baby daughter goes missing, he must follow the instructions of a mysterious voice on the other end of a baby monitor to save her before she disappears forever.
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
Princess Kriemhild vows to avenge her husband's murder but must overcome her brothers who swore allegiance to Hagen. She marries Attila the Hun and persuades his army to attack Hagen, but there will be a terrible price to pay.
Encounters
Encounters
A nurse caring for a weakened alien begins to oppose a group of corrupt officials who are intimidating him and extracting a valuable substance from him.
Cat Call
Cat Call
An architect finds her search for love complicated by the fact that whenever she falls for someone she forsees their death.
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Fantaspoa Features

Making magic
Austin Andrews and Andrew Holmes on shooting in remote locations for The Island Between Tides
A place out of time
Austin Andrews and Andrew Holmes on Paloma Kwiatkowski, Donal Logue, David Mazouz and The Island Between Tides
A Northern tale
Chris Cronin on the ancient legacy behind The Moor
All fun and games
Megan Seely on play and making Puddysticks
A gran plan
Karl R Hearne on The G's inspiration, those who target the old and the portrayal of female sexuality as a radical act
Putting The G in Vengeance
Dale Dickey on her role as a gran bent on revenge and the resolution of the actors' strike
Heart to heart
Kim Albright and Anna Maguire discuss With Love And A Major Organ
Roads that lead you to roam
Laura Citrella on the mysteries and winding pathways of Trenque Lauquen
Hell to pay
Ellie Foumbi on child soldiers, second chances and Our Father, The Devil
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