Pay attention to this Fantasy Shorts lineup at Rivoli, within Fantasporto, today

See what Fantasporto has in store for you this 2nd March, within the Fantasy Shorts category.

The Grand Auditorium of Rivoli features original film versions or subtitled in English. The screening order may not be the one noted below.

As of 4.30pm, head to Rivoli and get immersed in a Fantasy World. This invitation is done to you by Fantasporto, which celebrates its 40th edition this year.

Film is one of the most powerful ways to connect to other people around the world. The world of cinema talks to you using a universal visual and sound language, so you don't have to speak the language of the filmmaker to be stirred.

On screen, today, at Rivoli:

"I Have No Home", by Volodymyr Vlasenko, from Ukraine. A little boy walks in the forest with fantastic creatures. Why? Go find out.

Then, there is "Facelift, by Jan Riesenbeck, Dennis Stein-Schomburg, from Germany. The issues at stake are the following: Who are we? Our face constantly changing or something deeper? (Let us know!).

Later today, the film "Lady Isobel and the Elf Knight", by Cashell Horgan, from Ireland, confides a story of magic in the Irish forests. From the director of multi-awarded "The Clockmaker's Dream", with the voice of Morcheeba's Skye Edwards. Not to miss!

From Canada, "Giltrude's Dwelling", by Jeremy Lutter, tells the story of a girl who lives with her parents in a mansion that changes place every night. From director of "The Hollow Child". (Spooky, right?).

Ther is also "Epilogue", by Mehdi Azari, from Iran. The film is all about the men who hand out books and trade them for food. What goes behind that shutter?

From France, Fréderic Doazan's film, "Hurlevent", combines a plot where the main characters are the letters in a book, calligraphy and the wind. Want to know more about this Babel Tower of Humanity and its struggles? We do too.

The film "Metamorphosis", directed by Carla Pereira and Juan Fran Jacinto, from Spain and France, tells the story of a man who lives surrounded by taxidermy, and is experiencing suicidal thoughts.

Pedro Casavecchia, directed "Pulsion", a Argelian/French production, on what does poverty do to men? A boy living in squalor can only kill.

"El Gran Corelli", by Abel Carbajal, from Spain, is also part of this list. This is the great magician Corelli, who always fails his trick.
From India casson, there is "Kobudai" a British production on the women-druids that try to please the Man in the Mountain. 

And what about "Breaking and Entering", in the original "Moros en la Costa", by Damiá Serra Cauchetiez, a Spanish film on a date between a gay Muslim and a young man in his house turns into a nightmare?

Experience film magic, be you are a cinema aficionado or not, within Fantasporto 2020.

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