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Visita guiada a la exposición La ilusión del tiempo de la artista Ruth Orkin (1921-1985), que se puede ver en la sala Kutxa Kultur Artegunea hasta el 6 de noviembre.

La exposición permite rescatar la trayectoria de la fotógrafa americana, más allá de sus obras conocidas.

-Lugar: Kutxa Kultur Artegunea (Planta 0. Tabakalera). Donostia / San Sebastián
-Visita gratuita. Plazas limitadas. Todos los domingos a las 17:30.
-Imprescindible reservar: T- 943 251937 | en la propia sala | hezkuntza_artegunea@kutxakulturartegunea.eus

Descárgate aquí la guía de la exposición

31 de octubre, en el frontón a partir de las 16:30.



- 18:30: Chocolatada (traer vaso por favor)

- 18:30: Presentación de la copla

- 19:00 horas: castañas asadas



Photocall, pintado de caras, juegos del rincón de los miedos, etc.

El viernes 28 de octubre la película Irati (Paul Urkijo Alijo, 2022) inaugurará la 33ª Semana de Cine Fantástico y de Terror de San Sebastián en el Teatro Principal. Abyzou (Oliver Park, 2022) la clausurará en el mismo lugar el 4 de noviembre.

Entre ambas fechas se proyectará una selección de los mejores títulos de cine fantástico del año, largometrajes y cortos, así como algunos clásicos del género, y tendrán lugar diferentes actividades para complementar la programación de la Semana.

Este año se proyectarán en total 32 largometrajes, 30 cortos y 3 capítulos de una serie de TV.

Más información: Importante presencia de cine vasco y español en la 33ª Semana de Cine Fantástico y de Terror (noticia)

Álvaro Herranz (Barcelona, 1988), siempre ha sentido una fuerte atracción por los mitos y las leyendas y, concretamente, por las criaturas que aparecen en ellas. Bajo el nombre de Fuego Fatuo Art lleva años dando vida a estos seres en forma de esculturas y muñecos articulados en su pequeño estudio de Madrid.

A través de sus esculturas y de las fotografías de estas en diferentes entornos, Álvaro dota a sus criaturas de una dimensión realista y creíble, invocando un sense of wonder o sentido de maravilla, mediante el cual el espectador puede, por unos instantes, traspasar la delgada línea entre realidad y ficción para jugar a creer que la fantasía es real.

La exposición Fuego Fatuo: Bestiario de lo inexplicable nos presenta una selección de esculturas y fotografías de criaturas pertenecientes a las mitologías de diversos lugares, desde los montes vascos hasta los mares de Japón.

De lunes a viernes: 17:00-20:00. Sábados, festivos y 31 de octubre: 11:00- 14:00 / 17:00-20:00

España. Dirección: Alfonso Fulgencio, José Luis Farias. Producción: Alfonso Fulgencio, José Luis Farias / Paramotion Films. Guion: Alfonso Fulgencio, José Luis Farias. Fotografía: Javier Tresguerres. Música: Pau Monteagudo, SAM. Voces: Coral Balas, Iván Muelas, Luis Reina.

Parecía un día normal en la Estación Espacial Internacional, hasta que uno de los sistemas de la nave falla. Mar y Petrov, dos astronautas experimentados, tratan de repararlo, pero algo nunca visto les golpea violentamente. Ahora solo queda intentar sobrevivir.

Francia. Dirección: Alexandra Mignien. Producción: Laurent Boudot, Virgil Vergues, Fabien Camaly, Mommy-Lee Baik / AnderAnderA Production. Guion: Guillaume Beylard, Alexandra Mignien. Fotografía: Paul Rolland. Música: Monsieur Corbeau. Montaje: Alexandra Mignien. Intérpretes: Stefan Godin, Ambre Larrazet, Anaïs Fabre, Amandine Boulet, Alexa Lafargues.

En la Edad Media, todos los aldeanos se reúnen cerca del acantilado para presenciar la ejecución de seis mujeres acusadas de ser brujas. Entre la misoginia y los falsos argumentos religiosos, puede que las víctimas se conviertan finalmente en verdugos.

Suiza. Dirección: Jan-David Bolt. Producción: Lucie Vigier / Qui Vive! Guion: Sarah Hafner. Fotografía: Rokas Šydeikis. Música: Markus Schmied. Montaje: Lars Mulle. Intérpretes: Anne Benoît, Jacques Bouaniche, Alexandre Spector.

Oscar llega tarde. En los rascacielos de la zona se llegan a acuerdos y se firman contratos. Eso es lo último que necesita en este preciso momento. ¿De dónde vienen estos malditos caracoles?

Corea del Sur. Dirección: Cho Young-myoung. Producción: Cho Young-myoung. Guion: Cho Young-myoung. Fotografía: Yoon Seok-won. Montaje: Cheon Jihyeon. Intérpretes: Go Nan-hui, Lee Sang-gyeong, Jang Jeong-ju.

Ella vio la violencia. Sin embargo, no hizo nada.

Canadá. Dirección: Brian Quintero. Producción: Kirk Cooper / Dead Mariachi Films, Savannah Pictures. Producción asociada: Conrad Coates, Brian Gregory Guion: Brian Quintero. Fotografía: Brian Gregory. Música: Thilo Schaller. Montaje: Anelle Dehghani. Intérpretes: Julian Richings, Conrad Coates, Natalie Dale, Christopher Cordell.

El día de Navidad, dos veteranos compañeros de trabajo se reúnen para pasar el día juntos. Al tiempo que recuerdan los buenos tiempos, comienzan a surgir entre ellos algunas pequeñas diferencias​.

Francia. Dirección: Arnold de Parscau. Producción: Arnold de Parscau, Marie-Reine Poyteau / Fleurs d’Argent Productions. Guion: Arnold de Parscau. Fotografía: Brieuc Segalen. Música: Cyrille Marchesseau. Montaje: Arnold de Parscau. Intérpretes: Marie-Reine Poyteau, Agathe de Parscau.

En 1900, Marie vende tortitas hechas con leche materna en el mercado de un pequeño pueblo bretón. La receta hace furor y todos los lugareños se vuelven adictos. Un día, Marie se queda sin leche. Pero los campesinos todavía piden más. Le harán sufrir un calvario para poder seguir consumiendo ese preciado recurso que consideran inagotable.

Reino Unido (Inglaterra, Gales). Dirección: Beth Park. Producción: Beth Park. Guion: Beth Park. Fotografía: James Oldham. Música: Zac McFadzean. Montaje: Michelle Tsen. Intérpretes: Scarlett Brookes, Charlie Beaven, Shango Baku.

En la salvaje Gran Bretaña del siglo XVIII, una mujer solitaria descubre que su ciclo menstrual despierta el interés de un extraño.

Reino Unido (Inglaterra). Dirección: Elizabeth Hobbs. Producción: Abigail Addison / Animate Projects. Guion: Elizabeth Hobbs. Fotografía: Isabel Ruiz Ruiz. Música: Hutch Demouilpied. Montaje: Mark Jenkins.

Una joven enérgica convence a una hiena del zoológico de Londres para que tome su lugar en una cena con baile celebrada en su honor. Su plan requiere una sorprendente cantidad de arte y violencia​.

L'isola dei resuscitati morti (2022). Domenico Montixi. Italy-Austria. 20 min

70s. A group of rough mercenaries, led by a provocative, ambiguous, female Doctor, an indomitable journalist and a stubborn girl, venture to a tropical island in search of a famous missing scientist ... the unfortunates, in spite of themselves, are unaware that something terrible and supernatural is happening on the island ... will our heroes be able to find the professor?

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The Lair (2022). UK. 90 min

Direction: Neil Marshall. Production: Daniel-Konrad Cooper / Rather Good Films. Executive production: Neil Marshall, Charlotte Kirk, Samantha Alwinton, Reinhard Besser, Joe Simpson, Phil Rymer, Simon Williams. Screenplay: Neil Marshall. Photography: Luke Bryant. Music: Christopher Drake. Edition: Jeremy Zimmermann. Cast: Charlotte Kirk, Jonathan Howard, Jamie Bamber, Hadi Khanjanpour, Tanji Kibong, Leon Ockenden, Mark Strepan, Cesare Taurasi.

A fighter pilot is shot down. An RAF fighter (setting the style: this is a British film). She takes refuge in a bunker. We are in Afghanistan. Where nothing is what it seems, but always worse. The bunker is (was?) a laboratory. Secret, naturally. Russian (once again the baddies that the film world needed). A biological weapons laboratory. Agent Orange, mustard gas, napalm? Far from it: they had set about playing with the nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all living organisms… including aliens! Directed by our old friend from Dog Soldiers (2002), The Descent (2005) and a handful of chapters of “Game of Thrones” (2011-2019). Extreme action. Endless gore.

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Mondo cannibale (1980). Spain-Italy. 90 min

Direction: Jess Franco, Franco Prosperi. Production: Daniel Lesoeur. Screenplay: Jesús Franco, Jean Rollin. Photography: Luis Colombo. Music: Roberto Pregadio. Edition: Roland Grillon. Cast: Al Cliver, Sabrina Siani, Jérôme Foulon, Lina Romay, Shirley Knight, Antonio Mayans, Anouchka.

Ten years ago Dr Taylor lost his family to a cannibal tribe. His wife was slain and eaten, and his teenage daughter was abducted. Now Taylor has decided to return and look for the girl, only to find her and learn that she has become their queen. At a time of mondos and cannibals, Jesús Franco, with the collaboration of Franco Prosperi and Jean Rollin, directs this exploitation movie also known as Cannibals, White Cannibal Queen, La Déesse cannibale and even Mondo cannibale 3.

Italy-Austria. Direction: Domenico Montixi. Production: Alex Wank, Domenico Montixi / Cineploit, Akentia Productions. Screenplay: Domenico Montixi. Photography: Roberto Achenza. Music: Flai. Edition: Domenico Montixi. Cast: Francesca Cavazzuti, Stefano Deffenu, Andrea Damasconi, Mary Jane Mannu, Simone Casella, Mario Olivieri.

70s. A group of rough mercenaries, led by a provocative, ambiguous, female Doctor, an indomitable journalist and a stubborn girl, venture to a tropical island in search of a famous missing scientist ... the unfortunates, in spite of themselves, are unaware that something terrible and supernatural is happening on the island ... will our heroes be able to find the professor?

This short will also screen at the two marathons of international short films at the Victoria Eugenia Theatre (30 and 31 October).

Alegrías riojanas (2022). Velasco Broca. Spain. 28 min The Debutante (2022). Elizabeth Hobbs. UK (England). 8 min Fishwife (2021). Beth Park. UK (Ingland, Wales). 18 min L'isola dei resuscitati morti (2022). Domenico Montixi. Italy-Austria. 20 min La Nourrice (2021). Arnold de Parscau. France. 16 min Oldtimers (2022). Brian Quintero. Canada. 15 min Peek (2022). Cho Young-myoung. South Korea. 8 min Phlegm (2021). Jan-David Bolt. Switzerland. 6 min Sabbat (2022). Alexandra Mignien. France. 14 min Zombie Meteor (2022). Alfonso Fulgencio, José Luis Farias. Spain. 14 min

France. Direction: François Descraques. Production: Robin Boespflug-Vonier, Stéphane Parthenay / Pyramide Productions. Coproduction: Frédéric Bouté, Geneviève Lemal / Allons voir, Scope Pictures. Screenplay: François Descraques. Photography: Matthieu Misiraca. Music: Jimmy Tillier. Edition: Quentin Eiden. Cast: Arnaud Ducret, Florent Dorin, Enya Baroux, Raphaël Descraques, Slimane-Baptiste Berhoun, Audrey Pirault, Mathieu Poggi.

In 2009 François Descraques launched a web series. Futuristic, but only somewhat. The subject? Power plants. Electric, nuclear, thermal. It was a runaway success. Within four seasons it clocked up a total of 52 million visits. On 7 September this year, 2022, with Europeans fearing that this winter they will have to heat their water in bathtubs over firewood, or pay a unicorn's ransom for every kilowatt of power, the feature-length film born out of the series was released in France. François is still dreaming of Back to the Future (1985). In this thrillingly political family parody, the central character will be forced to decide whether to kill his father (a parliamentarian and supporter of far from renewable energy) to save humanity. A real family drama, against a radioactive background.

Spain-Italy. Direction: Jess Franco, Franco Prosperi. Production: Daniel Lesoeur. Screenplay: Jesús Franco, Jean Rollin. Photography: Luis Colombo. Music: Roberto Pregadio. Edition: Roland Grillon. Cast: Al Cliver, Sabrina Siani, Jérôme Foulon, Lina Romay, Shirley Knight, Antonio Mayans, Anouchka.

Ten years ago Dr Taylor lost his family to a cannibal tribe. His wife was slain and eaten, and his teenage daughter was abducted. Now Taylor has decided to return and look for the girl, only to find her and learn that she has become their queen. At a time of mondos and cannibals, Jesús Franco, with the collaboration of Franco Prosperi and Jean Rollin, directs this exploitation movie also known as Cannibals, White Cannibal Queen, La Déesse cannibale and even Mondo cannibale 3.

UK. Direction: Neil Marshall. Production: Daniel-Konrad Cooper / Rather Good Films. Executive production: Neil Marshall, Charlotte Kirk, Samantha Alwinton, Reinhard Besser, Joe Simpson, Phil Rymer, Simon Williams. Screenplay: Neil Marshall. Photography: Luke Bryant. Music: Christopher Drake. Edition: Jeremy Zimmermann. Cast: Charlotte Kirk, Jonathan Howard, Jamie Bamber, Hadi Khanjanpour, Tanji Kibong, Leon Ockenden, Mark Strepan, Cesare Taurasi.

A fighter pilot is shot down. An RAF fighter (setting the style: this is a British film). She takes refuge in a bunker. We are in Afghanistan. Where nothing is what it seems, but always worse. The bunker is (was?) a laboratory. Secret, naturally. Russian (once again the baddies that the film world needed). A biological weapons laboratory. Agent Orange, mustard gas, napalm? Far from it: they had set about playing with the nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all living organisms… including aliens! Directed by our old friend from Dog Soldiers (2002), The Descent (2005) and a handful of chapters of “Game of Thrones” (2011-2019). Extreme action. Endless gore.

South Korea. Direction: Kim Hongsun. Production: Gu Sungmok / Contents G, Cheum Film. Screenplay: Kim Hongsun. Photography: Yoon Ju-hwan. Music: Kim Jun-seong, Cho Ran. Edition: Shin Min-kyung. Cast: Seo In-guk, Jang Dong-yoon, Choi Guyhwa, Sung Dong-il, Park Ho-san, Jung So-min, Go Chang-seok, Jang Young-nam.

The press pack arrives marked “highly confidential”, defining this as a Hard-boiled-Action-Thriller, according to Wikipedia a sub-genre of such “outré tropes as extreme violence, murders and different erotic contexts normally resulting in explicit sex”. We open the catalogue, na-tu-ral-ly. Because it says: “From Manila to Busan, a crossing of 1,630 nautical miles. A merchant ship carrying the most vile, twisted criminals. A floating hell. With no way out”. We read a line of the dialogue, one of those that reflect the style of the whole work: “Would you mind explaining why you are always soaked in blood?”. We close the press pack. Because this is something you need to see on the big screen, as the criminals will take over the ship and...

UK. Direction: Richard Oakes, Adam Leader. Production: Ed Polgardy, Adam Leader, Richard Oakes, Neal Ward / Dark Fable, Black Hat Magic Productions. Screenplay: Adam Leader. Photography: Richard Oakes. Music: Benjamin Symons. Edition: Richard Oakes, Adam Leader. Cast: Neal Ward, Chris Mulvin, Hannah Al Rashid, Samantha Loxley, Nadia Lamin, Anto Sharp.

No, it's not a good idea. Although the central theme on which this Horror and Fantasy Film Festival is (de)constructed is the call for human flesh (raw, roast, bloody, burnt to a crisp, freshly cut or hung to perfection), as an exquisite and nutritious delight. No, it's not a good idea to placate your ghosts and purge your sins by allowing yourself to be eaten by a murderer who is every inch as much a gourmand as Hannibal. It's not a good idea. However much the directors of your film might be Leader and Oakes, two guys dedicated to proper horror –Hosts (2020), the purest Christmas hardcore– and the finest music, as they work for Gibson guitars and Adam is the singer of the band In Search of Sun. It's not a good idea. You'd better see his latest video, Make Me Crazy.

France-Belgium. Direction: Quentin Dupieux. Production: Thomas Verhaeghe, Mathieu Verhaeghe / Atelier de Production. Coproduction: Arte France Cinéma, Versus Production, VOO & Be TV Screenplay: Quentin Dupieux. Photography: Quentin Dupieux. Music: Jon Santo. Edition: Quentin Dupieux. Cast: Alain Chabat, Léa Drucker, Benoît Magimel, Anaïs Demoustier, Stéphane Pezerat, Marie-Christine Orry, Roxane Arnal.

Alain and Marie go to see a house on the outskirts of town. The real estate agent tells them there’s something in the basement that will forever change their lives. Fascinated with what they find there, they buy the house and move in. When they invite Alain’s boss and his girlfriend over for dinner, they are tempted to reveal the mystery. But Marie, who visits the basement every day, has decided it’s better to keep it a secret. Quentin Dupieux shows us that, with his two films shot this year –the other one is Smoking Causes Coughing (2022)– he continues to be one of the most original, entertaining and personal makers of the contemporary fantastic genre.

El conjunto fue fundado en 2012 por su director, el profesor Marek Gandecki. Los miembros del coro son estudiantes de diversas carreras y especializaciones: dirección, composición musical, estudios instrumentales, teoría de la música, jazz y música escénica, educación musical, música sacra. Todos los miembros, a pesar de sus diferentes antecedentes educativos, están unidos por la pasión de hacer música y aprender nuevas y fascinantes obras corales.

España. Dirección: Alfonso Fulgencio, José Luis Farias. Producción: Alfonso Fulgencio, José Luis Farias / Paramotion Films. Guion: Alfonso Fulgencio, José Luis Farias. Fotografía: Javier Tresguerres. Música: Pau Monteagudo, SAM. Voces: Coral Balas, Iván Muelas, Luis Reina.

Parecía un día normal en la Estación Espacial Internacional, hasta que uno de los sistemas de la nave falla. Mar y Petrov, dos astronautas experimentados, tratan de repararlo, pero algo nunca visto les golpea violentamente. Ahora solo queda intentar sobrevivir.

Francia. Dirección: Alexandra Mignien. Producción: Laurent Boudot, Virgil Vergues, Fabien Camaly, Mommy-Lee Baik / AnderAnderA Production. Guion: Guillaume Beylard, Alexandra Mignien. Fotografía: Paul Rolland. Música: Monsieur Corbeau. Montaje: Alexandra Mignien. Intérpretes: Stefan Godin, Ambre Larrazet, Anaïs Fabre, Amandine Boulet, Alexa Lafargues.

En la Edad Media, todos los aldeanos se reúnen cerca del acantilado para presenciar la ejecución de seis mujeres acusadas de ser brujas. Entre la misoginia y los falsos argumentos religiosos, puede que las víctimas se conviertan finalmente en verdugos.

Suiza. Dirección: Jan-David Bolt. Producción: Lucie Vigier / Qui Vive! Guion: Sarah Hafner. Fotografía: Rokas Šydeikis. Música: Markus Schmied. Montaje: Lars Mulle. Intérpretes: Anne Benoît, Jacques Bouaniche, Alexandre Spector.

Oscar llega tarde. En los rascacielos de la zona se llegan a acuerdos y se firman contratos. Eso es lo último que necesita en este preciso momento. ¿De dónde vienen estos malditos caracoles?

Corea del Sur. Dirección: Cho Young-myoung. Producción: Cho Young-myoung. Guion: Cho Young-myoung. Fotografía: Yoon Seok-won. Montaje: Cheon Jihyeon. Intérpretes: Go Nan-hui, Lee Sang-gyeong, Jang Jeong-ju.

Ella vio la violencia. Sin embargo, no hizo nada.

Canadá. Dirección: Brian Quintero. Producción: Kirk Cooper / Dead Mariachi Films, Savannah Pictures. Producción asociada: Conrad Coates, Brian Gregory Guion: Brian Quintero. Fotografía: Brian Gregory. Música: Thilo Schaller. Montaje: Anelle Dehghani. Intérpretes: Julian Richings, Conrad Coates, Natalie Dale, Christopher Cordell.

El día de Navidad, dos veteranos compañeros de trabajo se reúnen para pasar el día juntos. Al tiempo que recuerdan los buenos tiempos, comienzan a surgir entre ellos algunas pequeñas diferencias​.

Francia. Dirección: Arnold de Parscau. Producción: Arnold de Parscau, Marie-Reine Poyteau / Fleurs d’Argent Productions. Guion: Arnold de Parscau. Fotografía: Brieuc Segalen. Música: Cyrille Marchesseau. Montaje: Arnold de Parscau. Intérpretes: Marie-Reine Poyteau, Agathe de Parscau.

En 1900, Marie vende tortitas hechas con leche materna en el mercado de un pequeño pueblo bretón. La receta hace furor y todos los lugareños se vuelven adictos. Un día, Marie se queda sin leche. Pero los campesinos todavía piden más. Le harán sufrir un calvario para poder seguir consumiendo ese preciado recurso que consideran inagotable.

Reino Unido (Inglaterra, Gales). Dirección: Beth Park. Producción: Beth Park. Guion: Beth Park. Fotografía: James Oldham. Música: Zac McFadzean. Montaje: Michelle Tsen. Intérpretes: Scarlett Brookes, Charlie Beaven, Shango Baku.

En la salvaje Gran Bretaña del siglo XVIII, una mujer solitaria descubre que su ciclo menstrual despierta el interés de un extraño.

Reino Unido (Inglaterra). Dirección: Elizabeth Hobbs. Producción: Abigail Addison / Animate Projects. Guion: Elizabeth Hobbs. Fotografía: Isabel Ruiz Ruiz. Música: Hutch Demouilpied. Montaje: Mark Jenkins.

Una joven enérgica convence a una hiena del zoológico de Londres para que tome su lugar en una cena con baile celebrada en su honor. Su plan requiere una sorprendente cantidad de arte y violencia​.

L'isola dei resuscitati morti (2022). Domenico Montixi. Italy-Austria. 20 min

70s. A group of rough mercenaries, led by a provocative, ambiguous, female Doctor, an indomitable journalist and a stubborn girl, venture to a tropical island in search of a famous missing scientist ... the unfortunates, in spite of themselves, are unaware that something terrible and supernatural is happening on the island ... will our heroes be able to find the professor?

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The Lair (2022). UK. 90 min

Direction: Neil Marshall. Production: Daniel-Konrad Cooper / Rather Good Films. Executive production: Neil Marshall, Charlotte Kirk, Samantha Alwinton, Reinhard Besser, Joe Simpson, Phil Rymer, Simon Williams. Screenplay: Neil Marshall. Photography: Luke Bryant. Music: Christopher Drake. Edition: Jeremy Zimmermann. Cast: Charlotte Kirk, Jonathan Howard, Jamie Bamber, Hadi Khanjanpour, Tanji Kibong, Leon Ockenden, Mark Strepan, Cesare Taurasi.

A fighter pilot is shot down. An RAF fighter (setting the style: this is a British film). She takes refuge in a bunker. We are in Afghanistan. Where nothing is what it seems, but always worse. The bunker is (was?) a laboratory. Secret, naturally. Russian (once again the baddies that the film world needed). A biological weapons laboratory. Agent Orange, mustard gas, napalm? Far from it: they had set about playing with the nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all living organisms… including aliens! Directed by our old friend from Dog Soldiers (2002), The Descent (2005) and a handful of chapters of “Game of Thrones” (2011-2019). Extreme action. Endless gore.

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Mondo cannibale (1980). Spain-Italy. 90 min

Direction: Jess Franco, Franco Prosperi. Production: Daniel Lesoeur. Screenplay: Jesús Franco, Jean Rollin. Photography: Luis Colombo. Music: Roberto Pregadio. Edition: Roland Grillon. Cast: Al Cliver, Sabrina Siani, Jérôme Foulon, Lina Romay, Shirley Knight, Antonio Mayans, Anouchka.

Ten years ago Dr Taylor lost his family to a cannibal tribe. His wife was slain and eaten, and his teenage daughter was abducted. Now Taylor has decided to return and look for the girl, only to find her and learn that she has become their queen. At a time of mondos and cannibals, Jesús Franco, with the collaboration of Franco Prosperi and Jean Rollin, directs this exploitation movie also known as Cannibals, White Cannibal Queen, La Déesse cannibale and even Mondo cannibale 3.

Italy-Austria. Direction: Domenico Montixi. Production: Alex Wank, Domenico Montixi / Cineploit, Akentia Productions. Screenplay: Domenico Montixi. Photography: Roberto Achenza. Music: Flai. Edition: Domenico Montixi. Cast: Francesca Cavazzuti, Stefano Deffenu, Andrea Damasconi, Mary Jane Mannu, Simone Casella, Mario Olivieri.

70s. A group of rough mercenaries, led by a provocative, ambiguous, female Doctor, an indomitable journalist and a stubborn girl, venture to a tropical island in search of a famous missing scientist ... the unfortunates, in spite of themselves, are unaware that something terrible and supernatural is happening on the island ... will our heroes be able to find the professor?

This short will also screen at the two marathons of international short films at the Victoria Eugenia Theatre (30 and 31 October).

Alegrías riojanas (2022). Velasco Broca. Spain. 28 min The Debutante (2022). Elizabeth Hobbs. UK (England). 8 min Fishwife (2021). Beth Park. UK (Ingland, Wales). 18 min L'isola dei resuscitati morti (2022). Domenico Montixi. Italy-Austria. 20 min La Nourrice (2021). Arnold de Parscau. France. 16 min Oldtimers (2022). Brian Quintero. Canada. 15 min Peek (2022). Cho Young-myoung. South Korea. 8 min Phlegm (2021). Jan-David Bolt. Switzerland. 6 min Sabbat (2022). Alexandra Mignien. France. 14 min Zombie Meteor (2022). Alfonso Fulgencio, José Luis Farias. Spain. 14 min

France. Direction: François Descraques. Production: Robin Boespflug-Vonier, Stéphane Parthenay / Pyramide Productions. Coproduction: Frédéric Bouté, Geneviève Lemal / Allons voir, Scope Pictures. Screenplay: François Descraques. Photography: Matthieu Misiraca. Music: Jimmy Tillier. Edition: Quentin Eiden. Cast: Arnaud Ducret, Florent Dorin, Enya Baroux, Raphaël Descraques, Slimane-Baptiste Berhoun, Audrey Pirault, Mathieu Poggi.

In 2009 François Descraques launched a web series. Futuristic, but only somewhat. The subject? Power plants. Electric, nuclear, thermal. It was a runaway success. Within four seasons it clocked up a total of 52 million visits. On 7 September this year, 2022, with Europeans fearing that this winter they will have to heat their water in bathtubs over firewood, or pay a unicorn's ransom for every kilowatt of power, the feature-length film born out of the series was released in France. François is still dreaming of Back to the Future (1985). In this thrillingly political family parody, the central character will be forced to decide whether to kill his father (a parliamentarian and supporter of far from renewable energy) to save humanity. A real family drama, against a radioactive background.

Spain-Italy. Direction: Jess Franco, Franco Prosperi. Production: Daniel Lesoeur. Screenplay: Jesús Franco, Jean Rollin. Photography: Luis Colombo. Music: Roberto Pregadio. Edition: Roland Grillon. Cast: Al Cliver, Sabrina Siani, Jérôme Foulon, Lina Romay, Shirley Knight, Antonio Mayans, Anouchka.

Ten years ago Dr Taylor lost his family to a cannibal tribe. His wife was slain and eaten, and his teenage daughter was abducted. Now Taylor has decided to return and look for the girl, only to find her and learn that she has become their queen. At a time of mondos and cannibals, Jesús Franco, with the collaboration of Franco Prosperi and Jean Rollin, directs this exploitation movie also known as Cannibals, White Cannibal Queen, La Déesse cannibale and even Mondo cannibale 3.

UK. Direction: Neil Marshall. Production: Daniel-Konrad Cooper / Rather Good Films. Executive production: Neil Marshall, Charlotte Kirk, Samantha Alwinton, Reinhard Besser, Joe Simpson, Phil Rymer, Simon Williams. Screenplay: Neil Marshall. Photography: Luke Bryant. Music: Christopher Drake. Edition: Jeremy Zimmermann. Cast: Charlotte Kirk, Jonathan Howard, Jamie Bamber, Hadi Khanjanpour, Tanji Kibong, Leon Ockenden, Mark Strepan, Cesare Taurasi.

A fighter pilot is shot down. An RAF fighter (setting the style: this is a British film). She takes refuge in a bunker. We are in Afghanistan. Where nothing is what it seems, but always worse. The bunker is (was?) a laboratory. Secret, naturally. Russian (once again the baddies that the film world needed). A biological weapons laboratory. Agent Orange, mustard gas, napalm? Far from it: they had set about playing with the nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all living organisms… including aliens! Directed by our old friend from Dog Soldiers (2002), The Descent (2005) and a handful of chapters of “Game of Thrones” (2011-2019). Extreme action. Endless gore.

South Korea. Direction: Kim Hongsun. Production: Gu Sungmok / Contents G, Cheum Film. Screenplay: Kim Hongsun. Photography: Yoon Ju-hwan. Music: Kim Jun-seong, Cho Ran. Edition: Shin Min-kyung. Cast: Seo In-guk, Jang Dong-yoon, Choi Guyhwa, Sung Dong-il, Park Ho-san, Jung So-min, Go Chang-seok, Jang Young-nam.

The press pack arrives marked “highly confidential”, defining this as a Hard-boiled-Action-Thriller, according to Wikipedia a sub-genre of such “outré tropes as extreme violence, murders and different erotic contexts normally resulting in explicit sex”. We open the catalogue, na-tu-ral-ly. Because it says: “From Manila to Busan, a crossing of 1,630 nautical miles. A merchant ship carrying the most vile, twisted criminals. A floating hell. With no way out”. We read a line of the dialogue, one of those that reflect the style of the whole work: “Would you mind explaining why you are always soaked in blood?”. We close the press pack. Because this is something you need to see on the big screen, as the criminals will take over the ship and...

UK. Direction: Richard Oakes, Adam Leader. Production: Ed Polgardy, Adam Leader, Richard Oakes, Neal Ward / Dark Fable, Black Hat Magic Productions. Screenplay: Adam Leader. Photography: Richard Oakes. Music: Benjamin Symons. Edition: Richard Oakes, Adam Leader. Cast: Neal Ward, Chris Mulvin, Hannah Al Rashid, Samantha Loxley, Nadia Lamin, Anto Sharp.

No, it's not a good idea. Although the central theme on which this Horror and Fantasy Film Festival is (de)constructed is the call for human flesh (raw, roast, bloody, burnt to a crisp, freshly cut or hung to perfection), as an exquisite and nutritious delight. No, it's not a good idea to placate your ghosts and purge your sins by allowing yourself to be eaten by a murderer who is every inch as much a gourmand as Hannibal. It's not a good idea. However much the directors of your film might be Leader and Oakes, two guys dedicated to proper horror –Hosts (2020), the purest Christmas hardcore– and the finest music, as they work for Gibson guitars and Adam is the singer of the band In Search of Sun. It's not a good idea. You'd better see his latest video, Make Me Crazy.

France-Belgium. Direction: Quentin Dupieux. Production: Thomas Verhaeghe, Mathieu Verhaeghe / Atelier de Production. Coproduction: Arte France Cinéma, Versus Production, VOO & Be TV Screenplay: Quentin Dupieux. Photography: Quentin Dupieux. Music: Jon Santo. Edition: Quentin Dupieux. Cast: Alain Chabat, Léa Drucker, Benoît Magimel, Anaïs Demoustier, Stéphane Pezerat, Marie-Christine Orry, Roxane Arnal.

Alain and Marie go to see a house on the outskirts of town. The real estate agent tells them there’s something in the basement that will forever change their lives. Fascinated with what they find there, they buy the house and move in. When they invite Alain’s boss and his girlfriend over for dinner, they are tempted to reveal the mystery. But Marie, who visits the basement every day, has decided it’s better to keep it a secret. Quentin Dupieux shows us that, with his two films shot this year –the other one is Smoking Causes Coughing (2022)– he continues to be one of the most original, entertaining and personal makers of the contemporary fantastic genre.

El conjunto fue fundado en 2012 por su director, el profesor Marek Gandecki. Los miembros del coro son estudiantes de diversas carreras y especializaciones: dirección, composición musical, estudios instrumentales, teoría de la música, jazz y música escénica, educación musical, música sacra. Todos los miembros, a pesar de sus diferentes antecedentes educativos, están unidos por la pasión de hacer música y aprender nuevas y fascinantes obras corales.

España. Dirección: Alfonso Fulgencio, José Luis Farias. Producción: Alfonso Fulgencio, José Luis Farias / Paramotion Films. Guion: Alfonso Fulgencio, José Luis Farias. Fotografía: Javier Tresguerres. Música: Pau Monteagudo, SAM. Voces: Coral Balas, Iván Muelas, Luis Reina.

Parecía un día normal en la Estación Espacial Internacional, hasta que uno de los sistemas de la nave falla. Mar y Petrov, dos astronautas experimentados, tratan de repararlo, pero algo nunca visto les golpea violentamente. Ahora solo queda intentar sobrevivir.

Francia. Dirección: Alexandra Mignien. Producción: Laurent Boudot, Virgil Vergues, Fabien Camaly, Mommy-Lee Baik / AnderAnderA Production. Guion: Guillaume Beylard, Alexandra Mignien. Fotografía: Paul Rolland. Música: Monsieur Corbeau. Montaje: Alexandra Mignien. Intérpretes: Stefan Godin, Ambre Larrazet, Anaïs Fabre, Amandine Boulet, Alexa Lafargues.

En la Edad Media, todos los aldeanos se reúnen cerca del acantilado para presenciar la ejecución de seis mujeres acusadas de ser brujas. Entre la misoginia y los falsos argumentos religiosos, puede que las víctimas se conviertan finalmente en verdugos.

Suiza. Dirección: Jan-David Bolt. Producción: Lucie Vigier / Qui Vive! Guion: Sarah Hafner. Fotografía: Rokas Šydeikis. Música: Markus Schmied. Montaje: Lars Mulle. Intérpretes: Anne Benoît, Jacques Bouaniche, Alexandre Spector.

Oscar llega tarde. En los rascacielos de la zona se llegan a acuerdos y se firman contratos. Eso es lo último que necesita en este preciso momento. ¿De dónde vienen estos malditos caracoles?

Corea del Sur. Dirección: Cho Young-myoung. Producción: Cho Young-myoung. Guion: Cho Young-myoung. Fotografía: Yoon Seok-won. Montaje: Cheon Jihyeon. Intérpretes: Go Nan-hui, Lee Sang-gyeong, Jang Jeong-ju.

Ella vio la violencia. Sin embargo, no hizo nada.

Canadá. Dirección: Brian Quintero. Producción: Kirk Cooper / Dead Mariachi Films, Savannah Pictures. Producción asociada: Conrad Coates, Brian Gregory Guion: Brian Quintero. Fotografía: Brian Gregory. Música: Thilo Schaller. Montaje: Anelle Dehghani. Intérpretes: Julian Richings, Conrad Coates, Natalie Dale, Christopher Cordell.

El día de Navidad, dos veteranos compañeros de trabajo se reúnen para pasar el día juntos. Al tiempo que recuerdan los buenos tiempos, comienzan a surgir entre ellos algunas pequeñas diferencias​.

Francia. Dirección: Arnold de Parscau. Producción: Arnold de Parscau, Marie-Reine Poyteau / Fleurs d’Argent Productions. Guion: Arnold de Parscau. Fotografía: Brieuc Segalen. Música: Cyrille Marchesseau. Montaje: Arnold de Parscau. Intérpretes: Marie-Reine Poyteau, Agathe de Parscau.

En 1900, Marie vende tortitas hechas con leche materna en el mercado de un pequeño pueblo bretón. La receta hace furor y todos los lugareños se vuelven adictos. Un día, Marie se queda sin leche. Pero los campesinos todavía piden más. Le harán sufrir un calvario para poder seguir consumiendo ese preciado recurso que consideran inagotable.

Reino Unido (Inglaterra, Gales). Dirección: Beth Park. Producción: Beth Park. Guion: Beth Park. Fotografía: James Oldham. Música: Zac McFadzean. Montaje: Michelle Tsen. Intérpretes: Scarlett Brookes, Charlie Beaven, Shango Baku.

En la salvaje Gran Bretaña del siglo XVIII, una mujer solitaria descubre que su ciclo menstrual despierta el interés de un extraño.

Reino Unido (Inglaterra). Dirección: Elizabeth Hobbs. Producción: Abigail Addison / Animate Projects. Guion: Elizabeth Hobbs. Fotografía: Isabel Ruiz Ruiz. Música: Hutch Demouilpied. Montaje: Mark Jenkins.

Una joven enérgica convence a una hiena del zoológico de Londres para que tome su lugar en una cena con baile celebrada en su honor. Su plan requiere una sorprendente cantidad de arte y violencia​.

L'isola dei resuscitati morti (2022). Domenico Montixi. Italy-Austria. 20 min

70s. A group of rough mercenaries, led by a provocative, ambiguous, female Doctor, an indomitable journalist and a stubborn girl, venture to a tropical island in search of a famous missing scientist ... the unfortunates, in spite of themselves, are unaware that something terrible and supernatural is happening on the island ... will our heroes be able to find the professor?

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The Lair (2022). UK. 90 min

Direction: Neil Marshall. Production: Daniel-Konrad Cooper / Rather Good Films. Executive production: Neil Marshall, Charlotte Kirk, Samantha Alwinton, Reinhard Besser, Joe Simpson, Phil Rymer, Simon Williams. Screenplay: Neil Marshall. Photography: Luke Bryant. Music: Christopher Drake. Edition: Jeremy Zimmermann. Cast: Charlotte Kirk, Jonathan Howard, Jamie Bamber, Hadi Khanjanpour, Tanji Kibong, Leon Ockenden, Mark Strepan, Cesare Taurasi.

A fighter pilot is shot down. An RAF fighter (setting the style: this is a British film). She takes refuge in a bunker. We are in Afghanistan. Where nothing is what it seems, but always worse. The bunker is (was?) a laboratory. Secret, naturally. Russian (once again the baddies that the film world needed). A biological weapons laboratory. Agent Orange, mustard gas, napalm? Far from it: they had set about playing with the nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all living organisms… including aliens! Directed by our old friend from Dog Soldiers (2002), The Descent (2005) and a handful of chapters of “Game of Thrones” (2011-2019). Extreme action. Endless gore.

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Mondo cannibale (1980). Spain-Italy. 90 min

Direction: Jess Franco, Franco Prosperi. Production: Daniel Lesoeur. Screenplay: Jesús Franco, Jean Rollin. Photography: Luis Colombo. Music: Roberto Pregadio. Edition: Roland Grillon. Cast: Al Cliver, Sabrina Siani, Jérôme Foulon, Lina Romay, Shirley Knight, Antonio Mayans, Anouchka.

Ten years ago Dr Taylor lost his family to a cannibal tribe. His wife was slain and eaten, and his teenage daughter was abducted. Now Taylor has decided to return and look for the girl, only to find her and learn that she has become their queen. At a time of mondos and cannibals, Jesús Franco, with the collaboration of Franco Prosperi and Jean Rollin, directs this exploitation movie also known as Cannibals, White Cannibal Queen, La Déesse cannibale and even Mondo cannibale 3.

Italy-Austria. Direction: Domenico Montixi. Production: Alex Wank, Domenico Montixi / Cineploit, Akentia Productions. Screenplay: Domenico Montixi. Photography: Roberto Achenza. Music: Flai. Edition: Domenico Montixi. Cast: Francesca Cavazzuti, Stefano Deffenu, Andrea Damasconi, Mary Jane Mannu, Simone Casella, Mario Olivieri.

70s. A group of rough mercenaries, led by a provocative, ambiguous, female Doctor, an indomitable journalist and a stubborn girl, venture to a tropical island in search of a famous missing scientist ... the unfortunates, in spite of themselves, are unaware that something terrible and supernatural is happening on the island ... will our heroes be able to find the professor?

This short will also screen at the two marathons of international short films at the Victoria Eugenia Theatre (30 and 31 October).

Alegrías riojanas (2022). Velasco Broca. Spain. 28 min The Debutante (2022). Elizabeth Hobbs. UK (England). 8 min Fishwife (2021). Beth Park. UK (Ingland, Wales). 18 min L'isola dei resuscitati morti (2022). Domenico Montixi. Italy-Austria. 20 min La Nourrice (2021). Arnold de Parscau. France. 16 min Oldtimers (2022). Brian Quintero. Canada. 15 min Peek (2022). Cho Young-myoung. South Korea. 8 min Phlegm (2021). Jan-David Bolt. Switzerland. 6 min Sabbat (2022). Alexandra Mignien. France. 14 min Zombie Meteor (2022). Alfonso Fulgencio, José Luis Farias. Spain. 14 min

France. Direction: François Descraques. Production: Robin Boespflug-Vonier, Stéphane Parthenay / Pyramide Productions. Coproduction: Frédéric Bouté, Geneviève Lemal / Allons voir, Scope Pictures. Screenplay: François Descraques. Photography: Matthieu Misiraca. Music: Jimmy Tillier. Edition: Quentin Eiden. Cast: Arnaud Ducret, Florent Dorin, Enya Baroux, Raphaël Descraques, Slimane-Baptiste Berhoun, Audrey Pirault, Mathieu Poggi.

In 2009 François Descraques launched a web series. Futuristic, but only somewhat. The subject? Power plants. Electric, nuclear, thermal. It was a runaway success. Within four seasons it clocked up a total of 52 million visits. On 7 September this year, 2022, with Europeans fearing that this winter they will have to heat their water in bathtubs over firewood, or pay a unicorn's ransom for every kilowatt of power, the feature-length film born out of the series was released in France. François is still dreaming of Back to the Future (1985). In this thrillingly political family parody, the central character will be forced to decide whether to kill his father (a parliamentarian and supporter of far from renewable energy) to save humanity. A real family drama, against a radioactive background.

Spain-Italy. Direction: Jess Franco, Franco Prosperi. Production: Daniel Lesoeur. Screenplay: Jesús Franco, Jean Rollin. Photography: Luis Colombo. Music: Roberto Pregadio. Edition: Roland Grillon. Cast: Al Cliver, Sabrina Siani, Jérôme Foulon, Lina Romay, Shirley Knight, Antonio Mayans, Anouchka.

Ten years ago Dr Taylor lost his family to a cannibal tribe. His wife was slain and eaten, and his teenage daughter was abducted. Now Taylor has decided to return and look for the girl, only to find her and learn that she has become their queen. At a time of mondos and cannibals, Jesús Franco, with the collaboration of Franco Prosperi and Jean Rollin, directs this exploitation movie also known as Cannibals, White Cannibal Queen, La Déesse cannibale and even Mondo cannibale 3.

UK. Direction: Neil Marshall. Production: Daniel-Konrad Cooper / Rather Good Films. Executive production: Neil Marshall, Charlotte Kirk, Samantha Alwinton, Reinhard Besser, Joe Simpson, Phil Rymer, Simon Williams. Screenplay: Neil Marshall. Photography: Luke Bryant. Music: Christopher Drake. Edition: Jeremy Zimmermann. Cast: Charlotte Kirk, Jonathan Howard, Jamie Bamber, Hadi Khanjanpour, Tanji Kibong, Leon Ockenden, Mark Strepan, Cesare Taurasi.

A fighter pilot is shot down. An RAF fighter (setting the style: this is a British film). She takes refuge in a bunker. We are in Afghanistan. Where nothing is what it seems, but always worse. The bunker is (was?) a laboratory. Secret, naturally. Russian (once again the baddies that the film world needed). A biological weapons laboratory. Agent Orange, mustard gas, napalm? Far from it: they had set about playing with the nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all living organisms… including aliens! Directed by our old friend from Dog Soldiers (2002), The Descent (2005) and a handful of chapters of “Game of Thrones” (2011-2019). Extreme action. Endless gore.

South Korea. Direction: Kim Hongsun. Production: Gu Sungmok / Contents G, Cheum Film. Screenplay: Kim Hongsun. Photography: Yoon Ju-hwan. Music: Kim Jun-seong, Cho Ran. Edition: Shin Min-kyung. Cast: Seo In-guk, Jang Dong-yoon, Choi Guyhwa, Sung Dong-il, Park Ho-san, Jung So-min, Go Chang-seok, Jang Young-nam.

The press pack arrives marked “highly confidential”, defining this as a Hard-boiled-Action-Thriller, according to Wikipedia a sub-genre of such “outré tropes as extreme violence, murders and different erotic contexts normally resulting in explicit sex”. We open the catalogue, na-tu-ral-ly. Because it says: “From Manila to Busan, a crossing of 1,630 nautical miles. A merchant ship carrying the most vile, twisted criminals. A floating hell. With no way out”. We read a line of the dialogue, one of those that reflect the style of the whole work: “Would you mind explaining why you are always soaked in blood?”. We close the press pack. Because this is something you need to see on the big screen, as the criminals will take over the ship and...

UK. Direction: Richard Oakes, Adam Leader. Production: Ed Polgardy, Adam Leader, Richard Oakes, Neal Ward / Dark Fable, Black Hat Magic Productions. Screenplay: Adam Leader. Photography: Richard Oakes. Music: Benjamin Symons. Edition: Richard Oakes, Adam Leader. Cast: Neal Ward, Chris Mulvin, Hannah Al Rashid, Samantha Loxley, Nadia Lamin, Anto Sharp.

No, it's not a good idea. Although the central theme on which this Horror and Fantasy Film Festival is (de)constructed is the call for human flesh (raw, roast, bloody, burnt to a crisp, freshly cut or hung to perfection), as an exquisite and nutritious delight. No, it's not a good idea to placate your ghosts and purge your sins by allowing yourself to be eaten by a murderer who is every inch as much a gourmand as Hannibal. It's not a good idea. However much the directors of your film might be Leader and Oakes, two guys dedicated to proper horror –Hosts (2020), the purest Christmas hardcore– and the finest music, as they work for Gibson guitars and Adam is the singer of the band In Search of Sun. It's not a good idea. You'd better see his latest video, Make Me Crazy.

France-Belgium. Direction: Quentin Dupieux. Production: Thomas Verhaeghe, Mathieu Verhaeghe / Atelier de Production. Coproduction: Arte France Cinéma, Versus Production, VOO & Be TV Screenplay: Quentin Dupieux. Photography: Quentin Dupieux. Music: Jon Santo. Edition: Quentin Dupieux. Cast: Alain Chabat, Léa Drucker, Benoît Magimel, Anaïs Demoustier, Stéphane Pezerat, Marie-Christine Orry, Roxane Arnal.

Alain and Marie go to see a house on the outskirts of town. The real estate agent tells them there’s something in the basement that will forever change their lives. Fascinated with what they find there, they buy the house and move in. When they invite Alain’s boss and his girlfriend over for dinner, they are tempted to reveal the mystery. But Marie, who visits the basement every day, has decided it’s better to keep it a secret. Quentin Dupieux shows us that, with his two films shot this year –the other one is Smoking Causes Coughing (2022)– he continues to be one of the most original, entertaining and personal makers of the contemporary fantastic genre.

El conjunto fue fundado en 2012 por su director, el profesor Marek Gandecki. Los miembros del coro son estudiantes de diversas carreras y especializaciones: dirección, composición musical, estudios instrumentales, teoría de la música, jazz y música escénica, educación musical, música sacra. Todos los miembros, a pesar de sus diferentes antecedentes educativos, están unidos por la pasión de hacer música y aprender nuevas y fascinantes obras corales.

España. Dirección: Alfonso Fulgencio, José Luis Farias. Producción: Alfonso Fulgencio, José Luis Farias / Paramotion Films. Guion: Alfonso Fulgencio, José Luis Farias. Fotografía: Javier Tresguerres. Música: Pau Monteagudo, SAM. Voces: Coral Balas, Iván Muelas, Luis Reina.

Parecía un día normal en la Estación Espacial Internacional, hasta que uno de los sistemas de la nave falla. Mar y Petrov, dos astronautas experimentados, tratan de repararlo, pero algo nunca visto les golpea violentamente. Ahora solo queda intentar sobrevivir.

Francia. Dirección: Alexandra Mignien. Producción: Laurent Boudot, Virgil Vergues, Fabien Camaly, Mommy-Lee Baik / AnderAnderA Production. Guion: Guillaume Beylard, Alexandra Mignien. Fotografía: Paul Rolland. Música: Monsieur Corbeau. Montaje: Alexandra Mignien. Intérpretes: Stefan Godin, Ambre Larrazet, Anaïs Fabre, Amandine Boulet, Alexa Lafargues.

En la Edad Media, todos los aldeanos se reúnen cerca del acantilado para presenciar la ejecución de seis mujeres acusadas de ser brujas. Entre la misoginia y los falsos argumentos religiosos, puede que las víctimas se conviertan finalmente en verdugos.

Suiza. Dirección: Jan-David Bolt. Producción: Lucie Vigier / Qui Vive! Guion: Sarah Hafner. Fotografía: Rokas Šydeikis. Música: Markus Schmied. Montaje: Lars Mulle. Intérpretes: Anne Benoît, Jacques Bouaniche, Alexandre Spector.

Oscar llega tarde. En los rascacielos de la zona se llegan a acuerdos y se firman contratos. Eso es lo último que necesita en este preciso momento. ¿De dónde vienen estos malditos caracoles?

Corea del Sur. Dirección: Cho Young-myoung. Producción: Cho Young-myoung. Guion: Cho Young-myoung. Fotografía: Yoon Seok-won. Montaje: Cheon Jihyeon. Intérpretes: Go Nan-hui, Lee Sang-gyeong, Jang Jeong-ju.

Ella vio la violencia. Sin embargo, no hizo nada.

Canadá. Dirección: Brian Quintero. Producción: Kirk Cooper / Dead Mariachi Films, Savannah Pictures. Producción asociada: Conrad Coates, Brian Gregory Guion: Brian Quintero. Fotografía: Brian Gregory. Música: Thilo Schaller. Montaje: Anelle Dehghani. Intérpretes: Julian Richings, Conrad Coates, Natalie Dale, Christopher Cordell.

El día de Navidad, dos veteranos compañeros de trabajo se reúnen para pasar el día juntos. Al tiempo que recuerdan los buenos tiempos, comienzan a surgir entre ellos algunas pequeñas diferencias​.

Francia. Dirección: Arnold de Parscau. Producción: Arnold de Parscau, Marie-Reine Poyteau / Fleurs d’Argent Productions. Guion: Arnold de Parscau. Fotografía: Brieuc Segalen. Música: Cyrille Marchesseau. Montaje: Arnold de Parscau. Intérpretes: Marie-Reine Poyteau, Agathe de Parscau.

En 1900, Marie vende tortitas hechas con leche materna en el mercado de un pequeño pueblo bretón. La receta hace furor y todos los lugareños se vuelven adictos. Un día, Marie se queda sin leche. Pero los campesinos todavía piden más. Le harán sufrir un calvario para poder seguir consumiendo ese preciado recurso que consideran inagotable.

Reino Unido (Inglaterra, Gales). Dirección: Beth Park. Producción: Beth Park. Guion: Beth Park. Fotografía: James Oldham. Música: Zac McFadzean. Montaje: Michelle Tsen. Intérpretes: Scarlett Brookes, Charlie Beaven, Shango Baku.

En la salvaje Gran Bretaña del siglo XVIII, una mujer solitaria descubre que su ciclo menstrual despierta el interés de un extraño.

Reino Unido (Inglaterra). Dirección: Elizabeth Hobbs. Producción: Abigail Addison / Animate Projects. Guion: Elizabeth Hobbs. Fotografía: Isabel Ruiz Ruiz. Música: Hutch Demouilpied. Montaje: Mark Jenkins.

Una joven enérgica convence a una hiena del zoológico de Londres para que tome su lugar en una cena con baile celebrada en su honor. Su plan requiere una sorprendente cantidad de arte y violencia​.

L'isola dei resuscitati morti (2022). Domenico Montixi. Italy-Austria. 20 min

70s. A group of rough mercenaries, led by a provocative, ambiguous, female Doctor, an indomitable journalist and a stubborn girl, venture to a tropical island in search of a famous missing scientist ... the unfortunates, in spite of themselves, are unaware that something terrible and supernatural is happening on the island ... will our heroes be able to find the professor?

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The Lair (2022). UK. 90 min

Direction: Neil Marshall. Production: Daniel-Konrad Cooper / Rather Good Films. Executive production: Neil Marshall, Charlotte Kirk, Samantha Alwinton, Reinhard Besser, Joe Simpson, Phil Rymer, Simon Williams. Screenplay: Neil Marshall. Photography: Luke Bryant. Music: Christopher Drake. Edition: Jeremy Zimmermann. Cast: Charlotte Kirk, Jonathan Howard, Jamie Bamber, Hadi Khanjanpour, Tanji Kibong, Leon Ockenden, Mark Strepan, Cesare Taurasi.

A fighter pilot is shot down. An RAF fighter (setting the style: this is a British film). She takes refuge in a bunker. We are in Afghanistan. Where nothing is what it seems, but always worse. The bunker is (was?) a laboratory. Secret, naturally. Russian (once again the baddies that the film world needed). A biological weapons laboratory. Agent Orange, mustard gas, napalm? Far from it: they had set about playing with the nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all living organisms… including aliens! Directed by our old friend from Dog Soldiers (2002), The Descent (2005) and a handful of chapters of “Game of Thrones” (2011-2019). Extreme action. Endless gore.

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Mondo cannibale (1980). Spain-Italy. 90 min

Direction: Jess Franco, Franco Prosperi. Production: Daniel Lesoeur. Screenplay: Jesús Franco, Jean Rollin. Photography: Luis Colombo. Music: Roberto Pregadio. Edition: Roland Grillon. Cast: Al Cliver, Sabrina Siani, Jérôme Foulon, Lina Romay, Shirley Knight, Antonio Mayans, Anouchka.

Ten years ago Dr Taylor lost his family to a cannibal tribe. His wife was slain and eaten, and his teenage daughter was abducted. Now Taylor has decided to return and look for the girl, only to find her and learn that she has become their queen. At a time of mondos and cannibals, Jesús Franco, with the collaboration of Franco Prosperi and Jean Rollin, directs this exploitation movie also known as Cannibals, White Cannibal Queen, La Déesse cannibale and even Mondo cannibale 3.

Italy-Austria. Direction: Domenico Montixi. Production: Alex Wank, Domenico Montixi / Cineploit, Akentia Productions. Screenplay: Domenico Montixi. Photography: Roberto Achenza. Music: Flai. Edition: Domenico Montixi. Cast: Francesca Cavazzuti, Stefano Deffenu, Andrea Damasconi, Mary Jane Mannu, Simone Casella, Mario Olivieri.

70s. A group of rough mercenaries, led by a provocative, ambiguous, female Doctor, an indomitable journalist and a stubborn girl, venture to a tropical island in search of a famous missing scientist ... the unfortunates, in spite of themselves, are unaware that something terrible and supernatural is happening on the island ... will our heroes be able to find the professor?

This short will also screen at the two marathons of international short films at the Victoria Eugenia Theatre (30 and 31 October).

Alegrías riojanas (2022). Velasco Broca. Spain. 28 min The Debutante (2022). Elizabeth Hobbs. UK (England). 8 min Fishwife (2021). Beth Park. UK (Ingland, Wales). 18 min L'isola dei resuscitati morti (2022). Domenico Montixi. Italy-Austria. 20 min La Nourrice (2021). Arnold de Parscau. France. 16 min Oldtimers (2022). Brian Quintero. Canada. 15 min Peek (2022). Cho Young-myoung. South Korea. 8 min Phlegm (2021). Jan-David Bolt. Switzerland. 6 min Sabbat (2022). Alexandra Mignien. France. 14 min Zombie Meteor (2022). Alfonso Fulgencio, José Luis Farias. Spain. 14 min

France. Direction: François Descraques. Production: Robin Boespflug-Vonier, Stéphane Parthenay / Pyramide Productions. Coproduction: Frédéric Bouté, Geneviève Lemal / Allons voir, Scope Pictures. Screenplay: François Descraques. Photography: Matthieu Misiraca. Music: Jimmy Tillier. Edition: Quentin Eiden. Cast: Arnaud Ducret, Florent Dorin, Enya Baroux, Raphaël Descraques, Slimane-Baptiste Berhoun, Audrey Pirault, Mathieu Poggi.

In 2009 François Descraques launched a web series. Futuristic, but only somewhat. The subject? Power plants. Electric, nuclear, thermal. It was a runaway success. Within four seasons it clocked up a total of 52 million visits. On 7 September this year, 2022, with Europeans fearing that this winter they will have to heat their water in bathtubs over firewood, or pay a unicorn's ransom for every kilowatt of power, the feature-length film born out of the series was released in France. François is still dreaming of Back to the Future (1985). In this thrillingly political family parody, the central character will be forced to decide whether to kill his father (a parliamentarian and supporter of far from renewable energy) to save humanity. A real family drama, against a radioactive background.

Spain-Italy. Direction: Jess Franco, Franco Prosperi. Production: Daniel Lesoeur. Screenplay: Jesús Franco, Jean Rollin. Photography: Luis Colombo. Music: Roberto Pregadio. Edition: Roland Grillon. Cast: Al Cliver, Sabrina Siani, Jérôme Foulon, Lina Romay, Shirley Knight, Antonio Mayans, Anouchka.

Ten years ago Dr Taylor lost his family to a cannibal tribe. His wife was slain and eaten, and his teenage daughter was abducted. Now Taylor has decided to return and look for the girl, only to find her and learn that she has become their queen. At a time of mondos and cannibals, Jesús Franco, with the collaboration of Franco Prosperi and Jean Rollin, directs this exploitation movie also known as Cannibals, White Cannibal Queen, La Déesse cannibale and even Mondo cannibale 3.

UK. Direction: Neil Marshall. Production: Daniel-Konrad Cooper / Rather Good Films. Executive production: Neil Marshall, Charlotte Kirk, Samantha Alwinton, Reinhard Besser, Joe Simpson, Phil Rymer, Simon Williams. Screenplay: Neil Marshall. Photography: Luke Bryant. Music: Christopher Drake. Edition: Jeremy Zimmermann. Cast: Charlotte Kirk, Jonathan Howard, Jamie Bamber, Hadi Khanjanpour, Tanji Kibong, Leon Ockenden, Mark Strepan, Cesare Taurasi.

A fighter pilot is shot down. An RAF fighter (setting the style: this is a British film). She takes refuge in a bunker. We are in Afghanistan. Where nothing is what it seems, but always worse. The bunker is (was?) a laboratory. Secret, naturally. Russian (once again the baddies that the film world needed). A biological weapons laboratory. Agent Orange, mustard gas, napalm? Far from it: they had set about playing with the nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all living organisms… including aliens! Directed by our old friend from Dog Soldiers (2002), The Descent (2005) and a handful of chapters of “Game of Thrones” (2011-2019). Extreme action. Endless gore.

South Korea. Direction: Kim Hongsun. Production: Gu Sungmok / Contents G, Cheum Film. Screenplay: Kim Hongsun. Photography: Yoon Ju-hwan. Music: Kim Jun-seong, Cho Ran. Edition: Shin Min-kyung. Cast: Seo In-guk, Jang Dong-yoon, Choi Guyhwa, Sung Dong-il, Park Ho-san, Jung So-min, Go Chang-seok, Jang Young-nam.

The press pack arrives marked “highly confidential”, defining this as a Hard-boiled-Action-Thriller, according to Wikipedia a sub-genre of such “outré tropes as extreme violence, murders and different erotic contexts normally resulting in explicit sex”. We open the catalogue, na-tu-ral-ly. Because it says: “From Manila to Busan, a crossing of 1,630 nautical miles. A merchant ship carrying the most vile, twisted criminals. A floating hell. With no way out”. We read a line of the dialogue, one of those that reflect the style of the whole work: “Would you mind explaining why you are always soaked in blood?”. We close the press pack. Because this is something you need to see on the big screen, as the criminals will take over the ship and...

UK. Direction: Richard Oakes, Adam Leader. Production: Ed Polgardy, Adam Leader, Richard Oakes, Neal Ward / Dark Fable, Black Hat Magic Productions. Screenplay: Adam Leader. Photography: Richard Oakes. Music: Benjamin Symons. Edition: Richard Oakes, Adam Leader. Cast: Neal Ward, Chris Mulvin, Hannah Al Rashid, Samantha Loxley, Nadia Lamin, Anto Sharp.

No, it's not a good idea. Although the central theme on which this Horror and Fantasy Film Festival is (de)constructed is the call for human flesh (raw, roast, bloody, burnt to a crisp, freshly cut or hung to perfection), as an exquisite and nutritious delight. No, it's not a good idea to placate your ghosts and purge your sins by allowing yourself to be eaten by a murderer who is every inch as much a gourmand as Hannibal. It's not a good idea. However much the directors of your film might be Leader and Oakes, two guys dedicated to proper horror –Hosts (2020), the purest Christmas hardcore– and the finest music, as they work for Gibson guitars and Adam is the singer of the band In Search of Sun. It's not a good idea. You'd better see his latest video, Make Me Crazy.

France-Belgium. Direction: Quentin Dupieux. Production: Thomas Verhaeghe, Mathieu Verhaeghe / Atelier de Production. Coproduction: Arte France Cinéma, Versus Production, VOO & Be TV Screenplay: Quentin Dupieux. Photography: Quentin Dupieux. Music: Jon Santo. Edition: Quentin Dupieux. Cast: Alain Chabat, Léa Drucker, Benoît Magimel, Anaïs Demoustier, Stéphane Pezerat, Marie-Christine Orry, Roxane Arnal.

Alain and Marie go to see a house on the outskirts of town. The real estate agent tells them there’s something in the basement that will forever change their lives. Fascinated with what they find there, they buy the house and move in. When they invite Alain’s boss and his girlfriend over for dinner, they are tempted to reveal the mystery. But Marie, who visits the basement every day, has decided it’s better to keep it a secret. Quentin Dupieux shows us that, with his two films shot this year –the other one is Smoking Causes Coughing (2022)– he continues to be one of the most original, entertaining and personal makers of the contemporary fantastic genre.

El conjunto fue fundado en 2012 por su director, el profesor Marek Gandecki. Los miembros del coro son estudiantes de diversas carreras y especializaciones: dirección, composición musical, estudios instrumentales, teoría de la música, jazz y música escénica, educación musical, música sacra. Todos los miembros, a pesar de sus diferentes antecedentes educativos, están unidos por la pasión de hacer música y aprender nuevas y fascinantes obras corales.

España. Dirección: Alfonso Fulgencio, José Luis Farias. Producción: Alfonso Fulgencio, José Luis Farias / Paramotion Films. Guion: Alfonso Fulgencio, José Luis Farias. Fotografía: Javier Tresguerres. Música: Pau Monteagudo, SAM. Voces: Coral Balas, Iván Muelas, Luis Reina.

Parecía un día normal en la Estación Espacial Internacional, hasta que uno de los sistemas de la nave falla. Mar y Petrov, dos astronautas experimentados, tratan de repararlo, pero algo nunca visto les golpea violentamente. Ahora solo queda intentar sobrevivir.

Francia. Dirección: Alexandra Mignien. Producción: Laurent Boudot, Virgil Vergues, Fabien Camaly, Mommy-Lee Baik / AnderAnderA Production. Guion: Guillaume Beylard, Alexandra Mignien. Fotografía: Paul Rolland. Música: Monsieur Corbeau. Montaje: Alexandra Mignien. Intérpretes: Stefan Godin, Ambre Larrazet, Anaïs Fabre, Amandine Boulet, Alexa Lafargues.

En la Edad Media, todos los aldeanos se reúnen cerca del acantilado para presenciar la ejecución de seis mujeres acusadas de ser brujas. Entre la misoginia y los falsos argumentos religiosos, puede que las víctimas se conviertan finalmente en verdugos.

Suiza. Dirección: Jan-David Bolt. Producción: Lucie Vigier / Qui Vive! Guion: Sarah Hafner. Fotografía: Rokas Šydeikis. Música: Markus Schmied. Montaje: Lars Mulle. Intérpretes: Anne Benoît, Jacques Bouaniche, Alexandre Spector.

Oscar llega tarde. En los rascacielos de la zona se llegan a acuerdos y se firman contratos. Eso es lo último que necesita en este preciso momento. ¿De dónde vienen estos malditos caracoles?

Corea del Sur. Dirección: Cho Young-myoung. Producción: Cho Young-myoung. Guion: Cho Young-myoung. Fotografía: Yoon Seok-won. Montaje: Cheon Jihyeon. Intérpretes: Go Nan-hui, Lee Sang-gyeong, Jang Jeong-ju.

Ella vio la violencia. Sin embargo, no hizo nada.

Canadá. Dirección: Brian Quintero. Producción: Kirk Cooper / Dead Mariachi Films, Savannah Pictures. Producción asociada: Conrad Coates, Brian Gregory Guion: Brian Quintero. Fotografía: Brian Gregory. Música: Thilo Schaller. Montaje: Anelle Dehghani. Intérpretes: Julian Richings, Conrad Coates, Natalie Dale, Christopher Cordell.

El día de Navidad, dos veteranos compañeros de trabajo se reúnen para pasar el día juntos. Al tiempo que recuerdan los buenos tiempos, comienzan a surgir entre ellos algunas pequeñas diferencias​.

Francia. Dirección: Arnold de Parscau. Producción: Arnold de Parscau, Marie-Reine Poyteau / Fleurs d’Argent Productions. Guion: Arnold de Parscau. Fotografía: Brieuc Segalen. Música: Cyrille Marchesseau. Montaje: Arnold de Parscau. Intérpretes: Marie-Reine Poyteau, Agathe de Parscau.

En 1900, Marie vende tortitas hechas con leche materna en el mercado de un pequeño pueblo bretón. La receta hace furor y todos los lugareños se vuelven adictos. Un día, Marie se queda sin leche. Pero los campesinos todavía piden más. Le harán sufrir un calvario para poder seguir consumiendo ese preciado recurso que consideran inagotable.

Reino Unido (Inglaterra, Gales). Dirección: Beth Park. Producción: Beth Park. Guion: Beth Park. Fotografía: James Oldham. Música: Zac McFadzean. Montaje: Michelle Tsen. Intérpretes: Scarlett Brookes, Charlie Beaven, Shango Baku.

En la salvaje Gran Bretaña del siglo XVIII, una mujer solitaria descubre que su ciclo menstrual despierta el interés de un extraño.

Reino Unido (Inglaterra). Dirección: Elizabeth Hobbs. Producción: Abigail Addison / Animate Projects. Guion: Elizabeth Hobbs. Fotografía: Isabel Ruiz Ruiz. Música: Hutch Demouilpied. Montaje: Mark Jenkins.

Una joven enérgica convence a una hiena del zoológico de Londres para que tome su lugar en una cena con baile celebrada en su honor. Su plan requiere una sorprendente cantidad de arte y violencia​.

L'isola dei resuscitati morti (2022). Domenico Montixi. Italy-Austria. 20 min

70s. A group of rough mercenaries, led by a provocative, ambiguous, female Doctor, an indomitable journalist and a stubborn girl, venture to a tropical island in search of a famous missing scientist ... the unfortunates, in spite of themselves, are unaware that something terrible and supernatural is happening on the island ... will our heroes be able to find the professor?

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The Lair (2022). UK. 90 min

Direction: Neil Marshall. Production: Daniel-Konrad Cooper / Rather Good Films. Executive production: Neil Marshall, Charlotte Kirk, Samantha Alwinton, Reinhard Besser, Joe Simpson, Phil Rymer, Simon Williams. Screenplay: Neil Marshall. Photography: Luke Bryant. Music: Christopher Drake. Edition: Jeremy Zimmermann. Cast: Charlotte Kirk, Jonathan Howard, Jamie Bamber, Hadi Khanjanpour, Tanji Kibong, Leon Ockenden, Mark Strepan, Cesare Taurasi.

A fighter pilot is shot down. An RAF fighter (setting the style: this is a British film). She takes refuge in a bunker. We are in Afghanistan. Where nothing is what it seems, but always worse. The bunker is (was?) a laboratory. Secret, naturally. Russian (once again the baddies that the film world needed). A biological weapons laboratory. Agent Orange, mustard gas, napalm? Far from it: they had set about playing with the nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all living organisms… including aliens! Directed by our old friend from Dog Soldiers (2002), The Descent (2005) and a handful of chapters of “Game of Thrones” (2011-2019). Extreme action. Endless gore.

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Mondo cannibale (1980). Spain-Italy. 90 min

Direction: Jess Franco, Franco Prosperi. Production: Daniel Lesoeur. Screenplay: Jesús Franco, Jean Rollin. Photography: Luis Colombo. Music: Roberto Pregadio. Edition: Roland Grillon. Cast: Al Cliver, Sabrina Siani, Jérôme Foulon, Lina Romay, Shirley Knight, Antonio Mayans, Anouchka.

Ten years ago Dr Taylor lost his family to a cannibal tribe. His wife was slain and eaten, and his teenage daughter was abducted. Now Taylor has decided to return and look for the girl, only to find her and learn that she has become their queen. At a time of mondos and cannibals, Jesús Franco, with the collaboration of Franco Prosperi and Jean Rollin, directs this exploitation movie also known as Cannibals, White Cannibal Queen, La Déesse cannibale and even Mondo cannibale 3.

Italy-Austria. Direction: Domenico Montixi. Production: Alex Wank, Domenico Montixi / Cineploit, Akentia Productions. Screenplay: Domenico Montixi. Photography: Roberto Achenza. Music: Flai. Edition: Domenico Montixi. Cast: Francesca Cavazzuti, Stefano Deffenu, Andrea Damasconi, Mary Jane Mannu, Simone Casella, Mario Olivieri.

70s. A group of rough mercenaries, led by a provocative, ambiguous, female Doctor, an indomitable journalist and a stubborn girl, venture to a tropical island in search of a famous missing scientist ... the unfortunates, in spite of themselves, are unaware that something terrible and supernatural is happening on the island ... will our heroes be able to find the professor?

This short will also screen at the two marathons of international short films at the Victoria Eugenia Theatre (30 and 31 October).

Alegrías riojanas (2022). Velasco Broca. Spain. 28 min The Debutante (2022). Elizabeth Hobbs. UK (England). 8 min Fishwife (2021). Beth Park. UK (Ingland, Wales). 18 min L'isola dei resuscitati morti (2022). Domenico Montixi. Italy-Austria. 20 min La Nourrice (2021). Arnold de Parscau. France. 16 min Oldtimers (2022). Brian Quintero. Canada. 15 min Peek (2022). Cho Young-myoung. South Korea. 8 min Phlegm (2021). Jan-David Bolt. Switzerland. 6 min Sabbat (2022). Alexandra Mignien. France. 14 min Zombie Meteor (2022). Alfonso Fulgencio, José Luis Farias. Spain. 14 min

France. Direction: François Descraques. Production: Robin Boespflug-Vonier, Stéphane Parthenay / Pyramide Productions. Coproduction: Frédéric Bouté, Geneviève Lemal / Allons voir, Scope Pictures. Screenplay: François Descraques. Photography: Matthieu Misiraca. Music: Jimmy Tillier. Edition: Quentin Eiden. Cast: Arnaud Ducret, Florent Dorin, Enya Baroux, Raphaël Descraques, Slimane-Baptiste Berhoun, Audrey Pirault, Mathieu Poggi.

In 2009 François Descraques launched a web series. Futuristic, but only somewhat. The subject? Power plants. Electric, nuclear, thermal. It was a runaway success. Within four seasons it clocked up a total of 52 million visits. On 7 September this year, 2022, with Europeans fearing that this winter they will have to heat their water in bathtubs over firewood, or pay a unicorn's ransom for every kilowatt of power, the feature-length film born out of the series was released in France. François is still dreaming of Back to the Future (1985). In this thrillingly political family parody, the central character will be forced to decide whether to kill his father (a parliamentarian and supporter of far from renewable energy) to save humanity. A real family drama, against a radioactive background.

Spain-Italy. Direction: Jess Franco, Franco Prosperi. Production: Daniel Lesoeur. Screenplay: Jesús Franco, Jean Rollin. Photography: Luis Colombo. Music: Roberto Pregadio. Edition: Roland Grillon. Cast: Al Cliver, Sabrina Siani, Jérôme Foulon, Lina Romay, Shirley Knight, Antonio Mayans, Anouchka.

Ten years ago Dr Taylor lost his family to a cannibal tribe. His wife was slain and eaten, and his teenage daughter was abducted. Now Taylor has decided to return and look for the girl, only to find her and learn that she has become their queen. At a time of mondos and cannibals, Jesús Franco, with the collaboration of Franco Prosperi and Jean Rollin, directs this exploitation movie also known as Cannibals, White Cannibal Queen, La Déesse cannibale and even Mondo cannibale 3.

UK. Direction: Neil Marshall. Production: Daniel-Konrad Cooper / Rather Good Films. Executive production: Neil Marshall, Charlotte Kirk, Samantha Alwinton, Reinhard Besser, Joe Simpson, Phil Rymer, Simon Williams. Screenplay: Neil Marshall. Photography: Luke Bryant. Music: Christopher Drake. Edition: Jeremy Zimmermann. Cast: Charlotte Kirk, Jonathan Howard, Jamie Bamber, Hadi Khanjanpour, Tanji Kibong, Leon Ockenden, Mark Strepan, Cesare Taurasi.

A fighter pilot is shot down. An RAF fighter (setting the style: this is a British film). She takes refuge in a bunker. We are in Afghanistan. Where nothing is what it seems, but always worse. The bunker is (was?) a laboratory. Secret, naturally. Russian (once again the baddies that the film world needed). A biological weapons laboratory. Agent Orange, mustard gas, napalm? Far from it: they had set about playing with the nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all living organisms… including aliens! Directed by our old friend from Dog Soldiers (2002), The Descent (2005) and a handful of chapters of “Game of Thrones” (2011-2019). Extreme action. Endless gore.

South Korea. Direction: Kim Hongsun. Production: Gu Sungmok / Contents G, Cheum Film. Screenplay: Kim Hongsun. Photography: Yoon Ju-hwan. Music: Kim Jun-seong, Cho Ran. Edition: Shin Min-kyung. Cast: Seo In-guk, Jang Dong-yoon, Choi Guyhwa, Sung Dong-il, Park Ho-san, Jung So-min, Go Chang-seok, Jang Young-nam.

The press pack arrives marked “highly confidential”, defining this as a Hard-boiled-Action-Thriller, according to Wikipedia a sub-genre of such “outré tropes as extreme violence, murders and different erotic contexts normally resulting in explicit sex”. We open the catalogue, na-tu-ral-ly. Because it says: “From Manila to Busan, a crossing of 1,630 nautical miles. A merchant ship carrying the most vile, twisted criminals. A floating hell. With no way out”. We read a line of the dialogue, one of those that reflect the style of the whole work: “Would you mind explaining why you are always soaked in blood?”. We close the press pack. Because this is something you need to see on the big screen, as the criminals will take over the ship and...

UK. Direction: Richard Oakes, Adam Leader. Production: Ed Polgardy, Adam Leader, Richard Oakes, Neal Ward / Dark Fable, Black Hat Magic Productions. Screenplay: Adam Leader. Photography: Richard Oakes. Music: Benjamin Symons. Edition: Richard Oakes, Adam Leader. Cast: Neal Ward, Chris Mulvin, Hannah Al Rashid, Samantha Loxley, Nadia Lamin, Anto Sharp.

No, it's not a good idea. Although the central theme on which this Horror and Fantasy Film Festival is (de)constructed is the call for human flesh (raw, roast, bloody, burnt to a crisp, freshly cut or hung to perfection), as an exquisite and nutritious delight. No, it's not a good idea to placate your ghosts and purge your sins by allowing yourself to be eaten by a murderer who is every inch as much a gourmand as Hannibal. It's not a good idea. However much the directors of your film might be Leader and Oakes, two guys dedicated to proper horror –Hosts (2020), the purest Christmas hardcore– and the finest music, as they work for Gibson guitars and Adam is the singer of the band In Search of Sun. It's not a good idea. You'd better see his latest video, Make Me Crazy.

France-Belgium. Direction: Quentin Dupieux. Production: Thomas Verhaeghe, Mathieu Verhaeghe / Atelier de Production. Coproduction: Arte France Cinéma, Versus Production, VOO & Be TV Screenplay: Quentin Dupieux. Photography: Quentin Dupieux. Music: Jon Santo. Edition: Quentin Dupieux. Cast: Alain Chabat, Léa Drucker, Benoît Magimel, Anaïs Demoustier, Stéphane Pezerat, Marie-Christine Orry, Roxane Arnal.

Alain and Marie go to see a house on the outskirts of town. The real estate agent tells them there’s something in the basement that will forever change their lives. Fascinated with what they find there, they buy the house and move in. When they invite Alain’s boss and his girlfriend over for dinner, they are tempted to reveal the mystery. But Marie, who visits the basement every day, has decided it’s better to keep it a secret. Quentin Dupieux shows us that, with his two films shot this year –the other one is Smoking Causes Coughing (2022)– he continues to be one of the most original, entertaining and personal makers of the contemporary fantastic genre.

El conjunto fue fundado en 2012 por su director, el profesor Marek Gandecki. Los miembros del coro son estudiantes de diversas carreras y especializaciones: dirección, composición musical, estudios instrumentales, teoría de la música, jazz y música escénica, educación musical, música sacra. Todos los miembros, a pesar de sus diferentes antecedentes educativos, están unidos por la pasión de hacer música y aprender nuevas y fascinantes obras corales.

L'isola dei resuscitati morti (2022). Domenico Montixi. Italy-Austria. 20 min

70s. A group of rough mercenaries, led by a provocative, ambiguous, female Doctor, an indomitable journalist and a stubborn girl, venture to a tropical island in search of a famous missing scientist ... the unfortunates, in spite of themselves, are unaware that something terrible and supernatural is happening on the island ... will our heroes be able to find the professor?

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The Lair (2022). UK. 90 min

Direction: Neil Marshall. Production: Daniel-Konrad Cooper / Rather Good Films. Executive production: Neil Marshall, Charlotte Kirk, Samantha Alwinton, Reinhard Besser, Joe Simpson, Phil Rymer, Simon Williams. Screenplay: Neil Marshall. Photography: Luke Bryant. Music: Christopher Drake. Edition: Jeremy Zimmermann. Cast: Charlotte Kirk, Jonathan Howard, Jamie Bamber, Hadi Khanjanpour, Tanji Kibong, Leon Ockenden, Mark Strepan, Cesare Taurasi.

A fighter pilot is shot down. An RAF fighter (setting the style: this is a British film). She takes refuge in a bunker. We are in Afghanistan. Where nothing is what it seems, but always worse. The bunker is (was?) a laboratory. Secret, naturally. Russian (once again the baddies that the film world needed). A biological weapons laboratory. Agent Orange, mustard gas, napalm? Far from it: they had set about playing with the nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all living organisms… including aliens! Directed by our old friend from Dog Soldiers (2002), The Descent (2005) and a handful of chapters of “Game of Thrones” (2011-2019). Extreme action. Endless gore.

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Mondo cannibale (1980). Spain-Italy. 90 min

Direction: Jess Franco, Franco Prosperi. Production: Daniel Lesoeur. Screenplay: Jesús Franco, Jean Rollin. Photography: Luis Colombo. Music: Roberto Pregadio. Edition: Roland Grillon. Cast: Al Cliver, Sabrina Siani, Jérôme Foulon, Lina Romay, Shirley Knight, Antonio Mayans, Anouchka.

Ten years ago Dr Taylor lost his family to a cannibal tribe. His wife was slain and eaten, and his teenage daughter was abducted. Now Taylor has decided to return and look for the girl, only to find her and learn that she has become their queen. At a time of mondos and cannibals, Jesús Franco, with the collaboration of Franco Prosperi and Jean Rollin, directs this exploitation movie also known as Cannibals, White Cannibal Queen, La Déesse cannibale and even Mondo cannibale 3.

Italy-Austria. Direction: Domenico Montixi. Production: Alex Wank, Domenico Montixi / Cineploit, Akentia Productions. Screenplay: Domenico Montixi. Photography: Roberto Achenza. Music: Flai. Edition: Domenico Montixi. Cast: Francesca Cavazzuti, Stefano Deffenu, Andrea Damasconi, Mary Jane Mannu, Simone Casella, Mario Olivieri.

70s. A group of rough mercenaries, led by a provocative, ambiguous, female Doctor, an indomitable journalist and a stubborn girl, venture to a tropical island in search of a famous missing scientist ... the unfortunates, in spite of themselves, are unaware that something terrible and supernatural is happening on the island ... will our heroes be able to find the professor?

This short will also screen at the two marathons of international short films at the Victoria Eugenia Theatre (30 and 31 October).

Alegrías riojanas (2022). Velasco Broca. Spain. 28 min The Debutante (2022). Elizabeth Hobbs. UK (England). 8 min Fishwife (2021). Beth Park. UK (Ingland, Wales). 18 min L'isola dei resuscitati morti (2022). Domenico Montixi. Italy-Austria. 20 min La Nourrice (2021). Arnold de Parscau. France. 16 min Oldtimers (2022). Brian Quintero. Canada. 15 min Peek (2022). Cho Young-myoung. South Korea. 8 min Phlegm (2021). Jan-David Bolt. Switzerland. 6 min Sabbat (2022). Alexandra Mignien. France. 14 min Zombie Meteor (2022). Alfonso Fulgencio, José Luis Farias. Spain. 14 min

France. Direction: François Descraques. Production: Robin Boespflug-Vonier, Stéphane Parthenay / Pyramide Productions. Coproduction: Frédéric Bouté, Geneviève Lemal / Allons voir, Scope Pictures. Screenplay: François Descraques. Photography: Matthieu Misiraca. Music: Jimmy Tillier. Edition: Quentin Eiden. Cast: Arnaud Ducret, Florent Dorin, Enya Baroux, Raphaël Descraques, Slimane-Baptiste Berhoun, Audrey Pirault, Mathieu Poggi.

In 2009 François Descraques launched a web series. Futuristic, but only somewhat. The subject? Power plants. Electric, nuclear, thermal. It was a runaway success. Within four seasons it clocked up a total of 52 million visits. On 7 September this year, 2022, with Europeans fearing that this winter they will have to heat their water in bathtubs over firewood, or pay a unicorn's ransom for every kilowatt of power, the feature-length film born out of the series was released in France. François is still dreaming of Back to the Future (1985). In this thrillingly political family parody, the central character will be forced to decide whether to kill his father (a parliamentarian and supporter of far from renewable energy) to save humanity. A real family drama, against a radioactive background.

Spain-Italy. Direction: Jess Franco, Franco Prosperi. Production: Daniel Lesoeur. Screenplay: Jesús Franco, Jean Rollin. Photography: Luis Colombo. Music: Roberto Pregadio. Edition: Roland Grillon. Cast: Al Cliver, Sabrina Siani, Jérôme Foulon, Lina Romay, Shirley Knight, Antonio Mayans, Anouchka.

Ten years ago Dr Taylor lost his family to a cannibal tribe. His wife was slain and eaten, and his teenage daughter was abducted. Now Taylor has decided to return and look for the girl, only to find her and learn that she has become their queen. At a time of mondos and cannibals, Jesús Franco, with the collaboration of Franco Prosperi and Jean Rollin, directs this exploitation movie also known as Cannibals, White Cannibal Queen, La Déesse cannibale and even Mondo cannibale 3.

UK. Direction: Neil Marshall. Production: Daniel-Konrad Cooper / Rather Good Films. Executive production: Neil Marshall, Charlotte Kirk, Samantha Alwinton, Reinhard Besser, Joe Simpson, Phil Rymer, Simon Williams. Screenplay: Neil Marshall. Photography: Luke Bryant. Music: Christopher Drake. Edition: Jeremy Zimmermann. Cast: Charlotte Kirk, Jonathan Howard, Jamie Bamber, Hadi Khanjanpour, Tanji Kibong, Leon Ockenden, Mark Strepan, Cesare Taurasi.

A fighter pilot is shot down. An RAF fighter (setting the style: this is a British film). She takes refuge in a bunker. We are in Afghanistan. Where nothing is what it seems, but always worse. The bunker is (was?) a laboratory. Secret, naturally. Russian (once again the baddies that the film world needed). A biological weapons laboratory. Agent Orange, mustard gas, napalm? Far from it: they had set about playing with the nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all living organisms… including aliens! Directed by our old friend from Dog Soldiers (2002), The Descent (2005) and a handful of chapters of “Game of Thrones” (2011-2019). Extreme action. Endless gore.

South Korea. Direction: Kim Hongsun. Production: Gu Sungmok / Contents G, Cheum Film. Screenplay: Kim Hongsun. Photography: Yoon Ju-hwan. Music: Kim Jun-seong, Cho Ran. Edition: Shin Min-kyung. Cast: Seo In-guk, Jang Dong-yoon, Choi Guyhwa, Sung Dong-il, Park Ho-san, Jung So-min, Go Chang-seok, Jang Young-nam.

The press pack arrives marked “highly confidential”, defining this as a Hard-boiled-Action-Thriller, according to Wikipedia a sub-genre of such “outré tropes as extreme violence, murders and different erotic contexts normally resulting in explicit sex”. We open the catalogue, na-tu-ral-ly. Because it says: “From Manila to Busan, a crossing of 1,630 nautical miles. A merchant ship carrying the most vile, twisted criminals. A floating hell. With no way out”. We read a line of the dialogue, one of those that reflect the style of the whole work: “Would you mind explaining why you are always soaked in blood?”. We close the press pack. Because this is something you need to see on the big screen, as the criminals will take over the ship and...

UK. Direction: Richard Oakes, Adam Leader. Production: Ed Polgardy, Adam Leader, Richard Oakes, Neal Ward / Dark Fable, Black Hat Magic Productions. Screenplay: Adam Leader. Photography: Richard Oakes. Music: Benjamin Symons. Edition: Richard Oakes, Adam Leader. Cast: Neal Ward, Chris Mulvin, Hannah Al Rashid, Samantha Loxley, Nadia Lamin, Anto Sharp.

No, it's not a good idea. Although the central theme on which this Horror and Fantasy Film Festival is (de)constructed is the call for human flesh (raw, roast, bloody, burnt to a crisp, freshly cut or hung to perfection), as an exquisite and nutritious delight. No, it's not a good idea to placate your ghosts and purge your sins by allowing yourself to be eaten by a murderer who is every inch as much a gourmand as Hannibal. It's not a good idea. However much the directors of your film might be Leader and Oakes, two guys dedicated to proper horror –Hosts (2020), the purest Christmas hardcore– and the finest music, as they work for Gibson guitars and Adam is the singer of the band In Search of Sun. It's not a good idea. You'd better see his latest video, Make Me Crazy.

France-Belgium. Direction: Quentin Dupieux. Production: Thomas Verhaeghe, Mathieu Verhaeghe / Atelier de Production. Coproduction: Arte France Cinéma, Versus Production, VOO & Be TV Screenplay: Quentin Dupieux. Photography: Quentin Dupieux. Music: Jon Santo. Edition: Quentin Dupieux. Cast: Alain Chabat, Léa Drucker, Benoît Magimel, Anaïs Demoustier, Stéphane Pezerat, Marie-Christine Orry, Roxane Arnal.

Alain and Marie go to see a house on the outskirts of town. The real estate agent tells them there’s something in the basement that will forever change their lives. Fascinated with what they find there, they buy the house and move in. When they invite Alain’s boss and his girlfriend over for dinner, they are tempted to reveal the mystery. But Marie, who visits the basement every day, has decided it’s better to keep it a secret. Quentin Dupieux shows us that, with his two films shot this year –the other one is Smoking Causes Coughing (2022)– he continues to be one of the most original, entertaining and personal makers of the contemporary fantastic genre.

El conjunto fue fundado en 2012 por su director, el profesor Marek Gandecki. Los miembros del coro son estudiantes de diversas carreras y especializaciones: dirección, composición musical, estudios instrumentales, teoría de la música, jazz y música escénica, educación musical, música sacra. Todos los miembros, a pesar de sus diferentes antecedentes educativos, están unidos por la pasión de hacer música y aprender nuevas y fascinantes obras corales.