MoteLX Horror Film Festival 2012 – 12-16 September in Lisbon
Spooky Autumn nights are near. For one September week in Lisbon, beware of human centipedes, zombies, inbred villagers, vampires, and even, alien bikinis! MoteLX Horror Film Festival returns with a whole new slate of films and activities celebrating that glorious genre of blood and guts, slash and burn, fright and scream movies. MoteLX takes place 12-16 September at the Cinema São Jorge in Lisbon.
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This 6th edition of MoteLX promises more thrills and chills then ever. A full slate of international features will be screened, and 10 Portuguese-produced short films will compete. Special homages horror legends Dario Argento and Nobuo Nakagawa. Also scheduled are masterclasses with directors, games nights and “odd school” lounge for raising awareness about digital entertainment.
Click here for a MoteLX 2012 Full Program. Click Here for a MoteLX 2012 Schedule of Events.
In the Room Service section, 27 recently-produced, feature-length horror films from around the world will be showcased:
■ AMERICAN MARY – (Canada, 2012), Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska
■ BABYCALL (Norway/Germany/Sweden, 2011), Pal Sletaune
■ BUTTERFLY ROOM, THE – (Italy/USA, 2012) Jonathan Zarantonello
■ CRAWL – (Australia, 2011), Paul China
■ CORMAN’S WORLD: EXPLOITS OF A HOLLYWOOD REBEL – (USA, 2011), Alex Stapleton
■ EMERGO – (Spain, 2011), Carlos Torrens
■ EXCISION – (USA, 2012), Richard Bates Jr.
■ FATHER’S DAY – (USA, 2011), Astron-6
■ HUMAN CENTIPEDE II – (Netherlands/UK, 2011), Tom Six
■ INBRED – (United Kingdom, 2011), Alex Chandon
■ INVASION OF THE ALIEN BIKINI – (South Korea, 2011), Oh Yeong-Du
■ KING OF PIGS, THE – (South Korea, 2011), Yeon Sang-ho
■ LADDALAND – (Thailand, 2011), Sopon Sukdapisit
■ LIVID – (France, 2011), Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury
■ MIDNIGHT SUN – (USA, 2011), Scott Leberecht
■ THE PACT – (USA, 2012), Nicholas McCarthy
■ RAID: REDEMPTION – (Indonesia, 2011), Gareth Evans
■ REC 3: GENESIS – (Spain, 2012), Paco Plaza
■ RED STATE – (USA, 2011), Kevin Smith
■ RED TEARS – (Japan, 2012), Takanori Tsujimoto
■ REVENGE: A LOVE STORY – (Hong Kong, 2010), Wong Ching-Po
■ SLEEP TIGHT – (Spain, 2011), Juame Balagueró
■ TALL MAN, THE – (France/Canada, 2012), Pascal Laugier
■ YELLOW SEA – (South Korea, 2010), Na Hong-Jin
■ URBAN EXPLORER – (Germany, 2011), Andy Fetscher
■ VAMPIRE – (Japan/Canada, 2011), Shunji Iwai
■ V/H/S – (USA, 2012), David Bruckner, Glenn McQuaid, Radio Silence, Joe Swanberg, Ti West, Adam Wingard
The competition element of the festival is reserved for Portuguese-produced shorts. 10 films will compete for “The Best Short Horror Portuguesa 2012.” On the jury deciding the winner are musician and filmmaker Filipe Melo and Paulo Furtado, along with Norwegian director and screenwriter Pal Sletaune. The films in competition include:
■ ACONTECEU NO INTERIOR /ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE COUNTRYSIDE – (2012), Ricardo Machado
■ ATÉ QUANDO/UNTIL (2012), Jorge Cramez
■ A BRUXA DE ARROIOS/BEWITCHED – (2012), Manuel Pureza
■ THE HEADLESS NUN – (2012), Nuno Sá Pessoa
■ LEITO DE MALDIÇÃO – (2011), Paulo Teixeira Rebelo
■ MUTTER – (2011), Tony Costa, Rafael Antunes
■ O PRINCIPIO DO FIM/THE BEGINNING OF THE END – (2012), Joel Rodrigues, André Agostinho
■ O REINO/THE KINGDOM – (2012), Paulo Castilho
■ SILÊNCIO/SILENCE – (2012), Hélio Valentim, Ricardo Ferreira
■ TORMENTA/TORMENT – (2012), Francisco Carvalho
Italian master horror director Dario Argento is honored with a retrospective. Films screening include: The Three Mothers Trilogy – SUSPIRIA, INFERNO and MOTHER of TEARS.
Scene from “Suspiria”
Also receiving the retrospective treatment is the father of Japanese horror, Nobuo Nakagawa (1905-1984). Films screening include: classic GHOST STORY OF YOTSUYA; BLACK CAT MANSION; and THE LIVING KOHEIJI.
For more information, visit the MOTELx website.
Cinema São Jorge
Avenida da Liberdade, Nº 175
Lisbon
Reservation & Information:
Phone: +351 213 103 400
E-mail: info@motelx.org
Tickets:
– Standard Ticket: €3.50
– Discount Tickets: €3.00 (under 25 and over 65 years old)
– Short Films at Lunch Tickets: €1.50
– 5 Tickets: €12.50
Purchase at:
– Online – www.ticketline.pt
– Cinema São Jorge (At the festival beginning at 13:00 until the start of the last screening)
– Retail Outlets: ABEP, Abreu, Casino Lisboa *, C.C. Dolce Vita *, C.C. MMM, C.C. Mundicenter, El Corte Inglés, FNAC, Galeria Comercial Campo Pequeno, Worten (Fee: varies according to box office. Those marked with * do not charge fee.)
