Brazil’s RIOFAN Begins Today!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: RIOFAN starts today!
The Festival opens today, April 30, with the Brazilian premiere of George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead. RIOFAN will screen more than 180 films, including short and feature-lenght movies.

Nine titles will compete in the International Jury Competition, while six are featured in Visions – a competitive section for films with an experimental, inovative approach to the fantastic.  All films featured in Panorama and the Midnight Screenings will compete for the audience award for best film.

A retrospective of Brazilian horror and fantasy shorts, the RIOFAN Classics section, and a special showcase of H. P. Lovecraft inspired films are also highlights of the event.

The awards will be announced in May, 8th. That night, José Mojica Marins will receive his award for career achievement and will host a special screening of A Praga (The Plague), considered lost for several years. Mojica will also present an exclusive preview of Encarnação do Demônio (Embodiment of Evil), the last entry on his Coffin Joe trilogy, which is due to open in August in Brazil.

Check out the official website of the festival for the complete program and other info (in Portuguese): http://www.riofan.com.br

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
1, 2, 3 Whiteout (France/USA) - James June Schneider
Last House in the Woods (Italy) - Gabriele Albanesi
Timecrimes (Spain) - Nacho Vigalondo
End of the Line (Canada) - Maurice Devereaux
Zibahkhana - Hell’s Ground (Pakistan) - Omar Ali Khan
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (Canada) - Jon Knautz
Mirage Man (Chile) - Ernesto Díaz Espinoza
Otto or Up With Dead People (Germany/Canada) - Bruce LaBruce
La vida me mata (Chile) - Sebastián Silva

VISIONS
1, 2, 3 Whiteout (France/USA) - James June Schneider
Otto or Up With Dead People (Germany/Canada) - Bruce LaBruce
Pop Skull (USA) - Adam Wingard
Automatons (USA) - James Felix McKenney
We are the Worst (Brazil) - Christian Saghaard
My Name is Dindi (Brazil) - Bruno Safadi

PANORAMA
2 (USA) - Andy Davis
Song of the Dead (USA) - Chip Gubera
The Cream (France) - Reynald Bertrand
Expiration Date (USA) - Rick Stevenson
Frayed (USA) - Norbert Caoili & Rob Portmann
Heads of Control (Canada) - Pat Tremblay
The Man From Earth (USA) - Richard Schenkman
The Murder Game (USA) - Robert Harari
Summer Scars (UK) - Julian Richards
Die You Zombie Bastards! (USA) - Caleb Emerson
Death Knows Your Name (Argentine/USA) - Daniel de la Vega
Mulberry Street (USA) - Jim Mickle
Nocturnos / Night People (Argentina) - Maxi Ricciardi, Leandro Vitullo, Ariel Medina
On Evil Grounds (Austria) - Peter Koller
Nympha (Italy) - Ivan Zuccon
Five Across the Eyes (USA) - Greg Swinson, Brian Thiessen
RH+ (Spain) - Antonio Zurera
Trailer Park of Terror (USA) - Steven Goldmann
The Vanguard (UK) - Matthew Hope
The Zombie Diaries (UK) - Kevin Gates, Michael Bartlett

MIDNIGHT
The Rage (USA) - Robert Kurtzman
Blood Car (USA) - Alex Orr

FANTADOCS
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (USA) - Jeffrey Schwartz
Future by Design (USA) - William Gazecki
Done the Impossible: The Fan’s Tale of Firefly and Serenity (USA) - Brian Wiser, Jared Nelson, Jeremy Neish, Tony Hadlock
Hanging Shadows: Perspectives on Italian Horror Cinema (Italy) - Paolo Fazzini

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