FANCINE OPENS THE DOOR TO A CINEMATOGRAPHIC ENDLESS LABYRINTH WITH THE SPOT FOR ITS 33rd EDITION

The creative agency La Madre de los Beatles developed this audiovisual project inspired in Cortázar’s short story House Taken Over

“Fancine siempre llama dos veces” (Fancine Always Rings Twice). The fantasy film festival of the University of Málaga presented the spot for its 33rd edition under this appealing and persistent title. This event will take place from 8 to 16 of November in various venues of the city and the topic for this year is housing, in the most fantastic and terrifying sense. The spot is an audiovisual project from the creative agency La Madre de los Beatles, in Málaga. Their project is inspired by House Taken Over, the classical short story from the Latin-American writer, Julio Cortázar, and it has been selected by the Vice-rectorate for Culture of the UMA as part of the promotional campaign of the gala.

The ambiguity, the lack of final answers and the uneasy atmosphere in Cortázar’s story can be found in this spot, that begins with a young girl reading this exact story and whose tranquility is interrupted by an unexpected knocking on the door. Despite frightfully heading to the door, full of fear for the unknown, the young girl, discovers there is no one outside, but as soon as she closes the door, the knocking resumes. When she opens it again, she finds that her flat became a cemetery, and she enters a labyrinth of doors that lead to different places each time. After peeking over a restaurant kitchen, a toilet and even a heavenly beach, the protagonist reaches screen 1 of the Albéniz cinema, where a film begins. When the nightmare seems to have ended, the girl recognizes herself on the big screen, repeating the same events she just experienced, which leads to an endless cycle and a mysterious opened ending for the spot. The spot is co-directed in collaboration with Jorge Agí, from the audiovisual production company Mucho Ojo.

With this intriguing spot, Fancine pretends to encourage its followers to join the screening program and its activities during this 33rd edition, with the objective that fantasy and horror films lovers feel like home. The spot will be available on Fancine’s Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and Instagram, in addition to the official website and YouTube channel.

Home Sweet Home

On top of the spot’s presentation, the festival team revealed the titles of the films for this year’s “Home, Sweet Home” season, which topic will gather stories where houses have an important role.  One of them is Nightman, the second full-length film of the Franco-Belgian director Mélanie Delloye, a psychological thriller that makes use of Gaelic legends as a background for a strong story about manipulation, family secrets and marital control.

Alex, who is pregnant of her first child, and her husband Damian decide to move into a beautiful and old mansion in Ireland, but soon she starts feeling uncomfortable in that house. After a woman of a nearby town disappears and Damian’s sudden sleepwalking, the relationship and the environment become more and more toxic.

Horror folk will make way for comedy with There’s Something in the Barn, where producer Magnus Martens (Fear the Walking Dead) transforms a sweet Christmas story set in magical Scandinavian landscapes into a rogue slasher including mythology, satire and brutality.  An American family fulfils their dream of going back to their home country after inheriting a remote cabin in the mountains in Norway. When they arrive, they are surprised by the fact that there is a short-tempered elf living in the barn who doesn’t really welcome them with hospitality. Fed up with the annoying occupant, the family starts to anger the mythical creature, what leads to a bloody fight for survival that will paint white Christmas red.  The film stars Martin Starr (Freaks and Geeks), Amrita Acharia (Game of Thrones) and Jeppe Beck Laursen (The Last Kingdom). After its premiere in Sitges, it will join Fancine’s schedule, making the public of Málaga feel nostalgic for 80s ludic folk horror thanks to the Nordic charm and its mythical elves. 

The praised debut of short filmmaker Bishal Dutte, It Lives Inside, will put an end to this section. This short film comes to the big screen thanks to the producers of Get Out and Us, a horror story that includes a cultural turn to gender roles portraying alienation and adaptation. Sam, a young Indian-American, is desperate to fit in at school, she chooses to be like the rest of her classmates over her culture and family. When a demonic spirit possesses her best friend, she’s forced to accept her roots to fight it.