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The FilmQuest Genre Film Festival celebrates its 11th edition, being the standard bearer of fantastic cinema in the world and positioning itself as one of the most important festivals in the United States, opening doors to emerging national and international talents, with the support of important agents of the audiovisual industry to create synergies and …

“Don’t talk to strangers” in the official section of FilmQuest 2024. Read More »

Beyond Fest, the largest and best-attended genre film festival in the U.S., announces its full 2024 lineup. More than 80 feature films, including 16 world premieres, 4 international premieres, 1 North American premiere, 3 U.S. premieres and 25 West Coast premieres. In its 12th edition, among the short films in the official section, announces “Don’t …

BEYOND FEST: The most important genre festival in the United States announces among its selections the short film “Don’t talk to strangers”. Read More »

The Film Financing Market, in its 3rd edition, is positioned as one of the most important audiovisual markets in the country, betting on independent producers with international projection, organizing meetings and promoting private sector investment in audiovisual projects and international co-productions. Among the 10 projects selected this year is the feature film “#thechallenge” by Imanol …

“The #thechallenge” is part of the 3rd edition of the Film Financing Market – Sitges Read More »

The prestigious genre festival Fantastic Fest, this year held in Austin, Texas (United States), selects feature films and competitive short films within the fantastic genre, from different corners of the world, was selected the short film directed by Imanol Ortiz López “Don’t talk to strangers”.

Within the tour of national and international festivals, the short film “Don’t talk to strangers“, directed by Imanol Ortiz López, has accumulated several selections in the prestigious Méliè circuit, being one of the Spanish short films with more selections in the fantastic circuit, achieving a great international projection inside and outside Europe. The Strasbourg Fantastic …

Official Selection in competition of the short film “Don’t talk to talk to strangers” at the European Fantastic Film Festival of Strasbourg. Read More »

SXSW Sydney has announced its short film program for this year. Among those to be screened is the horror short “Don’t Talk to Strangers“, in a world-class lineup of stories from filmmakers around the world, including films by creators from Japan, New Zealand, Canada and the United States, and a list of short films that …

Official selection of the short film “Don’t Talk to Strangers” at SXSW Sydney 2024 Read More »

The horror short film “Don’t talk to strangers” has been selected in the catalog Small Gauge Trauma within the most important festival in North America, the Fantasia Film Festival. The artistic director of the festival, Mitch Davis, wrote the following review: “Set in a specialty toy store, Imanol Ortiz Lopez’s DON’T TALK TO STRANGERS is skin-crawling …

Official selection of the short film “Don’t talk to strangers” at Fantasia Film Festival Read More »

Within the framework of the Fantasolab Ibero-American Fantastic Film Laboratory, the FantasoFest is held, a festival that enhances the cinematographic talent within Latin America and Spain, with an annual exhibition of genre films and short films, from horror to science fiction, followed by a discussion with the different creators. This year the director and screenwriter …

The short film “Delivery” in the FantasoFest screening at the Cinemateca in Bogotá. Read More »

During the months of July, September and early October, the different phases of the Platino Next Gen Laboratory will be held in three days of training, covering areas such as script improvement, production, financing and, finally, pitch training. The eight selected projects will present their projects at the Iberseries and Platino Industria market, in front …

“#thechallenge” is present in Platino Next Gen 2024 Read More »

From the 3rd to the 7th of July, the 3rd edition of the Fantasolab will take place in the city of Bogota (Colombia), with talks and personalised advice for the eight selected genre projects from different countries in Latin America and Spain. The production company Orlok Films is participating in the Ibero-American Fantastic Film Lab …

‘#thechallenge’ was selected for the third edition of the Iberoamerican Fantastic Film Lab Fantasolab Read More »

From Tuesday 25th June, the Promercat working sessions will begin. Our #thechallenge project will continue its tour of festivals and national and international markets, attending the three days in which production companies from the Autonomous Communities of Valencia, Catalonia, Galicia, the Basque Country, Navarre and the Balearic Islands will participate in the different sections of …

“#thechallenge” is selected for the 4th edition of Promercat-València Film Market Read More »

The program also showed the Basque talent and how it crosses different generations. During the second screening on 07/05, titles by well-known filmmakers who have made a large part of their films in Alava were shown. Imanol Ortiz, one of the most important filmmakers in the horror genre, presented ‘Jende Arrotza’, which was very well …

Official Selection of the short film “Don’t talk to strangers” / “Jende arrotza” at the international festival ICOOF Read More »