28. March 2023

sakra

sakra

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Donnie Yen directs himself in this rousing and tragic historical martial arts epic, with fight scenes beyond all imagination and gravity.

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Sakra (Hong Kong, People's Republic of China 2023)

director

Donnie Yen, Ka-Wai Kam

cast

Donnie Yen, Yuqi Chen, Eddie Cheung, Yase Liu, Kenji Tanigaki, Siu-Ming Tsui

writer

He Ben (writer), Louis Cha (based on novel by)

producer

Yue Cui, Zhuoqin Huang

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Capelight Pictures

running time

130 min

language

mandarin original version with english subtitles

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screenings

berlin

22.04. / 22.00

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frankfurt

27.04. / 21.15

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hamburg

22.04. / 13.00

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cologne

22.04. / 13.00

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munich

22.04. / 13.00

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nuremberg

22.04. / 13.00

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stuttgart

22.04. / 13.00

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Fear Fact

»The struggle to show HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES at the festival lasted about two years. The film was considered to be non-marketable due to its brutality. Today, that would be a part of its marketing campaign.«

28. March 2023

new religion

new religion

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A camera can delve so much deeper into our intimacy than any touch. As is the case with call girl Miyabi: A client with an affinity for Polaroids plunges her straight into an unresolved trauma.

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New Religion (Japan 2022)

director

Keishi Kondo

cast

Kaho Seto, Satoshi Oka, Ryuseigun Saionji, Daiki Nunami

writer

Keishi Kondo

producer

Keishi Kondo

contact

Reel Suspects

running time

100 min

language

japanese original version with english subtitles

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screenings

berlin

21.04. / 22.30

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frankfurt

30.04. / 21.30

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hamburg

23.04. / 21.30

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cologne

23.04. / 21.30

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munich

23.04. / 21.30

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nuremberg

23.04. / 21.30

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stuttgart

23.04. / 21.30

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Fear Fact

»For the 20th anniversary, the public competition "Fresh Blood" was launched, the first film to win it was BRICK. Thank you to the Fantasy Filmfest audience and their great taste, which they prove again and again every year!«

28. March 2023

new normal

new normal

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With a hip cast, cool music, lots of gore and a zeitgeisty f*ck the world attitude, six stories tell of the madness and chaos that kept Seoul in suspense for four days.

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New Normal (South Korea 2022)

director

JUNG Bum-shik

cast

CHOI Ji-woo, LEE Yu-mi, CHOI Min-ho, PYO Ji-hoon, JEONG Dong-won, HA Da-in

writer

JUNG Bum-shik

producer

JUNG Bum-shik

contact

Contents Panda

running time

112 min

language

korean original version with english subtitles

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screenings

berlin

22.04. / 13.00

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frankfurt

29.04. / 13.00

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hamburg

20.04. / 21.45

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cologne

20.04. / 21.45

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munich

20.04. / 21.45

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nuremberg

20.04. / 21.45

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stuttgart

20.04. / 21.45 – Gloria 1

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Fear Fact

»Before the Berlin screening of vampire thriller THIRST, the audience serenaded festival guest and director Park Chan-wook on his birthday.«

28. March 2023

kids vs. aliens

kids vs. aliens

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With plenty of fake blood and practical effects, the makers of HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN have a group of small town kids meet nasty aliens. Surely these extraterrestrials didn’t expect such imaginative resistance!

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Kids vs. Aliens (USA 2022)

director

Jason Eisener

cast

Dominic Mariche, Phoebe Rex, Calem MacDonald, Asher Grayson

writer

John Davies, Jason Eisener

producer

Josh Goldbloom, Brad Miska, Rob Cotterill

distribution

Plaion Pictures

running time

75 min

language

english original version

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screenings

berlin

20.04. / 22.00

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frankfurt

28.04. / 22.45

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hamburg

21.04. / 22.45

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cologne

21.04. / 22.45

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munich

21.04. / 22.45

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nuremberg

21.04. / 22.45

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stuttgart

21.04. / 22.45

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Fear Fact

»In retrospect almost incomprehensible: hour-long discussions by the selection team whether DONNIE DARKO has enough genre elements to fit in with the festival.«

24. March 2023

monolith

monolith

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When an investigative journalist stumbles upon a series of mysterious artifacts, she's convinced she has uncovered what may be the greatest story in human history. An exciting and stylish directorial debut.

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Monolith (Australia 2022)

director

Matt Vesely

cast

Lily Sullivan

writer

Lucy Campbell

producer

Bettina Hamilton

contact

Blue Finch Film Releasing

running time

94 min

language

english original version

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screenings

berlin

21.04. / 16.00

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frankfurt

28.04. / 14.15

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hamburg

21.04. / 16.15

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cologne

21.04. / 16.15

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munich

21.04. / 16.15

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nuremberg

21.04. / 16.15

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stuttgart

21.04. / 16.15

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Fear Fact

»In 1999, the annual short film reel GET SHORTY was launched.«

24. March 2023

shadow island

shadow island

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The young meteorology student David secretly sets out for a small island deep in the Arctic Ocean. Here he hopes to solve the mysterious death of his father. But is he really alone in this remote and harsh place?

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Shadow Island (Sweden 2022)

director

Johan Storm

cast

Johan L. Heinstedt, Hanne Mathisen Haga, Joel Wallón, Magnus Roosmann

writer

Johan Storm

producer

Johan Storm, Andreas Gyllström, Niklas Bergwall, Erik Ljung

contact

ReInvent

running time

90 min

language

swedish, norwegian, russian original version with english subtitles

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screenings

berlin

22.04. / 17.45

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frankfurt

29.04. / 15.15

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hamburg

22.04. / 15.30

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cologne

22.04. / 15.30

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munich

22.04. / 15.30

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nuremberg

22.04. / 15.30

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stuttgart

22.04. / 15.30

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Fear Fact

»In retrospect almost incomprehensible: hour-long discussions by the selection team whether DONNIE DARKO has enough genre elements to fit in with the festival.«

24. March 2023

skinamarink

skinamarink

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Their father has vanished - as have all the windows and doors in the apartment. A ghostly nightmare seen through children's eyes. With its stylistic radicalism, this box-office phenomenon will surely be a topic of conversation.

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Skinamarink (USA 2022)

director

Kyle Edward Ball

cast

Lucas Paul, Dali Rose Tetreault, Jaime Hill, Ross Paul

writer

Kyle Edward Ball

producer

Dylan Pearce

distribution

Capelight Pictures, Plaion Pictures

running time

100 min

language

english original version

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screenings

berlin

23.04. / 14.30

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frankfurt

30.04. / 15.00

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hamburg

23.04. / 15.00

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cologne

23.04. / 15.00

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munich

23.04. / 15.00

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nuremberg

23.04. / 15.00

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stuttgart

23.04. / 15.00

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Fear Fact

»Before the Berlin screening of vampire thriller THIRST, the audience serenaded festival guest and director Park Chan-wook on his birthday.«

24. March 2023

nightsiren

nightsiren

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The Eastern European response to THE WITCH and MIDSOMMAR: A young woman returns to her remote home village in the middle of the Slovak Alps and comes up against deeply rooted superstitions and her own past.

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Nightsiren (Czech Republic, Slovakia 2022)

director

Tereza Nvotová

cast

Natalia Germani, Eva Mores, Juliána Brutovská, Iva Bittová, Jana Olhová

writer

Barbora Námerová, Tereza Nvotová

producer

Miloš Lochman

distribution

Busch Media Group

running time

109 min

language

slovak original version with english subtitles

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screenings

berlin

23.04. / 21.15

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frankfurt

29.04. / 22.00

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hamburg

22.04. / 22.00

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cologne

22.04. / 22.00

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munich

22.04. / 22.00

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nuremberg

22.04. / 22.00

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stuttgart

22.04. / 22.00

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Fear Fact

24. March 2023

mother, may i?

mother, may i?

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If your girlfriend becomes obsessed with your recently deceased mother, you're in real trouble! Nightmarish psychological horror with Kyle Gallner and Holland Roden as the (un-) happy couple.