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First Wave - MOTELX 2024: first news of the upcoming edition
The 18th edition of MOTELX is coming. From the 10th to the 16th of September 2024, Cinema São Jorge will once again host the Lisbon International Horror Film Festival, which now announces its first new features.
MOTELX is pleased to announce the first new programming features for its upcoming 18th edition, taking place from the 10th to the 16th of September 2024, at Cinema São Jorge.
There are three major premieres in Portugal already confirmed. “The Devil's Bath”, by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, is the latest film by the Austrian duo behind “Goodnight Mommy” and “The Lodge”, which returns to 18th century Austria, inspired by the scientific book “Suicide by Proxy in Early Modern Germany: Crime, Sin and Salvation”, by Kathy Stuart. This historical horror drama, which was one of the most shining titles at the last Berlinale, explores the darkest paths of the mind through the character of Anja Plaschg, an isolated woman oppressed by the religious beliefs and social norms of her time.
The South Korean “Exhuma”, third feature film by Jang Jae-hyun - another director who stood out at this year's Berlinale - also premieres, a supernatural thriller that addresses issues of class, tradition, religion and superstition, as well as as its role in the history and cultural identity of South Korea. And it has a cast dripping of chemistry, led by Choi Min-sik, star of the mythical “Oldboy”, by Park Chan-wook.
The third film in this First Wave is “Sayara”, by Can Evrenol, director of “Baskin” and “Housewife”, and promises a full punch in the stomach with a gory and destructive answer to the gender violence that constantly threatens the lives of women every day, at a time when the number of femicides and aggressors yet to be prosecuted is still felt all over the world.
Also for the big screen, the 18th edition guarantees the cycle “A Bem da Nação - Horror Films Forbidden by the Estado Novo”, with the screening of five works banned by censorship. According to a list of films imported to Portugal between 1940 and 1970, provided by the Torre do Tombo archive, 4866 films were submitted to the SNI, of which 3954 were subject to cuts, 641 were banned from being shown and only 271 premiered uncut. . One genre that “posed a lot of problems” between distributors and censors was, without a doubt, horror. In this 30-year period, only 23 horror films were sent to the censors, 16 were completely banned and only one premiered uncut, the Hammer production “Dracula has Risen from the Grave” (1968) by Freddie Francis.
More news to come soon!
There are three major premieres in Portugal already confirmed. “The Devil's Bath”, by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, is the latest film by the Austrian duo behind “Goodnight Mommy” and “The Lodge”, which returns to 18th century Austria, inspired by the scientific book “Suicide by Proxy in Early Modern Germany: Crime, Sin and Salvation”, by Kathy Stuart. This historical horror drama, which was one of the most shining titles at the last Berlinale, explores the darkest paths of the mind through the character of Anja Plaschg, an isolated woman oppressed by the religious beliefs and social norms of her time.
The South Korean “Exhuma”, third feature film by Jang Jae-hyun - another director who stood out at this year's Berlinale - also premieres, a supernatural thriller that addresses issues of class, tradition, religion and superstition, as well as as its role in the history and cultural identity of South Korea. And it has a cast dripping of chemistry, led by Choi Min-sik, star of the mythical “Oldboy”, by Park Chan-wook.
The third film in this First Wave is “Sayara”, by Can Evrenol, director of “Baskin” and “Housewife”, and promises a full punch in the stomach with a gory and destructive answer to the gender violence that constantly threatens the lives of women every day, at a time when the number of femicides and aggressors yet to be prosecuted is still felt all over the world.
Also for the big screen, the 18th edition guarantees the cycle “A Bem da Nação - Horror Films Forbidden by the Estado Novo”, with the screening of five works banned by censorship. According to a list of films imported to Portugal between 1940 and 1970, provided by the Torre do Tombo archive, 4866 films were submitted to the SNI, of which 3954 were subject to cuts, 641 were banned from being shown and only 271 premiered uncut. . One genre that “posed a lot of problems” between distributors and censors was, without a doubt, horror. In this 30-year period, only 23 horror films were sent to the censors, 16 were completely banned and only one premiered uncut, the Hammer production “Dracula has Risen from the Grave” (1968) by Freddie Francis.
More news to come soon!