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NoNo limitelimite dosdos lugareslugares disponíveisdisponíveis - 2 Consulta Consulta- oo regulamentoregulamento emem yorn.netyorn.net ÍNDICE CONTENTS .EATEN ALIVE » p.5 .THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 EDITORIAL .TOOLBOX MURDERS » p.6 SERVIÇO DE QUARTO » p.50 ROOM SERVICE RETRO HIDEO NAKATA HIDEO NAKATA RETRO .ABCs OF DEATH, THE .RING .ABDUCTEE .CHAOS .BATTERY, THE .DARK WATER .BELENGGU .BYZANTIUM » p.54 .CHAINED QUARTO PERDIDO - OS CENSURADOS .CHEAP THRILLS LOST ROOM - THE CENSORED .COMPLEX, THE .CRIME DE ALDEIA VELHA .CONJURING, THE .A PROMESSA .COUNTDOWN .DARK TOUCH » p.57 .DESERT, THE PRÉMIO YORN MOTELx .GIRLS AGAINST BOYS MELHOR CURTA DE TERROR PORTUGUESA 2013 .GOOSE BUMPS YORN MOTELx AWARD .HELL BABY BEST PORTUGUESE HORROR SHORT FILM 2013 .HOME SWEET HOME .IT´S A BEAUTIFUL DAY » p.62 .JOHN DIES AT THE END LOBO MAU: O ESTRANHO MUNDO .KISS OF THE DAMNED DE RAY HARRYHAUSEN .LORDS OF SALEM, THE BIG BAD WOLF: THE STRANGE WORLD .MANIAC OF RAY HARRYHAUSEN .OPEN GRAVE .MIGHTY JOE YOUNG .PAINLESS .20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH .V/H/S/2 .JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS .WE ARE WHAT WE ARE .ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. .WITHER .YOU´RE NEXT » p.64 » p.36 CURTAS INTERNACIONAIS INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS DOC TERROR DOC HORROR .DESPITE THE GODS .ROOM 237 » p.66 .SHOOTING BIGFOOT EVENTOS EVENTS » p.42 » p.68 CULTO DOS MESTRES VIVOS EQUIPAS E INFORMAÇÕES CULT OF THE LIVING MASTERS TEAMS AND INFORMATIONS TOBE HOOPER » p.70 .EGGSHELLS .THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE AGRADECIMENTOS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS - 3 -- - Caros hóspedes, Dear guests, Em 2013, o MOTELx homenageia pela primeira vez, In 2013, for the first time, MOTELx will pay tribute to em simultâneo, três grandes nomes do cinema de ter- three major names of horror cinema. The guest of ror. O convidado de honra é o mestre norte-americano, honour is American master Tobe Hooper, the creator Tobe Hooper, responsável pelo clássico «Massacre no of «The Texas Chain Saw Massacre». MOTELx also Texas». Damos também as boas-vindas ao primeiro welcomes its first guest from the Far East, the film- convidado do Oriente, a figura que transformou o gé- maker that transformed the genre in Asia and, later, nero na Ásia e, subsequentemente, no mundo inteiro: in the rest of the world: Hideo Nakata, the director o realizador de «Ring», Hideo Nakata. Finalmente, a of «Ring». Finally, the section Big Bad Wolf, in a secção Lobo Mau associa-se à Cinemateca Júnior partnership with Cinemateca Júnior, presents an para homenagear o recentemente desaparecido Ray homage to the late Ray Harryhausen. Harryhausen. This is also the year of female horror at MOTELx. Este é também o ano do terror feminino no MOTELx. É We are very pleased to welcome feminine visions com grande agrado que acolhemos visões femininas into a genre dominated by the male gender. This num género que tem sido, desde sempre, dominado year, Room Service will present five films directed pelo sexo masculino. Este ano, o Serviço de Quarto by women from three continents, and Doc Terror conta com cinco filmes realizados por mulheres de features a sixth film, about Jennifer Lynch’s três continentes e o Doc Terror acrescenta um sexto, Bollywood odyssey. sobre a odisseia de Jennifer Lynch em Bollywood. Inspired by Harryhausen, there will be stop- Teremos workshops de stop-motion para os mais no- motion workshops for the young (at Palácio Foz vos (no Palácio Foz - Restauradores) e para os mais - Restauradores) and for the less young (at Hotel velhos (no Hotel Florida, um novo parceiro do festival) Florida). The Take it Easy team, responsible for relacionados com Harryhausen. A equipa da Take it MOTELx’s spots since its first edition, made the Easy, responsável pelos spots do MOTELx desde MOTELx spot into an «Alien»-inspired short film a primeira edição, este ano transformou o spot MOTE- called «Dédalo». This saga will have a special focus Lx numa curta-metragem de homenagem a «Alien», at the festival, through a masterclass, workshops, intitulada «Dédalo». Esta epopeia estará em destaque and an exhibition. In 2013, the production company no MOTELx através de uma masterclass, workshops proposed an homage to «Alien», by shooting a short-film e uma exposição. Por fim, a produtora britânica Ne’er entitled «Dédalo». Finally, the British independent Do Well Films, responsável por várias curtas exibidas production company Ne’er Do Well Films, behind no festival, propõe-nos uma masterclass com o subtí- several shorts screened at the festival, will present tulo “Guerrilla Filmmaking in Times of Austerity”. a masterclass subtitled “Guerrilla Filmmaking in Times of Austerity”. Falta referir a secção competitiva do festival, que este ano se designa Prémio Yorn MOTELx - Melhor Curta We will end by mentioning the competitive section de Terror Portuguesa. Os nove candidatos partilham of the festival, which this year will be called Yorn temáticas e preocupações, e regista-se, pela primei- MOTELx Award - Best Portuguese Horror Short Film. ra vez, a realidade portuguesa a influenciar as nar- The nine candidates share themes and concerns, rativas. O terror português está a mudar. Não faltam and we can register, for the first time, the Portuguese razões para passarem cinco dias no Motel de Lisboa, reality influencing the narratives. Portuguese horror para assistirem a uma edição que se prevê histórica. is taking shape. There are, indeed, many reasons to check-in for five days at Lisbon’s Motel, to be part of Bem-vindos! an edition that will be truly remarkable. Welcome! - 5 - SERVIÇO DE QUARTO ROOM SERVICE Na secção com as melhores e mais aguardadas The section that gathers the best and most antici- longas-metragens de terror dos últimos dois anos pated horror features produced in the last two years destacam-se duas antologias: «ABCs of Death, includes two anthology films: «ABCs of Death, The» The», a morte de acordo com as letras do alfabeto, and the second tape of «V/H/S», the big midnight e o segundo tomo de «V/H/S», o grande sucesso da success of MOTELx 2012. Horror made by women meia-noite do MOTELx 2012. O terror no feminino is the obvious highlight in this section, where we salienta-se naturalmente na selecção, onde encon- can find the names of five female directors: Jen- tramos filmes assinados por cinco mulheres: Jenni- nifer Lynch, Xan Cassavetes, Marina de Van, Kayoko fer Lynch, Xan Cassavetes, Marina de Van, Kayoko Asakura, and Upi, and we can also add Angela Bet- Asakura e Upi, podendo-se ainda acrescentar os no- tis and Hélène Cattet, for their work on «The ABCs mes de Angela Bettis e Hélène Cattet, que participam of Death». em «The ABCs of Death». Vamos ter obras de nomes consagrados, como o novo We will have the presence of celebrated names, with do japonês Hideo Nakata, «The Complex», e «Byzan- the new film from Japanese director Hideo Nakata, tium», o regresso do irlandês Neil Jordan à temática «The Complex», and «Byzantium», marking the return dos vampiros, mas também títulos fortes da nova of Neil Jordan to vampire films, but also strong works geração, incluindo «The Conjuring», o muito espe- from the new generation, including «The Conjuring», rado novo filme de James Wan («Saw», «Insidious») the film everyone talks about, from James Wan ou «The Lords of Salem», do rocker Rob Zombie. («Saw», «Insidious») or «The Lords of Salem», by the Destaca-se também «Painless», a primeira longa- rocker Rob Zombie. Another highlight is «Painless», -metragem do espanhol Juan Carlos Medina, Méliès the first feature by Spanish Juan Carlos Medina, win- d’Argent em Estrasburgo, uma co-produção com par- ner of the Silver Méliès at Strasbourg, a co-produc- ticipação da Fado Filmes de Luís Galvão Teles. Mas há tion with the collaboration of Luís Galvao Teles’ Fado mais, uma grande diversidade de propostas, como os Filmes. But there’s more, a great diversity of films, indies «The Battery» e «The Desert», onde os zombies such as the indies «The Battery» and «The Desert», são meros panos de fundo para explorar relações en- where zombies are a mere background to explore tre personagens, e uma selecção forte da Ásia, com relationships between characters, and a strong Asian dois filmes atípicos do Japão, um da Indonésia selection, with two atypical films from Japan, one e a presença sempre regular da Tailândia. from Indonesia, and the always present Thailand. .ABCs OF DEATH, THE (EUA/NOVA ZELÂNDIA | USA/ .HELL BABY (EUA | USA, 2013) NEW ZEALAND, 2012) .HOME SWEET HOME (CANADÁ/FRANÇA | CANADA/ .ABDUCTEE (JAPÃO | JAPAN, 2013) FRANCE, 2012) .BATTERY, THE (EUA | USA, 2012) .IT´S A BEAUTIFUL DAY (JAPÃO/EUA | JAPAN/USA, .BELENGGU (INDONÉSIA | INDONESIA, 2012) 2013) .BYZANTIUM (IRLANDA/REINO UNIDO | IRELAND/ .JOHN DIES AT THE END (EUA | USA, 2012) UK, 2012) .KISS OF THE DAMNED (EUA | USA, 2012) .CHAINED (CANADÁ | CANADA, 2012) .LORDS OF SALEM, THE (EUA/REINO UNIDO/CANADÁ .CHEAP THRILLS (EUA | USA, 2013) | USA/UK/CANADA, 2012) .COMPLEX, THE (JAPÃO | JAPAN, 2013) .MANIAC (FRANÇA | FRANCE, 2012) .CONJURING, THE (EUA | USA, 2013) .OPEN GRAVE (EUA | USA, 2013) .COUNTDOWN (TAILÂNDIA | THAILAND, 2012) .PAINLESS (ESPANHA/FRANÇA/PORTUGAL | SPAIN/ .DARK TOUCH (FRANÇA/IRLANDA/SUÉCIA | FRANCE/ FRANCE/PORTUGAL, 2012) IRELAND/SWEDEN, 2013) .V/H/S/2 (EUA | USA, 2013) .DESERT, THE (ARGENTINA, 2013) .WE ARE WHAT WE ARE (EUA | USA, 2013) .GIRLS AGAINST BOYS (EUA | USA, 2012) .WITHER (SUÉCIA | SWEDEN, 2012) .GOOSE BUMPS (JAPÃO | JAPAN, 2012) .YOU´RE NEXT (EUA | USA, 2011) - 6 - SERVIÇO DE QUARTO ROOM SERVICE TheSERVIÇO DE QUARTOABCs ROOM SERVICE Títuloof Death (PAÍS | COUNTRY, 0000)(EUA/Nova Zelândia | USA/New Zealand, 2012) REALIZAÇÃO DIRECTOR Lorem26 cineastas.
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