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When ‘[REC]’ premiered on 23rd November, 2007, it marked a before and after in Spanish cinema. The innovative new style of the film that Filmax producer, Julio Fernandez, had put his faith behind, redefined the horror genre in Spain. Before long, it was being touted as a new cult classic in Spanish horror and became one of the most well-loved films by fans of the genre.
OFFICIAL SECTION | Spanish Prem. | Offline
Ava's quiet date night out at the cinema turns into a nightmare when she's trapped in a toilet stall during an active shooting attack. With only a thin door separating her from the gunman, she is forced to confront him and try to find a way to survive.
TERROR KIDS | World Prem. | Online
Short films made by the participants of the 1st edition of the Film Workshop (+8 years): “Your first horror scene”, by Kineina [audiovisuals].
TERROR KIDS | World Prem. | Online
Short films made by the participants of the 2nd edition of the Film Workshop (+8 years): “Your first horror scene”, by Kineina [audiovisuals].
TERROR KIDS | World Prem. | Online
Short films made by the participants of the 3rd edition of the Film Workshop (+8 years): “Your first horror scene”, by Kineina [audiovisuals].
TERROR KIDS | World Prem. | Online
Short films made by the participants of the 4th edition of the Film Workshop (+8 years): “Your first horror scene”, by Quim Crusellas, audiovisual producer.
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Stephen lives a solitary life. A loner. A man who keeps himself to himself and is governed by routine and order. All things have there place and for good reason as a dark secret lurks beneath his feet, but not everything is as it seems.
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A romantic weekend getaway turns into a surreal nightmare, when a successful museum curator discovers that her date is a serial killer.
SECCIÓ Ç-TRENCADA | World Prem. | Offline
Something is hiding in the closet and won't let you sleep.
SECCIÓ GLOBUS | Spanish Prem. | Offline
Tempted by an offer for a sexual experience, a Lonely Man with cerebral palsy and a supernatural secret lands himself in the crosshairs of an Abusive Thrill-seeker.
SECCIÓ GLOBUS | European Prem. | Online
In a society where everyone changes day and night to adapt to a new climate catastrophe characterized by extreme ultraviolet rays, Inkyung, who lives with her older sister at work, works part-time as a home insurance advisor during the day when everyone else is asleep. No matter how many times she changes TV channels, In-Kyung, in the middle of the day, working on a boring broadcast that only shows people going out, gets a call from her sister, who she thought was sleeping in her room. She searches for her sister at home, but in her small two-bedroom villa, her sister is nowhere to be seen. When the bewildered In-Kyung cannot resist her sister's insistence, she grabs her protective suit and prepares to leave her house, when suddenly a strange older sister appears in her house. Unlike her sister on phone calls, she convinces In-Kyung to stay at home. Feeling alienated by her older sister's attitude, In-Kyung, who fled the noontime outdoors with her naked body, no longer stays in the shade, but opts to go out into direct sunlight, whatever the outcome. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
SECCIÓ Ç-TRENCADA | Offline
A statue wakes up after a lifetime of sleep. His fears arise in a distorted reality and his inner self will become his greatest adversary.
SECCIÓ Ç-TRENCADA | Offline
After spending more than a year without contact with her family, Isa receives the news that her nephew Carlos is going to visit her. She pressured by a couple who does not like children, she will have to make decisions that will mark her forever.
OUT OF COMPETITION | Catalan Prem. | Offline
They jumped on the road and were crushed under the wheels. As a child, she could see them, illuminated by car headlights, on summer nights. Now, many years later, a strange sense of revenge haunts her nightmares. Paula confesses her phobia of lobsters to a psychologist while instinctively protecting the baby in her womb from a faceless threat.
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The sleepy town of Little Haven is overrun by a horde of the undead who threaten to crush their Christmas holidays. Anna and her friends will face the threat with all their might, surviving zombified snowmen, wild bachelor parties and rampaging teenagers. And they will still have enough strength to score some musical numbers!
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In a rural environment in the 1940’s, a young widow lives in a state of deep loneliness and misery. Her routine consists of a succession of similar days spent at home or working in the field. But everything becomes worse once a mysterious entity begins to torment her.
OUT OF COMPETITION | European Prem. | Offline
In a family that lives isolated under the rules of a capricious religion, the youngest daughter will be forced to get pregnant by her brother under pressure from her father.
OFFICIAL SECTION | Spanish Prem. | Offline
3 collage students (Thalia, Erlan and Ahmad) majoring in psychology study a mentally ill patient for their thesis material because the patient's illness was considered strange. Nina is 19 and she has suffered from mental illness for 3 years, she once declared cured but relapses again and so on.
SECCIÓ Ç-TRENCADA | Offline
Ovidi, a seven-year-old boy, and his Tió Ramón spend Christmas Eve for the first time at the home of Veronique's French family, his father's partner. The presence of the Tió will threaten family stability... At Christmas, it's better to knock on wood.
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Locked in her deceased mother's rundown house, Mia is desperately trying to contact her. As she moves from ritual to ritual, she accidentally opens the doorway to an evil and very familiar presence...
OFFICIAL SECTION | Spanish Prem. | Offline
Candy Land follows Remy (Olivia Luccardi), a seemingly naive and devout young woman, who finds herself cast out from her religious cult. With no place to turn, she immerses herself into the underground world of truck stop sex workers a.k.a. “lot lizards,” courtesy of her hosts, Sadie (Sam Quartin), Riley (Eden Brolin), Liv and Levi . Under the watchful eye of their matriarch, Nora (Guinevere Turner), and enigmatic local lawman, Sheriff Rex (William Baldwin), Remy navigates between her strained belief system and the lot lizard code to find her true calling in life.
OFFICIAL SECTION | Spanish Prem. | Offline
A graduate student interviews a young volunteer caregiver for his class project, but something isn't quite right.
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Presentation of Sincopat, Pol Diggler's latest project followed by the premiere of AveMaria, a feature film that comes from a group of Pompeu Fabra University students mentored by renowned professionals such as Carla Simón, Carlos Marqués-Marcet, David Pastor, Aitor Martos, Lara Sendim and Gonzalo de Lucas. The session will include a QnA.
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Morning on Sunday with invited representatives of the festivals of the TAC of all the provinces of Catalonia that includes the xerrada "Analysis, repetitions, opportunities and problems of the realization of genre festivals in Catalonia" followed by a concert that will delight them 'hour of the aperitif.
SECCIÓ Ç-TRENCADA | Offline
Screening of the short films selected from the Ç-Trencada section, award ceremony and a xerrada on "the state of Catalan cinema" that will have the protagonists of the enguany jury of this section dedicated to the Catalan short. A month, during the Gaudírem Gala of the original music feta exclusively for the event of Lucas Bittini's mà. Free event with ticket reservation.
BLOODY MADNESS | Spanish Prem. | Offline
In the Philippines’ worst disease outbreak, the death toll rises uncontrollably as the mysterious sickness transforms its victims into undead monsters. After spending years in jail, a former elite soldier sees the outbreak as his chance to redeem himself. He treks through the dangerous, undead-infested city hoping to finally reunite with his family. But he quickly finds out that in a world of hunger, uncertainty, and desperation, the living can be just as dangerous as the undead.
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An explorer discovers a temple and can't believe his eyes.
OFFICIAL SECTION | Offline
A disgraced internet personality attempts to win back his followers by live streaming one night alone in a haunted house. But when he accidentally pisses off a vengeful spirit, his big comeback event becomes a real-time fight for his life.
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An energetic puppy named Noodle would like to play with his lazy kitten friend, MoeMoe,so he goes to make her some coffee. The caffeine kicks in and they both begin to play, however as the days go on. MoeMoe begins to act weird. After each cup she becomes more aggressive, fidgety and her eyes widen. Noodle is terrified of what his friend is becoming and decides to no longer make coffee for his friend. MoeMoe will not have this and threatens Noodle into giving her more, but there is no more coffee left. Noodle wants to save his friend. He trades his collar for some calming leaves he gets from a koala.
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DEODATO HOLOCAUST tells the story of the Italian filmmaker who unwittingly became a master of horror by making a movie so real, it was criminal. In examining the film career of Ruggero Deodato, this intimate, independent documentary seeks to better understand one of the world’s most controversial (sometimes even hated) filmmakers.
SECCIÓ GLOBUS | European Prem. | Online
To exercise more tyranny and repression, the ruling power has done something to its dissidents who exhale smoke when they breathe, and the agents must arrest these people wherever they find them. Oblivious to the law, a man meets one of the dissidents and it changes the course of his life, until he decides to emigrate to a better land with the dissident for a better life.
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I like Lego. You like Lego. Everyone likes Lego. But what happens when you start puking up Lego Duplo bricks? Like this: BLEUUUUUURGH. And this: BLEEEUUUUUUUUURGH. Well, there's no need to wonder. Just watch this film and find out.
SECCIÓ Ç-TRENCADA | Offline
Tribute to Hammer cinema and fanterror through its two female icons: the virgin and the vampire, trapped by a crucifix in an endless loop.
BLOODY MADNESS | Spanish Prem. | Offline
A documentary crew follows cult classic horror director, Alfred Costella, as he makes his final film - An all practical masterpiece...with a dark twist.
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TERROR, THE MUSICAL is the exhibition that will be strengthening the collaboration between TERRORMOLINS and Escola JOSO - Centre de Còmic i Arts Visuals. All the works exhibited have been made by students from the third year of illustration, the challenge for the occasion was re-reading horror films as though they were musicals. Do you dare to guess the connections? The general principle of the work process included using already existing film posters as referents for creating a new image. Welcome to this walk around an alternative reality where classic horror is seen through a musical narrative. Welcome to TERROR, THE MUSICAL
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Spain. Year 1692. The Saint Inquisition is slowly declining and, as a reaction, its servants are more cruel than ever. An inquisitor has been looking for a perfect torture device able to grasp the purest face of pain and show the world how wrong it is to serve de Devil. "Facies", the new invention of an engineer, is a terrifying torture chair bound to success. But the designer's daughter, Elena, has different plans.
SECCIÓ Ç-TRENCADA | World Prem. | Offline
Three motley friends, who base their economy on the loot they get by robbing houses, find themselves involved in a frantic race for survival. They hit the wrong house and are faced with the difficult decision of whether or not to release a boy who was being held against his will in one of the rooms of the house. They decide to take it with them and start a winding road back home by car. They stop at a gas station to refuel and a few kilometers later, a strange vehicle begins to chase them. After several attempts he manages to get them off the road. Recovering from the fright, the boy takes advantage of the confusion and flees. The driver of the pursuing vehicle does not give up and does not stop until he achieves his objective: to recover what is his.
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Tired of feeling down about her weight, plus-sized 15-year-old Simiheads to her aunt Claudia’s house for Easter weekend. Claudia isa popular nutritionist who’s written best-selling health books, so forSimi, spending a few days together could help change her diet andinspire weight loss. What should’ve been a nice holiday weekend withfamily, however, quickly reveals itself to be anything but. Simi’s cousin,Filipp, is curiously hostile towards her, while Filipp’s stepdad, Stefan,is curiously the opposite towards Simi, all while Claudia’s dietaryguidance verges on becoming overly militant. What’s causing everyoneto act so strangely and aggressively? The answers are even worse thanSimi’s worst nightmares.
BLOODY MADNESS | Spanish Prem. | Offline
After the death of his wife from a debilitating eating disorder, Jed falls into a severe state of depression and convinces himself that death is the only atonement for his neglect. Soon enough, he finds himself in the home of a deranged cannibal who convinces him to die in the most horrific way imaginable. Near death and trapped, it doesn’t take long for Jed to realize that he’s made a huge mistake.
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Felix is a peasant who lives amongst vineyards in Penedès. One day his grandpa, who is an ancient sorcerer, visits him and tells him that his sister Sara has been kidnapped by the dark sorcerers of the mountain of Sant Cebrià and will be sacrificed to the evil Sorcerer King Morden. This is the reason why Felix is the only one who can face him and give an end to the ancient darkness.
SECCIÓN GLOBUS PRESENCIAL | European Prem. | Offline
When the death of her grandmother unleashes a generational curse, a disenchanted flamenco dancer resigned to a desk job is forced to experience the five stages of grief through a visit from her female ancestors, pushing her to finally break the cycle.
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A couple who in the past ran over a little girl and ran away, get stick in a terrible revenge plan. When they leave their daughter at a pajama party they get locked down at the basement of the building. There's no way out, they are trapped.
OFFICIAL SECTION | International Prem. | Offline
A woman realizes she's been catfished by her worst nightmare.
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A racist corporation is looking to expand its territories of domination and for that it needs to destroy the Yakuza mafia. It is then that a transgender woman suddenly appears willing to defend the Yakuza tradition.
OUT OF COMPETITION | Catalan Prem. | Offline
Ana and Maxi find the house of their dreams, it even grants them everything they ask for. But what if they stop asking?
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Luna washes her hands while everything collapses.
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He tells Valeria's story, a woman who has been trying to have a child for some time. Suddenly, the same night in which she finally confirms her pregnancy visits her a strange presence. From that moment on, the monstrous creature persecutes her by keeping her pregnancy, her couple and the life of her future baby in a risky.
BEING DIFFERENT | Catalan Prem. | Offline
A young potter's life devolves into chaos as he loses function of his body while being haunted by the physical manifestation of his childhood trauma
SECCIÓ GLOBUS | Catalan Prem. | Online
Nicky's whole world revolves around fitness, with the goal of getting bigger and stronger. But when hidden memories from her childhood come to light, Nicky's body obsession takes an unhealthy direction.
INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES | Online
5 Argentine projects and 5 Spanish projects with the possibility of Ibero-American co-production will be presented to the production companies in attendance. Each project will have a presentation and question time. This activity is part of the 2nd Argentina-Spain Co-production Forum and is exclusively for those attending the Forum.
INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES | Online
An Argentinian and a Spanish production company tell us about their experience co-producing their latest feature film. This activity is part of the II Argentina-Spain Co-production Forum and is exclusive for those attending the Forum and accredited people from industry and the 2022 Professional Conference. For more information: https://foro.molinsfilmfestival.com/
INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES | Offline & online
Organized as a meeting point between emerging filmmakers of horror and fantasy genre, and the film industry, the purpose of these Industry Days is to offer new authors a conducive space for creating networks, exchanging and improving knowledge, and maturing of projects. You can participate with your own project or without it, and its program consists of talks and workshops designed for filmmakers, where other professionals share their experience and knowledge. Also a Pitching of Projects to production companies, previously selected and accompanied. The Industry Days are a non-profit event made possible year after year, since 2010, thanks to the enthusiastic and altruistic collaboration of artists, professionals, companies and entities of the film industry. The current event format, however, has its origin in 2016, and it is quickly being confirmed as a proposal of high interest both for filmmakers and participating companies, as well as for the attending public. PROGRAMA 2022: http://www.molinsfilmfestival.com/industry-days/program/?lang=en
SECONDARY SCHOOL SESSION | Offline
Hidden in the dark, you can't feel any presence, and when you realise it is too late... you are caught!
SECCIÓN GLOBUS PRESENCIAL | European Prem. | Offline
Dos hermanos visitan a su madre que vive en un pueblo agredido por las constantes fumigaciones al campo. El ambiente tóxico y la atmósfera bucólica los convierten en monstruos que huyen al bosque.
OFFICIAL SECTION | Catalan Prem. | Offline
The 4 horsemen of the apocalypse hold a meeting to analise the estate of humanity and discuss their future strategies. A dying Death calls her mates to convince them the humans should not suffer big tortures, but Famine, Pest and War dream with a humanity caught in helpless world.
SECCIÓ GLOBUS | Spanish Prem. | Online
A psychological horror about a novice nun who develops a severe skin condition which continues to worsen along with her mental state as she struggles with her feelings for another nun.
BEING DIFFERENT | Offline
Follows a young man, Jacky Caillou, who lives in a small village in the French Alps with his loving grandmother Gisele, a magnetic healer.
OFFICIAL SECTION | Spanish Prem. | Offline
After a violent accident, Lilly wakes to find herself having barely escaped the steel grip of death, only to discover the fight has just begun. Starring Netflix’s ALONG FOR THE RIDE’s Emma Pasarow, KICKSTART MY HEART is the story of one woman’s battle through her mind’s multiple levels of hell and the bloody torment she endures to regain control over her consciousness.
TRUE SURVIVOR | Offline
Josué lives in an isolated house in the middle of nowhere. His life revolves around the grocery store he inherited from his parents, and the care of an insane brother...
SECCIÓ GLOBUS | European Prem. | Online
A married woman tries to start a new life but discovers that desire can be a dangerous road with no return (Inspired by the legend of "El embolsadito" from San José del Rincón; Santa Fe, Argentina).
OFFICIAL SECTION | Spanish Prem. | Offline
Joy and Harry are trying to have a baby. One night, Joy swallows a spider in her sleep. When Joy subsequently develops an insatiable appetite for flies, it dawns on her that there may be more than one way of becoming a mother.
SECONDARY SCHOOL SESSION | Offline
A young man trapped in a soul-destroying job becomes obsessed with playing an old claw machine in a night market, not realising that the ‘Prize’ he is trying to win is more terrifying than he can imagine.
OFFICIAL SECTION | World Prem. | Offline
A young man with a strange condition lives with his overprotective mother. When a third person comes, life will not be the same.
OTHER ACTIVITIES | Offline
To start the weekend off right, a vermouth in the company of authors and the latest literary creations.
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Seymour, a young florist clerk, is in love with his partner Audrie, but she dates a sadistic dentist. One day, just after a strange eclipse, Seymour buys a small plant, which he names Audrie II. The plant will begin to move and even talk to Seymour, thus becoming an attraction to the town. What no one knows is that it is an abominable being that feeds on human blood.
OUT OF COMPETITION | Offline
Mona and Robby are a young couple in love. Robby has just landed the job of his dreams and at the same time they have both landed an incredible offer for a spacious, albeit dilapidated, apartment. Never mind that it has to be renovated or that the neighbors are constantly fighting and their baby is screaming.....
OFFICIAL SECTION | International Prem. | Offline
A sexy young woman seduces married men in a bar in an effort to get pregnant, but her intentions for the baby are unexpected.
SECCIÓ GLOBUS | European Prem. | Online
When teacher Nora returns home after being held by the government, the application of the Medusa protocol shows her in videos that she was supplanted by a robot identical to her. Discovering what happened in her absence between her husband and a non-submissive version of her could change her life.
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Colin Arthur comes to TerrorMolins to personally show us some of his favorite masks and props. Also to tell us anecdotes about the films in which he has worked. The exhibition of his works can be seen exclusively during his talk, so it will be a unique and very special event. Undisputed master of special effects for cinema, disciple of the mythical Stuart Freeborn (creator of the Star Wars creatures) and assistant in the last stage of the master of masters Ray Harryhausen, he stood out in the profession making ape masks in "2001: A Space Odyssey" by Stanley Kubrick. His impressive filmography includes titles as relevant to the fantasy and/or horror genre as Sinbad's Fantastic Voyage (Gordon Hessler, 1973), Alien: The Eighth Passenger (Ridley Scott, 1979), The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980), Fury of Titans (Desmond Davis, 1981), Conan the Barbarian (John Milius, 1982) or The Neverending Story (Wolfgang Petersen, 1984), with forays into productions by Spanish directors such as Al filo del hacha (Jose Ramón Larraz, 1988) or La crack (Juan Piquer Simon, 1990), among others. Among many other outstanding titles, already in other genres, we point out these three: Ryan's Daughter (David Lean, 1977), The Iron Cross (Sam Peckinpah, 1977) and Empire of the Sun (Steven Spielberg, 1987). The talk will be conducted by Jordi Ribera, from Molina, a film professional since 1992 in the art department, working as a shooting and editing props, props master, councilor, set construction and setting, art direction, FX and fictitious. His career includes feature films and short films, documentaries, series, video clips and advertising.
OFFICIAL SECTION | Offline
Megalomaniac questions the invisible line between victim and executioner, a story about the weight of patriarchy and the illusion of Manichaeism, a frightful story that evokes the ghost of one of the most terrifying Belgian criminals, the mons's dismembered, an anonymous monster that acted in the 90s and was never identified. His seal of his? The predilection for solo and fragile women, dismembered in pieces in abandoned garbage bags next to the road.
SECCIÓ Ç-TRENCADA | Offline
Francisco is trying to cancel his contract with his phone provider. What was supposed to be a mere formality becomes a Kafkaesque nightmare.
MOLINS HORROR GAMES | Offline
Do you want to spend a different day at TerrorMolins with horror and mystery table games? Come to the playful days of Molins Horror Games on November 6 at the basement of El Palau. Enjoy lots of fun proposals with the whole family, friends or with the same publishers who visit us.
SPECIAL SESSIONS | Spanish Prem. | Offline
The world seen through Ana Lara’s eyes. Between illness, manipulation and love, Ana Lara lives in constant confrontation with her own escape.
TERROR KIDS | Offline
The diligent soldier Mr. Pete does everything to meet the high standarts of his baroness. To satisfy her insatiable lust for speed he shovels madly on her new iron horse`s voyage.
TERROR KIDS | Offline
It’s Halloween and Lucy wants to give a good scare to her sister by dressing up as a monster. But she might not be the only creature lurking in the teenager’s room…
SECCIÓ Ç-TRENCADA | World Prem. | Offline
14th century, northern Spain. After the shipwreck of the Santa Isabel, the lifeless body of Fray Miguel appears on the shores of San Roque. As night falls, the monks take him back to his old abbey, unaware that his corpse is infected with a creature from the deep sea.
OFFICIAL SECTION | Spanish Prem. | Offline
A short film about the power of motherly love. A mother is forced to show her love for her daughter through physical sacrifice. The film depicts the primitive instincts which help the mother to protect her child from danger.
OFFICIAL SECTION | Spanish Prem. | Offline
Jasmin sees a fist-sized hole in a brick wall. She's hypnotically drawn to it and can't focus on anything else. An increasingly morbid obsession begins, until the hole suddenly disappears...
OFFICIAL SECTION | Catalan Prem. | Offline
Gallego, castella 1909. Miguel, a young teacher, is assigned to a small mountain town on the border between Spain and Portugal: Lobosandaus, an inhospitable village with ancient traditions. He is a man of reason, but he cannot control his desires and, as winter approaches, he feels the darkness take over everything around him while his fascination with the enigmatic Dorinda grows. The strange death of a neighbor of the town frees a free spirit in search of a body that allows him to continue with his existence, which will lead Miguel to question the limits between the world of the living and the dead.
OFFICIAL SECTION | Catalan Prem. | Offline
Christa and her grandmother are visited by a young mysterious soldier after the sudden death of her grandfather. After letting the man into their home, Christa begins to question his intentions for being there.
OFFICIAL SECTION | Spanish Prem. | Offline
Oscar's late. In the surrounding skyscrapers hands are shaken and contracts are signed. That's the last thing he needs right now. Where do these damned snails come from?
OFFICIAL SECTION | Offline
Two women have an appointment at a café to update personal lives. However, Erica must warn Anna... There is something dangerous and only Erica is able to see it. And that "something" is just behind Anna.
OTHER ACTIVITIES | Offline
Originally created by the duo Patricia Clapés-Saga and Ramon Rey (Manderley Podcast), this live broadcast from El Foment will take us on a journey between the best-known horror musicals and those you didn't even know existed. A unique opportunity to discover more about how the musical genre finds the vibrations of terror.
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The American Chicken Bunker, a military-themed fried chicken fast food chain, is setting up a restaurant on land that was formerly an Indian burial ground. From this moment, a curse will be unleashed in the place, releasing an epidemic that revives the chickens... in the form of zombies.
OFFICIAL SECTION | Offline
The most dangerous criminals travel on a cargo ship that is transported from the Philippines to South Korea by the police. On the trip, they unleashed a sinister force after a mutiny attempt.
TRUE SURVIVOR | Offline
A girl band gets a new gig. But when they arrive, the town seems deserted. There are horrors that appear to be from a different dimension.
VIDEODROME ONSTAGE | Spanish Prem. | Offline
South African enfant terrible filmmaker and artiste-cineaste Manus Oosthuizen meets with Rotten Tomatoes-approved indie film critic Babette Cruickshank in an Echo Park sound studio. With key members of Manus's crew joining, they record an audio commentary track for his new elegiac feature documentary Razzennest. But the session goes down a different path... The ultimate elevation of arthouse horror, just not as you might expect.
SPECIAL SESSIONS | Offline
There is always the other side of the story. Until you decide otherwise.
OFFICIAL SECTION | Spanish Prem. | Offline
Nancy works in a small gas station shop. Disillusioned, not even the news of an apocalypse seems to worry her. But the sudden arrival of a mysterious customer could change all that. Will Nancy finally find meaning in her life? Or in her death?
SECCIÓ GLOBUS | European Prem. | Online
A young girl struggles to prepare a presentation about her family tree for the upcoming meet-the-parents, as a supernatural entity begins to take notice.
INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES | Offline
Industry Round Table: How to build a film from scratch and not die trying.
INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES | Online
The Molins de Rei Horror Film Festival organizes a round table as part of our “Gènere al gènere” project. Next November 2 at 7:00 p.m. we will celebrate this event with two professionals from the film industry: Mireia Noguera and Ainhoa Menéndez Goyoaga. We will talk about the challenge for directors to go from short to feature film. Processes, representativeness, difficulties, advice and first-hand experiences on the way to the big film. These and more issues will have a place in a talk that will be offered online on our Terrormolins TV channel and will be open to public participation. An exceptional opportunity for both professionals and amateurs.
BEING DIFFERENT | Offline
2003, three mercenaries extracting a druglord out of Guinea-Bissau are forced to hide in the mystical region of Saloum, Senegal.
OFFICIAL SECTION | Spanish Prem. | Offline
A young boy is lured by the sound of a mysterious stringed instrument, only to discover that the ominous figure that plays it has a hold on more than just his ears.
OFFICIAL SECTION | Spanish Prem. | Offline
A seaside home invasion turns sinister when a young mother discovers her intruders have risen from the sea.
BEING DIFFERENT | Spanish Prem. | Offline
Who breaks the rule shall take responsibility for it. There is a superstition in Korea that no one should visit a wake when there’s a baby under three weeks among the family members; but Woo-jin doesn’t believe it. He receives a text message that his ex-girlfriend passed away, and despite his wife’s dissuasion, he goes to the wake and mourns for her. After that day, strange things start to happen, and his baby becomes sick without reason. His wife now demands him to transfer this misfortune to other people by stealing a few things- two things from any store, one thing from a stranger.
BLOODY MADNESS | Spanish Prem. | Offline
In this ode to ‘80s horror, a group of counselors accidentally unleash a decades’ old evil on the last night of summer camp. As the mayhem and madness turn bloody, the staff of Camp Briarbrook is forced to confront what stories are worth telling and what secrets worth keeping.
BEING DIFFERENT | Catalan Prem. | Offline
Signe and Thomas have an unhealthy and competitive dating relationship, which takes a perverse turn when Thomas gains some notoriety as a contemporary artist. In response, Signe will invent a new character and desperately try to gain attention and force compassion to regain her status.
BLOODY MADNESS | Offline
Cecilia and Emma were tween-age BFFs who were going to grow old together and never let anything come between them. That is, until Emma’s new friend Alex did just that. Twelve years later, Cecilia is a successful social media influencer living the dream of an independent, modern millennial woman... until she runs into Emma for the first time in over a decade. Emma invites Cecilia away on her hens weekend at a remote cabin in the mountains, where Alex proceeds to make Cecilia’s weekend a living hell.
VIDEODROME ONSTAGE | Spanish Prem. | Offline
Screening courtesy of BayView Entertainment Two children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished.
OUT OF COMPETITION | Catalan Prem. | Offline
Julio is a boy who lives with his parents in a house far from town. His father commits murders hiding his face behind a mask while Carmen, his mother, runs a small grocery store. Ten years later, a group of friends are going to spend a weekend in a rural house in the town, which has become famous for the many disappearances that happened long ago. The group visits the store run by Carmen and Julio the same day he turns 18, producing a first fleeting encounter between them. Carmen has a surprise prepared for her son, a mask like his father's. Julio will have to choose between continuing the family tradition of being a murderer or embracing the love of Úrsula, one of the girls in the group that he has just met.
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Playing out in real time, SOFT & QUIET is a runaway train that follows a single afternoon in the life of Emily, a female white supremacist and elementary school teacher. Emily organizes the inaugural club meeting of 'Daughters for Aryan Unity', and she indoctrinates a group of alt-right women. When they all decide to move the meeting to Emily's house, they stop at the local store to pick up refreshments, where an altercation breaks out between two mixed-race Asian sisters and the club that spirals into a volatile chain of events.
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In a patriarchal world, two women of steel make a living through hunting.
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Face-to-face meeting of Spanish and Argentine producers. This activity, which includes a "germanor dinar", is part of the II Argentina-Spain Co-production Forum and is exclusive for Forum attendees, although all the people attending the second day of activities of the Professional Conference will share networking spaces there with many of those assistant producers.
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A Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.
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We chat with Sebastián Ruiz-Cabrera about African horror cinema taking advantage of the screening at the festival of the Senegalese film Saloum (Jean Luc Herbulot, 2021).
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a conferencia educativa “Estereotipos terroríficos: una aproximación a la representación de los géneros desde el terror”, impartida por la profesora Mireia Iniesta, analiza y describe cómo el cine, y más concretamente, el cine de terror puede dar la vuelta a los estereotipos del género de la sociedad. Con un enfoque histórico, pero a la vez poniendo énfasis en ejemplos actuales extraídos del cine y las series. Esta conferencia persigue reflexionar sobre los Derechos de las mujeres: vida libre de violencias y derechos sexuales y reproductivos, al tiempo que reflexionar sobre el poder de las imágenes y la necesidad de educar nuestra mirada como espectadores y espectadoras. Así pues, promueve también los derechos de una ciudadanía consciente, formada, crítica, comprometida y movilizada: educación para el desarrollo por medio del cine. Durante la sesión se presentará el SIAD-Servei d’Informació i Atenció a les Dones, impulsado por la Regidoria de Feminismes i LGTBI de l’Ajuntament de Molins de Rei. Actividad dirigida a alumnado de 3º y 4º de ESO, Bachillerato, Ciclos Formativos, COMPETIC, CAM y afines (a partir 14 años). Horarios: 10.00-11.00h (Opción A) | 12.00-13.00h (Opción B) Actividad gratuita, con reserva previa: educacio@molinsfilmfestival.com * Esta actividad forma parte del Programa Acció>Cinema una iniciativa impulsada por la coordinadora de festivales de cine Catalunya Film Festivals (CFF), en colaboración con la Agència Catalana de Cooperació al Desenvolupament y el Departament de Cultura, que promueve el audiovisual “como herramienta de construcción de una ciudadanía formada, crítica y movilizada por un mundo más justo”.
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Within the events of the Catalan Cinema Day, the Ç-Trencada Gala will feature a talk on the state of Catalan cinema. We will have the participation of the Ç-Trencada Jury, Competitive Section of the Festival, made up of Montse Majench, Olga Iglesias and Cris Gambín. And as moderator we will have producer Vibha Daryanani.
BLOODY MADNESS | Spanish Prem. | Offline
After being resurrected by a sinister entity, Art the Clown returns to Miles County, where he must hunt down and destroy a teenage girl and her younger brother on Halloween night.
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Experiencia participativa (+2 ños): La Pista de las estrellas Para esta edición proponemos a todos los niños y niñas que asistan al TerrorKids que dibujen su estrella con tizas de colores en la pista de la Peni. Entre todos los participantes llenarán la pista de estrellas al más puro estilo del Paseo de la Fama de Hollywood. Ven y deja tu estrella! Actividad para familias con niños y niñas a partir de 2 años. Domingo 6 de noviembre, de 11.30 a 13.30H | La Pista de La Peni (Molins de Rei) Actividad gratuita sin inscripción previa (aforo limitado). Més informació: terrorkids@molinsfilmfestival.com
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Taller de manualidades infantil (+2 años): Hacemos una máscara Un imaginativo taller de creación artística donde cada participante podrá crear su propia máscara de terror utilizando distintas técnicas: collage, colores, pinturas, ceras, etc. Este taller tiene como objetivo estimular la imaginación de niños y niñas por medio de la realización de una actividad lúdica y creativa. Actividad pera familias con niños y niñas a partir de 2 años. Domingo 6 de noviembre, de 11.30 a 13.30h | La Pista de La Peni (Molins de Rei) Activitat gratuïta sense inscripció prèvia (aforament limitat). Més informació: terrorkids@molinsfilmfestival.com
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Espacio de lectura (+2 años): Lecturas terroríficas Un espacio dedicado a la lectura, para acercar a los pequeños cinéfilos a la aventura de leer historias de monstruos, vampiros, fantasmas, y cuentos sobre el miedo y la oscuridad… Venid al TerrorKids y descubrid los libros más terroríficos que nos recomienda la Biblioteca el Molí! Actividad para familias con niños y niñas a partir de 2 años. Organiza el Festival de Cine de Terror de Molins de Rei, con la colaboración de la Biblioteca el Molí. Domingo 6 de noviembre, de 11.30 a 13.30 h | La Pista de La Peni (Molins de Rei) Actividad graatuita sin inscripción previa (aforo limitado). Más información: terrorkids@molinsfilmfestival.com
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An angry mob interrupts a witch as she prepares breakfast for her collected children.
SECCIÓ GLOBUS | Spanish Prem. | Online
A father takes his son on a deer hunt, in the attempt to recconect with the boy. However, their intrusion disturbs the balance of the forest, and awakens its female spirit.
SECCIÓ Ç-TRENCADA | European Prem. | Offline
Helga spends a few days with her grandparents whom she hasn't seen for years, two sinister old people who live in a huge Catalan farmhouse lost in the middle of nowhere.
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A curious child visits his hometown's graveyard in order to help the undertaker on his night duties.
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An eccentric microscopist finally gets his hands on some rare samples, but he could never have imagined what he’ll see through the lens...
TERROR KIDS | World Prem. | Online
First episode of the original series The Monsters Kids.
TERROR KIDS | World Prem. | Online
Second episode of the original series The Monsters Kids.
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Gus, a drug addict publicist is locked in his bathroom due to a missing knob, which has been temporarily removed for renovations in his new office. During his stay in the bathroom, he cannot take the drugs he is used to, so he turns to cleaning products instead. From this, he invokes an imaginary creature called "The Mop" that, despite his gruesome appearance, will make Gus get out of the bathroom completely cured of his addiction.
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When Jack Skellington, the Lord of Halloween, discovers Christmas, he is fascinated and decides to improve it. However, his vision of the holiday is totally contrary to the Christmas spirit. His plans include the kidnapping of Santa Claus and the introduction of some pretty macabre changes. Only his girlfriend Sally is aware of the mistake she is making.
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A popcorn character from a vintage theater’s intermission cartoon accidentally runs off his film strip and into the world of the movie playing next; a slasher horror film.
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When a botched robbery goes awry, and a gang of criminals find themselves injured with a resilient young female hostage in tow they find refuge in an unassuming motel run by brazen organ harvesters. Saving their skin literally becomes a bigger priority than escaping the police and they won’t surrender without an all-around fight to death.
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When a couple returns from a friends' wedding, a violent storm breaks out and their car breaks down. Thus, they have no choice but to take refuge in a castle, where Dr. Frank-N-Furter lives dedicated to the manufacture of a kind of Frankenstein. A unique opportunity to experience this hilarious and exciting cult musical in all its splendor, in a session with a projection and live performances where the public interacts with both. Unforgettable characters, memorable songs and guaranteed laughs, all seasoned with healthy bogeria and tender transgression, for you to enjoy and feel great. We have it very clear, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE+LIVE SHOW is an experience that you will not forget.
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Live the Rocky Horror experience at the hands of the Tinto de Verano theater company, in a session with projection and live performances where the public interacts with both. Unforgettable characters, memorable songs and guaranteed laughs, all seasoned with healthy madness and tender transgression, for you to enjoy and feel great. We have it very clear, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE + LIVE SHOW is an experience that you will not forget.
SECCIÓ GLOBUS | Catalan Prem. | Online
October 17, 1961, "Algerian workers" take to the streets to protest against the mandatory curfew imposed by the police prefecture.
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The risks should never be underestimated. John and Lucía wanted to escape from routine and took refuge in the mountains, although Lucía did not have the same plans in store for them.
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In the land occupied with the sprayers army, no one has the right to grow any kind of plants either in public or private. So many of the people and soldiers do not even know how a plant grow or look like, until one day one of the soldiers finds a seed buried deep down in the dust and his curiosity is just the beginning of something extraordinary, something big, something revolutionary.
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Among the crosses of an old cemetery, two outlaws have a dispute over honour, companionship and greed.
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Who needs capers in the middle of a zombie apocalypse? A waiter and his Mallorcan neighbor will answer this and other existential or perhaps not so existential questions.
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The army bear indoctrine to young recruits for war that librane against unicorns and threatens the security of the Osito people. The Blue and Gordi brothers, together with an inexperienced group of recruits, will be sent to a dangerous mission to save the magical forest. Will the bears prepared for it be?
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Manuel (Zorion Eguileor) has to move into the house of his son Mario (Gustavo Salmerón) and his family after a terrible event ends the life of his old wife. Little by little, reality imposes itself: something incomprehensible happens to Manuel. The voices that he claims to hear, the presences with which he claims to speak. Lena (Irene Anula), Mario's wife, wants to throw him out of the house: she is sure that something terrible will happen. Only Naia (Paula Gallego), the teenage daughter, is on his side, but even she begins to doubt as strange phenomena occur around her increasingly disturbed grandfather. It's the hottest summer in history, a countdown has begun and it's too late to stop it.
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Late at night, an overworked sales manager looks desperately for a parking spot. When he finds he’s not alone, things take a weird turn.
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Morgan comes home to find her boyfriend Mason, has decided to bring in a new pet.
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The plague brings out the worst in everyone and only the Man remains immune. Consumed by desperation, in an attempt to save the Woman and protect his Son, the Man goes looking for help and travels through the village where nothing is as it seems. During a surreal and hallucinating night, the Man, haunted by memories of another life, begins to lose track of reality.
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Elaine, a single mother, is raising her son, Martin, who shows strange and uncontrollable behavior. When the boy bites one of his classmates, Elaine, desperate for answers, takes him to see his paternal grandparents. But there she discovers the true nature of the family and has to choose between acceptance or fighting for her son’s destiny.
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When an ominous mould appears in their room, two African brothers seeking asylum are faced with a dark entity lurking within their direct provision centre.
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Investigating reports of demonic possessions in a remote village, a skeptical military officer finds his beliefs tested by an enigmatic exorcist
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In the dark hall, candles flickered faintly. A body lay in the middle of the hall. Huei and her husband Wen Hsiung came to say goodbye to Huei’s dearest sister. The seemingly calm and sad farewell ceremony seemed to hide an astonishing and dark secret......
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"Do you think I'm lying?" A woman begins to talk, recalling her mystrey experiences as a child.
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Jun-hee was obsessed with the taste of churros for the first time to eat, and was left alone in a large exhibition hall while looking at the churros. She started to wander to find her friends. Suddenly strange things start to happen to Jun-hee…