BEAST International Film Festival kicks off today
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The 2nd edition of BEAST - International Film Festival kicks off 26 September in Porto.
This year's edition is devoted to Ukraine. The programme includes special sessions and competition sessions, as well as masterclasses and workshops that will be held in different places all over the city of Porto, namely Cinema Passos Manuel, Municipal Library Almeida Garrett, Casa das Artes, and OKNA Espaço Cultural, the headquarters of this year's Festival.
The competition sessions are divided in three categories: EastWave - fiction film; EastDoc - documentary films and experimental EAST.
Experimental films are still the main focus of the Festival, which showcases films by Eastern Europe filmmakers and Portuguese film directors who live abroad.
The Festival is also aimed at a specific crowd - youth - themed Beast Kid, organised in two different categories: one for children aged 6 to 8 and another for children aged 8 to 12.
Concurrently, the VISEGRAD FILM HUB takes place jointly with other four festivals, namely Fest An'a from Slovakia, New Horizons International Film Festival from Poland, Brno16 Film Festival from Check Republic and BuSho Film Festival from Budapest.
The Beast Festival is organised by Pluseast - Cultural Association and jointly produced by the Cinematography Portuguese Club - Cineclube do Porto and Porto City Hall.
See here for more information.