FUTURE GATE: KINOMIXER
HORROR, FANTASY and SCI-FI film showcase

🔪 Prague | Bio Oko 17-19 February 2023
💀 Brno | Kino Art 20-22 February 2023




Future Gate opens its doors to other film genres. The all-new Kinomixer film showcase consists of horror, fantasy and, of course, science fiction. Get ready for a proper cinematic ride that may even make your head explode with delight.

The best of genre films made in recent years await you. You can look forward to a bloody Swiss fairy tale about a maiden who can take on more than a cow's udder; an apocalyptic battle between unicorns and teddy bears; or a nightmare filled with terrifying spectres about motherhood; and much more.

🛸 Future Gate Sci-fi Film Festival 2023 will take place in September and October.

PROGRAM PRAGUE
💄 17.2. 18:30 Mad Heidi
🛸 17.2. 21:00 iShorts: Short Genre Films
🔪 18.2. 18:30 The Group
💀 18.2. 20:45 Huesera: The Bone Woman
🦄 19.2. 18:00 Unicorn Wars

PROGRAM BRNO
💄 20.2. 20:30 Mad Heidi
🛸 21.2. 18:00 iShorts: Short Genre Films
🦄 21.2. 20:00 Unicorn Wars
🔪 22.2. 18:00 The Group
💀 22.2. 20:00 Huesera: The Bone Woman

Kinomixer

Partners

Guests

Sandro Klopfstein

director of MAD HEIDI
  • Prague Bio Oko 17.2. 18:30 | on-line Q&A

Together with Johannes Hartmann, they made their first feature film Mad Heidi. The film was very positively received by fans of genre films. This is evidenced by a number of awards from foreign film festivals, mainly awarded by the audience themselves. Sandro was born in 1981 in Bern, Switzerland. Since 2007 director of various music videos and commercials as well as collaboration on various short films, feature films and commercial productions in various positions. 2010 Cofounder of Decoy Films. Before the Prague screening of the film Mad Heidi, there will be a short online interview with Sandro.

William Higo

director of THE GROUP
  • Prague Bio Oko 18.2. 18:30 | on-line Q&A

After the Prague screening of the film THE GROUP, there will be an online interview with the film's director, William Higo. This is the first feature film by this English filmmaker, whose work the audience could appreciate in the story film World of Death (2016). The world premiere of the film THE GROUP took place at the prestigious FrightFest festival. The screenings in Prague and Brno are among the first in the world. The interview with the director will take place only in English.

Petr Janeček

ethnologist, folklorist, writer
  • Prague Bio Oko 18.2. 20:45 | talk

After the screening of the film HUESERA: THE BONE WOMAN in Prague, the audience will be treated to a brief night presentation of the ethnologist and folklorist, the author of the series of collections of urban legends Černá sanitka, doc. PhDr. Petra Janeček, Ph.D. (Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University). It will present the most interesting folklore narratives on the topic of family relationships. Modern urban legends, demonological rumors, ghost stories, and other collective narratives from around the world with an emphasis on the Czech and Slovak environment of the last decades show the ambivalence of blood and social kinship and its frequent tragic implications. The title of the lecture is (After)Blood Bond: Mothers, Children, and Ghosts in Modern Mythology.

About Organizer

The sci-fi film festival is organized by NGO Future Gate. It aims to monitor news from the world of science fiction and share them with sci-fi fans and public on regular basis.
Our goal is to set-up theme events based on science fiction films and future technologies. It could be special projections, lectures, talks and workshops.

Festival Team

Marketing, partners

Anikó Puchálková
Matěj Křístek

On-line marketing

Františka Blažková

Accompanying program

Petr Dimov

Moderator

Martin Vaňo

Film program

Kateřina Horáková

Production manager

Anna Švehelková

Festival directors

Andrej Štůla
Filip Schauer

Festival Thanks

Tomáš Müller, Vladana Brouková, Zita Adamová, Marko Veselinović, Jakub Klíma, Tomáš Krejčí, Jonáš Ledecký, Michal Suchánek, Zdena Koryntová, Martin Vinš, Ondřej Filgas, Martin Vodička, Viktor Tesařík, Tereza Bartůňková, Bedřich Němec, Zuzana Václavová, Jiří Dušek, Milan Šimánek, Barbora Suchyňová, Jana Glocarová, Kristína Malíková, Kamil Navrátil, Berberich Lukáš, Slavomíra Macáková, Martin Štefan.

Press

Media contact

Adéla Brabcová

Press releases (only in Czech language)

Partners

Main partners

With financial support

Main Media Partners

Co-organizers

Partners

Media Partners

THE FESTIVAL IS SUPPORTED BY THE MAYOR HL. M. PRAGUE ZDENĚK HŘIB AND MAYOR OF THE STATUTORY CITY OF BRNO MARKÉTA VAŇKOVÁ

Contact

Media contact

Adéla Brabcová

Production

Anna Švehelková

Film programme

Andrej Štůla

Partners

Filip Schauer

Future Gate z.s.
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