Fancine

The festival was started in 1990, initially called the "International Week of Fantastic Cinema of the University of Málaga", as a fantastic genre film exhibition. The promoter of the idea was Ramón Reina, who held the position of director during 19 editions.[4][5][6]

In its first years, the festival presents a collection of the best fantasy films in the history of the fantastic genre. In 1997, it assumed an international competition character, emphasising fantastic contemporary films that are being produced, apart from the classic movies sample.

In the 2008 edition, the organization was renamed the International Fantastic Film Festival, and its hallmark is Fancine. Oscar Marine (author of works made for Julio Médem, Álex de la Iglesia and Pedro Almodóvar) created the new logo and posters.[5]

In the 2010 edition, Fernando Ocaña, is appointed the new director. He will be responsible for managing the festival until 2013.[7]

Since 2014, a committee is in charge of the direction of the festival. This committee is constituted by members of the different academic sections of the University of Málaga: professors, students and administrative and services staff.

2016.[8]

The presentation of a selection of the best world film production of feature as well as short films of fantastic genre under all its variants (fantasy, science-fiction, terror, adventures, thriller, etc.), as well as promoting and disseminating the cinematographic culture. Furthermore, Fancine, being organized by the University of Málaga, a non-profit institution, attempts to create a more universal and affordable access to its offering of the best fantastic films.[9]

Over the years, a program of parallel activities as important as the film program has arisen, always with an academic character: lectures from specialists from the University of Málaga or other universities, encouragement of the university community participation, etc. Sometimes these activities span the dates of the festival, but they are organized under it: audiovisual campus, book editions, film premieres, etc.

Fancine Educational Project

Its main objective is to raise awareness of the importance and value of film and, in particular, of the fantastic genre, among children and young people from Málaga; as well as promoting an understanding of the University of Málaga among this audience, which represent the would-be pool of future academics.

• The actress Tippi Hedren was homaged before the screening of "The Birds" movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
• The actor Michael Ironside, known for his roles in fantastic genre productions, such as "Starship Troopers", "Total recall" and "The machinist".
• The actor Rutger Hauer was homaged for his role in "Blade Runner".
• The actress Linda Blair, main actress of "The Exorcist".
• The actress Susan George, main actress of "Straw dogs".
• The actors Jimmy Barnatán and Simón Andreu, homaged for their contribution to outstanding national and international productions of the fantastic genre.
• Narciso Ibáñez Serrador, colloquium meeting and screening of "Who can kill a child?" movie.
• Luis Eduardo Aute, colloquium meeting and screening of "A dog called pain" movie.

Other prominent personalities who attended Fancine include: directors Jorge Grau, Jesús Franco, Agustí Villaronga, Joaquim Jordá, Brian Yuzna and José Luis Garci, cinema historian Carlos Aguilar, writer Juan Manuel de Prada, fashion designer Elena Benarroch, actors John Phillip Law, Paul Naschy, Karra Elejalde, Dolph Lundgren, and Ivana Baquero.

• "Fancine Homepage". Fancine.org. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
• "European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation". Melies.org. Retrieved 15 July 2016.