MONSTRO – Jacareí Fantastic Film Festival is a festival dedicated to the appreciation, promotion and celebration of fantastic cinema, bringing together Brazilian, Latin American and international productions that explore different ways of imagining, provoking, frightening and surprising audiences.
With space for horror, fantasy, science fiction, surrealism, trash, gore, underground and experimental cinema, as well as hybrid forms and languages, the festival seeks to showcase diverse and original works while bringing filmmakers, artists, audiovisual professionals and audiences together.
Held in Jacareí, in the Paraíba Valley of São Paulo, MONSTRO also values local and regional film production, creating opportunities for emerging filmmakers, students and independent creators to present their work and expand their presence within the fantastic film circuit.
In addition to film screenings, the festival promotes activities that bring audiences closer to the audiovisual universe, including discussions, talks, meetings, cultural activities and special screenings, contributing to audience development and the circulation of fantastic cinema.
Above all, MONSTRO is a space for films that go beyond the conventional, celebrating creativity, imagination, the strange, the absurd and all the possibilities that emerge when cinema dares to go beyond reality.
