The 37^th Brussels International Fantastic, Fantasy, Thriller and Science Fiction Film Festival will unspool from 9-21 April, and as usual, it will have a jam-packed programme that is sure to delight viewers hungry for genre films that will get their adrenaline pumping (and their blood spurting).

Almost 100 movies will be presented to audiences, including several eagerly awaited titles, such as Hellboy, Greta [+lee también:
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entrevista: Timo Vuorensola
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However, the festival also organises a European Competition, at the end of which a Silver Méliès is handed out. This section includes the Spanish film 7 Reasons to Run Away (from Society) [+lee también:
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As is often the case, Nordic thrillers will take the lion’s share of the selection. There are three of them this year: Finale by Soren Juul Petersen (Denmark), The Unthinkable [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Swedish collective Crazy Pictures (which won three awards at the Gérardmer Fantasy Film Festival) and Zoo by Antonio Tublen (Denmark/Sweden). They will be at the core of the Nordic Focus that has been rustled up by the festival, which aims to shine a spotlight on the sheer vitality of the genre-film industry of the Scandinavian countries.