A SCARY MOVIE by Sergio Oksman

Pressbook      Teaser 1

During the summer vacations, a documentary filmmaker and his 12-year-old son stay in an abandoned hotel in Lisbon: an empty hotel like the one in the movie The Shining. The boy is haunted by stories of monsters and ghosts. But during their stay in Lisbon, other ghosts emerge: that of the first Portuguese serial killer and that of men who suddenly go berserk and abandon their families.

San Sebastian IFF (Zabaltegi Tabakalera competition opening film), Warsaw IFF (main competition),  DocLisboa, Viennale, DokLeipzig, Festival dei Popoli, Sevilla EFF, idfa a.o.

"Breathing humanity and cinephilia" - Fernando Bernal OTROS CINES EUROPA

"a magnificently formed film, where the ephemeral and the eternal come together in an exquisite combination" - Mariana Hristova CINEUROPA

"If A Scary Movie is a splendid film, it is because it leaves all those obviousness aside to become the impossible possibility of fiction. Or the possible impossibility of filming fiction today, a solid and compelling story." - Carlos Losilla CAIMAN CUADERNOS DE CINE

"Sergio Oksman has created a complex, thoughtful film about the power of memory and the ghosts of the past – a quiet film that lingers in the viewer's mind long after the credits roll." - Rouven Linnarz FILM-REZENSIONEN.DE

Cast
Nuno Oksman, Daniel Blaufuks, Ana Moreira, Sergio Oksman

Crew
Director, writer: Sergio Oksman / Cinematographer: Jorge Rojas, Francisco Marise / Editor: Ana Pfaff, Moncho Fernández, Sergio Oksman / Sound: Nuno Carvalho  / Music: Amy Fajardo / Art Director: Nadia Henriques / Producer: Sergio Oksman, Fernando Franco, Joao Matos / Production Company: Dok Films, Ferdydurke, Terratreme

Technical Information
Original Title: Una Película de Miedo / shot in 4K / available for screenings in DCP / color / image format: 1:1.66 / 72 min / sound format 5.1 / original language: Spanish and Portuguese with English, Spanish, Portuguese or Brazilan subtitles / Spain, Portugal 2025