Meet Carolina and Ricardo

Publicity still 'A Floresta das Almas Perdidas'

New publicity still for our feature film «The Forest of Lost Souls», featuring the two main characters: Carolina and Ricardo (as portrayed by Daniela Love and Jorge Mota).

"The lush undergrowth of The Forest of the Lost Souls cloaks manifolds secrets and stories of despair. The forest is Portugal’s most popular haven for victims of, and those contemplating, suicide.

 One summer morning, two strangers who have lost all hope in life enter the forest to escape, but find each other instead.  Ricardo (Jorge Mota) is an old and weary man. After his daughter Irene (Lilia Lopes) fell victim to a romantic pact gone wrong, she took her life in the glacial lake deep within the forest. Carolina (Daniela Love), an unstable hipster who finds fun in morbidity and death, befriends the man.  

Briefly distracted from committing suicide, they explore The Forest of the Lost Souls and the secrets it holds together. Dishonesty between the new friends leads them to discover darker, more terrifying secrets instead." Overview by Arielle Terpstra in splatsofblood.com

«The Forest of the Lost Souls» featured artist: CBMC

The song «March 1st» by CBMC is featured in the final act of «The Forest of the Lost Souls». «Cyberbully Mom Club» is a solo project by Shari Heck, from Philadelphia (USA). You can find more of her music in their official bandcamp site.

 

«The Forest of the Lost Souls» featured artist: No Vacation

The catchy summer song «Beach Bummer» by No Vacation is featured in a key moment of «The Forest of the Lost Souls».
«No Vacation» is a San Francisco based indie pop band that as duo between Sabrina Mai and Basil Saleh in 2015.
Find ‘Beach Bummer' and more of their music on Bandcamp.

Article on «The Forest of Lost Souls»

The horror blog 5D The Fifth Dimension has published an article and an interview about our film. You can read it here: http://stuart66.blogspot.pt/2016/07/the-forest-of-lost-of-souls.html

“The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it one gets through many a dark night.”

“The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it one gets through many a dark night.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

Sadness will last forever

«The Forest of the Lost Souls» team Q&A in Guimarães this week

Director José Pedro Lopes and producer Ana Almeida will attend May 25 the Shortcutz Guimarães Film Festival to screen the 2015 short «Your Audience» and a trailer for «The Forest of the Lost Souls», along with a Q&A about the upcoming feature film.

Interview article on Filmdoo

Filmdoo interviewed director José Pedro Lopes as the 2011 short «Survivalismo» is new featured in their service, and a lot of new information on «The Forest of the Lost Souls» was featured in the article. You can read it here.

Stop Motion sequence in the works

Our partners Creatura creating our film's opening sequence in stop motion.

German website 100 Years of Terror ranks "A Floresta das Almas Perdidas" as 9th most awaited film for 2016

The german film website 100 Years of Terror ranked "A Floresta das Almas Perdidas" (The Forest of the Lost Souls) as the 9th most anticipated horror film for 2016 (in a Top 13 ranking).
You can read it (in german) here.

«Forest of Lost Souls» at the European Film Market in Berlin

Anexo 82 was this week in Berlin to attend the European Film Market 2016 and promote «A Floresta das Almas Perdidas» (The Forest of the Lost Souls), with the support of our friends at Portugese Film Agency (ICA) and FEST - New Films New Directors Film Festival.

Promo materials at the Cinema Jam / FEST party

Promo material at the Portugal Cinema Stand

Anexo 82 featured at The Hollywood Report Daily nº1

Director José Lopes and Carolina get fruity for Cinema Jam

Find «The Forest of the Lost Souls» at the European Film Market in Berlin

Anexo 82 is attending the European Film Market in Berlin from Feb. 15 to Feb. 17 to promote «A Floresta das Almas Perdidas» (The Forest of the Lost Souls). Find us at the portuguese representation of the market.

Interview with director Jose Lopes and actress Daniela Love at The Blood Shed website

Carolina (Daniela Love) and Ricardo (Jorge Mota) walk in the forest

Horror film website The Blood Shed has released a new promotional still for "The Forest of the Lost Souls" and an exclusive interview with director Jose Pedro Lopes and actress Daniela Love. You can read it here: http://www.theblood-shed.com/jose-pedro-lopes-discusses-his-new-film-forest-of-lost-souls/

The Most Beautiful Suicide of Carolina (Promo Still + Production Notes)

Daniela Love as Carolina in «The Forest of the Lost Souls»

On this promotional still from «The Forest of the Lost Souls», Carolina (Daniela Love) looks as if she’s resting. Everything about her pose — her gloved hand clutching her necklace; her gently crossed ankles; her right hand with its gracefully curved fingers — suggests that she is momentarily quiet, perhaps thinking of her plans for later in the day, or daydreaming of her beau. Or maybe not.

This is a recreation of the iconic photograph of Evelyn McHale by Robert Miles, originally published by LIFE magazine in 1947. This picture remains, seven decades later, one of the most famous portraits of suicide ever made. The woman in the photo was 23-year-old Evelyn McHale. Not much is known of her life, or of her final hours.

But beyond the mystery of Evelyn McHale’s life and death, there is the equally profound mystery of how a single photograph of a dead woman can feel so technically rich, visually compelling and—it must be said—so downright beautiful so many years after it was made. There’s a reason, after all, why she is often referred to as “the most beautiful suicide”; why Andy Warhol appropriated Wiles’ picture for his Suicide: Fallen Body (1962); why once we look, it’s so hard to look away.

For its part, LIFE magazine captioned the picture with language that veers strikingly from the poetic to the elemental: “At the bottom of Empire State Building the body of Evelyn McHale reposes calmly in grotesque bier her falling body punched into the top of a car.”

Based on the this article by Time Magazine.

Photography credit:  
Daniela Love (actress),  
Francisco Lobo (photography),  
Voodoo Vixen (buy the Beatrice Dress here) 

«The Forest of the Lost Souls» featured artist: Hann Cassady

The mysterious song from The Forest of the Lost Souls's teaser trailer is «Smoke Break» by our featured artist, Hann Cassady.

Hann is a singer/songwriter recently relocated to the east coast from her hometown of chicago, il. She has released three EPs: 'Okay', 'American Spirit' and 'Love Bites'. She is currently working on her first LP.

Find 'Smoke Break' and more of her music on Bandcamp our LastFm.

Watch "Bad Cat" online, Creatura's debut stop motion short film

Creatura has just released their first short film, "Bad Cat" (Gata Má), an animated short film featured in festivals such as Motelx - Lisbon's Horror Film Festival and IndieLisboa.

Creatura is an artistic group created by Eva Mendes, Joana de Rosa and Sara Augusto, and one of the partners working on "The Forest of the Lost Souls" (A Floresta das Almas Perdidas). You can watch their debut short embed above.

Positive word-of-mouth for The Forest of the Lost Souls' first teaser trailer

Launched on December 11, the teaser trailer for «The Forest of the Lost Souls» was featured in fantasy website all over the world and received some very positive early word-of-mouth. Check out below.

"if this brief sneak peek is any indication, it’s going to be very unique."
dreadcentral.com

"The set-up sounds very interesting to me, and while the teaser trailer doesn't give you much at all to go on, it does feature some beautiful black and white cinematography."
 joblo.com

"The film is shot entirely in black and white in Northern Portugal and Spain. Based on the trailer below, the film looks incredibly beautiful. Pick any frame and print it on a canvas, it can hang in any art gallery and hold it’s own. The story is said to be a dark coming of age drama with a 70’s slasher feel. This unique combination leaves us incredibly intrigued as to how it will all play out."
weareindiehorror.com

"A coming-of-age slasher is a bizarre and unique genre mash-up ... the trailer is short, strange and surprisingly compelling... «The Forest of the Lost Souls» looks and sounds beautifully" bizarre."
Scream the Horror Magazine 

"It is a horror story into a drama about the advent of adulthood, an intelligent cross-gender characters to limit their feelings in an unusual and strange place. A film to consider."
elprimoderidleyscott.es

More about the film on these links:
Scream the Horror Magazine
Bloody Disguting
Dread Central

Trilha do Medo (BR)
Boca do Inferno (BR)
Horror Magazine (IT)

Sci-Fi World (PT)
Horror Society
Arrow in the Head / Jo Blo
El Primo de Ridley Scot (ES)
We Are Indie Horror
Horror Town USA

"The Forest of the Lost Souls" presented at the Shortcutz Film Festival in Viseu (Portugal)

The official teaser and exclusive live teaser for "The Forest of the Lost Souls" were screened on December 11 at the Shortcutz Film Festival in Viseu.
Director José Pedro Lopes and composer Emanuel Grácio were at an Q&A at the screening.
A doll version of Carolina (by the artist Maria Laroca), the protagonist of the film, and the actual portrait of Irene were also there.

Carolina as a Laroca Doll

Director and Composer signing some posters

Irene's portrait and some portcards

Teaser trailer now online

The teaser trailer for "A Floresta das Almas Perdidas" (The Forest of the Lost Souls) is now online. Discover the world's saddest place in the unlikely company of Ricardo, a family man, and Carolina, a mysterious hipster.

More on the film on Bloody Disguting and Boca do Inferno (in portuguese).

"Smoke Break", the song featured in the teaser trailer, is by Hann Cassidy.

Teaser Poster for «The Forest of the Lost Souls»

Teaser Poster for The Forest of the Lost Souls, a coming of age slasher film due 2016.
A film by Anexo 82 Produções 
Originally released via IMP Awards and IMDB.