Festivals - Fantasia 2021 : Juries and competitions 

By Mulder, 21 july 2021

Fantasia is pleased to announce the 2021 Cheval Noir competition titles: 
All the moons – Spain / France, Dir. Igor Legarreta 
The devil’s deal – South Korea, Dir. Lee Won-tae 
Hellbender – USA, Dirs. Toby Poser, John Adams, Zelda Adams 
Ghosting gloria – Uruguay, Dirs. Marcela Matta, Mauro Sarser 
The great yokai war - GUARDIANS – Japan, Dir. Takashi Miike HOTEL POSEIDON – Belgium, Dir. Stef Lernous 
Indemnity – South Africa, Dir. Travis Taute 
Love, life and goldfish – Japan, Dir. Yukinori Makabe 
Martyrs lane – UK, Dir. Ruth Platt 
Remain in twilight – Japan, Dir. Daigo Matsui 
The righteous – Canada, Dir. Mark O'Brien 
Tokyo revengers – Japan, Dir. Tsutomu Hanabusa 
Voice of silence – South Korea, Dir. Hong Eui-jeong 
Wonderful paradise – Japan, Dir. Masashi Yamamoto 

The following industry professionals make up the Fantasia 2021 juries: 

Cheval noir competition 
Agnieszka Smoczyńska (Jury President) – Poland – Director, Screenwriter Kambole Campbell – UK – Writer, Critic 
Paula Devonshire – Canada – Producer 
Mónica García Massagué - Spain – Author, Professor, General Manager of the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival 
Simon Rumley – UK – Director, Author 

New flesh competition for best first feature 
Kim Newman (Jury President) – UK – Author, Critic, Broadcaster 
Jill Gevargizian – USA – Director, Screenwriter, Producer 
Gigi Saul Guerrero – Mexico – Director, Screenwriter 
Brian O'Malley – Ireland – Director, Screenwriter 
Myriam Sassine – Lebanon - Producer, Co-Founder of the Maskoon Fantastic Film Festival INTERNATIONAL SHORT 

Film competition
Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani (Co-Jury Presidents) – Belgium – Directors, Screenwriters Prano Bailey-Bond – UK – Director, Screenwriter 
Yfke van Berckelaer – Netherlands – Director, Screenwriter 
Faye Jackson – Scotland – Director, Screenwriter 

Aqcc camera lucida competition - Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma (Québec Critic's Association) 
Jean-Marie Lanlo – Canada – Critic, Publisher 
Martin Gignac – Canada – Critic 
Claire Valade – Canada – Critic 

Axis animation competition 
Hefang Wei (Jury President) – France – Director, Artistic Director, Co-founder of Weilaï Productions 
Ashkan Rahgozar – Iran – Director, Writer, Founder and CEO of Hoorakhsh Studi-os Kalp Sanghvi – India – Director, Writer, Co-founder of Ghost Animation Collec-tive 

The festival passport is already on sale online and individual tickets, for both virtual and theatrical screenings, will go on sale Friday, July 23rd at 1PM EDT.

The 25th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival will be presented by Videotron in collaboration with Desjardins, and will be made possible thanks to the financial assistance of the Government of Quebec, SODEC, Telefilm Canada, the City of Montreal, the Conseil des arts of Montreal and Tourisme Montréal. A final wave of Fantasia 2021 titles will be announced in late July, with ticket sales commencing shortly afterwards. Mrs. Van Houten, a woman who seems to be losing touch with reality, and her treatment un-der Dr. Caligari, who diagnoses her with a "disease of the libido." 

For more information, visit us on the web at www.fantasiafestival.com

(Source : press release)