Festivals - Fantastic Fest 2021 : First day Recap 

By Mulder, 25 september 2021

Fantastic Fest 2021 is officially in full swing! Day 1 kicked off with the U.S. Premiere of the highly anticipated Titane, the World Premiere of There’s someone inside your house, a book signing for Warped and Faded: weird wednesday and The birth of the american genre film archive, and more! We’re excited to keep the party going with you and see what the rest of the fest has in store!  

Rad

Directed by Hal Needham
Written by Geoffery Edwards, Sam Bernard
Produced by Robert L. Levy
Starring  Bill Allen, Lori Loughlin, Talia Shire, Ray Walston
Cinematography : Richard Leiterman
Edited by Carl Kress
Music by James Di Pasquale
Production company : TaliaFilm II Productions
Distributed by TriStar Pictures
Release date : March 28, 1986 (United States)
Running time : 91 minutes
Synopsis : The story of one young man, Cru Jones, who has the intensity and desire to win a BMX race called Helltrack.
Here you can found the Rad 35th anniversary screening w/ Bill Allen and 512 Wheelie Crew photos.
(Photo Credit: Alison Naro)

Titane

Wrtten and directed by Julia Ducournau
Produced by Jean-Christophe Reymond
Starring  Agathe Rousselle, Vincent Lindon, Garance Marillier, Laïs Salameh
Cinematography : Ruben Impens
Edited by Jean-Christophe Bouzy
Music by Jim Williams
Production companies : Kazak Productions, Frakas Productions, Arte France Cinéma, VOO, BeTV
Distributed by Diaphana Distribution (France)
Release date : 13 July 2021 (Cannes), 14 July 2021 (France)
Running time : 108 minutes
Synopsis : After a series of unexplained crimes, a father finds his son who has been missing for 10 years. Titanium: A metal that is highly resistant to heat and corrosion, resulting in very hard alloys.
Here you can found the Arrival/Photo Call and the Opening Night Intro w/ Opening Night  photos.
(Photo Credit: Jack Plunkett)

There’s someone inside your house 

Directed by Patrick Brice
Screenplay by Henry Gayden
Based on There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins
Produced by Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, James Wan, Michael Clear
Starring  Sydney Park, Théodore Pellerin, Asjha Cooper, Jesse LaTourette,Diego Josef
Cinematography : Jeff Cutter
Edited by Michel Aller
Music by Zachary Dawes
Production companies : Atomic Monster, 21 Laps
Distributed by Netflix
Release date : September 23, 2021 (Fantastic Fest), October 6, 2021 (United States)
Running time 96 minutes
You can found the official Arrival/Photo Call photos here
(Photo Credit: Jack Plunkett)

Fantastic Fest is an annual film festival in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 2005 by Tim League of Alamo Drafthouse, Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool News, Paul Alvarado-Dykstra, and Tim McCanlies, writer of The Iron Giant and Secondhand Lions. The festival focuses on genre films such as horror, science fiction, fantasy, action, Asian, and cult. The festival takes place in September at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, filling eight screens for eight days and hosting many writers, directors, and actors, either well-established or unknown. 

(Source  : press release)