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21 july 2021

  • Festivals

    Fantasia 2021 : panels and special events, accessible worldwide 

    While Fantasia 2021’s films are geo-blocked to Canadian audiences, all of the festival’s panels and special events are free and accessible worldwide, allowing these unique experiences to be enjoyed by fans on every corner of the Earth. In addition to the aforementioned artist talks by Shunji Iwai, Stephen Sayadian, and Phil Tippett, Fantasia is pleased to announce the following special events. (Presented in association with WarnerMedia...

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21 july 2021

  • Netflix

    Masters of the universe Revelation : Our review

    "Narratively, our series unfolds like the next episode of the 1980s animated series that aired from 1983 to 1985. It's a continuation of that story. We play with the original mythology and characters, and we revisit and dig deeper into some of the unresolved storylines. Visually, we also made a conscious decision to take inspiration from the Masters of the Universe toy line as well. Mattel has this whole vast library of artwork, so we wanted the series to open with...

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21 july 2021

  • Festivals

    Fantasia 2021 : Masterclass with the legendary Stephen Sayadian 

    In honor of the restoration of his seminal underground classic DR. CALIGARI, Stephen Sa-yadian will sit down and discuss his career; past, present, and future. The multi-talented artist got his start as the creative director for Larry Flynt publications, designed some of the most iconic film posters of the 1980s (including dressed to kill, The funhouse and The fog), and directed some of the most eye-popping and transgressive films of the era. Working under the pseudonym Rinse Dream,...

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21 july 2021

  • Festivals

    Fantasia 2021 :  a lifetime achievement award for stop-motion titan Phil Tippett

    From the original Star Wars trilogy to the millennial Twilight saga, on top of Robocop, Jurassic park and Starship troopers, Phil Tippett’s inventive, innova-tive, iconic stop-motion creations have become universally familiar elements of our collective imagination. Fantasia is proud to honour the director and visual effects master with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021 for his original vision and his contributions to the advancement of the craft. This proud moment...

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21 july 2021

  • Festivals

    Fantasia 2021 : Virtual masterclass & career achievement award to Shunji Iwai 

    For its 25th anniversary, Fantasia is proud to honour writer, director and video artist Shunji Iwai with a Career Achievement Award and play host to a special masterclass led by the esteemed filmmaker. His latest film, The 12 day tale of the monster that died in 8, previously announced as part of the Camera Lucida slate – designed as a relief film for the Japa-nese film industry during the Covid-19 pandemic – perfectly captures the all-too-online mo-ment in which we find...

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