Nouvelles

13 august 2020

  • Festivals

    Fantasia 2020: Sanzaru in International Premiere on July 29th and September 1st

    Deriving its name from the three mystical apes who hear no evil, see no evil, and speak no evil, Xia Magnus’ Slamdance-selected debut Sanzaru is a film about generational trauma, and the consequences of turning a blind eye. In this chilling tale of the American Gothic pitched somewhere between Shirley Jackson and Ari Aster, Magnus embraces and breaks convention in equal measure, tackling issues of the alienation and isolation of displaced workers, alongside...

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13 august 2020

  • Festivals

    Fantasia 2020: Rom, North American Premiere on August 25th.

    Winner of the New Currents Award at the latest Busan Film Festival, Tran Thanh Huy’s ROM is an electrifying debut: a jolt of a film, shot with a great, street-savvy energy, and constant forward momentum. Carried by virtuoso, dizzying camerawork (recalling the stylized work of Anthony Dod Mantle on films such as Slumdog Millionnaire), Rom plunges the viewer headfirst into the underbelly of Ho Chi Minh City. Rom’s world is one of resourcefulness and petty...

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13 august 2020

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    Fantasia 2020 : Savage state American North Premiere August 29 and 31

    Missouri, 1863. As Americans fight out their civil war around them, a family of French colonists turns to mercenary gunslinger Victor (Kevin Janssens, Revenge) to lead them across the country to a safe port and escape to Paris. But the road to salvation is long, arduous, and fraught with peril, and tensions run high between meek patriarch Edmond, his pious wife Madeleine, their three daughters, freed-slave maid Layla, and their armed escorts. Will they make it to safety before the...

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12 august 2020

  • Festivals

    Fantasia 2020 : PVT chat , World Premiere

    Directed by Ben Hozie, frontman of Bodega, PVT Chat is a transgressive, kinky and darkly funny plunge into loneliness and intimate connections in an endlessly connected world. A film about the hyper-connectivity of contemporary life rooted in a verité New York City environment, PVT Chat explores relationships and sex filtered through an online medium. Fox and Vack channel vulnerability in their incredible lead performances, laying bare the intricacies of...

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12 august 2020

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    Fantasia 2020 : Project Dreams: How to Build Mazinger Z's Hangar, Internationale Premiere

    As fanciful as this premise may seem, Project Dreams: How to Build Mazinger Z's Hangar by Tsutomu Hanabusa (Kakegurui, also on the Fantasia 2020 lineup) is based on real facts. The fantasy marketing department of the engineering firm Maeda Corporation exists, as does the file on Mazinger Z's Hangar. Thanks to the imaginative screenplay by Makoto Ueda, who worked with animation master Masaaki Yuasa on the UFO Night is Short, Walk on girl, as well as on the charming...

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