Nouvelles

09 august 2020

  • Festivals

    Fantasia 2020 : The mortuary collection , Quebec Premiere

    The Mortuary Collection is an 2019 American horror anthology film written and directed by Ryan Spindell. It stars Clancy Brown, Caitlin Custer, Christine Kilmer, Jacob Elordi, Barak Hardley, Sarah Hay and Mike C. Nelson. It had its world premiere at Fantastic Fest on September 22, 2019. At Raven’s End Mortuary, Montgomery Dark (Clancy Brown) presides over the funeral rites of corpses whose histories he keeps recorded in the countless books on his...

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09 august 2020

  • Festivals

    Fantasia 2020 : For the sake of vicious, World Premiere

    Gabriel Carrer (The demolisher) and Reese Eveneshen (Detective) have combined their cinematic prowess to create this brutal and thrilling DIY film. Lora Burke's talent is irrefutable from the very first scenes, brilliantly inaugurating the intense dramatic situation in which these characters are entangled. Made in only 15 days, full of practical special effects and stunts performed by the actors themselves, it's a real head-on collision imagined by these creative...

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09 august 2020

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    Fantasia 2020: Dinner in America makes its Quebec Premiere

    "Dinner in America is my love letter to the early '90s punk scene in Lincoln, Nebraska that served as the backdrop for my formative years. I grew up playing in bands and spent the better part of two decades 4-tracking in a series of basements, apartments, and lockouts. The DIY ethic instilled through those experiences has informed my creative process and approach to filmmaking. Dinner in America represents the first film in which I've been able to showcase that spirit within a narrative. At...

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08 august 2020

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    Fantasia 2020 : Detention, Canadian Premiere

    At once a shocking historical drama, a melancholy initiatory tale and a terrifying horror film, Detention was covered with awards at the Taipei Golden Horse Awards and garnered praise at several festivals including Rotterdam, Busan and Fantasporto, where it received the Special Jury Prize. Adapted from the eponymous video game, this masterful debut feature from director and co-writer John Hsu creates a whimsical metaphorical universe of a gloomy metaphorical universe...

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08 august 2020

  • Festivals

    Fantasia 2020 : Class action park will have its International Premiere

    Imagine this: after a long wait, it is finally your turn to sit on the edge of the slide that will send you into a swimming pool, for your greatest pleasure and fun. But when you are about to launch yourself, you notice something: there is no light in the slide. It is completely dark. As you're being pushed by an underpaid teenager from New Jersey, you realize not only that you have no idea what's going on, but also that this slide is far from comfortable. It hurts...

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