Nouvelles

08 august 2020

  • Festivals

    Fantasia 2020 : Clapboard jungle

    So, you want to make a movie? The tools are getting easier and easier to acquire, but finding financing and distributing a feature film are bigger challenges than ever. These are the perilous waters that independent filmmakers like Justin McConnell have been navigating since the early 2000s, and which he explores in this documentary shot over a period of several years. Beginning with his childhood inspirations and aspirations, and continuing into adulthood while...

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08 august 2020

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    Fantasia 2020: Bleed with me, World Premiere

    With her first feature film Bleed with me, director Amelia Moses takes us into an intimate stay at the cottage where boundaries will be crossed and relationships will deteriorate. Bleed with me is a thriller with striking imagery that manages to paint the state of vulnerability and discomfort that can be experienced when exploring the issues of self-harm and social isolation. In its winter setting, Bleed with me made the most of its small budget. Since her...

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08 august 2020

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    Fantasia 2020: Beauty Water will do its North European Premiere

    Beauty is always superficial, but scenes of bodily horror still make us shudder to the bone. Adapted from a very popular web comic, Beauty Water is director Cho Kyung-hun's first feature film. Horror in animation is definitely very hard to achieve. We can hardly fear for the lives of drawn characters. After all, we've seen them so often crushed by pianos or anvils, and then carry on as if nothing had happened. Cho Kyung-hun decided to focus not on what might kill us, but...

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08 august 2020

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    Fantasia 2020: Slaxx will have its International Premiere

    "SLAXX is first and foremost a movie about killer pants! This totally insane idea came to Patricia Gomez Zlatar and me in a flash. Before we even knew it was going to be a critic of the fast-fashion industry, we wanted to see pants that kill!" - Elza Kephart Launched as part of Fantasia's Frontiers co-production market in 2017, Slaxx is the newest and most eccentric film by festival regular Elza Kephart (Graveyard alive, Fantasia 2003). Satisfying the...

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08 august 2020

  • Festivals

    Fantasia 2020: The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw

    Set during the 1973 harvest season, The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw is a strangely nightmarish horror drama, steeped in folklore, brimming with atmosphere and vibrant with imagery that will haunt your subconscious. Writer and director Thomas Robert Lee (Empyream) brings to life a disturbing and surprising occult horror film. The film gives the impression of stepping out of a veritable canton of mystical knowledge, while at the same time ranking among the darkest coming-of-age...

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