Nouvelles

16 august 2020

  • Festivals

    Fantasia 2020 : Hail to the deadites, World Premiere

    In 1981 Sam Raimi's horror film The Evil Dead was released and quickly became a cult film. Six years later came Evil Dead II, then in 1992, the third part Army of Darkness, still produced by the same team. Three films that made a big impact in fantasy cinema, and built up a huge fan community over the years. Hail to the deadites is about them, the Deadites which is the name given to demons in the film universe, but also the name borrowed by the biggest fans of the...

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16 august 2020

  • Festivals

    Fantasia 2020 : The legend of Barion To’a North September 2

    Following a strong run of Kiwi television, director Kiel McNaughton makes his feature debut with an action-comedy small in scale but big on stakes. Uli Latukefu (soon to appear in Taika Waititi’s Next goal wins) gives a charismatic turn as Fritz, supported by a talented Polynesian cast (including THE Matrix Reloaded’s Nathaniel Lees and Attack of the Clones’ Jay Laga’aia) that delivers comedy and pathos in a seamless blend of English and...

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15 august 2020

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    Fantasia 2020 : Unearth, World Premiere Augut 25 and 30

    The realities of an impending environmental crisis are released from the shadows in Unearth. Not only revealing the dangers of fracking, but also exposing growing hardships faced by independent farmers, rural communities and families, John C. Lyons and Dorota Swies’s cinematography and direction immerse you in a world that is all too familiar but also exceedingly haunting and foreign. This, combined with a killer soundtrack and some truly disturbing gore, will have you at the...

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15 august 2020

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    Fantasia 2020 : Tiny Tim – King for a day , World Premiere

    “I have got to know a person, so extraordinary,that it’s hard to imagine.” - Johan Von Sydow This, however, is not a typical story of fame won and lost, because Tiny Tim was by no means a typical talent, 100% genuine and 100% original. Tiny Tim may only have been King for a day, but for that day he reigned like no other. The definitive documentary on Tiny Tim has been a long time coming, and Johan von Sydow's Tiny Tim – King for a day is just that, a...

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15 august 2020

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    Fantasia 2020 : Time of Moulting en North American Premiere

    An entrancing debut (made at the Baden-Württemberg film school in Ludwigsburg!) and one of the major discoveries from this year’s Rotterdam Film Festival, Sabrina Mertens’ Time of Moulting unfolds as series of beautifully planned shots; a films composed of dense, domestic still lives, intricate tableaux vivants – all beautifully rendered in earthy, amber hues – which slowly morph into a disturbing portrait of one woman’s steady...

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