Nouvelles

08 august 2020

  • Festivals

    Fantasia 2020: Alone discover the trailer

    Many of us were waiting for the director of Universal soldier: day of reckoning (2012) to give us with Alone a new dose of action and suspense on the big screen. Alone is a thriller that will keep us on the edge of our seats thanks to the performances of Jules Wilcox and Marc Menchaca and the work of cinematographer Federico Verardi, Kohn Hyams (who is also co-editor) creates a solid and realistic suspense that will have its international premiere at the Fantasia...

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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: Shakespeare's Shitstorm in World Premiere

    25 years after Tromeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare's The Tempest becomes: #ShakespearesShitstorm a supreme satire with Kaufman sauce of this best of worlds, intolerant of different opinions, allergic to micro-aggressions and complaining excessively. Here comes back our dear uncle Lloyd and his gang of Tromanarchists, who give a well-deserved finger of honour to the ambient hyper-hypocrisy, and who laughs in the face of the United States of Decency. A hurricane of...

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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: 12 hour Shift

    Brea Grant (who also wrote and starred in the Fantasia 2020 film Lucky) has always shown real talent, both as an actress in films such as Rob Zombie's After Midnight and Halloween II, and as a writer and director for her work on the Emmy-nominated LGBTQ series Eastsiders. She has continued to impress the film community with her popular film Best Friends Forever (2020), a testament to her talent for telling poignant stories. It is finally with this second feature film...

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