All Fantasia articles
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Reviews
‘Rita’: Fantasia Review
Jayro Bustamante takes inspiration from a real-life Guatemalan children’s home tragedy for this follow-up to ’La Llorona’
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News
Revenge thriller ‘Steppenwolf’ lands North America, UK distribution ahead of Fantasia (exclusive)
The film is produced by Alexander Rodnyansky of Oscar-nominated ‘Leviathan’.
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Reviews
‘The Beast Within’: Fantasia Review
Kit Harington stars in this atmospheric British horror in which a young girl confronts her family’s darkest secret
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Reviews
‘Bookworm’: Fantasia Review
Elijah Wood headlines New Zealand-set Fantasia opener as a hapless father helping his daughter track a mythical giant panther
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News
Fantasia 2024 unveils full programme, with career award to be presented to Mike Flanagan
The world premiere of André Forcier’s ’Ababouine’ will close the festival on August 4.
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Features
14 films to watch from the summer festivals
Includes titles from Locarno, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Annecy, Karlovy Vary, Bifan, Karlovy Vary, New York Asian Film Festival, Galway and Fantasia.
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News
Pascal Plante’s Fantasia winner ‘Red Rooms’ scores US distribution deal (exclusive)
Film is repped by Montreal-based H264.
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Reviews
‘New Life’: Fantasia Review
Two women embark on a cat-and-mouse chase through America’s Pacific Northwest in this slow-burn debut
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News
Raven Banner takes ‘Hundreds Of Beavers’ for international (exclusive)
The Canadian comedy screened last week at the Fantasia festival.
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Reviews
‘Late Night With The Devil’: Fantasia Review
David Dastmalchian’s TV host unwittingly unleashes hell in this Seventies-set found footage chiller
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‘What You Wish For’: Fantasia Review
Nick Stahl is a chef who finds himself in hot water in Nicholas Tomnay’s slick, if flavourless, thriller
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‘Empire V’: Fantasia Review
Banned in Russia, this fantasy feature sees the country ruled over by an elite, secret conclave of vampires
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Reviews
‘Aporia’: Fantasia Review
A grieving woman is given the opportunity to rewrite history in this time bending drama
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‘Hippo’: Fantasia Review
Mark H. Rapaport’s feature debut is a black-and-white checklist of transgressions set in 1990s America
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‘Sympathy For The Devil’: Fantasia Review
Nicolas Cage deploys his trademark crazy as an armed stranger who takes an ordinary man for a terrifying ride
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‘Stay Online’: Fantasia Review
This ’screenlife’ thriller was shot in Ukraine against the backdrop of the current Russian invasion
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‘Mami Wata’: Fantasia Review
A West African village finds itself at a spiritual crossroads in CJ ‘Fiery’ Obasi’s striking third feature
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Features
Fantasia’s Mitch Davis salutes “very dark” opening film ‘Red Rooms’ on eve of Montreal festival
The genre extravaganza includes tributes to Korean cinema and trailblazing Canadian filmmaker Larry Kent.
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News
Nicolas Cage career award, closing film among Fantasia third wave announcements
Montreal event runs July 20-August 9.
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Reviews
‘Restore Point’: Karlovy Vary Review
Ambitious Czech thriller is set in a near future where dead bodies can be restored to life