Fantasia International Film Festivalis doing something very exciting this year. While many film fests have postponed or been cancelled outright in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Fantasia is keeping the spotlight on the indie an international genre movies that too often fly under the radar by bringing the entire film festival online. From screenings to Q&As and seminars, Fantasia attempting to keep the cinephile festival experience alive digitally (though the fest will be geo-locked to Canadian viewers) and they just unveiled a pretty impressive second wave of titles.
If you missed it,you may scope out the first wave announcement here.Some of the standouts among the new titles includePVT Chat, which starsUncut GemsbreakoutJulia Foxas a camgirl with a customer that might be a little too devoted,The StrangersandThe MonsterfilmmakerBryan Bertino’s next horror filmThe Dark and the Wicked,andCrazy Samurai Musashi, which stars martial artistTak Sakaguchiin “a long-in-the-making, unique take on swordsman Musashi Miyamoto’s most fabled battle,” which is shot as a single 77-minute action sequence. That’s Fantasia, folks! Always a wild and wonderful assortment of films.
Check out the full list of second wave titles below and head to the
Dir. Marc Menchaca
International premiere
Beauty Water(South Korea)
Dir. Cho Kyung-hun
North American premiere
Bleed With Me(Can)
Dir. Amelia Moses
World premiere
The Block Island Sound(US)
Dirs. Kevin & Matthew McManus
Class Action Park(US)
Dirs. Seth Porges & Chris Charles Scott III
Climate Of The Hunter(US)
Dir. Mickey Reece
Quebec premiere
The Columnist(Neth)
Dir. Ivo van Aart
Crazy Sumari Musahi(Jap)
Dir. Yûji Shimomura
Canadian premiere
The Dark And The Wicked(US)
Dir. Bryan Bertino
Detention(Taiwan)
Dir. John Hsu
La Dosis(Arg)
Dir. Martin Kraut
The Five Rules Of Success(US)
Dir. Orson Oblowitz
World Premiere
For The Sake Of Vicious (Can)
Dirs. Gabriel Carrer & Reese Eveneshen
Fugitive Dreams(US)
Dir. Jason Neulander
I Weirdo(Taiwan)
Dir. Liao Ming-Yi
Jesters: The Game Changers(South Korea)
Dir. Kim Joo-ho
Life: Untitled(Japan)
Dir. Kana Yamada
Me And Me(South Korea)
Dir. Jung Jin-young
A Mermaid In Paris(Fr)
Dir. Mathias Malzieu
Minor Premise(US)
Dir. Eric Schultz
My Punch-Drunk Boxer(South Korea)
Dir. Jung Hyuk-ki
The Oak Room(Can)
Dir. Cody Calahan
Project Dreams -How To Build Mazinger Z’s Hangar(Jap)
Dir. Tsutomu Hanabusa
The Prophet And The Space Aliens (Isr-Aust-South Africa)
Dir. Yoav Shamir
PVT Chat(US)
Dir. Ben Hozie
Sanzaru(US)
Dir. Xia Magnus
International Premiere
Savage State(Fr-Can-Bel)
Dir. David Perrault
Slaxx(Can)
Dir. Elza Kephart
Vertigo(South Korea)
Dir. Jeon Gye-soo
