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Fantasia International Film Festival

14 July – 3 August 2022

The Montreal festival is back with an in-person edition celebrating the latest, greatest fantasy, horror, science fiction, animé and unclassifiable yet fascinating films. It opens with Polaris and closes with Next Sohee. Alongside the screenings are a series of talks with filmmakers including John Woo and Kier-La Janisse, and a special award will be presented to producer Pierre David.

The festival runs from 14 July to 3 August.

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  • The Elderly
    Review preview for The Elderly

    Cerezo and Gómez remind us that we are living through some of the strangest days our world has known right now.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    An octogenarian, who enters into a state of dementia after the sudden suicide of his wife, sparks a series of paranormal events that will put his family's lives at risk.
  • Seire
    Review preview for Seire

    A slow burn of a film which disturbs and unsettles, recalling insomniac night and too-bright mornings, a familiar world where everything seems slightly askew.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A new father strives to protect his baby for the 21 days during which it is vulnerable to spiritual attack.
  • A Life On The Farm
    Review preview for A Life On The Farm

    The film is often more interesting as a study of privileged people’s beliefs than as a portrait of Charles himself.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A strange story from Somerset, England about a filmmaking farmer and the inspiring legacy of his long-lost home movies.
  • The Cow Who Sang A Song Into The Future
    Review preview for The Cow Who Sang A Song Into The Future

    The Cow Who Sang A Song Into The Future emerges as part of a growing body of work which is striving to address desperation with imagination, to find new ways to be.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Cecilia and her children travel to her ageing father’s dairy farm after he has a heart attack. Back in her childhood home, Cecilia is met by her mother, a woman dead for many years, whose presence brings to life a painful past chorused by the natural world around them.
  • Huesera
    Review preview for Huesera

    Wonderfully uncomfortable.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Valeria has long dreamed about becoming a mother. After learning that she’s pregnant, she expects to feel happy, yet something’s off. Nightmarish visions and an unshakeable paranoia have her questioning what she wants, and an ancient evil spirit may be the cause.
  • Missing
    Review preview for Missing

    Against this troubling backdrop, the killer seems less a disruptive influence and more an expression of widespread despair.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Following the death of his wife, Santoshi has sunk into depression and debt, much to the consternation of his daughter, high school student Kaede. To ease their debt, Santoshi tells Kaede he will track down a serial killer and collect the reward, but Santoshi disappears and Kaede must find out what happened to him.
  • The Pez Outlaw
    Review preview for The Pez Outlaw

    It’s small, sweet and not exactly filling, but it will definitely leave you with a craving for more.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Steve Glew spent the 1990s smuggling rare pez dispensers into the USA from Eastern Europe, making millions of dollars. It was all magical until his arch-nemesis, The Pezident decided to destroy him.
  • Vesper
    Review preview for Vesper

    A story which is, ultimately, about learning to think differently, to change the way that we direct our attention and resources in order to open up the possibility of renewal.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    At some point in the future the Earth’s ecosystem collapses. A tough 13-year-old called Vesper, whose father is paralysed, tries to get food for them wherever she can. When she finds a mysterious woman in the forest one day she starts to hope that things will change.
  • Speak No Evil
    Review preview for Speak No Evil

    Tafdrup chooses to follow the more familiar route, carrying events to a natural extreme, but in a way this lets the Danish couple off the hook.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.
  • Deadstream
    Review preview for Deadstream

    Comedy and horror are well balanced in a film which demonstrates a sharp understanding of social media but is also ready to deliver on the more explicitly gruesome side of the bargain

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A washed up internet personality tries to win back his followers by livestreaming himself spending one night alone in an abandoned haunted house.

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