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Fantasia International Film Festival · 2023

Fantasia International Film Festival 2023

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Hundreds Of Beavers

Review preview for Hundreds Of Beavers

What’s remarkable is that director Mike Cheslik manages to sustain this for so long.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
In this 19th century, supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Mike Cheslik; Writer: Mike Cheslik, Ryland Brickson Cole Tews; Stars: Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, Olivia Graves, Wes Tank, Doug Mancheski, Luis Rico, Jay Brown, Stephen Cervantes)

Full review See: Interview with Mike Cheslik and Ryland Brickson Cole Tews about Hundreds Of Beavers

The Moon, The Sky And You (The Moon, Sky And You)

Review preview for The Moon, The Sky And You

The primary impression which you’re likely to take away from the film is admiration for its moments of startling beauty and the romantic quality which it achieves amidst all of that violence.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
A shy teenage boy who is devoted to his pet fish falls for a girl who is caught up with a gang of teenage assassins.

(Country: Hong Kong; Year: 2023; Director: Hei Yau Lin; Writer: Cheuk Yin Pang, King Hei Yiu; Stars: Jayden Cheung, Yi Kwan Kwok)

Full review See: Interview with Lin Hei-yau about The Moon, The Sky And You