28th Fantasia International Film Festival explained
The 28th Fantasia International Film Festival was held from 18 July to 4 August, 2024 in Montréal, Canada.[1] [2]
Juries
Compétition Cheval Noir
New Flesh Competition for Best First Feature
- Rain Rannu, Estonian filmmaker – Jury President
- Sapna Moti Bhavnani, Indian filmmaker
- Éric S. Boisvert, Canadian filmmaker
- Amelia Moses, Canadian filmmaker
International Short Film Competition
- Heidi Honeycutt, American film critic – Jury President
- Jean Anne Lauer, American professor and festival programmer
- Emily Lerer, Canadian filmmaker
- Gary Pullin, American illustrator
- Alex Williams, American film acquisitions executive
Satoshi Kon Award for Excellence in Animation
- Johane Matte, Canadian story artist – Jury President
- Jonathan Alvarez, American film acquisitions executive
- Elizabeth E. Schuch, American filmmaker
DGC Audience Award for Best Canadian Film
- Philip Kalin-Hajdu, Canadian filmmaker – Jury President
- Caroline Labrèche, Canadian filmmaker
- Francesco Giannini, Canadian filmmaker
- Serena Whitney, Canadian film programmer and filmmaker
- Trevor Anderson, Canadian filmmaker
Poulain Noir
- Luca Jalbert, French-Canadian filmmaker – Jury President
- Livia Gilbert, French-Canadian comedian
- Vincent Feller, French-Canadian comedian
Jury AQCC – Camera Lucida
- Alexandre Fontaine Rousseau, French-Canadian film critic – Jury President
- Prune Paycha, French-Canadian film critic and photographer
- Guillaume Potvin, French-Canadian film critic
L'écran Fantastique Jury
- Yves Rivard, French-Canadian film critic
Films
Selection 2024
Compétition Cheval Noir
New Flesh Competition
Animation Plus
Feature films
Short films
| Title | Director(s) | Production country | Ref. |
|---|
| Amy and Frog | Paul Williams | United Kingdom, China | |
| Bottled Thunder | Leong Jo | China | |
| Bulusan and Agigngay: The Cry of Mampak | Gary George Clotario | Philippines | |
| The Exorcist, Kim Rina | Yeonhoo Kim, Sugyeon Shin, Sumin Lim | South Korea | |
| Game Show | Fei Chen | China | |
| Lantern Blade Episode 1 | Ziqi Zhu | China | |
| Lantern Blade Episode 2 | |
| Lantern Blade Episode 3 | |
| Macguffin | Jihye Yang | South Korea | |
| Maidens of the Ripples | Soma Michiko | Japan | |
| Mecha-Ude Episode 1 | Sae Okamoto | Japan | | |
Documentaries From The Edge
Fantasia Retro
The Fantasia Retro section honors feature works that shaped the history of genre filmmaking.[7]
Feature films
Short films
Genre Du Pays
Anime no bento 2024
The Anime no bento program features highlights from new anime releases.[9]
| Title | Director(s) | Production country | Ref. |
|---|
| First Line | Tina | Japan | |
| Maidens of the Ripples | Soma Michiko | |
| The True Shape of a Daisy | Naoki Arata | |
| Kamigoroshi: Prologue | Tomoyuki Niho | |
| Okuninushi and Sukunabikona | Akitoshi Yokoyama | |
| String Dance from the film TAISU | Shuhei Morita | | |
Circo Animato 2024
The Circo Animato section of the festival showcases new animated short films from around the world.
| Title | Director(s) | Production country | Ref. |
|---|
| African American Express | Sydnie Baynes | Canada | [10] |
| Anthropocene | Huang Yun-Sian, Raitow Low | Taiwan | |
| The Beasts | Michael Granberry | United States | |
| Extremely Short | Kōji Yamamura | United States, Japan | |
| Formes | Tsz-wing Ho | Hong Kong | |
| Haru-tsuge Fish and Fu-rai Boy | Takeshi Yashiro | Japan | |
| Itch | Maggie Zeng | Canada | |
| Mothership: The Awakening | Joseph Burrascano | United States | |
| A New Account of Tales of the World | Meiyi Che | China | |
| Number 32. Giant Fish | Seunghyun Si | South Korea | |
| Pantheon Bird | Eunyoung Choi, Asami Murakoshi | Japan | |
| The Parade | Ryan Benjamin Lee | United States, Singapore | |
| Trumpet Voice | David Monarte Serna, Pilar Smoje Gueico | Chile | |
| The Wedding Veil of the Proud Princes | Anna-Ester Volozh | United Kingdom | |
| Weiqi Fantasy | Yuanru Liu | China | |
| The Yearbook | Charlie Galea McClure | Canada | | |
Sepentrion Shadows
The Sepentrion Shadows program features works from the northern regions of Canada.[11]
Feature films
| Title | Director(s) | Production country | Ref. |
|---|
| Dark Match | Lowell Dean | Canada | |
| Darkest Miriam | Naomi Jaye | |
| Frankie Freako | Steven Kostanski | |
| The G | Karl R. Hearne | |
| Kryptic | Kourtney Roy | |
| Scared Shitless | Vivieno Caldinelli | |
| Self Driver | Michael Pierro | |
| The Silent Planet | Jeffrey St. Jules | |
| Sunburnt Unicorn | Nick Johnson | | |
Short films
| Title | Director(s) | Production country | Ref. |
|---|
| Art Baby | Pony Nicole Herauf | Canada | |
| Bath Bomb | Colin G. Cooper | |
| Bladder Shy | Joel Goundry | |
| Can't Sleep | Liam O'Connor-Savaria | |
| Dealer | Alfio Foti | |
| Dirty Bad Wrong | Erica Orofino | |
| The Door | Alexander Seltzer | |
| For Rent | Michèle Kaye | |
| Hell Is a Teenage Girl | Stephen Sawchuk | |
| How To Stay Awake | Vanessa Magic | |
| My Son Went Quiet | Ian Bawa | |
| Ring Neck | Vasili Manikas | |
| The Second | Taylor Ramos and Tony Zhou | |
| The Shitty Ride | Cole Doran | |
| Shiva | Josh Saltzman | |
| Thank You | Summer Lynn Gillespie and Carlo Quicho | |
| What the Hell | Valerie Barnhart | |
| Wildmen of the Greater Toronto Area | Solmund MacPherson | |
| You Don't Read Enough | Noa Kozulin | |
| You Have Reached Your Destination | Ryan Couldrey | |
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Underground
The Underground program features works from international regions of the world.[12]
Awards
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Foreman . Alison . Fantasia Fest 2024 Announces Its Stellar Final Lineup with 'Ababouiné', 'In Our Blood', and More . Indiewire . 3 July 2024.
- Web site: Montreal's Fantasia International Film Festival Unveils 'Bookworm' Starring Elijah Wood as Opening Film, Plus Second Wave of Titles (EXCLUSIVE) . Carson . Lexi . Variety . June 6, 2024 . August 21, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240606152923/https://variety.com/2024/film/festivals/fantasia-international-film-festival-bookworm-elijah-wood-1236024007/ . June 6, 2024 . live.
- Web site: Competitions . Fantasia Festival . 3 July 2024.
- Web site: All Films: Selection 2024. Fantasia Festival . 10 July 2024.
- Web site: All Films . Fantasia Festival . 3 July 2024.
- Web site: Fantasia's 28th Edition Awards Filmmaker Mike Flanagan, Closes with the World Premiere of André Forcier's Ababouiné . . July 3, 2024.
- Web site: All Films: Fantasia Retro . Fantasia Festival . 9 July 2024.
- Web site: All Films: Genre Du Pays . Fantasia Festival . 9 July 2024.
- Web site: Anime no bento . Fantasia Festival . 9 July 2024.
- Web site: All Films: Circo Animato 2024 . Fantasia Festival . 9 July 2024.
- Web site: All Films: Sepentrion Shadows . Fantasia Festival . 9 July 2024.
- Web site: All Films: Underground . Fantasia Festival . 10 July 2024.
