Fantasia International Film Festival (also known as Fantasia-fest, FanTasia, and Fant-Asia) is a genre film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996. It focuses on niche, low budget movies in various genres, from horror to sci-fi. Regularly held in July/August, by 2016 its annual audience had already surpassed 100,000 viewers and outgrown even the Montreal World Film Festival.
By virtue of the reputation developed over the last two decades, Fantasia has been called the "most outstanding and largest genre film festival in North America".[1] Its mission is to promote genre, anti-Hollywood cinema and assist independent filmmakers. Fantasia has launched the careers of many modern auteurs. Since 2012, the festival has also held the Frontières cinema market that allows promising projects to find potential producers and distributors. In 2016, the Frontières announced collaboration with Marché du Film led by Cannes Film Festival.
Overview
Fantasia focuses on niche, low-budget films of various genres, from horror to science fiction, most of them non-PG. It grew from the Asian Film scene in Montreal and still has a significant shift to Asian cinematograph.[2]
Fantasia flagship section is named Cheval Noir, the winners are awarded with the festival's mascot statuette, a mighty black pegasus.[3] Apart from Cheval Noir, the festival includes New Flesh, Séquences, Camera Lucida, Satoshi Kon prize, and several other sections, while in the wrap of the event the audience. Every year, the program offers master-classes and special screenings, as well as world and American premieres, press-conferences and meetings with actors and directors.[4][5][1] In 2016, a new section Documentaries From the Edge was established.[6]
Since 1997, Mitch Davis has been the festival's creative director. According to Davis, Fantasia's mission is to open niche, genre, noncommercial movies from independent auteurs to the audience, and give them deserved attention.[6]Guillermo del Toro calls Fantasia a shrine to all geeks and a feast for those who love things completely unlovable to the most.[7]Bill Plympton treasures its anti-Hollywood atmosphere.[8] The audience at Fantasia is considered to be open-minded people with a good sense of humor and good, albeit somewhat unconventional, taste. Festival regulars say that audiences always meow loudly before the screening of feature films, a tradition that is still alive today.[9]
The fest has only two indoor locations, lots of events are held in usual cafes, restaurants, and karaoke-bars. The atmosphere is famous for its informal vibe, the screenings are open, no VIP zones are secluded and even the world famous directors and actors freely blend in the crowd.[6][10][11] By 2020, Fantasia had already been recognized as one of the most important cinema fests in North America. Founded by cinephiles and initially based on sheer enthusiasm, it was supported only with private money for more than a decade. Only when its audience surpassed that of WWF and FNC, it attracted governmental attention and further funding.[12][13] Since the mid-2010s, Fantasia has sold more than 100,000 tickets annually.[14][15]
New Flesh section is now considered "one of the world's premier launching pads for new voices in genre cinema".[1][16]
In 2012, Fantasia founded Frontières platform to promote genre films and help promising projects. For its first season, 12 projects were selected and then presented to producers and distributors. In 2013, Frontières was invited to host a European section at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival.[17][18] In 2016, Frontières announced joint program with the Cannes's Marché du Film: together they are to select and present promising projects to potential partners. Frontières was also offered to host its section of genre cinema at the Cannes Film Festival.[18][19][20][21]
In its more than two decades of history, Fantasia has made a significant contribution to Canadian film culture, built its audience and helped arthouse cinema emerge from the underground. In cinematic circles they talk about an outstanding Fantasia Generation of creators, who grew with the festival. For example, Roadkill Superstars were among the very first visitors. They even confess to forging documents to attend non-PG movies. Their Turbo Kid was funded and produced thanks to the Frontières.[22][23] Similarly, Fantasia and the Frontières helped Astron-6 and financed The Void, Radius, The Ranger, and many more.[24]
Fantasia by years
1996–2005
Fant-Asia 1996 was launched by "three Hong Kong new wave fanboys" Martin Sauvageau, André Dubois and Pierre Corbeil, who felt a growing local interest in Asian films and the desire to watch them on the big screen. The 1996 edition of the festival lasted for a whole month and featured six months worth of entirely Asian fantasy and action movies with a significant prevalence of Chow Yun-fat and Jet Li retrospectives.[25][5][26][27]
In 1998, Fantasia's Toronto edition premiered at the Bloor Cinema. That year, Tony Timpone joined the management team.[11][29]
2002 became the missed year for Fantasia due to problems with the main venue, Imperial Cinema. Only four months before the event, the theater announced cancellation because of the broken air conditioning system. Indeed, the theater was not repaired until 2004. Alternate bookings were not available. The lack of assurance for the 2003 festival meant a change in venue and so, Fantasia 2003 moved Concordia University.[30]
Fantasia 2003 was held for the first time on the Concordia University campus,[30] using the de Sève Cinema and Henry F. Hall Alumni Auditorium. This was also the first year that a DVD filled with movie trailers of movies shown at the festival was available for purchase with the festival guide book.
2006
Fantasia's 10th anniversary and 10th edition, the 2006 edition, is the first to feature free outdoor shows. The outdoors shows are at Parc de la Paix and are free. Outdoor projections included films from the previous editions: Kamikaze Girls, the last four episodes of Goldorak, Night of the Living Dorks and Attack the Gas Station. The indoor shows use the same Concordia University facilities as since the move to Concordia. The outdoor shows are several kilometres away from the indoor shows. The main prize was won by Blood Curse. With its 10th anniversary, Fantasia helped to launch an associated but separate Toronto festival Toronto After Dark Film Festival.[31]
2007
This edition was held from July 5 to July 23 at the Concordia University. In addition to the Hall hall and DeSeve hall, a third screening room has been added at the D.B. Clarke Theatre. There were, however, no outdoor shows this year. Montreal film Flutter received the award for best Quebec short feature.[32]Memories of Matsuko was selected as the best Asian feature film, in European program won the Hatchet. In animation the main prize went to We Are the Strange. A total of more than 81,000 tickets were sold for Fantasia 2007. Mitch Davis signed a first-look production deal with Paramount's Blumhouse Prods. to scout for new projects and foreign movies for potential remakes.[33]
Fantasia 2011 held 19 world premieres and a lineup of 134 movies from 25 countries.[43] The festival opened with the Canadian Premiere of Red State, other premieres included Final Destination 5. Also notable was the world premiere of the Swedish horror filmMarianne.[44][45]
The festival also featured the presentation to John Landis of a lifetime Achievement award, while Landis presented his new film Burke and Hare.[46]
2012
In 2012, Fantasia was held from 19 July to 7 August.[17] Its 90,000 audience exceeded WFF's, the festival was extensively covered in the world media.[47][48]
Fantasia-2015 had 22 world premieres, including Momentum. For the first time the festival introduced the VR-section. This year program featured Anguish, Wild City, Goodnight Mommy, and many more.[11][59]
Just a Breath Away won the main prize, however, some criticized that decision and mentioned that many other movies that year were better made, while in Just a Breath Away the leading cast lacked genuine emotions and delivered poorly. Nosipho Dumisa was awarded the Best Director prize for his Number 37. Cam won in the New Flesh section, its creator Isa Mazzei also was awarded with Cheval Noir Best Screenplay. Kim Da-mi became the Best Actress for her role in The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion. Microhabitat won in Camera Lucida section.[71][72]
2019
Fantasia 2019 lasted from July 11 to August 1.[2] That year's poster was created by Donald Caron and depicted new favourites of the audience – a luchador pug and enormous flying cat.[73] The lineup of more than 100 feature films and numerous shorts[74] included Ready or Not, Sadako, The Lodge, Vivarium, Killerman, Master Z: Ip Man Legacy, Satanic Panic, and many more.[75] The festival held a 25th anniversary screening of The Crow.[76]
Best Asian Feature went to Special Actors by Shinichiro Ueda, Best European/North-South American Feature – to The Mortuary Collection. Come True was honoured as the Most Groundbreaking film of the festival.[83]
The 25th anniversary edition featured 25 feature film world premieres, 12 international and 34 North American premieres. Opening film: Brain Freeze.[85]
The 26th edition of the festival was held from 14 July to 3 August 2022. In the festival over 130 features and 200 shorts were screened. The highlight of the festival was honouring John Woo, the Hong Kong-based filmmaker, with the Career Achievement Award.[86][87]
Audience Award, International Feature: The Artifice Girl, Franklin Ritch (gold); La Pieta, Eduardo Casanova (silver); Deadstream, Joseph and Vanessa Winter (bronze).[91]
Audience Award, Animated Feature: Princess Dragon, Anthony Roux and Jean-Jacques Denis (gold); Inu-Oh, Masaaki Yuasa (silver); Chun Tae-il: A Flame That Lives On, Jun-pyo Hong (bronze).[91]
Audience Award, Documentary: The Pez Outlaw, Amy Bandlien Storkel and Bryan Storkel (gold); Que le fan soit avec toi, Marc Joly-Corcoran (silver); Out in the Ring, Ry Levey (bronze).[91]
2023
The 27th edition of Fantasia was held July 20 – August 9.[92] Juried award winners were announced on July 30,[93] and Audience Award winners were announced on August 14.[94]
International Short — Gold: Get Away (USA, Michael Gabriele); Silver: Lollygag (USA, Tij D'oyen); Bronze: Dead Enders (USA, Fidel Ruiz-Healy & Tyler Walker)
Canadian Short — Gold: White Noise (Tamara Scherbak); Silver: Colin Carvey's Long Halloween (Aaron Peacock) and *666 (Abby Falvo); Bronze: #Bossbabe (Kassy Gascho) and Demon Box (Sean Wainsteim)
Quebec Short — Gold: Sacred Premonitions of the Celestial Light (Vic Caputo); Silver: If (Didier Charette); Bronze: Beat It (Thomas Lorber)
Asian Feature — Gold: The Roundup: No Way Out (South Korea, Lee Sang-yong); Silver: River (Japan, Junta Yamaguchi); Bronze: Phantom (South Korea, Lee Hae-young)
Asian Short — Gold: Foreigners Only (Bangladesh, Nuhash Humayun); Silver: Shoulder (South Korea, Kim Jaehyung); Bronze: Night of the Bride (India, Virat Pal)
Animated Feature — Gold: Kurayukaba (Japan, Shigeyoshi Tsukahara); Silver: The Concierge (Japan, Yoshimi Itazu); Bronze: The First Slam Dunk (Japan, Takehiko Inoue)
Animated Short — Gold: Hermit Island (Hungary, Gábor Mariai); Silver: Architect A (South Korea, Lee Jonghoon); Bronze: Jelly (Canada, Robin Budd)
Prix L'écran fantastique: Restore Point (Czech Republic, Robert Hloz)
Prix Mon Premier Fantasia — Gold: La Colline aux cailloux (Sweden/France, Marjolaine Perreten); Silver: Que se passe-t-il avec le ciel? (Spain, Irene Iborra); Bronze: Lost in the Laundry (Canada, Salem Preusse); Special Mention: Bedtime Story (Mexico/Russia, Nadia Samarina)
2024
The 28th edition of Fantasia was held July 18 – August 4.[95] The festival's opening film was Bookworm, by Ant Timpson,[96] and the festival closed with André Forcier's film Ababooned (Ababouiné).[97] Forcier received the festival's Prix Denis-Héroux in honour of his overall career achievements.
A special Trailblazer Award was presented to Canadian filmmaker Vincenzo Natali, the director of the influential science fiction thriller film Cube, which also received a special screening of a new 4K restoration on July 30, 2024.[98]
Video publications of Fantasia
Small Gauge Trauma (ASIN B000FOQ01Y)
Small Gauge Trauma is the name of the film shorts component of Fantasia. A DVD anthology of various shorts shown over various editions of Fantasia has been published.
Fantasia has published a subtitled VHS version of the Hong Kong film Red to Kill, for release in Quebec.
Run and Kill (ASIN B00007ELI5)
Fantasia has published a subtitled VHS version of the Hong Kong film Run and Kill, for release in Quebec.
Jackie Chan's Greatest Stunts
Fantasia has published a subtitled VHS version of the Hong Kong action scenes compilation Jackie Chan's Greatest Stunts Volumes 1 & 2, for release in Quebec.
Jackie Chan: My Stunts (ASIN B000067JH0)
Fantasia has published a subtitled VHS version of Jackie Chan's stunt action compilation My Stunts, for release in Quebec.
Jackie Chan: My Story (ASIN B000067JH1)
Fantasia has published a subtitled VHS version of Jackie Chan's autobiography My Story, for release in Quebec.
Trailer DVD
For the 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, and 2003 festivals, a DVD filled with trailers of some of the films being played has been provided for purchase.
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Literature
Grondin, Melanie (1999). Montreal & Quebec City: A Colourguide. Formac Publishing Company. p. 70. ISBN 9780887804748.
External links
Official website
Fantasia International Film Festival at FilmFreeway