Fantasia is not just the name of a beloved musical Disney film, it’a also a film festival held in Montreal, Quebec honoring genre films and filmmakers. This year’s lineup (which will be expanding) features the North American premieres of several films, including: pornographer turned slightly more mainstream director, Noboru Iguchi’s (Mutant Girls Squad, Karate-Robo Zaborgar) latest horror film, Live; Toshiaki Toyoda’s (Blue Spring) entry in the Crows Zero franchise (started by mega-director, Takashi Miike), Crows Explode; and The Search For Weng Weng, Andrew Leavold’s documentary about a 2’9″ action star from the Philippines.
There will also be a special screening of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s latest superhero flick, Guardians of the Galaxy. Internet personality/entertainer/critic, James Rolfe aka the Angry Video Game Nerd will be showing off his feature film debut (as director, writer, and star), Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie. Festival staple, Boyhood – Richard Linklater’s twelve year film project/experiment – will also be shown in its Quebec premiere.
The 2014 Fantasia Festival will be held from July, 17th to August, 5th.
Here’s the (as of now) lineup:
Among The Living
Dir: Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury
Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie
Dir: Kevin Finn and James Rolfe
Boyhood
Dir: Richard Linklater
Bros Before Hos
Dir: Steffen Haars and Flip Van Der Kuil
Cybernatural
Dir: Leo Gabriadze
Crows Explode
Dir: Toshiaki Toyoda
Dealer
Dir: Jean Luc Herbulot
Giovanni’s Island
Dir: Mizuho Nishikubo
The Harvest
Dir: John Mcnaughton
Han Gong-ju
South Korea Dir: Lee Su-jin
The Huntresses
Dir: Park Jae-hyun
I Origins
Dir: Mike Cahill
Into The Storm
Dir: Steven Quayle
Killers
Dir: The Mo Brothers
Kite
Dir: Ralph Ziman
Live
Dir: Noboru Iguchi
The Man In The Orange Jacket
Dir: Aik Karapetian
The Midnight Swim
Usa Dir: Sarah Adina Smith
Miss Granny
Dir: Hwang Dong-hyeuk
Monsterz
Dir: Hideo Nakata
Once Upon A Time In Shanghai
Dir: Wong Ching-po
Predestination
Dir: Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig
Puzzle
Dir: Eisuke Naito
The Reconstruction Of William Zero
Dir: Dan Bush
The Run
Dir: Ahmad Idham
Suburban Gothic
Dir: Richard Bates Jr
The Search For Weng Weng
Dir: Andrew Leavold
Sweet Poolside
Dir: Daigo Matsui
The White Storm
Dir: Benny Chan
Yasmine
Dir: Siti Kamaluddin