Fantasia Video capsule July 25-28!
Monday, August 16th, 2010 at 16:53 | Articles and Essays, Fantasia Festival, Photos and VideosThanks to everyone for an amazing festival!
Alliance Vivafilm trailer for MESRINE features Fantasia testimonials!
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 at 3:41 | Articles and Essays, Daily Updates, Fantasia Festival, Press about FantasiaToday we were sent a link to Alliance Vivafilm’s online trailer for the explosive duo of MESRINE films featuring Vincent Cassel and Fantasia guest Roy Dupuis, and it features testimonials from the Fantasia audience who were at our screening on July 28th!
Fantasia : a success story!
Sunday, August 8th, 2010 at 16:01 | Articles and Essays, Daily Updates, Fantasia Festival, Press about FantasiaIt is with great pleasure that we share the following article with you, published in today’s La Presse. In it, journalist Marc-Andre Lussier discusses the general state of Montreal’s festivals and cites Fantasia as a prime example of a success story. As such, he recalls Brendan Kelly’s story, issued in yesterday’s La Gazette. You can [...]
Salutations and commendations for the completion of Fantasia’s 14th year!
Saturday, July 31st, 2010 at 19:46 | Daily Updates, Fantasia Festival, Press about Fantasia Le Blogue de Christian Boisvert
« On trouve vraiment de tout au festival Fantasia 2010 »
http://christianboisvert.wordpress.com/2010/07/23/film-into-eternity-radio%E2%80%A6-action/
The Gazette
“With 100,000 tickets sold during the 21-day festival, attendance was up over last year”
http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Restored+Metropolis+closes+Fantasia/3335950/story.html
“It’s that time of year again. Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival … has come to an end. Sure, I’ll cherish the extra sleep. But [...]
Jury Awards – And the winners are…
Thursday, July 29th, 2010 at 20:32 | Articles and EssaysNumerous juries deliberated this year’s programming and we are happy to announce the winners in the various categories.
The Gazette urges government support for Fantasia!
Thursday, July 29th, 2010 at 15:40 | Articles and Essays, Daily Updates, Fantasia Festival, General Info, Press about FantasiaWe just picked up the Montreal Gazette this morning and were incredibly touched by the vote of confidence bestowed upon us by Brendan Kelly of the Gazette, who not only asserted that Fantasia was possibly the city’s best festival in a previous edition, but is now urging the government and other funders to step up and take note.
Video Capsule: Don Bluth + Gary Goldman at Fantasia!
Thursday, July 29th, 2010 at 13:04 | Fantasia Festival, Guests, Photos and VideosDon Bluth & Gary Goldman at Fantasia 2010 from Fantasia Festival on Vimeo.
Cross-continental crime in Jean-François Richet’s one-two punch of MESRINE films
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at 16:40 | Canada, Fantasia Festival, International Films, Premieres, Quebec Films“Mesrine is in the tradition of Jules Dassin’s Rififi or Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le Cercle Rouge: muscular, forthright storytelling, hard-smoking, hard-drinking action…” — Peter Bradshaw, THE GUARDIAN
Jacques Mesrine is no stranger to Montrealers – born near Paris in 1936, he was already a known criminal by the early 60s, and soon made his way to Quebec [...]
FANTASIA 2010 AUDIENCE AWARDS / PRIX DU PUBLIC announced!
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at 15:49 | Articles and Essays, Daily Updates, Fantasia Festival, General Info, International Films, Quebec FilmsCongratulations everyone!
Fritz Lang’s classic METROPOLIS gets new footage and a new score at the Place Des Arts tonight!
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at 15:13 | Articles and Essays, Daily Updates, Fantasia Festival, Parties and Events, PremieresNo matter how many overhauls Fritz Lang’s classic cautionary sci-fi tale Metropolis gets (including several restored releases and countless alternative scores including the now-famous effort by Giorgio Moroder and friends in the 80s), Lang’s dystopian vision never ceases to amaze or welcome new interpretations. Metropolis inspired the elaborate future cities in Just Imagine (1930) and [...]
