Call for Entries

We’re currently on the lookout for International features and shorts to showcase at next summer’s event, for our 16th edition. What exactly are we looking for? While predominantly a fantastic film festival, Fantasia has always embraced films whose sheer individuality puts them in a genre of their own. If you’re not sure whether your film is right for us, consider that we’ve showcased everything from captivating dramas, eccentric comedies, provocative documentaries, mind-blowing experimental works, musicals, even atypical children’s films. In other words, set our minds’ eyes on fire and we’ll do everything possible to get your film seen. Feel free to browse our 2011 website for a better understanding of our programming tastes.

Any work produced in the past 18 months is eligible for both our official jury competition and our Public’s Prize.

Our entry fees are low, with no charges at all for Canadian productions of any length – and we encourage filmmakers and companies of all backgrounds, interests and obsessions to submit their work.

How To Submit

Please fill out the online entry form and send your screener(s) on DVD to the Festival office along with the appropriate entry fee. The screener(s) and other promotional materials will not be sent back. Due to the considerable amount of submissions we receive every year, only the creators of the selected films will be contacted by us.

On behalf of the entire Fantasia team,

Mitch Davis
Co-Director Of International Programming

Earlybird Deadline – Feb 1, 2012
Deadline – March 30, 2012
Late Deadline – April 17, 2012

For Quebec/ Canadian film submissions, we will be releasing details shortly.

Now that the 15th Anniversary edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival has finally wound down, the prints have all been sent back to their homes at the 4 corners of the globe, the tireless volunteers finally get to sleep a few hours a night and the creative team is already plunging into programming for 2012, I just wanted to give you a heads up that Spectacular Optical, Fantasia’s web magazine (www.spectacularoptical.ca), will resume monthly publication on September 1st, and will publish on the first of every month going forward.

For updates on Fantasia-related happenings throughout the year, please refer to Spectacular Optical, as well as our Facebook Page (for news) and Facebook Group (to get invitations to events delivered to your inbox). You can also sign up for the newsletter, which will send you a monthly reminder when each new issue of Spectacular Optical goes live.

The Spectacular Optical archives are available on the ‘Back Issues’ page of the website (which includes a mammoth July issue, since it was the daily ‘festival edition’), so be sure to check that out if the fest kept you too busy to read all the daily essays and interviews that were posted during that time!

And stay tuned for the September issue, which features an exclusive interview with Guy Maddin about his ongoing ‘hauntings’ project, an interview with Josh MacDonald about his Canadian horror sleeper hit The Corridor, an article on Italian Fumetti comics (and the films they spawned), DVD, book and soundtrack reviews, local genre event listings and much more!

The highly demanded screening of Kevin Smith’s RED STATE is coming back to Montreal after premiering to a roaring audience opening night of the 2011 Fantasia Film Festival. This time Kevin Smith will be in the city to do an UNCUT and UNCENSORED Q&A after the screening.

You will not want to miss RED STATE: An Evening With Kevin Smith – August 14th at Theater Hall Concordia (especially if you did not have a chance to watch it during the festival.) Tickets available on
Ticketmaster.ca and TicketWeb.ca.

**Exclusive offer for Fantasia fans: The first 100 people who purchase / already purchased a ticket to the event on August 14th at Theater Hall and email redstate@phase4films.com will receive a free tour poster.

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Presented by Phase 4 Films

*Note: Fantasia is not involved with the organization of this event. As RED
STATE was the opening film of this year’s festival, and as we are huge Kevin Smith fans, we’ve created this FB event page to get the word out to you about this special show.

“With bits of the film taking place within Second Life itself, it’s an all-too-modern and off-the-wall picture with an equally quirky finale. So it makes complete sense that the Fantasia Festival would feature Wiltshire’s debut on August 7th.”

http://www.nightlife.ca/arts-culture/my-avatar-premieres-fantasia-bring-your-virtual-date

Tourisme Montreal – Melora Koepke – Fantasia Film Festival Final Flicks

“After almost a month of the 15th Fantasia Film Festival, one weekend of thrills, chills and ills remains. The festival has included over 130 features from around the world and one world-premiere of a major Hollywood studio movie, a lifetime achievement award for the director of The Blues Brothers, and for its last weekend, focuses on Quebec-made horror movies. Don’t miss it!”

http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/blog/what-to-do/fantasia-film-festivals-final-flicks/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TourismeMontreal+%28Tourisme+Montr%C3%A9al%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Twitch – Peter K. – Fantasia 2011:  ‘Haunters’ Review

NOTE:  This is a review for HAUNTERS

http://twitchfilm.com/reviews/2011/08/fantasia-2011-haunters-review.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TwitchEverything+%28Twitch%3A+Everything%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Arrow in the Head – Chris Bumbray – FANTASIA 2011 REVIEW: Kim Min-Suk’s Haunters, starring Gang Dong-won

NOTE:  This is a review for HAUNTERS

http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/fantasia-2011-review-kim-min-suks-haunters-starring-gang-dong-won

Sound on Sight – Ricky D – The Very Best Of Fantasia 2011

“The Fantasia Film Festival is coming to a close this weekend and so we want to look back one last time at the highlights of the fest. It was an incredible year with many strong first time features, a batch of incredible short films and a ton of special guests.”

http://www.soundonsight.org/the-very-best-of-fantasia-2011/

Gazette/ Blog – Cine files – Fantasia 2011:  The Theatre Bizarre

NOTE:  This is a review for THE THEATRE BIZARRE

http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2011/08/05/fantasia-2011-the-theater-bizarre/

Sound on Sight – Ricky D – Fantasia 2011: ‘The Dungeon Master’ is an affectionate spoof, a love letter to role playing

“The Dungeon Master, which screened before the closing film at this year’s Fantasia Film Festival, was yet another surprise hit.”

http://www.soundonsight.org/fantasia-2011-the-dungeon-master-is-an-affectionate-spoof-a-love-letter-to-role-playing/

Complex- Justin Monroe- Interview: Fantasia Co-Director Mitch Davis On Pleasing Hardcore Horror Fans

“For 15 years, the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal has hosted the most outrageous and sublime selections of genre filmmaking from all over the world. With his long black hair and penchant for tossing up devil horns, Mitch Davis, the fest’s co-director, is a rock star who’s helped create a passionate network of fans and filmmakers that makes Fantasia feel like a party for a bunch of friends you didn’t know you had.”

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2011/08/interview-mitch-davis-fantasia

Gazette/ Blog – Cine files – Liz Ferguson – 2011 Fantasia Film Festival sells DVDs:  Update

“Recently I posted about DVDs being sold at the Fantasia snack bar. Most of these movies were shown at earlier editions of Fantasia. They’re only $15 each. That’s a real steal of a deal, compared to what some stores are charging.”

http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2011/08/06/2011-fantasia-film-festival-sells-dvds-update/

Sound on Sight – Kyle Reese – Fantasia 2011 Award Winners Announced

“The Fantasia Film Festival is officially over and we here at Sound On Sight will always remember it as the year of brilliant first time features with the likes of Bellflower, Absentia, Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark, You Are Here, Beyond The Black Rainbow, Attack The Block and Retreat, to name a few.”

http://www.soundonsight.org/fantasia-2011-award-winners-announced/

Dread Central – Uncle Creepy – 2011 Fantasia Film Festival Winners Announced

“The 2011 Fantasia International Film Festival has come to an end and as usual was a rousing success with more than 100,000 audience members. In addition 150 international directors, actors, and producers presented their films at the fest. Read on for the wrap-up and winners from this year’s various competitions.”

http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/46264/2011-fantasia-film-festival-winners-announced

Gazette/ Blog – Cine files – Al Kratina – Fantasia 2011:  ‘The Troll Hunter’, again

NOTE:  This is a review for THE TROLL HUNTER

http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2011/08/07/fantasia-2011-the-troll-hunter-again/

Gazette/ Blog – Cine files – Liz Ferguson – Fantasia 2011:  Review of Phantom of the Opera

“Orchestral music is common on movie soundtracks. But to have the orchestra itself right there with you in the cinema is a much rarer thing, and quite a special one, too.  On Saturday night I had a good view of the movie screen and a 30-piece orchestra, from my balcony seat at Place des Arts, where the Fantasia Film Festival presented The Phantom of the Opera.”

http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2011/08/07/fantasia-2011-review-of-phantom-of-the-opera/

Hour – Kevin Laforest – Fantasia 2011 Award Winners

NOTE:  This is a list of the official winners

http://hour.ca/2011/08/07/fantasia-2011-award-winners/

Twitch – Todd Brown – Denmark’s CLOWN (KLOVN) Wins Fantasia

“Montreal’s massive Fantasia Festival has come to the end of another successful run with a surprising winner as the festival’s top film. Ultra-lewd Danish comedy Clown (Klovn) has taken the jury selected Cheval Noir award for top film at the festival while Michael Roksam’s Bullhead took the prize for top debut.”

http://twitchfilm.com/news/2011/08/denmarks-clown-klovn-wins-fantasia.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TwitchEverything+%28Twitch%3A+Everything%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Arrow in the Head – Chris Bumbray – FANTASIA 2011 REVIEW: John Landis Burke & Hare, starring Simon Pegg

“BURKE & HARE is director John Landis’s first film since 1998, and as a longtime fan of his, it’s been on my must-see list since hitting theaters in the UK nine months ago. Following a run at the Fantasia Film Festival, it looks like it’s finally going to hit North American theaters.”

http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/fantasia-2011-review-john-landis-burke-hare-starring-simon-pegg-andy-serkis

Gazette – T’Cha Dunlevy- Fantasia Film Festival: Clown is king of the fest

“More than 100,000 moviegoers checked out Montreal’s 15th Fantasia International Film Festival, which began July 14 and ended Sunday with a last batch of screenings and an evening of awards.”

http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Fantasia+Film+Festival+Clown+king+fest/5220503/story.html

Arrow in the Head – Marcey Papandrea- Success and winners announced for Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival

“The 15th annual Fantasia International Film Festival took place from July 14 to August 7 in Montreal, Canada. Chris Bumbray has given us numerous awesome reviews from the festival including BURKE & HARE, ATTACK THE BLOCK, SUPER, DETENTION and RED STATE.”

http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/success-and-winners-announced-for-montreals-fantasia-international-film-festival-

Indie Wire – Bryce J. Renninger – “Clown” and “Bullhead” Top Award Winners at Montreal’s 2011 Fantasia Fest

“At the end of its marathon three and a half week run, the Fantasia Film Festival announced its equally long list of juried and audience awards.”

http://www.indiewire.com/article/clown_and_bullhead_top_award_winners_at_montreals_2011_fantasia_fest/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=Google+Reader

Midnight Poutine – Andres – Sunday Events (Rain or Shine): SERVE Volleyball Tournament, Orchestrated Film Classic

“SERVE has been rained on before, but that hasn’t stopped the tournament. Regardless, if you’re looking for a roof above your head, make sure to catch the last of the Fantasia Film Festival’s fare, including a live orchestrated screening of The Phantom of the Opera (1925) starring Lon Chaney. Thirty musicians headed by Gabriel Thibaudeau will accompany the B&W silent film, playing at Place des Arts.”

http://www.midnightpoutine.ca/film/2011/08/sunday_events_rain_or_shine_serve_volleyball_tournament_orchestrated_film_classic/

Screen Daily – Ian Sandwell – Clown, Bullhead win at Fantasia; audience surpasses 100,000

“The 15th edition of Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival hosted 19 world premieres including Final Destination 5 and The Wicker Tree.”

http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/clown-bullhead-win-at-fantasia-audience-surpasses-100000/5030628.article

Bloody Disgusting – Lonmonster – [Feature] Lonmonster’s Fantasia 2011 Mini-Reviews: Update #3!

“Sadly, the Fantasia Film Festival came to a close this weekend in Montreal, Canada. This year, Fantasia was easily one of the best of its fifteen-year history, bringing in stellar horror films from across the globe.”

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/25742

Horror News Net – Fantasia Film Festival announces Winners for 2011

“Featuring the announcements on exciting releases taking the lead at Fantasia Festival opened with a bang with the Canadian premiere of RED STATE by director Kevin Smith. This was only the first in a long line of sensational special events that took place over the course of the festival.”

http://horrornews.net/38749/fantasia-film-festival-announces-winners-for-2011/

Badass News – Devin Faraci – Fantasia Film Festival Names Winners, Including Joseph Kahn’s DETENTION

“It seems like forever ago that I was in Montreal for the Fantasia Film Festival, and that’s because it sort of was – the festival began a whopping three and a half weeks ago and only just came to an end. WOW. And they do this every year.”

http://www.badassdigest.com/2011/08/08/fantasia-film-festival-names-winners-including-joseph-khans-detention

The festival opened with a bang with the Canadian premiere of RED STATE by director Kevin Smith. This was only the first in a long line of sensational special events that took place over the course of the festival. Among those was the incredible homage to the great John Landis (BURKE AND HARE), marked by the presentation of Fantasia’s new trophy “Le Cheval Noir.” Mirroring our strong launch, the festival closed with the Canadian premiere of Guillermo del Toro’s DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK. Other memorable events included: the homage to André Link and John Dunning with a retrospective at the Cinémathèque québécoise; a master class with award-winning South Korean filmmaker Ryoo Seung-wan (THE UNJUST, CRYING FIST); a spotlight on the films of Adam Wingard that included the world premiere of his latest work, WHAT FUN WE WERE HAVING: 4 STORIES ABOUT DATE RAPE; a special live conversation between Robin Hardy (THE WICKER MAN) and Richard Stanley (HARDWARE); THE FP after-party, with a Dance Dance Revolution challenge issued by Brandon and Jason Trost; the official program launch and outdoor projections hosted in collaboration with la Société des arts technologiques (SAT); and the breathtaking presentation of Gabriel Thibaudeau’s live score by a 30 person orchestra of the 1925 silent masterpiece, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Place des Arts.

The 15th anniversary programming was our broadest and most exciting yet. More than 85% of our feature length films were premieres (114 out of a total of 134). Among this impressive selection from more than 25 different countries were 19 world premieres, including Chris Sivertson’s BRAWLER, Carl Tibbetts’ RETREAT, Robin Hardy’s THE WICKER TREE, the hotly anticipated 7-filmmaker/4-country omnibus film THE THEATRE BIZARRE, Steven Quale’s FINAL DESTINATION 5, Filip Tegstedt’s MARIANNE, Yudai Yamaguchi’s DEADBALL and Jesse T. Cook’s MONSTER BRAWL. Also memorable were William Eubank’s LOVE, and Noboru Iguchi’s TOMIE UNLIMITED, which were only 2 of 6 international premieres. Also worth noting were the 14 North American premieres, including Johnny To’s DON’T GO BREAKING MY HEART; Herman Yau’s IP MAN: THE LEGEND IS BORN; Andy Fetscher’s URBAN EXPLORER; Paul Campion’s THE DEVIL’S ROCK; and F.J. Ossang’s DHARMA GUNS. Fantasia fans were also treated to Xavier Gens’ THE DIVIDE, Mike Cahill’s ANOTHER EARTH and Navot Papushado and Aharon Keshales’ RABIES: 2 films out of 48 which had Canadian premieres at the festival. Joe Cornish’s ATTACK THE BLOCK, Evan Kelly’s THE CORRIDOR and Jan Švankmajer’s SURVIVING LIFE (THEORY AND PRACTICE) were 3 exciting films among 27 to have their Quebec premieres at Fantasia.

The festive atmosphere of Fantasia’s 15th edition will live on for several directors whose films were picked up at the festival. Jason and Brandon Trost are celebrating their new deal with Drafthouse Films (an affiliate of the Alamo Drafthouse chain of cinemas) for the distribution of THE FP. Pat Tremblay, the Montreal filmmaker of HELLACIOUS ACRES: THE CASE OF JOHN GLASS, is also celebrating his new contract for a theatrical, DVD and VOD release in the United States with The Collective and Bloody Disgusting Selects. Several other titles launched at the festival are currently in negotiations for acquisition.

The juries have finished deliberating on this year’s competitions and are pleased to announce the following winners:

Feature Film Jury
President: Alexandre Franchi, with Gilles Esposito, Lee Joon-ik, George Mihalka, Steven Schneider and Tom Vick

Cheval Noir Award for Best Film: CLOWN by Mikkel Nørgaard
“This charmingly subversive take on fatherhood features excellent ensemble acting with deft and seamless direction. So wrong and shameless in so many ways that it was a real blast to watch.”

Best Director: Yoshimasa Ishibashi, MILOCRORZE: A LOVE STORY
Best Screenplay: Park Hoon-jung, THE UNJUST
Best Actors: Hwang Jeong-min and Ryoo Seung-beom, THE UNJUST
Best Actress: Norie Yasui, LOVE & LOATHING & LULU & AYANO

Special Mention to VAMPIRE, “for its original and contemplative take on suicide and our society’s fascination with the vampire myth.”

Special Mention to the short film I LOVE YOU in THE THEATRE BIZARRE, “for crafting a realistic yet macabre drama with the density of a feature film.”

First Feature Jury
President: Jason Eisener, with Jephté Bastien, Alexandre Fontaine-Rousseau and Greg Newman

New Flesh Award for Best First Feature: BULLHEAD by Michaël R. Roskam
“A compelling, dark story of personal tragedy with one of the best performances of the year by Matthias Schoenaerts. This is a film that has balls!”

Special Mention to LOVE, “for the resourcefulness and unwavering determination by a Director to realize his unique vision”.

Animation Jury
President: Marcel Jean, with Jean-François Lévesque and Heidi Taillefer

Best Animated Feature Film: SURVIVING LIFE
“A singular piece of work, both funny and profound, that shows a great spirit of invention for a filmmaker with a 40-years career.”

Best Animated Short Film: BOBBY YEAH
“For its dense and coherent universe, full of surprises, that confronts our fears in a captivating way, and for its exceptional technical command.”

Special Mention to CRÉPUSCULE, “For its bold address of sexuality in animation.”

International Short Film Jury
President: Buddy Giovinazzo, with John Fallon, Sylvain Houde and Charlotte Selb

Best International Short: THE SUICIDE TAPES
“A minimalistic, powerful, dread filled film with an unsettling performance by Jeremy Childs.”

Special Mention to THE UNLIVING, “A visually stunning and visceral film that was so well rounded that it should be a feature.”

Quebecois Short Film Jury
Catherine Beauchamp, Dino Tavarone, Caroline Morin

Best Director: Alexandre Richard, BONNE JOURNÉE
Best Film: Carolyne Rhéaume, LA BARRICADE
Best Actress: Charlotte Laurier, COUP SAUVAGE
Best Actor: Mathieu Dufresne, BONNE JOURNÉE
Best Screenplay: Caroline Renaud, MATERNEL
Jury’s Choice: Kim St-Pierre, VODKA CANNEBERGE
Best Photo: Eric Morin, OPASATIKA

Quebecois DIY Short Film Jury
Julie Brisson, Karl Filion, Géraldine Charbonneau

Best Film: FUCK THAT, Lawrence Côté-Collins
Best Screenplay: CORTE, Radnath Gagnon
Best Director: Emanuel St-Pierre Beaulieu, UN FILM AVEC BRIGITTE BARDOT
Best Actor (Male & Female): Maxime Desjardins, GUEULE DE BOIS
Jury’s Choice: VIVRE A 35 MILLES A L’HEURE, Jean Marc E. Roy, Philippe David Gagné, Dominic Leclerc

AQCC Prize – International Section
Martin Gignac, Claudia Hébert, Nicolas Krief

AQCC Prize: (TIE) SUPER and SUPERHEROES
“For two films that perfectly capture the Zeitgeist of our age and that present elaborate reflections on one of the biggest Americans trends, the AQCC Jury has awarded its best international film prize, in a tie, to the fiction film SUPER by James Gunn and to the documentary SUPERHEROES by Michael Burnett, two strong and complementary works.”

Séquences Prize – Asian Section
President: Pascal Grenier, with Pierre-Alexandre Fradet and Christina Stojanova

Séquences Prize: HEAVEN’S STORY
“For the density of the universal themes it explores, for its singular approach to the motif of vengeance and for its structured mise-en-scène and its carefully captured images, the Séquence Prize for Best Asian Film goes to Takahisa Zeze’s flowing film, HEAVEN’S STORY.

L’Écran Fantastique Prize
Yves Rivard

L’Écran Fantastique Prize: DETENTION
“For its contagious energy, its capacity to generate gags and comic situations based on concepts stemming from horror movies (slasher films) and science fiction.”

Audience Awards

Best Asian Feature: (GOLD, TIE) 13 ASSASSINS and COLD FISH – (SILVER) MILOCRORZE: A LOVE STORY – (BRONZE) DON’T GO BREAKING MY HEART
Best European or American Feature: (GOLD) ATTACK THE BLOCK – (SILVER, TIE) BURKE AND HARE and BELLFLOWER – (BRONZE) THE INNKEEPERS
Best Canadian or Quebecois Feature: (GOLD) THE CORRIDOR – (SILVER) VAMPIRE – (BRONZE, TIE) MONSTER BRAWL and THE DIVIDE
Best Animation Feature: (GOLD) REDLINE – (SILVER) LEGEND OF THE MILLENIUM DRAGON – (BRONZE) EL SOL
Best Documentary: (GOLD) ART/CRIME – (SILVER) SUPERHEROES – (BRONZE) LAST DAYS HERE
Most Innovative Feature: (GOLD) MILOCRORZE: A LOVE STORY – (SILVER) THE WOMAN – (BRONZE) LOVE
Guru Prize for the Most Energetic Feature: (OR) BANGKOK KNOCKOUT – (SILVER, TIE) MILOCRORZE: A LOVE STORY and DETENTION – (BRONZE) THE FP
Best Short Film: (GOLD) LEGEND OF THE BEAVER DAM – (SILVER) NIGHT FISHING – (BRONZE) BOBBY YEAH

DJ XL5’s Mexican Zappin’ Party

World Premiere
Sunday August 7th, 2011 at 9 pm – Concordia Hall Theatre
1455 boul. de Maisonneuve West

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLLG1PZVed0&feature=related

In 2010, with his BOLLYWOOD ZAPPIN’ PARTY, DJ XL5 launched a new series of homages dedicated to the genre cinema of different nations, allowing him to highlight the evolution and current state of cinema in a given country. DJ XL5 now invites you to discover the cinema of Mexico, from its golden age to today. It’s nothing less than a full-on filmic fiesta rounding up trailers and scenes from over 60 movies from then and now. On the Mexican menu are zany situations, rock ’n’ roll comedies, horror flicks, slo-mo shoot-outs, masked wrestlers, a mountain of firearms, monsters both snappy and crappy and, of course, big moustaches galore. This program celebrates the best and the worst (and the best of the worst!) of Mexican film. It’s a love letter with a subjective take on the topic, emphasizing productions that have caught DJ XL5’s eye over the almost two years he has invested in cultivating this project. The enthusiastic help of DJ Dubious was essential in developing this Mexican Zappin’ Party.

The show is divided into five distinct sections — retro comedies, the golden age of horror, masked wrestlers, contemporary horror and narco-cinema. In the first of these, you’ll find plenty of resolutely kitschy musical comedies. The classic horror segment showcases a series of movies that mixed the monster mash of Universal, the Hammer style and the notions of Italy’s Mario Bava. Vampires, werewolves, ghosts, giant gorillas, psycho killers and other denizens of the dark, all with that distinctive Mexican touch. Here’s your chance to familiarize yourself with the work of directors like Benito Alazraki, Rafael Baledón, René Cardona, Fernando Méndez, Rafael Portillo and Chano Urueta. Obviously, when we get to the masked wrestlers, you’re guaranteed the presence of El Santo, Blue Demon, Mil Mascaras and other champions of the ring — and of justice! The narco-cinema section highlights a number of action flicks with a streak of sympathy for the country’s drug cartels and street gangs. Blazing bullets and bikini girls, ballistic bloodbaths and tricked-out trucks, and plenty of cowboy hats are on tap in a strain of cinema calling to mind Brian De Palma’s SCARFACE if it were directed by John Woo with no budget but an overload of imagination. The paintball industry is the one making a killing on this straight-to-DVD genre, one typified so well by Robert Rodriguez’s EL MARIACHI. Speaking of sombrero-clad guitar ensembles, they’ll be on hand too — in the flesh, no less! —so lace up your lucha mask… ¡vámonos!

Detective Dee
14/07/2011 21:30

Attack the Block
Vendredi/Friday le 15 juillet 2011 à 21H40 Hall

Ironclad
2011-07-15 19:00

Au-delà de l’animation/ Outer Limits of Animation 2011
Samed/Saturday le 16 juillet 2011 à 14H30 Salle J.A. de Sève

Superheroes
16/07/2011 19:15

The Theatre Bizarre
16/07/2011 21:20

Legend of the Millennium Drago
17/07/2011 11:45

Ip Man: The Legend is Born
17/07/2011 14:15

The Theatre Bizarre
17/07/2011 15:00

Bleak Night
17/07/2011 19:40

The Troll Hunter
17/07/2011 21:45

Petty Romance
Lundi/Monday le 18 juillet 2011 à 19H15 de sève

Love
18/07/2011 21:30

Die
Lundi/Monday le 18 juillet 2011 à 21H30 Salle J.A. de Sève

On Hundred Years Of Evil
19/07/2011 17:30

Midnight Son
19/07/2011 19:30

Birthright
19/07/2011 21:40

You Are Here
Mercredi/Wednesday le 20 juillet 2011 à 19H50 Salle J.A. de Sève

Petty Romance
21/07/2011 17:15

Super
2011-07-21 19:00

The Corridor
21/07/2011 19:25

The Divide
21/07/2011 21:30

Love & Loathing & Lulu & Ayano
Jeudi/Thursday le 21 juillet 2011 à 21H45 Salle J.A. de Sève

El Sanatorio
Vendredi/Friday le 22 juillet 2011 à 17H15 Salle J.A. de Sève

Bellflower
Vendredi/Friday le 22 juillet 2011 à 19H15 Salle J.A. de Sève

Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS
Vendredi/Friday le 22 juillet 2011 à 23H55 Salle J.A. de Sève

Battle Royale
Samedi/Saturday le 23 juillet 2011 à 23h55 Théâtre Hall Concordia

Battle Royale
Dimanche/Sunday le 24 juillet 2011 à 11H30 Salle J.A. de Sève

The Silence
22/07/2011 21:25

Ilsa: She Wolf Of The SS
22/07/2011 23:55

True Legend
23/07/2011 16:40

Love & Loathing & Lulu & Ayano
23/07/2011 17:00

Kill Me Please
23/07/2011 19:30

Underwater Love
Samedi le 23 juillet 2011 à 23H55 Salle J.A. de Sève

Battle Royale
24/07/2011 11:30

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Dimanche/Sunday le 24 juillet 2011 à 16H15 Théâtre Hall Concordia

Some Guy Who Kills People
Lundi le 25 juillet 2011 à 21H30 Salle J.A. de Sève

Kill Me Please
Mardi/Tuesday le 26 juillet 2011 à 17H10 Salle J.A. de Sève

DJ XL5’s Rockin’ Zappin’ Party”
Mardi/Tuesday le 26 juillet 2011 à 21H30 Théâtre Hall Concordia

Lapland Odyssey
Mardi/Tuesday le 26 juillet 2011 à 19H30 Salle J.A. de Sève

Un génie, deux associés, une cloche
Mercredi/Wednesday le 27 juillet 2011 à 17H00 Salle J.A. de Sève

13 Assassins (Director’s Cut)
2011-07-27 18:30

Burke and Hare
Mercredi / Wednesday le 27 juillet 2011 à 21H30 Théâtre Hall Concordia

Art/Crime
Jeudi le 28 juillet 2011 à 19H00 Salle J.A. de Sève

Absentia
Jeudi/Thursday le 28 juillet 2011 à 21H45 de Seve

Little Deaths
Vendredi /Friday le 29 juillet 2011 à 19H30 Salle J.A. de Sève

Absentia
29/07/2011 14:50

Some Guy Who Kills People
Vendredi/Friday le 29 juillet 2011 à 12H45 Salle J.A. de Sève

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Samedi/Saturday le 30 juillet 2011 à 16H30 Salle J.A. de Sève

Ocean Heaven
Dimanche le 31 juillet 2011 à 15H40 Salle J.A. de Sève

Invasion of Alien Bikini
Lundi/Monday le 1er août 2011 à 21H45 Salle J.A. de Sève

Invasion of Alien Bikini
Mardi/Tuesday le 2 août 2011 à 17H15 Salle J.A. de Sève

Marianne
Mardi/Tuesday le 2 août 2011 à 19H25 Salle J.A. de Sève

Quirky Guys and Gals
Mercredi/Wednesday le 3 août 2011 à 21H45 Salle J.A. de Sève

Exit
Jeudi/ Thursday le 4 août 2011 à 19H00 Salle J.A. de Sève

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
Jeudi/Thursday le 4 août 2011 à 21H10 Hall

Burke and Hare
Vendredi/Friday le 5 août 2001 à 21 h 45 Salle J.A. de Sève

Petty Romance
Samedi/ Saturday le 6 août 2011 à 17H20 Salle J.A. de Sève

Marianne
Samedi/Saturday le 6 août 2011 à 21H30 Salle J.A. de Sève

Absentia
Dimanche/Sunday le 7 août 2011 à 21H30 Salle J.A. de Sève

Terres en Vue / Land inSights

Saturday August 6th at Blue Sunshine
3660 St Laurent, 3rd Flr
Doors: 8:15pm | Films: 9:00pm
www.blue-sunshine.com

“Jeff Barnaby says he makes “bare-knuckled cinema”… and he means it. His raw, gritty depictions of what he refers to as the post-apocalyptic culture we now live in bear little resemblance to the spiritually centred, sanitized image of Aboriginal peoples often seen in contemporary cinema.” (Indigenous Arts Network)

Program includes:

File Under Miscellaneous
(2010, 7min.)

Set in a dystopic metropolitan hellscape, a spiritually exhausted and destitute Mi’gMaq man has resolved to assimilate into the ruling culture. He visits a surgical clinic – the display window littered with skin and limb samples – and undergoes a gruesome procedure to rid him of his red skin.

The Colony
(2007, 24min.)

A bi-racial ménage a trois drenched in surrealist urban skank. Maytag, a reservation displaced Mi’gMaq, latches onto the only other Indian within light years of the city only to have her snatched away by his drug dealer and friend. Sadistically lovesick and drug addled, Maytag launches an insecticide on the cockroaches that have colonized his trailer convinced that they helped steal his fiancé. Heart broken and thoroughly crushed, he turns to his only friend for solace, his chainsaw. A demented allegory on miscegenation, the plight of modern native Canadians and their affinity for self-destruction.

From Cherry English
(2004, 10min.)

From Cherry English is a surrealist Mi’gMac allegory about the loss of language and identity to the anonymity of the urban wasteland. Traylor, a Mi’gMaq man being pulled between two worlds meets a non-native woman who sends him on a hallucinogenic journey of masochism and self discovery.

Red Right Hand
(2004, 9min.)

If you want to show skank, this is how you do it. A descent into the depths of degradation. A malicious work of cinematic beauty.

Black Out
(2003, 4min.)

Obsessed with her body, a young woman goes to violent lengths to fit into her favorite dress.

Neurotica
(student film, 2001)

A take on homophobia, a young man ventures into a public bathroom only to have his worst fears realized. Only Barnaby’s second student film, shot with a lo-fi modified analogue VHS camcorder, it is the first hint of the bio-centric horror, disdain for political-correctness and honed aesthetic that has made Barnaby one of Canada’s most promising young filmmakers.

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Jeff Barnaby was born on a Mi’gmaq reserve in Listujug, Quebec. He has worked as an artist, poet, author and filmmaker. His work paints a stark and scathing portrait of post-colonial aboriginal life and culture. His third short film, File Under Miscellaneous (10), is currently playing the festival circuit. His previous films include From Cherry English (04) and The Colony (07). Jeff is currently in development on two feature films, Blood Quantum & Rhymes for Young Ghouls.