The Fantasia International Film Festival has announced their third and final wave of programming. The festival kicks off August 5 with the world premiere of Brain Freeze, an apocalyptic zombie feature from Quebec. The International Premiere of Takashi Miike's The Great Yokai War - Guardians will close out this year's festivities August 25. Similar to last year, the Montreal based festival will offer primarily virtual screenings, but this time they will also be adding limited in-person viewings for a partially hybrid program.
Being hailed as "this year's The Dark and the Wicked", Vincent Grashaw’s Southern Gothic nightmare What Josiah Saw will make its world premiere at the fest. David Bruckner's (The Ritual, The Signal) supernatural offering The Night House will make its Canadian Premiere, and The North American Premiere of Rob Jabbaz’s The Sadness looks like one hell of a wild, blood soaked ride. Honestly, the slate is beyond stacked with horrific offerings and it's genuinely hard to say what we are most excited for!
Click here to visit the official Fantasia International Film Festival for more information, tickets. Scroll down to check out the whole list of wave three titles:
ALIEN ON STAGE
Dirs. Lucy Harvey & Danielle Kummer
UK
Quebec Premiere
BABY, DON’T CRY
Dir. Jesse Dvorak
USA
World Premiere
BULL
Dir. Paul Andrew Williams
UK
World Premiere
CATCH THE FAIR ONE
Dir. Josef Kubota Wladyka
USA
International Premiere
COMING HOME IN THE DARK
Dir. James Ashcroft
New Zealand
Quebec Premiere
DEAR HACKER
Dir. Alice Lenay
France
North American Premiere
THE DEEP HOUSE
Dirs. Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury
France
North American Premiere
THE DEER KING
Dirs. Masashi Ando & Masayuki Miyaji
Japan
North American Premiere
THE DEVIL’S DEAL
Dir. Lee Won-Tae
South Korea
World Premiere
DON’T SAY ITS NAME
Dir. Rueben Martell
Canada
World Premiere
THE FEAST
Dir. Lee Haven Jones
UK
Canadian Premiere
FIGHTER
Dir. Jéro Yun
South Korea
Canadian Premiere
FOLLOW THE LIGHT
Dir. Yoichi Narita
Japan
World Premiere
FRANK & ZED
Dir. Jesse Blanchard
USA
Quebec Premiere
GIVING BIRTH TO A BUTTERFLY
Dir. Theodore Schaefer
USA
World Premiere
GLASSHOUSE
Dir. Kelsey Egan
South Africa
World Premiere
GRAND BLUE DREAMING
Dir. Tsutomu Hanabusa
Japan
North American Premiere
THE GREAT YOKAI WAR - GUARDIANS
Dir. Takashi Miike
Japan
International Premiere
HAND ROLLED CIGARETTE
Dir. Chan Kin-Long
Hong Kong
Canadian Premiere
IDA RED
Dir. John Swab
USA
North American Premiere
JOSEE
Dir. Kim Jeong-kwan
South Korea
LOST BOYS
Dirs. Joonas Neuvonen & Sadri Centinkaya
Finland
Quebec Premiere
MAD GOD
Dir. Phil Tippett
USA
North American Premiere
MIDNIGHT
Dir. Kwon Oh-seung
South Korea
Canadian Premiere
MIDNIGHT IN A PERFECT WORLD
Dir. Dodo Dayao
Philippines
North American Premiere
THE NIGHT HOUSE
Dir. David Bruckner
USA
Canadian Premiere
ON THE 3RD DAY
Dir. Daniel de la Vega
Argentina
International Premiere
ONE SECOND CHAMPION
Dir. Chiu Sin-Hang
Hong Kong
Canadian Premiere
OPÉRATION LUCHADOR
Dir. Alain Vézina
Quebec
North American Premiere
POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHÉ
Dirs. Celeste Bell & Paul Sng
UK
Quebec Premiere
THE SADNESS
Dir. Rob Jabbaz
Taiwan
North American Premiere
SEPTET: THE STORY OF HONG KONG
Dirs. Patrick Tam, Ringo Lam, Ann Hui,
Johnnie To, Yuen Woo-ping, Tsui Hark,
Sammo Hung
Hong Kong
Quebec premiere
SEOBOK
Dir. Lee Yong-joo
South Korea
Canadian Premiere
SWEETIE, YOU WON’T BELIEVE IT
Dir. Yernar Nurgaliyev
Kazakhstan
Canadian Premiere
TOKYO REVENGERS
Dir. Tsutomu Hanabusa
Japan
International Premiere
UNDER THE OPEN SKY
Dir. Miwa Nishikawa
Japan
Quebec Premiere
WHAT JOSIAH SAW
Dir. Vincent Grashaw
USA
World Premiere
WHEN I CONSUME YOU
Dir. Perry Blackshear
USA
World Premiere
WILD MEN
Dir. Thomas Daneskov
Denmark
Canadian Premiere
