Fantasia International Film Festival Compilation 2023
Films from the 27th edition Fantasia International Film Festival July/August 2023
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- DirectorKassy GaschoStarsKatelyn DoylePooja BhandariDaisy LanksteadDesperate to climb the ranks of Bevlon, a #girlboss pyramid scheme, Sofi throws a recruitment party for a few girlfriends. When one of her guests suddenly drops dead, Sofi and her friends must decide what matters more-their friendship or their downline.
- DirectorKazuyoshi KumakiriStarsYûto NakajimaNao HondaKento NagayamaA situational thriller depicting the struggle of a man who fell into a manhole.
- StarsSofie NormanNina JosephsA former military special forces agent decides to conduct his own murder investigation when he discovers that his best friend has been assassinated.
- DirectorYing-Ting TsengStarsJanine Chun-Ning ChangEthan JuanAn-Shun YuWhen a mysterious corpse is found in a river, a distressed police officer delves into a string of grisly murders as danger quickly approaches.
- DirectorClaude FournierStarsDonald SutherlandGordon TootoosisChief Dan GeorgeBased on an actual event, this is the tragic story of Saskatchewan fugitive Almighty Voice, a Cree Indian who is arrested for stealing government livestock out of desperate hunger.
- DirectorGeorge KaneStarsDavid EarlNatalie PalamidesAmy De BhrúnWhen a mysterious technological blackout plunges Ireland into anarchy and chaos, a group of failed washed up clowns are forced to traverse the country for one last shot at their dreams.
- DirectorJared MosheStarsJudy GreerEdi GathegiPayman MaadiSince losing her husband, Sophie has struggled to manage grief, a full-time job, and parenting her devastated daughter, but when a former physicist reveals a secret time-bending machine, Sophie will be faced with an impossible choice.
- DirectorAli AskariStarsJosh HelmanYael StoneJennifer AllcottMalcolm is thrust into depression after his wife Sarah tragically dies. When he meets someone new, Nya one year later, he finally allows himself to give over to new love. And that's when he starts seeing his deceased wife, speaking to him about how abandoned she feels, terrorizing him at every turn. Every time he sees her, debilitating headaches cripple him, as well as doubts about his sanity. With the help of his sister-in-law Dee, along with his mentor Jim, he must reconcile his past with his present in order to forgive himself, mourn properly, hang onto his new love - and not lose his mind in the process.
- DirectorJennifer ZhangStarsGina SuMatt GottliebErin BoyleA lone pilot on a homebound space vessel finds herself trapped in a waking nightmare when her holographic "virtual companion" begins to defy his own programming.
- DirectorYugo SakamotoStarsAkari TakaishiSaori IzawaJoey IwanagaChisato and Mahiro were banned from performing tasks because they violated the organization's rules. Needing money to make ends meet, they resumed their days as part-time workers. Suddenly two other assassins are after them.
- DirectorDaniel Howard-BakerStarsJack BrownJosie BrownIan FalconerA boy finds solace in a ball pit, at a soft play enclosure, until he is sucked down into an alternate dimension and greets his older self.
- DirectorJuraj HerzStarsZdena StudenkováVlastimil HarapesVáclav VoskaIn this gothic rendition of the classic fairy tale, a merchant's youngest daughter is held prisoner by a mysterious winged beast.
- DirectorZach ClarkStarsRussell MaelMichael C. HyattAnne RuttencutterA body-snatching alien comes to Earth, reconnects with their partner, and tries to find their way in modern America.
- DirectorMaxime DivierStarsCédrick MainvilleLouis CarrièreMathieu Serrano-Dan is fed up. Fed up with his misfortunes, fed up with his bad luck and fed up with his life. He decided to end it by eating his last ban: peanuts.
- DirectorLauren AndrewsStarsLauren AndrewsJay BaruchelJan Caruana
- DirectorLaura MossStarsMarin IrelandJudy ReyesA.J. ListerA morgue technician successfully reanimates the body of a little girl, but to keep her breathing, she will need to harvest biological materials from pregnant women. When the girl's mother, a nurse, discovers her baby alive, they enter into a deal that forces them both down a dark path of no return.
- DirectorLarry KentStarsAlan ScarfeLynn StewartPhilip BrownDes works at a boring job, and his girlfriend Julie is pressuring him to get married by claiming to be pregnant, so that she will not have to work. Laurie is living a life of quiet desperation with her husband Colin, an aspiring writer who refuses to look for a job. Des meets Laurie while visiting a work-mate who is dying of leukemia. While they go for a drive, Laurie invites Des to a rent party at their house. After this Vancouver counter-culture party, Colin finds Des and Laurie in bed together.
- DirectorSid ZanforlinStarsJessica EmbroLisa KovackRobert Parson
- DirectorLarry FessendenStarsMarshall BellMichael BuscemiJoseph Castillo-MidyettA Fine Arts painter is convinced that he is a werewolf wreaking havoc on a small American town under the full moon.
- DirectorWhammy AlcazarenStarsluckymaybe1923MontyRicky DavaoIn a dark Navotas City apartment crammed with encyclopedias, family albums and wrestling posters, a man and his feline friend watch gay porn and cat videos, and embark on a fantastic Hawaiian vacation via an acid pill tab the ass.
- DirectorMary DautermanStarsGrace GlowickiGarrick BernardHeather MatarazzoAfter the death of her best friend Izzy, Anna focuses all her attention on Booger, the stray cat which she and Izzy took in. When Booger bites her, she begins to undergo a strange transformation.
- DirectorRobin AubertCadillac clown follows two hit men who travel the back roads of the country; a murderous clown who violently stabs his victims to death; a pair of police officers whose investigation is stalled; and two youngsters who stand in front of a convenience store and provoke passers-by with derogatory remarks.
- DirectorAugusto SchillaciStarsT.J. CallawayThis is a heartfelt story of the beloved Argentinian merry-go-round operators who have dedicated their lives to providing fun and happiness to children and their neighborhoods. This is a story of perseverance and community above the individual.
- DirectorPascal PlanteStarsJuliette GariépyLaurie BabinElisabeth LocasA model becomes obsessed with a high-profile murder trial.
- DirectorClaude FournierStarsHarry ReemsNathalie ChristalGeoffrey BowesMr. Clean is an exemplary policeman in charge of the brigade of manners. Until his men foment a sex scandal so that he is laid off.
- DirectorPark Hoon-jungStarsKim Seon-hoKang Tae-JuKim Kang-woo"The Childe" focuses on a man born to a Korean father and a Filipino mother who aspires to be a boxer. He travels back to Korea in the hopes of tracking down his father, and in the process, he gets mixed up with some bad people.
- DirectorPark Kwang-suStarsBae Jong-okPark Joong-hoonKang Shin-ilA painter quits his job and looks to an old acquaintance for work and a place to stay.
- DirectorSiu-Tung ChingStarsLeslie CheungJoey WangWu MaAfter a string of bad luck, a debt collector has no other choice than to spend the night in a haunted temple, where he encounters a ravishing female ghost and later battles to save her soul from the control of a wicked tree demon.
- DirectorAndreas NilssonStarsAlex AvvakumovZaza ChanturiyaDidier MalletA young man faces the wrath of criminals targeting people who are famous on the internet. Things take an unexpected turn when their scheme fails.
- DirectorKris BoothStarsShannon LawsonRobert CollinsGail Roberts
- DirectorKate KrollStarsRhiannon AaronsMing ChenLeah CoghlanWhen an incompetent intergalactic conqueror crash lands at a comic convention, he must find a way to subdue the locals or face the wrath of his merciless counterparts.
- DirectorOskar JohanssonStarsCaroline DamgaardRania Nygaard
- DirectorAntony Boudreau SavoieCharlotte St-LouisStarsBrigitte CharestAriane Lamontagne PruneauPhilippe Robidoux-Ophelia, a jaded teenager, kills time riding her bike and working in the dairy bar of a small, uneventful suburb. When a mysterious woman on a motorcycle arrives in town, her ordinary summer is turned upsid.
- DirectorColin L. RacicotStarsSophie CadieuxEric PaulhusIn a cold, dystopian world, a widowed father rabbit tries to infuse an ounce of wonder and magic into his daughter's life after the mysterious disappearance of her mother. A story of resilience, love and hope in the face of darkness.
- DirectorTorbjörn EdwallStarsPeter MörlinEmma BrooméLivia MillhagenTwo dairy farmers go out looking for a cow gone missing. Their search leads them deep into a mystery that will have them questioning themselves and the world as they know it.
- DirectorRyan WardStarsNyah PerkinRyan WardLennox LeacockA 12-year-old girl lives life on the run alongside her father who has Tourette Syndrome. Desperately seeking a normal family life, she befriends a group of outcasts who want to harness a volatile supernatural power her father is hiding.
- DirectorFidel Ruiz-HealyTyler WalkerStarsJeffrey MurdochSkarlett ReddA disaffected gas station clerk finds out why they call it the "graveyard shift" after oil drillers set loose an ancient race of mind-controlling parasites.
- DirectorXiaopeng TianFabiola StevensonStarsTingwen WangSu XinKuixing TengA girl strays into the dreamy deep sea world. In the deepest part of the sea, all secrets are hidden.
- DirectorSean WainsteimStarsRichard ColeJ.J. GreenbergLiam HillAfter festival rejections, a director revises his intensely personal short film about trauma, suicide, and the Holocaust, and transforms it into a painful, blunt and funny dissection of the film and his life.
- DirectorGuillaume HarveyStarsLouise LaparéVincent BilodeauBernard Fortin-The last of the northern white rhinos is dead. Lili, a rather well-off 70 year-old grandmother, led a comfortable retired life until these news have her dive deep into eco-anxiety. What kind of world will she leave for her granddaughter Gaby?
- DirectorKim Jae-hoonStarsOh Dae-hwanJang Dong-yoonChoi Gwi-hwaA determined homicide detective assigned to take down a ring of serial killers, has a personal motivation as one of the victims is his own brother-in-law.
- DirectorJeremy CoonSteve KozakStarsBruce VilanchKevin Smith'Weird Al' YankovicIn 1978, filmmaker George Lucas is persuaded to turn over Star Wars to the world of the '70s variety hour, culminating in The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978), often cited as one of the worst forms of entertainment of all time.
- DirectorEddie AlcazarStarsMoises AriasBella ThorneCaylee CowanCenters on two mysterious brothers, who abduct a mogul during his quest for immortality. Meanwhile, a seductive woman helps them launch a journey of self-discovery.
- DirectorMark K. BuddingtonStarsJessica FontaineReece OdumShuntel RenayA young African American woman who struggles financially while doing food delivery as her second source of income, When she encounters him she finds herself trapped and manipulated. He won't stop until he finds a way to make her love him.
- DirectorFrank VitaleStarsAndrée PelletierAnne-Marie ProvencherMiguel FernandesCindy, an ex-prostitute rescues Marianne, one of her pimp's potential new recruits and a deadly rivalry begins.
- DirectorAustin JenningsStarsKrsto NikcevicEmily SweetBradford ThomasA mysterious local crashes a couple's vacation through the former Yugoslavia, pulling them deeper into his web of psychic rituals.
- DirectorVictor GinzburgStarsMarina ZudinaIgor ZhizhikinFedor BondarchukChronicles how loader Roman Shtorkin becomes a vampire and receives the title of Rama II.
- DirectorOnur KaramanStarsStephanie BretonAnana RydvaldJulie TrépanierSuzanne's husband has disappeared and she has no idea where he is. She's stuck in her old house with Linda and Nicole who just won't leave her alone. Linda is caring and wants to help Suzanne whereas Nicole is mounting suspicions on her.
- DirectorJaho KooStarsDo Eun LeeChae A OhHye In SeoA confident tutor takes on a desperate mother's request to teach her daughter English, but as she tries to break through the child's resistance, she discovers a horrifying secret.
- DirectorClément CéardAnne-Sophie GoussetStarsVera BurkhardtLéa CharentonPauline CharlestonIn their world, two sisters make one. The older one gives the younger one a hand, and together they did everything. When the younger one is able to move around without her big sister one day, it becomes clear what inclusion can lead to.
- DirectorBryce McGuireStarsKevin BigleyKate CobbSerene LeeAfter years of compromise, and losing track of what she wants, a girl finds part of herself that's been missing in the spirits that occupy the haunted house she had moved in with her boyfriend.
- DirectorClaudio CastravelliStarsPamela CollyerJack LangedijkWalter MasseyA girl starts her own investigation after the police fail to catch a local serial killer.
- DirectorJuan GonzálezNando MartínezStarsBrays EfeDavid MenéndezLuis TosarFollows two friends, Juan and David, they will find themselves on a rooftop terrace after an intense party in Madrid. Juan witnesses David falling to the void, and his body disintegrating into ceramic pieces after hitting a car.
- DirectorSaku SakamotoStarsMoeMiMamiko NotoMaaya UchidaOn their way home from high school, Tamahi and some classmates witness someone fall from the rooftop of nearby apartment. They rush to the building only to find it deserted. They have the uneasy feeling they are being watched.
- DirectorSam H. FreemanNg Choon PingStarsGeorge MacKayNathan Stewart-JarrettAaron HeffernanFollows Jules, who is targeted in a horrific homophobic attack, destroying his life and career. Some time after that event he encounters Preston, one of his attackers, in a gay sauna. He wants revenge.
- DirectorIm Sang-sooStarsMoon So-riHwang Jung-minYoun Yuh-jungBored, horny, and frustrated, a woman begins an affair with a teenage boy.
- DirectorOlivia Faye LathuillièreStarsKim ChâuA stuntwoman finds herself trapped in a vicious cycle of rebirths through her ashes. One evening during a routine ride in her sports car, an explosive accident changes her daily life forever.
- DirectorJuraj HerzStarsJirí MenzelDagmar HavlováJana BrezkováA doctor Marek is shocked when his beloved nurse Mima signs a contract with foreign car manufacturer Ferat, in order to work for them as a rally-driver. A fellow doctor makes him believe that human blood is being used as fuel for Mima's ever winning car, but does that really work?
- DirectorTess QuatriStarsWenche MedbøeKari SimonsenOdd EvenrudCarmen and her wife Nina struggles to finish their homemade rocket, in their attempt to reach the speed of light and live forever.
- DirectorOlivia LoccisanoStarsTristan GrajalesLauryn SaA teenage girl goes through a bizarre transformation after she gets her first period.
- DirectorTakehiko InoueStarsShugo NakamuraJun KasamaShinichiro KamioFollows 17-year-old Ryota Miyagi, who struggles to accomplish his late elder brother's dream of becoming a basketball star.
- DirectorSiyi LiuStarsXianxu HuChen YaoYunlong ZhengTells the story of Sangui, who is cursed to cause everyone he kisses to fall into a deep sleep. Only true love can break the curse. As Sangui searches for a cure, he finds a dreamer yearning to become a princess and a former superstar.
- DirectorAlex LawtherStarsEmma D'ArcyArchie Madekwe
- DirectorMichael GabrieleStarsErika Lane EnggrenCamila IveraSteph MartinezA group of friends on a weekend getaway in the remote desert come across a mysterious VHS tape, and start experiencing terrifying coincidences.
- DirectorRuwan Suresh HeggelmanStarsDuncan MeijeringMoïse TrustfullUnknowingly, a girl enters the habitat of a tribe of killer gnomes during her daily run. Lured by mysterious glowing mushrooms, she'll soon wish she'd stayed on her usual tracks.
- DirectorStephen ChowLik-Chi LeeStarsStephen ChowKaren MokVincent KokThe most renowned and feared chef in the world loses his title of God of Cookery because of his pompous attitude. Humbled, he sets out to reclaim his title.
- DirectorFrank MosleyStarsHugo de SousaBarry's starting over.
- DirectorJosh QuirionStarsKerrin CochraneMohamed El-HusseiniPierre FanzhuThe Hangman, his wife, and their young daughter lead a quiet and simple life in a remote Quebec countryside. Their days are slow and peaceful, and The Hangman has all but forgotten about his violent past. Until, one day, it returns in the form of four masked malefactors who've come to score the biggest prize of their career.
- DirectorMark H. RapaportStarsKimball FarleyLilla KizlingerEliza RobertsHippo, a peculiar adolescent, and his Hungarian step-sister Buttercup struggle to come of age in late 1990s America, under the roof of a mother who has been institutionalized at least once.
- DirectorWesley SpanglerStarsRachel BairAngela GrimmCaleb PaschallTwo thieves invade the home on the hunch that the owner has a large sum of cash hidden inside. The thieves force their way into the house and tie up the homeowner. They soon find out the homeowner has a much darker secret hidden.
- DirectorMike CheslikStarsRyland Brickson Cole TewsOlivia GravesWes TankIn this 19th century, supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.
- DirectorJacob KhayatStarsMikaël DusseaultZakary DusseaultDiane-Marie RacicotTwo young brothers are babysat by their grandmother. At bath time, an innocent game will change the family forever.
- DirectorKenneth DagatanStarsBeauty GonzalezFelicity Kyle NapuliJames Mavie EstrellaStranded in the Philippines during World War II, a young girl finds that her duty to protect her dying mother is complicated by her misplaced trust in a beguiling, flesh-eating fairy.
- DirectorSasha KorbutStarsPontus LidbergCory Michael SmithAntuan ByersIncomplete tells the story of a man sharing a letter about longing for someone he has never met. It explores loneliness and poses a question: do we need another person in life to feel complete or are we missing a connection with ourselves?
- DirectorLael RogersStarsBria CondonLaura HetheringtonMackenzie WynnA social media influencer describes her perfect day harvesting the eyes and minds of her followers to achieve immortality.
- StarsLaliv SivanStav AlmagorEran NaimThrough six intersecting stories, INNERMOST, dives into a multi-layered reality of violence and grace, storming under the calm blanket of modernity in contemporary Tel Aviv, and discovers how different fates intertwine in the fabric of life.
- DirectorChihiro IkedaStarsNana MoriMegumiMasato HagiwaraTwo insomniac students meet and start to spend their nights in an observatory together.
- DirectorKim Ki-youngStarsHwa-shi LeeJeong-cheol KimYun-seok ChoiAn investor planning on developing a tourist resort begins an investigation into the legends of the mysterious Io Island in the hope of exploiting its unspoiled beauty.
- DirectorOlivier GodinStarsEmery HabwinezaÉtienne PilonFlorence Blain MbayeDucarmel is an anachronistic firefighter, a quotidian poet, and an expert soup-maker. And sometimes, he's the best basketball player of all time.
- DirectorBishal DuttaStarsMegan SuriNeeru BajwaMohana KrishnanAn Indian-American teenager struggling with her cultural identity has a falling out with her former best friend and, in the process, unwittingly releases a demonic entity that grows stronger by feeding on her loneliness.
- DirectorAnndi Jinelle LiggettStarsKhloe BrunoFarah FelisbretAndré HollandFollows a Black girl with a fascination with death as she tries to solve the case of a missing neighbor.
- DirectorDashan KongStarsHaoyu YangLiya AiQiming JiangTang Zhijun, an editor of a science fiction magazine, tries to find signs of alien civilization.
- DirectorEve RinguetteStarsSamuel RinguettePhilippe St-ArnaultThérèse VollantIn 1829, while portaging, a young man abandons his kukum (grandmother). Years later, him and his son are camping by the haunted spot where she was abandoned.
- DirectorWonsuk LeeStarsLee HaneeLee Sun-kyunGong MyoungA retired actress who marries an island chaebol and meets a 3-time-test-taker who lives next door.
- DirectorStephen VuilleminStarsNaomi ChristieAngela ClerkinFreida SiddallA young woman comes across animations on the Internet that have clearly been created from her private selfies. A stranger with the same name confesses to identity theft. But death is quicker than the answer to the question: "Why?"
- DirectorShigeyoshi TsukaharaStarsHakuzan KandaSho KarinoTomoyo KurosawaOotsuji Detective Agency has a new case. Now, facing the strangeness of the "mass disappearance" bewildering society, Detective Soutarou takes the investigation head on!.
- DirectorMael Le MéeStarsLomane de DietrichManon DrugmantRio VegaAlex is an apprentice bio-mechanic who learns to build engines with artificial flesh. One night her roommate finds out that she has a special relationship with her machine.
- DirectorCameron CairnesColin CairnesStarsDavid DastmalchianLaura GordonIan BlissA live television broadcast in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.
- DirectorTij DoyenStarsEmily DeForestNile HarrisChad KnuthA woman recounts her sensual yet macabre childhood memory about the boy next door.
- DirectorTeresa SutherlandStarsGeorgina CampbellNick BloodWai Ching HoLennon, a new back-country ranger, travels alone through the dangerous wilderness, hoping to uncover the origins of a tragedy that has haunted her since she was a child.
- DirectorGlenn BaritStarsNicco ManaloGreg De LeonMeann EspinosaLuzonensis is a prehistoric hominid who is about to leave overseas to be a migrant worker. Hours before departing, he discovers that his passport is missing. Together with his father, they retrace their path to find it. Luzonensis ponders on who he is and his place in this country as their backs ache along the way.
- DirectorReiki TsunoStarsHikari AikoAsachillAmanda B.Taka, a shiftless young man, sets off on a quest to find his brother Mune. Teaming up with a quirky new friend and an edgy, mysterious young girl along the way, Taka finds himself taking on a pack of vicious monster cats determined to execute unscrupulous pet shop owners.
- DirectorSoi CheangStarsLok Man YeungCharm Man ChanTing Yip NgRevolves around a fortune teller and a murderer.
- DirectorC.J. 'Fiery' ObasiStarsEvelyne Ily JuhenUzoamaka AniunohEmeka AmakezeWhen the harmony in a village is threatened by outside elements, two sisters must fight to save their people and restore the glory of a mermaid goddess to the land.
- DirectorNikki MejiaStarsJordi CaballeroElizabeth Phoenix CaroDanny FehsenfeldA family of women must break the cycle of La Mancha.
- DirectorThomas CorriveauA mesmerising contemplation of moving bodies and painting, with three magnificent contemporary dance performers from Montreal, Marie Mougeolle, Eduardo Ruiz Vergara and Sophie Corriveau.