On impulse, I responded to an email about a movie from Africa. It's the best Us$2.99 that I've spent all month. The email came from Alamo On Demand and the film is Crazy World, which our own Andrew Mack wrote about last year, when we premiered the poster and a few still images in connection with a screening at the Toronto International Film Festival. Made by Ugandan filmmaker Igg Nabwana, Crazy World is a continuous burst of joy. The plot really doesn't matter, but here's the description that Tiff's Peter Kuplowsky wrote: "The latest gonzo extravaganza from Wakaliwood, Uganda -- home of "Da Best Of Da Best Movies!" including cult hits Who Killed Captain Alex? and Fantastic Fest 2016 Audience Award winner Bad Black --...
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- 6/19/2020
- Screen Anarchy
We're back with an extra-packed edition of Horror Highlights! In today's installment, we have a look at the Parallax trailer, details on Fantaspoa' 2020 online festival, a preview of Cult of Dracula, details on Max Brook's online Wizard World event, info on Followed's drive-in release, details on Ha-Ha! Horror Collector’s Edition, an announcement for My Favorite Horror Movie's fundraiser, and the trailer for The Oak Room:
Parallax: "Michael W.Bachochin’s highly-anticipated Psychodrama/science-fiction feature Parallax releases in theaters this summer.
A young artist wakes up in a life that she doesn't recognize, spending her time asleep haunted by nightmares of drowning in a black abysmal void. As she begins to uncover the truths of the life that she's found herself in, the gravity of her failing reality weighs heavily on her psychological identity and the reliability of her sanity is called into question.
Naomi Prentice, Nelson Ritthaler, Hattie Smith and Ted Gianopulos star.
Parallax: "Michael W.Bachochin’s highly-anticipated Psychodrama/science-fiction feature Parallax releases in theaters this summer.
A young artist wakes up in a life that she doesn't recognize, spending her time asleep haunted by nightmares of drowning in a black abysmal void. As she begins to uncover the truths of the life that she's found herself in, the gravity of her failing reality weighs heavily on her psychological identity and the reliability of her sanity is called into question.
Naomi Prentice, Nelson Ritthaler, Hattie Smith and Ted Gianopulos star.
- 6/19/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Brazil’s Fantaspoa Fantastic Film Festival, which is the largest genre event in South America, has locked a partnership with local streaming service Darkflix to allow it to host its 16th edition online, and free for local audiences.
The 2020 edition of the fest was originally scheduled to take place in May this year, but had to be postponed due to the pandemic. As the virus is far from being contained in Brazil (the country now has both the second-highest number of infections and deaths in the world), organizers have ultimately decided that a physical edition will not be possible this year, and instead will pivot online.
Running July 24 – August 2, Fantaspoa will see Darkflix host a number of Latin American premieres of new genre films, and will feature a total of 110 features and shorts from 35 countries. Each title will have a cap of 5,000 viewers and will be geo-blocked for viewers in Brazil.
The 2020 edition of the fest was originally scheduled to take place in May this year, but had to be postponed due to the pandemic. As the virus is far from being contained in Brazil (the country now has both the second-highest number of infections and deaths in the world), organizers have ultimately decided that a physical edition will not be possible this year, and instead will pivot online.
Running July 24 – August 2, Fantaspoa will see Darkflix host a number of Latin American premieres of new genre films, and will feature a total of 110 features and shorts from 35 countries. Each title will have a cap of 5,000 viewers and will be geo-blocked for viewers in Brazil.
- 6/17/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Forget everything you think you know about filmmaking and narrative continuity. Forget production values and matching eyelines. Divorce yourself from your over-reliance on the 180-degree rule and your addiction to sumptuous cinematography and slick — or even barely adequate — visual effects. Instead, for 65 glorious, gonzo minutes, put aside the troubles of this crazy world to enjoy “Crazy World,” the magnificently bonkers, self-described “Greatest Eva Kids Movie” from Ugandan film phenomenon Igg Nabwana and his one-man Kampala-based movie industry, Wakaliwood.
Director, writer, producer, editor, cameraman, Igg Nabwana appears on camera himself to set the scene. In a prologue recorded during the coronavirus lockdown Nabwana genially shows us around his crumbly Wakaliwood “studios.” He introduces us to the Waka Starz — a gaggle of high-kicking local kids, who despite their diminutive size, are “Uganda’s Biggest Action Stars.” From there, it’s only one quick, lunatic anti-piracy infomercial, featuring locals chained up for illegally...
Director, writer, producer, editor, cameraman, Igg Nabwana appears on camera himself to set the scene. In a prologue recorded during the coronavirus lockdown Nabwana genially shows us around his crumbly Wakaliwood “studios.” He introduces us to the Waka Starz — a gaggle of high-kicking local kids, who despite their diminutive size, are “Uganda’s Biggest Action Stars.” From there, it’s only one quick, lunatic anti-piracy infomercial, featuring locals chained up for illegally...
- 6/4/2020
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
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