Fantasia 2017
List of films I looked up as part of my planning of this year's Fantasia International Film Festival
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- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKento YamazakiRyunosuke KamikiNana KomatsuA teen gifted with supernatural power discovers the truth behind his cursed and bizarre bloodline, and the evil that lurks within his town.
- DirectorKasra FarahaniStarsChristian CallowayElijah T. CollinsJoseph CrossAn unemployed documentary filmmaker's behavior becomes increasingly erratic in the months after his wife becomes pregnant.
- DirectorKevin PhillipsStarsOwen CampbellCharlie TahanElizabeth CappuccinoTeenagers Zach and Josh have been best friends their whole lives, but when a gruesome accident leads to a cover-up, the secret drives a wedge between them and propels them down a rabbit hole of escalating paranoia and violence.
- DirectorDavid LoweryStarsCasey AffleckRooney MaraMcColm Cephas Jr.In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife.
- DirectorKeishi OtomoStarsShun OguriSatoshi TsumabukiMachiko OnoDetective Hisashi Sawamura (Shun Oguri) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police is tired, behind and dealing with the departure of his ungrateful wife. Having lost his family, he now deals with both the serial murders or who is apparently punishing his victims. The horror comes courtesy of the manga, Museum: The Serial Killer Is Laughing In The Rain.
- DirectorDaigo MatsuiStarsYû AoiMitsuki TakahataShôno HayamaGraffiti featuring Haruko Azumi in spray-painted "Missing Girl" posters appear on walls in town. At the same time, the rise of a gang of vicious high school girls with random attacks on men. Are they connected? The story goes viral.
- DirectorSebastien LandryLaurence Morais-LagaceStarsSam EarleVictoria DiamondEmelia HellmanKill or be killed is the golden rule of the Game of Death. Sucks for seven millennials who ignored that rule. Now each one's head will explode unless they kill someone. Will they turn on each other to survive, or will this sunny day be the last for the innocent people of their middle-of-nowhere town?
- DirectorDavid LeitchStarsCharlize TheronJames McAvoyJohn GoodmanAn undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.
- DirectorArshad KhanUsing family archives and animation, Arshad Khan shares a deeply personal story of migration from Pakistan to Canada, self-discovery and familial reconciliation.
- DirectorBenny SafdieJosh SafdieStarsRobert PattinsonBenny SafdieJennifer Jason LeighAfter a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.
- DirectorJo Sun-hoStarsKim Myung-minByun Yo-hanShin Hye-sunA mystery drama revolving around a father who commits an unethical act in an attempt to save his daughter's life. Three years later, his actions return to haunt him, trapping him in an endless time loop.
- DirectorAgnieszka HollandKasia AdamikStarsAgnieszka MandatWiktor ZborowskiJakub GierszalJanina Duszejko, an elderly woman, lives alone in the Klodzko Valley where a series of mysterious crimes are committed. Duszejko is convinced that she knows who or what is the murderer, but nobody believes her.
- DirectorGeremy JasperStarsDanielle MacdonaldSahr NgaujahBridget EverettPATTI CAKE$ is centered on aspiring rapper Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, who is fighting an unlikely quest for glory in her downtrodden hometown in New Jersey.
- DirectorCeyda TorunStarsYaman BarlasSariArzu GölA profile of an ancient city and its unique people, seen through the eyes of the most mysterious and beloved animal humans have ever known, the Cat.
- DirectorMichel BarbeauGuylaine MaroistÉric RuelStarsBill BanteyPhilippe de Gaspé BeaubienEdward ChurchillThis documentary let us to relive the challenge of the men behind the 1967 Universal Exposition in Montréal, Canada. By searching trough 80,000 archival documents at the national Archives, they managed to bring light on one of the biggest logistical and political challenges that were faced by organizers during the "Révolution Tranquille" in the Québec sixties. Includes the accounts of the Chief of Advertising Yves Jasmin, and businessman Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien.
- DirectorCaroline LabrècheSteeve LéonardStarsDiego KlattenhoffCharlotte SullivanBrett DonahueA man wakes up with no memory of who he is, and finds that everyone who comes within a certain distance of him suddenly dies.
- DirectorLuc BessonStarsDane DeHaanCara DelevingneClive OwenA dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.
- DirectorDave McCaryStarsKyle MooneyJorge Lendeborg Jr.Matt WalshAfter being freed from his life in an underground bunker, a man sets out to make a movie of the only TV show he has ever known.
- DirectorStefan RuzowitzkyStarsVioletta SchurawlowTobias MorettiSammy SheikA vicious serial killer is targeting prostitutes in Vienna, Austria. A tough young woman from Turkey who works as a taxi driver witnesses one of the murders and becomes a target. The police are of no help, so she must stop him herself.
- DirectorDome KarukoskiStarsPekka StrangSeumas F. SargentChris MylandAward-winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski brings to screen the life and work of artist Touko Valio Laaksonen (aka Tom of Finland), one of the most influential and celebrated figures of 20th-century gay culture.
- DirectorAna AsensioStarsAna AsensioNatasha RomanovaDavid LittleMost Beautiful Island is a chilling portrait of an undocumented young woman's struggle for survival as she finds redemption from a tortured past in a dangerous game.
- DirectorHun JangStarsSong Kang-hoThomas KretschmannYoo Hae-jinA widowed father and taxi driver who drives a German reporter from Seoul to Gwangju to cover the 1980 uprising, soon finds himself regretting his decision after being caught in the violence around him.
- DirectorJean-Yves BigrasStarsYvonne LaflammeLucie MitchellPaul DesmarteauxA little girl witnesses the death of her mother--expressly killed through negligence by the woman supposedly nursing the invalid mother back to health. The conniving nurse then marries the child's father, thereby taking the dead woman's place and becoming the little girl's stepmother. After unwisely revealing to the stepmother that she knows the reason for her mother's death; Arore is abused by her stepmother, who hopes that in torturing the child she can keep her silent. The father, who is absent during the day farming the land, closes his eyes or refuses to believe that his new wife is abusive when confronted by the sight of his miserable burnt and beaten child.
- DirectorPatrick DemersStarsFrançois ArnaudNormand D'AmourMilton TanakaSeeking to understand his power to move around in his own timeline, David must eventually confront the disassembled chronology of his own life.
- DirectorGabriel ClaveauStarsStéphane MessierXavier DumontierTommy GaudetHochelaga 2048 - Depuis des temps immémoriaux, la nation québécoise a toujours cherché un sauveur. Ce sauveur se nomme Charles Maurice. C'est son audace, son courage, sa détermination et son charisme qui en 2028 amena le Québec à l'indépendance nationale. Or, les lendemains qui chantent ne furent que de courte durée. Une invasion zombies doublée d'une guerre thermonucléaire avec le Canada plongea le Québec dans une nouvelle grande noirceur. Mais l'apocalypse n'était qu'un début, car le terrible secret que cachait Charles Maurice menaçait à tout moment de ramener la jeune république québécoise au statut constitutionnel de province de l'enfer. Alors que des hordes de punks et de ninjas contestataires se dressaient dans les rues d'Hochelag, un dernier espoir persistait. Cet espoir c'était Zack ; fils de Charles Maurice et élu d'une mystérieuse prophétie. Entraîné au kung-fu depuis sa tendre enfance par son ami robot philosophe, rien ne pouvait préparer le jeune Zack à l'incroyable épopée qui l'attendait.
- DirectorAndré MelançonStarsDenis BouchardRaymond LegaultPipo GagnonOn Christmas eve a journalist witnesses a theft in a mall and then tracks one of the thieves to later be taken as his hostage in the radio station he works for.
- DirectorGabriel PelletierStarsIsabelle CyrRobert BrouilletteYves PelletierIn Transylvania, the 140 year-old vampire Karmina flees from the castle of her father on her wedding day arranged by her parents with Vlad. She travels to Montreal to meet her aunt Esmeralda, who is an ancient and powerful vampire that has broken her relationship with the Baron and the Baronne. Soon she learns that Esmeralda has developed a potion that temporarily transform vampires in human again and she imposes that Karmina must use the potion if she wants to stay in Canada with her. Karmina uses the potion and falls in love with the organist Phillipe, who loves Bach. Meanwhile, the Baron asks Vlad to travel to Canada and bring Karmina back, and he turns the costumer officer Ghislain Chabot into a vampire to help him.
- DirectorKim Sung-hoonStarsHyun BinYoo Hae-jinKim Ju-hyukWhen a crime organization from North Korea crosses borders and enters South Korean soil, a South Korean detective must cooperate with a North Korean detective to investigate their whereabouts.
- DirectorBaz PoonpiriyaStarsChutimon ChuengcharoensukyingEisaya HosuwanTeeradon SupapunpinyoLynn, a genius high school student who makes money by cheating tests, receives a new task that leads her to set foot on Sydney, Australia. In order to complete the millions-Baht task, Lynn and her classmates have to finish the international STIC(SAT) exam and deliver the answers back to her friends in Thailand before the exam takes place once again in her home country.
- DirectorChi-Kin KwokStarsEddie PengShawn YueNi NiA giant rebelled against the heavens. It was declared a devil and defeated. The immortal heart evolved into Sun Wukong. The heavens found him, and ravaged his home. He enters the heavenly kingdom, disguised as a human, seeking retribution.
- DirectorGraham SkipperStarsJohn DinanMd Anan IslamLyle KanouseA surreal sci-fi romance wherein a beautiful young woman and strange metaphysical forces threaten the reality of a reclusive video arcade technician, resulting in bizarre biomechanical mutations and a shocking self-realization.
- DirectorUfuk GencMichael PopescuStarsCan AydinCha-Lee YoonPhong GiangWhen three young martial artists embark on a relentless treasure hunt in order to free their friend from the grasp of a ruthless gangster, they get entangled in a complex conspiracy staged to dethrone Berlin's underworld kingpin.
- DirectorLuc SchaedlerStarsWai-Chung WooA portrait of Hong Kong shortly before the handover back to China in 1997.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsYûsuke AraiKenta ArimaKokoro AsamiOn this second movie, Tatsuhiko Shiratori moves to Yokohama from Shinjuku, Tokyo. He comes into conflict with Masaki Taki who is the CEO of a scout company.
- DirectorAlexandre O. PhilippeStarsMarli RenfroAlfred HitchcockTere CarrubbaAn unprecedented look at the iconic shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), the "man behind the curtain", and the screen murder that profoundly changed the course of world cinema.
- DirectorTony T. DatisStarsMarc JarousseauNathalie OdzierejkoLudovikA band of students comes to celebrate the New Year in an old manor house isolated from everything. But soon after their arrival, strange events disrupt the atmosphere, before the party turns squarely to the nightmare.
- DirectorRyan ProwsStarsNicki MicheauxMark BurnhamJon OswaldThe sordid lives of an addict, an ex-con, and a luchador collide when an organ harvesting caper goes very, very wrong.
- DirectorKristoffer BorgliStarsAmir AsgharnejadBrett GelmanAdam PearsonThe inside story of an energy drink marketing ploy gone wrong.
- DirectorHyeong-ju KimStarsKang Deok-JoongKim Jae-yeongCho Jin-woongDae-Ho (Lee Sung-Min) is a former detective and now considers himself the neighborhood sheriff of where he lives. Jong-Jin (Cho Jin-Woong) is a successful businessman from Seoul that moves to Dae-Ho's neighborhood in Busan. Dae-Ho begins to suspect Jong-Jin is a drug offender and investigates with his brother-in-law Duk-Man (Kim Sung-Kyun).
- DirectorEiji UchidaStarsSairi ItôKenta SugaKaito YoshimuraBorn in a regional city, a young girl named Ai (Sairi Ito) is sent to a cult commune by her religious maniac mother and lives there for seven long years. After the cult is exposed by the police, Ai starts a new, normal life going to a regular middle school, but can't find a place to fit in normal society. Ai drops out to continue finding her path in life, first living with a rock-bottom delinquent family, then moving on to be part of a middle-class family, all along trying to find her place in this world. The only person who understands Ai is Ryota (Kenta Suga), another drop-out and cast-off from society. Ryota finds his path in a shady world of delinquents while Ai ends up working in the sex industry. Two teens' purity gets swallowed up by the urban jungle of a big regional city. A black comedy depicting lives of modern youth and their struggles in a place where there is no way out.
- DirectorLarry CohenStarsDavid CarradineMichael MoriartyCandy ClarkNYPD detectives Shepard and Powell are working on a bizarre case of a ritualistic Aztec murder. Meanwhile, something big is attacking people of New York and only greedy small time crook Jimmy Quinn knows where its lair is.
- DirectorFederico CuevaStarsPeter LanzaniGérard DepardieuPablo RagoA framed con man, Leo (Peter Lanzani) has to impersonate an orthodox Jew in order to escape ruthless killers Duges (Gerard Depardieu), López (Santiago Segura) and Harken (Hugo Silva).
- DirectorKyoko MiyakeStarsRio HiiragiYuzuha OdaMasayoshi SakaiGirl bands and their pop music permeate every moment of Japanese life. Following an aspiring pop singer and her fans, Tokyo Idols explores a cultural phenomenon driven by an obsession with young female sexuality, and the growing disconnect between men and women in hyper-modern societies
- DirectorNacho VigalondoStarsAnne HathawayJason SudeikisAustin StowellGloria is an out-of-work party girl forced to leave her life in New York City and move back home. When reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, she gradually comes to the realization that she is somehow connected to this phenomenon.
- DirectorNatalia LeiteStarsFrancesca EastwoodClifton Collins Jr.Leah McKendrickAn art student taps into a rich source of creative inspiration after the accidental slaughter of her rapist. An unlikely vigilante emerges, set out to avenge college girls whose attackers walked free.
- DirectorKook-Hee ChoiStarsYoo Ji-taeLee Da-witLee Jung-hyunA man once called a bowling legend teams up with a bookie and an autistic genius bowling player.
- DirectorAttila TillStarsZoltán FenyvesiSzabolcs ThuróczyÁdám FeketeTwo disabled teenagers looking for meaning in their lives, team up with a wheelchair hit-man.
- DirectorKevin SorboStarsKevin SorboSam SorboDaniel RoebuckAn atheist goes through a near-death experience in a car accident before converting to Christianity.
- DirectorClaude BarrasStarsGaspard SchlatterSixtine MuratPaulin JaccoudAfter losing his mother, a young boy is sent to an orphanage with other orphans his age where he begins to learn the meaning of trust and true love.
- DirectorLee HardcastleStarsJoanne MitchellJustin RamothThree kids discover the remains of the legendary Spook Train, they're about to experience why it was shut down by a moral panic. It's a dark ride with an even darker sense of humor.
- DirectorTommy SwerdlowStarsTJ BowenPatricia Castelo BrancoDennice CisnerosThings grow more and more desperate, and ridiculous, as three heroin addicts drive all over Los Angeles in search of what they need.
- DirectorChris PeckoverStarsOlivia DeJongeLevi MillerEd OxenbouldOn a quiet suburban street, a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from intruders, only to discover it's far from a normal home invasion.
- DirectorGordian MauggStarsHeino FerchThomas ThiemeSamuel FinziFilmmaker Fritz Lang seeks inspiration for his first sound film by immersing himself in the case of serial killer Peter Kürten.
- DirectorAntonio NegretStarsScott EastwoodFreddie ThorpAna de ArmasTwo car thief brothers, who journey to the south of France for new opportunities, wind up in the cross hairs of the local crime boss.
- DirectorJenna CavelleStarsJames FrancoShakira BarreraEdy GanemSomething goes terribly wrong when a band of Latin sisters and their brother attempt a violent robbery in order to make their first indie film.
- DirectorMelanie AitkenheadStarsSerinda SwanPollyanna McIntoshJake LockettMaggie becomes a strong and ruthless member of the all-female Dark Moon gang led by the merciless Trigga, and the all-female motorcycle gang look after each other as they patrol the streets in the small town.
- DirectorTakashi ShimizuStarsHideaki TakizawaDaiki AriokaMugi KadowakiWhen abused children return after they went missing, their abusers find a mysterious death after 3 days. Local newspaper reporter Shunya investigates the deaths, while his girlfriend Naomi gets too close to one of the haunted children.
- DirectorKwang-Hyun ParkStarsJi Chang-wookShim Eun-kyungAhn Jae-hongAfter Kwon, an exceptional gamer, is wrongly framed for murder, he along with his allies decides to find the real culprit and prove his innocence.
- DirectorNabwana I.G.G.StarsBisaso DaudaNakaye JaneKabuye JohnA mild-mannered doctor is trained in the art of ass-kicking commando vengeance by a no-nonsense ghetto kid named Wesley Snipes.
- DirectorTyler MacIntyreStarsBrianna HildebrandAlexandra ShippJack QuaidA twist on the slasher genre, following two death-obsessed teenage girls who use their online show about real-life tragedies to send their small mid-western town into a frenzy, and cement their legacy as modern horror legends.
- DirectorSimon RumleyStarsAmanda FullerEthan EmbryEric BalfourA woman who uses clothes as an emotional crutch discovers her life isn't as ideal as she thought...
- DirectorTrent HaagaStarsMatthew Gray GublerAnnaLynne McCordAlisha BoeA punk-rock after hours about femininity, masculinity and the theft of $68,000.
- DirectorAlan MakAnthony PunStarsYihong DuanXuan HuangYueting LangAn undercover police officer attempts to take down a drug trafficking syndicate from the inside.
- DirectorGina HaraStarsStephanie HarveyAnita SenguptaRachel WeilWhen filmmaker Gina Hara sets out to explore the hidden half of nerd culture, she struggles through unexpected resistance. Welcome to the world of cute dresses, professional gamers, fake names and death threats.
- DirectorYoshihiro NakamuraStarsSatoshi OhnoYuri ChinenDendenWhat is the only thing that can stand in the way of a ruthless warlord after total domination of a country? Ninjas. When ninja Mumon kills another fierce ninja in order to claim a reward the repercussions are severe and involve the advancing army and the band of stealth fighters. Politics, warfare and sinister plots.
- DirectorJakob LassStarsElla RumpfMaria DragusEnno TrebsTIGER gets what she wants. VANILLA does not know what she wants. Apart from one important thing: a uniform. TIGER teach her to bite, and VANILLA tastes blood. So TIGER needs to learn a new rule: They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
- DirectorJonathan MilottCary MurnionStarsDave BautistaBrittany SnowAngelic ZambranaWhen a U.S. based military force invades their Brooklyn neighborhood, 20-year-old Lucy and war veteran Stupe must depend on each other to survive.
- DirectorMasaaki YuasaStarsGen HoshinoKana HanazawaHiroshi KamiyaIn this comedy about one epic night in Kyoto, a college sophomore goes on a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife, all the while unaware of the romantic longings of her classmate Senpai.
- DirectorToni ComasStarsGabe FazioBradford WestStuart RudinIn a state in the American Midwest, old friends Michael and Josh, otherwise known as the Spirit Doctors, take it upon themselves to help people who are troubled by episodes of a supernatural nature.
- DirectorJoe LynchStarsSteven YeunSamara WeavingSteven BrandA virus spreads through an office complex causing white-collar workers to act out their worst impulses.
- DirectorChristian PasquarielloStarsIwan RheonAndré HennickeRainer WernerAn aggressive race of aliens took over Planet Earth and humanity's at its end, living in giant bunkers below ground. Young Military rookie S.U.M.1 (Iwan Rheon) is sent to the surface to save a group of unprotected survivors.
- DirectorMasaaki YuasaStarsKanon TaniShôta ShimodaMinako KotobukiThe story centers on Kai, a gloomy middle school student whose life changes after meeting Lu, a mermaid.
- DirectorGiddens KoStarsYu-Kai TengKent TsaiBonnie LiangShu-wei is an unpopular student who is a constant target for the school bullies, but he ends up joining forces with them when they encounter two demonic sisters who feast on human flesh at night, and they manage to capture one of them.
- DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsBasil RathboneNigel BruceRichard GreeneSherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a young heir on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate.
- DirectorJustin BensonAaron MoorheadStarsAaron MoorheadJustin BensonCallie HernandezAs kids, they escaped a UFO death cult. Now, two adult brothers seek answers after an old videotape surfaces and brings them back to where they began.
- DirectorPeter VackStarsBetsey BrownPatrick LabellaJack DunphyAdah and Aaron are literally Assholes.
- DirectorPatrick MilleStarsVanessa GuideAlison WheelerMargot BancilhonFour childhood friends reunite for a wedding in Rio, only to find themselves on the run through the Brazilian countryside after accidentally killing someone at a drug-fueled party.
- DirectorFederica Di GiacomoDocumentary about the practice of exorcism and people's issues of everyday life: the contrasts between ancient traditions and modern habits.
- DirectorDick MaasStarsAbbey HoesMark FrostJulian LoomanA zoo veterinarian gets caught up in a grisly adventure as she finds herself leading the city-wide hunt for a monstrous lion terrorizing the Dutch capital of Amsterdam.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsJessica HarperStefania CasiniFlavio BucciAn American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTôma IkutaEita NagayamaTsubasa HondaA young undercover cop tries to get back with his former love, while unraveling the mystery behind the head of the police force. Meanwhile he has to protect the boss' daughter.