The Fantasia International Film Festival, the iconic Canadian genre film festival, has announced its second wave of programming for the upcoming 25th edition.
The Fantasia International Film Festival has announced its second wave of programming for the upcoming 25th edition. The festival will again be a virtual event, and will run from August 5-25th of this year. As always, it will include scheduled screenings and premieres, panels, and workshops, with films once again hosted on the leading-edge platform created by Festival Scope and Shift72. As the summer approaches, Fantasia organizers will be following advice from local health authorities in Montreal with respect to the possibility of adding a limited range of physical events as well. In celebration of the key role that Japan’s culture has played across Fantasia’s history, the festival’s 25th edition will be featuring an enhanced focus on Japanese cinema. Here are five titles you can’t miss, along with an exciting surprise announcement! Martyrs Lane (dir. Ruth Platt: World Premiere) In Martyrs Lane, ten-year-old Leah (Kiera Thompson) lives in a large vicarage, full of lost souls and the needy. In the day the house is bustling with people; at night it is dark, empty, a space for Leah’s nightmares to creep into.
