It was a good day to be bad in Fantasia, as the Cheval Noir award went to Karim Wahlag’s “Paranoia,” loosely inspired by the horrifying true story of “The Butcher of Mons.” The Belgian serial killer is believed to have killed at least five women in the 1990s. He was not arrested and his identity has not been revealed.
Event Jury 26The tenth Edition, including Charles Bramesco, Elsa Kephart, Maitland McDonagh, and Heather O’Neill, headed by C. Robert Cargill, fell for unapologetic darkness, calling it “paranoid” “the same kind of film that festivals share.”
“[It’s] A stunning and brutal piece of art that challenges the audience while saying something profound at the same time. It’s a lush cinematic piece meant to upset and succeed at every turn,” they said, as they credit Eileen Schumacher for her committed performance as the murderer’s daughter Martha, who is forced to struggle with her family’s largely twisted legacy since the day she was born, as well as the crimes her brother now commits. .
“Starting with the violent birth of Martha that Felix witnesses, and the consequences for both, he showed that children imitate us,” Walhaj said. diverse before the world premiere of the film.
“I’m not trying to give Felix an excuse, but the streak of evil continues if we can’t counter it. It was important to talk about the family’s legacy here. How evil can be ‘built’ in the family and you can’t wash it away.”
Another European production that didn’t go home empty-handed, Spanish “The Elderly,” saw Zorion Eguileor celebrate the disturbing and bizarre influence of his role as a grandfather – after his wife’s untimely death – begin to scare his family with his antics. . Turns out, they might have a point, and the debilitating heat wave they’re all going through certainly isn’t helping.
the elderly
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The Best Director award went to Jul Jong for “Next Sohee” which was selected for Cannes in May, while Kosuke Mukai and Yuki Tanada were honored for their script for the much-anticipated “My Broken Mariko.” And this, as the jury explained, “relaxes on heartstrings, and convinces all feelings of the bond between an ordinary Japanese girl and the friend who has just committed suicide.”
“They expertly avoid the Madeleines, yet their writings reveal the common tenderness of two women hindered by family and fate, and their identification with the other sweet and tragic. As if one could not be without the other.”
Oscar winner Alexandre Deblatt added another award to his huge collection for his score for Michael Hazanavicius’ “Final Cut,” while cinematographer Daniel Katz was noted for his work on Neil Labot’s “House of Darkness.” Finally, the jury’s special mention went to the “special rendition” of director Park Dae Min.
They admitted: “This film contains one amazing moment that unanimously made the jury “WOOOOOOAH” and many others that had us on the edge of our seats in awe of its incredible craftsmanship.”
On the New Body competition front, Japanese director Takashi Hirano’s “Kappei” took home the award for Best First Film (“for its hilarious embrace of dumb, clever comedy”) with two special references to “The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra” and one of the festival’s favorites, “All Jacked”. up and Full of Worms” by Alex Phillips.
“There were moments when I thought the stage might be raided and we might all be arrested. Instead, fantasy is fantasy, and it got a standing ovation,” one juror gleefully said.
Japan also continued to dominate in other categories. “Inu-Oh,” a Japan-China co-production, won the award for Best Animated Feature, and “Summer Ghost” received special mention. The AQCC-Camera Lucida Award went to Daigo Matsui’s “Just Remembering” for its “reverse structure, perfectly calibrated and most stimulating, for its brilliance to give long-term meaning to everyday things, for its precision in identifying moments that make us feel the key stages of love’s journey. He initiates us into being and touching us.”
However, the festival is far from over, now entering its third week and continuing to celebrate its vibrant, personal version that has already welcomed the likes of John Woo or Canadian Trailblazer winner Kier-La Janisse. The audience award will be announced at the end of the event.
Just remember
Courtesy of the Fantasia Film Festival
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