By MICHAEL GINGOLD
In addition to the many exciting feature films screening at Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival next month, a host of short movies will be showcased as well. Read on for the full lineup.
Fantasia, which runs July 12-August 2, will screen the shorts in the following showcases:
AFROMENTUM, highlighting black cinema from Africa, the Caribbean, Europe and the Americas:
- C.J. “Fiery” Obasi’s HELLO, RAIN
- Alain Bidard’s BATTLEDREAM CHRONICLES: A NEW BEGINNING
- Naledi Jackson’s THE DROP IN
- Jean-Charles Mbotti-Malolo’s MAKE IT SOUL
BORN OF WOMAN, from female filmmakers:
- Hanna Bergholm’s PUPPET MASTER
- Jiwon Moon’s NOSE NOSE EYES EYES!
- Kate Dolan’s CATCALLS
- Kjersti Helen Rasmussen’s VOYAGER
- Manon Alirol and Léo Hardt’s PETITE AVARIE
- Ida Joglar’s THE GAZE
- Chelsea Lupkin’s LUCY’S TALE
- Faye Jackson’s THE OLD WOMAN WHO HID HER FEAR UNDER THE STAIRS
- Marie Dvorakova’s WHO’S WHO IN MYCOLOGY
CIRCO ANIMATO, devoted to animation of all kinds:
- Park Yena’s LOVELY GIRL
- Seo Ji-hyeong’s CRAZY CAT
- Winnie Cheung’s ALBATROSS SOUP
- Rick Trembles and Raph Bard’s BUILDING 108: BARNACLE BILL THE TAILOR
- Toon Loenders and Paul Driessen’s THE ORIGIN OF SOUND
- Lei Lei’s I DON’T LIKE THE COMICS YOU DREW
- Kim JiHyeon’s ISLAND OF THE DECEASED
- Samuel Bradley’s SPACE BETWEEN STARS
- Claudia Cortés Espejo, Lora D’Addazio and Mathilde Remy’s THE VOICE OVER
- Rocio Álvarez’s SIMBIOSIS CARNAL
- Andrew Chesworth and Bobby Pontillas’ ONE SMALL STEP
- Pablo Gostanian’s THE RICOCHET SPLENDID
DJ XL5’S OUTTASIGHT ZAPPIN’ PARTY, a mix of the weird and outrageous:
- Simon Tofield’s SIMON’S CAT, POLISHED PAWS, PURRTHDAY CAKE (A 10TH BIRTHDAY SPECIAL) and KITTEN CRAZY TIME
- Lee Hardcastle’s THE SIMPSONS COUCH GAG (RESERVOIR DOGS) and RICK AND MORTY GO TO THE MOVIES (THE NON-CANONICAL ADVENTURES)
- Chris McInroy’s WE SUMMONED A DEMON
- Daphne Leduc-Laprise’s 135 BANANAS
- John William Ross’ GREGORY
- Phil Brough’s FIRE IN CARDBOARD CITY
- Travis O’Neill’s T.T.A.
- David Burrowes’ GRANNY
- Rémi Fréchette’s A NIGHT OF SWEAT
- And more!
INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE-FICTION SHORT FILM SHOWCASE:
- David Jermyn’s BE MY GUEST
- Andrea Ashton’s GREATER GOOD
- Joe Lueben’s ONE DAY THE SUN TURNED BLACK
- Travis Bible’s EXIT STRATEGY
- Meritxell A. Valls’ THE FLAPPING OF THE HUMMINGBIRD
- Lukas Schrank and George Thomson’s THEY WAIT FOR US
- Leticia Belliccini’s SPIN
- Magali Magistry’s EXHALE
SMALL GAUGE TRAUMA, featuring cutting-edge, shocking horror shorts:
- Heidi Lee Douglas’ DEVIL WOMAN
- Marcos Mereles’ THE DEAD MAN SPEAKS
- Mateo Márquez’s THE INVADERS
- Mael Le Mées’ AURORE
- Aurélien Digard’s BESOIN DEAD
- Joséphine Hopkins’ THE DAY MY MOTHER BECAME A MONSTER
- Mike Marrero and Jonathan Rhoads’ RILEY WAS HERE (pictured above)
- Ryan Oksenberg’s DAMAGE CONTROL
- Marinah Janello’s ENTROPIA
In addition, the following shorts will be shown before Fantasia feature presentations:
- Jill Gevargizian’s 42 COUNTS with THE RANGER
- Benjamin Swicker’s A/S/L with THE DARK
- Valérie Leclair’s BACKSTORE with HEAVY TRIP
- Kieran Wheeler’s BLOOM with BROTHER’S NEST
- Jordan Michael Blake’s CLEAN BLOOD with PIERCING
- Reiko Tsuno’s CRYING BITCH with ONE CUT OF THE DEAD
- Bobby Miller’s END TIMES with ARIZONA
- Jérémy Comte’s FAUVE with SUMMER OF 84
- Renaud Lessard’s FLORIDA-MONTRÉAL with MON GARÇON
- Frank Appache’s GARDIENNAGE DE L’ENFER with LES DOUTEUX
- Kim Minhye’s THE GREAT HAND AND THE BULGASARI with TRUE FICTION
- Frédéric Chalté’s LE OTTO DITA DELLA MORTE with BLOOD AND BLACK LACE
- Adam-Gabriel Belley-Côté’s HOOLIGANS with LÔI BÁO
- Tim Koomen’s MEET JIMMY with PUPPET MASTER: THE LITTLEST REICH
- Santiago Menghini’s MILK with DANS LA BRUME
- Ghislain Ouellet’s THE MONSTER WITHIN with THE NIGHT EATS THE WORLD
- Michael Middelkoop’s NETFLIX & CHILL with ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE
- Frédéric Chalté’s NO ONE WILL EVER BELIEVE YOU with DETECTIVE DEE: THE FOUR HEAVENLY KINGS
- Pierre-Marc Drouin’s POISSON DE MARS with WHAT A MAN WANTS
- Fernando Lopez’s SPACE/TIME CONTINUUM with PARALLEL
- Anthony Sneed’s SUCK with RONDO
- Daniel DelPurgatorio’s THIRD WHEEL with PLEDGE
- Ashlea Wessel’s TICK (see exclusive trailer here) with LA QUINCEANERA
- Anna Mastro’s URCHIN with BUYBUST
- Shinya Sugai’s WALKING MEAT with ARAGNE: SIGN OF VERMILLION
For more info on all these shorts and the fest overall, head over to Fantasia’s official website.
