By MICHAEL GINGOLD
The 2017 edition of the Night Visions International Film Festival in Helskinki, Finland opens with Guillermo del Toro’s much-anticipated THE SHAPE OF WATER (pictured) and continues with a wide range of horror and thriller fare from all over the world. Read on for more of the fest’s hot lineup.
In addition to SHAPE OF WATER, U.S. titles at Night Visions include:
- Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s THE ENDLESS
- Graham Skipper’s SEQUENCE BREAK
- Marc Meyers’ MY FRIEND DAHMER
- Tyler MacIntyre’s TRAGEDY GIRLS
- Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury’s LEATHERFACE
- Ash Avildsen’s AMERICAN SATAN
- Lloyd Kaufman’s RETURN TO RETURN TO NUKE ’EM HIGH
- S. Craig Zahler’s BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99
- Taylor Sheridan’s WIND RIVER
- James Franco’s THE DISASTER ARTIST
- Flying Lotus’ KUSO
Simeon Halligan’s HABIT reps the UK, Canada howls with Lowell Dean’s ANOTHER WOLFCOP and Brandon Christensen’s STILL/BORN, France weighs in with Coralie Fargeat’s REVENGE, while italy contributes Giordano Giulivi’s THE LAPACE’S DEMON. There will also be a heavy Scandinavian contingent:
- Oskar Thor Axelsson’s I REMEMBER YOU
- Reinert Kiil’s CHRISTMAS BLOOD
- Thomas Aske Berg and Fredrik Waldeland’s VIDAR THE VAMPIRE
- Teemu Nikki’s EUTHANIZER
- Marko Mäkilaakso’s IT CAME FROM THE DESERT
- Ville Mäkelä’s BEYOND THE LAW
Asian fare at the fest includes:
- Sion Sono’s TOKYO VAMPIRE HOTEL
- Jung Byung-gil’s THE VILLAINESS
- Byun Sung-hyun’s THE MERCILESS
From Latin America:
- Samuel Galli’s OUR EVIL
- Fabian Forte’s DEAD MAN TELLS HIS OWN TALE
- Luciano and Nicolas Onetti’s WHAT THE WATERS LEFT BEHIND
There will also be documentaries like Morten Traavik and Ugis Olte’s LIBERATION DAY, P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes’ MANSFIELD 66/67 any Tony Zierra’s FILMWORKER, and guest appearances by director Mark Lester (showing CLASS OF 1984, COMMANDO and ROLLER BOOGIE) and actress Christina Lindberg (accompanying THRILLER: A CRUEL PICTURE, MÄTÄKUU and the documentary CHRISTINA LINDBERG: THE ORIGINAL EYEPATCH WEARING BUTT KICKING MOVIE BABE). For more info, head over to the festival’s official website.
