One of the best parts of my job is getting to cover some truly incredible films from all over the globe. This is certainly the case with the 2022 Fantasia International Film Festival. As always, fans of genre cinema will gather in Montreal from July 14th -August 3rd to take in over 130 feature length films and over 200 short films from staggeringly talented filmmakers. This year we have some familiar genre-filmmakers with new features.
Highlights include:
- House of Darkness (2022) Dir. Neil LaBute
- The Mole Song: Final (2022) Dir. Takashi Miike
- Country Gold (2022) Dir. Mickey Reece
- Polaris (2022) Dir. Kirsten Carthew
- Swallowed (2022) Dir. Carter Smith
- La Pieta (2022) Dir. Eduardo Casanova
We also get some brand-new feature film directors
Highlight include:
- Glorious (2022) Dir. Rebekah McKendry
- The Roundup (2022) Dir. Lee Sang-yong
- Moloch (2022) Dir. Nico Van den Brink
New restorations of classic films include:
Other notable films are the new A24 Horror film Bodies, Bodies Bodies directed by Halina Reijin which stars Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Pete Davidson and Chase Sui Wonders.
Shin Ultraman (2022) Dir. Shinji Higuchi a reimagining of the classic iconic Japanese sci-fi property.
Fantasia International Film Festival has a rich history of lifting up Queer voices and 2022’s offerings are of course no different. Swallowed, La Pieta and Compulsion is just a sample of the LGBTQIA films happening this year! This year’s Canadian Trailblazer Award will be honoring author and historian Kier-La Janisse. Kier-La Janisse has written such stellar books House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films (2012) and A Violent Professional: The Films of Luciano Rossi (2007).
Special Events include:
- Artist Talk: John Woo
- Stop F %#king Up the Planet: Concert Steps the Film Industry Can Take to Reduce Our Carbon and Waste Footprint
- Artist Talk: Kier-La Janisse
- House of Psychotic Women 10th Anniversary Book Launch and Screening Series
- Kim Kangmin Stop Motion Masterclass
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Big film nerd and TCM Obsessed. Author of The Ultimate Guide to Strange Cinema from Schiffer Publishing. Resume includes: AMC’s The Bite, Scream Magazine etc. Love all kinds of movies and television and have interviewed a wide range of actors, writers, producers and directors. I currently am a regular co-host on the podcast The Humanoids from the Deep Dive and have a second book in the works from Bear Manor.