The Ones Who Greive is about to premiere in Austin, Texas at this years edition of Fantastic Fest.
Writer & Director Quarxx had a conversation with Robert Aaron Mitchell about the filmmaking process to realize his latest film. Here is that conversation:
Prior to flying from Italy to Austin for the North American premiere of Death Has No Master Jorge Thielen Armand had a conversation about the film. The challenges in the five year journey to realize the movie, the casting and the work that he and cinematographer Luis Armando Artega did to find the visual language of the film.
Theo and her boyfriend travel to the desert for adventure and a romantic getaway. They meet a couple of friendly retirees. Then everything goes of the rails.
The Squirrel the new film from writer and director Markus Lehmusruusu is set to have it's world premiere at fantastic Fest 2026. I was able to have a conversation with Markus and actor Mimosa Willamo about the journey to bring this story to cinematic life. The Squirrel is also Finland's entry to the Academy Awards for best International Picture. Bonus, my cat Batman makes an appearance.
Girl in the Night follows the aimless life of a lonely kleptomaniac (Urban Kuntarič) takes an unexpected turn for the worse when he steals a bicycle from a mysterious girl (Lara Wolf ) who spends her nights fighting crime. To cut through the mundanity of his night shifts, Rok keeps himself busy by stealing chocolate bars at the gas station where he works. One night, he meets a mysterious girl with severe bruises on her face. She only appears at night, is all about fighting crime, and claims to possess superpowers. If he wants to meet her again, Rok will have to come up with a cunning plan – so he decides to steal her bike.
Girl In The Night will have it's world premiere at Fantastic Fest September 20. Here is the trailer:
In the far future, in a sterile world without nature or animals, Pasi (Miro Lopperi), a lonely designer of synthetic pets, unexpectedly discovers the last surviving squirrel. He decides to defy the rules and keep it alive, but things don’t go quite according to plan: the squirrel gets depressed, Pasi falls in love, and his carefully controlled life begins to unravel. The Squirrel is Finland's Official Entry for the Academy Awards Best International Feature Film. Here is the trailer:
Midnight Madness at the Toronto International Film Festival is a program that means the world to me for both professional and personal reasons. The anticipation of a premiere at midnight is worth the price of a ticket alone. The buzz and excitment as the theater begins to fill up with people is palable. Programmer Peter Kuplowsky once again as searched the globe for the state of genre cinema. Here are three movies I'm anticipating.
River directed by Jashua Giuliano
A corner stone of the program is the feature debut by filmmakers. Opening this years slate of movies is River written and directed by Joshua Giuliano. River is a movie that is anchored in the slasher genre while taking the beats of the genre and crafting entirely new movements and subverting expectations.
Vintage Violence directed by Eugene Kotlyarenk. (The Code, Spree) Two distinct cultural worlds collide, violence ensues. Tiff midnight movies has seen copious amounts of blood cover the movie screen.Vintage Violence is set to unleash even more blood and gore upon the audience.
