The dust, blood, guts from Fantastic Fest 2026 has settled. I spent the week watching movies, exchanging emails with publicists, conducting zoom interviews with filmmakers. When it was all said and done I conducted over two hours of conversations with filmmakers over seven interviews. I spoke with people in Slovenia, Italy, France, Canada and the United States. That is one of the greatest things about a film festival, it gathers cinema from all over the world. Here are the Fantastic Fest 2026 conversations:
Girl In The Night just won best picture at Fantastic Fest 2026. I was able to sit down once again and have a conversation with director Luka Marčetić actor Lara Wolf and joining us this time fellow actor Urban Kuntarič. Here is that conversation:
Prior to the Fantastic Fest World Premiere of Girl In The Night I was able to have a conversation with writer & director Luka Marčetić and actor Lara Wolf about all aspects of making their superhero movie in Slovenia. Here is our conversation:
Luka Marčetić “I am deeply interested in people who are mostly quiet,
shy, and to a point enjoy solitary existence. These people often go
unnoticed in everyday life, yet they possess a unique strength in their
quietness. I always wanted to put them in roles of vulnerable heroes and
antiheroes. This is a story about boredom and the search for friendship
in very strange circumstances.”
Film Synopsis: The aimless life of a lonely kleptomaniac takes an
unexpected turn for the worse when he steals a bicycle from a mysterious
girl 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.
