Genndy Tartakovsky’s adult animation Fixed will close the 29th Fantasia International Film Festival (July 16-August 3) in Montreal as event orga
Genndy Tartakovsky’s adult animation Fixed will close the 29th Fantasia International Film Festival (July 16-August 3) in Montreal as event organisers unveiled a third wave of films including a special screening of Paramount’s Smurfs.
Programming highlights include the world premieres of Lee Chang-hee and Yusron Fuad’s class warfare thriller The Verdict, sci-fi author Ian Tuason’s folk horror The Undertone, and Hadrah Daeng Ratu’s Indonesian horror The Book Of Sijjin And Illiyyin.
Michel Gondry’s Annecy selection Maya, Give Me A Title receives its North American premiere.
Troma founder Lloyd Kaufman will be presented with the festival’s inaugural Indie Maverick Award, while Tartakovsky and composer Danny Elfman receive the Cheval Noir Lifetime Achievement Award. The Canadian Trailblazer Award will be presented to Sheila McCarthy, and the annual Denis-Héroux Award to Quebecois producer Anne-Marie Gélinas.
The line-up includes world premieres of Lily-Hayes’s Troma documentary Occupy Cannes, Dickson Leung Kwok-Fai’s Hong Kong esports thriller Good Game, Francis Bordeleau’s female emancipation drama Anna Kiri, and slacker comedy Messy Legends from Kelly-Kay Hurcomb and James Watts.
As previously announced, Ari Aster’s Eddington will open the festival.
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