{"id":826154,"date":"2026-07-25T23:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T23:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/826154\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T23:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T23:54:11","slug":"fantasia-international-film-festival-continues-into-its-2nd-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/826154\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasia International Film Festival continues into its 2nd weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Festivalgoers are expected at Montreal movie theatres for the second weekend of the Fantasia International Film Festival, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary.<\/p>\n

Running from July 16 to August 2, this event aims to highlight genre cinema and forge links between avant-garde films and mainstream productions.<\/p>\n

The program features both feature-length and short films from Quebec, Canada, and around the world. It includes a section dedicated to animated films, screenings of reimagined classics, and films for young audiences.<\/p>\n

Fantasia\u2019s assistant director and programmer, Tania Morissette, had to reschedule several films due to high public demand, such as \u201cLos Vampires,\u201d which was screened a second time on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were lots of people who came to buy additional tickets but unfortunately couldn\u2019t get in,\u201d she reports. \u201cThat\u2019s been the case with many of our films this year. A lot of screenings are at full capacity, so we\u2019re adding more showings.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a result, the South Korean zombie film \u201cColony,\u201d directed by Yeon Sang-ho\u2014for which, according to Morissette, \u201ctickets are flying off the shelves\u201d\u2014has been rescheduled for the coming week.<\/p>\n

The same goes for \u201cTeenage Sex And Death at Camp Miasma\u201d by director Jane Schoenbrun, whose 2024 film \u201cI Saw the TV Glow\u201d was a huge hit upon its release.<\/p>\n

The festival opened with \u201cHer Private Hell,\u201d directed by Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn, best known for \u201cDrive,\u201d released in 2011 and starring Ryan Gosling.<\/p>\n

He returned to the festival 20 years after his last visit and, like several other filmmakers, led a master class during conferences and discussions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is our 30th anniversary, so we wanted to honor filmmakers\u2014either those we\u2019ve never had at the festival before, or directors like Nicolas Winding Refn, who attended the festival twenty years ago\u2014so it\u2019s a wonderful opportunity to have him back,\u201d she emphasized.<\/p>\n

Among the master classes still to be held, one of the most anticipated is that of Quebec director Robert Lepage, which will take place on Aug. 1.<\/p>\n

Quebec in the spotlight<\/p>\n

Blocks of Quebec short films, grouped by theme, are screened every weekend of the festival.<\/p>\n

Quebec feature films, meanwhile, are spread throughout the festival.<\/p>\n

\u201cTight Lettuce,\u201d a film by Harrison Houde starring Emmanuel Bilodeau, drew a full house, as did \u201cSomeone\u2019s Daughter,\u201d a thriller by Wiebke von Carolsfeld. In this film, a lawyer finds herself trapped in a forest with a man accused of sexual assault, whom she had defended years earlier.<\/p>\n

\u201cLa Place,\u201d by Louis Godbout, about a dispute over a parking spot that takes a dark turn, and \u201cLes regards parall\u00e8les,\u201d by Vincent Bonin-Arena, which tells the story of two brothers and the wife of one of them as they try to prove themselves as criminals, are must-sees, according to Morissette.<\/p>\n

These films will be screened on July 26 and 29, respectively.<\/p>\n

\u2013This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews<\/p>\n

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