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It's hard to believe our little festival is now five years old. It seems like just yesterday that the founding team was meeting and discussing Fantastic Fest as a vague notion that we would like to someday cobble together. We're now fairly well rooted in the festival world, but I hope to think that we are far from grown-up. We want to always be known as the festival that understands and caters to the inner twelve-year-old inside all of us. We hope that from September 24 through October 1, you let that little kid out and let him play in our decidedly unsafe playhouse. Karrie and I have been travelling the globe for the last eleven months scouring every international festival and market we could find looking for the very best and the very strangest films from all corners of the planet. Our season starts in November with the American Film Market in Los Angeles. We then head to Berlin for the European Film Market and to Cannes for the grand-daddy of all markets. We've visited the New York Asian Film Festival, Fantasia in Montreal and UK Frightfest in London, always on the prowl for the best nuggets to bring back to Austin in September. Meanwhile, the rest of the programming team: Harry Knowles (AICN), Todd Brown (Twitch), Blake Ethridge (Cinema is Dope), Rodney Perkins (Twitch), Marc Walkow (New York Asian Film Festival) and Eric Vespe (AICN) are hitting festivals and markets in Hong Kong, Italy, Tokyo and Toronto, researching the web, watching submissions, following up with sales agents and emailing producers and directors from all nationalities. Collectively we watched thousands of films this year and pared that list down to the 120 official selections: 70 features and 50 shorts from over 26 countries. We hope you like our selections! A new feature at Fantastic Fest is the Highball which opens exclusively for Fantastic Fest badgeholders on opening day of the festival. The Highball is the best diner/lounge this side of 1960 featuring eight lanes of bowling with rental by the hour; seven different themed karaoke rooms; four lanes of skeeball with ticketed prizes you wont find anywhere else, and a ballroom event space set to host the best dance parties, live music, and karaoke nights that will leave you hoarse for days. We'll be at the Highball for the opening and closing night parties, a 3D Dance Party, the Fantastic Feud, a Michael Jackson dance party, and much more. The Highball opens daily at 4 PM, earlier on Saturday and Sunday and can also be used as a quiet retreat for bloggers, journalists and festival attendees to check email and post articles. We have joined forces with RealD this year to bring together an incredible slate of 3D films, entertainment and education. First off, we are hosting a sneak-preview of TOY STORY 1 and 2 in 3D. The Alamo South Lamar has very recently been equipped with Sony 4K digital projection and RealD 3D lenses, just in time for the festivities. We are also getting a sneak peak at scenes from James Cameron's upcoming AVATAR. We have also teamed with the 3D Film Festival to produce a 3D lounge featuring demos of 3D games and home entertainment. The 3DFF is also working with Fantastic Fest party coordinator Henri Mazza to produce the Double 3D Dance Party. 3D fun and 3 Decades of music from 3 DJs. As you can tell from years past, I've had a particular fondness for Japanese films. This year there are ten feature films from Japan and a whole passel of guests in attendance. In order to welcome them to Austin, we are hosting a "meet the Japanese" party at the new Highball event space. We'll be doling out complimentary sake and shochu, hosting the first U.S. Samurai Call competition, bringing to the stage some truly outrageous Japanese entertainment and of course singing karaoke into the wee hours. This is just a sampling of the fun times in store at Fantastic Fest 2009. Leave the sleep for October 2nd and beyond, at Fantastic Fest I demand that everyone overdose on fun. Cheers,
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The looming giant beast that is Fantastic Fest is not possible without the coordinated effort of both staff and volunteers alike. We would like to thank each and every one of the folks below as well as all of our 2009 volunteers and everyone else who pitches in to make this event possible. Thank you for your months of hard work, the Fest would not be "fantastic" without you. Tim League, director, head programmer Harry Knowles, co-founder, programmer Mike Sherrill, chief operating officer Henri Mazza, party coordinator Andrew McEathron, technical director Karrie League, programmer Rodney Perkins, programmer Zack Carlson, programmer Todd Brown, programmer Marc Walkow, programmer Blake Ethridge, programmer Lars Nilsen, programmer Eric Vespe, programmer Brad Parrett, press liaison Colin Geddes, programming consultant Scott Weinberg, programming consultant Michael Lerman, programming consultant Matt Kiernan, sponsorship coordinator Tim McCanlies, co-founder Paul Alvarado, co-founder John Bullington, executive chef Justin Ishmael, merchandise coordinator Josh Jacobs, audio-visual director Kristen Bell, facilities manager Jill Lewis, guest manager Dan Cofer, projection coordinator Daniel Osborne, special projects Thomas Hanawa, special projects Rae Anderson, volunteer coordinator Carrie Matherly, programming assistant Kate Brown, programming assistant Daniel Metz, programming assistant Julie Peterson, programming assistant Adam Sweeney, programming assistant
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Screening Schedule
Eugenie: Story of Her Journey 11:55 PM Van Diemen's Land First Squad Gentlemen Broncos Merantau Terribly Happy Short Fuse Extreme Shorts Solomon Kane Brutus and Balzaak Bash Macabre Journey to Saturn Paranormal Activity REC 2 The Legend is Alive Kamogawa Horumo Tokyo Onlypics 2008 Krabat Hard Revenge Milly Drawn and Quartered Shorts Antichrist Zombieland Pancake Total Recall Secret Screening #1 Sweet Karma Vampire Girl vs. Frank. Girl Pancake Total Recall Trick r Treat Town Called Panic Doghouse Meet the Japanese Party Smash Cut Fish Story Tokyo Onlypics 2008 K-20: The Fiend with 20 Faces Morphine Toy Story 1 and 2 3D Under the Mountain Cropsey Yatterman Metropia The Vampires Assistant Breathless Clive Barker's Dread Bronson Survival of the Dead Yesterday Fantastic Feud Revenant The Human Centipede The Future of 3D: Panel Kenny Begins Van Diemen's Land Town Called Panic The Legend is Alive Krabat Love Exposure Buratino, Son of Pinocchio Groper Train Duress Down Terrace Dirty Mind Truffe Mandrill Secret Screening #2 Rampage House of the Devil
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Ritz 1 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 1 Paramount South Lamar 1 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 1 HighBall South Lamar 2 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 2 Paramount Ritz 1 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 1 Ritz 1 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 1 HighBall South Lamar 2 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 2 Paramount South Lamar 3 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 1 Paramount South Lamar 3 HighBall South Lamar 2 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 6 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 6 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 6 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 6 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 6 South Lamar 2 The Children Michael Jackson Dance Party District 13: Ultimatum Journey to Saturn Morphine Love Exposure Cropsey Mandrill Bronson Metropia House of the Devil Crazy Racer Venus in Furs 2009 Awards Ceremony Stingray Sam Terribly Happy REC 2 Hard Revenge Milly The Fantastic Debates 11:45 PM 11:55 PM 11:59 PM 11:59 PM 1:30 PM 1:45 PM 2:00 PM 4:15 PM 4:30 PM 6:30 PM 6:45 PM 7:00 PM 7:15 PM 9:30 PM 9:25 PM 10:00 PM 11:55 PM 11:35 PM 11:55 PM South Lamar 3 HighBall South Lamar 2 South Lamar 6 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 6 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 2 HighBall South Lamar 3 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 1 Ritz 1 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 6 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 6 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 1 HighBall Ritz 1 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 1 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 3 South Lamar 2 South Lamar 1 HighBall
September 23, 2009 September 24, 2009
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Salvage 1:00 PM Private Eye 1:10 PM Antichrist 1:25 PM Breathless 3:45 PM Under the Mountain 4:00 PM Rampage 4:15 PM Ninja Assassin 6:30 PM Crazy Racer 6:45 PM Succubus 7:00 PM Kaifeck Murder 9:00 PM Short Fuse: Extreme Shorts 9:15 PM Vampire Girl vs. Franken. Girl 9:30 PM House (Hausu) 9:45 PM Macabre 11:40 PM Clive Barker's Dread 11:55 PM 100 Best Kills 11:59 PM The Children Sweet Karma Truffe K-20: The Fiend with 20 Faces Yesterday Duress Fish Story Private Eye The Bare Breasted Countess Stingray Sam Kenny Begins Down Terrace Doghouse Avatar 3D preview footage Fireball 3D Dance Party S&M Hunter The Human Centipede
September 29, 2009
September 30, 2009
September 27, 2009
12:50 PM 1:15 PM 1:45 PM 3:15 PM 3:40 PM 4:00 PM 6:15 PM 6:30 PM 6:45 PM 7:00 PM 9:00 PM 9:15 PM 9:30 PM 9:45 PM 11:45 PM 11:55 PM 11:55 PM 11:55 PM
Kaifeck Murder 1:20 PM House (Hausu) 1:30 PM Merantau 1:45 PM Dirty Mind 4:00 PM District 13: Ultimatum 4:15 PM Drawn and Quartered Shorts 4:30 PM Revenant 6:45 PM Fireball 7:00 PM Buratino, Son of Pinocchio 7:15 PM Salvage 9:30 PM Daybreakers 9:45 PM Kamogawa Horumo 10:00 PM Closing Night Party 11:55 PM
OctOber 1, 2009
A staple of the Incredibly Strange Film Festival Guide since 1995, the icons below are a quick, fun visual reference guide for the movies and events in the program. The 2009 Fantastic Fest Guide continues the tradition for discerning American audiences. Want to watch a date flick with primate love, Jungian concepts, voodoo and a shocking ending. No problem, let the icons before each movie summary guide you to complete cinematic satisfaction. Thanks again to Ant and Mike from the Incredibly Strange Film Festival in New Zealand for conceiving and executing the genre movie icon art form. Check out our eight new themes designed exclusively for Fantastic Fest 2009 by New Zealand icon king Michael Sheils.
Ass to Face
Beautiful Hair
Religious Cult
Head Trauma
Retardation
Penis Trauma
Robots
Semen
Action
Afro
Alternate Worlds
Anarchy
Animal Attacks
Backne
Bald Sex
Beehives
Big Breasts
Black Comedy
Blockbuster
Bollywood
Bondage
Bullying
Bunnies
Cannibal
Castration
Cheezy Fx
Chicks In Chains
Christ
Cinemascope
Classic
Cockumentary
Comedy
Coprophagilistic
Dancing
Date Flick
Dick Head
Documentary
Domestic Violence
Dope
Drugs
Dubbed
Dwarf
Eyeball Violence
Female on Female
Fanboys
Fellatio
Fishhook Violence
Flashback
Full Frontal Nudity
Gang Bang
Gay Sex
Genetic Engineering
Giant
Graphic Violence
Gross Out
Hardboiled Dialogue
Hippie
Hitler
Hook
Huge MoS
Hypnotic
Inbred
Incest
Inflatable Sex
Isolation
J.D.
John Holmes
Jungian Concepts
Jungle Fever
Killer Cult
Killer Kid
Kitsch
Kung Fu
Lactation
Lesbian
Lesbian Vampire
Liposuction
Low Budget
Mad Magician
Menage A Trois
Mild Violence
Monsters
Monster Sex
Mountain Tapping
Music
Nasty Animation
Necrophilia
Abortion
No Budget
Noir
Noodling
Nudity
Oscar Shame
Pet Abuse
Petrol Sniffing
Police Brutality
Politically Incorrect
Pretentious
Primate Love
Psychic
Puppet Sex
Racist
Scenery Chewing
Schizo
Sci Fi
Scientist
Scopophilia
Self Mutilation
Shocking Ending
Skeleton In The Closet
Sleazy
Special Event
Stock Footage
Strippers
Stunts
Suicide
Surgery
Surprise
Surreal
Talking Brain
Terrifying
The Works
Torture
Trash
Trekkie Delight
Trippy
True Story
Twist
Ultra Violence
Underage Sex
Vampires
Voodoo
Werewolf
Witch Doctor
WorkmanS Crack
Wrestling
Z-Grade
Zombie
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gentlemen brOncOS
Opening night Film Sep 24, 7:00 pm, paramOunt
World Premiere, 2009, dir. Jared Hess, United States, 90 min., Language: English With GENTLEMEN BRONCOS, Jared and Jerusha Hess return to form with many of the elements that made NAPOLEON DYNAMITE such a breakout cult hit. Like Napoleon before him, Benjamin Purvis (Michael Angarano) is a loner misfit who would rather spend his time alone in his room honing his craft than interact with other kids his own age. But while Napoleon was all about nunchuk skills and drawing ligers, Benjamin dreams of just one thing: being a published fantasy/science fiction writer, like his hero Ronald Chevalier. With that goal in mind, Benjamin takes his latest story, YEAST LORDS, with him to a writing convention specifically for other home-schooled children, and can't believe his eyes when Chevalier himself is one of the panelists and teachers for the weekend. Like much of Hess' work, a lot of the comedy in BRONCOS is derived from the eccentric characters who inhabit a world that seems just slightly off center from ours. To make things even more sublimely ridiculous, though, throughout the film we're also treated to several different versions of YEAST LORDS played as almost a film-within-the-film, and watching that story change as it passes through the hands of the various characters in the main film becomes one of the most entertaining aspects of BRONCOS. The absolute highlights of the film, though, are twofold - the jet pack-wearing stags armed with rocket launchers that the heroes of YEAST LORDS fly around on, and Jemaine Clements' outstanding portrayal of the smug, egotistical, and ultimately delusional Ronald Chevalier, whose scene-stealing performances will undoubtedly generate some of the most frequently quoted lines from any film in the festival.(Henri Mazza)
daybreakerS
clOSing night Film Oct 1, 9:45 pm,
US Premiere, 2009, dir. Michael Spieri The year is 2019. A mysterious plague has swept over the earth, transforming the majority of the world's population into vampires. Humans are now an endangered, second-class species forced into hiding as they are hunted and farmed for vampire consumption to the brink of extinction. Its all up to Edward Dalton, a vampire researcher who refuses to feed on human blood, to perfect a blood substitute that might sustain vampires and spare the few remaining humans. But time and hope are running out until Ed meets Audrey, a human survivor who leads him to a startling medical breakthrough. Armed with knowledge that both humans and vampires will kill for, Ed must battle his own kind in a deadly struggle that will decide the fate of the human race. DAYBREAKERS opens nationwide on January 8, 2010. Special thanks to Lionsgate for arranging this event. Following the screening, badgeholders are invited to stroll over to the Highball for the vampirethemed 2009 Fantastic Fest closing night party.
ZOmbieland Sep 25, 6:45 pm, paramOunt

Sneak Preview, 2009, dir. Ruben Fleischer, United States, 90 min Columbia Pictures horror comedy ZOMBIELAND focuses on two men who have found a way to survive a world overrun by zombies. Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) is a big wuss but when you're afraid of being eaten by zombies, fear can keep you alive. Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) is an AK-totin, zombie-slayin badass whose single determination is to get the last Twinkie on earth. As they join forces with Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin), who have also found unique ways to survive the zombie mayhem, they will have to determine which is worse: relying on each other or succumbing to the zombies.
Survival OF the dead

Sep 26, 9:45 pm, paramOunt
US Premiere, 2009, dir. George A. Romero, United States, 90 min. In 2007, Fantastic Fest was honored by the presence of one of the true masters of horror, George A. Romero. Now, two years later, we are thrilled to welcome back the undisputed champion of all things undead for his latest blood-drenched thrillride, SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD. When the idyllic retreat of Plum Island falls victim to the zombie plague, a new breed of clan war breaks out. On one side is the camp who want to exterminate all undead with a wickedly diverse array of brain-splattering headshots. On the other, devoted family members take the stance that zombie-ism is a disease, the undead have rights and they must be kept alive until a cure is found. Unable to simply agree to disagree, the two clans go to war and make their island microcosm a whole hell of a lot bloodier. An undead parallel to the tribal wars that are plaguing our own society today, SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD exposes the futility of such conflict and the need for tolerance of the beliefs of others. Plus its got zombie horses in it! From the very beginning, Romero has been making more than simple gore films. Sure, hes amazing at delivering the blood-red goods, but what makes his films classics are the underlying social and political threads interwoven with the rampant gut-munching. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD played with themes of Vietnam-era paranoia, DAWN OF THE DEAD poked fun at mass-consumerism all the way up to DIARY OF THE DEAD which took aim at the journalistic and new media ethics (or lack thereof). Raise a glass of scotch, ladies and gentlemen, and toast the triumphant return to Texas of one of the few working legends of cinema, Mr. George A. Romero. (Tim League)
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FantaStic partieS and Signature eventS!

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thurS, Sept 24, aFter the premiere OF gentlemen brOncOS, held at the highball
Following the premiere of the opening night film GENTLEMEN BRONCOS, Fantastic Fest badgeholders are invited to join the cast and crew at the exclusive afterparty at The Highball (1142 South Lamar Blvd next to Alamo South Lamar). We'll have futuristic cocktails and food, supplies to make your own popcorn sculptures, a photo diorama where you can get your picture taken on an actual Brutus and Balzaak Battle Stag, DJs spinning spacey music as well as art from the film on display. GENTLEMEN BRONCOS is the opening night film of Fantastic Fest 2009. Writer/director Jared Hess, co-writer Jerusha Hess as well as stars Jemaine Clement, Mike White and Sam Rockwell and will be in attendance.
Sake, ShOchu, and karaOke: meet the japaneSe

Friday, Sept 25, midnight at the highball
Over the years, the name Fantastic Fest has been pretty much synonymous with Awesome Karaoke. And yeah, we've had some fantastic karaoke parties in year's past, but you haven't seen anything yet. This party is going to run late and enter that world of crazy that can only be unlocked by the Japanese! You can expect live entertainment on the stage that will rival that found in many of the crazier films in this year's festival. We'll be doling out complimentary sake and shochu, hosting the first U.S. Samurai Call competition, and, of course, singing karaoke into the wee hours.
FantaStic Feud
Sat, Sept 26, midnight at the highball
The Fantastic Feud, brainchild of Cinematical managing director Scott Weinberg, pits the greatest American horror scholars against the feeble competition from foreign lands. Much drinking and feats of mental agility ensue. We had no idea what we were in for when we hosted the first Fantastic Feud two years ago, but that simple night of horror trivia quickly became the stuff of legend, and the next morning it was all anyone at the festival was able to talk about. Don't be that one person in your group standing around and feeling left out. Be sure to witness the Feud, and spread the legend to a new level for its third year.
the michael jackSOn dance party

Sun, Sept 27, midnight at the highball
Alamo creative director Henri Mazza loves himself some MJ. After the untimely death of the King of Pop this summer, we organized an impromptu Michael Jackson Sing-Along Tribute at the Alamo Ritz so fans from all over Austin could dance away their tears. This party will take the best parts of a Michael Jackson Sing-Along experience and cram in more remixes, extra videos, and, of course, props, so the debut of the Highball's dance floor will go down in history.
the FantaStic debateS
mOn, Sept 28, midnight at the highball
It's time to settle the scores. Journalists, directors and film professionals will be entering the Fantastic Fest arena for a formal debate followed by a round of boxing. In this ring, the great issues facing the fan community will be solved once and for all. At press time, our master programmers of the oratory and physical debates were still duking it out between themselves to choose what the categories for this year's throwdowns will be, but whether they decide to hash out the superiority of zombies or battle over the assertion that the blaxploitation genre is poised to make a huge comeback, rest assured that the arguments that win out in this arena will be the sort of thing that changes the world.
the 100 beSt killS party

tueS, Sept 29, midnight at SOuth lamar
The excitement inherent in the best horror and action movies can be boiled down to three main ingredients: VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE and VIOLENCE!!! From the golden age of goremaster Herschell Gordon Lewis to the innovative new fluid-spurting technologies of the modern effects masters, cold-blooded murder has become a legitimately appealing visual art that deserves it's very own fancy Louvre...and THIS IS IT! Yep, at this year's Fantastic Fest, we'll be celebrating the absolute finest in on-screen annihilation with an interactive celebration of on-screen intestine-ripping, head-bursting and unrepentant baby-mashing! You can share your most beloved homicide as well. It's easy...just bring along anything good, goopy n' gory that can play on a laptop or all-region DVD player and you'll be called on to nauseate the masses with your ultimate beloved gutblast!
the dOuble 3d dance party

wedS, Sept 30, midnight at the highball
We're teaming up with Real D and the 3D Film Festival along with some of Austin's hottest DJs to bring you a party like nothing ever. The first set of 3D will be the 3D visuals that will be projected on a silver screen over the stage as well as on several new Panasonic 3D televisions that are so new that you can't even buy them yet. And then in addition to the 3D sights, we'll have 3D sound with music from 3 decades being spun throughout the night. We'll start with an hour of the best 80s dance music, then have an hour of the best of the 90s, then go straight into the greatest dance music playing in the clubs today. Come dressed up as your favorite of those decades, and we'll have a triple 3D dance party on our hands!
the clOSing night vampire party

thurS, Oct 1, midnight at the highball
True, vampires are all over pop culture right now, and some would say that the overexposure they're experiencing is making them wish that they could drive a stake through Edward's heart once and for all. We say, "Bite me," and that doesn't make us fourteen year old girls. So for our closing night party this year, we'll spend one more night in the Highball together, and we'll spend it as if exposure to daylight would kill us all. Dress up in your vampy best and come drink from blood bags and dance till dawn.
maSter pancake tOtal recall

Sep 25, 7:00 pm, ritZ, Sep 25, 9:45 pm, ritZ
2009, dir. United States, United States, 113 min., Language: EnglishFull deScriptiOn Directed by inscrutable Dutchman Paul Verhoeven (SHOWGIRLS, BASIC INSTINCT), based on a story by master mind-fuck artist Philip K. Dick, and starring lumpy Austrian politico Arnold Schwarzenegger (HERCULES IN NEW YORK, PUMPING IRON) as the world's least-plausible "average Joe": Douglas Quaid, a man who really really needs a vacation. The complex plot involving cover-ups, conspiracies and false memories -- is made even more opaque by Ahnold's thick accent and his tendency to add extra syllables to words: "air" become "eeyaher." "Mars" becomes "Mee-ah-er-zah." And two-boobed ladies become three-boobed ladies in this over-the-top feast for the eyes. Join Master Pancake as they "Dick" around with one of the best-worst sci-fi movies of the 90's.
aicn preSentS a jeSS FrancO retrOSpective

For almost 50 years Spanish filmmaker Jess Franco has been making his own kind of cinematic poetry, steeped with themes of sex, violence, jazz, and subversive black humor. He has made around 200 feature films, though no one can say exactly how many. Once an obscure but busy man, he has become a well-known and respected figure over the past ten or so years as DVD audiences have joined earlier admirers like Fritz Lang and Orson Welles in acclaiming Franco's talent and vitality. Last year he was awarded Spain's highest film honor, the Goya Award and the Cinematheque Francaise devoted a season to his work. Fantastic Fest is deeply honored to present its first Lifetime Achievement Award to Jess Franco. We will screen a selection of three of Franco's finest works. We will also be graced with the presence of his muse and inseparable collaborator Lina Romay. This will be Jess Franco's first ever North American film festival appearance. Scheduled films are: VENUS IN FURS, with awards presentation on Monday 9/28, SUCCUBUS on 9/29 and THE BARE BREASTED COUNTESS on 9/30. Additionally, we will screen EUGENIE, THE STORY OF HER JOURNEY INTO PERVERSION on Wednesday 9/23 as part of the Weird Wednesday Series at the Ritz. This series is made possible by Ain't It Cool News.
the bare breaSted cOunteSS

Sep 30 6:45 pm
1973, dir. Jess Franco, France, 82 min., Language: English By 1973 when this film was made, Jess Franco had directed over 50 feature films. In that year alone, he made 10. He was becoming hyper-prolific, which had the effect of making his entire output a single fascinating saga of nymphomaniacs, vampires, amazons, undercover strippers, tragic gangsters, sexy nuns and the like. Also by this time, his mastery of the technical side of film was so polished, and his sense of story so acute that he could make a film on almost no budget - mostly just a travel allowance and the film cost. THE BARE BREASTED COUNTESS is one of the best films of this period. It has a small cast, only a few locations and very apparent technical limitations. Some critics of Franco take this movie to task for what they consider an overuse of the zoom lens. But a sharper-eyed viewing shows Franco's zoom use to be a brilliant new form of cinematic expression, different but similar to the way Robert Altman and Richard Rush were using the telephoto lens in the U.S. The film's overriding visual asset is the teenage actress Lina Romay, who became Franco's cinematic muse following the death of actress Soledad Miranda. Romay burns up the screen, and Franco wisely gives her the room to do it. It is, finally, a cinematic record of the tremendous sex appeal of a beautiful actress. The screen action, such as it is, is a pas de deux between Romay's Countess Irina Karlstein, a vampire who extracts the love juice of her victims, and Franco regular Jack Taylor's Baron von Rathony, who feels imperceptibly drawn to the Countess until they are finally together in the most intimate way possible. Structured as a surreal tone poem accompanied by the unforgettable music of Daniel White, this is a film like no other. (Lars)
SuccubuS
Sep 29, 7:00 pm
1973, dir. Jess Franco, France, 82 min., Language: English In the '60s, previously empty arthouse theaters became part of an interesting trend. When they began playing tittilating European imports starring the likes of Brigitte Bardot and Gina Lollobrigida, their ticket sales skyrocketed. Suddenly their theaters were full of patrons, not just a half-dozen sullen espresso sippers. European producers were quick to respond to the resulting demand for product. The Euro-sex movie was born. SUCCUBUS might be seen as the culmination of this period. A serious-minded but playful artist with an uncanny eye for depicting sex provocatively on screen, Jess Franco was perfectly situated to make a masterpiece of the form. SUCCUBUS is like the shiny side of the REPULSION coin, as we see into the dream life of a vivacious sexpot (Janine Reynaud) whose nightclub act depicts sexualized torture on stage. As we follow her through Lisbon and Berlin, through encounters with lesbians, sadists and little people, we begin to see signs that she is carrying her work home with her. Surreal, at times pretentious, but always compelling and new, even Fritz Lang liked this movie, he called it "a beautiful piece of cinema." We are indebted to another well-known admirer of this film for the loan of the print: Quentin Tarantino. (Lars)
eugenie: the StOry OF her jOurney intO perverSiOn

Sep 23, 11:59 pm, ritZ
1970, dir. Jess Franco, United States, 86 min., Language: English This year Fantastic Fest welcomes hugely prolific auteur Jess Franco, a man who has carved out a special place in film history with his wholly unique oeuvre of sex films.We will show a selection of Mr. Franco's films during Fantastic Fest and present him with our first Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by Ain't It Cool News. This special pre-Fantastic Fest Weird Wednesday presentation was made possible by the generous cooperation of Blue Underground. The works of the Marquis De Sade have provided the spark of inspiration for some of Jess Franco's most memorable works. This film, made during his fruitful association with English producer Harry Alan Towers, is among Franco's best, and one of his own favorites. It's the story of a teenage girl, played by the lovely Marie Liljedahl, who enters the cruel and corrupting orbit of her father's mistress and her slightly insane half-brother when she visits their secluded island retreat for a weekend. The adventurously shot film, full of lugubrious set pieces is a joy to behold. The gorgeous psychedelic dream world Franco creates makes the viewer feel the blood-racing excitement of sexual abandon, an uncommon achievement in sex films, as anyone who has laughed and yawned through a number of them will assent. Featuring Franco regulars Maria Rohm, Paul Muller, Jack Taylor and Christopher Lee, who later claimed he didn't know it was an adult film. (Lars) Please Note: Mr. Franco will not be present at this screening.
venuS in FurS
Sep 28, 7:15 pm
1969, dir. Jess Franco, United Kingdom, 86 min., Language: English Jess Franco is a great admirer of jazz music, and a gifted pianist himself. This film, one of his very best, is based on a story the great trumpeter Chet Baker told Franco. Baker said that when he plays solos his mind wanders, seemingly endlessly, outside of time and space. This rudimentary idea forms the basis for this film. As is so often the case in Franco's best work, logic isn't within a mile of center stage. Obsession is the central theme, as we might call it the central theme of Franco's entire ouevre. Here, jazz musician James Darren finds the body of a woman he had met at a wild party the previous night washed up on a beach near Istanbul. He thinks back to the party, and a particularly depraved trio (Klaus Kinski, Dennis Price and Margaret Lee) he saw with the woman. Later in Rio, he sees her again. But is she the same woman? Is she real? Is the trumpeter himself even alive, or just a walking dead man a la POINT BLANK? Don't expect a simple solution this is a film of its lysergic times, after all. Do expect Franco's seemingly effortless visual bravado and film sense in abundance. Stunning compositions and vistas of tremendous yet depraved beauty succeed one another faster than the eye can take them in. When it's over the viewer feels shaken, possibly a little confused, but oddly satisfied. (Lars)
OdditieS FrOm japan!

hauSu
Sept 29, 9:45 pm. ritZ, Oct 1, 1:30 pm, lamar
Regional Premiere, 1977, dir. Nobuhiko Obayashi, Japan, 87 min., Language: Japanese No one can deny that Japan has established a staggering legacy of skull-bursting cinematic hysteria. Since the post-atomic rumblings that spawned Godzilla, the greatest genre thunder hails from the East. And in 1977, every last goddamn ounce of Japan's unleashed insanity was distilled into one single film. The story follows teenage girl Oshare, a doomed fantasist living in a garish, neon-pastel world of dancing rainbows and eternal sunsets, where two-dimensional subway trains take her away from the miseries of life andeventuallyto the remote home of her twisted, gnarled aunt. There, Oshare is joined by her friends, each named after her particular obsession; Melody plays music, Kung-Fu practices her high kicks, and so on. Of course, things aren't as they seem. Auntie is actually a restless, manic demonoid and even her fluffy cat is in on the super-unnatural hijinks. But that's only the beginningit doesn't take long for the house itself to reveal its true nature as a living, breathing, virgin-devouring reality-annihilator. This ain't your mama's haunted house, eitheranyone unlucky enough to pass through the doors is confronted with man-eating pianos, villainous mirrors and even a flying, ass-biting human head. All known rules of the universe slip away as the girls are transformed and/or decimated one by one in flat-out bizarre sequences that could only be described as the waking nightmares of an alien drowning in a vat of narcotics. Every aspect of this movie -- from the eye-defying color palate to the lazer-occult effects work -- is calculated to boil your organs. Obayashi's debut feature remains a crushing, 300-fisted assault on the senses, so viciously paced and perfectly presented that watching it would actually kill the average moviegoer. This is your chance to prove that you've got what it takes to stand up to the most vibrant and compelling theatrical oddity to hit the screen. Ladies and gentlemenHAUSU!!! (Zack Carlson)
pink Film mini-retrOSpective Japanese "pink films." In the world of the "pinku Since its inception, Fantastic Fest has provided a forum for screenings of the most outrageous
eiga", filmmakers are essentially turned loose with a small budget. As long as the resulting film contains the requisite amount of sex and nudity (i.e. a LOT), the creators can seemingly get away with just about anything. A word of warning for all potental attendees: these films depict sexuality in strong (though non-explicit) detail. Be advised. We are indebted to Pink Eiga for the two pink films in this year's series, GROPER TRAIN WEDDING CAPRICCIO and S&M HUNTER. See www.pinkeiga.com for a whole host of amazing pink films.
grOper train: wedding capricciO

Sep 27, 4:15 pm
1984, dir. Yjir Takita, Japan, 64 min., Language: Japanese This year a Japanese film called DEPARTURES won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Its director Yojiro Takita, is a veteran of the Japanese film industry who started at the bottom and is now a very hot property. When we say he started at the bottom, we really mean it. For Mr. Yojiro Takita got his start making Pink Films, the peculiarly Japanese formulation of sex, sadism, and anything-goes initiative that thrills salarymen in back-alley adult theaters. To be fair, he was good at what he did, and his GROPER TRAIN titles are among the best and most subversive pink films ever made. And he's in good company - Masayuki Suo (SHALL WE DANCE) and Kyoshi Kurosawa (TOKYO SONATA) also got their start in pinku eiga. In GROPER TRAIN: WEDDING CAPRICCIO, part of a popular series: a wealthy politician, dying of cancer, hires a detective to find his estranged daughter. It transpires that the tycoon's daughter is happily married, and her daft brother, who wears a napoleonic hat everywhere, is involved in a scheme to get the old man's money. When the daughter turns up kidnapped and the son meets a sticky end, the detective must rely on the oddest clues to put the pieces together. If it sounds convoluted - oh lord, it is. And we haven't even mentioned the numerous sex scenes, many aboard a passenger train as stoic Japanese commuters, who aren't in on the joke, pretend not to notice. Somehow Takita pulls it off, with great comic moments and some legitimately sexy content. It's not exactly Lubitsch but you can see Takita's touch taking shape already.
S&m hunter
Sep 30, 11:55 pm, ritZ
1986, dir. Shji Kataoka, United States, 61 min., Language: English S&M HUNTER is an exercise in manga-style outrageousness guaranteed to offend everybody. The black-clad S&M Roper is a kind of bondage super hero with a supernatural genius for tying women up in configurations that leave them helplessly aroused. When the all-girl gang The Bombers kidnap a man for use as their personal sex toy, S&M Hunter accepts a mission to infiltrate The Bombers' hideout and show them the ropes. It should be noted that S&M HUNTER is a hugely politically incorrect film, loaded with swastikas, delirious patriarchal anxiety, Catholica used for sexual purposes and worse, but few will be able to resist its spiraling craziness for long. The climax, in which the rope-mad antihero employs a 200 foot tall construction crane to execute his bondage masterpiece has to be seen to be believed. Not for the weak! (Lars)
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the Future OF 3d
ScreeningS
Sep 27, 9:00 AM
Panels and Presentations, a 3D production primer for filmmakers Fantastic Fest, RealD and 3DFF and have assembled a half-day of panels and presentations geared towards filmmakers who are interested in learning the fundamentals of shooting in 3D. This presentation is open to Fantastic Fest badgeholders as well as area filmmakers and students. The Panel will run from 9:00 AM 1:30 PM and includes a lunch from the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. Tickets for this event are $75, $50 students and will go on sale at noon CST on Wednesday, September 9. Admission is limited and we expect these to sell out quickly. Additional support for The Future of 3D Panels and Presentations is provided by the Texas Film Commission.
preSentatiOn: trOublemaker preSentS a 3D animatiOn primer

An early adopter of digital 3D technology, Robert Rodriguez's Troublemaker Studios have been creating computer generated 3D animation since 2002. Jabbar Raisani and members of the digital post-production team from Troublemaker Studios will introduce attendees to the basic concepts, techniques and tools used to create 3D animation. Following the presentation, attendees are invited to visit the 3D Lounge at the Highball (1142 South Lamar, in the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar shopping center) for further conversation and demonstrations. Additional information and presenter bios will be updated at www.fantasticfest.com. This presentation is made possible in part by:
Opening panel: the Future OF 3D

With 3D technology taking hold in cinemas and the promise of home delivery mechanisms on the horizon, the growing amount of 3D content hints that 3D is back for good. Or is it? Leaders in 3D industry technology will explore the impact of 3D technology and content, how it has revolutionized the marketplace, and what the future holds.
preSentatiOn: 3D theOry, a primer anD DemOnStratiOn

Whether you are shooting with two cameras screwed to a 2X4 or are using an automated, self-adjusting motorized camera rig, the camera operator in both scenarios must understand the basic theory of 3D. This presentation will provide a crash-course on 3D theory, illustrate the differences between parallel and convergence systems, and explore the concept of how 3D is perceived with each.
preSentatiOn: Simple tOOlS, impreSSive 3D reSultS

A leader in 3D music video production, 3DStereolabs have developed their own live 3D preview system for stereoscopic shoots as well as cutting edge stereoscopic workflows in Final Cut Pro. The 3DStereolabs team (Michael Page, Keith Driver and Fernando Apodaca) demonstrate how to combine elbow grease and consumer grade tools to effectively create stereoscopic effects.
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ScreeningS
Date, Sep 25 Date, Sep 29 TIME 6:45 PM Location TIME 1:25 PM Location
Description 2009, dir. Lars Von Trier, Denmark, 104 min., Language: English US Premiere,
A groundbreaking, deeply disturbing and graphic nightmare vision about gender relations from one of the most important and influential directors of the last 30 years. ANTICHRIST is a break from von Triers previous work in terms of aesthetics, resembling a Japanese horror movie re-imagined by Andrei Tarkovsky. - Tiffreviews.com
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Ever since his first feature, THE ELEMENT OF CRIME, played at Cannes in 1984, Lars von Trier has remained one of the most controversial figures in international cinema. That said, nothing he has done could possibly prepare people for the profoundly disturbing ANTICHRIST. The film follows an unnamed couple (Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg, both of whom deliver extraordinary performances) as they deal with the loss of their infant son. She collapses at the funeral and is hospitalized, but her psychologist husband decides to care for her himself and insists that she deal with her fears. When he learns that she's terrified of their cottage, which they've forebodingly named Eden, he forces her to confront her terror of the place. It's hardly paradise on earth. Few films have ever presented such a dark vision of the wilderness (even acorns are threatening).
Shot in a deeply chilling and unsettling style that combines both the rigorously choreographed, symbol-laden universe of Russian master Andrei Tarkovsky (to whom the film is dedicated) and recent Japanese horror movies, ANTICHRIST is a vision of hell, proffering nightmarish, essentialized portraits of the sexes. The wife is irrational and explosive; the husband controlling and dismissive. Initially, perhaps because Dafoe's character is conventionally rational, we're more disturbed by the wife's behaviour, but as the film proceeds and he has nothing to offer but increasingly fatuous pop-psychology bromides, we begin to question both his motives and his perspicacity (Von Trier has long been a vocal critic of contemporary psychology). That said, it's rather misleading to discuss them as individual characters, since we're deep in the realm of allegory. Chaucer and Boccaccio wouldn't be uncomfortable with the basic set-up. The film is driven by a deep-seated awareness of evil and a horror of what we're capable of doing and thinking. (One caveat: if you think you're prepared for some of the now notorious graphic sequences, you most assuredly are not.) I see a lot of movies, and I can't recall another film that has haunted me quite like this one. - Toronto International Film Festival
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Sep 26 Date, Sep 29 7:10 PM TIME 3:45 PM Location
Regional Premiere, 2009, dir. Ik-June Yang, South Korea, 130 min., Language: Korean Description
BREATHLESS is a foul-mouthed drama that delivers an unlikely mix of pathos, brutality and humor. First-time director Yang Ik-June plays a angry thug named who gets involved in a dysfunctional relationship with a high-school girl. It eventually becomes apparent that the pair are linked in ways that neither of them realize.
A sense of humor pokes through all of the grimness, but it never diminishes the reality that the film intends to convey. BREATHLESS is a risky film that indicates Yang Ik-June's emergence as an important new South Korean filmmaker. (Rodney Perkins)
Full deScriptiOn
RotteRdam Intl FIlm FestIval 2009: WInneR tIgeR aWaRd BREATHLESS, the directorial debut of South Korean actor Yang Ik-June, is a foulmouthed drama that delivers an unlikely mix of pathos, brutality and humor. Yang Ik-June plays a gangster named Sang-Hoon Kim. Sang-Hoon is a loose cannon who spends most of his time cracking heads, cursing people and smoking cigarettes. On the surface, Sang-Hoon shows little love for anybody or anything. His tough exterior cracks a little when he is around his little nephew, but his way of showing he cares involves slapping the boy around and calling him a bastard and an idiot. Sang-Hoon eventually meets Yeon-hee Han (Kot-bi Kim), a high-school girl with a dirty mouth and a fearless attitude. The pair quickly develop a dysfunctional relationship, and as the film progresses, it becomes apparent that they are linked in ways that neither of them realize. BREATHLESS tells a familiar story of a tough guy's downfall, but the film goes a step further by connecting the chaos and violence to larger themes. BREATHLESS presents a vision of a society feeding on cycles of violence. Sang-Hoon is abusive and violent. Everywhere he goes, he sees abusive and violent behavior. The violence connects the characters to each other, and drives the narrative.Yang Ik-June turns in a great performance as a completely disagreeable thug whose sole epiphany in life comes too late to save him. The no-frills direction, which makes liberal use of handheld camera, adds a sense of realism to all the punching, screaming and slapping.
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Sep 26 Date, Sep 28 Date, 9:45 PM TIME 4:30 PM TIME Location Location
Regional Premiere, 2009, dir. Nicolas Winding Refn, United Kingdom, 92 min., Language: English Description
BRONSON chronicles the blood-soaked life and philosophy of Charles Bronson, Britain's most notorious and certainly one its most violent criminals . Nicolas Winding Refns (THE PUSHER trilogy) hallucinatory exploration captures the sheer brutality of the man and his unique art form: primal violence.
Full deScriptiOn
BRONSON chronicles the blood-soaked life and philosophy of Charles Bronson, Britain's most notorious and certainly one its most violent criminals . Nicolas Winding Refns (THE PUSHER trilogy) hallucinatory exploration captures the sheer brutality of the man and his unique art form: primal violence. Charles Bronson, the antihero of his own story, leads a life of violence and imprisonment that has kept him in solitary confinement for 30 of his last 34 years in prison. After changing his name in the 70s to promote a more ferocious image, Bronsons bare-knuckle boxing career descends into assault and eventually multiple hostage situations. Following his rising profile and his fall from grace, this stylistic work features a tour de force performance by Tom Hardy, playing Bronson with the same intensity whether he is stripped naked and screaming or sitting down for tea. Terrifying and fascinating, superb and engrossing, BRONSON depicts this criminal in his search for fame and notoriety.
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A space-born magic seed initiates the virgin birth of Buratino, the Estonian son of Pinocchio who quickly forms a rock band, commits terrorist acts, falls in love and gets embroiled in a maniac's plot to conquer the world. And yes, it's a musical.
ScreeningS
Sep 27 Date, Oct 1 4:00 PM TIME 7:15 PM Location
North American Premiere, 2009, dir. Rasmus Merivoo, Estonia, 76 min., Language: Estonian Description
most rundown locations in Russia, which gives the Badville sequences a certain authentic Iron Curtain flavor that you can only get in the motherland. With a foreign edge and indie spirit, this film will challenge you - nay, dare you - to name its equal. Love it or hate it, you will not see another like it. (Eric Vespe)
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Imagine a mix of REPO MAN, OLIVER! and PINOCCHIO and you're on the road to grasping the tone of this bizarre Estonian take on Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy's character Buratino, a wooden boy (or boyus woodenus, as the doctors in the film refer to him). Buratino's virginal mother wishes upon a star for a son and is immediately answered by what can only be called a rape-splinter. The woman gives birth almost immediately to her little wooden Buratino. Growing up in Badville, the troubled Buratino forms a gang in his teenage years and robs the people of neighboring Goodville, often in song. The secret of Buratino's birth is soon discovered by the villainous Karabas Barabas who desires something hidden deep inside the boy. Buratino must do battle with Barabas' thugs and ultimately Barabas himself, all the while trying to make it with Barabas' hot, blue-haired daughter Malvina. Bordering on the ridiculous at all times, this movie is always entertaining. Whether it's binocular hands that actually work, steaming mad coaches, sprout-pimples, laser guns, out of this world musical numbers or evil gardeners; there's no limit to the curveballs this movie throws at you. Also impressive is that Estonian filmmaker Rasmus Merivoo was only 26 when he directed this film, which marks his directorial debut. He was attending film school while co-writing the script alongside Kristin Kalamees and cobbling the film together on the side, ultimately a Russian-Estonian co-production. BURATINO was actually shot in some of the
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heartbreak mOtel
2008, Australia, dir. Aaron McLoughlin , 7 min Some people's fantasies are better left unexplored.
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ScreeningS
Sep 27 Date, Sep 30 Date, 11:45 PM Location TIME 12:50 TIMEPM Location
US Premiere, Description 2008, dir. Tom Shankland, United Kingdom, 84 min., Language: English
Three families meet up at a country estate to celebrate the winter holidays together. Everything starts out idyllic, but as the day wanes the rambunctious playfulness of the kids takes on a sinister edge, and soon the freshly fallen snow is soaked in blood.
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If you were to poll 1000 adults on what scares them the most, high on (if not topping) every list would be demonic children. Classics such as THE OMEN, VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED, DEVIL TIMES FIVE and IT'S ALIVE paved the foundation upon which the horrifying knuckle-biter THE CHILDREN is built. Three families meet up at a country estate to celebrate the winter holidays together. Everything starts out idyllic: snowmen, sledding and hot-out-of-the-oven Christmas turkey. Almost imperceptibly, however, tensions gradually build and the tranquility starts to fray at the edges. Robbie (Jeremy Sheffield) brought copies of his herbal-medicine business prospectus to inappropriately seek family investors. Jonah (Stephen Campbell Moore) bonds with his teenage niece, but his flirtations walk the razors edge between the cool uncle and the creepy incestuous pedophile. The audience takes a fly-on-the-wall perspective for the mounting uneasiness. You watch the darkness slowly building in the children: quick icy stares, malevolent glances and a newfound interest in cutlery, but are powerless to warn the oblivious adults. The rambunctious playfulness of the kids takes on a sinister edge, and soon the freshly fallen snow is soaked in blood. The Achilles heel of a youth-heavy cast is always the acting. Tom Shankland expertly dodges this pitfall and directs the large cast of children to deliver note-perfect performances. Theres actually very little dialogue; instead he relies on menacing laughter, facial expressions (or lack thereof) and judicious editing to amplify the
tone. Adding to the potboiler build-up, much of the early bloodshed is restrained. The parents, very slow to imagine that their own children could be sadistic killers, time and time again get lured into their playful but deadly snares. Shankland also manages to avoid another classic fumbling point: the Scooby-Doo exposition. One can infer the origin of the illness that is affecting the children, but thankfully it is not fully articulated. This keeps the focus on the forever mounting tension, all the way to the bloody end. Since the chaos is generally confined to a single remote estate, we also dont know how far sweeping this malady has spread but why have the police and ambulance not arrived on the scene? In a lean 84 minutes, director Tom Shankland has crafted a one of the one of the creepiest edge-of-your-seat horror thrillers in recent memory. You may never fully trust your own children again. (Tim League) Plays with
pOrque hay cOSaS que nunca

2008, Spain, dir. Lucas Figueroa , 12 min Let this be a lesson to all you lousy, no-good adults: NEVER mess with kids.
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ScreeningS
Sep 26 Date, Sep 29 9:30 PM Location TIME 11:55 PM
US Premiere, Description 2009, dir. Anthony DiBlasi, United States, 108 min., Language: English
Graduate students are making a thesis film called DREAD, videotaping fellow students talking about their innermost fears. The experiment turns into a nightmare when one of the team decides it will be therapeutic for the subjects to truly face those fears. Participants will be asked to reveal their innermost terrors on camera.
next level. What happens next is a wickedly spiraling sadistic freakout that pounds out the thrills all the way to the end credits. DREAD is considered by many Clive Barker fans to be one of the best stories in his Books of Blood series, and first time director DiBlasi really nails every nuance of the story. (Tim League)
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This started as a spec script by Anthony DiBlasi who came in as an intern to Seraphim (Barker's horror film production label) six years ago. We try our best to advance people to where they want to go and Anthony is, to me, the definitive success story. Heres a guy who, six years on from joining the company, has written and directed his first movie. And hes done a fucking brilliant job. - Clive Barker, from his Bloody Disgusting interview. Stephen (Jackson Rathbone from TWILIGHT), Quaid (Shaun Evans) and Cheryl (Hanne Steen), graduate students at Boston College, are "seeking to interview men and women for an academic study on fear. Participants will be asked to reveal their innermost terrors on camera." Most of their subjects are mundane, some are fabricating stories to hone their drama department chops but a few of their subjects suffer from the genuine article, deep-seated psyche-scarring fears. Joshua (Jonathan Readwin) suffered from temporary hearing loss as a child and is deathly afraid of loud noises and the thought of losing his senses again. Abby (Laura Donnelly) has a massive birthmark that covers half of her face and body and lives with a constant fear of humiliation. Even our team behind the camera gets into the mix; Cheryl tells a deeply personal tale of sexual abuse and why she can no longer abide the smell, let alone the taste, of meat. She is not the only one on the team, however, with deep dark secrets rattling around in her subconscious. Quaid, naturally combative to begin with, becomes violently possessive of the project and wants to take it to the
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US Premiere, Description 2009, dir. Hao Ning, China, 108 min., Language: Chinese
Singing and dancing Chinese Supermen, bumbling police investigators, even more bumbling apprentice criminals, double and triple-cross assassination attempts, muay thai gymnastics, triad gangster shootouts, explosions and car chases all collide to form a deliriously intoxicating celluloid cocktail.
actors. I know that I am only catching one out of every four jokes, as the comedy clearly is steeped in clever wordplay and double-meaning. Even still, the script bursts with laugh-out-loud moments and steers clear of the shameless mugging of many Hong Kong comedies. Not since watching my first Stephen Chow film have I been more excited about a new talent coming out of China, and this time its not even coming out of the production powerhouse of Hong Kong. Thats right, Ning Hao is making his movies in mainland China, and he is giving Hong Kong a serious run for the money. CRAZY RACER is seriously one of the most entertaining, funniest madcap adventures I have seen in a long time. (Tim League) Plays with
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Two minutes into CRAZY RACER, Geng Hao (Huang Bo, CRAZY STONE) wins the silver medal in the national cycling championships, earns a product endorsement contract from an energy drink manufacturer and is on top of the world. Two minutes later, when he finds that the energy drink he endorses has caused him to fail a postrace urine test, he is stripped of his title, banned from professional racing for life, loses his endorsement contract and his coach dies from a heart attack. Lots of plot for four minutes, and the pace doesnt slow until the CLOSING credits to roll. All he wants now is to extort enough money from the unscrupulous businessman who caused his demise to pay for a proper funeral for his coach. His quest turns into an obsession that leads him into a seemingly inextricable web of lies, deception, murder, crime and intrigue. Every step forward for our seemingly cursed hero has an accompanying 10 steps back. Its hard to describe the intricate tendrils of this story as each subplot sprouts new branches and continually intertwine, drawing in more and more outlandish oddball characters who all come together for the final knuckle-biting finale. Singing and dancing Chinese Supermen, bumbling police investigators, even more bumbling apprentice criminals, double and triple-cross assassination attempts, muay thai gymnastics, triad gangster shootouts, explosions and car chases all collide to form a deliriously intoxicating celluloid cocktail. Aside from the over-the-top action and excitement, the film is grounded in superb performances by the cast of comedic
curiOSa cOnquiSta del ampere

2008, Mexico, dir. Ramon Orozco Statenberg , 10 min Not even death can keep an electric plant worker from fulfilling his obligations to the people.
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Regional Premiere, 2009, dir. Barbara Brancaccio and Joshua Zeman, United States, 84 min., Language: English Description
CROPSEY is a documentary about a real-life murder case in Staten Island, New York. A disturbed transient named Andre Rand was convicted of murdering two kids, but did he actually commit the crimes? Cropsey digs deep into the case, and in the process, exposes the weird, secret underbelly of Staten Island.
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CROPSEY is a creepy documentary that explores how fact and fiction intersect in a real-life murder case in Staten Island, New York. Like many kids that grew up in Staten Island, directors Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio were told the story of Cropsey, a lunatic child-killer that escaped from the Willowbrook Mental Institution. Cropsey was treated as just another urban myth until Jennifer Schweiger, a young girl with Down's syndrome, disappeared from her Staten Island home in 1987. After Jennifer's disappearance, three more kids -- all of whom suffered from a mental or physical disability -- also turned up missing. Jennifer's corpse was eventually found near the site of the abandoned Willowbrook campus. Andre Rand, a disturbed transient who worked at Willowbrook until it was shut down, was quickly identified as the main suspect. The evidence against Rand was circumstantial at best, but he was convicted and locked away. Twenty-two years after his initial conviction, Rand was convicted of the murder of one of the three remaining missing kids despite the fact that her body was never found. CROPSEY is built around Zeman and Brancaccio's detailed investigation of the Rand case. The film presents interviews with family and friends of the victims, police officers who investigated the case, Rand's associates, and people who claimed to have been witnesses or potential victims to his crimes. The filmmakers also weave the Andre Rand case into the weird, secret underbelly of Staten Island. Through newsreels and new footage, the filmmakers examine the history
of Willowbrook, which was famously exposed by Geraldo Rivera as New York City's dumping ground for the mentally ill. The weed-covered Willowbrook campus was once rumored to be the stomping grounds for transient child-abusing cultists led by Andre Rand. Now, teenagers enticed by rumors of satanic sacrifices visit Willowbrook at night for scary thrills. The film also details the unsolved disappearances of dozens of kids all over Staten Island, and many people believe that Andre Rand was somehow involved. CROPSEY asks a lot of questions, and the answers (or lack of thereof) are very disturbing. (Rodney Perkins)
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Sep 27 Date, Oct 1 Date, 6:45 PM TIME 4:00 PM TIME Location Location
North American Premiere, 2009, dir. Pieter Van Hees, Belgium, 103 min., Language: Dutch Description
A head injury resulting from a disastrous film stunt gone wrong transforms shy, socially inept Diego into the confident, womanizing daredevil Tony T. Although his new personality captivates family and coworkers, Tony is unable to impress Jaana, an attractive and ambitious young neurosurgeon who wants him to undergo an experimental treatment that will restore him to his original self.
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The second feature in an announced trilogy from Belgian director Pieter Van Hees, this darkly comic outing about an introverted loser-cum-ladies man represents a departure from the atmospheric horror of last years LEFT BANK. While themes of psychological upheaval and uninhibited sexuality resonate through both films, Van Hees latest production is more likely to leave audiences grinning in perverse satisfaction, rather than grimacing with dread. The films prologue opens on a university lecture hall wherein neurology professor David Vandewoestijne (Peter Van den Begin) discusses the physiology underlying human behavior and emotion, remarking upon the existential irony that something as apparently profound as human happiness or misery can be reduced to the tiniest of electrical impulses in the brain. This monologue preps us for the entrance of sweetly pathetic Diego, (comedianturned-actor Wim Helsen) a special effects technician working for a small-time television production company with his egotistical stuntman brother Cisse (Robbie Cleiren). A whipping boy for lifes little injustices, Diego cant talk to girls, gets no respect from his peers or his family, and loses arguments with garbage collectors.
That all changes when Cisse is sidelined by a minor injury and convinces Diego to take his place on a challenging stunt that lands him in the hospital. Upon regaining consciousness, Diego announces that he feels sexy and is changing his name to Tony T, like TNTBoom! Diagnosed with a personality-altering frontal lobe disorder, Diego/Tony refuses to listen when his doctors tell him he needs treatment, preferring instead to aggressively flirt his way through his consultation with Jaana, (Kristine Van Pellicom) the beautiful medical assistant assigned to his case. Released from the hospital pending a period of observation, Diego/Tony becomes the person he always wanted to be: charismatic, uninhibited and successful. He quickly surpasses his brothers position as top stuntman and sexual conquistador on the television set, all the while attempting to seduce Jaana as she evaluates his behavior in order to reach a conclusive diagnosis. The film shifts gears as the audience is drawn into Tonys exhilarating new life as a professional risk-taker. While were treated to a pleasurable cacophony of sex, explosions, and car crashes, the true delight is Helsens remarkable, dichotomous performance. Watching him inhabit these two characters is a seduction in itself. Unfortunately, as Tonys uninhibited behavior escalates, his decisions become increasingly destructive, and he begins to agonize over whether or not he should undergo treatment to restore his original personality. He simultaneously revels in and reviles the person he has become, and Jaana is the only person he can turn to when his newfound happiness begins to crumble. (Carrie Matherly)
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Sep 27 Date, Oct 1 11:59PM Location TIME 4:15 PM
US Premiere, Description 2009, dir. Patrick Alessandrin, France, 101 min., Language: French
With the wealthy and powerful once again looking to eliminate District 13 and turn a tidy profit while doing so it is up to supercop Damien (Cyril Rafelli) and vigilante Leto (David Belle) to save the district and the residents, a task they can only complete with the help of five rival gang leaders.
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District 13 is in trouble. The gangs are restless, promised changes have not come to pass, poverty and crime are as rampant as ever. And, just in case things weren't difficult and complex enough in the anarchic district, it appears as though it has a new enemy, a powerful and well-financed enemy determined to bring the wrath of the establishment down upon the people and willing to kill to do so. In the face of lawlessness and rising violence there can be only one response: by-the-book supercop Damien and free roaming free running, I should say vigilante Leto must once again join forces to bring peace to District 13. When Pierre Morel's DISTRICT B13 burst on to the scene in 2004, prescient timing and clever marketing allowed the film to tap into the bubbling awareness of a new extreme sport, parkour. By casting parkour's co-creator David Belle as Leto and then building the film around his unique skills the film delivered something people had never before seen on screen, a dazzling combination of speed, strength, grace and fearlessness. Largely on Belle's back the film became a huge international hit and so producer Luc Besson did what smart producers always do in cases like these: he took his original formula, shifted the focus slightly and made a sequel. While the original DISTRICT B13 was very much Belle's coming out party this second installment casts its eye largely on his partner, French martial artist Cyril Raffaelli. Though you may not think of France as a hotbed for martial arts, Raffaelli
is so good that he has been hired to choreograph fight films in Hong Kong and his performance as Damien is loaded with raw energy and charisma, his flying fists and feet dazzling to watch on screen. If the first B13 provided a taste of what Raffaelli was capable of, this second provides a full course meal. Fill out the cast with charismatic characters heading the competing gangs BLACK's MC Jean Gab'1 plays a key role and DISTRICT 13: ULTIMATUM proves that sometimes you really can go back again. (Todd Brown)
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2009, United States, dir. Jordan Vogt-Roberts , 7 min During a date, a man's obsessive dedication to Star Wars is revealed, sending him on a neurotic meltdown.
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Sep 25 Date, Sep 30 Date, 11:59 PM Location TIME 9:30 PM Location TIME
North American Premiere, 2009, dir. Jake West, United Kingdom, 89 min., Language: English Description
Kicked out of the house and recently served with divorce papers, Vince (Stephen Graham, SNATCH) is at a low point in his life. In an effort to rally their best mate's spirits, his crew rents a charter bus for a country retreat of heavy drinking and womanizing. The only problem is that the women in their idyllic country hideaway have been infested with the zombie plague, eaten every man in town and are now hungry for seconds.
kicks off a stag trip to a remote English village that's rumored to be overflowing with women. They come to find it is, but that's not a good thing when a mysterious disease has swept through this little town turning every female in its wake into flesh-hungry and murderous cannibals. Once our heroes are in this town, the shit hits the fan the pace doesn't let upand neither does the gore. The make-up gags are great, each cannibal woman with her own personalitybe it the LARP-ish woman with a broadsword or the hairstylist double-fisting sharp scissors, we get to recognize these evil women. And if you're anything like me you're going to feel really bad for finding some of them pretty hot despite their zombie-like appearanceor maybe because of it. Or maybe I'm just weird. West wraps up comedy, horror, suspense and gore into a fun package and has cast it with great British character actors resulting in a very rare beastA horror comedy that manages to actually be funny while dumping bucket after bloody bucket of chunky entrails on our hapless lads. (Eric Vespe) Plays with
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EVIL ALIENS director Jake West finally gets a budget and creates DOGHOUSE, a clever twist on the typical "travelers run into a seemingly abandoned town and then the blood comes" horror tale. The film is certainly about travelers and contains a shit-ton of blood, but it also balances well between horror and comedy, a precarious tight-wire act that has only been successfully accomplished by a dozen or so films in the history of the genre. Basically the set up is this: A group of long-time mates gather together as one of their number, Vince (SNATCH's Stephen Graham), is headed into a nasty divorce. Post school life has been rough on them all as we see in an opening montage that shows us the horrific relationships they've all seem to have gotten in to. Those unmarried are pathetic, but those that are in committed relationships are far worse off. So the battle of the sexes begins. Nobody is pure and innocent. The women are all controlling superficial witches and all the guys are either sleaze-balls or lacking any type of backbone. Graham is the closest to an innocent, especially when compared to his chauvinist buddy Neil (played by SEVERENCE's Danny Dyer) and it's his misfortune that
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2009, Canada, dir. Joseph Nanni, 2min Are you troubled by the impending wrath of ancient demonic gods? Of course. We all are. Here's what you can DO about it.
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World Premiere, 2009, dir. Ben Wheately, United Kingdom, 89 min., Language: English Description
DOWN TERRACE is a darkly comedic drama from Britain that follows the daily travails of a dysfunctional family of crooks trying to keep their business from falling apart.
on SPACED, THE OFFICE (original), and EXTRAS. Based on the pedigree of the talent, one might expect DOWN TERRACE to be a straight-up comedy. DOWN TERRACE is very funny, but the film taps into a dark vein of humor that can only come from observing a group of dysfunctional gangsters as they plan to kill each other. Wheatley uses a cinema vrit camera style, which, when combined with the film's naturalistic performances, creates the feel of eavesdropping on multiple crimes in progress. Adding to the overall vrit feeling of the film, fictional father and son Bill and Karl are played by real-life father and son Bob and Rob Hill, and Karl's pregnant girlfriend is played by his actual wife. (Rodney Perkins) Plays with
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In 2007, the people behind the venerable Mondo Macabro DVD label released their first feature film production: a Pakistani gore film called HELL'S GROUND. Now, Mondo Macabro Movies has made a 180 degree turn with DOWN TERRACE, a darkly comedic drama from Britain about the daily travails of a family of crooks trying to keep their criminal enterprise from falling apart. DOWN TERRACE opens with Bill (Bob Hill) and his son Karl (Rob Hill) leaving a courthouse after a stint in jail. As soon as they get out, the pair try to figure out who ratted them out to the police. It's not exactly clear why Bill and Karl were locked up, but their habitual drug intake and shady dealings indicate that they are up to no good. Karl's wife (Julia Deakin) seems nice enough, but she is intricately involved in the skullduggery that got her husband and son locked up. Various suspicious characters enter the scenario, including hated family friend Garvey (Tony Way), a hit man named Pringle (Michael Smiley) who carries his toddler to jobs, Karl's pregnant girlfriend (Kerry Peacock), and a brutal oaf named Eric (David Schaal). Everyone suspects each other of being a snitch, and the paranoia blossoms into a deadly web of plots and schemes. DOWN TERRACE is the directorial debut of Ben Wheately, who along with Rob Hill, wrote the film's script. Wheatley is known as a comedic writer for British television shows like Armando iannuci's TIME TRUMPET. Some of the cast, which features a mix of professionals and non-professionals, will be familiar to many through appearances
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2009, Canada, dir. Denis Villeneuve , 12 min A delicious feast of exotic meaty organs is placed before the most elite upper class gastrophiles, and they tear into it for a shocking multicourse, multi-floor meal.
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North American Premiere, 2009, dir. Jordan Barker, United States, 78 min., Language: English Description
A cold-blooded killer has singled out a mild-mannered, recently widowed man and is forcing him, under threat of harm to his young daughter, to participate in his gruesome activities. The indecisive father sinks deeper and more helplessly into the clutches of the ruthless killer - a man most definitely on a mission.
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Each year, as a member of the programming team for Fantastic Fest, I go to the film markets in Berlin and Cannes, where I spend weeks of full days going from theater to theater looking for prospective festival gold. In addition to this, we watch submissions from all corners of the globe, day in and day out. In the course of this rigorous selection process I watch dozensmany dozensof thrillers. Many of them are well made, well acted, well pacedand utterly the same. There is very little thrill in thrillers when you see as many as I do and you realize that it is very rare to find something fresh in the genre. The premise of the unexpectedly elegant suspense-ride DURESS is that a coldblooded killer has singled out a mild-mannered, recently widowed father and is forcing him, under threat of harm to his young daughter, to participate in gruesome activities that are clearly a way of life for our villain. Tension builds slowly as we watch as the father fails to act or take a stand. I was swept along on an unrelenting tide of frustration as the indecisive widow sinks him deeper and more helplessly into the clutches of the ruthless killer - a man most definitely on a mission. Typically this type of frustration does not turn out well - I leave the theater condemning the laziness of a script which condemns a character to stupidity and poor decisionmaking with no reason except to further the plot. DURESS, however, cleverly avoids these traps and pays off the ever-increasing tension with a distinctly unexpected finale. (Karrie League)
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Sep 30 Date, Oct 1 2009 TIME 2009 11:45 PM Location 7:00 PM
US Premiere, Description 2009, dir. Thanakorn Pongsuwan, Thailand, 94 min., Language: Thai
Freshly released from prison, Tai must go underground and infiltrate the shady world of Fireball to take revenge on the gang that put his brother into a coma. And what is Fireball? No holds barred, to-the-death, full contact combat basketball. Bring your lead pipe, 'cause you know the other guy is going to.
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From time to time a film comes along that is simply far, far better than it has any right to be -- a film that somehow rises above a ludicrous premise to become something far more than the sum of its parts. In 2009 that film is Thai combatbasketball film FIREBALL. Combat basketball? You bet. FIREBALL revolves around an underground to-the-death variant of basketball, a game played with the first team to score or, should a team fail to score, the team with the last man standing declared the winner. Its preposterous, yes, but firm direction and a sharp eye from helmer Thanakorn Pongsuwan (OPAPATIKA), a surprisingly strong script that treats its characters with respect and a winning cast that give said characters a believable edge make FIREBALL a winning guilty pleasure. Freshly released from prison thanks to funds spread liberally in the right places by his identical twin brother Tan, Tai returns home to discover that all is not well. Tan is hospitalized and in a coma, the result of serious head wounds suffered in mysterious circumstances. He was clearly involved in something illegal to generate the funds for Tais release but nobody knows exactly what he was doing, the only clue that he had been coming home badly bruised from playing basketball in the weeks before Tai's homecoming. Determined to find the truth and exact revenge Tai goes to the courts where his brother played, assuming Tans identity to learn what he can
Director Pongsuwan is quickly establishing himself in the upper level of Thai genre directors. His sense of character is spot on, he has a sharp eye and he draws shockingly good performances from his cast of largely unknown stuntmen, all of whom could act circles around a certain other Thai mega-star. More importantly, however, Pongsuwan knows exactly what kind of film he is making here and he dives in to his chosen world with such gusto and dedication that the required suspension of disbelief becomes effortless. Every fireball match is a full on, no holds barred contest of bare knuckle brutality where everything goes. Hugely entertaining and surprisingly well made, FIREBALL is a pure, unrepentant b-film that takes its premise and pushes it as far as it can possibly go. Game on. (Todd Brown)
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Sep 24 Date, Date, 2009 TIME TIME 4:30 PM Location Location
North American Premiere, 2009, dir. Yoshiharu Ashino, Russia, 73 min., Language: Russian Description
Loosely based on characters from a hugely popular series of Soviet-era propaganda comics, FIRST SQUAD is a totally unique fusion of history and fiction. The first ever Russian produced anime feature, the Russian creators of FIRST SQUAD have worked closely with hugely acclaimed Japanese animation house Studio 4C to create something truly unique.
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"You need the dead to fight the dead." It is 1942 and the war has stalled along the Eastern Front. Desperate to advance Hitler's forces turn to the Ahnenerbe, the secret occult division of the SS, to raise the spirits of their dead ancestors to fight on their behalf. Should they succeed it will be an all out slaughter, for how can the Russian army possibly stand against the forces of the undead? Fortunately the Russians are not without occult resources of their own, their 6th Division conducting their own experiments with the afterlife, their one great hope the gifted teenage psychic Nadya, who they must send into the underworld to recruit the spirits of her dead companions the departed souls of the FIRST SQUAD to stand against the Nazi threat.
Loosely based on characters from a hugely popular series of Soviet-era propaganda comics, FIRST SQUAD is a totally unique fusion of history and fiction. The battle sequences and secret societies are factual both the Ahnenerbe and the Russian 6th Division are known to have existed and been active in this period with a layer of pure speculation and fantasy added to the mix. Using moc-documentary inserts to heighten the experience the goal is not just to entertain but to create a believable alternate history of the Russian-German campaigns of World War Two. The first ever Russian produced anime feature, the Russian creators of FIRST SQUAD have worked closely with hugely acclaimed Japanese animation house Studio 4C (THE ANIMATRIX, GENIUS PARTY, TEKKON KINKREET), to create something truly unique. (Todd Brown)
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Sep 26 Date, Sep 30 11:00 AM Location TIME 6:15 PM
Texas Premiere, 2009, dir. Yoshihiro Nakamura, Japan, 112 min., Language: Japanese Description
Before the Sex Pistols, there was Gekirin, a Japanese punk band struggling to carve out a space for their music apart from the easy listening, soft rock ballads dominating the airwaves in 1975. Although they failed to achieve recognition for their pioneering sound, the group managed to release one single that later sparked a cult following among a small set of collectors. While all manner of urban myths circulated over the years as to the meaning of the song Fish Story, no one could ever have guessed the fantastic destiny the recording would someday fulfill.
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2007, Canada, dir. A.J. Bond , 14 min A brilliant young scientist is beside himself when he realizes that time travel isn't only possiblebut he already mastered it.
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Gekirins story is the anchor at the center of director Yoshihiro Nakamuras decadesspanning, brain-teasing, apocalyptic, alternative universe, in which seemingly disparate narratives are woven together to form a portrait of the extraordinary from the raw material of each characters tiny trials and triumphs. The film opens on a deserted Tokyo neighborhood in the year 2012. Disaster is about to strike the earth in the form of a comet that scientists predict will cause the extinction of the human race. Three strangers, whove met by chance at the only place in the city still holding regular business hours a record store - debate whether or not its possible to avert the worlds impending end. The optimistic naf among them drops the first of Nakamuras kitschy absurdist winks to the audience when he begins to wail about Project Armageddon, the failed American attempt to plant nuclear weapons on the comet. A pop-savvy intertextual journey ensues as we are transported from the future to the past and back and forth again, oh-so-close and yet still not quite able to see where the twists in this whopper of tall tale are going to land. When the dust finally settles, viewers will no doubt find that FISH STORYs most satisfying achievement is its playful defiance of even the sharpest movie-goers intuition. Eat your heart out, M. Night. (Carrie Matherly)
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Regional Premiere, 2009, dir. Takanori Tsujimoto, Japan, 45 min., Language: Japanese Description
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In a near-future post-apocalyptic bombed-out shell of Japan, lawless gangs roam the outskirts of the city, raping and pillaging with impunity. Milly, left for dead by a particularly vicious gang, literally picks up the (her) pieces, bonds them with some truly inventive bio-weaponry and takes bloody revenge, one lowlife at a time.
Tsujimoto), perhaps the most aggressively proud and strong homosexual lead in the history of exploitation cinema. Spouting lines like if you were not my brother, I would show you the ecstacy of homosexuality, Kazuki chews up every inch scene and is a perfect counterbalance to Millys stoicism. (Tim League)
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Milly (Miki Mizuno, CARVED) and her husband and child are driving out of the city in the family sedan without a care in the world. Without warning, the Jack Brothers, a wild-eyed maniacal gang of thugs, rape her, kill her husband and ignite her baby before her eyes for no other reason than cheap thrills. Milly, broken and left for dead, literally picks up the (her) pieces, bonds them with some truly inventive bio-weaponry and starts to take bloody revenge one lowlife at a time. She has mastered the martial arts, including the use of a particularly lethal retractable samurai sword, gun-chucks and a 12-gauge implanted femur canon. With the first of many, many dismemberments, we immediately notice the signature effects work of the new king of Japanese Gore, Yoshi Nishimura (TOKYO GORE POLICE, VAMPIRE GIRL VS. FRANKENSTEIN GIRL). In Nishimura's world, the Japanese must have nylon fiber cardiovascular systems. There's simply no other explanation for the geyser-like pressure of his ubiquitous arterial blood spray. Picking up soon after the first installment, HARD REVENGE MILLY: BLOODY BATTLE finds our hero recruited by a young woman named Haru to take revenge on her behalf. Haru's boyfriend has been brutally murdered and nobody but Milly has the skills and the arsenal to take on the killers. This quest finds Milly toe to toe with close partners of the Jack Brothers who are equally anxious to exact their own revenge on Milly. My personal favorite delight in BLOODY BATTLE is Ikki (Kazuki
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Regional Premiere, 2009, dir. Ti West, United States, 93 min., Language: English Description
HOUSE OF THE DEVIL is an occult shocker that is not only set in the 1980s, but invokes horror films from that era. In Ti West's latest film, a simple babysitting job turns into a long night of terror for a college student.
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Ti West's HOUSE OF THE DEVIL is an occult shocker that is not only set in the 1980s, but invokes horror films from that era. Samantha (Jocelin Donahue) is ready to move out of her college dorm and away from her partying roommate. She finds the perfect apartment near school. The landlady (Dee Wallace) is willing to let her have the place if she can come up with a month's rent by the following Monday. With the help of her friend Megan (Greta Gerwig), Samantha lands a temporary babysitter job with Mr. and Mrs. Ulman (Tom Noonan and Mary Woronov). Once Samantha arrives at the Ulmans' big creaky house in the middle of nowhere, she is told that the job is slightly different than the one that was advertised. Samantha takes the job anyway, but after the Ulmans leave for the evening, she comes to regret her decision to stay. HOUSE OF THE DEVIL nails the time period, including the clothes, the feathered haircuts and the pop and rock tunes. It also embraces a style of film-making that was more often seen in the 1980s. Current horror films tend to get by with a lot of fast cuts, quick jolts, and loud music. In contrast, West dials back the speed and places an emphasis on suspense. HOUSE OF THE DEVIL follows a well-defined arch that unfolds at a deliberate pace over the length of its running time. The film uses wide shots, long takes, slow zooms and slow cutting to squeeze as much tension as possible from the scenario. By holding back for so long, the film's explosive third act has that much more impact. HOUSE OF THE DEVIL weaves together elements of old-school horror in a way that is both familiar and fresh. (Rodney Perkins) Plays with
pathOS
2009, Italy, dir. Dennis Cabella, Marcello Ercole, Fabio Prati , 17 min The future isn't what it was cracked up to be, and this vision of tomorrow may have you unplugging your Ipod and throwing your cell phone out the window.
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Sep 26 Date, Sep 30 Date, 11:59PM Location TIME 11:55 PM Location TIME
North American Premiere, 2009, dir. Tom Six, Netherlands, 90 min., Language: English/German/Japanese Description
Dr. Heiter (Dieter Laser), a leering, sepulchral surgeon from Germany whose specialty is separating Siamese twins, evolves his craft by sewing together living beings together at the "mucous-cutaneous zone" (guess) in order to create Siamese triplets with a single digestive system.
aspects of the film are absolutely unconventional. The HUMAN CENTIPEDE signals its orifice-splicing intent early on, and doesn't hide where its headed. Every ounce of disgusting potential is squeezed out of the scenario through a mix of direct and implied approaches. HUMAN CENTIPEDE (FIRST SEQUENCE) delivers exactly what it promises, and then some. (Rodney Perkins)
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Tom Six's THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE (FIRST SEQUENCE) is an insane biological horror film that enthusiastically explores territory that few filmmakers dare to tread. In THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE, Dr. Heiter (Dieter Laser) is a leering, sepulchral surgeon from Germany whose specialty is separating Siamese twins. Dr. Heiter decides to evolve his craft by sewing together living beings together at the "mucous-cutaneous zone" (guess) in order to create Siamese triplets with a single digestive system. After his experiment in creating a three-segment rottweiler ("a beautiful three-hound construction") fails, Dr. Heiter tries again, shifting his attention to humans. First, a trucker is stolen away while relieving himself on the side of the road, Next, two clueless party girls who come knocking on Dr. Heiter's door after getting lost in the German forest get pulled into the experiment. After erasing the trucker from the picture, the doctor finds another victim: a crazed Japanese man wandering around Germany. The doctor concludes the initial phase of his experiment by splicing together the two girls and the Japanese man. At this stage, the film really goes berserk as Dr. Heiter attempts to impose his personal brand of order and discipline on an increasingly out-of-control situation. In some ways, HUMAN CENTIPEDE adheres to what audiences have come to expect from horror movies. The lunatic doctor playing God is a long-standing horror trope, and the plot seems to deliberately play with a number of genre conventions. However, as might be obvious from the subject matter, most other
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Sep 24 Date, Sep 27 11:59 PM Location TIME 11:59 PM
North American Premiere, 2008, dir. Craig Frank, Kresten Vestbjerg Anderson, Thorbjrn Christoffersen, Denmark, Description 90 min., Language: Danish
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Denmark sends a team of astronauts to Saturn and start an intergalactic war in the process in this rude and crude CG-animated comedy from the directors of TERKEL IN TROUBLE.
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Ever since TOY STORY graced the screen in 1995, the miracle of computer animation has given audiences around the world numerous sights to behold, but none as beautiful, graceful and majestic as the one to be found in Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thorbjrn Christoffersen and Craig Franks JOURNEY TO SATURN: film historys first-ever floating piss bubble. Granted, you may think that since youve seen numerous floating piss bubbles in your everyday life that such a thing would not impress in a CGI animated epic, but trust us when we say that youve never seen a piss bubble looking quite as regal as the one in JOURNEY TO SATURN. It truly is a sight to behold. If JOURNEY TO SATURN were merely about floating piss bubbles then wed still play it in a heartbeat, but its also a clever and hilarious satire of both science fiction and contemporary Danish society, which, as we all know, is one giant sitting target just waiting to get whats coming to it. Like TERKEL IN TROUBLE, the equally hilarious 2004 film made by the same directors, JOURNEY TO SATURN is rude and crude and out to offend as many people as possible, but SATURNs sociopolitical edge, skewering every part of Danish society it can possibly get its hands on, gives this goofy gross-out cartoon much more of an edge than the piss bubble would lead you to believe. Anyone who saw our Danish sidebar at Fantastic Fest 2008 will note that the Danes are an unusually self-reflective society, but you wouldnt expect that a CG-animated film with alien rectal probes, tons of space vomit and the aforementioned piss bubble would be as smart as it is funny. This only goes to
prove that JOURNEY TO SATURN is not your average Danes-in-space movie, and beyond all that, its also a wonderfully goofy parody of alien invasion films and '50s sci-fi (imagine an R-rated episode of FUTURAMA in Danish and youll get an idea of what were talking about) with computer animation that is as unsophisticated as its subject matter and is all the better for it. Definitely do not take the kids to this one, but order a lot of beer and have a real good time on your JOURNEY TO SATURN at Fantastic Fest! (Matt Kiernan) Plays with
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2009, United States, dir. Seth Worley , 7 min Two men run from an unseen force and end up in a massive field of land mines. Survival is nearly impossible
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k-20: title the Fiend with 20 FaceS

Austin Premiere, 2008, dir. Shimako Sato, Japan, 137 min., Language: Japanese Description
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Sep 26 Date, Sep 30 Date, 12:45 TIMEPM Location 3:15 PM Location TIME
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The fearsome Fiend With 20 Faces a master of disguise and thief without peer is terrorizing the wealthy of Teito, striking at will and taking whatever strikes his fancy. But the police net is tightening and to escape the fiend frames a young acrobat to take the fall, leaving the young man no choice but to take on the Fiend's identity and challenge the villain directly.
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Tokyo is under attack! Not by the military; no, peace treaties signed with the US and UK have assured it of peace for the foreseeable future. And no, not from giant monsters, either. This just isn't that sort of movie. No, Tokyo is besieged by a fearsome master criminal, the unstoppable thief known only as The Fiend With Twenty Faces. Under normal circumstances the poor lower classes would happily side with someone who preyed upon the oppressive rich but when the dastardly Fiend frames one of their own, one small community rises up to train the wrongfully accused until he can become a worthy adversary for the Fiend, worthy enough to succeed in bringing the master criminal down to clear his own name. Set in an alternate past in which World War II never happened, Tokyo has been renamed Teito, and technology followed the path of Tesla rather than Edison and Japan clung to a slightly modernized form of the classical caste system, K-20 stars Takeshi Kaneshiro (HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS) as Heikichi Endo, a talented but overlooked acrobat framed for the crimes committed by the Fiend. Forced to live a life on the run from the law, Heikichi is left with no choice but to channel his skills towards justice rather than entertainment. To catch the Fiend, he must effectively become the Fiend himself
A big budget, high energy, steampunk-oriented take on the American maskedcrimefighter genre, K-20 starts off with a character from the works of legendary author Edogawa Rampo and turns it in to large scale populist entertainment. Takeshi Kaneshiro makes for a dashing hero, one reliant on natural acrobatic skills and an array of clever gadgets rather than on any supernatural abilities to best his foes, his intelligence at least as important as his strength. The tone is light, the action brisk, the retro-futurist look matched by an approach to comedy and romance that owes more to the 1940s in which it is set than to the age and technology that makes that setting possible. In a time when American hero movies are becoming increasingly grim and bleak, K-20 serves as a candy-coated remedy. (Todd Brown) Plays with
virtual dating
2009, Belgium, dir. Katia Olivier , 16 min Fed up with the dating scene, a young woman purchases a robotic mate and discovers that technology may not be the answer.
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the kaiFeck murder title

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Regional Premiere, 2009, dir. Esther Gronenborn, Germany, 86 min., Language: Germany Description
Marc appears to be having a breakdown, the stern man now plagued by visions and prone to walking in his sleep, a situation that set in when he arrived in the village of Kaifeck with his young son. But could there be truth to Marc's visions? And is history about to repeat?
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A stern and driven man, Marc (Benno Furmann, JERICHOW) has chosen to use his latest photography assignment as a way of getting to know Tyll - the son he barely sees since divorcing his mother. But despite Marc's best intentions, things aren't going so well. He has no clue how to relate to the boy, snapping at him when Tyll touches his expensive equipment, while the boy simply slides deeper and deeper into boredom. The trip is on the verge of becoming an unmitigated disaster until the pair stumble across the remote village of Kaifeck, a township celebrating an obscure after-Christmas rite in which the residents dress up as monsters to scare away the local demons. Kaifeck seems a godsend to the pair. It is exactly the sort of thing Marc is meant to be photographing and Tyll finally has a break from the monotony of the road. And the guest house where they stay is hosted by a beautiful young woman who is clearly interested in Marc. Could things get any better? Well, yes, frankly but it would be hard for them to get much worse. Marc is soon plagued by visions of a family brutally murdered in their own home -- a farmstead just outside of town -- a generation previously. He wakes in the morning more exhausted than when he went to sleep, covered in mud and fully clothed. The interesting rock that Tyll finds turns out to be a fragment of human skull. And the hostility of the locals is slowly but undeniably growing towards this intruder in their midst. What happened here? What is Marc's connection to it? And could it all be happening again?
Equal parts supernatural thriller and murder mystery, THE KAIFECK MURDER is a pitch perfect fusion of the two genres, a slow-building masterpiece of atmosphere and dread. Anchored by stellar performances from Furmann and female lead Alexandra Maria Lara (DOWNFALL, CONTROL), director Esther Gronenborn crafts one impeccable piece of work, pitching the film to perfectly match Marc's mental state as he slowly loses control and -- doubting his own grip on reality- slides into paranoia. Represented internationally by the same company that brought LET THE RIGHT ONE IN to the masses, THE KAIFECK MURDER succeeds for all the same reasons. This is beautifully crafted, emotionally compelling stuff. Quite simply one of the best films of the year. (Todd Brown) Plays with
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2008, United States, dir. Antonio Trashorras Serrano , 21 min A woman's distrust of men manifests in a fear of her son's possible supernatural leanings.
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kamOgawa hOrumO title

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Sep 25 Date, Oct 1 Date, 12:50 TIMEPM Location 10:00 TIMEPM Location
Texas Premiere, 2009, dir. Katsuhide Motoki, Japan, 113 min., Language: Japanese Description
A group of freshmen at Kyoto University join the Azure Dragon, a perfectly ordinary social group, nothing unusual about it. But when the club meetings runs late into the evening, the beer starts flowing and the trousers start to come off, something distinctly out-of-the-ordinary happens.
Go into this movie cold. Have no expectations. Dont watch the second spoileriffic trailer. Dont ask questions or do Wikipedia searches on KAMOGAWA HORUM. As former Texas gubernatorial candidate Clayton Williams would say, just sit back and enjoy it. I present to you all a tasty Japanese confection drizzled in bat-shit crazy syrup. Yum. (Tim League) All images 2009 Kamogawa HORUMO Film Partners.
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I was first drawn to KAMOGAWA HORUM by the presence of Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, one of my favorite character actors from Japan. He most recently stole the show as the horror-obsessed love-smitten nerd from FINE TOTALLY FINE. Hes got something of a Steve Buscemi funny looking guy charm about him that makes me instantly warm towards his characters. The story opens at Kyoto University. The freshman class is getting their bearings, making friends and deciding on extra curricular activities. Yoshiyoshi is a recruiter for the Order of the Azure Dragons club, a seemingly innocuous university social club, a regular group, the kind you might find absolutely anywhere. Our small group of protagonists decide to join up - the beer at the parties is plentiful, there are cute girls, and the seniors seem like pleasant patriotic stand-up guys. My description ends here. I really dont want to talk about what happens after the forty-two minute mark, immediately after all the senior Azure Dragons strip down buck-naked and begin to dance. Suffice it to say that I personally programmed this film because it delivers the weird out-of-left-field insanity that can only come from Japan. You are just going to have to trust me and watch this sucker unfold.
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2008, Canada, dir. Trevor Cawood , 8 min Everyone has problems. Some people's problems just happen to be enormous dancing concrete robots.
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kenny title beginS

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Sep 27 Date, Sep 30 11:00 AM Location TIME 9:00 PM
North American Premiere, 2009, dir. Carl Astrand and Mats Lindberg, Sweden, 88 min., Language: Swedish Description
and Miranda in an ultimate quest for power! The prequel for the 1997 Swedish mini-series, Kenny Starfighter, KENNY BEGINS is a ridiculously silly science-fiction comedy that will have you confused and giggling for the entire film. Kenny, played by Swedish actor Johan Rheborg, has the charm and attitude of Jeff Daniels in DUMB AND DUMBER, the mullet of MacGyver, and nonsensical catchphrases that will have you screaming Ischlo Pischlo! or Wollie Bollie! without any regard to what it means. A Swedish Spaceballs for the ages, KENNY BEGINS is definitely not to be missed for any fan of science-fiction, cheesy superhero movies, or really, humor in general. ISCHLO PISCHLO! (Caitlin Stevens) Plays with
A Swedish sci-fi comedy about a moronic Galaxy Hero in training (Kenny Starfighter) and his quest to avoid becoming a hairdresser in the family business. Kenny has the charm and attitude of Jeff Daniels in DUMB AND DUMBER, the mullet of MacGyver, and nonsensical catchphrases that youll be repeating for days! A Swedish SPACEBALLS for the ages, this is not to be missed for anyone who loves fun!
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Kenny Starfighter: Galaxy Hero! Well, Galaxy Hero in trainingfor yearsand yearsKenny could easily be described as the worst student to ever enter the halls of the Hero Academy. In a desperate attempt to escape the family business (a family of hairdressers, all with flowing, natural mullets), Kenny embarks on a high-speed chase through a black hole. It spits him out near Earth where he crash lands into the home of Pontus, a 15-year-old Swedish boy who, coincidentally, had just found a mysterious, glowing crystal that gave him super-strength, perfect eyesight, and the end to his days of being bullied. While Pontus tries to unsuccessfully woo Miranda, the smartest, prettiest girl in school, Kenny enlists the help of the two teens to try to return to his home planet and finally graduate as a Galaxy Hero! Unfortunately, there has to be a bad guy to Kennys charmingly stupid, good guy persona. That man is Rutger Oversmart! The smartest man in the universe (who also happens to own a franchise of frozen ice pops)! Oversmart has been searching for the crystal to take its power for himself to become the all-powerful ruler of the galaxy, but once he discovers that a young boy from Earth has absorbed all the powers, he is determined to take him down. By hiring a team of galactic assassins cleverly named Earth, Wind and Fire, Oversmart wrecks havoc on Kenny, Pontus
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2009, Spain, dir. Nacho Vigalondo , 4 min Deep mysteries open up in the world of an average woman. More impossibilities from the mind of FF's favorite Spaniard!
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krabat title
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Texas Premiere, 2008, dir. Marco Kreuzpaintner, Germany, 120 min., Language: German Description
What price is attached to power? This is the lesson that Krabat must learn while apprenticed to a grim Lord training a select group of other orphans in the dark arts of black magic. But magic leaves no room for love and a beautiful village girl has caught Krabat's eye
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It is the middle of the 1600s and Europe has been decimated by the twin horrors of the Thirty Years War and the arrival of the plague. Krabat, a fourteen-year-old orphan, scratches out a squalid life with a pair of younger, weaker companions. Life is grim, verging on hopeless with a better than average chance that Krabat will not live out the harsh winter. But change comes from an unexpected source: his dreams. Over and over again Krabat dreams of ravens, eleven of them, calling him to join them and become the twelfth. When the ravens deliver a specific location and the promise of food that is all the word Krabat needs. He abandons his friends to the cold, hungry night and sets off to save himself. What he finds is the Mill. Lorded over by a cruel Master the apprentices here learn more than milling and Krabat is initiated into a secret brotherhood of sorcerers. After a life of hardship the black arts are enticingly powerful stuff. They learn spells for strength, to separate soul from body, to strike down enemies from a distance and yes to transform into ravens. The power is entrancing and Krabat throws himself into the work. But it is always clear all is not well in the Mill. There is an air of uneasiness to the place. Discipline is hard and violent. And, as the eldest apprentice cautions him, nothing comes without a price. Once that price becomes clear, Krabat is entrenched too deeply to be able to simply flee
KRABAT is the sort of film that reminds us that childrens stories do not necessarily need to be safe, easy or pretty. It throws us back to an age that recognized fantasy can be dark and ominous as easily - perhaps even more easily - than beautiful and good. It comes from a world where morals are secondary to survival and young people are stranded, simply left alone to muddle their own way through. KRABAT is, in other words, all the dark impulses of the Grimm fairy tales sprung to sumptuous life, a stark contrast to the Harry Potters of the world. (Todd Brown)
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2009, United States, dir. Alicia Conway , 9 min Blossoming to adulthood sure ain't no picnic. A dreamish, jarring vision of growing up.
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the legend iS alive title

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Sep 25 Date, Sep 27 12:35 TIMEPM Location 1:30 PM
US Premiere, Description 2009, dir. Huynh Luu Luu, Vietnam, 95 min., Language: Vietnamese
Dustin Nguyen (THE REBEL) plays a mentally challenged martial arts expert who is hell-bent on breaking every dirtbag face, back and flower pot that stands in the way of saving a young girl from the clutches of a human-trafficking gang.
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Back in 2006, we were very big fans of THE REBEL. With a higher budget than we had seen previously with Vietnamese action films, a great cast (including 21 JUMP STREET veteran Dustin Nguyen), a great story and lush cinematography, we were all hoping that this would signal an emerging Asian action powerhouse. Flash forward a couple of years and that promise seems to be coming to fruition. Dustin Nguyen has his directorial debut MONK ON FIRE ready to begin production, and REBEL stars Johnny Nguyen and Veronica are set to roll on THE CLASH. Meanwhile, Nguyen is back in front of the camera as a mentally challenged young man who might not have much book learning, but certainly excelled in his kung fu stances. Exposed to agent orange when he was an infant, he stopped mentally developing when he was ten years old, at which time he was kicked out of formal school and underwent an eight year home-school education in one subject: kicking ass. When his mother dies, he is all alone in the world and decides to return his mothers ashes to America, not fully grasping that he cant just walk and take a bus there. Along the way he meets a kindly girl who is unwittingly riding towards a world of pain, torture and humiliation in the hands of a Saigon human trafficking gang. What follows for the next hour is Dustin Nguyen breaking every dirtbag face, back and flower pot that stands in the way of saving his one and only friend in the world. Nguyen is a master of multiple martial arts styles including Muay Thai, Tae
Kwan Do, Kali knife fighting, Escrima and Jeet Kune Do, and he lets it all rip in THE LEGEND IS ALIVE. Even more amazing is how the stunted mental state of his character translates through even in the punishing fight scenes. Subtle hand positions, facial gestures and posture are all a part of his martial arts character acting technique. In the states, when a star takes on the role of a mentally disabled person, Oscars rain down from the sky. This must be one of those universal truths, because THE LEGEND IS ALIVE just took down five Golden Kites Awards (the Vietnamese Oscar equivalent) including Best Actor (Dustin Nguyen), Best Director (Luu Huynh), Best Cinematography, Best Score and Best Picture. (Tim League)
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2008, United Kingdom, dir. Peter Thwaites , 10 min Two children are trapped in an unknown worldwill they be able to escape?
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Regional Premiere, 2009, dir. Sion Sono, Japan, 237 min., Language: Japanese Description
A devoutly religious young man masters the art of upskirt photography in an effort to save his father's soul, and meets his true love in the process in this new four hour long epic from Sion Sono, director of SUICIDE CLUB.
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WInneR - FIPResCI PRIze; CalIgaRI FIlm aWaRd, 2009 BeRlIn FIlm FestIvalWInneR gRand JuRy PRIze, 2009 neW yoRk asIan FIlm FestIval Taking the time out to view a 4-hour movie certainly requires a real commitment beyond that of time, because it also requires you to psych yourself up, to prep for taking in four hours of story, characterization, themes and ideas that could prove an overload by films end. Heaven forbid that the film itself sucks, too, because on top of everything youre going to feel like its been time wasted watching that other than wasting your time doing something else. But when films reach a truly epic length one often feels that its almost a safe bet, because, despite the time, if a filmmaker is going to spend four hours (or more, if possible) telling a story, then that story must truly be something special. That is unquestionably the case with Sion Sonos LOVE EXPOSURE, a picture that could quite possibly become the reigning film classic of 2009. This is a picture with a hell of a lot going on, and a lot on both its heart and mind, that it packs in so damn much and does it with admirable heart and drive that you just want to set up your own distribution company just to make sure this puppy gets seen by as many people as possible. What is particularly estimable about LOVE EXPOSURE is how it very successfully jumps around genres for those four hours but never loses its focus. LOVE EXPOSURE is equal parts silly comedy, violent revenge fantasy, meditation on religious beliefs
and a testament to the healing power of love, so it's unquestionably ambitious in ways that most movies would never dream of. This is a wild and alive film, heartfelt but also giddy insane and reckless; all over the map but also surprisingly restrained. Its densely packed, but not jammed with so many ideas that it confuses or alienates its audience, and its so audacious in what it sets out to accomplish and how it does it that by films end youre convinced that youve seen a work of geek art of the highest order; trust me when we tell you that you are in no way wrong. Four hours or not, we need more movies like LOVE EXPOSURE. (Matt Kiernan)
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macabre title
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Sep 24 Date, Sep 29 Date, 10:00 TIMEPM Location 11:40 PM Location TIME
North American Premiere, 2009, dir. The Mo Brothers, Indonesia, 95 min., Language: Indonesian Description
After embarking on a roadtrip, six friends stop to pick up a girl who has just been robbed and return her to her home at the end of an isolated forest. Their act of kindness ends up being repaid by a night of unspeakable horror and butchery.
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God bless the creators of MACABRE. Really. Because divine intervention is the only way this blood drenched slasher will ever clear Indonesian censors to be seen by audiences in their home country. Enormously bloody, MACABRE is a love letter from its creatorsthe ultra-talented Mo Brothersto every western slasher film they ever saw growing up and it hits a sweet spot between east and west seldom, if ever, explored. A feature length expansion of the hugely acclaimed short film DARA, MACABRE boasts a classic premise that quickly devolves into deranged violence. A group of friends traveling from a remote part of the country back to the big city stops to help a young woman who claims to have been assaulted and robbed, eventually agreeing to drive her back home because the horn-dog among their group sees the opportunity to get a little action. And, oh, there's definitely action waiting for them but not the sort anticipated You see, the whole thing is a set up. The girl was not robbed or harmed in any way. She's bait. A lure meant to bring unsuspecting travelers back to the rest of her family, a bizarre lot that has seemingly been alive for hundreds of years fueled by a bizarre mixture of the occult and cannibalism. The friends? They'll either be dinner or butchered and shipped to like-minded souls around the country. It makes no difference which.
Though the premise feels as though it could veer into torture-porn territory, the Mo's play it much more like the 80's had never left us, each kill and jump and dismemberment designed much more to elicit squeals than squirms. And with a body count like this film boasts there are squeals o'plenty. (Todd Brown)
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World Premiere, 2009, dir. Ernesto Diaz Espinoza, Chile, 90 min., Language: Spanish Description
The dynamic duo of Chile, Marko Zaror and Ernesto Diaz Espinoza, are returning to Austin with the World Premiere of their new action thriller MANDRILL. Marko Zaror plays MANDRILL, a young hitman who will not relent until he has exacted bloody revenge on the man who killed his mother many years ago.
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Marko and Ernesto were at Fantastic Fest 2007 with KILTRO and MIRAGEMAN. MIRAGEMAN ended up capturing the audience award best feature and Marko ended up capturing the hearts of most of the female audience members in attendance. A natural born leading man, Marko is given a meaty, robust role as the secret agent Mandrill. As in MIRAGEMAN, he has ample opportunity to showcase his wire-free martial arts skills, but this time you will also get a glimpse of his lovemaking prowess as well as his none-too-shabby disco dancing techniques. Tall, dark, handsome, and this time around, quite suave, Marko Zaror is a Hollywood action legend in the making. Check out the world-premiere screening of MANDRILL at Fantastic Fest 2009 and you will be in the elite group who can say, "I knew him when" (Tim League)
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merantau title
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North American Premiere, 2009, dir. Gareth Evans, Indonesia, 107 min., Language: Indonesian Description
Indonesias first martial arts film in roughly fifteen years and quite possibly the first to ever feature a serious treatment of local martial art silat.
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Life is simple for a young man in rural Sumatra - Yuda's days spent in the fields tending the crops, his evenings training in the traditional martial art of silat. But the time comes for Yuda as it does for every young man in this part of the world when he must leave his comfortable life and undergo merantau, a traditional rite of passage in which youth must fend for themselves in the big city with no supports from home. And so Yuda must pack his bag and head off to Jakarta. And Jakarta could not be more different or more difficult than the life he has left behind. The home Yuda was to stay in has been demolished, forcing him to squat in a nearby construction site. There is no work to be found. And when a young boy tries to steal Yuda's wallet he is plunged into a violent world of human trafficking where his martial arts skills are tested in a rapidly escalating spiral of violence. Once a proud exporter of martial arts films, Indonesia has been entirely absent from the world action stage for more than fifteen years and has not produced a significant action star since Barry Prima was in his prime twenty five years ago. That streak comes to a spectacular end with MERANTAU and star Iko Uwais. Uwais is a star in the making, a young man trained in silat since childhood who was driving a truck for a telecom company when discovered by director Gareth Evans. He proves a natural as an actor and a hugely charismatic fighter, performing all of his own fights and all of his own stunts himself, often in jaw-dropping fashion. To the best of our knowledge MERANTAU is the world's first silat film. It certainly will not be the last. (Todd Brown)
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North American Premiere, 2009, dir. Tarik Saleh, Sweden, 80 min., Language: English Description
andwith Roger's helpNina will bring it all down, Roger proving his worth to her in the process. Set in a disturbingly familiar near-future, Tarik Saleh's METROPIA blends the grey, surreal absurdity of vintage Kafka with cutting edge digital animation to create something truly striking and unique. Saleh's vision of an oppressively consumerist future places him in the company of Orwell, Huxley and Bradbury, his technique immediately establishing him as one of the most striking and unique voices in global animation. Cartoons ain't just for kids any more. (Todd Brown)
What if the global oil shortage were to force civilization underground? What if the subway system were expanded to connect all the major cities of Europe? What if the voices in your head were real and The Powers That Be using transmitters hidden in shampoo to monitor your every word and action? It's only paranoia if it's not true
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Roger is, to put it kindly, statistically average. He is boring. He is bland. He works in a call center. His sex life is stagnant. The only thing at all notable about Roger is the borderline paranoia that drives him to flout the norms and ride his bicycle above ground through the largely deserted city rather than use the massive underground train system that now links all of Europe. That and the fact that he hears voices in his head. The voices would be remarkable, sure, if not for the fact that they are every bit as boring as he is. And then he meets Nina. Gorgeous. Alluring. Mysterious. Roger has loved Nina from the day she first appeared on his television screen telling him to buy shampoo. Shampoo he doesn't need because his head is shaved but shampoo which he buys anyway because she tells him to and he loves her. And then, one day, there she is standing next to him in real life. And what Nina tells Roger will change his life forever. Soon Roger is drawn into a conspiracy the scale of which he could never have imagined. The voice in his head, it turns out, is real and belongs to a man who uses tiny transmitters embedded in Roger's unnecessary shampoo to tap into his senses and monitor his behavior to ensure he remains a hungry consumer of goods and services. Nina is the daughter of the business magnate behind the whole thing
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2008, Spain, dir. Chema Garca Ibarra , 6 min Almost everybody is going to die very soon.
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mOrphine title
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US Premiere, Description 2009, dir. Aleksey Balabanov, Russia, 110 min., Language: Russian
forced to contend simultaneously with the reality of impending national revolution and the extent of his own degeneration. A morbid spectacle of human frailties both physical and psychological, MORPHINEs narrative unfolds with an almost clinical detachment against a backdrop of quietly stunning visuals. Gruesome scenes featuring amputation, child-birth and tracheotomies (procedures which Balabanov claims were actually performed on real patients using a licensed physician) stand in stark contrast to bucolic images of the snow-blanketed Russian countryside and richly furnished parlours lined with gleaming samovars and vodka decanters. Although Balabanov himself insists that his latest outing stands apart from his other works, devotees may enjoy hints of the nostalgic eroticism seen in 1998s OF FREAKS AND MEN and resonance with the political themes of last years Fantastic Fest fave CARGO 200. (Carrie Matherly) Plays with
A vastly inexperienced rural doctor develops an unquenchable thirst for the morphine in the hospital medicine supply room. MORPHINE is another dark tale from Aleksey Balabanov, director of last year's Fantastic Fest critical sensation CARGO 200.
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Loosely based on the memoirs of the celebrated Russian novelist and one-time physician Mikhail Bulgakov, MORPHINE is a meticulously structured exploration of a young country doctors descent into addiction on the eve of the Bolshevik revolution. Shot on location in the pastoral landscapes of the Tvar Oblast region north of Moscow, the cinematography and production design of director Aleksey Balabanovs latest film are as alluring as the story is bleak. Despite his youth and inexperience, Dr. Mikhail Polyakovs (Leonid Bichevin) arrival in the village of N. in the fall of 1917 is heralded with relief by the townspeople, who have suffered through a difficult year without a physician. Inheriting a skeleton staff of two nurses and a paramedic from his mysterious, absent predecessor, Polyakov is quickly confronted with a litany of patients experiencing serious ailments. The one apparent blessing he discovers in his tour of the facilities a well-stocked pharmacy soon proves to be quite the opposite. Within hours of his arrival, Polyakovs admirable efforts to save a man dying of diphtheria leave the doctor himself in need of a vaccination and a fateful shot of morphine. Over the course of the winter, stress, isolation and perhaps even boredom lead him into a tangle of vice that includes regular drug abuse, dalliances with patients and a doomed affair with the attractive nurse Anna (Ingeborga Dapkunaite) who later shares his addiction. His escalating acts of medical malfeasance and growing inability to conceal his habit finally lead Polyakov to seek treatment in Moscow, where he is
danSe macabre
2009, Canada, dir. PEDRO PIRES , 9 min For a period of time, while we believe it to be perfectly still, lifeless flesh responds, stirs and contorts in a final macabre ballet. Are these spasms merely erratic motions or do they echo the chaotic twists and turns of a past life?
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Director James McTeigue (V FOR VENDETTA)
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Sep 29 Date, Date, 6:30 PM TIME TIME Location Location
Sneak Preview, 2009, dir. James McTeigue, United States, 99 min., Language: English Description
Raizo is one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth.
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Raizo is one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the merciless execution of his friend by the Clan, Raizo breaks free from themand vanishes. Now he waits, preparing to exact his revenge. In Berlin, Europol agent Mika Coretti has stumbled upon a money trail linking several political murders to an underground network of untraceable assassins from the Far East. Defying the orders of her superior, Ryan Maslow, Mika digs into top secret agency files to learn the truth behind the murders. Her investigation makes her a target, and the Ozunu Clan sends a team of killers, led by the lethal Takeshi, to silence her forever. Raizo saves Mika from her attackers, but he knows that the Clan will not rest until they are both eliminated. Now, entangled in a deadly game of cat and mouse through the streets of Europe, Raizo and Mika must trust one another if they hope to surviveand finally bring down the elusive Ozunu Clan.
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Sep 24 Date, 11:59 PM Location TIME
Sneak Preview, 2009, dir. Oren Peli, United States, 99 min., Language: English Description
Over the course of three weeks in September and October of 2006, a couple ran nightly surveillance and captured indelible proof on home video of a paranormal phenomenon. This footage has been edited into the feature film PARANORMAL ACTIVITY.
"PARANORMAL ACTIVITY managed to do something that almost no other haunted house movie in the past 25 years has managed to do: actually be scary." - Bloody-Disgusting PARANORMAL ACTIVITY is a terrifying supernatural thriller featuring shocking footage of a demonic haunting. Katie and Micah were enjoying a happy, carefree life. Their future looked promising until bizarre events began occurring at night. Katie was no stranger to paranormal phenomena she had been stalked by a malevolent entity since childhood, and she feared that it had followed her to their new home. They purchased a video camera to find out what was happening at night as they slept. Over the course of three weeks in September and October of 2006, they ran nightly surveillance and captured indelible proof on home video, which has been edited into the feature film PARANORMAL ACTIVITY.
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"PARANORMAL ACTIVITY is one of the scariest movies of all-time. YOU WILL BE AFFECTED as its hard to ignore the imprint it leaves on your psyche. Nightmares are guaranteed." - Brad Miska - Bloody Disgusting "PARANORMAL ACTIVITY succeeds with flying colors. Its a brutal, exhausting, and genuinely horrifying little ghost flick that really makes me rethink my stance on horror films altogether.." - Felix Vasquez, Film Threat "it sufficiently freaked out those of us who watched [it]. that I ended up asking a coworker to crash in my room for the night because I was afraid I wouldn' t be able to get to sleep alone. It's surprising how creepy and realistic the film is" - Kim Voynar, Cinematical "Simply put, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY is the most frightening ghost story of the year." - Dread Central "Best in fest is PARANORMAL ACTIVITYit's the scariest movie of the year." Luke Thompson, LA Weekly
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Director Dae-Min Park
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Texas Premiere, 2009, dir. Dae-Min Park, South Korea, 111 min., Language: Korean Description
the final curtain drops. And a cherry on top, there's even a Korean "Q" equivalent, ready to dispense just the right turn-of-the-century crime-fighting gadgetry for every predicament. Dae Min Park's debut feature is a wildly entertaining whodunnit that can stand toe to toe with Hercule Poirot or Sherlock Holmes any day. Korean Audiences agree: PRIVATE EYE was one of the top grossing domestic releases so far in Korea and rumor has it that my new favorite criminal investigation team will be pairing up again for a sequel in the near future. Korean popcornI'm loving the taste of it! (Tim League) Plays with
A medical student in 1910 Korea discovers a corpse in the woods and secretly takes it for dissection practice. When he discovers that the body is the son of the city's most powerful gangster he enlists the help of a shady private detective to find the killer before the murder is pinned on him.
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The year is 1910. Korean medical student Gwang Su (Ryu Deok-hwan, OUR TOWN) stumbles upon a corpse in a deserted wood, and in a fit of seriously bad judgement, shuttles the body back to his living quarters to practice his dissection techniques. When the papers announce that the son of the city's most notorious gangster has gone missing and is feared dead, Gwang Su realizes that he has made a horrible mistake. The corpse in his basement, now decaying and somewhat mutilated from his practice sessions, is a virtual death sentence. If anyone finds it, clearly his bloodstained hands will be the ones shackled for the crime. He must find the real murderer before he takes the blame. Enter Jin-ho (Jeon-Min Hwang, BLACK HOUSE), a small-time but very street-savvy private investigator. Lured by a hefty cash reward, Jin-ho reluctantly takes the case and a new fast-talking, odd-couple crime-fighting dynamic duo is born. Starting from a scant few clues, a small pack of white powder and a mysterious Japanese "karakuri" doll, our heros unearth a web of intrigue, crime and political corruption that takes them from back-alley opium dens to the center ring of a travelling big-top circus. Every location, lush with minute details, nails the Japanese occupation era of Seoul and sets the perfect backdrop for the mystery that unfolds. (No surprise as they were crafted by the same team who art-directed last year's Fantastic Fest audience award winner THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE WEIRD.( Paths cross, plots thickens, political corruption deepens and the story keeps you guessing until
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2008, Iceland, dir. Benedikt Erlingsson , 15 min Kicking off your day with a head wound isn't always such a good idea.
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North American Premiere, 2009, dir. Uwe Boll, Canada, 100 min., Language: English Description
Fed up with his dead-end life, Bill constructs a full-body kevlar armor suit and rampages through the streets of his hometown killing everyone in sight, particularly the barista that failed to make him a proper macchiato.
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First of all, let me clear up any confusion, despite what you may at first assume, Uwe Boll's RAMPAGE is not an adaptation of the classic '80s video game where King Kong, Godzilla and a giant werewolf run amuck through an 8-bit Illinois destroying helicopters, boats, taxis and basically anything in their path. Damn it though, that Rampage really does have to be made! The next best RAMPAGE premise, however, has been adapted to the screen by the good doctor Boll. Fed up with the trials, tribuations and pretentions of society, our antihero Bill constructs a full-body armor suit and rampages through the streets of his hometown killing everyone in sight, particularly the barista that failed to make him a proper macchiato. Employing hand-held camera techniques and a very free-form, loosely-scripted Altman-esque dialogue structure, Boll slowly builds up the layers of Bill's disgruntled, jaded world view. He stereotypically lives in his parents' basement, has a dead-end job at an auto/body repair shop and his sole friend is something of a self-absorbed, arrogant prick. His father, played by Matt Frewer (MAX HEADROOM!!!) is always on his case to find some direction in life; he gets no respect from his boss and the service quality of the local fast-food industry is enough to make a man go ballistic! Don't let the deliberate pace of the first 45 minutes fool you. Bill has been secretly stockpiling automatic weapons, building remote control tactical explosives and fabricating an iron-man-esque kevlar killing suit. All the assholes in his life are going to pay big time, and that barista will have to make a perfect machiato "as if his
life depended on it." My personal highlight comes about 100 or so fatalities into the epic bloodbath "rampage." Still in his full-body armor and feeling a bit parched, Bill stops for a refreshing soda and tuna sandwich only to find hundreds of depressed, lifeless, death-ready flesh-targets all hunkered over seemingly acres of bingo tables. Boll stumbled upon the bingo parlor during the middle of shooting and wrote it into the script, using the actual bingo-mad locals in the scene. The always outspoken Dr. Boll has made a lot of enemies in the film criticism community, tossing out rants, insults and actual fisticuffs to his detractors. I for one am here to say that with RAMPAGE, Uwe deserves a fresh look. It's tons of fun, is founded on a clever, tight script and delivers all the goods the concept promises. I'm enjoying Boll's recent departure from the world of videogame adaptations, but if he does go back, I hope it's for the other RAMPAGE. (Tim League)
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US Premiere, Description 2009, dir. Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza, United States, 85 min., Language: English
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The mysterious, rampaging outbreak of [REC] wreaks bloody havoc on the citizens of Madrid. By using the flipped perspective of the camera-equipped troops, Balaguer and Plaza have designed a shocker meticulously calculated to set your nerves on edge. [REC] 2 is ALIENS to ALIEN, a sequel that ramps up the action but does not defile the spirit of its predecessor. Balaguer and Plaza have proved themselves exciting additions to the gory canon of Euro-horror masters, and they can't wait to drag the Fantastic Fest audience into the darkness, screaming at the top of their lungs. (Colin Geddes, Toronto Int'l Film Festival) Plays with
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Warning! If you haven't seen the original [REC], run out and watch it now or suffer the spoilers that follow! In 2007, directors Jaume Balaguer and Paco Plaza teamed up to unleash the genuinely harrowing [REC], a film that simply set out to scare the crap out of the audience, without any pretensions. The fan favorite quickly spawned the U.S. remake QUARANTINE, which only proved how innovative the original was. [REC] is told through a reporter's camera as she accompanies firefighters on a routine call and ends up trapped with them in an apartment building infected with a ferocious virus. Sealed in and desperate, they trace the contagion to the attic, discovering abandoned research on demonic possession. Needless to say, [REC] didn't have a happy ending. While infectious demonic possession was itself a disturbing premise, the livetelevision aesthetic of [REC] gave it a level of realism that translated into palpable fear it was not just a film to be seen, but to be experienced. Now the duo returns with [REC] 2, which leaps right back into the action as a medical officer and a SWAT team outfitted with video cameras are sent into the sealed-off apartment to control the situation.
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2009, Spain, dir. Carlos Vermut , 3 min A heart-wrenching exploration of the unfortunate people who stand strong despite their tragedies.
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Sep 26 Oct 1 11:59 PM 6:45 PM
Regional Premiere, 2009, dir. Kerry Prior, United States, 118 min., Language: English
THE REVENANT is a hilarious, gorey undead flick that absolutely kills!
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The simple logline would be: Bart dies in Iraq, but then he knocks on his best friend Joey's door having joined those that we know as the Undead. And that would sound like a lame movie. It would seem to indicate that it was a buddy comedy about being Undead. There are those aspects to THE REVENANT, but it is more about figuring out what you are and how you would survive if you "came back". If you discovered you needed human blood to keep from rotting. If you discovered that bullets and conventional weaponry no longer affected you. Ifwell there's a lot to discover - and at each stage of discovery, Kerry Prior's movie sucks you further and further in. This is a film in the great tradition of films like NEAR DARK and INNOCENT BLOOD - where they take the premise of being a supernatural being, but apply it to a situation that we know. But there's nobody around to teach these guys the rules. They have to discover what is going on, and sometimes they are severely behind the learning curve. Once they decide to start killing live humans for Bart's preservationthings really start kicking in high gear and folksit gets gory, funny, gross and out-fuckingrageous!!! Every 10 minutes this film begins getting cooler than the prior 10, all the way till the end. This is exactly the sort of small bit of awesome that makes me excited about Fantastic Fest. Do not miss it! (Harry Knowles)
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2009, United States, dir. Shaun Peterson , 9 min A zany blood-spattered butcher and his roommate the talking steak have wild times. Special appearance by Dave Foley!
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North American Premiere, 2009, dir. Lawrence Gough, United Kingdom, 96 min., Language: English Description
On Christmas eve in a sleepy Liverpudlian suburb, terror strikes without warning. Paramilitary forces start gunning down the residents, but it's unclear whether they are hunting the citizens or protecting them, and if protectingfrom what?
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"SALVAGE is not just a cracking thriller. It's one of the most intelligent films about fear I have ever seen." - James Christopher, Chief Film Critic, The London Times In suburban Liverpool, a nice cul-de-sac in a safe neighborhood where the worst problems are infidelity, ugly divorces and subsequent familial dysfunction, residents are suddenly shocked by the appearance of black-clad SWAT soldiers wielding heavy artillery. They have surrounded the house of an immigrant family. The father, a quiet and friendly physician, emerges from the house brandishing a knife. To the horror of all, the soldiers gun him down, then herd all the witnesses into their homes with dire warnings to stay inside. So begins a night of violence, terror and paranoia. Its unclear if its the soldiers themselves who are the threat, or if they are actually protecting the citizenry from something far, far worse. Making the most of the small budget with sets confined to just a few rooms and a small cast, writer/director Lawrence Gough uses his limitations to good effect, creating an atmosphere of claustrophobia and uncertainty where fear and death are potentially lurking behind every familiar corner. The danger is merely glimpsed, hinted at rather than seen, increasing the sense of paranoia and tension. The cast does a wonderful job with the characters, each of which is nicely fleshed out. Its wonderful to see a low budget film that really nails all aspects of the production, showing that its possible to deliver a smart film in which there are alternative paths to genuine scares than giant explosions and CGI effects. (Karrie League) Plays with
big day OF FiShing
2009, United States, dir. Tim Cawley , 9 min Two old pals spend the morning together on the ocean, one of them aware that their friendship is about to end. Hard.
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Sep 25 Date, 11:59 PM Location TIME
Regional Premiere, 2009, dir. Lee Demarbre, Canada, 90 min., Language: English Description
When his latest film is panned for its sub-par effects work, veteran grindhouse filmmaker Able Whitman (David Hess, LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK) is struck with inspiration: the most realistic gore effects will come from actual dismemberment and corpses!
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What do you get when the director of JESUS CHRIST VAMPIRE HUNTER teams up with Sasha Grey, David Hess and Michael Berryman to shoot a wacked-out tribute to '60s splatter pioneer HG Lewis? You get SMASH CUT, baby! Yes, Lee Demarbre, Canada's contemporary King of the B's, has just completed his biggest film to date. Notorious grindhouse heavy David Hess ( LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, HITCH HIKE, HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK) stars as notorious grindhouse filmmaker Able Whitman. Whitman's seen better days and times are tough for a struggling indie moviemaker. Audiences are jaded, financiers are taking fewer risks than ever and filmmaking itself has never been more costly, even on the most bargain-basement level of shooting. When the few fans that remain criticize his latest production for its sub-par effects work, Able loses it. And in that moment, inspiration strikes. Not only is the real thing more affordable than any prosthetic make-up effects could ever be, it's also bound to look better onscreen! With a wealth of film critics, actors and studio execs to choose from, Able sets out to ensure that his next production will be plastered with body parts of all shapes and sizes. Meanwhile his new star (iconic porn auteur Sasha Grey, currently in the mainstream spotlight as the lead in Steven Soderbergh's THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE) seems to be a good deal more than meets the eye
In a recent interview with Twitch, Demarbre said, Herschell Gordon Lewis has been my hero since high school. I really wanted to just shoot SMASH CUT exactly how Herschell would shoot SMASH CUT. It's a tribute to his unique vision. And that it is. Demarbre has effectively updated Lewis' COLOR ME BLOOD RED, moving it from the art world into the rough-and-tumble indie filmmaking universe! Features appearances not only from HG himself, but also staple Lewis vet Ray Sager (WIZARD OF GORE, BLAST-OFF GIRLS, GORE GORE GIRLS, JUST FOR THE HELL OF IT), not to mention HILLS HAVE EYES' legendary Michael Berryman as an impish studio executive. (Mitch Davis, Fantasia Film Festival)
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2008, United States, dir. Adam Green , 9 min A man's Tivo takes over his life, and ends everyone else's.
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Stingray Sam
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Sep 28 Sep 30 9:25 PM 7:00 PM
Regional Premiere, 2009, dir. Cory McAbee, United States, 61 min., Language: English
In order to earn back their freedom, two cowboy space-convicts must accept a dangerous mission to save an innocent young girl from a self-obsessed ruler in this one-of-a-kind science fiction serial musical comedy from the director of THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT.
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In a bar on Mars (no, a different Mars), an unsuspecting gentle outlaw who goes by the name of Stingray Sam has turned to a life of lounge singing as he hides out from the law during the decline of the interplanetary economy. Much to his surprise, he is suddenly greeted -- in a barroom brawl -- by his old friend The Quasar Kid, who has come in the hopes of reuniting with Stingray for one final mission that will wipe their records clean. Their task: To rescue a carpenters unsuspecting daughter from the clutches of an evil bureaucrat named Fredward, a ruler from a curious planet where men procreate with each other to create children with compound names. Pretty soon, the duo is back on the road in an enthralling adventure, jam packed with hilariously self-aware comedy involving miniature robot suits, olive chugging and plenty of dancing. In 2001, director Corey McAbee pleasantly surprised the independent genre community with his innovative, comedic musical space-western THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT. After an eight-year hiatus, he now returns with this long-awaited six-part episodic series. If youve ever had the pleasure of seeing THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT, you know that McAbees style is one of a kind, flawlessly blending a series of familiar genres to create rare hybrid that floods the classic film lover with nostalgia. Similar to ASTRONAUT in genre, STINGRAY turns to an even more effective use of low budget filmmaking as McAbee mixes gorgeous black and white cinematography with color collage art to create a unique and fascinating
world. Each episode comes complete with a song (courtesy of McAbees own band, American Astronaut), a cliffhanger and a sponsor advert, reminding us of the early days of film-going where the price of admission got you a little bit of everything. Ironically, McAbee designed STINGRAY as a series of tiny episodes in attempt to conform to our ever-changing times where more and more media is being mass consumed on small screens. Luckily, it is still beautiful enough to warrant the exciting theatrical experience that awaits you. (Michael Lerman)
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2008, Spain, dir. Javier Chillon , 10 min The long suppressed, recently unearthed newsreel that blows the lid off the space monkey disease outbreak!
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Sweet karma
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Sep 25 Sep 30 7:15 PM 1:15 PM
US Premiere, 2009, dir. Andrew Thomas Hunt, Canada, 85 min., Language: English
When her sister disappears without a trace - the apparent victim in a Russian prostitution ring in Toronto - a shy, beautiful, mute woman sets off on a bloody, intercontinental trail of revenge.
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Karma Balint is a shy, mute Russian woman whose sister Anna left for Canada with bright hopes of making some money for the two of them. But after being whisked away by the Russian recruiter of Canada-bound housemaids, Anna never sent the money, she never wrote backshe just disappeared. When Karma discovers that Annas body has been found in the woods on the outskirts of Toronto, the apparent victim of a Russian mafia hit, she sets off on a bloody, intercontinental trail of revenge that sees her face offarmed with only two hands, a calculating brain and a hefty dose of willpowerwith some of the sleaziest elements of Torontos organized criminal underground. Inspired by the stories of real human trafficking rings that were infiltrated and shut down in Toronto between 2004 and 2008, director/co-writer Andrew Hunt and his writing partner James Fler wanted to create a character who would both give voice to the silent victims of the non-consensual sex trade and stand as their relentless avenger. Model and first-time actress Shera Bechard is a revelation as the reluctant vigilante, and her role called for an intense regimen of acting and pole-dancing lessons, martial arts training, and dexterity with a variety of weapons. The resulting fight scenes are nasty and desperate, far removed from the slickness of detached Hollywood action choreographybut packing a decidedly bigger punch. In contrast to rape-revenge films whose exploitive elements overshadow the psychological, SWEET KARMA takes back the genre as a womans domainLIPSTICK(1976), HANDGUN (1983), THE LADIES CLUB (1986), POSITIVE I.D. (1987), DIRTY WEEKEND (1993), DEFENCELESS: A BLOOD SYMPHONY (2004). The sense of moral assertion and
vigilante justice is a dominating factor in any kind of revenge picture, from those of Michael Winner to Walter Hillbut a womans revenge picture is a special thing. Women are vengeful creatures of a different nature. Nods to seminal rape revenge films MS. 45 (1981) and THEY CALL HER ONE EYE (1974) are abundant, but what makes SWEET KARMA unique is that Karma remains sympathetic by not disassociating from her actionsshe doesnt have a turning point where she buys into her own vampish alter-ego and ceases to be innocent. As such, SWEET KARMA not only marks a distinctive contribution to the rape-revenge canon, but signals a proud new wave of Canadian independent cult cinema. (Kier-la Janisse)
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2008, Norway, dir. Aleksander Leines Nordaas , 10 min In a filthy, dingy hospital room, a woman awakens without a memory. The other residents attempt to help her, when not being dragged away into the darkness.
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Sep 24 Sep 28 7:15 PM 10:00 PM
Regional Premiere, 2009, dir. Henrik Ruben Genz, Denmark, 90 min., Language: Danish
Based on a true story, TERRIBLY HAPPY follows a young Copenhagen cop who is exiled to a provincial Jutland town after suffering a nervous collapse. The town and its "code" soon prove to be much more complex and challenging - not to mention much more deadly - than the big city beat.
fear, guilt and loneliness. After an especially wrenching marital intervention, Hansen faces off with Jorgen in a mano-a-mano that would make a caveman proud. The two pound dozens of beers and whiskeys in the town bar in front of a jury of the townspeople to prove which man is "right." Some have compared TERRIBLY HAPPY to the Coen Brothers' films, and certainly anyone who appreciates the Coens' dark, off-center black humor and atmospheric depiction of milieu will enjoy TERRIBLY HAPPY. But this is a unique film with its own novelistic inner sense of logic and timing. It's not a horror film exactly. Nor is it a mystery. It's a story about a few people in a fucked-up little town. And it will make you feel and think (and laugh) with the best of them. This highly acclaimed film, directed by Henrik Ruben Genz, has won a slew of awards including the Bodil (Denmark's highest film honor). Adam Yauch's Oscilloscope Films has picked it up for American distribution. (Lars Nilsen)
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As soon as the Policeman Robert Hansen (Jakob Cedergren) hits the cobblestone streets, his authority is questioned by nearly everyone. The town's longstanding way of life, which includes frequent use of the outlying bogs to keep its dark secrets, seems to be stuck in a quasi-medieval time. The citizens are openly contemptuous of him, especially Jorgen (Kim Bodnia), a drunken brute who beats his wife. When the wife appeals to Hansen for help, he finds himself trapped in a bog of obligation,
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tOkyO title Onlypic 2008

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Sep 25 Date, Sep 26 Date, 1:05 PM Location TIME 11:20 AM Location TIME
North American Premiere, 2009, dir. Various, United States, 137 min., Language: English Description
A truly bizarre spoof on the Olympics that only the Japanese could concoct featuring events such as Mother Tossing, the 1000 Character Texting competition, and the Samurai Call.
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A truly bizarre spoof on the Olympics that only the Japanese could concoct. TOKYO ONLYPIC 2008 sprints out of the gate with a surreal opening ceremony featuring robot battles, motorized sushi floats and a ginormous golden Buddha head whose laser vision destroys vast swaths of audience members. Bizarro Japanese comedian and long-time Monkey Bash regular Egashira 2:50 also pops into the opening ceremony with a signature convulsing dance number. Egashira 2:50 was named "the most annoying comedian in Japan" 2002-2008 and has been arrested in several countries for repeatedly dropping his pants. In 2006 animator Richiro Mashima's SKI JUMPING PAIRS: ROAD TO TORINO 2006 gave just a sample of the absurdity that lays in store for you with TOKYO ONLYPIC 2008. Bringing in an group of his filmaking and animating buddies to riff on the them of absurdist sporting events, Mashima and the ONLYPIC team has crafted such events as Mother Tossing, a Brancer competition (the obscure sport of kicking one's shoe off while swinging on a swingset), the 1000 Character Texting competition, and the Samurai Call, this battle of the nations would destroy the ratings of the actual Olympics were it ever to come to pass. Ironically, the creators are actually trying to rally support for just such a competition.
Here at Fantastic Fest HQ, we are going to take the first step by recruiting athletes to perform in the first ever North American Samurai Call Championships. Its really hard to describe the rules, there arent any as such, but screaming the word Samurai with gusto and flair definitely comes into play. Watch the video clip from TOKYO ONLYPIC on the Fantastic Fest website for a sample of American champion Samurai Caller David Joe and hopefully you will be inspired to sign up for the competition on September 25. Well be featuring up to 10 Samurai Call competitors at the end of the Meet the Japanese party on Friday night at the Highball. (Tim League)
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Sep 25 Date, Sep 27 Date, 2005 TIME 2005 TIME 10:00 PM Location 11:45 AM Location
US Premiere, Description 2009, dir. Stephane Aubier and Vincent Patar, Belgium, 75 min., Language: French
Will Horse find true love? Will Steven fix his tractor? What will it take to stop the underwater pond dwellers from stealing the walls of Cowboy, Indian and Horses house? Yes, boys and girls, its the feature version of A TOWN CALLED PANIC, the demented cult Belgian animation sensation. And, yes, it is truly a sight to behold - a very odd sight that will confuse some while leaving others on the floor gasping for breath from laughing so hard.
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To try and summarize something as manic as PANIC is a chumps game, it cant really be done, but heres what you need to know. Primitively animated in stop motion using clay models of the plastic cowboy, indian and farmyard plastic toys we all had as kids, PANIC revolves around house-mates Cowboy, Indian and Horse as they go about their daily lives. Which in this case means dealing with the aftermath of an attempted birthday present gone wrong that results in fifty million bricks piled on the roof of the trios house, which then collapses under the weight of the bricks, which opens up a portal to a secret underwater civilization that covets the trios building skills and simply - and repeatedly - steals their home. Theres also a giant snowball throwing penguin-robot, parachuting cows, equine romance, parachuting cows and more, more, more. And also parachuting cows.
Series creators Stephane Aubier and Vincent Patar are surely two of the most manic animators of our times, completely and utterly in touch with their inner children. No joke is too silly, no gag too bizarre for this pair. They've reined in their stream of consciousness urges slightly for the feature PANIC started life as a series of five minute shorts for Belgian television but just barely, oddity heaped upon oddity as though the two were engaged in a non-stop game of one-upmanship throughout the entire production cycle. Juvenile and absurd are perfectly good descriptors when talking about PANIC, though only if accompanied by brilliant and hysterical. Its time for the cult to cross the ocean. (Todd Brown)
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Sneak Preview, 2009, dir. John Lasseter, United States, 81 min., Language: English Description
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Sep 26 Date, 2:15 PM TIME Location
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A sneak preview of the newly restored TOY STORY 1 and 2 in 3D
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Fantastic Fest is hosting a special sneak preview of the newly restored TOY STORY 1 and 2 in 3D on Saturday, September 26. This same double feature will be hitting screens for a limited run in October, but Fantastic Fest badge holders and select members of AICN's Saturday Morning Kids Club will be able to attend this special early sneak-preview event. Check back to the Fantastic Fest website for details. You should also mark your calendars, because Buzz and Woody will be back in a brand new adventure, TOY STORY 3, on June 18, 2010. The screening of TOY STORY 1 and 2 3D is courtesy of Disney.
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Sneak Preview, 2009, dir. Michael Dougherty, United States, 100 min., Language: English Description
It is said that Halloween is the night when the dead rise to walk among us and other unspeakable things roam free. The rituals of All Hallows Eve were devised to protect us from their evil mischief, and one small town is about to be taught a terrifying lesson that some traditions are best not forgotten.
With a cast including TRUE BLOOD's Anna Paquin, X-MEN 2's BRIAN COX and SPIDER-MAN's Dylan Baker - you end up with some pretty great character performances. Fetishistically Halloween, it is all captured by Glen MacPherson's loving camera. You'll also be delighted to learn that Director Dougherty decided to choose physical effects work over tricksy CGI. TRICK R' TREAT had its debut as the final film of BUTT-NUMB-A-THON 9, where Michael spent a full 24 hours with that audience just taking in the geeky fun. Dougherty is also a veteran of BNAT 10, in which he did not have a film, but merely wanted to experience those blissful 24 hours again. Michael will be here for the screening so be sure to treat him as you would any hardcore movie geek. Lastly, you may find yourself desiring something sweet during this screening, so peruse the sweet side of the menu, you won't regret it! (Harry Knowles)
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Michael Dougherty's TRICK R TREAT is a loving comic book fiction of the CREEPSHOW, TALES FROM THE CRYPT and TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE variety. The additional flair is that all the stories of this cinematic anthology touch one another. They all take place in the same town on Halloween night. And on Halloween, you must observe the rules of Halloween. They may seem silly, but they are rules for a reason - and when characters cross those rules... They may have to deal with those ancient spirits that give Halloween its delicious spine-tingle.
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Director Kim Nguyen
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Sep 27 Date, Sep 30 7:00 PM TIME 1:45 PM FEAST Location
Regional Premiere, 2008, dir. Kim Nguyen, Canada, 75 min., Language: French Description
Charles is the undisputed champion of Montreals truffle miners, a man with an incredibly sensitive nose. And that nose makes him valuable, especially to the sinister pair of furriers plotting to seize control of the local truffle industry with the help of their furry, mind-controlling creatures.
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Ah, global warming, you devious bastard. Rising temperatures have had unexpected consequences in Kim Nguyen's TRUFFE prime among them the sudden emergence of Montreal as the Black Truffle capital of the world, the tasty little morsels sprouting by the thousands deep below the surface. All that needs to be done is to go and get them. It's instant wealth for all, particularly for Charles played by Roy Dupuis - the greatest truffle hunter of them all, a man blessed with such a sensitive nose that he pulls up truffles by the bagload from the small truffle mine beneath his apartment. But what with the laws of supply and demand the wealth is only short lived, the sudden flood of truffles causing the bottom to drop out of prices and leaving the miners to scramble for their supper. The miners life is a hard one, even when their quarry is soft. And life gets harder for the little guy, for the noble independent miner, with the arrival of a strange local fur shop intent on buying up the truffle mines; with big plans for globalization and mass canning. The furriers send out sinister, fuzzy, remote controlled little creations to control the minds and souls of Montreal's hard working men. Surely there is more here than meets the eye A hidden gem from right in our own back yard, Nguyens TRUFFE calls to mind the DELICATESSEN era of Jean-Pierre Jeunet, creating a deliriously off-kilter world for his cast of characters to play in. Nguyen butts images of the deeply absurd up
against the immediately familiar to create a totally unique experience, a world anchored by the quietly grounded performances of Roy Dupuis and Celine Bonnier also a couple in real life as their surroundings spin increasingly out of control. From backyard mushroom mines to the brilliantly lo-fi mind-control fur creatures to gangs of brainwashed door to door salesmen spreading through the neighborhood with full sized, vintage refrigerators strapped to their backs, TRUFFE is a true visual delight. (Todd Brown) Although TRUFFe has played several festivals, Fantastic Fest will be debuting the directors cut version of the film. Also, executive chefs John Bullington and Trish eichelberger will be preparing a five course truffle feast to accompany the film. The feast will be an upcharge for badgeholders and will also be available to the general public.
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2008, Norway, dir. Kristoffer Joner, 12min At the National Institute of Preservation, all problems in the world are resolved. Swiftly, and with little pain involved.
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Sep 26 Date, Sep 29 Date, 4:15PM TIME 4:00 PM TIME Location Location
US Premiere, Description 2009, dir. Jonathan King, New Zealand, 91 min., Language: English
A pair of twins are sent to live with their aunt and uncle after their mother dies in a car accident. They deal with their grief in different ways, interrupting the closeness between them. But they're going to need that bond very badly when they begin to sense danger coming from the decrepit old house across the lake
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Jonathan King, director of the 2006 comedy gore-fest BLACK SHEEP, has struck out in an entirely new direction with the intelligent, surprisingly kid-friendly adventure thriller UNDER THE MOUNTAIN. This is a proud new entry in the annals of memorable "tween" fantasy - films you see when young and continue to love even as an adult - that actually deliver smart and scary thrills with no skimping on cinematography, character development or special effects. Think ESCAPE FROM WITCH MOUNTAIN (the original!) meets THE GOONIES. It's been a good long while since those movies were released, and today's kids are due for some tough, fearless family filmmaking, which King delivers in spades. Theo and Rachel are twins with a strong -- almost telepathic -- bond. When their mother dies in a car accident their father sends them away to Auckland to live with relatives in a beautiful new home on a gorgeous lake in a fabulous city ringed by seven magnificent volcanoes. But their view is marred by a creepy looking house across the water, and their new lives even more disturbed by the inhabitants of that house - a weird and reclusive family who take an unhealthy interest in their new neighbors. To add to the strain, the twins have different ways of dealing with their grief, which is weakening the link between them. And when the otherworldly Wilberforce family comes a-knocking, they need their closeness more than either of them realizes.
Each Fantastic Fest, there is one movie that I just refuse to miss. Last year's title was LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, which ended up being the festival favorite and is widely considered the best vampire tale in decades (eat it, Pattinson). This year, there's no film I'm more excited to see in the theater than UNDER THE MOUNTAIN. So take a break from exploding intestines and bared genitals, shed off your adult-world skepticism and join us for a few rounds of actual movie magic. (Zack Carlson)
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Director Yoshi Nishimura
vampire title girl vS. FrankenStein girl

Regional Premiere, 2009, dir. Yoshi Nishimura, Japan, 84 min., Language: Japanese Description
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2008 Fantastic Fest Next Wave winner Yoshi Nishimura is back again in 2009 with a wildly over-the-top spin on the Japanese high school melodrama. In Nishimura's world however, the dueling females are as you would guess from the title, a vampire girl and a Frankenstein girl, and like in TOKYO GORE POLICE, the arteries are once again spraying madly.
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After welcoming the New Flesh in TOKYO GORE POLICE, special effects genius and director Yoshihiro Nishimura goes for something decidedly more slapstick with VAMPIRE GIRL VS. FRANKENSTEIN GIRL, which he co-directs with Naoyuki Tomomatsu of STACY, ZOMBIE SELF DEFENSE FORCE and EAT THE SCHOOLGIRL fame. Based on a manga by Shungiku Uchida, this moving drama tells a tale of two schoolgirls who pine for the same young lad. Young Mizushima is a handsome fellow with floppy locks who cuts a dashing figure in his school uniform. On Valentines Day, new student Monami gives him a box of chocolates that represent life, which is often said to resemble them in many ways. But Monami isnt just a new student, she is also a vampire, and the chocolates contain her blood, which causes Mizushima to trip balls when he eats them. It is at that moment, when Mizushima is freaking out most mightily, that Monami opens her heart: she wants the two of them to live together forever as vampires. Romantic! But Mizushima already has a girlfriend! Keiko! And shes pissed! Fortunately shes got a mad-scientist dad, with a secret laboratory on school property, and he turns his daughter into a Franken-Keiko monster made of bits and pieces chopped from the cooling corpses of her classmates. As we all know, this kind of vampire vs. Frankenstein conflict can only be solved by fighting, beating, stabbing, chewing, clawing and a showdown high atop Tokyo Tower.
Nishimura has assembled his usual gang of low budget visionaries for this movie: Tak Sakaguchi (VERSUS, YOROI: SAMURAI ZOMBIE) does the action choreography and Tsuyoshi Kazuno contributes visual effects. Eihi Shiina (AUDITION) plays Monamis mother in a show-stopping flashback sequence, and Takashi Shimizu (the director of the JU-ON films) plays a chain-smoking Chinese professor who lectures his students on the importance of the Hollywood remake of his movies. Therere also a gaggle of ganguro girls: Japanese schoolgirls who worship African-American culture to the point of offensivenessdying their skin black, carrying spears and chanting Yes we can! at the drop of a hat. Emo schoolgirls compete in self-mutilation competitions, and the entire film is a big wet raspberry blown at the typical high school love story. Destined to become the best kind of cult classic, you need to come on down, buy a ticket, sit very quietly and let it touch you in a freaky way. NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL Plays with
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2008, Greece, dir. Spiros Jacovides , 6 min Finally, the product that YOU have been waiting for. Die now, pay later!
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Sep 24 Date, Sep 27 Date, 4:10 PM Location TIME 11:15 AM Location TIME
US Premiere, Description 2009, dir. Jonathan Auf Der Heide, Australia, 104 min., Language: English
When their guard is killed en route to prison in 19th-century Tasmania, eight prisoners escape through the dense rain forest. Their poorly-conceived escape plans crumble, food runs out and the gang of prisoners engages in power struggles, psychological games and cannibalism in order to survive. Based on the true-life story of Australian prisoner Alexander Pearce.
experience of the original eight prisoners. Auf Der Heide took his cast and crew to Tasmania where filming took place in the heat, rain, and snow. These efforts comes across on screen as the film captures the grit, the grime, and the desperation that most certainly colored the original events. The dialog adds another layer of texture to the film as the actors speak in a thick brew of accented English and Gaelic, reflecting the prisoner's origins from disparate points across the British Empire. VAN DIEMEN'S LAND is one of the great cinematic discoveries of 2009. (Rodney Perkins)
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Jonathan Auf Der Heide's VAN DIEMEN'S LAND is a harsh yet gorgeous rendering of a true-life tale of cannibalism in nineteenth-century Australia. In 1822, an Irishman named Alexander Pearce was convicted of stealing six pairs of shoes. Pearce was sentenced to seven years in a remote portion of Australia called Van Diemen's Land, or as it would later be called, Tasmania. After various attempts to escape, he was sent to the Macquarie Harbour Penal Station on Sarah Island, which was known as the toughest of the Australian prison colonies. Pearce escaped from Macquarie Harbour, but this time he was accompanied by seven other prisoners. The gang of escapees originally planned to take a boat but instead they ran off into the unexplored expanse of mountains and rainforests. Pearce was the only one to survive the journey. As he later recounted, the trek devolved into a desperate fight for survival with the escapees waiting for each other to die off or to be killed. Using Pearce's recollections of the experience as a framing device, VAN DIEMEN'S LAND details the prisoners' brutal journey. VAN DIEMEN'S LAND is a featurelength expansion of Auf Der Heide's short film entitled HELL'S GATE, the name of which is a reference to the mouth of Macquarie Harbour. Comparisons to Werner Herzog are apt as VAN DIEMEN'S LAND shares thematic and visual relationships with works such as AGUIRRE: THE WRATH OF GOD. Here, the prisoners struggle against each other and against the harsh landscape that slowly and steadily breaks them down. VAN DIEMEN'S LAND goes to extraordinary lengths to replicate the
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Regional Premiere, 2009, dir. Takashi Miike, Japan, 111 min., Language: Japanese Description
A reimagining of the long-running Anime TV show, Miikes YATTERMAN is a massive dayglo blast that hits your rain like a bullet train and kickstarts your pleasure centers.
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A massive dayglo blast that hits your brain like a bullet train and kickstarts your pleasure centers, YATTERMAN is far smarter than it has any right to be and it pops the pip all over your pipple. The original YATTERMAN was a goofy 70s television anime considered slightly risque and trashy for the times. Every week, toy-shop owner Gan and his cute assistant Ai battled the evil Doronbo gang, led by femme fatale Doronjo and her assistantspig-nosed muscleman Tonzra and rat-faced mecha genius Boyackyfor pieces of the mystical skull stone, and every week the Doronbo gang failed (usually due to incompetence). Then there was a mushroom cloud, Gan and Ai did their Yatterman dance and the gang regrouped the following week to do it all over again. Takashi Miike takes these basic elements and injects a heaping helping of selfawareness, and some razor-sharp CGI thats far better looking than anything Hollywood is putting out these days. Watching YATTERMAN is like getting Candyland poured in your eyes. Attack sushi, the Funny Bunny Club, Titty Missiles, two mecha getting hot for each other and humping in the middle of a battle, a pile of all the schoolgirls in JapanYATTERMAN offers up something shiny, new and nutty in every frame. Miikes idea-cup is more than overflowingin this flick its practically a geyser. The heart of the movie, however, is Doronjo, played by Kyoko Fukada, the sugar princess from KAMIKAZE GIRLS. Shes a preening, prancing, pretty-pony prima donna who just loves to be evil because, well, shes a genius. What else is she going to do? But Fukada also brings adult shading to her cartoon character and maintains her essential humanity.
This flick is kid-friendly but a Miike movie through and through. By embracing the repetitive nature of the original show, Miikes telling us that its the things we do over and over again that keep us immature and stop us from growing up, but theyre also our protection against a tough old world. And in a world that feels like its rapidly spinning down the toilet, its nice to have an adult come in the room and tell us, hey, dont worry, no matter what we do, everythings going to be just fine. (Subway Cinema)
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Sep 26 Date, Sep 30 10:10 TIMEPM Location 3:40 PM
Texas Premiere, 2009, dir. Rob Grant, Canada, 95 min., Language: English Description
When a strange flulike virus starts killing people and turning them into flesheating zombies, an unlikely group of guys band together, grab an SUV and head for the woods to wait out the epidemic. Shot in 16mm on a micro-budget of $25,000, YESTERDAY transcends its resources, filling every scene with great practical effects, car crashes, ballistics and, most importantly, cracklingly sharp dramatic and comedic performances by every single principal cast member.
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YESTERDAY shows that the genre's core valueseffective use of a small budget, an intelligent look at humanity, and of course a bit of horror are still taken seriously by some film makers out there Ben Austwick, QUIET EARTH Yesterday was the last day that the world made any sense. Today, a good deal of humankind may very well be on the verge of extinction, as what was initially thought to be a new strain of flu virus has turned into something far, far worse. Something that kills, then resuscitates its victims as homicidal, cannibalistic carriers. As society falls first into panic, then into pieces, an unlikely group of people from across a suburban Canadian town band together in a last-ditch effort to see tomorrow, come bloody hell or even bloodier high water. A gritty zombie film with strong scripting chops, this is The Little Indie That Coulda doggedly determined beast that, in spite of being made on a production budget of an impossible $12,000, with an all-in final cost just shy of $25,000 (Canadian!), was nonetheless shot on 16mm film and features tons of crunchy, splatterific make-up effects, stunts, a car crash, the whole nine yards. And you can feel the fight in every framealmost every take you see in the film was the first and only one shot. Performances range from terrific to awkward. The vintage cameras they worked with broke down multiple times. In fact, five different cameras were usedand brokenduring the making
of this film, including an old hand-cranked Russian rig. At one point, additional actors were needed as extras in a classroom scene, so the film's sound mixer took a seat as a student behind a deskand can clearly be seen dialling the audio of the take during the shot! None of these things backfire against the film. Instead, they take on the validating personality of battle scars, proof that the project defeated adversity to come tearing out of a very difficult place, not only surviving to tell the tale, but doing so with spirit and flair. Because, in spite of its rough edges and inconsistencies, YESTERDAY is a very enjoyable film that's been getting solid play on the international festival circuit, even picking up the odd award along the way. It's a damn inspirational, do-it-at-all-costs debut from a pack of filmmakers we'll doubtlessly be hearing more from. Smash a camera against a wall and raise your glass to them. (Mitch Davis, Fantasia Film Festival) Plays with
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2008, Sweden, dir. Magnus Holmgren, 8 min A seemingly innocent game of Scrabble holds a married couple's fate in its grasp.
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dara Dir. Timo Tjahjanto & Kimo Tjahjanto, Indonesia, 2009, 26 min AUDITION meets SAW in this slice of genre-blending perfection from Indonesia. Mother always said you are what you eat. elSe dir. Thibault Emin, France, 2009, 16 min A bizarre epidemic has people absorbed into their surroundings, and one young couple fights to maintain their identities as the world blends around them. eXciSiOn dir. Richard Bates Jr., USA, 2008, 18 min An angry, awkward young woman's obsession with surgery brings some unexpected changes to the family. Full emplOyment dir. Thomas Oberlies & Matthias Vogel, Germany, 2008, 12 min The revolutionary new government program allows young people to assist the elderly in carrying out their occupational responsibilities, no matter what the job is. inSide dir. Tracie Laymon, USA, 2009, 14 min What do you do when there's something growing inside of you? You get rid of it, of course.
mama dir. Andy Muschietti, Spain, 2008, 3 min Two sisters cower in their bedroom, fearing their mother's arrival. When she finally returns home, there's no escape. my lOve liveS in the Sewer dir. Manuel Arija De La Cuerda, Spain, 2009, 18 min Coded messages lead to forbidden love and lovers doomed never to meet. Striking, surprising, and deeply deviant: an experience not to be missed. rOad tO mOlOch dir. Robert Glickert, USA, 2009, 17 min Three marines follow a wounded man to a cave that may be the home of evil incarnate. ShapeS dir. Alan Brennan, Ireland, 2008, 5 min Claire's old enough to know there's no monster in the bedroom, but when the lights go out... SinkhOle dir. Eric Scherbarth, USA, 2009, 13 min A self-serving developer learns that money can't buy everything when he visits an abandoned coalmine shrouded in darkness. StrateS dir. Yohan Guignard, France-Belgium, 2009, 9 min A farmer discovers a very unexpected bounty buried in his soil.
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alma dir. Rodrigo Blaas, Spain, 2009, 5 min A young girl is intrigued by the contents of a mysterious toy shop. the black dOg'S prOgreSS dir. Stephen Irwin , United Kingdom, 2008, 3 min A series of flipbooks tell the sad story of the Black Dog. cabaret kadne dir. Marc Riba & Anna Solanas, Spain, 2008, 5 min In a radiation zone, the remaining survivors overcome their failing frames to put on one last big major performance. cOnSOul dir. Lasse Gjertsen, Norway, 2009, 12 min Birth...work...sex...death: Nintendo-style!!! cOntrOlmaSter dir. Run Wrake, UK, 2008, 6 min Something terrible happens when a powerful device falls into the hands of scientist-turned-villain Doctor Moire. Who will rescue Halftone City from this gigantic cretin? git gOb dir. Philip Eddols, Canada, 2009, 2 min It must be great to be stupid. Everything is surprising and new! i am SO prOud OF yOu dir. Don Hertzfeldt, USA, 2009, 22 min Dark family secrets cast a shadow over Bill's recovery in this second chapter to Don Hertzfeldt's 'Everything will be OK'. . kabOOm dir. PES, USA, 2005, 1 min Are you ready for extreme, no-holds-barred warfare?!! No? Then try this! Fantastic Fest , September 24 October 1, 2009 www.fantasticfest.com
lili dir. Riho Unt, Estonia, 2008, 13 min One dying soldier, a busted radio, a solitary woman and a dozen rats somehow tell the tale of love lost. little dragOn dir. Bruno Collet, France, 2009, 8 min Low adventure explodes when Bruce Lee is reincarnated as an action figure of Bruce Lee. luneville dir. Sebastien Petit, Belgium, 2008, 9 min An otherworldly, old-timey, anti-reality fairytale of galactic discovery. meltdOwn dir. David Green, United States, 2009, 6 min Triumph and tragedy in its most epic forms and taking place entirely in a refrigerator. pigeOn impOSSible dir Lucas Martell, USA, 2009, 6 min A secret agent is thwarted by a pigeon's love for bagels in this masterful, Austin-produced adventure. terraFarmer dir. Will Adams, Scotland, 2008, 2 min It's hard enough to farm on Earthly soil, but interstellar agriculture is downright ridiculous. the terrible thing OF alpha-9 dir. Jake Armstrong, USA, 2009, 5 min Fearless Spacehunter vs. Hideous Extraterrestrial Creature...with a little something extra.
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Fantastic Fest , September 24 October 1, 2009 www.fantasticfest.com

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THE HoTTEST Horror FLICK oF THE yEAr.

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a blood-soaked piece of social commentary

a truly horrifying FILM

like a stephen king tale

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unforgettable... journey into terror

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British Horror At Its Most Rude

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