13 films to see absolutely at the Fantasia festival this summer

More than a few hours before lovers of evil creatures, bloodthirsty killers, manga, fantastic epics, cinematographic UFOs and works as unique as incumbable converge towards the Concordia University site for the 29^e Edition of the Fantasia Festival. Where to start? What to see? The newspaper offers you its 13 favorites of programming. Follow the leader!

Eddington

This is Ari Aster’s new offer – master of horror devoted thanks to his films Hereditary et Midsummer – which will open this new edition of the Fantasia festival. Pedro Pascal and Joaquin Phoenix will play there, respectively, the mayor and the sheriff of a city in the New Mexico whose confrontation will transform the community into a real powder maker.

July 16 at the Hall Theater

Lurker

Alex Russell – also producer of the series The Bear – n’called none other than Théodore Pellerin so that he puts on the title role of his very first feature film as director. The Quebecer will embody a young man who develops a sickly – and dangerous – obsession – for a pop singer in full ascent.

The 1^is August at the Hall Theater

Old Guys in Bed

Actor Jean-Pierre Bergeron was inspired by his own love life to write (then realize) his first feature film, Old Guys in Bed. We will follow a lonely sixty-year-old who will try by all means to find a man with whom he has a virtual relationship before he disappears from the web without the slightest warning.

August 3 at the museum cinema

Queens of the Dead

Drag-Queens and the living dead in the same feature film? It didn’t take more to attract our attention! The American filmmaker Tina Romero (daughter of the undisputed master of the zombie film George A. Romero) brought together several icons from the LGBTQ+community, such as Margaret Cho, Cheyenne Jackson, Dominique Jackson and Nina West, for this horrific comedy which promises to be anything but banal.

August 2 at the Hall Theater

I Live Here Now

Described as an alloy of the universes of David Lynch, Dario Argento and the Coen brothers, I Live Here Now will stage a young woman trapped from a remote hotel where she finds herself confronted with the violent echoes of her past. The filmmaker Julie Pacino (yes, the daughter of Al Pacino) will also be passing through the Fantasia festival to present her first feature film.

July 24 and 25 at the JA cinema in Sève

Anna left

An attempted theft that turns vinegar will allow a young writer to meet her new literary mentor in this second feature film by Quebec director Francis Bordeleau bringing together on the screen Catherine Brunet, Maxime de Cotret, Charlotte Aubin, Rosalie Bonenfant and Caroline Néron, among others.

July 24 at the Hall Theater

Sweetness

A young woman who dreams of meeting her idol will experience a huge depression by realizing that the one she has admired for a long time is actually a drug addict in full relapse. She will then try to bring him back on the right way … but at her own risk in this thriller reminiscent of the classic at times Misery.

July 18 and 22 at the JA cinema in Sève

Together

After having shocked crowds at the Sundance festival earlier this year, the horrific thriller Together Prepares (finally!) To take the poster. A few days before its official release, Fantasia festival-goers will discover this story in preview where a couple develops a (literally) fusional relationship after having settled in a small remote municipality.

July 26 at the Hall Theater

Hellcat

It is nothing less than a real trip to hell that offers Hellcata twisted story where a young woman wakes up in a trailer in full movement, seriously injured. Trying to remember the events that led her there, she will be interrupted by a male voice which teaches her that she will suffer from horrifying consequences if she does not see a doctor in the hour. Our curiosity is officially stung.

July 25 and 27 at the JA cinema in Sève

I Am Frankelda

The festival -goers will undoubtedly succumb to the whimsical – and magnificent – universe –I Am Frankeldaanimated feature film transporting us to Mexico from 19^e century. They will then meet a young orphan friendship with the prince of a parallel kingdom in what stands out as a must for fans of universes as glaucous as magical to Tim Burton.

July 20 at the Hall Theater

Hi-Five

Five foreigners who have received an organ donation from the same person develop superpowers such as the ability to handle wind or electricity. This South Korean blockbuster borrows the Hollywood codes to build a team of superheroes capable of competing with the Avengers with its removed action scenes, but also its well felt humor.

July 28 at the Hall Theater

Death does not exist

First presented at the Cannes Film Festival last spring, Death does not exist Return today to the fold. This new offer by director Félix Dufour-Laperrière is the fruit of almost a decade of work, taking shape today thanks to the voices of Karelle Tremblay and Zeneb Blanchet.

July 17 at the museum cinema

Blazing Fists

Emblematic figure of Japanese horror – the J-horrorin the middle jargon -, Takashi Miike offers this year no less than three new titles to the public of Fantasia. Lot, Blazing Fists should attract a large crowd with its intrigue where two young offenders are trying to find redemption inside the ring. A first sports drama for the visionary who has marked moviegoers from around the world to the hot iron with Auditionin 1999.

July 19 at the Hall Theater

• The Fantasia festival takes place from July 16 to August 3. For complete programming: fantasiafestival.com.