Five Most Anticipated Films of Fantasia Film Festival 2019 [Fantasia Fest 2019]

Posted on June 29, 2019 by Felix Vasquez

For yet another year, Cinema Crazed will be covering the Fantasia International Film Festival, the 23^rd edition running from July 11^th to August 1^st. The festival is famous for featuring some of the most acclaimed and highly anticipated genre films from around the world, and this year is featuring 130 films in its slate. Among them there will be the world premieres of MYSTERY OF THE NIGHT, BLOOD ON HER NAME, STARE, 1BR, THE DEEPER YOU DIG, and HOMEWRECKER; as well there will be events like screenings of classic horror like “The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue” and the rare TV movie “What Ever Happened to Rosemary’s Baby?”

With the site covering Fantasia again, these are five film premiering that we can’t wait to check out.

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Mothering (2018) [Slamdance Film Festival 2019]

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Felix Vasquez

There are those short films that you go in to, and when they’re done, you wish they could have been so much longer. Lucy Bridger’s drama about a young girl name Mia (Sapphire Paine) who learns to live with a new foster family is subtle, sweet, touching, and actually quite excellent. I would have to see director Bridger adapt this in to a full length film someday very soon.

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023_Greta_S (2018) [Slamdance Film Festival 2019]

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Felix Vasquez

Director Annika Birgel short thriller asks: How far are you (or anyone) willing to go to get the job of your dreams? Set during a casting call, young Greta is called in to the office of a director and his assistant. Being subjected to various questions for the sake of getting to know her and connect her to his character on his film, his vague questions about her life turns in to very invasive and emotionally upsetting probes about her love life, and her family.

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Wet Pavilion (2018) [Slamdance Film Festival 2019]

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Felix Vasquez

People tend to take for granted how much love can be turned on and off, and how quickly relationships can end. “Wet Pavilion” is an unusual but interesting short drama about a young man sitting in the back of his brother’s car. While he, his brother, and his brother’s girlfriend slide through a car wash, he watches their relationship disintegrate before his eyes.

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Tungrus (2018) [Slamdance Film Festival 2019]

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Felix Vasquez

Documentary Shorts Block

“Tungrus” is a short documentary that you’ll likely never see anywhere else. It’s a documentary about family, about living in confined spaces, and yes, it explores the idea that the possible to answer to a problem is eating the family pet. No seriously. “Tungrus” centers on the large Bharde Family, in Mumbai that lives in a cramped apartment with one another and their pets. After the father brings home a baby chick, the chick manages to survive and grow in to a large rooster.

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Narrative Shorts Block 3 [Slamdance Film Festival 2019]

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Felix Vasquez

Blast Beat (2018)
“Blast Beat” doesn’t have much of a premise; it’s merely a slice of life for a black metal band. When a guitarist (Alexandre Dostie) auditions for a black metal band, he has a hard time convincing the lead singer that he can play with and for the band. When she (Corinne Cardinal) decides to try out his vocal abilities, he doesn’t quite seem to be up for the task. “Blast Beat” does have a few funny beats in its four minute run time, including the unusual ability of singers to be able to switch from beautiful opera to loud booming howls for their audience. Pascal Plante’s short is a fascinating and comical look at a skill many underestimate.

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