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57-593: By virtue of the reputation developed over the last two decades, Fantasia has been called the "most outstanding and largest genre film festival in North America". Its mission is to promote genre, anti-Hollywood cinema and assist independent filmmakers. Fantasia has launched the careers of many modern auteurs . Since 2012, the festival has also held the Frontières cinema market that allows promising projects to find potential producers and distributors. In 2016,

114-442: A 1954 essay, François Truffaut criticized the prevailing "Cinema of Quality" whereby directors, faithful to the script, merely adapt a literary novel. Truffaut described such a director as a metteur en scene , a mere "stager" who adds the performers and pictures. To represent the view that directors who express their personality in their work make better films, Truffaut coined the phrase "la politique des auteurs", or "the policy of

171-621: A 25th anniversary screening of The Crow . Best Asian Feature went to Fly Me to the Saitama , Best International Feature - to Lake Michigan Monster , Best Action! Feature became The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil . Cheval Noir Best Feature went to Idol , Best Director and Best Screenplay went to Carlo Mirabella-Davis for Swallow . In New Flesh section won Kirill Sokolov's Why Don't You Just Die! . Edward R. Pressman received

228-465: A film as a collaboration, her 1971 essay " Raising Kane ", examining Orson Welles 's 1941 film Citizen Kane , finds extensive reliance on co-writer Herman J. Mankiewicz and on cinematographer Gregg Toland . Richard Corliss and David Kipen argued that a film's success relies more on screenwriting. In 2006, to depict the screenwriter as the film's principal author, Kipen coined the term Schreiber theory . To film historian Georges Sadoul ,

285-402: A film's main "author" can also be an actor, screenwriter, producer, or novel's author, although a film is a collective's work. Film historian Aljean Harmetz , citing classical Hollywood's input by producers and executives, held that auteur theory "collapses against the reality of the studio system ". In 2013, Maria Giese critiqued the lack of American women who are considered to be within

342-501: A film's putative "author" could potentially even be an actor, but a film is indeed collaborative. Aljean Harmetz cited major control even by film executives. David Kipen 's view of the screenwriter as indeed the main author is termed Schreiber theory . In the 1980s, large failures prompted studios to reassert control. The auteur concept has also been applied to non-film directors, such as record producers and video game designers , such as Hideo Kojima . Even before auteur theory,

399-465: A new section Documentaries From the Edge was established. Since 1997, Mitch Davis has been the festival's creative director. According to Davis, Fantasia's mission is to open niche, genre, noncommercial movies from independent auteurs to the audience, and give them deserved attention. Guillermo del Toro calls Fantasia a shrine to all geeks and a feast for those who love things completely unlovable to

456-504: A permanent blog was introduced to communicate with fans year-round. Opening film: The Sorcerer's Apprentice , presented by Jay Baruchel . Among Canadian premieres were Scott Pilgrim vs. the World , The Last Exorcism , The Violent Kind , Van Von Hunter , Black Lightning . World premieres included I Spit on Your Grave , The Shrine , etc. The lineup included A Serbian Film , Air Doll , Best Worst Movie , The House of

513-431: A significant contribution to Canadian film culture, built its audience and helped arthouse cinema emerge from the underground. In cinematic circles they talk about an outstanding Fantasia Generation of creators, who grew with the festival. For example, Roadkill Superstars were among the very first visitors. They even confess to forging documents to attend non-PG movies. Their Turbo Kid was funded and produced thanks to

570-411: A special screening of a new 4K restoration on July 30, 2024. 45°29′49″N 73°34′41″W  /  45.497°N 73.578°W  / 45.497; -73.578 Auteur An auteur ( / oʊ ˈ t ɜːr / ; French: [otœʁ] , lit. ' author ') is an artist with a distinctive approach, usually a film director whose filmmaking control is so unbounded and personal that

627-410: A whole month and featured six months worth of entirely Asian fantasy and action movies with a significant prevalence of Chow Yun-fat and Jet Li retrospectives. FantAsia 1997 was held from July 11 to August 10. The lineup included Perfect Blue , Drunken Master II , Stagefright , El Dia de la Bestia , Henry , Tromeo and Juliet , Cutting Moments and others. A Gun for Jennifer won

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684-514: Is famous for its informal vibe, the screenings are open, no VIP zones are secluded and even the world famous directors and actors freely blend in the crowd. By 2020, Fantasia had already been recognized as one of the most important cinema fests in North America. Founded by cinephiles and initially based on sheer enthusiasm, it was supported only with private money for more than a decade. Only when its audience surpassed that of WWF and FNC , it attracted governmental attention and further funding. Since

741-403: Is treated as artwork while the auteur, as its creator, is the original copyright holder. Under European Union law , largely by influence of auteur theory, a film director is considered the film's author or one of its authors. The references of auteur theory are occasionally applied to musicians, musical performers, and music producers. From the 1960s, record producer Phil Spector is considered

798-779: The Achievement Award . In 2020, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the festival went online and was moved to late summer, starting on 20 August and ending on 2 September. The screenings at Festival Scope and Shift72 were accessible from Canadian IP addresses. Among more than 100 feature films, selected for the festival, were Neil Marshall 's The Reckoning , Shinichiro Ueda's Special Actors , Nobuhiko Obayashi 's Labyrinth of Cinema , Brea Grant 's 12 Hour Shift , Shakespeare's Shitstorm , A Costume for Nicholas , and many more. Best Asian Feature went to Special Actors by Shinichiro Ueda, Best European/North-South American Feature – to The Mortuary Collection . Come True

855-652: The Concordia University . In addition to the Hall hall and DeSeve hall, a third screening room has been added at the D.B. Clarke Theatre . There were, however, no outdoor shows this year. Montreal film Flutter received the award for best Quebec short feature. Memories of Matsuko was selected as the best Asian feature film, in European program won the Hatchet . In animation the main prize went to We Are

912-517: The Frontières announced collaboration with Marché du Film led by Cannes Film Festival . Fantasia focuses on niche, low-budget films of various genres, from horror to science fiction, most of them non-PG . It grew from the Asian Film scene in Montreal and still has a significant shift to Asian cinematograph. Fantasia flagship section is named Cheval Noir , the winners are awarded with

969-519: The Frontières . Similarly, Fantasia and the Frontières helped Astron-6 and financed The Void , Radius , The Ranger , and many more. Fant-Asia 1996 was launched by "three Hong Kong new wave fanboys" Martin Sauvageau, André Dubois and Pierre Corbeil, who felt a growing local interest in Asian films and the desire to watch them on the big screen. The 1996 edition of the festival lasted for

1026-635: The New Flesh section won Hugh Sullivan's The Infinite Man . Mamoru Oshii and Tobe Hooper were honoured with the Achievements award. Giovanni's Island by Mizuho Nishikubo won the main prize for best animation. Fantasia-2015 had 22 world premieres, including Momentum . For the first time the festival introduced the VR-section. This year program featured Anguish , Wild City , Goodnight Mommy , and many more. Sion Sono received

1083-582: The Case of Mister Hollow , Electric Fence , Paradox Mary , Laura Panic , and Don't Worry . Gordon Liu attended the screening of Disciples of the 36th Chamber as a guest star. In 2009, Fantasia was held from July 9 to July 29, opened with Takashi Miike 's film Yatterman and ended on July 29, 2009 with the North American premiere of Quentin Tarantino 's film Inglourious Basterds . Among

1140-666: The City of a Thousand Planets to Nabwana I.G.G. 's $ 65 Bad Black . The Villainess opened the fest and the A Taxi Driver closed. Atomic Blonde , Agnieszka Holland 's Spoor and You Only Live Once premiered. Robert Pattinson presented Good Time . Violetta Schurawlow won the Best Actress for her role in Cold Hell , Nattawut Poonpiriya became the Best Director for his Bad Genius . Fantasia-2018

1197-541: The Devil , Smash Cut , and many more. The special screening of Combat Shock was attended by Buddy Giovinazzo . Pater Sparrow's 1 received the Cheval Noir as best feature film of the year. Fantasia 2011 held 19 world premieres and a lineup of 134 movies from 25 countries. The festival opened with the Canadian Premiere of Red State , other premieres included Final Destination 5 . Also notable

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1254-528: The French film critics André Bazin and Roger Leenhardt described that directors, vitalizing films, depict the directors' own worldviews and impressions of the subject matter, as by varying lighting, camerawork, staging, editing, and so on. As the French New Wave in cinema began, French magazine Cahiers du cinéma , founded in 1951, became a hub of discourse about directors' roles in cinema. In

1311-469: The Gas Station . The indoor shows use the same Concordia University facilities as since the move to Concordia. The outdoor shows are several kilometres away from the indoor shows. The main prize was won by Blood Curse . With its 10th anniversary, Fantasia helped to launch an associated but separate Toronto festival Toronto After Dark Film Festival . This edition was held from July 5 to July 23 at

1368-777: The Infinite Two Minutes won the Audience prize. The 26th edition of the festival was held from 14 July to 3 August 2022. In the festival over 130 features and 200 shorts were screened. The highlight of the festival was honouring John Woo , the Hong Kong-based filmmaker, with the Career Achievement Award. The 27th edition of Fantasia was held July 20 – August 9. Juried award winners were announced on July 30, and Audience Award winners were announced on August 14. The 28th edition of Fantasia

1425-530: The Strange . A total of more than 81,000 tickets were sold for Fantasia 2007. Mitch Davis signed a first-look production deal with Paramount 's Blumhouse Prods. to scout for new projects and foreign movies for potential remakes. In 2008, Fantasia was held from July 3 to July 21. It featured the world premieres of Pig Hunt , Home Movie , Repo! The Genetic Opera , Midnight Meat Train , Eric Shapiro's Rule of Three , Truffe , Treevenge , The Facts in

1482-583: The United States. Giese argues women in the US are rarely allowed to direct unless they are already celebrities, and that they are rarely afforded proper budgets. She cites women as making up less than 5% of American feature film directors , while the Hollywood Reporter stated that only about 7% of directors were women among the 250 highest-grossing films in 2016. In some law references, a film

1539-607: The Woods (original version) , Seediq Bale , and Quentin Dupieux 's Wrong . In 2013, Fantasia was held from 18 July to 7 August, its program included 120 films. Among premieres were Antosocial and Curse of Chucky . The lineup featured Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 1 , Raze , Bad Milo! , Willow Creek (film) , After School Midnighters , I'll Give It My All... Tomorrow , The Complex , Gatchaman , The World's End , and many more. Big Bad Wolves took

1596-554: The authors , and interpreted the films of some directors, like Alfred Hitchcock , as a body revealing recurring themes and preoccupations. American actor Jerry Lewis directed his own 1960 film The Bellboy via sweeping control, and was praised for "personal genius". By 1970, the New Hollywood era had emerged with studios granting directors broad leeway. Pauline Kael argued, however, that "auteurs" rely on creativity of others, like cinematographers. Georges Sadoul deemed

1653-761: The authors". He named eight writer-directors, Jean Renoir , Robert Bresson , Jean Cocteau , Jacques Becker , Abel Gance , Max Ophüls , Jacques Tati , and Roger Leenhardt , as examples of these "authors". Jerry Lewis , an actor from the Hollywood studio system, directed his own 1960 film The Bellboy . Lewis's influence on it spanned business and creative roles, including writing, directing, lighting, editing, and art direction. French film critics, publishing in Cahiers du Cinéma and in Positif , praised Lewis's results. For his mise-en-scene and camerawork, Lewis

1710-448: The best feature film, Kiyoshi Kurosawa became the best director (for Creepy ). Award for the best screenplay went to E J-yong for The Bacchus Lady . Guillermo del Toro was honoured with Achievement award. Agnieszka Smoczyńska received the special mention of the jury for The Lure . Fantasia-2017 went from July 13 to August 2 with a lineup of more than 150 feature films and 300 shorts, from Luc Besson 's $ 200 mln Valerian and

1767-468: The director is likened to the "author" of the film, thus manifesting the director's unique style or thematic focus. As an unnamed value, auteurism originated in French film criticism of the late 1940s, and derives from the critical approach of André Bazin and Alexandre Astruc , whereas American critic Andrew Sarris in 1962 called it auteur theory . Yet the concept first appeared in French in 1955 when director François Truffaut termed it policy of

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1824-490: The director was considered the most important influence on a film. In Germany, an early film theorist, Walter Julius Bloem , explained that since filmmaking is an art geared toward popular culture, a film's immediate influence, the director, is viewed as the artist, whereas an earlier contributor, like the screenwriter, is viewed as an apprentice. James Agee , a leading film critic of the 1940s, said that "the best films are personal ones, made by forceful directors". Meanwhile,

1881-464: The festival was available for purchase with the festival guide book. Fantasia's 10th anniversary and 10th edition, the 2006 edition, is the first to feature free outdoor shows. The outdoors shows are at Parc de la Paix and are free. Outdoor projections included films from the previous editions: Kamikaze Girls , the last four episodes of Goldorak , Night of the Living Dorks and Attack

1938-423: The festival's mascot statuette, a mighty black pegasus . Apart from Cheval Noir , the festival includes New Flesh , Séquences , Camera Lucida , Satoshi Kon prize, and several other sections, while in the wrap of the event the audience. Every year, the program offers master-classes and special screenings, as well as world and American premieres, press-conferences and meetings with actors and directors. In 2016,

1995-541: The films screened at Fantasia 2009 were Thirst , Love Exposure , Dream , Embodiment of Evil , Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl , Smash Cut , Trick 'r Treat , Neighbor , Must Love Death , Cencoroll , Dread . The films for Fantasia 2010 were announced on Tuesday, June 29, 2010. Tickets went on sale on July 6, 2010 at 1 pm. The Festival started on July 8, 2010 running until July 28, 2010 with 6 indoor screening venues and one outdoor location. For 2010,

2052-437: The first auteur among producers of popular music. Author Matthew Bannister named him the first "star" producer. Journalist Richard Williams wrote: Spector created a new concept: the producer as overall director of the creative process, from beginning to end. He took control of everything, he picked the artists, wrote or chose the material, supervised the arrangements, told the singers how to phrase, masterminded all phases of

2109-506: The journal Film Culture , American film critic Andrew Sarris translated the French term la politique des auteurs , by François Truffaut in 1955, into Sarris's term auteur theory . Sarris applied it to Hollywood films, and elaborated in his 1968 book, The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 , which helped popularize the English term. Via auteur theory, critical and public scrutiny of films shifted from their stars to

2166-458: The late 1960s, performers typically had little input on their own records. Wilson, however, employed the studio like an instrument, as well as a high level of studio control that other artists soon sought. According to The Atlantic ' s Jason Guriel, the Beach Boys' 1966 album Pet Sounds , produced by Wilson, anticipated later auteurs such as Kanye West , as well as "the rise of

2223-474: The main prize and was met by a standing ovation of the audience. In 1998, Fantasia's Toronto edition premiered at the Bloor Cinema . That year, Tony Timpone joined the management team. 2002 became the missed year for Fantasia due to problems with the main venue, Imperial Cinema. Only four months before the event, the theater announced cancellation because of the broken air conditioning system. Indeed,

2280-481: The main prize as the best feature film, Hou Chi-jan became the best director for his movie When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep . Andrzej Żuławski received the achievement award, while at the New Flesh section Evan Louis Katz won with his debut Cheap Thrills . Fantasia 2014 lasted from July 17 to August 5, it featured 160 movies and had 216 screenings, while the audience grew to 129,000. That year's poster

2337-587: The main prize for Tag , Reina Triendl became the best actress. Miss Hokusai won in Animation, La La La at Rock Bottom won in the Best Screenplay. For the first time in its history, Fantasia's audience exceeded 100,000. That year the festival had 209 screenings and 19 world premieres, including King Dave by Daniel Grou , Goran by Nevio Marasović , Realive by Mateo Gil , Some Freaks , etc. Yeon Sang-ho 's Train to Busan won as

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2394-409: The mid-2010s, Fantasia has sold more than 100,000 tickets annually. New Flesh section is now considered "one of the world's premier launching pads for new voices in genre cinema". In 2012, Fantasia founded Frontières platform to promote genre films and help promising projects. For its first season, 12 projects were selected and then presented to producers and distributors. In 2013, Frontières

2451-471: The most. Bill Plympton treasures its anti-Hollywood atmosphere. The audience at Fantasia is considered to be open-minded people with a good sense of humor and good, albeit somewhat unconventional, taste. Festival regulars say that audiences always meow loudly before the screening of feature films, a tradition that is still alive today. The fest has only two indoor locations, lots of events are held in usual cafes, restaurants, and karaoke-bars. The atmosphere

2508-458: The overall creation. In the 1960s and the 1970s, a new generation of directors, revitalizing filmmaking by wielding greater control, manifested the New Hollywood era, when studios granted directors more leeway to take risks. Yet in the 1980s, upon high-profile failures like Heaven's Gate , studios reasserted control, muting the auteur theory. Pauline Kael , an early critic of auteur theory, debated Andrew Sarris in magazines. Defending

2565-400: The pantheon of auteur directors. She argues that there is no shortage of non-American women directors that could be considered auteurs, and lists Andrea Arnold , Jane Campion , Liliana Cavani , Claire Denis , Marleen Gorris , Agnieszka Holland , Lynne Ramsay , Agnes Varda, and Lina Wertmuller as being among them, but goes on to say that women are rarely afforded financing for films in

2622-430: The presentation to John Landis of a lifetime Achievement award, while Landis presented his new film Burke and Hare . In 2012, Fantasia was held from 19 July to 7 August. Its 90,000 audience exceeded WFF 's, the festival was extensively covered in the world media. Fantasia 2012 featured the screenings of the films Toad Road , Doomsday Book (won the main prize), the horror anthology film V/H/S , Hidden in

2679-419: The recording process with the most painful attention to detail, and released the result on his own label. Another early pop music auteur was Brian Wilson , mentored by Spector. In 1962, Wilson's band, the Beach Boys , signed to Capitol Records and swiftly became a commercial success, whereby Wilson was an early recording artist who was also an entrepreneurial producer. Before the " progressive pop " of

2736-433: The theater was not repaired until 2004. Alternate bookings were not available. The lack of assurance for the 2003 festival meant a change in venue and so, Fantasia 2003 moved Concordia University . Fantasia 2003 was held for the first time on the Concordia University campus, using the de Sève Cinema and Henry F. Hall Alumni Auditorium . This was also the first year that a DVD filled with movie trailers of movies shown at

2793-720: Was awarded with Cheval Noir Best Screenplay . Kim Da-mi became the Best Actress for her role in The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion . Microhabitat won in Camera Lucida section. Fantasia 2019 lasted from July 11 to August 1. That year's poster was created by Donald Caron and depicted new favourites of the audience – a luchador pug and enormous flying cat. The lineup of more than 100 feature films and numerous shorts included Ready or Not , Sadako , The Lodge , Vivarium , Killerman , Master Z: Ip Man Legacy , Satanic Panic , and many more. The festival held

2850-580: Was created by Donald Caron, it paid tribute to Ray Harryhausen , Ray Bradbury , Forrest J Ackerman who flew across the sky in the Bewitched Canoe (a piece of Québec folklore, La Chasse Galerie piloted by the Devil). Jacky in Women's Kingdom became the opening film. Premieres included Unfriended by Levan Gabriadze , The Midnight Swim by Sarah Adina Smith , The Creeping Garden . At

2907-444: Was held July 18 – August 4. The festival's opening film was Bookworm , by Ant Timpson , and the festival closed with André Forcier 's film Ababooned (Ababouiné) . Forcier received the festival's Prix Denis-Héroux in honour of his overall career achievements. A special Trailblazer Award was presented to Canadian filmmaker Vincenzo Natali , the director of the influential science fiction thriller film Cube , which also received

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2964-468: Was held from 12 July to 2 August and included 125 feature films and 220 shorts. That year poster featured a flying cat and a space pug. The festival was opened by Santiago Menghini's short Milk and Daniel Roby 's Just a Breath Away . The list of premieres included The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot , Mandy , Kenji Tanigaki Big Brother , LaPlace's Witch , Black Tide . Joe Dante

3021-659: Was honoured as the Most Groundbreaking film of the festival. Closing film: The Great Yokai War: Guardians . The 25th anniversary edition featured 25 feature film world premieres, 12 international and 34 North American premieres. Opening film: Brain Freeze . Cheval Noir Competition-Best Film Award was given to Voice of Silence by Hong Eui-jeong , Cheval Noir Competition-Best Actor Award took Yoo Ah-in , Best Actress – Zelda Adams (for Hellbender ). Best Screenplay award went to The Righteous . Beyond

3078-539: Was honoured with the Achievement award. Just a Breath Away won the main prize, however, some criticized that decision and mentioned that many other movies that year were better made, while in Just a Breath Away the leading cast lacked genuine emotions and delivered poorly. Nosipho Dumisa was awarded the Best Director prize for his Number 37 . Cam won in the New Flesh section, its creator Isa Mazzei also

3135-648: Was invited to host a European section at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival . In 2016, Frontières announced joint program with the Cannes 's Marché du Film : together they are to select and present promising projects to potential partners. Frontières was also offered to host its section of genre cinema at the Cannes Film Festival . In its more than two decades of history, Fantasia has made

3192-427: Was likened to Howard Hawks , Alfred Hitchcock , and Satyajit Ray . In particular, Jean-Luc Godard credited Lewis's "personal genius" for making him "the only one in Hollywood doing something different, the only one who isn't falling in with the established categories, the norms, the principles", "the only one today who's making courageous films". As early as his 1962 essay "Notes on the auteur theory", published in

3249-572: Was the world premiere of the Swedish horror film Marianne . Yoshimasa Ishibashi was awarded with the Best Director prize (for Milocrorze: A love story ). Best Screenplay award was given to Park Hoon-jung (for The Unjust ). I Love You short from The Theatre Bizarre was specially noted by the jury. Best Animation prize went to Surviving Life . Amiel Courtin-Wilson 's Hail won in The Séquences . The festival also featured

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