FANTASIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – 15th Edition
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FANTASIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
15th Edition – JULY 14-AUGUST 7, 2011
www.fantasiafestival.com
15 Years of Fantastic Discoveries
“The most important and prestigious genre film festival on this continent.” Quentin Tarantino
“One of Canada’s hottest film events” Variety
“One of the most exciting genre film festivals in the world.” Premiere
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Since its inception in 1996, the Fantasia International Film Festival has explored the diverse realms of genre cinema, creating bridges between the cutting edge and the mainstream, and providing a festive but professional environment where emerging artists are given exposure best price for propecia alongside their more established counterparts, both locally and internationally. We showcase the best in Canadian and world cinema, discovering and nurturing exciting new talents and offering a platform through which artists and audiences can connect.
Fantasia’s definition of genre cinema is broad and continually evolving; aligned with the European tradition of ‘genre’ as a challenging and elegant stream of cinema, the festival juxtaposes pop culture with alternative culture, and its distinct programming has enabled Montreal buy levitra overnight to radiate in the international film community. An immense cultural event for a diverse but equally robust audience, bristling with discoveries, opportunities and passion.
About the author:
Kier-La Janisse is a film writer, publisher, producer, acquisitions executive for Severin Films and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Communication and Creative Arts at Deakin University. She is the author of Cockfight: A Fable of Failure (2024), House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films (2012/2022) and A Violent Professional: The Films of Luciano Rossi (2007) and has been an editor on numerous books including Warped & Faded: Weird Wednesday and the Birth of the American Genre Film Archive (2021) and Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s (2015). She wrote, directed and produced the award-winning documentary Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021), and produced the acclaimed blu-ray box sets All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of Folk Horror (2021) and The Sensual World of Black Emanuelle (2023).
