The Fantasia International Film Festival kicks off on August 5th with the World Premiere of Quebec zombie film Brain Freeze, followed by a special event screening of James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad on August 4th in honour of the festival, and concludes on August 25th with Takashi Miike’s highly anticipated The Great Yokai War – Guardians, which was recently announced as the festival’s closing film.
Takashi Miike, a steady yet always surprising presence in the festival’s long history, receives the honour of Closing Film. THE GREAT YOKAI WAR — GUARDIANS, a sequel to THE GREAT YOKAI WAR, premiered at Fantasia in 2006, transports audiences to a whimsical realm of friendly Japanese demons. It’s the perfect film to end the festival’s 25th anniversary, with its kaiju references, uniting tale, joyful atmosphere, passion for popular culture, and magnificent direction from the festival’s favourite filmmaker. PREMIERE INTERNATIONAL.
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The entire press release features all of the full-length movies that will be screened in the festival including, What Josiah Saw, Glasshouse, Devil’s Deal, Bull and so on. It also gives a little synopsis of each in case you would like to know what each movie is about. It also outlines all of the events and master classes that will be held as a part of the festival which include an honour and master class my famous filmmaker. The event will give Shunji Iwai, a writer, director, and video artist, a Career Achievement Award and hold a unique master class hosted by the renowned filmmaker.
It also tells us what documentaries will be shown in the festival along with 200 shorts that will also be screened. If you are interested in the in-depth details, make sure to check out the press release in its entirety.
Individual tickets for both virtual and theatrical screenings will go on sale Friday, July 23rd at 1 p.m. EDT. The festival passport in the form of individual tickets for both virtual and theatrical screenings will be available online on and from Friday, July 23rd at 1 p.m. EDT.