All films are essentially an act of interpretation. It’s a question of whether or not we decide to depict our strangest dreams and desires or to translate something that already exists in the real world. At the sixth edition of the Bolton Film Festival, running physically from 5th to 9th October with its online element taking place between the 12th and 23rd October, the programmers curate a strong, internationally-minded collection of shorts that straddle the line between the harshness of the kitchen sink and the pure possibilities of fantastical imagination — sometimes even within the same film! Featuring homegrown talent, Ukrainian entries, German sci-fi, American cowboys and Scandinavian absurdism, we are treated to the world as it is and the world at its most cartoonish and exaggerated. Straddling animation, documentary and traditional fiction, this programme was an absolute pleasure to dive into. Ahead of the festival’s opening tomorrow, here...
- 10/4/2022
- by Redmond Bacon
- Directors Notes
Audience winners to be announced at fest’s climax on August 3.
Karim Ouelhaj’s Belgian genre title Megalomaniac has been named best feature film at Fantasia International Film Festival, while July Jung has been declared best director for Next Sohee and Alexandre Desplat claimed the best score prize for Final Cut.
Megalomaniac earned the top prize at the Montreal festival’s 26th edition and return to an in-person event. Ouelhaj’s fourth film is inspired by the unsolved case of the Butcher of Mons serial killer who murdered five women from 1996-97.
‘Megalomaniac’: Fantasia Review
Eline Schumacher won an...
Karim Ouelhaj’s Belgian genre title Megalomaniac has been named best feature film at Fantasia International Film Festival, while July Jung has been declared best director for Next Sohee and Alexandre Desplat claimed the best score prize for Final Cut.
Megalomaniac earned the top prize at the Montreal festival’s 26th edition and return to an in-person event. Ouelhaj’s fourth film is inspired by the unsolved case of the Butcher of Mons serial killer who murdered five women from 1996-97.
‘Megalomaniac’: Fantasia Review
Eline Schumacher won an...
- 7/25/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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