« … and saw the island rising in the distant sheen, white and filmy; a phantom island. » Sheridan Le Fanu An adrift and alienated couple’s struggles blur into enchanting and mysterious Irish landscapes. Deliberately melodramatic, yet bold and experimental in visual style, Phantom Islands walks the very fine line…
For its 47th edition, which will take place from October 3 to 14, 2018, the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC) offers more than 300 films from 62 countries, including 34 world premieres, 16 international premieres, 44 North American premieres and 44 canadian premieres. Movie lovers fond of primeurs will not…
« A different kind of zombie film. » Two young women, Vivi (Gro Swantje Kohlhof) and Eva (Maja Lehrer), are fleeing the limits of the “no zombies” community of Weimar. Their journey takes them into a lush and beautiful post-apocalyptic landscape: in the absence of man, nature has taken over. Finally,…
« Water here is so special… » In an isolated beach house, a single mother struggles to keep her infant son safe from the influence of an otherworldly presence. Directed, edited, co-scripted by Seth A Smith, The Crescent, selected at the last TIFF, is a transcendent look at loss, grief…
« Cass Jules » When a couple discovers a door leading to a parallel world, they find themselves embroiled in a dangerous game of mistaken identity after coming face-to-face with mirror images of themselves. Heath C. Michaels’ The World Over mixes perceptions to slowly bring us to the key of…
« Can you do it remotely? » In the future, the things we take on the human nature. Partially by design to make us feel more comfortable. Meanwhile, owners become more mechanical to one another and the things they own. This came naturally from a collective thought; that everything could be replaced,…
“There is someone at the door. — Ah, it’s Dieu! “ By the grace of Dieu (Duane Nakia Cooper), Sven (Kevin Van Doorslaer) and Chantal (Chloe Van Doorslaer) decide to spend one last night with their dad, whose funeral is tomorrow. For his first short film as a director, Kevin…
An average of two Americans have been killed by an Islamic jihadist immigrant every year, while 21 were killed by armed toddlers. A young woman reflects on the place terrorism takes when it comes to immigration as she walks the streets of Melbourne. In Internal Dialogue About Immigration and Terrorism,…
