We had another great selection of films for Cinemafantastique 5. Here are the winners chosen by this year’s judges; Nadine L’Esperance, Paul Denis and Josh Pasnak. Congratulations to all the filmmakers, we are looking forward to what you do next!!
The balance of power between man and animal is reversed. In a remote countryside, any encounter with the dominant can become hostile.
BEST SHORT FILM
Nepenthes Directed by: Ariel Hansen – Canada
Nepenthes – Directed by: Ariel Hansen – Canada
Starring: Ariel Slack
Max is desperate to make a meaningful connection, but when she decides to meet an online dating match at home she gets herself into a painfully sticky situation.
BEST BC FILM
DELETED Directed by: Jon Flahr and Benjamin Schuetze – Canada
DELETED – Directed by: Jon Flahr and Benjamin Schuetze – Canada
Starring: Fraser Amyott, Carolyn Irwin, Adam Green, Jon Flahr, Benjamin Schuetze, Leo Hynes, Mike Laing, Sarah Devlin, Matt Hayashi, Adam Green, Geoff Livingston, Jeanne Nicolas-Sutter, Ira Hardy, Ashley Glover
You know those emails from the 90’s? The classic chain mail that promises everyone you love will die if you don’t forward it to 15 people within 24 hours…? This is the story of one such email.
BEST COMEDY-HORROR SHORT
Bark Directed by: Ryan Irving – Canada
Bark – Directed by: Ryan irving – Canada
Starring: Ryan Irving, Anna Barker, Keith Kollee, Alexia Levigne
Two women desperately try to escape a stalking axe murderer through a city park. Unfortunately for them their only eye witness isn’t human… and he’s completely useless.
BEST HORROR SHORT
Look Twice Directed by: Kyle Wilson – USA
Look Twice – Directed by: Kyle Wilson – USA
Starring: Darren Lee Campbell, Rick Montgomery Jr., Troy James
A night surveillance security guard spots a trespasser on the property; then regrets grabbing their attention once he realizes the intruder is paranormal.
MOST FANTASTIQUE
Bloodsucker’s Planet Directed by: Mark Beal – USA
Bloodsucker’s Planet – (Feature Film) – Directed by: Mark Beal – USA
Starring: Joel Jeremy Herrera, Jessica Bell, Joe Grisaffi, Leni Mex, Adrienne Dobson, Allen Menefee, Logan Hooks, Catalina Querida, Charles Pitman, Cory W. Ahre
In this ’60s retro prequel to the bizarro-noir Bloodsucker’s Handbook, Bloodsucker’s Planet follows the crew of the space ship Argosy as they respond to a distress signal from the industrial Planet Mara only to discover the planet is ruled by the sinister Mother Vampire.
DIRECTOR’S SELECTION
Playtime’s Over Directed by: Tony Reames – USA
Playtime’s Over – Directed by: Tony Reames – USA
Starring: Haley Leary, Evan Reames
The only thing Dee loves more than classic horror movies is terrorizing the babysitter. It’s New Years Eve, Dee’s parents are looking forward to one of the rare nights without their angel. Little does Laurie, the new babysitter know, the fifty bucks an hour won’t cover the years of therapy needed after spending one night with Dee and her stuffed friends.
Here’s the list of our LIVE and PRE-RECORDED times for our filmmaker Q and A’s!! **Please note the Live Presentations will be on our main facebook page https://www.facebook.com/CinemafantastiqueFest/NOT on our event page, because FB/or us are stupid and could not get it to work** If you like and follow our page you should be notified when we go live. Don’t worry if you miss the live broadcast as it will be available on both our main and event page to watch later that day, as well as our Darkside Video YouTube page next week.
SATURDAY AUGUST 29TH, 2020
1PM (PDT): Matt Storc – PRE-RECORDED (Director of Take Back the Knife)
1:30PM (PDT): Emi Electra and Amber Anne – LIVE (Director and Lead Actor of SOMATIKA)
2PM (PDT): Marcella C. De Finis – LIVE (Director of Incredible Tale of the Spiritless Man)
2:30pm (PDT): Baptiste Rouveure – PRE-RECORDED (Director of anonymous animals)
3pm (PDT): #FilmedInBCwith 6 filmmakers: LIVE
Carolyn Irwin and Jon Flahr (Producer and Director of Deleted) Ariel Hansen – (Director of Nepenthes) Sharai Rewels – (Director of Ramshackle Blues) Chris Beaubien – (Director of Siren) Topher Graham – (Director of Devil and I)
3:45pm (PDT): TBC – LIVE Our community partner Vancouver Short Film Festival.
SUNDAY AUGUST 30th, 2020
12PM (PDT):Emmanuel Bonami – PRE-RECORDED ( Actor in French Blood 1. Mr. PIG)
12:30PM (PDT): Ryan LaPlante and Tom McGee – LIVE ( Director and Producer of Don’t Sneeze) Matt Parks – LIVE (Director of The Minister)
1PM (PDT): Ryan Irving LIVE – (Director of Bark)
1:30PM (PDT): William Davis and Kyle Wilson – LIVE ( Producer and Director of Look Twice)
2PM (PDT): Tony Reames – LIVE (Director of Playtime’s Over)
2:30PM (PDT): Mark Beal – LIVE (Director of Bloodsucker’s Planet)
4PM (PDT): AWARDS!!!
Best Feature Film Best Short film Best BC Film Best Horror Film Best Horror Comedy Film Most Fantastique Film Director’s Choice Film
Once you’ve registered for tickets, we will email you ENTRY CODES – It’s that easy!! Cinemafantastique 5 is set to start at 1PM on Aug. 29th with Block #1…so come check out some great indie films over the Aug. 29- 30 weekend. Codes must be redeemed over the course of the presentation weekend. Please check your SPAM folders!!
Wrecked – Directed by: Mathieu Mortelmans – Belgium Dolls of the Void – Directed by: Tavarna Caris Garvey – UK Somatika – Directed by: Emi Electra – USA Incredible Tale of the Spiritless Man – Directed by: Marcella C. De Finis – Brazil Anonymous Animals – (Feature Film) – Directed by:Baptiste Rouveure – France
Block #2 (Aug. 29th, 4:00PM PDT):#FilmedinBC
DELETED – Directed by: Jon Flahr and Benjamin Schuetze – Canada The Devil and I – Directed by: Christopher Graham – Canada Cashed Out – Directed by: Michael Trainor – Canada Nepenthes – Directed by: Ariel Hansen – Canada| Siren – Directed by: Christopher Beaubien – Canada Ramshackle Blues – Directed by: Sharai Rewels – Canada
Block #3 (Aug. 30th, NOON, PDT):#WeLoveGenreFilm
Playtime’s Over – Directed by: Tony Reames – USA Blink. – Directed by: Carlos J Matos – Spain Bark – Directed by: Ryan irving – Canada Don’t Sneeze – Directed by: Ryan LaPlante – Canada Look Twice – Directed by: Kyle Wilson – USA The Minister – Directed by: Matt Parks – Canada Bloodsucker’s Planet – (Feature Film) – Directed by: Mark Beal – USA French Blood 1 – Mr. PIG – (Feature Film) – Directed by:Rodolphe Bonnet – France
Bloodsucker’s Planet | Runtime: 1hr 7min. Country: USA Written & Directed by: Mark Beal Starring: Joel Jeremy Herrera, Jessica Bell, Joe Grisaffi, Leni Mex, Adrienne Dobson, Allen Menefee, Logan Hooks, Catalina Querida, Charles Pitman, Cory W. Ahre
produced by: Mark Beal
In this ’60s retro prequel to the bizarro-noir Bloodsucker’s Handbook, Bloodsucker’s Planet follows the crew of the space ship Argosy as they respond to a distress signal from the industrial Planet Mara only to discover the planet is ruled by the sinister Mother Vampire. Along the way, they encounter disease-carrying Mara bats, a talking space roach, and Adrianna, the gynoid whose developing self-awareness is aided by her collection of vintage romance comics.
French Blood 1 – Mr. Pig | Runtime: 1hr 21min. Country: FRANCE Written & Directed by: Rodolphe Bonnet Starring: Leslie Carles, Emmanuel Bonami, Sophie Chamoux, Yannick Laurent, Guilhem Tigny
produced by: Contrepoint Production / Cedric Bellut
FRENCH BLOOD is the first anthology horror films franchise ever produced in France. FRENCH BLOOD will be presented in ten chapters, ten 80 minute-long films. It tells the story of a woman who was raped and left for dead by a gang of five men hiding behind masks: Mr. Pig, Mr. Rabbit, Mr. Frog, Mr. Sheep and Mr. Wolf. Now she’s the one to take up the mask and her revenge…This is the thread that leads from one movie to the other: HER revenge. In the first five chapters, she finds each one of her five abusers, and so wearing her mask she lets her anger and hurt loose. Every chapter of FRENCH BLOOD includes three to four short films, all of them dealing with the single storyline of the main character. It is neither necessary to watch the films in any specific order, nor to watch them all to understand what’s going on. For those who want to take the long ride, each feature film has to be considered as one piece in the puzzle.
Mid-length Films
Incredible Tale of the Spiritless Man (A Incrível História do Homem Desalmado) | Runtime: 29min. Country: BRAZIL Written & Directed by: Marcella C. De Finis Starring: Joana Caetano, Tarcius Guedes, Rebeca Pieroni, Leidiane Marcelino, Vilma Melo, Flávia Espírito-Santo, Aníbal Trindade, Sophie Saphirah
produced by: Sergio Magraner, Guinevere Gaspari, Thereza Levenhagen
It’s true that he wasn’t aware of it yet, but when Julio woke up that morning, he was already spiritless. Bruna, the clever lady from the department store, on the other side, knew at the moment she laid eyes on him what was going on. Across town, it was already nighttime when a handful of lost spirits met in a pub, and a little girl just wanted to go back home. Somewhere between those places, a gypsy was waiting for the arrival of her niece accompanied by a spiritless man.
Siren | Runtime: 16 min. Country: CANADA (BC Local) Written & Directed by: Christopher Beaubien Starring: Dalit Holzman, Erin Morgan, Eryka Alanna, Madison Isolina
produced by: Noah Penner, Christopher Beaubien
Driving on a highway late at night, distracted driver April (Dalit Holzman) and her combative lover Brooke (Erin Morgan) are pulled over for speeding by two sinister police officers (Eryka Alanna and Madison Isolina). During a strange and increasingly frightening interrogation, the two women find themselves under the power of a supernatural force that changes everything they ever knew about themselves… and each other.
Somatika | Runtime: 29 min. Country: USA Written & Directed by: Emi Electra Starring: Amber Anne, Lance Waithe, Michaela Pace, Theo Kemp, Louis Tomani, Hunter Andrews
produced by: Emi Electra
Nera, a young artist/ sex worker with chronic nightmares, visits a sleep clinic in search of treatment – only to find herself trapped in a dark underworld of ritual “therapy” and abuse.
Short Films
Bark | Runtime: 6 min. Country: CANADA Written & Directed by: Ryan irving Starring: Ryan Irvi, Anna Barker, Keith Kollee, Alexia Levigne
produced by: Ryan Irving
Two women desperately try to escape a stalking axe murderer through a city park. Unfortunately for them their only eye witness isn’t human… and he’s completely useless.
Blink | Runtime: 3 min. Country: SPAIN Written & Directed by: Carlos J Matos Starring: Carolina Meijer, Christian Caner
produced by: Irene Montes
Darkness hides in all of us.
Cashed Out | Runtime: 12 min. Country: CANADA Written & Directed by: Michael Trainor Starring: Ryan Robbins, Nicole Leier, Sharon Taylor, Tyler Burrows
produced by: Michael Trainor, Nicole G Leier, Brendan Uegama
A slew of questionable characters meet for an underground poker game; the stakes couldn’t be higher.
Deleted | Runtime: 5 min. Country: CANADA (BC Local) Written & Directed by: Jon Flahr, Benjamin Schuetze Starring: Fraser Amyott, Carolyn Irwin, Adam Green, Jon Flahr, Benjamin Schuetze, Leo Hynes, Mike Laing, Sarah Devlin, Matt Hayashi, Adam Green, Geoff Livingston, Jeanne Nicolas-Sutter, Ira Hardy, Ashley Glover
produced by: Ashley Glover, Carolyn Irwin
You know those emails from the 90’s? The classic chain mail that promises everyone you love will die if you don’t forward it to 15 people within 24 hours…? This is the story of one such email. A Vancouver video production office explodes in chaos and terror before your eyes as keyboards and paper cutters become lethal weapons and friends and coworkers become blood thirsty killers.
The Devil and I | Runtime: 9min. Country: CANADA (BC Local) Written & Directed by: Christopher Graham Starring: Ariel Hansen, Jesse Inocalla, James Kingstone
produced by: Selena Raskin, Ariel Hansen
Set in 1845 Western Canada, the Devil and I follows Hannah as she finds herself making a dark deal to alleviate her feelings of heartbreak.
Dolls of the Void | Runtime: 8 min. Country: UK Written & Directed by: Tavarna Caris Garvey Starring: Rachel lightfoot, Anna Moomin, Claudia Taylor, Tavarna Caris Garvey, Graveyard girl
produced by: Slime House
In this psychedelic melodrama, three desperate women attempt to fill the void inside themselves with lies, terror and treachery. A Dazzling web of Drama! Decadence! and Death!
Don’t Sneeze | Runtime: 2 min. Country: CANADA Written & Directed by: Ryan LaPlante Starring: Adam McNamara, Tom McGee
produced by: Ryan LaPlante, Tom McGee
Brian, a guy enjoying some “alone time”, sneezes at an inopportune moment and is shocked by the consequences.
Look Twice | Runtime: 8 min. Country: USA Directed by: Kyle Wilson Written by: William Davis, Kyle Wilson Starring: Darren Lee Campbell, Rick Montgomery Jr., Troy James
produced by: William Davis, Kyle Wilson
A night surveillance security guard spots a trespasser on the property; then regrets grabbing their attention once he realizes the intruder is paranormal.
The Minister | Runtime: 14 min. Country: CANADA Written & Directed by: Matt Parks Starring: Matt Parks, James Mullinger, Shannon Parks, Rick Keleher, Kayla Hache, Eric Braun, John Forward
produced by: Shannon Parks, Rick Keleher, Eric Braun
In a futuristic 1999, a highly trained Vietnam veteran, now evangelical minister, goes on a mission of holy vengeance after his wife and child are brutally murdered.
Nepenthes | Runtime: 5 min. Country: CANADA (BC Local) Written & Directed by: Ariel Hansen Starring: Ariel Slack
produced by: Selena Raskin, Christopher Graham
Max is desperate to make a meaningful connection, but when she decides to meet an online dating match at home she gets herself into a painfully sticky situation.
Playtime’s Over | Runtime: 11 min. Country: USA Directed by: Tony Reames Written by: Todd Jacobs Starring: Haley Leary, Evan Reames
produced by: Glenna Reames, Dion Liverpool, Ian Burke
The only thing Dee loves more than classic horror movies is terrorizing the babysitter. It’s New Years Eve, Dee’s parents are looking forward to one of the rare nights without their angel. Little does Laurie, the new babysitter know, the fifty bucks an hour won’t cover the years of therapy needed after spending one night with Dee and her stuffed friends.
Ramshackle Blues | Runtime: 12 min. Country: CANADA (BC Local) Written & Directed by: Sharai Rewels Starring: Joel Dagenais, Nora Clarke, Mercedes Gendron, Louise Robinson
produced by: Sharai Rewels
Buckshot and Pearl are two serial killers on the run from the law, they are also in love. When they cross paths with a small town whore-house and its crazies, will their love be enough to save them from themselves?
Amane is a lawyer. At a federal prison she questions Nina, who just started serving time. Each of them struggles with her own conscience and their meeting quickly takes an unexpected turn.
Cinemafantastique 4 will be at the Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour Street in Vancouver, Saturday AUGUST 25th. This year’s 10 hours of genre film mayhem includes a block of short films guaranteed to slay and three insane feature films including our opening films KYRSYA TUFTLAD and a wild adaptation of Stephen King’s “POPSY”, and the new cult fan-favourite festival closer THE THETA GIRL. Local filmmakers from Bad Cookie Pictures and last year’s horror-short winners, Richard and Samantha Lukacs, along with several other guests including Jimmie Gonzalez (director of 2016’s The Red Man) who will be our “Cinema Therapy” DJ throughout the day. More local filmmakers will be in attendance, along with the Vancouver genre film distribution company Darkside Releasing, who will be soft-launching their newest release, Rob Grant’s 16mm zombie gore-a-thon Yesterday on blu-ray, and David Aboussafy from the annual Vancouver BADASS film festival! This all-day event is a must for all local indie and genre filmmakers, a chance to get out and network with peers, filmmakers, actors, and to celebrate amazing genre cinema and thrilling grindhouse-style feature films, which have never before been seen in Western Canada! Prizes, giveaways, raffle tickets at the door, and one cheap-ass entry free that gets you in ALL DAY – everything starts at noon on the 25th! (Doors at 11:30am). $18 at the door or to get cheaper tickets ahead of time just go here:
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