The Fantasia Filmfestival

Jawa Ex Machina

Jawa Ex Machina

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Anyone going?

My film MARIANNE is playing and I'm down to Montreal for the duration of the festival, planning to watch a lot of movies and do a lot of networking.
 
Congratulations on MARIANNE!

My short film, WAFFLE, is also screening at Fantasia in the "Small Gauge Trauma 2011" program. I'll most likely be attending for a couple of days.
 
Here's what it says about MARIANNE on the Fantasia website:
Every once in a while, when we’ve convinced ourselves that nothing new can be wrung out of this or that overused genre, a filmmaker shows up with a truly original perspective, a work that invites a rediscovery of the familiar premise. MARIANNE, the debut feature film from Sweden’s Filip Tegstedt, is one of those films. Resembling Kiyoshi Kurosawa, he braids together a poignant human drama with a fantastic tale drawn from local folklore, a gamble that pays off with great success. The fluidity of the interplay between the film’s two dimensions is stunning, palpably evoking both the grief of the bereaved and the primal fear of phantoms. Written with flair, MARIANNE constantly alternates between different places in time, painting a psychological portrait of a man at the edge of despair, living a tragedy that may or may not be slipping into the paranormal. For all the drama and dread, the cynical humour that’s so typically Swedish is present as well, often surfacing when least expected! Benefiting from a very effective cast, notably Thomas Hedengran in the role of Krister, MARIANNE is an unusually potent piece of work. As poignant as it is petrifying, it’s one of the great discoveries in genre cinema this year.
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http://fantasiafestival.com/2011/en/films/film_detail.php?id=707
 
Congrats Jawa. Good to see the positive reviews are continuing to come in.

You do realize your going to have to send me a free copy now (cause I want one)? Haha.
 
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