Fantasia Genre VR: Ghost in the Shell, Gymnasia, Museum of Symmetry…

Fantasia VR kicks off tomorrow, (19-20/07).

FANTASIA International Film Festival, in collaboration with Woolf + Lapin and Mont VR, are proud to present the FANTASIA VR Experience. From 12 p.m. to 8 p.m., Friday July 19 and Saturday, July 20, festival goers will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in an international program selected by Woolf + Lapin.

A total of 12 Virtual Reality experiences await you, including a documentary series comprised of 5 independent episodes, many genre titles and a few poetic rhapsodies. (Ghost in the Shell, Gymnasia, Museum of Symmetry, etc).

The FANTASIA VR experience will be installed in the Atrium at 1400 Boul. de Maisonneuve W., directly in front of Concordia University’s J.A. De Sève Theater. Admission is free, with a 20-minute session for each participant. Participants will be encouraged to vote for their favourite virtual reality film.

The 2019 VR jury is comprised of scribe Martin Girard and director trio RKSS.

Please come see us!

‘Dreamkatcher’: Lin Shaye, Radha Mitchell & Henry Thomas Star In U.S. Horror-Thriller

Excerpted from Deadline.com’s Andreas Wiseman.

EXCLUSIVE: Lin Shaye (Insidious), Radha Mitchell (The Romanoffs) and Henry Thomas (The Haunting Of Hill House) lead cast in U.S. horror-thriller Dreamkatcher.

The movie marks the feature debut of director Kerry Harris from a script by Dan V. Shea, based on a story by Harris and Shea. Producers are Christian Taylor of Taylor Lane Productions (Measure Of A Man), Orian Williams (Control), Annie Stewart (Leaving Las Vegas) and Harris. Executive producers are Film Mode Entertainment’s Clay Epstein, Mitchell, Shaye, and Gina Rugolo.

The film follows a Manhattan therapist (Mitchell) who travels upstate with her boyfriend (Thomas) and his orphaned son who is tormented by nightmares of his dead mother. When the husband is forced to return to the city, the therapist remains with the boy and they encounter a mysterious neighbor (Shaye) in the woods.

Finlay Wojtak-Hissong (The Banana Split Movie) plays the son. Jules Willcox (Under The Silver Lake) and Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring) round out the supporting roles.

Pic is being sold internationally by Screen Media in partnership with Film Mode Entertainment. The filmmakers are eyeing a series of films based on the premise.

Producer Taylor said, “Dreamkatcher is a grounded horror-thriller that explores themes of science vs the supernatural and I’m thrilled to be working with Kerry and this incredible cast”.

Shaye is repped by Rugolo Entertainment and Buchwald; Mitchell is handled by ICM Partners and attorney Doug Stone; Thomas is with Gersh and Brillstein Entertainment Partners; Wojtak-Hissong is handled by Coast to Coast and Attorney Carolyn Conrad; Wilcox is represented by Abrams Artists Agency and Authentic Talent & Literary Management; Harris is with Elina Levina at Harrison Artist Management; Shea is represented by Woolf + Lapin.

Woolf+Lapin Acquires Tracking Board’s Top Winner, “Don’t Go There”

Woolf + Lapin Acquires Launch Pad Overall Winner DON’T GO THERE – Exclusive

Woolf+Lapin is always on the lookout for an array of bold and especially unique projects. When we read Jeffrey Field’s DON’T GO THERE we were sure we had found a perfect fit. It’s most of all a great read, much like another script of his NO MAN’S LAND, that Oren Uziel (The CLOVERFIELD PARADOX, 22 JUMP STREET) is slated to produce.

DON’T GO THERE is perfectly aligned with what we are looking for: strong artistic merit while keeping overhead low. It’s a contained piece much like a DON’T BREATHE or STRANGERS where the storytelling is quite effective and insanely suspenseful. It totally subverts expectations.

There’s another element that excited us: a very strong, well-written role for a seasoned female actress.

DON’T GO THERE, we believe, stands up to the best in the crop of social thrillers that are making successful (critical and commercial) runs at the box office right now.

Ode To Fantasia With Last Year’s Selection: Knuckleball

KNUCKLEBALL, directed by Michael Peterson, won an Audience Award at 2018’s Fantasia Film Festival and currently has a rating of 85% on Rotten Tomatoes.

KNUCKLEBALL is a dark thriller starring Munro Chambers (Turbo Kid, Degrassi) and Michael Ironside (Scanners, Total Recall).

Michael Peterson’s feature film credits include LLOYD THE CONQUEROR (2011), a LARP comedy starring Mike Smith (Trailer Park Boys) and Brian Posehn (Mr. Show, The Big Bang Theory).
These films played worldwide at numerous top festivals, and are currently being distributed in multiple international territories, including Canada and the United States.

He is also one of the directors of CAUTION: MAY CONTAIN NUTS, which is nominated for a 2019 CSA award for Best Sketch Comedy Show & Ensemble Performance.