Frank Mosley and Hugo de Sousa’s short films Good Condition and The Event are often funny genre-inflected character dramas.
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Fantasia Film Review: Stéphan Castang’s Vincent Must Die
Alex Heeney reviews Stéphan Castang’s film Vincent Must Die works like a zombie film, where anybody could become a zombie at a moment’s notice — and not the slow-moving kind.
Fantasia Review: Just Remembering tells a romance in reverse
Japanese writer-director Daigo Matsui’s Just Remembering is a romance told in reverse order that not only acknowledges COVID but incorporates some sense of how it’s changed our lives into the film’s store.
Fantasia Review: Nuno Beato’s My Grandfather’s Demons
The first animated feature out of Portugal, Nuno Beato’s My Grandfather’s Demons, uses digital and stop-motion animation to tell a story of intergenerational trauma on the border between reality and fairytale.
Natasha Kermani and Brea Grant on the horror of daily misogyny in Lucky
Director Natasha Kermani and writer-star Brea Grant discuss their slasher horror-comedy Lucky, a film that makes the horrific impact of daily microaggressions visible.
Modern Whore is a short about sex work for fans of Cam
Nicole Bazuin’s short Modern Whore feels like a documentary sister to Cam: it’s just as stylised, intelligent, and positive about sex work.