Fantasia 2014

The 18th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival will be held in Montreal from July 17 to August 5, 2014. Screenings will take place mostly at the freshly renovated Concordia Hall Cinema. This year the festival is offering a lineup of over 160 features films and about 300 shorts. For more programming details check the festival's web page at www.fantasiafestival.com.

Here our main interest is the asian programming (over sixty movies from seven countries: 22 from Japan, 17 from South Korea, 7 from Hong Kong, 2 from Indonesia, one each from China, Malaysia and Philippines) and particularly the animation (twelve movies from four countries: 8 from Japan, 2 from China, as well as one each from South Korea and Indonesia — there's also one anime-related animation from Québec).

Update: For comments on the Japanese movies presented at Fantasia, I highly recommend reading Claude R. Blouin's article [in french], “Montréal, Fantasia 2014 : le Japon des exclus” on Shomingeki web magazine.

A recap list of the Asian programming titles follows (with links to full description).


Anime (+ Asian Animation):

• Akira Project (Québec, Dir. Nguyen-Anh Nguyen, 5 mins)
• Bayonetta: Bloody Fate (Japan, Dir. Fuminori Kizaki, 90 mins)
• Big Hands Oh Big Hands, Let It Be Bigger And Bigger (China, Dir. Lei Lei, 6 mins)
• Ghost in the Shell (Japan, 1995, Dir. Mamoru Oshii, 82 mins)
• Giovanni’s Island (Japan, Mizuho Nishikubo (I.G.), 102 mins)
• Hal (Japan, Dir. Ryotaro Makihara, 60 mins)
• Hunter X Hunter: Phantom Rouge (Japan, Dir. Yuzo Sato, 97 mins)
• Hunter X Hunter: The Last Mission (Japan, Dir. Keiichiro Kawaguchi, 98 mins)
• The Portrait Studio (Japan, Dir. Takashi Nakamura, 17 mins)
• The Satellite Girl and Milk Cow (South Korea, Dir. Chang Hyung-yun, 81 mins)
• Sonny Boy & Dewdrop Girl (Japan, Dir. Hiroyasu Ishida, 18 mins)
• This Is Not A Time To Lie (China, Dir. Lei Lei, 3 mins)
• You Can’t Hear Me, You Can’t See Me (Indonesia, Dir. Awi Suryadi / Dicky Fa, 14 mins)

Japan (Live-Action):

• Appleseed Alpha (Japan, Dir. Shinji Aramaki, 93 mins)
• Black Butler (Japan, Dir. Kentaro Otani / Keiichi Sato, 119 mins)
• Crows Explode (Japan, Dir. Toshiaki Toyoda, 129 mins)
• Dancing Karate Kid (Japan, Dir. Tsukasa Kishimoto, 78 mins)
• Fuku-Chan of Fuku-Fuku Flats (Japan, Dir. Yosuke Fujita, 110 mins)
• Gun Woman (Japan, Dir. Kurando Mitsutake, 86 mins)
• Hana-Dama: The Origins (Japan, Dir. Hisayasu Sato, 106 mins)
• Jellyfish Eyes (Japan, Dir. Takashi Murakami, 101 mins)
• Ju-On: The Beginning of the End (Japan, Dir. Masayuki Ochiai, 90 mins)
• Live (Japan, Dir. Noboru Iguchi, 105 mins)
• The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji (Japan, Dir. Takashi Miike, 130 mins)
• Monsterz (Japan, Dir. Hideo Nakata, 111 mins)
• Nuigulumar Z (Japan, Dir. Noboru Iguchi, 101 mins)
• Puzzle (Japan, Dir. Eisuke Naito, 85 mins)
• Real (Japan, Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 126 mins)
• Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (Japan, Dir. Keishi Otomo, 139 mins)
• Seventh Code (Japan, Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 60 mins)
• The Snow White Murder Case (Japan, Dir. Yoshihiro Nakamura, 126 mins)
• Sweet Poolside (Japan, Dir. Daigo Matsui, 103 mins)
• Thermae Romae II (Japan, Dir. Hideaki Takeuchi, 113 mins)
• Uzumasa Limelight (Japan, Dir. Ken Ochiai, 103 mins)
• Zombie TV (Japan, Dir. Maelie Makuno / Naoya Tashiro / Yoshihiro Nishimura, 78 mins)

Other Asian countries (Live-Action):

• 3D Naked Ambition (Honk Kong, Dir. Lee Kung-lok, 106 mins)
• Cold Eyes (South Korea, Dir. Cho Ui-seok / Kim Byung-seo, 118 mins)
• Curse of Evil (Honk Kong, 1982, Dir. Kuei Chih-Hung, 90 mins)
• Days of Wrath (South Korea, Dir. Shin Dong-yeop, 103 mins)
• Demon of the Lute (Honk Kong, 1983, Dir. Tang Tak-Cheung, 105 mins)
• The Fake (South Korea, Dir. Yeon Sang-ho, 101 mins)
• The Fatal Encounter (South Korea, Dir. Lee Jae-kyoo, 135 mins)
• The Fives (South Korea, Dir. Jeong Yeon-shik, 123 mins)
• From Vegas to Macau (Honk Kong, Dir. Wong Jing, 93 mins)
• Guardian (Indonesia, Dir. Helfi Kardit, 90 mins)
• Han Gong-ju (South Korea, Dir. Lee Su-jin, 112 mins)
• The Huntresses (South Korea, Dir. Park Jae-hyun, 106 mins)
• Hwayi: A Monster Boy (South Korea, Dir. Jang Joon-hwan, 126 mins)
• Ingtoogi: The Battle of Internet Trolls (South Korea, Dir. Um Tae-hwa, 98 mins)
• Kabisera (Philippines, Dir. Alfonso Torre III, 101 mins)
• Killers (Indonesia, Dir. The Mo Brothers, 137 mins)
• Kundo: Age of the Rampant (South Korea, Dir. Yoon Jong-bin, 120 mins)
• Miss Granny (South Korea, Dir. Hwang Dong-hyuk, 124 mins)
• Mr. Go (South Korea, Dir. Kim Yong-hwa, 132 mins)
• No Tears for the Dead (South Korea, Dir. Lee Jeong-beom, 116 mins)
• Once Upon a Time in Shanghai (Honk Kong, Dir. Wong Ching-Po, 97 mins)
• Recycled (China, Dir. Lei Lei & Thomas Sauvin, 5 mins)
• Red Family (South Korea, Dir. Lee Ju-hyoung, 99 mins)
• The Run (Malaysia, Dir. Ahmad Idham, 90 mins)
• The Spy: Undercover Operation (South Korea, Dir. Lee Seung-jun, 121 mins)
• Steel Cold Winter (South Korea, Dir. Choi Jin-seong, 109 mins)
• The Suspect (South Korea, Dir. Won Shin-yeon, 137 mins)
• That Demon Within (Honk Kong, Dir. Dante Lam, 111 mins)
• The White Storm (Honk Kong, Dir. Benny Chan, 134 mins)

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