Hong Kong action director John Woo will be awarded the Honorary Career Award by the Fantasia International Film Festival, which will be held in Montreal from July 14 to August 3, and where the first wave of titles was announced on Thursday.
Known for his stylish and adrenaline-packed films like The Crime Syndicate, The Killer, slippers (Front/Off) Where Mission impossible 2John Woo reinvented the aesthetics and narrative code of action cinemaindicates the festival in a press release.
” His filmography shows a deep moral perspective, exploring the themes of friendship and trust in a moving and sincere way. “
The 76-year-old filmmaker is currently working on his 32at The feature film, quiet night, a story of revenge starring Swedish actor Joel Kinnaman and rapper Kid Cudi. This is his first Hollywood production in nearly 20 years.
Takashi Miike returned
One of the most important genres of film festivals in North America, Fantasia will feature French comedy as its North American premiere this summer. Fantastic but trueby Quentin Dupieux, one of the most unclassifiable and extraordinary directors of contemporary cinema.
Japanese filmmaker Satoshi Miki is entitled to two screenings: fantasy romance Comfort story and the monster comedy What to Do with the Dead Kaiju?
His compatriot Takashi Miike, festival regular and cult filmmaker who specializes in transgressive horror, will attend the screening of his yakuza film in person. The Mole Song : WAKASwhich will be discovered by the public as primarily in North American.
Fantasia will finally show the Canadian premiere of Sharp Stick, a comedy of manners by Lena Dunham. The creator of the famous TV series Girls has not shot a feature film since Small Furniturereleased in 2010.
The festival also announced on Thursday that it has created a new section, Ombres Septentrionales, dedicated to the Canadian cinema genre. This section will be inaugurated with a screening of the detective thriller The Violationby Rodrigo Gudiño.
The full Fantasia 2022 lineup will be announced at the end of June, with tickets going on sale shortly thereafter.
Source: Radio-Canada
