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Paul Alan Smith and Lee Rosenbaum’s ESArtists has brought on literary agent Neda Niroumand and manager Sonia Gambaro.

Niroumand brings a strong client roster to ESArtists, including writer Justin Monjo, whose movie Storm Boy, starring Geoffrey Rush, will be released in the U.S. this spring; Philip Stark; Cailan Rose; BAFTA Award-winner Alex Rose; Michele Giannusa (Dead Girls Detective Agency) and award-winning director Vincent Lannoo (Trepalium).

Niroumand was most recently a literary agent at Buchwald, and before that she successfully ran her own management and production company. She previously launched the Literary Department at Vince Cirrincione & Associates, held a position with The Gersh Agency and spent time at Kustom Entertainment and MGM.

Producer/manager Gambaro brings a strong roster of clients from her company Pollinate Entertainment, including publisher Emet Comics; Lorien McKenna; writer/director Vr...

A delegation of film industry professionals discussed the EC’s proposed copyright reform with vp Andrus Ansip.

The European Commission’s plans for copyright reform have been discussed today (Friday Nov 13) at a meeting hosted by the EC’s vice-president Andrus Ansip in Brussels with a delegation of filmmakers, including Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius and Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier.

The delegation also included UniFrance Films president Jean-Paul Salomé, German screenwriter Fred Breinersdorfer (co-screenwriter of the Berlinale Competition title 13 Minutes), Belgian actor-writer-director Lucas Belvaux, Polish producer-director Dariusz Jabłoński, vice-president of the European Producers Club, and the French filmmakers Eric Lartigau (La Famille Bélier) and Dante Desarthe (Le système de Ponzi), co-presidents of the L’Arp producers’ association, and Denmark’s Annette J. Olesen, director of the crime thriller The Shooter.

The high-level rendez-vous comes less than a week before Ansip will be travelling to his home country for the European Film Forum (18-19 November) during this year’s...

A writer of funeral orations is visited by a ghost in a fantasy that’s cliched but occasionally poignant

A frothy French riposte to the supernatural sentimentality of Truly, Madly, Deeply, this finds author turned elegy writer Paul (Stéphane Guillon) visited by the all-too-incarnate presence of a long-dead husband with whose vibrant widow he has developed a reluctant infatuation. It sounds grisly, and at times the twee picture postcard Parisian milieu (street-lit cafes; padlocks on the Pont des Arts) drifts into snore-inducing cliche. But there are one or two poignant encounters en route, with the cast keeping things as natural as possible in front of the camera and Belgian director Vincent Lannoo doing his best Woody Allen impression behind it.

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Third edition of the international co-production market focused specifically on genre film production to take place in Brussels in April.

Fantasia International Film Festival’s international co-production market Frontières has unveiled the lineup for its third edition.

Taking place at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifff) from April 10-12, the market will feature 12 Frontières projects and 11 Off-Frontières projects.

Frontières is the first and only co-production market to connect North America with Europe in an environment focused specifically on genre film production.

Among the 12 Frontières projects are new works from the likes of Martin Villeneuve (Aquarica), Borys Lankosz (The Chosen Child), Aj Annila (Don’t Come After Me) and Vincent Lannoo (Robin Hood Vs. Zombies).

Meanwhile, the 11 Off-Frontières projects include Beasts from Resolution directors Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead and Warg from Frostbite’s Anders Banke.

The full lineup is as follows:

FRONTIÈRESLES AFFAMÉS (Quebec) Dir. Robin Aubert / Prod. Stéphanie MorissetteAQUARICA (Quebec) Dir. Martin VilleneuveCHLOE...

The Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival has just kicked off and they are already handing out the hardware. Belgian drama Au Nom De Fils, In The Name Of The Son, has taken home the coveted Méliès d'Or Award for the Best European fantastic film of 2013. It joins a fraternity of winners like Vanishing Waves, Let The Right One In and Martyrs. 2013-10-11 Sitges, SpainAU Nom Du Fils / In The Name Of The Son wins the 2013 Méliès d'Or Award -Best European Fantastic Feature FilmThe 2013 Méliès d'Or Award - for Best European fantastic film went to In The Name Of The Son directed by Vincent Lannoo. The award was handed out at the Méliès d'Or award ceremony during the 46th Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival...

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Exclusive: Cologne-based Media Luna New Films has closed deals for four titles to be theatrically released in Brazil.

Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily during this week’s Rio Film Festival, Media Luna’s Ida Martins revealed that Renata de Almeida of Filmes da Mostra has picked up Stijn Coninx’s Marina, based on the childhood memories of the Italian-Belgian singer Rocco Granata, and Diederik Ebbinge’s feature film debut Matterhorn which premiered in Rotterdam where it won the Audience Award.

In addition, Alberto Levy’s new distribution outfit Cafco Films - Cicurel Art Films acquired Miguel Ángel Jiménez’s Chaika, which competed in San Sebastian’s New Directors competition last year, and Antoinette Beumers’ American-set road movie Jackie, starring Holly Hunter and Carice van Houten.

The two deals had been initiated by Media Luna’s Carolina Jessula.

Martins, who recently added Jan Verheyen’s The Verdict to her sales lineup, was in Rio representing three films screening in the...

This fall, one of Montreal’s most intriguing film festivals the Festival du Nouveau Cinema (Fnc) offers sixteen films as part of their international showcase. This showcase provides a platform for fresh, personal and visionary films from around the world. Films in this competition come from Quebec, Morocco, France, Poland, Mexico, Singapore, Austria, Venezuela, Georgia and more. Themes range from vengeance, drama, youth, daily violence, questions of identity, to migrant life, mystery, and love.

Some of these titles have already won awards (despite their short time on the festival circuits), including Escalante’s Heli, Chen’s Illo,Ilo, Guiraudie’s L’Inconnu du Lac, Avranas’ Miss Violence (picture on right), and Dolan’s Tom à la ferme (featured image). However, this doesn’t mean the prize is in the bag for these front runners.

The program is from Oct. 9th to Oct. 20th, 2013:

Arwad, Samer Najari et Dominique Chila (Québec)

Au nom du fils,...

Pedophilia is an ugly thing but it's particularly vile when an entire institution tries to cover up the fact of its existence. We've read the news stories and seen the documentaries and let's be honest, most sane rational people are tempted to take matters into their own hands, perhaps much like Elisabeth, the angel of vengeance in Vincent Lannoo's In the Name of the Son. [Continued ...]...

Belgian director Vincent Lannoo first caught eyes around these parts with Vampires, his slyly tongue in cheek moc-doc exploration of 'real life' vampires living in Brussels and Montreal. With his latest film, In The Name Of The Son, he tackles a more horrifying and more true to life topic.Elisabeth is brilliant, radiant and sunny on the day Father Achille arrives at her home. He is going to become part of her family. A perfect family that admires Elisabeth so much for her chat show on "Christian Hope Radio", for the time that she devotes to others, her family and housework. But neither her faith, nor "Christian Hope Radio", nor love will prevent Elisabeth from falling into the harsh reality. The lies of her husband, the...

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Evoking the gospels both sacred and profane (Father Tarantino, hallowed be thy name), Vincent Lannoo's In the Name of the Son (Au nom du fils) is divided into six 'books'. It is only fitting for a film that veers wildly between farce and tragedy, but also between engaging thriller and limp noodle. It's a savage and incendiary take down of the Catholic Church that is, somewhat improbably, soft as a whisper -- a valentine to forgiveness and spirituality. As a follow up to his deadpan mockumentary Vampires, I don't think anybody could have seen this one coming. The film opens with a YouTube prologue, where two burly and buffoonish priests make a series of increasingly ridiculous requests of their parish -- Money? Time? 500 pounds of...

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Michel Gondry’s Mood Indigo (L’écume des jours) was a surprise no-show in Cannes this year (his film debuted theatrically in France the previous month) but the stage is set for an opening gala opening ceremony for the 48th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Among the slew of titles that were announced today, at the top of must see list we find Ben Wheatley’s A Field in England making its world premiere in the Main Competition category, a pic we thought would end up showing on the Croisette. Another item we had short-listed for a Cannes showing but will be shown in the Spa village backdrop, we have János Szasz’s The Notebook, and making it’s international debut after a stellar Tribeca debut, Lance Edmands’ Bluebird will compete against a pack that also includes hometown favorite Jan Hřebejk and his his psychological thriller Honeymoon. In the Docu...

Ben Wheatley’s A Field In England is to receive its first screening at the 48th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival as one of the 14 titles in Competition.

The psychedelic horror film, set during the English Civil War in the mid-17th century, will screen at the festival in the Czech Republic on July 4.

As previously reported, it will be the first UK film to be released simultaneously in cinemas, on DVD, free TV and VoD. This will take place on July 5.

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The main section of Karlovy Vary will include a further six world and seven international premieres, with new films from six returning directors – two of whom have already won Crystal Globes for Best Film at the festival in recent years.

Krzysztof Krauze and Joanna Kos-Krauze, who won at Kviff in 2005 with My Nikifor, will compete for the third time with the story of Papusza, the first Roma...

Release Date: Nov. 29, 2011

Price: DVD $24.98

Studio: IFC/Mpi

Imagine Nigel Tufnel and David St. Hubbins as blood-suckers, and you have the idea behind Vampires, a mockumentary that is being called the This Is Spinal Tap of vampire films.

The 2010 foreign movie, directed by Vincent Lannoo (Ordinary Man), follows a documentary film crew who have a few bloody mishaps in their attempt to film vampires, until they finally find a Belgian clan willing to go on camera — and not eat the crew.

In the family, the dad’s channeling Bela Lugosi, the mom’s giving bite lessons, the son is rebellious and the daughter is pining for her lost mortality.

The documentary crew watch and shoot as the family eat illegal immigrants, children, the handicapped and bleed the country’s social benefits for all they’re worth.

Vampires wasn’t released in theaters in the U.S., making it a DVD premiere.

The 2011 Bram Stoker International Film Festival, running October 28th-31st, takes place in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, and shows independent narrative features, documentaries, and shorts from around the world, many of which will be having their world or UK premieres at this year's fest. Read on for all the details regarding the lineup!

Below is a list of all the films screening this year. Other events include a Vampire Ball on Saturday, October 29th; a performance of The Feast of Blood on Sunday, October 30th; and the Scorpius Dance Theatre's production of A Vampire's Tale on Halloween itself. In addition, the following awards will be presented at the festival:

Best Picture

Best Short

Best Director

Best Effects

Best Script...

...and a special Lifetime Achievement Award

For more info visit the official Bram Stoker International Film Festival website, and click here for ticket packages.

Absentia - UK Premiere

Director: Mike Flanagan...

Vampires is a slow-burn movie.

Initial reactions to the mockumentary on vampires, isn’t anything we haven’t seen on any reality show on E! Entertainment Channel, despite its satrical vibe. There’s little action, just drama. The woeful eternal (or is it internal) struggle of immortality is a thread line often seen in vampire movies. Vampires adds little to the genre, nearly a 100 years old, which started in deft horror in Nosferatu and has seen itself self go all emo in Twilight. The mockumentary aspect isn’t new, but thankfully not “found footage”, but it’s not as funny or smart as This is Spinal Tap and Man Bites Dog, films it desperately wants to be.

A documentary crew has been trying, rather unsuccessfully, to film this vampire sub-culture in the underbelly of Belgium. After a two crews met an untimely death, the researchers finally met a family willing to go all Kardashian.

Directed by: Vincent Lannoo

Starring: Carlo Ferrante, Vera Van Dooren, Pierre Lognay, Fleur Lise Heuet, Julien Dore

When you receive a movie in your mailbox for review with nothing but the disc--no press release, nothing describing what other people think about the very movie you are about to see---you tend to reserve judgment. Although to be quite frank the number one cause of judgement comes from the one thing that you do receive with the movie; it's title. That is why upon receiving Vampires in my mailbox, I became very dubious of its appeal. Vampires, were already getting phased out. How great could a film be about vampires that was called Vampires? An already tired genre with what is perhaps the most tired and obvious title you could choose from. Little did I know in those beginning moments of judgement, that Vampires would take me for surprise.

Just as vampires are slowly getting phased out,...

If you have a deep rooted love for b-movies and will be in or near Franklin, Indiana this September, there’s a film festival taking place that is just for you. With everything from b-movie classics to world premieres and several top names from the world of B-filmdom in attendance, think of the B Movie Celebration as the Cannes Film Festival for aficionados of fine schlock.

The annual center of all b-Movie fandom celebration is back again September 23rd-25th in Franklin, Indiana. This year, besides a Huge list of classic films being screened, there are also a few world premieres and screenings of some very eagerly anticipated films. There's the world premieres of Fred Olen Ray's "Dino Wolf" [aka "Dire-Wolf"], David A. Prior's "Night Claws", Jim Wynorski's "Camel Spiders", and screenings of other hotly anticipated titles such as "The Millennium Bug", "El Monstro Del Mar", "Rare Exports:...

Vincent Lannoo's comedy Vampires made quite the impression on the FanTasia audience last year. And on the verge of the film being released by IFC Midnight we have been given three clips to share with you!  They did it! They made a documentary on a bunch of vampires! A family of vampires, bored with immortality, lives in Belgium, eats illegal immigrants, children, handicapped folk, and takes every advantage they can suck out of the country's social system. Samson, a seventies throwback, lives his 55th year like he's forever 20. Grace, an eternal teenager bent on being human again, keeps committing suicide. George, the patriarch, manages as best he can, heading the eccentric family and its on-going squabbles with the neighboring vampires. It turns out vampires must keep to a strict...

Two more clips have come our way for Vampires, joining the exclusive one we debuted a couple of days ago. Who doesn't love vampire flicks in which the main baddies don't sparkle and shit broken hearts? Dig it!

From Belgian director Vincent Lannoo, Vampires is being heralded as "Spinal Tap meets The Munsters, Benelux-style!" Look for it nationwide on demand from IFC Midnight, via Comcast, Cox, Cablevision, Time Warner, and Bright House starting July 1st.

Synopsis

In the hilarious, satirical 'Vampires', a documentary film crew introduces us to husband and wife Georges and Bertha and their children Samson and Grace, a family of vampires living in suburban Belgium. They feed on illegal immigrants and former prostitutes (referred to as "meat") and attend gatherings with other vampires in the same district. Georges is a bit creepy, Bertha a little unhinged, and Grace is trying to kill herself (which, as an immortal vampire,...

We’ve got three new clips from the comedy Vampires, which hit VOD from IFC Midnight on July 1st. You can check out our previous post about this Hungarian flick here.

Synopsis:

They did it! They made a documentary on a bunch of vampires!

A family of vampires, bored with immortality, lives in Belgium, eats

illegal immigrants, children, handicapped folk, and takes every advantage

they can suck out of the country.s social system.

Samson, a seventies throwback, lives his 55th year like he.s forever 20.

Grace, an eternal teenager bent on being human again, keeps committing

suicide. George, the patriarch, manages as best he can, heading the

eccentric family and its on-going squabbles with the neighboring vampires.

It turns out vampires must keep to a strict code. They are, for example,

prohibited from sleeping with their leader.s wife. That.s where Samson

went too far… Now he and...

3 new clips from Vampires starring Vincent Lannoo, Vera Van Dooren,Pierre Lognay and Fleur Lise Heuet Vincent Lannoo directs the comedy horror which opens via IFC on July 1st on VOD. They did it! They made a documentary on a bunch of vampires! A family of vampires, bored with immortality, lives in Belgium, eats illegal immigrants, children, handicapped folk, and takes every advantage they can suck out of the country’s social system. Samson, a seventies throwback, lives his 55th year like he’s forever 20. Grace, an eternal teenager bent on being human again, keeps committing suicide. George, the patriarch, manages as best he can, heading the eccentric family and its on-going squabbles with the neighboring vampires.

3 new clips from Vampires starring Vincent Lannoo, Vera Van Dooren,Pierre Lognay and Fleur Lise Heuet Vincent Lannoo directs the comedy horror which opens via IFC on July 1st on VOD. They did it! They made a documentary on a bunch of vampires! A family of vampires, bored with immortality, lives in Belgium, eats illegal immigrants, children, handicapped folk, and takes every advantage they can suck out of the country’s social system. Samson, a seventies throwback, lives his 55th year like he’s forever 20. Grace, an eternal teenager bent on being human again, keeps committing suicide. George, the patriarch, manages as best he can, heading the eccentric family and its on-going squabbles with the neighboring vampires.

3 new clips from Vampires starring Vincent Lannoo, Vera Van Dooren,Pierre Lognay and Fleur Lise Heuet Vincent Lannoo directs the comedy horror which opens via IFC on July 1st on VOD. They did it! They made a documentary on a bunch of vampires! A family of vampires, bored with immortality, lives in Belgium, eats illegal immigrants, children, handicapped folk, and takes every advantage they can suck out of the country’s social system. Samson, a seventies throwback, lives his 55th year like he’s forever 20. Grace, an eternal teenager bent on being human again, keeps committing suicide. George, the patriarch, manages as best he can, heading the eccentric family and its on-going squabbles with the neighboring vampires.

Not to be confused with the Sundance selection Vampire, IFC Midnight recently announced the release of their Vampires, a fresh, biting comedy from Belgian director Vincent Lannoo. They say it's like Spinal Tap meets The Munsters, Benelux-style! This morning we scored a pretty gruesome exclusive clip that takes you deep into a feeding frenzy. Dinner is served! "In the hilarious, satirical 'Vampires', a documentary film crew introduces us to husband and wife Georges and Bertha and their children Samson and Grace, a family of vampires living in suburban Belgium. They feed on illegal immigrants and former prostitutes (referred to as "meat") and attend gatherings with other vampires in the same district. Georges is a bit creepy, Bertha a little unhinged, and Grace is trying to kill herself (which, as an immortal vampire, she can't), but otherwise they seem like a normal family. But when the partying son ..."...

No stranger to releasing relatively unknown, foreign genre flicks stateside, IFC Midnight have announced VOD distribution of Hungarian vampire satire Vampires for streaming as of July 1st. I’m rather unfamiliar with this one so I will go ahead and quote the press-release from IFC:

IFC Midnight is pleased to announce the release of Vampires, a fresh,

biting comedy from Belgian director Vincent Lannoo. Think Spinal Tap

meets The Munsters, Benelux-style!

In the hilarious, satirical Vampires, a documentary film crew introduces

us to husband and wife Georges and Bertha and their children Samson and

Grace, a family of vampires living in suburban Belgium. They feed on

illegal immigrants and former prostitutes (referred to as “meat”) and

attend gatherings with other vampires in the same district. Georges is a

bit creepy, Bertha a little unhinged, and Grace is trying to kill herself

(which, as an immortal vampire, she can’t), but...

I must confess to having a serious weak spot for Vincent Lannoo's Vampires, a film that plays out like the Christopher Guest spin on life among the undead. It's a picture that we wrote about here on Twitch back when it was still in production and one which I had a hand in bringing to screen at the Fantasia Festival in Montreal where it played to a rousing reception. I like this film a lot and find it a slyly funny piss-take on the romanticism of many vampire stories and I could not be happier that IFC is bringing it to Us shores with a VOD release beginning July 1.In the hilarious, satirical Vampires, a documentary film crew introduces us to husband and wife...

If you thought Belgian Waffles were tasty, wait until you sink your teeth into the latest horror comedy on its way courtesy of IFC Midnight called Vampires. Sugar coating and syrup are completely optional. Dig it!

From Belgian director Vincent Lannoo, Vampires is being heralded as "Spinal Tap meets The Munsters, Benelux-style!" Look for it nationwide on demand from IFC Midnight, via Comcast, Cox, Cablevision, Time Warner, and Bright House starting July 1st.

Synopsis

In the hilarious, satirical 'Vampires', a documentary film crew introduces us to husband and wife Georges and Bertha and their children Samson and Grace, a family of vampires living in suburban Belgium. They feed on illegal immigrants and former prostitutes (referred to as "meat") and attend gatherings with other vampires in the same district. Georges is a bit creepy, Bertha a little unhinged, and Grace is trying to kill herself (which, as an immortal vampire,...

IFC Midnight has announced a July 1st video-on-demand release date for their Belgium mockumentary called Vampires, from director Vincent Lannoo.

A film crew ventures amidst a family of vampires to make a documentary. They seek answers to the crucial questions we all ask ourselves… Who are they? Do they drink anything other than blood? How do they manage their social life? Do they file their teeth? Can they sleep, dream, die, feel feelings, eat garlic? After several weeks in the company of this family of four and their friends, foes and neighbors, our brave little crew finds the answers, and a lot more… They will find themselves at the heart of a family drama that takes the friendly vampire clan all the way to Quebec. Montreal will be the theater of profound mutations that will change the international vampire community forever, and ever. The community we discover through this film is strange indeed,...

Earlier this year, IFC Midnight acquired Vampires , Belgium's horror-comedy which is also a revealing faux doc about bloodsuckers. Shock landed a look at the U.S. trailer and poster for the Vincent Lannoo-directed flick. You can check them both out below just past this synopsis! The film hits VOD July 1. They did it! They made a documentary on a bunch of vampires! A family of vampires, bored with immortality, lives in Belgium, eats illegal immigrants, children, handicapped folk, and takes every advantage they can suck out of the country.s social system. Samson, a seventies throwback, lives his 55th year like he.s forever 20. Grace, an eternal teenager bent on being human again, keeps committing suicide. George, the patriarch, manages as best he can, heading the...

The 14th annual Revelation Perth International Film Festival is, once again, packed to the gills with worldwide wonderful, weird and revelatory filmmaking. The fest runs this year on July 14-24.

The highlight of the festival is the once-in-a-lifetime live performance of Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then, which will be performed on July 17 at 7:15 p.m. American animator Brent Green will be traveling Down Under to provide the live musical score and narration for his emotional, live-action animated tale about undying love and creation. He will also be accompanied by band mates and foley artists, Mike McGinley, John Swartz, Donna K and Drew Henkles.

Some other films to look out for at the fest will be the Australian premiere of Zach Clark‘s terminally twisted Vacation!, a black comedy about four girls on a debauched weekend of drinking and drugging that ends horribly for all involved; Marie Losier’s acclaimed...

We'll take just about any kind of vampires over the sparkling brooding kind any day, and thanks to the latest acquisition from IFC Films, we'll soon be getting to know a new breed of vampires -- the bored kind!

IFC announced today that they've secured the rights to the mockumentary Vampires from Belgium's House of Film and director Vincent Lannoo.

"Vampires is a smart, quirky film; IFC is the perfect company to ensure that this film reaches a North American audience and gets the attention it deserves," says a House of Film rep of the recent sale.

Dig on the trailer below and look for more soon!

Synopsis

A film crew ventures amidst a family of vampires to make a documentary. They seek answers to the crucial questions we all ask ourselves... Who are they? Do they drink anything other than blood? How do they manage their social life? Do they file their teeth?...

A month's filming in Belgium is about to wrap on The Tamed Ones, directed by Vincent Lannoo and starring 17 year old Canadian actor Cameron Bright (Twilight) alongside British actors Hannah Murray and Isabella Blake-Thomas.

The film tells the story of a selfish young drop-out who tries to take care of his little sister after their parent's death — against all odds and everyone's advice.

Following the death of his father, Shawn (Bright) is faced with taking care of his 8 year old sister rather than living the life of someone his own age. Once a slacker and immature, this experience is going to force him to become an adult.

Young British rising star Isabella Blake-Thomas plays 8 year old Julie. Isabella will be seen on our screens this Christmas in the BBC production of Just William, as Violet Elizabeth Bott.

And Skins Series 1 and 2 star 21 year old Hannah Murray (represented by Troika) plays Jessica.

And a drum roll, please, because here are the winners from the 2010 Sitges Festival.

Oficial FANTÀSTIC COMPETICIÓ Sitges 43

Jurat / Jurado / Jury

Francesco Barilli, Jaume Collet-Serra, Colin Geddes, Jan Harlan & Elena Manrique

Millor Curtmetratge / Mejor Cortometraje / Best Short Film

The Legend Of Beaver Damm de Jérôme Sable

Menció Especial pel seu original homenatge a una indiscutible obra mestra del cinema fantàstic / Mención Especial por su original homenaje a una indiscutible obra maestra del cine fantástico / Special Mention for its original tribute to one of the undisputed masterworks of the fantastic cinema

Vicenta de Sam Millor

Disseny de Producció / Mejor Diseño de Producción / Best Production Design

Yuji Hayashida per Thirteen Assassins

Millors Efectes de Maquillatge / Mejores Efectos de Maquillaje / Best Make Up FX

Vitaya Deerattakul & Andrew Lin per Dream Home

Millors Efectes Especials / Mejores Efectos Especiales / Best Special Effects

Gareth Edwards per Monsters

Millor Banda Sonora Original / Mejor Banda Sonora Original / Best Original Soundtrack

Seppuku Paradigm,...

The 2010 edition of the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival has just announced their complete Noves Visions program. The program where the festival places the young, edgy material, this is the big discovery program of the festival. Here's the announcement!

Noves Visions, The Most Indie

And Daring Section At Sitges 2010

The 43rd Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, that will take place 7 to 17 October, presents its lineup for the Noves Visions section:

Noves Visions - FICCIÓ Section

Exploration of new territories in narration, placing emphasis on both thematic and formal aspects of films that are a vision of the present as well as a disturbing premonition of times to come.

A Horrible Way To Die (Adam Wingard, USA)

Chatroom (Hideo Nakata, UK)

Dispongo De Barcos (Juan Cavestany, Spain)

Earthling (Clay Liford, USA)

Everything Will Be Fine (Christoffer Boe, Denmark)

Finisterrae (Out of competition. Sergio Caballero, Spain)

Isolation (Stephen T. Kay,...

It's been called the Cannes of genre cinema an the first wave of programming has been announced for Sitges 2010, a lineup featuring the best in genre film of all types from all around the globe. Here's the full announcement!

The Shining celebrates its 30th anniversary and the 43rd Sitges - International Fantasy Film Festival of Catalonia, that will take place from 7 to 17 October, would like pay homage to it through the image for this year's official poster. The Shining (1980), by Stanley Kubrick, is one of the few undoubtedly classic horror films that still holds up with the passage of time, going beyond the genre and the director himself.

The Festival will also be remembering the 25th anniversary of Back to the Future by Robert Zemeckis, offer a special tribute to the deceased Paul Naschy with the screening of the documentary El hombre que vio llorar a Frankenstein, and will be...

Several press releases went out today featuring some huge news coming out of Canada's Fantasia Film Festival including the first batch of films that will be populating this massive three-week long event. Pull up your chair, kids! You're gonna be here for a while!

Dig on the wealth of information below from today's releases and look for more announcements and of course full coverage soon!

Spotlight: Between Death And The Devil

Recent times and crimes have seen extraordinary levels of disillusionment with organized religion, particularly with the Catholic Church, and genre cinema has mirrored this anger with startling impact. In the face of this, we’ve put together this troubling spotlight focused on the abuse of faith, the horrors of ideology and the corruption of Godliness. Several of these films will absolutely stagger you.

Black Death (UK) Dir: Christopher Smith – North American premiere. Hosted by Director Christopher Smith

With the Black Death sweeping across England,...

You want the best of genre film from Canada, the Us and around the globe? Fantasia is the place.

Montreal, June 29, 2010 - For its fourteenth edition, the Fantasia Film Festival is proud to present over 50 titles from Asia. Once again, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China are widely represented, demonstrating the great quality and diversity of their industries. And, as always, the programming team is also dedicated to exposing several hidden gems hailing from emerging national cinemas. Through these, audiences can discover new visions and new sensibilities. Therefore, the public will be privy to works hailing from Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and - a first for the festival - Indonesia. The filmic multicultural feast prepared by the 2010 Fantasia Film Festival promises to satisfy film lovers of all kinds.

Fantasia's 2010 occidental lineup of World Cinema is once again on fire with an astounding kaleidoscope of styles and sensibilities.

Year: 2009

Directors: Vincent Lannoo

Writers: Vincent Lannoo & Frédérique Broos

IMDb: link

Trailer: link

Review by: Ben Austwick

Rating: 8 out of 10

Mention Belgium to most genre film fans and they're going to think of Man Bites Dog, the revolutionary 1992 horror comedy that used a mock documentary style to alternately amuse and terrify its audience. Vampires is another Belgian film that takes its cue from Remy Belvaux and André Bonzel's classic, playing down the horror and elevating the humour to great effect.

A documentary film crew introduces us to husband and wife Georges and Bertha and their children Samson and Grace, a family of vampires living in suburban Belgium. Georges is a bit creepy, Bertha a little unhinged and Samson a bit of a tearaway, but otherwise they seem like a normal family. Grace is a teenager going through a difficult phase, repeatedly trying to kill herself (which, as an immortal vampire,...

Director Vincent Lannoo's Vampires will screen at Sci-Fi London beginning May 1st (9:30pm). The film follows a documentary crew who films the life and times of a group of vampires living in Belgium. The Belgium government supports this undead family with a steady supply of fodder e.g. illegal immigrants, and handicapped folk. The film itself moves back and forth between horror and comedy. Vampires is one of the highlights of the film festival and for those with an interest in satire there is a trailer below with more details.

A plot summary courtesy of Sci-Fi London:

"The mockumentary format has now taken on the more sophisticated, eloquent branch of the undead, as a camera crew follows a family of vampires. ‘Living’ in Belgium, a place the head of the vampire family refers to as ‘a flat land full of grey people’, they are bored by their immortality.

Yes we announced the partial lineup a ittle while back, and now we have the exclusive full lineup to share, and boy, is it a doozy. The festival runs April 28th to May 3rd so get your tickets now!

Opening night film: Splice by Vincenzo Natali.

Cosing night film: Cargo (which we loved, review)

TiMER (UK Premier)

Hunter Prey (International Premier) (teaser)

2033 (UK Premier) (Another film we loved, review)

1 The Stanislaw Lem adaptation (UK Premier) (Yes, we loved this too review)

Transmission (A Ballardian telecom malfunction, UK Premier) (review)

Drones

Eraser Children (International Premier, finally I get to see this tonight!) (trailer)

Radio Free Albemuth (Sneak Preview of this Philip K. Dick adaptation! We should have a trailer soon)

Earthling (International Premier) (review)

Depositarios (International Premier, more Mexican scifi) (teaser)

Plug & Pray (UK Premier, documentary)

8th Wonderland (UK Premier)

and much more! You can head over to the festival website for more details and tickets,...