FANTASIA XXV: Québécois Thriller BRAIN FREEZE To Open This Year’s Virtual Festival In August
Julien Knafo’s Frontières prospect, Brain Freeze, will be the opening presentation for the virtual 25th installment of the Fantasia International Film Festival this summer. The chiller, produced by Barbara Shrier (The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom, Mémoires Affectives), and starring leading Québécois Roy Dupuis (La Femme Nikita, The Rocket) – in his 50th feature with this role – alongside Iani Bédard (Mon Ami Walid), will have its world premiere on August 5 ahead of a Canadian release on August 13 from Filmoption International. The film’s announcement a few weeks ago also brought in tow the latest look at the festival’s official 2021 poster, illustrated by Donald Caron. Fantasia is celebrating Caron’s work as a mark of inspiration from the likes of Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima’s beloved Lone Wolf And Cub – a symbolic homage to the role Japanese culture has played in the festival’s history, as well as […]