The films of FantasticFest 2014
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- DirectorRodney AscherJulian BarrattRobert BoocheckStarsEric JacobusAndy NymanSimon BarrettAnother 26-chapter anthology that showcases death in all its vicious wonder and brutal beauty.
- DirectorFabrice du WelzStarsLola DueñasLaurent LucasHéléna NoguerraFervidly dark lovesick horror inspired by the real-life criminal duo, the Lonely Hearts Killers.
- DirectorJennifer KentStarsEssie DavisNoah WisemanDaniel HenshallA single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home.
- DirectorSteffen HaarsFlip Van der KuilStarsSylvia HoeksFerdi StofmeelFlip Van der KuilTwo brothers have their friendship put to the test when they both fall in love with the same girl.
- DirectorBilly SeneseStarsJeremy ChildsShelean NewmanShannon HoppeA genetic scientist successfully clones the first human being, a baby girl named Elizabeth, but his work is soon threatened by a dark secret, a secret that threatens to destroy everything and everyone precious to him.
- CreatorDavid AshbyDario RussoStarsDavid AshbySean James MurphyNatasa RisticIt's Christmas in the 1980s, Adolf Hitler is alive and has two Yuletide wishes: Danger 5 dead and the world under his Christmas tree.
- DirectorManuel FacalStarsManuel FacalDayana AcostaMaría AielloAndres and Elias get together one evening for their last summer joint. On his way home, Elias finds a hidden case containing 5 different types of drugs. The next morning, Elias calls Andres to catch up on his discovery. He tells him he wants to gather round with some friends to perform an experiment: each should take a different drug and see what happens. The experiment takes a sudden turn when Andres girlfriend calls him to say her grandma has died.
- DirectorRomain BassetStarsLilly-Fleur PointeauxCatriona MacCollMurray HeadSince her childhood, Jessica has been haunted by recurrent nightmares whose meaning escapes her. This peculiarity has led her to study the psychophysiology of dreams and to follow a therapy with Sean, her mentor and boyfriend, to try and understand the origin of her nightmares. Following the death of her maternal grandmother she hardly knew, Jessica reluctantly returns to the family home. She doesn't get along with her mother very well and is not looking forward to seeing her again. Upon her arrival, Jessica discovers that her late grandmother is lying in the adjoining room to her own during the wake. After a rough first night made restless by a strange nightmare in which she meets her dead grandmother, Jessica suddenly becomes ill. Stuck in bed with a high fever, the young woman decides to use her lethargic state to try out lucid dreaming. In order to do so, and on Sean's advice, Jessica breathes a little bit of ether whenever she needs to sink deeper into the other world to try and take control of her nightmares. Jessica then begins to wander in a nightmarish world inhabited by twisted versions of her family members. She gradually improves her skills as a lucid dreamer and investigates to solve the mystery that gnaws her and haunts the family home...
- DirectorIsaac EzbanStarsRaúl MéndezMagda BrugengheimHumberto BustoTwo parallel stories about characters trapped in illogical endless spaces: two brothers and a detective locked on an infinite staircase, and a family locked on an infinite road - for a very long time.
- DirectorRiad SattoufStarsVincent LacosteCharlotte GainsbourgDidier BourdonIn the Kingdom of Bubunne, women are in power while men wear veils and do domestic tasks. Jacky, a lovely young man who dreams of marrying the 'Colonelle' has to struggle like a Cinderella to realize his dreams.
- DirectorMatthew BauckmanJaret BelliveauStarsElliot ScottThe film tells the bizarre story of Elliot 'White Lightning' Scott, who plans on becoming Canada's first kung fu action hero with his low-budget karate epic, Blood Fight.
- DirectorGustavo HernándezStarsGabriela FreireMariana OliveraAgustín UrrutiaAfter living through some tragic events, a rock band composed by twenty-year-old, immerse themselves in a conceptual project that winds-up becoming a three track album that deals largely with their guilts, fears and traumas.
- DirectorAik KarapetianStarsMaxim LazarevAnta AizupeAris RozentalsA man is fired from his job and begins to stalk his former boss and his wife. After breaking into their home and claiming it for his own, he begins to see ghostly visions.
- DirectorYannis VeslemesStarsVangelis MourikisAlexia KaltsikiDaniel BoldaPhotophobic Zano, arrives in the city for the very first time. The year is 1984 and Athens beckons. A vampire and a fine dancer, Zano quickly gets devoured by the dark underbelly of the capital city. All he really wants is a ''warm'' girl.
- DirectorGabriel GriecoStarsMercedes OviedoLuz CipriotaEsther SantiniIn a town of Argentina, 'the country of barbecues', people linked to the cattle industry start to disappear. A journalist starts to investigate; soon she'll find out a dark secret.
- DirectorNikolas ListStarsAxel De VreeseEric GodonPierre LognayTombville follows a young man who wakes up on the outskirts of the titular town, a town populated with a variety of bizarre inhabitants which he simply cannot leave.
- DirectorTarik SalehStarsMoa GammelLykke LiOla RapaceA week before Christmas, Estelle lands at Arlanda Airport. A year earlier, she had left Stockholm on the run with her husband Tommy and their daughter, after Tommy had taken part in one of the biggest robberies ever in the history of Swedish crime. Estelle seeks out Tommy's former cronies and claims that Tommy is on his way home. And he wants his share of the take. Word spreads like wildfire through Stockholm's underworld. If Tommy returns, the city will explode. And if he doesn't ... something even worse might happen. TOMMY is the story of the woman behind the man behind the headlines. A modern myth about when the Queen returned and the city burned. About two sisters, two mothers, three daughters and their men.
- DirectorKevin SmithStarsJustin LongMichael ParksHaley Joel OsmentA brash and arrogant podcaster gets more than he bargained for when he travels to Canada to interview a mysterious recluse... who has a rather disturbing fondness for walruses.
- DirectorJustin BensonGregg BishopTodd LincolnStarsPatrick LawrieEmilia AresCelia K. MiliusA Los Angeles police chase sends a fame-obsessed man on a wild ride to save his girlfriend from a cybernetic terror.
- DirectorKiah Roache-TurnerStarsJay GallagherBianca BradeyLeon BurchillA talented mechanic prepares to battle his way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters after his sister is kidnapped on the eve of a zombie apocalypse.
- DirectorMikkel NørgaardStarsNikolaj Lie KaasFares FaresPilou AsbækThe murder of young twins initially implicates a group of upper class students as the killers, though the case takes a turn or two from its starting point.
- DirectorRakshit ShettyStarsRakshit ShettyRishab ShettyKishore Kumar G.A journalist sets out to uncover the truth behind an incident, through the perspectives of different people, unraveling how they and their lives are intertwined with it.
- DirectorEskil VogtStarsEllen Dorrit PetersenHenrik RafaelsenVera VitaliForsaken in a new Oslo apartment, a frail blind woman battles to come to terms with her condition, as she slowly retracts into an elaborate fantasy bubble. Are her stories fanning her suspicions, or is this what total blindness looks like?
- DirectorTim GrabhamJasper SharpStarsMark PagnellHeather BarnettBryn DentingerThe Creeping Garden is a feature length documentary exploring the work of fringe scientists, mycologists and artists, and their relationship with the extraordinary plasmodial slime mould.
- DirectorTommy WirkolaStarsGeir Vegar HoelØrjan GamstMartin StarrStill on the run from a group of Nazi zombies, a man seeks the aid of a group of American zombie enthusiasts, and discovers new techniques for fighting the zombies.
- DirectorMatthew SaltonStarsGao YanDwarves Kingdom is a documentary film about a theme park featuring performances by little people with dwarfism who live in a fantasy recreation of a magical empire. Built by a wealthy Chinese businessman, this other-worldly kingdom, officially called World Ecological Garden of Butterfly and Little People Kingdom, is located in the mountains surrounding the city of Kunming in Western China.
- DirectorAdam BrooksMatthew KennedyStarsPaz de la HuertaAdam BrooksMatthew KennedyA film editor gets embroiled in a string of murders.
- DirectorMark HartleyStarsSam FirstenbergDavid PaulsenLuigi CozziThe history of the independent film company, The Cannon Film Group, Inc..
- DirectorJason BankerStarsAmy EversonKentucker AudleyRyan CreightonA woman creates an alter ego in hopes of overcoming the trauma inflicted by men in her life.
- DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsJohannes KuhnkeLisa Loven KongsliClara WettergrenA family vacationing in the French Alps is confronted with a devastating avalanche.
- DirectorGyörgy PálfiStarsPiroska MolnárMiklós BenedekTamás JordánA woman falls out of the window of an apartment house. On her way back, she witnesses seven stories, one on each floor.
- DirectorAnders MorgenthalerStarsKim BasingerJordan PrenticeSebastian SchipperSuccessful businesswoman Maria has achieved everything except what she wants the most - a baby of her own. She decides to deal with the matter by herself and embarks on a desperate and dangerous journey in order to make her dream come true.
- DirectorSang-woo LeeStarsSang-woo LeeKwon Bum-taekYong-Seok ChoAfter their father (Kwon Bum-taek) was sent off to prison for sexually assaulting an under-aged girl, Sang-woo (Lee Sang-woo) and his two brothers Sang-tae (Yang Myeong-heon) and Sang-goo (Park Hyeong-bin) struggle to live a normal life. Now, the three emotionally damaged brothers must deal with the aftermath of their father returning home after his release from prison.
- DirectorHans Petter MolandStarsStellan SkarsgårdBruno GanzPål Sverre HagenAfter his son is murdered by drug dealers, a snowplow driver starts seeking revenge.
- DirectorChad StahelskiStarsKeanu ReevesMichael NyqvistAlfie AllenAn ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters who killed his dog and stole his car.
- DirectorDave BoyleStarsAyako FujitaniPepe SernaKazuki KitamuraA mystery outside of San Francisco brings together small-town sheriff Paul Del Moral, Japanese author Aki Akahori, and a traveler from Reno who soon disappears, leaving behind his suitcase and a trail of questions.
- DirectorDaniel de la VegaStarsLuis MachínRaúl TaiboViviana SacconeDante is a tailor who after losing his twin brother to death became phobic which prevents him from being in contact with death. Whenever he is in front of a dead body, he experiences a creepy feeling that makes him lose his mind.
- DirectorDan GilroyStarsJake GyllenhaalRene RussoBill PaxtonWhen Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKô ShibasakiHideaki ItôEbizô IchikawaFiction begins to bleed into reality for actors (Ebizo Ichikawa, Ko Shibasaki, Hideaki Ito) as they rehearse a stage production of a classic Japanese ghost story.
- DirectorPau TeixidorStarsOona ChaplinSergi MéndezAndrés GertrúdixMarta settles into his new apartment with his partner. But that night is bound to be alone. The building is newly built and have barely begun to change the first neighbors. All is silent, empty - until someone knocks the door violently.
- DirectorJonathan KingStarsErin BanksWilliam BrandtMichelle LangstoneAn upwardly mobile media executive is drawn into the chase for a neuro-marketing drug designed to influence opinion and perception - Realiti. Under the influence of the drug he must unravel a corporate conspiracy, while risking his career, his family and his hold on reality itself.
- DirectorErnesto Díaz EspinozaStarsMarko ZarorJosé Luís MóscaLoreto AravenaA former hit-man for a drug cartel becomes a vigilante to pay for his sins and find redemption.
- DirectorJustin BensonAaron MoorheadStarsLou Taylor PucciNadia HilkerFrancesco CarneluttiA young man in a personal tailspin flees from US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.
- DirectorIsao TakahataStarsChloë Grace MoretzJames CaanMary SteenburgenKaguya is a beautiful young woman coveted by five nobles. To try to avoid marrying a stranger she doesn't love, she sends her suitors on seemingly impossible tasks. But she will have to face her fate and punishment for her choices.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsRyohei SuzukiYoung DaisNana SeinoIn an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. Merra, leader of the Wu-Ronz tribe of Bukuro crosses the line to conquer all of Tokyo. The war begins.
- DirectorHans HerbotsStarsGeert Van RampelbergIna GeertsJohan van AsscheA police inspector haunted by the childhood abduction of his brother becomes obsessed with the disturbing case of a dangerous serial kidnapper
- DirectorGrzegorz MuskalaStarsVincent RedetzkiLeszek StalewskiNiels BormannShy law student Martin falls for his mysterious landlady, who lives next door behind a thin wall. While trying to find out if she's responsible for the disappearance of the previous tenant, Martin experiences the horror of his first love.
- DirectorCraig DenneyStarsCraig DenneyDarrien EarleRocky BarbanicaAlexander is running a con game at a circus as a psychic. When he finds that he actually does possess psychic powers, he uses them for his own ends.
- DirectorGabe IbáñezStarsAntonio BanderasBirgitte Hjort SørensenDylan McDermottHuman race is at edge of the end. Robot race is at edge of the beginning.
- DirectorJonas GovaertsStarsMaurice LuijtenEvelien BosmansTitus De VoogdtOver-imaginative 12 year-old Sam heads off to the woods to summer scout camp with his pack convinced he will encounter a monster...and he does.
- DirectorMartín De SalvoStarsPablo CarameloMarta LubosRomina PaulaA rabies outbreak plaguing the small town where Virginia lives. Emilio, the father,travel to help his brother Ostrosky whose eldest daughter, Julia, is on the verge of death from a strange disease. Virginia is home alone.
- DirectorPeter StricklandStarsSidse Babett KnudsenMonica SwinnChiara D'AnnaA woman who studies butterflies and moths tests the limits of her relationship with her lesbian lover.
- DirectorJoe LynchStarsSalma HayekHiroyuki WatanabeLaura CepedaA kidnapped woman faces down hitmen sent by a mob boss/her captor while trying to protect her family from his wrath.
- DirectorPaul GoodwinStarsDan AbnettGeoff BarrowEmma BeebyDocumentary covering the highs and lows of 2000AD's history, from its inception after the demise of Action to the present day.
- DirectorAdam WingardStarsDan StevensSheila KelleyMaika MonroeA soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.
- DirectorSung-bo ShimStarsKim Yoon-seokPark Yoo-chunHan YeriA fishing-boat crew takes on a dangerous commission to smuggle a group of illegal immigrants from China to Korea.
- DirectorKrzysztof SkoniecznyStarsMarcin KowalczykJasmina PolakAgnieszka WosinskaUpon arriving at Warsaw, Marcin, a young mysterious stranger from afar, enters the lives of hedonistic Ola and her liberal well-off parents. He's got a secret plan and just waits for a convenient moment to make it happen.
- DirectorDavid YaroveskyStarsGabriel BassoSean GunnKathryn PrescottA young man suffering from amnesia must dig deep into the far reaches of his mind to remember who he is and save the love of his life before a virus that has infected him takes over.
- DirectorGerard JohnstoneStarsMorgana O'ReillyRima Te WiataGlen-Paul WaruA young woman is forced to return to her childhood home after being placed under house arrest, where she suspects that something evil may be lurking.
- DirectorGerard JohnsonStarsPeter FerdinandoStephen GrahamNeil MaskellGood policing doesn't necessarily mean doing everything by the book. But as the business of crime in London turns to favour the Albanians and Turks, how does a "good" policeman survive?
- DirectorBennett JonesStarsBennett JonesWill CrestTommy MalatestaOn the run from an assassin, international rock superstar Bené hides out in Los Angeles and prepares for a showdown with death.
- DirectorDavid Robert MitchellStarsMaika MonroeKeir GilchristOlivia LuccardiA young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.
- DirectorBrian O'MalleyStarsLiam CunninghamPollyanna McIntoshBryan LarkinHeld in a remote police station, a mysterious stranger takes over the minds and souls of everyone inside.
- 20141h 37mNot Rated7.5 (4.4K)DirectorDavid GregoryStarsRichard StanleyKier-La JanisseMichael GingoldA behind the scenes chronicle of how clash of vision, bad creative decisions, lack of interest and really bad weather plagued the disastrous production of the infamous The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996).
- DirectorNacho VigalondoStarsSasha GreyElijah WoodNeil MaskellA jilted fan soon finds himself pulled into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse after he accepts the opportunity to spy on his favorite actress via his laptop.
- DirectorJuanfer AndrésEsteban RoelStarsMacarena GómezNadia de SantiagoHugo Silva1950s Madrid: The agoraphobic Montse raised her now 18 y.o. kid sister. The upstairs neighbor falls down the stairs and breaks a leg. The crazy Montse takes him in.
- DirectorAlfonso Gomez-RejonStarsAddison TimlinVeronica CartwrightAnthony Anderson65 years after a masked serial killer terrorized the small town of Texarkana, the so-called "moonlight murders" begin again. Is it a copycat or something even more sinister? A lonely high-school girl may be the key to catching him.
- DirectorMyroslav SlaboshpytskyiStarsHryhoriy FesenkoYana NovikovaRosa BabiyA deaf boy joins a boarding school for similar children. Confronted by the violent and criminal antics of some of the other boys and girls, he struggles to conform and join the 'tribe'.
- DirectorPieter Van HeesStarsJérémie RenierNatali BroodsBabetida SadjoWhen his wife gets pregnant unexpectedly, homicide detective Leo Woeste starts losing himself more and more while he tries to solve one last very bizarre case before his child is born.
- DirectorJonas Alexander ArnbyStarsSonia SuhlLars MikkelsenSonja Richter16-year old Marie lives on a small island with her seriously ill mother and her father, who takes care of the family. But suddenly mysterious deaths happen and Marie can feel something strange happening to her body.
- DirectorTetsuya NakashimaStarsKoji YakushoNana KomatsuSatoshi TsumabukiAs former detective Akikazu searches for his missing daughter, Kanako, he soon learns she has a mysterious secret life.
- DirectorLiv CorfixenStarsLiv CorfixenNicolas Winding RefnRyan GoslingLiv Corfixen documents her husband, filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn, during the production and release of his movie Only God Forgives (2013).
- DirectorConor McMahonStarsNiamh AlgarStephen CromwellGed MurrayA couple on a trip through the Irish countryside find themselves hunted by a creature who only attacks at night.
- DirectorNacho VigalondoDrafthouse Films is pleased to present "Confetti of the Mind", the definitive compilation of Nacho Vigalondo's (Timecrimes, Open Windows) most brilliant shorts collected for the first time and personally curated by Nacho. Featuring such favorites as Choque, Sunday, and 2003's Academy Award nominated short film, "7:35 in the Morning" as well as a fresh introductions and thoughts by the man himself.
- DirectorGuillermo AmoedoStarsCristo MonttLorenza IzzoLuis GneccoA mysterious man arrives in a small American town seeking his wife, though his presence plunges the community into a bloodbath.
- DirectorAlexandre AjaStarsDaniel RadcliffeJuno TempleMax MinghellaIn the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to find strange horns sprouting from his forehead.