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sympathy for the devil

sympathy for the devil

On his way to the hospital to see his pregnant wife, James is stopped by a stranger with a gun who gets into his car. Not knowing where they are headed to, James drives frantically through the deserted, in neon-light drenched streets of Las Vegas by night. Nicolas Cage unleashes all his fury in this crazy, bloody trip directed by Yuval Adler, in which he faces a no less assertive Joel Kinnaman.

 

film

Sympathy for the Devil (USA 2023)

 

director

Yuval Adler

 

cast

Nicolas Cage, Joel Kinnaman

 

writer

Luke Paradise

 

producer

Marc Goldberg, Alex Lebovici, Stuart Manashil, Allan Ungar

 

distribution

DCM

 

running time

90 min

 

language

english original version

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screenings
berlin

18.09. / 20.00

frankfurt

11.09. / 20.00

hamburg

25.09. / 20.00

cologne

25.09. / 20.00

munich

11.09. / 20.00

nuremberg

25.09. / 20.00

stuttgart

25.09. / 20.00

Fear Fact

»The struggle to show HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES at the festival lasted about two years. The film was considered to be non-marketable due to its brutality. Today, that would be a part of its marketing campaign.«

nightman

fresh blood

nightman

After moving to the small Irish village and hometown of her husband, Damian, Alex feels alienated. The gunshots from the nearby forest scare her. On top of it, Damien starts sleepwalking. In NIGHTMAN, FrenchBelgian filmmaker Mélanie Delloye evokes in her second film and tense folk horror thriller a sinister atmosphere with an unerring intuition and using perfidious deceptive tactics. An unsettling, paranoid indie find!

 

film

Nightman (Belgium 2023)

 

director

Mélanie Delloye

 

cast

Zara Devlin, Mark Huberman, Eoin Duffy, Áine Ní Laoghaire, Maeve Leonard

 

writer

Elsa Marpeau

 

producer

Sébastien Delloye, Noor Sadar, François Touwaide

 

distribution

Tiberius Film

 

running time

101 min

 

language

english original version

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screenings
berlin

14.09. / 15.45

frankfurt

07.09. / 15.45

hamburg

21.09. / 15.30

cologne

21.09. / 15.30

munich

07.09. / 15.45

nuremberg

21.09. / 15.30

stuttgart

21.09. / 15.30

Fear Fact

»Before the Berlin screening of vampire thriller THIRST, the audience serenaded festival guest and director Park Chan-wook on his birthday.«

the roundup: no way out

the roundup: no way out

In his third case, in order to stop a brutal drug war in Seoul, Ma Seok-do, a not-so-squeamish cop, must face the Yakuza and a corrupt colleague. South Korean actor Ma Dong-seok, a somehow legit heir of fist swinger Bud Spencer, one of the stars of the zombie feast TRAIN TO BUSAN, is determined to reestablish order. THE ROUNDUP: NO WAY OUT is an even more brutal action spectacle than THE OUTLAWS and THE ROUNDUP.

 

film

The Roundup: No Way Out (South Korea 2023)

 

director

Lee Sang-yong

 

cast

Don Lee, Lee Jun-hyuk, Munetaka Aoki

 

writer

Kim Min-sung

 

producer

Ma Dong-seok, Jang Won-seok

 

distribution

capelight pictures

 

running time

105 min

 

language

korean original version with english subtitles

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Rocket Beans TV

screenings
berlin

13.09. / 22.00

frankfurt

08.09. / 13.00

hamburg

22.09. / 15.00

cologne

22.09. / 15.00

munich

08.09. / 13.00

nuremberg

22.09. / 15.00

stuttgart

22.09. / 15.00

Fear Fact

»For the 20th anniversary, the public competition "Fresh Blood" was launched, the first film to win it was BRICK. Thank you to the Fantasy Filmfest audience and their great taste, which they prove again and again every year!«

god is a bullet

god is a bullet

Nick Cassavetes directs an opera of blood and destruction in which Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Maika Monroe form a ferocious combo of revenge. Their mission against the members of a murderous sect who killed the ex-cop's wife and kidnapped his daughter, drags them deep into it, so they must determine how far they are willing to go to achieve their goal. GOD IS A BULLET stands true to its name, mercilessly hitting its target.

 

film

God Is A Bullet (Mexico, USA, 2023)

 

director

Nick Cassavetes

 

cast

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Maika Monroe, Jamie Foxx, Ethan Suplee

 

writer

Nick Cassavetes, Boston Teran (Buch)

 

producer

Donald V. Allen, Michael Mendelsohn

 

distribution

capelight pictures

 

running time

156 min

 

language

english original version

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screenings
berlin

15.09. / 19.15

frankfurt

08.09. / 19.15

hamburg

22.09. / 19.30

cologne

22.09. / 19.30

munich

08.09. / 19.15

nuremberg

22.09. / 19.30

stuttgart

22.09. / 19.30

Fear Fact

»In 1999, the short film section was christened "GET SHORTY".«

frontiers

frontiers

Since a tragic accident that took her father's life, Diane has panic attacks – she thinks a ghost is on her heels. In this mystery thriller with western elements full of dark omens, no one can easily get past the women in the story – especially not a man. The loaded guns are always ready, the mood is correspondingly tense. In FRONTIERS, paranoia creeps up on you from all sides and stays in your bones for a long time.

 

film

Frontiers (Canada 2022)

 

director

Guy Édoin

 

cast

Pascale Bussières, Mégane Proulx, Micheline Lanctôt, Christine Beaulieu, Marilyne Castonguay

 

writer

Guy Édoin

 

producer

Félize Frappier

 

contact

Be For Films

 

running time

95 min

 

language

french original version with english subtitles

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screenings
berlin

18.09. / 22.00

frankfurt

11.09. / 22.00

hamburg

25.09. / 22.00

cologne

25.09. / 22.00

munich

11.09. / 22.00

nuremberg

25.09. / 22.00

stuttgart

25.09. / 22.00

Fear Fact

»On the occasion of the 10th anniversary, a "Best of Fantasy Filmfest" series was screened with 10 films, including LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS and BRAINDEAD. Good mix!«

mad fate

mad fate

Can we stand up to fate? A mediocre fortune-teller makes it his mission to keep a young man with a bloodthirsty yearning from becoming a killer. LIMBO director Soi Cheang delves into the depths of the human soul with his trademark hard-boiled verve. Like all of this works, MAD FATE, again produced by Hong Kong cinema legend Johnnie To, is filled with dark humor, incredibly intense acting and an outstanding direction.

 

film

Mad Fate (Hong Kong 2023)

 

director

Soi Cheang

 

cast

Lam Ka Tung, Lokman Yeung, Berg Ng, Ng Wing Sze, Peter Chan Charm Man

 

writer

Yau Nai Hoi, Melvin Li

 

producer

Johnnie To, Yau Nai Hoi, Elaine Chu

 

contact

MakerVille Company Limited

 

running time

108 min

 

language

cantonese with english subtitles

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screenings
berlin

18.09. / 17.30

frankfurt

13.09. / 16.00

hamburg

25.09. / 17.30

cologne

25.09. / 17.30

munich

13.09. / 16.00

nuremberg

25.09. / 17.30

stuttgart

25.09. / 17.30

Fear Fact

»In retrospect almost incomprehensible: hour-long discussions by the selection team whether DONNIE DARKO has enough genre elements to fit in with the festival.«

sakra

sakra

Donnie Yen directs himself in this rousing and tragic historical martial arts epic, with fight scenes beyond all imagination and gravity.

 

film

Sakra (Hong Kong, People's Republic of China 2023)

 

director

Donnie Yen, Ka-Wai Kam

 

cast

Donnie Yen, Yuqi Chen, Eddie Cheung, Yase Liu, Kenji Tanigaki, Siu-Ming Tsui

 

writer

He Ben (writer), Louis Cha (based on novel by)

 

producer

Yue Cui, Zhuoqin Huang

 

contact

Capelight Pictures

 

running time

130 min

 

language

mandarin original version with english subtitles

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screenings
berlin

22.04. / 22.00

frankfurt

27.04. / 21.15

hamburg

22.04. / 13.00

cologne

22.04. / 13.00

munich

22.04. / 13.00

nuremberg

22.04. / 13.00

stuttgart

22.04. / 13.00

Fear Fact

»The struggle to show HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES at the festival lasted about two years. The film was considered to be non-marketable due to its brutality. Today, that would be a part of its marketing campaign.«

new religion

new religion

A camera can delve so much deeper into our intimacy than any touch. As is the case with call girl Miyabi: A client with an affinity for Polaroids plunges her straight into an unresolved trauma.

 

film

New Religion (Japan 2022)

 

director

Keishi Kondo

 

cast

Kaho Seto, Satoshi Oka, Ryuseigun Saionji, Daiki Nunami

 

writer

Keishi Kondo

 

producer

Keishi Kondo

 

contact

Reel Suspects

 

running time

100 min

 

language

japanese original version with english subtitles

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screenings
berlin

21.04. / 22.30

frankfurt

30.04. / 21.30

hamburg

23.04. / 21.30

cologne

23.04. / 21.30

munich

23.04. / 21.30

nuremberg

23.04. / 21.30

stuttgart

23.04. / 21.30

Fear Fact

»For the 20th anniversary, the public competition "Fresh Blood" was launched, the first film to win it was BRICK. Thank you to the Fantasy Filmfest audience and their great taste, which they prove again and again every year!«

new normal

new normal

With a hip cast, cool music, lots of gore and a zeitgeisty f*ck the world attitude, six stories tell of the madness and chaos that kept Seoul in suspense for four days.

 

film

New Normal (South Korea 2022)

 

director

JUNG Bum-shik

 

cast

CHOI Ji-woo, LEE Yu-mi, CHOI Min-ho, PYO Ji-hoon, JEONG Dong-won, HA Da-in

 

writer

JUNG Bum-shik

 

producer

JUNG Bum-shik

 

contact

Contents Panda

 

running time

112 min

 

language

korean original version with english subtitles

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screenings
berlin

22.04. / 13.00

frankfurt

29.04. / 13.00

hamburg

20.04. / 21.45

cologne

20.04. / 21.45

munich

20.04. / 21.45

nuremberg

20.04. / 21.45

stuttgart

20.04. / 21.45 – Gloria 1

Fear Fact

»Before the Berlin screening of vampire thriller THIRST, the audience serenaded festival guest and director Park Chan-wook on his birthday.«

kids vs. aliens

kids vs. aliens

With plenty of fake blood and practical effects, the makers of HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN have a group of small town kids meet nasty aliens. Surely these extraterrestrials didn’t expect such imaginative resistance!

 

film

Kids vs. Aliens (USA 2022)

 

director

Jason Eisener

 

cast

Dominic Mariche, Phoebe Rex, Calem MacDonald, Asher Grayson

 

writer

John Davies, Jason Eisener

 

producer

Josh Goldbloom, Brad Miska, Rob Cotterill

 

distribution

Plaion Pictures

 

running time

75 min

 

language

english original version

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screenings
berlin

20.04. / 22.00

frankfurt

28.04. / 22.45

hamburg

21.04. / 22.45

cologne

21.04. / 22.45

munich

21.04. / 22.45

nuremberg

21.04. / 22.45

stuttgart

21.04. / 22.45

Fear Fact

»In retrospect almost incomprehensible: hour-long discussions by the selection team whether DONNIE DARKO has enough genre elements to fit in with the festival.«

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