ka ʻO Fantasia International Film Festival e hoʻolauleʻa ana i kāna puke 25th ma ke ʻano he hanana virtual i hiki i ka poʻe hoʻolohe ma waena o Kanada, me kahi papahana hōʻeuʻeu o nā loiloi i hoʻonohonoho ʻia a me nā premieres, nā panela, a me nā papa hana e holo ana mai ʻAukake 5 a ʻAukake 25, 2021, me ka hoʻohana hou ʻana i ka anuu alakaʻi i hoʻokumu ʻia e Hōʻike Hōʻikeʻike a me Shift72.

Ke hoʻokokoke nei ke kauwela, e ukali ana ka ʻaha i nā ʻōlelo aʻo mai nā luna olakino kūloko, me ka hiki ke hoʻohui pū i kahi hanana o nā hanana kino hae i ka laina.

ʻO kahi puke kūlohelohe o ke kauwela i hala aku nei kahi kūleʻa kupaianaha, e hōʻike ana i nā mea nānā he 85,000 a e hōʻiliʻili nei i kahi moʻohelu o ka pāpāho, me 475 mau mea nūpepa accredited mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa e uhi ana iā Fantasia a me kāna poʻo inoa. Ua hōʻike ʻo 2020 Fest i nā hiʻohiʻona 104, he hapahā o ia mau mea ʻo World Premieres, me ka hapanui e hoʻopaʻa ana i ka mahele o ka hoʻolauleʻa.

Ua hiki iaʻu ke uhi i ka leʻaleʻa ma nā makahiki 2020 a me 2019 (ma mua o ka hele ʻana i kikohoʻe he pono), a me aʻu iho, aloha au i kēlā me kēia minuke. Ua paʻi lākou i kekahi mau kiʻi ʻoniʻoni e hauʻoli nui wau i kēia manawa e hoʻomaka nei e ʻike i ka hoʻolaha ākea, e like me Iwalani, Yummy, No ke Kolohe o Vicious, Ka ʻEleʻele a me ka poʻe hewa, Kekahi mea na Jackson, a ʻO ka hōʻiliʻili hale make.

No ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o kāna kiʻi pena 25th anniversary, kiʻi ʻia ma lalo, ua huli hou ʻo Fantasia i nā kālena o ka mea kaha kiʻi kaulana ʻo Donald Caron. Lawe i ka hoʻouluulu mai kā Kazuo Koike a me kā Goseki Kojima aloha ʻO Lone Wolf a me Cub, Ua hana 'o Caron i kahi hana e hōʻike' ole wale i ke kuleana nui a ka moʻomeheu Kepani i hoʻokani ai ma loko o ka mōʻaukala o Fantasia, akā ʻo ia kekahi e hōʻike a hoʻohanohano i kā kā mākou pukana e hiki mai nei e apo ana i ka hale kiʻi ʻoniʻoni Kepani ma ke ʻano he kumu cinematic nui.

Haʻaheo ʻo Fantasia i ka wehe ʻana i kāna puke e hiki mai ana me ka World Premiere o kahi hiʻohiʻona Québécois ʻano nui - Julien Knafo's Pā paʻahau. Hoʻokumu mua ʻia ma Frontières, ka mākeke o ka hoʻokūkū kaulana kaulana o ka honua, ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a me ke kaila komikina zombie i ʻōlelo wahaheʻe e pili ana i nā pilikanaka a me nā home a me nā ao holoʻokoʻa, e haʻi ana i ka moʻolelo no kahi pōʻino kaiapuni e hiki ai i ka hoʻolaha wikiwiki ʻana. ʻO ka maʻi e hōʻino ana i kahi kaiāulu gated waiwai nui ma ka mokupuni ʻo Montreal. Pā paʻahau hui pū i ke kūlana o ka hale kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i hoʻokuʻu hou ʻia e paʻa ana i kahi aniani eerie a hiki i kā mākou ʻike hui ʻoiai ʻo scripted and shot pre-pandemic. ʻOiai ʻo ka hana ʻana ma ka chiller hoʻonohonoho hoʻoilo i hoʻokuʻi koke ʻia i ʻehā mau lā ma mua o ka pau ʻana ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana o Quebec, ua hiki i ke kī ʻana i ka pana i ke kauwela aʻe. ʻAʻole hiki ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no Fantasia 2021 e hoʻomaka me! Ma hope o ka World Premiere ma ʻAukake 5th, Pā paʻahau e ʻike i ka hoʻokuʻu keaka ma Kanada holoʻokoʻa ma ʻAukake 13th mai Filmoption International.

Hana ʻia e Barbara Shrier (ʻO ka makahiki Dolly Patron koʻu makuahine, Memoires Affectives), nā hōkū ʻoniʻoni ʻo Roy Dupuis (La Femme Nikita, Ka Rocket), kekahi o nā mea hana keaka o Quebec no ʻekolu mau makahiki i hala aku nei i hoʻolauleʻa ai i kāna hiʻohiʻona 50th me kēia kuleana, me Iani Bédard (Mon Ami Walid). Hoʻopuni ʻia ka mea hoʻonaninani e nā pūʻulu helu i mahalo ʻia ma ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻo Québec, me Marianne Fortier. (Aurore), ʻO Anne-Élisabeth Bossé (Laurence ʻAe), Mylène Mackay (Nelly), ʻO Simon-Oliver Fecteau (Bluff), ʻO Stéphane Crête (ʻO Dans Une Galaxie Pres de Chez Vous), Mahée Paiment (Les Keikikāne), Louis-Georges Girard (Mafia Inc.), Claudia Ferri (ʻO ke koko maikaʻi), a ʻo Jean-Pierre Bergeron (Sur le Seuil).

ʻO ka nani o ka like me ke koko, Pā paʻahau hōʻike i kahi mākaʻi i ka ʻono o ka ʻoihana, ka ulu ulu ma waena o nā have a me nā ʻole a me kahi aupuni i ka pilikia e hoʻohana ana i kahi zombie outbreak e hōʻike i kāna ʻoiaʻiʻo a kūleʻa i ka lilo ʻana i mea hoʻomākeʻaka weliweli, nā moʻolelo e hiki mai ana o ka makahiki, a kahi moʻolelo o ka launa aloha ʻole ʻia i nā manawa makaʻu.

E hōʻike ʻia ka puke 25th o ka Fantasia International Film Festival e Videotron me ke alu like ʻana me Desjardins, a e hiki nō ke mahalo ʻia i ke kōkua kālā o ke Aupuni o Quebec, SODEC, Telefilm Canada, ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Montreal, ka Conseil des arts o ʻO Montreal lāua ʻo Tourisme Montréal.

E hoʻolaha ʻia ka laina hoʻolālā piha o Fantasia i nā nalu he nui i nā mahina e hiki mai ana.