QuarXX’s “This Thing Inside of Me,” Caye Casas’ “Malamuerte” and maybe the biggest buzz title in the whole selection, Sean Wainsteim’s “Idaho Winter,” a multi-media mashup, feature in a robust, variegated lineup at Sitges FanPitch, which is quickly establishing itself as a key early fall global genre project platform drawing on titles from not only Spain but Europe, Latin and North America and Asia.
Unspooling Oct. 6-7, the FanPitch ranks as one industry centrepiece at the Sitges, International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, a hallowed genre fest Mecca and one of the most important in Europe.
Projects range widely from multiple psychological thrillers, often driving deep into protagonists’ deep trauma, to black horror-comedy, stylish scarefests, near-future allegories, the allegedly true-event paranormal, and vampire actioners.
One title, “Idaho Winter,” is billed as “YA meta-fiction.” Another, fantastical series “The Lost Gods of Memphis,” surely the biggest budgeted of all projects at this year’s FanPitch,...
Unspooling Oct. 6-7, the FanPitch ranks as one industry centrepiece at the Sitges, International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, a hallowed genre fest Mecca and one of the most important in Europe.
Projects range widely from multiple psychological thrillers, often driving deep into protagonists’ deep trauma, to black horror-comedy, stylish scarefests, near-future allegories, the allegedly true-event paranormal, and vampire actioners.
One title, “Idaho Winter,” is billed as “YA meta-fiction.” Another, fantastical series “The Lost Gods of Memphis,” surely the biggest budgeted of all projects at this year’s FanPitch,...
- 9/20/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Quebec festival wrapped on August 9.
Talk To Me, the horror hit from Danny and Michael Philippou which has grossed more than $31m in North America and close to $50m worldwide, has been named best international feature in the 2023 Fantasia audience awards.
In other key awards Lee Sang-yong’s South Korean title The Roundup: No Way Out was named best Asian feature, while Shigeyoshi Tsukahara’s Japanese entry Kurayukaba earned best animated feature, and
Satan Wants You from Steve J. Adams and Sean Horlor took the inaugural Dgc Audience Award for Best Canadian Film (narrative or documentary).
The full list of audience award winners appears below.
Talk To Me, the horror hit from Danny and Michael Philippou which has grossed more than $31m in North America and close to $50m worldwide, has been named best international feature in the 2023 Fantasia audience awards.
In other key awards Lee Sang-yong’s South Korean title The Roundup: No Way Out was named best Asian feature, while Shigeyoshi Tsukahara’s Japanese entry Kurayukaba earned best animated feature, and
Satan Wants You from Steve J. Adams and Sean Horlor took the inaugural Dgc Audience Award for Best Canadian Film (narrative or documentary).
The full list of audience award winners appears below.
- 8/14/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
A couple weeks ago, the Fantasia International Film Festival announced the films that won jury prizes at the 27th edition of the show, which recently came to a close. Yesterday, our own Tyler Nichols shared his list of favorite films from this year’s Fantasia festival. Now Fantasia has unveiled the list of audience award winners, with wins going to films like Talk to Me, The Roundup: No Way Out, Kurayukaba, and Satan Wants You, among others. The full list can be seen below:
Best International Feature
Gold: Talk To Me
Silver: Late Night With The Devil
Bronze: Hundreds Of Beavers
Best Asian Feature
Gold: The Roundup: No Way Out
Silver: River
Bronze: Phantom (South Korea d. Lee Hae-young)
Best Animated Feature
Gold: Kurayukaba
Silver: The Concierge
Bronze: The First Slam Dunk
The Dgc Audience Award for Best Canadian Film (Narrative or Documentary)
Satan Wants You – This year’s...
Best International Feature
Gold: Talk To Me
Silver: Late Night With The Devil
Bronze: Hundreds Of Beavers
Best Asian Feature
Gold: The Roundup: No Way Out
Silver: River
Bronze: Phantom (South Korea d. Lee Hae-young)
Best Animated Feature
Gold: Kurayukaba
Silver: The Concierge
Bronze: The First Slam Dunk
The Dgc Audience Award for Best Canadian Film (Narrative or Documentary)
Satan Wants You – This year’s...
- 8/14/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Salem, Massachusetts brews up more Halloween activities than you can shake a broom at each October, so it was logical for Salem Horror Fest to take place during the spookiest month of the year. For its sixth installment, however, the festivities have moved to the spring, making it much easier to attend without throngs of tourists.
If last night’s opening night ceremony — headlined by a screening of Candyman with Tony Todd in attendance — is any indication, horror lovers will show up any time of the year. Held at the Peabody Essex Museum, the event kicked off with poignagnt opening remarks by festival director Kay Lynch. She briefly outlined the evolution of Salem Horror, which was born out of her desire for catharsis after the 2016 election.
With folk horror being a common theme among some of this year’s programming, Kier-La Janisse was enlisted to deliver a keynote address. Much like how her essential documentary,...
If last night’s opening night ceremony — headlined by a screening of Candyman with Tony Todd in attendance — is any indication, horror lovers will show up any time of the year. Held at the Peabody Essex Museum, the event kicked off with poignagnt opening remarks by festival director Kay Lynch. She briefly outlined the evolution of Salem Horror, which was born out of her desire for catharsis after the 2016 election.
With folk horror being a common theme among some of this year’s programming, Kier-La Janisse was enlisted to deliver a keynote address. Much like how her essential documentary,...
- 4/21/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Gia Sandhu (The Mysterious Benedict Society) has signed on to executive produce and star in Alterations, the first feature from writer-director Sean Wainsteim.
In the film, a woman and a non-verbal girl serving as live-in caregivers are invited to stay in a house where their every desire is fulfilled, as long as they mend mysterious clothing for fairytale creatures.
Sandhu will play Leila, the woman traveling with rebellious 12-year-old Nadia and a suitcase of her belongings, who is desperate for a safe place to call home. When she finds a situation that seems too good to be true, she’s willing to ignore some… odd occurrences and make the best of things. As she starts to uncover her role in a larger narrative, Leila is forced to balance her time with Nadia with explorations into her own power, creativity and ability to change.
Rosemary Dunsmore, John Stocker and Shazdeh Kapadia...
In the film, a woman and a non-verbal girl serving as live-in caregivers are invited to stay in a house where their every desire is fulfilled, as long as they mend mysterious clothing for fairytale creatures.
Sandhu will play Leila, the woman traveling with rebellious 12-year-old Nadia and a suitcase of her belongings, who is desperate for a safe place to call home. When she finds a situation that seems too good to be true, she’s willing to ignore some… odd occurrences and make the best of things. As she starts to uncover her role in a larger narrative, Leila is forced to balance her time with Nadia with explorations into her own power, creativity and ability to change.
Rosemary Dunsmore, John Stocker and Shazdeh Kapadia...
- 10/20/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Regular readers here will have come across the work of award winning, Toronto based director Sean Wainsteim a handful of times. The man has created an impressive body of short films, music videos and commercial work over the years and he returns now with a new project that is both a blast from the past and entirely new. Way back in 1999 Wainsteim set out to shoot a zombie project that never made it all the way to completion. Titled Done To Death, it was - weirdly - written by a couple guys I went to high school with and shot on Super 16. And while the film was never completed, just like its undead subjects the film itself has refused to stay dead. Wainsteim...
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- 11/2/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Award winning Canadian writer-director Sean Wainsteim took a turn on the festival circuit this past year with his latest short film, a quirky romantic genre bender titled Magic Mushrooms. Yes, the titular mushrooms do factor in and yes, it is quite good. When an awkward teenage boy and his crush magically switch bodies after taking mushrooms, the boy discovers that attraction is more complicated than he thought. With the festival run now wrapped up the funding body behind the short has posted it online for your viewing pleasure and it's a very worthwhile way to spend eight minutes of your day. Check it out below....
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- 5/15/2017
- Screen Anarchy
A heavyweight roster of world premieres from the leading lights of Canada’s film industry will grace the Toronto International Film Festival next month.
New work from Deepa Mehta, Bruce McDonald and Chloé Robichaud are among the Canadian features set to receive their world premieres, while Xavier Dolan and Kim Nguyen earn North American premieres for their latest films following their Cannes debuts.
Wednesday’s announcement included the slate of Canadian short films, the festival’s four Rising Stars, and participants in the Talent Lab and Telefilm Canada Pitch This! programmes.
Talent Lab alumnus Andrew Cividino is named the 2016 Len Blum Resident. The film-maker will take up residency at the Festival Tower for three months later this year and receive one-on-one script consultations with screenwriter Blum, mentoring from Tiff’s industry and programming teams, and support from Tiff partners.
Cividino will work on his screenplay, We Ate the Children Last, a feature...
New work from Deepa Mehta, Bruce McDonald and Chloé Robichaud are among the Canadian features set to receive their world premieres, while Xavier Dolan and Kim Nguyen earn North American premieres for their latest films following their Cannes debuts.
Wednesday’s announcement included the slate of Canadian short films, the festival’s four Rising Stars, and participants in the Talent Lab and Telefilm Canada Pitch This! programmes.
Talent Lab alumnus Andrew Cividino is named the 2016 Len Blum Resident. The film-maker will take up residency at the Festival Tower for three months later this year and receive one-on-one script consultations with screenwriter Blum, mentoring from Tiff’s industry and programming teams, and support from Tiff partners.
Cividino will work on his screenplay, We Ate the Children Last, a feature...
- 8/3/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
A heavyweight roster of world premieres from the leading lights of Canada’s film industry will grace the Toronto International Film Festival next month.
New work from Deepa Mehta, Bruce McDonald and Chloé Robichaud are among the Canadian features set to receive their world premieres, while Xavier Dolan and Kim Nguyen earn North American premieres for their latest films following their Cannes debuts.
Wednesday’s announcement included the slate of Canadian short films, the festival’s four Rising Stars, and participants in the Talent Lab and Telefilm Canada Pitch This! programmes.
Talent Lab alumnus Andrew Cividino is named the 2016 Len Blum Resident. The film-maker will take up residency at the Festival Tower for three months later this year and receive one-on-one script consultations with screenwriter Blum, mentoring from Tiff’s industry and programming teams, and support from Tiff partners.
Cividino will work on his screenplay, We Ate the Children Last, a feature...
New work from Deepa Mehta, Bruce McDonald and Chloé Robichaud are among the Canadian features set to receive their world premieres, while Xavier Dolan and Kim Nguyen earn North American premieres for their latest films following their Cannes debuts.
Wednesday’s announcement included the slate of Canadian short films, the festival’s four Rising Stars, and participants in the Talent Lab and Telefilm Canada Pitch This! programmes.
Talent Lab alumnus Andrew Cividino is named the 2016 Len Blum Resident. The film-maker will take up residency at the Festival Tower for three months later this year and receive one-on-one script consultations with screenwriter Blum, mentoring from Tiff’s industry and programming teams, and support from Tiff partners.
Cividino will work on his screenplay, We Ate the Children Last, a feature...
- 8/3/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
It was just a couple weeks back that we asked what, exactly, is The Statue Whispers Death? A classic giallo inspired teaser had just turned up with little other information but the visuals were so strong that we could resist posting. And now we know ... it is, in fact, the music video for a track titled The Quiet Crooks by a band called Biblical shot on location in Italy by Toronto based director Sean Wainsteim. And now the complete piece is available online. Check it out below....
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- 10/28/2014
- Screen Anarchy
While we can't say for sure what, exactly, The Statue Whispers Death actually is, this new thirty second teaser leaves us hungry to find out more. But here's what we do know: It's obviously got a heavy influence from classic Italian genre cinema and appears to be shot in Italy. It's got music by a band called Biblical. And it popped up in the Vimeo account of Toronto based director Sean Wainsteim, who has won awards for his music video work and documentaries while also having a number of critically acclaimed shorts out on the festival circuit over the years. But whatever it is, he aint sayin'.Check it out below....
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- 10/8/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Lost for Words Short Film, Photo. Sean Wainsteim‘s Lost for Words (2010) short film, short film photo stars Daphne De Baat and Owen Lock. Lost for Words‘ plot synopsis: “An ode to libraries and the magic of storytelling, “Lost for Words” is the tale of an odd little boy who wanders into a fantastic forest [...]
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Continue reading: Lost For Words (2010) Short Film, Photo: Sean Wainsteim...
- 8/25/2012
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Director Sean Wainsteim remembers what it was like to be a kid, to see a world filled with magic and a dash of danger. He also remembers a time when filmmakers were more free to embrace a bit of that danger in children's film, a time before everything was cleaned up and sanitized into a state of abject boredom. And so, in 2010, the award winning Canadian commercial and music video director created his short film Lost For Words.Nathan Jurevicius of Scary Girl fame is among the concept artists on this dark fairy tale and after a solid run on the festival circuit Wainsteim has put the entire film online for your enjoyment. Take a look below, it's very well worth your time....
- 8/13/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Film Lineup Set For Inaugural Palo Alto International Film Festival
Palo Alto, CA . The Palo Alto International Film Festival (Paiff) has announced its film program for the 2011 festival. The lineup includes 20 features and 74 short films curated from award-winning films and film festival favorites that exemplify Paiff.s theme of innovation in art, film and technology.
Paiff proudly presents a lineup that challenges the art form, taking creative risks with technology in films like Braden King.s cross-platform feature .Here,. to the artistically inventive .Bombay Beach. by music video director Alma Har.el to documentaries like .Something Ventured. which delves into the world of Venture Capital firms.
.We.re seeing a new movement emerging . films are trying to live outside the cinema. They.re breaking out of traditional storytelling structures,. said Paiff.s Director Programming Alf Seccombe. .This festival spotlights the creative risk-taking that is inherent in innovation..
The 2011 festival kicks...
Palo Alto, CA . The Palo Alto International Film Festival (Paiff) has announced its film program for the 2011 festival. The lineup includes 20 features and 74 short films curated from award-winning films and film festival favorites that exemplify Paiff.s theme of innovation in art, film and technology.
Paiff proudly presents a lineup that challenges the art form, taking creative risks with technology in films like Braden King.s cross-platform feature .Here,. to the artistically inventive .Bombay Beach. by music video director Alma Har.el to documentaries like .Something Ventured. which delves into the world of Venture Capital firms.
.We.re seeing a new movement emerging . films are trying to live outside the cinema. They.re breaking out of traditional storytelling structures,. said Paiff.s Director Programming Alf Seccombe. .This festival spotlights the creative risk-taking that is inherent in innovation..
The 2011 festival kicks...
- 8/15/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Lady GaGa and Justin Bieber were big winners at the 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards, which took place on June 19 in Toronto, Canada, by sweeping the most prizes. Previously winning one each at the beginning of the televised show, GaGa and Bieber added another trophy near the end of the event.
The Mother Monster took home Ur Fave International Video, thanks to her "Born This Way" clip. After beating Bruno Mars and Eminem in International Video of the Year - Artist, she once again tackled the two male artists in this category. She additionally won over Selena Gomez and Britney Spears.
The Outlandish singer took the stage in a revealing dress and a turquoise wig, thanking fans for their support, "I love you so much little monsters and Canada!" Saying it's "[the] most important [award] to me because it's from you [the fans]," She also took time to wish her dad a "Happy Father's Day!"
She...
The Mother Monster took home Ur Fave International Video, thanks to her "Born This Way" clip. After beating Bruno Mars and Eminem in International Video of the Year - Artist, she once again tackled the two male artists in this category. She additionally won over Selena Gomez and Britney Spears.
The Outlandish singer took the stage in a revealing dress and a turquoise wig, thanking fans for their support, "I love you so much little monsters and Canada!" Saying it's "[the] most important [award] to me because it's from you [the fans]," She also took time to wish her dad a "Happy Father's Day!"
She...
- 6/20/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
If you plan to attend the next Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff), which will be held from September 8 to 18, you may think of voting for the Canadian film from an emerging director you'd like to see.
Here's the list of the five films:
* Esther and Leib - Sean Wainsteim - (Toronto, Ontario).
A raw portrait of Esther and Leib, a couple who met when escaping Europe, as they reflect on the passing years and each other.
* My First Movie - Gabriel Taraboulsy - (Montréal, Quebec)
Tasked with making a video portrait of her family, a young filmmaker plants a hidden camera, capturing a vision of her family that is far different from anything she imagined.
* Next of Kin - Kara Blake - (Montréal, Quebec)
Documenting the parallel lives of two sisters surviving a long, cold winter in Montreal.
* The Revenge Plot - Jared Raab - (Toronto, Ontario)
After Matt and...
Here's the list of the five films:
* Esther and Leib - Sean Wainsteim - (Toronto, Ontario).
A raw portrait of Esther and Leib, a couple who met when escaping Europe, as they reflect on the passing years and each other.
* My First Movie - Gabriel Taraboulsy - (Montréal, Quebec)
Tasked with making a video portrait of her family, a young filmmaker plants a hidden camera, capturing a vision of her family that is far different from anything she imagined.
* Next of Kin - Kara Blake - (Montréal, Quebec)
Documenting the parallel lives of two sisters surviving a long, cold winter in Montreal.
* The Revenge Plot - Jared Raab - (Toronto, Ontario)
After Matt and...
- 6/3/2011
- by anhkhoido@gmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Early this year Toronto based director Sean Wainsteim turned a lot of heads with Lost For Words, his gorgeous short film throw back to the sort of dark fantasy adventures that drove children's films in the mid 1980s. It was classic Henson with a healthy dose of Amblin thrown in and a welcome reminder of a lost style of film making. Well, Wainsteim is back with something completely different.
You see, he pays his bills working as a music video and commercial director and for his latest effort Wainsteim traveled to India to shoot a music video for You Say Party track Lonely's Lunch and the result is a science fiction chase piece that builds in some fantastic design work while also keeping things tightly grounded in reality. Very nice. Check it below.
You see, he pays his bills working as a music video and commercial director and for his latest effort Wainsteim traveled to India to shoot a music video for You Say Party track Lonely's Lunch and the result is a science fiction chase piece that builds in some fantastic design work while also keeping things tightly grounded in reality. Very nice. Check it below.
- 10/29/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Early this year Toronto based director Sean Wainsteim turned a lot of heads with Lost For Words, his gorgeous short film throw back to the sort of dark fantasy adventures that drove children's films in the mid 1980s. It was classic Henson with a healthy dose of Amblin thrown in and a welcome reminder of a lost style of film making. Well, Wainsteim is back with something completely different.
You see, he pays his bills working as a music video and commercial director and for his latest effort Wainsteim traveled to India to shoot a music video for You Say Party track Lonely's Lunch and the result is a science fiction chase piece that builds in some fantastic design work while also keeping things tightly grounded in reality. Very nice. Check it below.
You see, he pays his bills working as a music video and commercial director and for his latest effort Wainsteim traveled to India to shoot a music video for You Say Party track Lonely's Lunch and the result is a science fiction chase piece that builds in some fantastic design work while also keeping things tightly grounded in reality. Very nice. Check it below.
- 10/29/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Short films rarely get the proper respect they deserve, despite the fact there are several really great ones out there.
In fact, many of the filmmakers working today started out in the short film department. Movies like District 9 and Shane Acker’s animated 9 began their life as short subjects, with Kerry Conran’s Sky Captain short pic landing him the gig to direct the feature.
Point being is the world of short films houses a great many wonders, if one knows where to look. So, it’s without further ado that I introduce you to the trailer for Sean Wainsteim’s Lost for Words, a Canadian kid’s fantasy that seems to be edging toward horror. There’s some creepy and trippy imagery here, including a pair of critters that might have leapt right of H.R. Puffn’stuff or one of Jim Henson’s 80’s films like Labyrinth or Dark Crystal.
In fact, many of the filmmakers working today started out in the short film department. Movies like District 9 and Shane Acker’s animated 9 began their life as short subjects, with Kerry Conran’s Sky Captain short pic landing him the gig to direct the feature.
Point being is the world of short films houses a great many wonders, if one knows where to look. So, it’s without further ado that I introduce you to the trailer for Sean Wainsteim’s Lost for Words, a Canadian kid’s fantasy that seems to be edging toward horror. There’s some creepy and trippy imagery here, including a pair of critters that might have leapt right of H.R. Puffn’stuff or one of Jim Henson’s 80’s films like Labyrinth or Dark Crystal.
- 2/15/2010
- by Nathan Bartlebaugh
- Atomic Popcorn
Anybody who knows me knows very well that I have a pronounced weakness for kid-oriented science fiction and fantasy films, particularly those done in the 80s style where there was a real sense of peril throughout. It's pretty much a dead genre these days other than the Potters and Percy Jacksons of the world but Sean Wainsteim would like to change that.
The Toronto based director has just completed his fantasy short film Lost For Words and the freshly released teaser is simply astounding. Amazing mood, strong cinematography and creature designs that neatly teeter on the line between kid-friendly fantasy and genuine horror. Yes, please!
The Toronto based director has just completed his fantasy short film Lost For Words and the freshly released teaser is simply astounding. Amazing mood, strong cinematography and creature designs that neatly teeter on the line between kid-friendly fantasy and genuine horror. Yes, please!
- 2/10/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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