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Fantasia Festival (Fantasia-fest, FanTasia, Fant-Asia) is North America's premiere (and largest) genre film festival.[citation needed] It usually takes place in the month of July, in the city of Montreal. It is a place where distributors come to pick up genre films from around the world for North American release, and where fans come from all over North America to see films that normally would not even be screened on the Art House or repertory circuit for fear of low turnout.[citation needed] North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ...
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Overview
Created by Pierre Corbeil, André Dubois and Martin Sauvageau, Fantasia started in 1996 screening Asian films from Hong Kong and Japan, with Japanese anime as well. In 1997, the festival expanded its focus to bring in genre films from around the world, not just East Asia. Since then, Fantasia has featured many North American premieres and some world premieres.[citation needed] There have also been films screened in pre-final-cut condition, just to be there, find distributors, or build buzz. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...
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Fantasia was the first member of the European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation outside of Europe.[citation needed] The European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation, established in 2005, is a film organisation based Brussels, Belgium, dedicated to promoting and supporting European cinema, particularly films in the fantasy, horror and science fiction genres. ...
Venues The festival started in the old Imperial Theatre, a grand old theatre with full balcony and backstage areas. The festival for a time also used the cinemas at Ex-Centris. When in 2002, the theatre was unexpectedly late on renovation and repairs, the festival had to be cancelled, and the next year moved to Concordia University's screening rooms (Henry F. Hall Alumni Auditorium, deSeve Cinema, D.B. Clarke Theatre). For Fantasia Under the Stars at the 10th anniversary festival, free showings were organized outdoors at Parc de la Paix (Peace Park), near the old venues of Ex-Centris and Imperial. Ex-Centris is a film production, screening center and movie theater in Montréal, Canada. ...
Also see: 2002 (number). ...
Concordia University is a large urban university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, one of Montreals two universities that teach primarily in the English language (the other being McGill University). ...
A spinoff festival in Toronto was tried, using the Bloor street theatre, but in the end, the endeavour failed due to time constraints and planning issues. The Bloor Cinema is an independent theatre in The Annex district of downtown Toronto, Canada, located at 506 Bloor Street West, near the Bathurst Street subway station. ...
Festivals
Inaugural Festival - Fant-Asia 1996
Fant-Asia 1997
Fant-Asia 1998 Fantasia's Toronto edition premiered at the Bloor Cinema The Bloor Cinema is an independent theatre in The Annex district of downtown Toronto, Canada, located at 506 Bloor Street West, near the Bathurst Street subway station. ...
Fantasia International Film Festival 1999 The 1999 edition of Fantasia was the only one which utilized the ex-Centris facilities. The two venues, Imperial and Ex-Centris are something like 5000ft apart. This year also featured the second Toronto edition. Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ...
Ex-Centris is a film production, screening center and movie theater in Montréal, Canada. ...
FanTasia 2000 The 2000 edition of Fantasia featured the debut of the Just For Laughs film festival, Comedia, as a selection of comedy films were shown with the regular Fantasia fare. This was also the final year that a Toronto edition of the festival was presented. 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Just for Laughs (in French Juste Pour Rire) is a comedy festival held each July in Montreal, Quebec. ...
Comedia is a comedy film festival and part of the larger Just for Laughs comedy festival. ...
FanTasia 2001 The 2001 edition was the last held in the Imperial Cinema. It was also the last time the festival was jointly held with Comedia. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...
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Missed Year - FanTasia 2002
Fantasia 2002 was cancelled due to problems with the Imperial Cinema. The air conditioning system was broken, and it could not be fixed in time for Fantasia. Indeed, the theatre was not repaired until 2004. Due to the lack of assurance that the theater would be available, and the fact that it broke four months before the festival, meant that alternate bookings were not available. The lack of assurance for the 2003 festival meant a change in venue. Also see: 2002 (number). ...
Move to Concordia University - FanTasia 2003
Fantasia 2003 was held for the first time on the Concordia University campus, using the DeSeve Cinema and Henry F. Hall Alumni Auditorium. The venue change was instigated by the lack of consideration that the Imperial Theatre gave in informing the festival organizers on the status of Imperial. This was also the first year that a DVD filled with movie trailers of movies shown at the festival was available for purchase with the festival guide book. Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Concordia University is a large urban university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, one of Montreals two universities that teach primarily in the English language (the other being McGill University). ...
Fantasia 2004 The 2004 Fantasia was held at Concordia University using the Hall Auditorium and deSeve Cinema. Unlike the 2003 event, no DVD filled with trailers was available. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Concordia University is a large urban university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, one of Montreals two universities that teach primarily in the English language (the other being McGill University). ...
Fantasia 2005 Fantasia is now 10 years old. However, this is the 9th edition of the festival, due to a missed year in 2002. The festival is again held at Concordia University. This year, a trailer-filled DVD is provided as part of the festival guide book and not a separate purchase.
10th Edition/10th Anniversary - FanTasia 2006
Fantsasia's 10th anniversary and 10th edition, the 2006 edition, is the first to feature free outdoor shows. The outdoors shows are at Parc de la Paix and are free. Outdoor projections included films from the previous editions: Kamikaze Girls, the last four episodes of Goldorak, Night of the Living Dorks and Attack the Gas Station. The indoor shows use the same Concordia University facilities as since the move to Concordia. The outdoor shows are several kilometres away from the indoor shows. Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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With the 10th anniversary, Fantasia is helping to launch an associated but separate Toronto festival Toronto After Dark Film Festival. Launching October 20-24, 2006 at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto, Canada, Toronto After Dark Film Festival is a planned annual showcase of international sci-fi, horror and fantasy cinema. ...
FanTasia 2007
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Fantasia 2008
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Others - Among the crew are a few unique personnalities, but some amongst them truly stand out, whether they like it or not. This is the case of a scene technician called Daniel[citation needed], who is usually seen taking microphones from the side to the front of the theatre for guests and presentations. Some Fantasia fans have taken upon themselves to laud his name nearly everytime he comes into focus, yelling how much they love him and singing his name even louder. He has become somewhat of an underground mascot for the festival, going so far as making cameo appearances in some short movies made for the festival, some commercials and he even got himself immortalized by appearing on the hand-drawn poster in one of the earlier years of the festival[citation needed].
Video Publications of Fantasia - Small Gauge Trauma (ASIN B000FOQ01Y)
- Small Gauge Trauma is the name of the film shorts component of Fantasia. A DVD anthology of various shorts shown over various editions of Fantaisa has been published.
- Red to Kill (ASIN B00007ELI4)
- Fantasia has published a subtitled VHS version of the Hong Kong film Red to Kill, for release in Quebec.
- Run and Kill (ASIN B00007ELI5)
- Fantasia has published a subtitled VHS version of the Hong Kong film Run and Kill, for release in Quebec.
- Jackie Chan's Greatest Stunts
- Fantasia has published a subtitled VHS version of the Hong Kong action scenes compilation Jackie Chan's Greatest Stunts Volumes 1 & 2, for release in Quebec.
- Jackie Chan: My Stunts (ASIN B000067JH0)
- Fantasia has published a subtitled VHS version of Jackie Chan's stunt action compilation My Stunts, for release in Quebec.
- Jackie Chan: My Story (ASIN B000067JH1)
- Fantasia has published a subtitled VHS version of Jackie Chan's autobiography My Story, for release in Quebec.
- For the 2007, 2006, 2005, and 2003 festivals, a DVD filled with trailers of some of the films being played has been provided for purchase.
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