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The Fantastic Pavilion, a new hub for the genre community set to make its debut at this yr's Cannes' Marché du Film, has revealed its seven Gala screenings.

Over May 16-21, manufacture professionals will get to "appreciate the diversity of genre offerings coming from all over the world," tease the organizers. They volition too be able to create new alliances and acquire titles from companies like Raven Imprint, MPI Media, Screenbound and Mantícora.

"The reason for the Pavilion is that we needed space to do better concern and assist newcomers integrate more than easily, and faster, into this constantly growing industry," says Fantastic Pavilion executive director Pablo Guisa Koestinger. "Genre needs to take the place information technology deserves and it's Fantastic Pavilion's mission to help to achieve this."

British sci-fi one-act "The Bystanders," directed past Gabriel Foster Prior and presented by Screenbound, will kickstart the event, followed by another accept on vampire mythology: Espana'southward "While the Masters Sleep."

"I accept always loved vampire films. This fight between skillful and evil, the vampire'southward magic, its house or its cave – all this stuff wouldn't permit me to divert my attention from the screen. I was dying to tell a story like this," director Santiago Alvarado Ilarri toldDiversity.

Distribution and sales agency Mantícora, a joint venture betwixt VCS Majuscule and Alebrije Cinematics, which has caused international rights, will host the upshot alongside the helmer and producer Joaquim Vivas.

Spain will be too represented by "Boogeyman: The Origin of the Myth" nearly a mythical nightmarish character, bringing back the feeling of believing there is someone watching us from a nighttime corner of our room, teases director Ángel Gómez Hernández: "That unsettling and inescapable sensation of any child who, after having misbehaved, is certain that a terrifying monster will come up to take them away." Driving ever more into Castilian filmmaking, Guido Rud's Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks Intl. is treatment international sales.

Raven Banner volition bring "Trigger" from Richard V. Somes, promising to "bring back the tradition of Filipino action films," while Monica Lozano's Alebrije Producciones volition inquire the audience to "Sign Here" in a sci-fi dramedy from Enrique Vázquez, introducing the kind of future where humans take figured out that dearest doesn't last forever, so one corporation finds you a perfect match every 4 years.

"I couldn't be happier that this moving picture is a function of the Fantastic Pavilion Galas. I'm thrilled to share this sci-fi dramedy that shines a low-cal on our obsessions with love and technology," noted Vázquez.

"It's definitely an exciting time for genre filmmakers in Latin America and the Fantastic Pavilion will exist a corking abode to share with such exciting new voices in our cinema."

Clare Cooney'due south "Departing Seniors" – described as "Scream" for the next generation – will mix horror with coming-of-age desolation, all within the nightmare setting that is loftier schoolhouse. Presented by MPI Media, information technology includes a various cast led by Ignacio Diaz-Silverio, soon to be seen in Freevee Original series "Primo."

"When I first read information technology, I was struck by how a script that's so undeniably fun tin too contain such complexity. Part thriller, part dark comedy, part slasher, part whodunnit – it's a fresh, unique mix of a lot of things, and that's what made me and so excited to work on it," enthuses Cooney.

"With a cast and crew as various as the characters on the page, our team is bursting with young talent eager to bring together the chorus of innovative voices that have been energizing genre cinema in recent years."

Finally, Ted Raimi will be given exactly one hr to cull between fiscal ruin or murder in "Failure," a new single-take crime-comedy thriller by Alex Kahuam, who is likewise hoping for other directors to join the movement he co-created with Adrian Bodegas: Herman@s réalisateurs 23, inspired past Dogme 95.

According to its rules, all projects must be international co-productions with at least two countries working together – or at to the lowest degree take a diverse cast and crew – equally well as feature long takes throughout the story.

"The master objective is to connect artists from around the earth, to learn from each other and piece of work together to create interesting films," he says.

"We are immensely proud of the reception and enthusiastic response we've had from the community," said Pablo Guisa Koestinger.

"We are on the cusp of something truly special and it'due south only the beginning."

The Fantastic Pavilion Galas:

"Boogeyman: The Origin of the Myth," ("El Hombre del Saco")

Spain

Director: Ángel Gómez Hernández

Producers: Alvaro Ariza Tirado, Ignacio García Cucucovich

Production Companies: AF Films, Bowfinger International Pictures, BTF Media

A new take on the established myth, starring Macarena Gómez and Javier Botet. "As a producer and fan of genre films, I dedicate myself to developing scary stories. The more than universal they are, the meliorate," says Cucucovich. "We realized that 'El Hombre del Saco' or 'El Viejo de la Bolsa' – as information technology is known in Rio de la Plata, where I come from – is spread all over the world. [Which meant] we already had all the ingredients!"

Produced by Ariza Tirado (The Business firm of Snails") and García Cucucovich ("Lobo Feroz") for a powerful combination of Frank Ariza'south AF Films, María Luisa Gutierrez and Santiago Segura'southward Bowfinger International Pictures ("Male parent There Is Only Ane"), and major Latin American film-Television receiver company BTF Media ("Maradona Blest Dream").

"The Bystanders"

U.K.

Director: Gabriel Foster Prior

Producer: Gabriel Foster Prior, Alex Fidelski (co-producer)

Product Companies: Waggon & Horses Productions

The movie, featuring Sean Walsh and Scott Haran, portrays bystanders as immortal beings who were once human being simply now remain invisible. They are assigned the chore of secretly guiding and improving the lives of their man subjects. However, their interference can lead to severe outcomes. Feature debut of Gabriel Foster Prior, who co-wrote the script with Jack Hughes.

"Departing Seniors"

U.S.

Director: Clare Cooney

Producers: Clare Cooney, Jose Nateras, Kelly Parker, Dashawna Wright

Product Companies: Divisionist Films, Queensbury Pictures

In this "darkly funny love letter to classic high school slashers," Javier and Bianca are outsiders and proud of it. "Growing upwards as a far-too-tall gangly kid with a spoken language disorder caused me to feel dissimilar for much of my life," admits the director, who wanted to chronicle to bullies as well. "It'due south a mark of our hero's forcefulness that he is empathetic towards those who harm him. I wanted to be just as compassionate in our storytelling."

Departing Seniors Courtesy of the Fantastic Pavilion

"Failure!"

Mexico, United states

Director: Alex Kahuam

Producers: Alex Kahuam, Marco De Molina, Kayli Fortun, Ted Raimi, Jose D. Rodriguez.

Production companies: Promotora NAE, SpaceBrain Entertainment

"Filming 'Failure!' was challenging because the tension in this thriller is built effectually 87 tight pages shot in 1 single take. No cuts, no tricks – one mistake at minute 86 and we would have to get-go all over once again," says star and producer Ted Raimi, cast as a man who finds himself between a rock and a difficult identify. Or, rather, between financial ruin and murder. "[Luckily] I had a talented production team and a nifty director backside me. They made it all possible."

Failure! Courtesy of the Fantastic Pavilion

"Sign Hither,"("Firma aqui")

Mexico

Director: Enrique Vázquez

Producer: Mónica Lozano; Eamon O'Farril, Maria Torres, Enrique Vázquez

Production Companies: Alebrije Cine y Video, Pasajero

Starring Regina Blandón and Leonardo Ortízgris, it sees a couple who endeavour to "defeat the tyranny of the algorithm" and fight for their feelings. "It's not only refreshing, only too exciting to present a motion picture that intertwines science fiction with a story of love and heartbreak. As funny as it's bittersweet, it will milkshake anybody'south mind and make them think most the present and the future of human relationships," promises producer Mónica Lozano, backside "Amores Perros" and "Instructions Not Included."

Sign Hither Courtesy of the Fantastic Pavilion

"Trigger" ("Topakk")

Philippines

Director: Richard Five. Somes

Producers: Ria Atayde, Wilfredo Manalang, Fernando Henna, Michaelangelo Masangkay, Sylvia Sanchez, Richard V. Somes

Production Companies: Fusee, Nathan Studios, Raven Banner Amusement

A security guard, previously discharged from the military due to PTSD, finds himself embroiled in a unlike kind of war when a immature woman seeks his protection against a corrupt police death squad. "It's my dream to show the earth what pure Pinoy action cinema is all about," says the managing director, who will be joined in Cannes by his producers and stars Arjo Atayde and Enchong Dee.

"While the Masters Slumber,"

Spain

Director: Santiago Alvarado Ilarri

Producers: José Manuel Jara Nava, Rafael González Vallinas, Alejandro Sugich, Joaquim Vivas

Production Companies: Magno Amusement, Media Solutions Partners

Married servants Samuel and Lourdes keep taking care of an ancient vampire. They are used to the routine, every bit well every bit the bloody mess, but the arrival of his relative upsets the entire household. "We take garlic, nosotros accept silver crosses, we have coffins. Master Víctor has vineyards, which is funny when you retrieve that famous Dracula'south quote: 'I never drinkable…wine'," says the managing director, delivering his own accept on upstairs-downstairs dynamics.

Source: https://variety.com/2023/film/festivals/fantastic-pavilion-ted-raimi-monica-lozano-1235607324/