Today is the first day of September and that means we are just about two weeks from Fantastic Fest! We recently got our hands on a press release for some exclusive programming happening in Austin and it sounds awesome. Sure the Fest is home to the likes of Robert Rodriguez (Machete) and Ernesto Díaz Espinoza (Mirage Man) but the festival is further championing genre filmmakers from counties near and far. As such FFX patrons will get to view selected Work-In-Progress and Film preview projects for the second edition of Fantastic Market | Marcado Fantastico.
The market runs from September 18 through September 20, 2014 in Austin, Texas.
“These work-in-progress selections represent a broad range of styles and subject matter,” says market director Rodney Perkins. “Although the films are very different, they share one thing in common: they are all the result of an intense original vision that is completely in sync with the mission of Fantastic Market.“
In addition to the work-in-progress screenings, Fantastic Market will also screen a special selection of previews, clips, and teasers of Latin American genre films in development and post-production. Finally, the market has added an additional pitch project from Argentina entitled REMORA.
The following films listed below are the in-progress selections. Scan a little further down the post to see the film teasers and trailers being shown.
SCHERZO DIABOLICO
Mexico/USA
Director: Adrian Garcia Bogliano (LATE PHASES, HERE COMES THE DEVIL, COLD SWEAT)
Producers: Andrea Quiroz, Carlos Melendez. Joshua Sobel
A bored and frustrated accountant decides to kidnap a teenage girl that will become his worst nightmare.
TRES ESCAPULARIOS (THREE SCAPULARS)
Colombia
Director: Felipe Aljure (EL COLOMBIAN DREAM)
Producers: Maria Clara Aristizabal, Enrique El Susi Arango
TRES ESCAPULARIOS is about a country at war that takes the battle field to a beautiful and quiet Caribbean beach to perform a killing.
FRONDOSO EDÉN DEL CORAZÓN (SPLENDOROUS GARDEN OF THE HEART)
Uruguay
Director: Juan Manuel “Juma “Fodde (First Feature)
Producer: Ignacio Garcia Cucucovich
FRONDOSO EDÉN DEL CORAZÓN is a trippy mix of live action, rotoscope animation and CGI that tells the story of Diego, a man whose idyllic life is shattered when he takes home a hideous, hungry creature that produces the key ingredient of a powerful hallucinogenic drug that he’s addicted to.
The film teasers and previews are as follows:
AVE DE CAZA (GAME BIRD)
Chile
Directors: Nayra Ilic and Gabriel Caceres
Producers: Gregorio Gonzalez (THE MAID, PEREZ), Josefina Undurraga (PEREZ) and Florencia Larrea (AURORA, CRYSTAL FAIRY & THE MAGICAL CIRCUS)
Andres’ lonely routine suffers a turn when Frank appears in his life and makes his basest instincts come out at the shade of the foliage of the Santiago hills.
LOS PARECIDOS (THE SIMILARS)
Mexico
Director: Isaac Ezban
Producers: Miriam Mercado (THE INCIDENT) and Elsa Reyes (THE EMPTY HOURS)
On the rainy night of October 2, 1968, eight characters waiting on a remote station for a bus heading to Mexico City start experiencing a strange phenomenon.
REVERSAL
Mexico
Director: José Manuel Cravioto
Producers: Daniel Posada, Rodolfo Marquez and Alex Garcia
A young girl, chained in the basement of a predator, escapes and turns the tables on her captor.
EL PLATA
Argentina
Director: Tamae Garateguy
Producer: Jimena Monteoliva
A senator’s daughter is brutally killed. When her corpse vanishes mysteriously, her brother starts an investigation that unveils the existence of vampires who are trying to take over the government.
FIST OF JESUS – SPECIAL PRESENTATION
Spain
Directors: David Muñoz and Adrián Cardona
The New Testament meets Mad Max. After wiping out an entire village whilst trying to raise Lazarus, Jesus decides to go to the Oracle of Delphos for advice. The witches reveal to him that he must go on a perilous journey. He recruits twelve ruthless mercenaries, and sets off, ready to burn his name into the pages of history.
NECROFOBIA 3D
Argentina
Director Daniel de la Vega
Producers: Daniel de la Vega and Néstor Sánchez Sotelo
A mentally fragile man must conquer his fear of death in order to stave off a killer’s advances.
The newly added pitch project is as follows:
REMORA
Argentina
Director: TBD
Producers: Fernando Sirianni (THE FISH CHILD, XXY) and Juan Pablo Pires (8 SHOTS, VINYL DAYS)
The market runs from September 18-20, 2014 in Austin, Texas. Fantastic Fest runs from September 18-25, 2014. If you’re headed to Austin, hit us up on Twitter (@GoSeeTalk) or follow us for live coverage.
