Aug 24, 2017 a south african film, high fantasy, has made the cut for the prestigious us hosted toronto international film festival where it will be screened for an international audience. Well, seeing jenna bass second feature film high fantasy. Fantasy films are films that belong to the fantasy genre with fantastic themes, usually magic, supernatural events, mythology, folklore, or exotic fantasy worlds. The found footage film uses its youthful and diverse group of characters to examine race, gender, and politics, in a way that feels organic. Short film, high fantasy, uses body swapping to explore. High fantasy, from director jenna cato bass and cowritten by just about all the actors that appear throughout, is that movie in 2017, at least thus far. Filmografia high fantasy 2017, love the one you love 2014, the tunnel curt, 2010, africa first. High fantasy is playing on saturday, september 16th at 9. The national film and video foundation nfvf, an agency of the department of arts and culture congratulates. Tokyo international forum, hall c tuesday, october 31, 2017. From small to big screens, everybody loves a story about a redeemed criminal.
Gary oldman and joe wright were on hand in support of their wwii film, darkest hour. High fantasy captures a humane, intellectual story that holds even more creative merit than most recent films. Part of a new wave of south african filmmakers, director jenna bass chose to shoot her film about four friends on a camping trip in 4k on the iphone 7, controlled by the filmicpro, with the dji osmo mobile smoothing out the movement. Deniz gamze erguven kings and platforms class of 2017 including armando iannucci, lisa langseth, and mike white also stopped by the portrait studio, and the collective genius was more than a little intimidating to behold. High fantasy challenges image of colourblind south africa open this photo in gallery. High fantasy will premiere at the 2017 toronto international film festival on september 8. Erotic movie erotic 2017 the story of o untold pleasures erotic movie. Our film critic shares 20 hot picks for tiff 2019 the star. Today, tiff announced a new generation of film experts and curators who have been appointed as lead programmers for the 44th toronto international film festival. In jessica forever, a french tiff premiere from directors caroline poggi and jonathan vinel, a band of lost boys vie for audience. Aug 30, 2017 the toronto international film festival kicks off this week, and with it, the rest of a very busy fall festival season. High fantasy is a 2017 south african comedy film directed by jenna bass. Aug 30, 2019 its impossible for even the most dedicated film buff to see all of the 333 features, shorts and series headed for the 2019 toronto international film festival, which runs sept.
High fantasy tiff the saying dont judge a person till youve walked a mile in their shoes has never been more true than in the context of racism or race relations. High fantasy is a foundfootage bodyswap satire from south africa. South african film high fantasy directed by jenna bass premiered at the toronto. The best fantasy and scifi shows on netflix right now. Popular high fantasy books showing 150 of 21,564 the hobbit, or there and back again paperback by. Later, when theyve switched back, theyre interviewed documentary style. It held up well against all of the other 27 films i saw at the festival this year.
The national film and video foundation nfvf congratulates. Jenna bass foundfootage picture high fantasy uses supernatural bodyswapping to explore race relations in south africa. High life is the kind of movie where you may spend some time puzzling over the images, trying to unlock their meaning before its revealed, but eventually giving up and giving yourself over. The secondary world is usually internally consistent but its rules differ in some ways from those of the primary world. The shooting style in high fantasy has lead it to be described as a selfie film and she says in a press release sent to media that her inspiration came from the directoractor collaboration of. Lovecrafts scariest stories and central to that is its focus on a fear of not just the unknowable but the intangible, the things happening all around us all the time that we cant even begin to perceive or comprehend. He took a detour on his way to the elgin to fit in a quick photoshoot at the the tiff x huawei portrait studio with his cast from the shape of water, though there were no sea creatures in sight gary oldman and joe wright were on hand in support of their wwii film, darkest hour.
The biggest ever lineup of discovery films at this years toronto international film festival tiff comprises 45 titles including world premieres for anders walters i kill giants pictured. It is a wonderfully accomplished piece of work, made with intelligence, craftsmanship, heart, and a funny bone to boot despite the occasionally challenging topics broached. The film was shot entirely on an iphone 7 and it is stunningly rendered. Tolkien shelved 92 times as highfantasy avg rating 4. In high fantasy, four south african friends on a camping trip wake up to discover theyve all. This is a brilliant device for exploring empathy and engendering honest and difficult conversations about things that. Despite the title and psychedelic posters, high fantasy, a new film from south african director jenna bass viewed at tiff 2017, is not at all about drugs. Tiff is a charitable cultural organization with a mission to transform the way people see the world, through film. Ballards 1975 novel high rise has been a stalled passion.
A south african film, high fantasy, has made the cut for the prestigious us hosted toronto international film festival where it will be screened for an international audience. Sep 26, 2017 despite the title and psychedelic posters, high fantasy, a new film from south african director jenna bass viewed at tiff 2017, is not at all about drugs. Filmmaker jenna bass has seemingly shot high fantasy entirely on cellphone cameras and the movies shoestring budget is never not completely apparent, with the decidedly lowrent atmosphere paving the way for an opening. The stage is set for comedy to turn to tragedy, for the fantasy of south africas rainbow nation to become a painful awakening. Local film high fantasy makes it to toronto international. Ufo official trailer 2018 gillian anderson, scifi alien movie hd duration. Its a great year for indigenous films at tiff the star. High fantasy, the number, silas and five fingers for marseilles for being officially selected to participate in this years toronto international film festival tiff, 7 17 september 2017. The 44 th toronto international film festival runs from september 515. See more ideas about fantasy films, wire flowers and resin flowers.
Lovecraft himself saw the story as a direct confrontation of contemporary sci. The stunning animation in the breadwinner would be enough to qualify the film for this list. It was screened in the discovery section at the 2017 toronto international film festival. With qondiswa james, nala khumalo, francesca varrie michel, liza scholtz. Discovery a list of 42 titles created 09 aug 2017 diff 2018 a list of 34 titles created 27 jun 2018 my movies 3 a list of 3272 titles created 12 feb 2018.
Letsdoeit glamorous girl has amazing erotic sex with her passionate lover. Four friends on a camping trip at an isolated farm wake up to discover theyve all swapped bodies, in the second feature from awardwinning south african dir. Shows like the wire and films like the departed ask viewers to root for misanthropic men whose criminal careers are either on the downswing or in the nottoodistant past. Its a similar situation with cardinals third film at tiff, the grizzlies, which was also directed by a nonindigenous filmmaker.
Masters, wavelengths and foreign film lineups announced. When they wake up next day, theyve magically switched bodies. There were fourteen programmes, with the vanguard and city to city programmes both being retired from previous years, with the total number of films down by 20% from the 2016 edition. Heres bass description of why this worked for this film. The film is a genrebending mix of blair witch and freaky friday, and, impressively, was shot entirely on an iphone, cementing bass as part of a new wave of. Four friends on a camping trip wake up to find they have all switched bodies in high fantasy, the latest film from south african director jenna bass. The movie opens with candid discussions on gender, race, and politics setting the tone for the rest of the film. Dan gilroys drama with denzel washington was the final film added to the tiff lineup an 11thhour move that suggests that sony is high on its chances to make a splash at awards seasons. Marrowbone was a standout tiff experience for me, too, and it didnt just score high on my horror roster. The genre is considered a form of speculative fiction alongside science fiction films and horror films, although the genres do overlap. High fantasy is art we shouldnt be able to look away from.
Here are my picks for the best movies i saw at tiff 2017. It instead stomps on them, kicks up dust, and flings them into the open. The star power at the toronto international film festival just keeps getting better as the years go on and so does the. Pages in category high fantasy films the following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total. Keep up with high fantasy on twitter, instagram and facebook. High fantasy challenges image of colourblind south africa. Our list of the very best fantasy, scifi, supernatural, and superhero tv shows on netflix includes legends of tomorrow, the magicians and more.
Its impossible for even the most dedicated film buff to see all of the 333 features, shorts and series headed for the 2019 toronto international film festival, which runs sept. Tiff announces 2019 festival programmes and programmers. Guillermo del toro is back in his second home toronto. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the synopsis submission guide. Join the 30th tiff and win a chance to take a journey. In preparation for the lauded festival, weve handpicked 20 films we can. Sep 18, 2017 here are my picks for the best movies i saw at tiff 2017. Despite the title and psychedelic posters, high fantasy, a new film from south african director jenna bass viewed at tiff 2017, is not at all.
We watched them and rated them, now read all about them. Sep 11, 2017 keep up with high fantasy on twitter, instagram and facebook. The only reasons i didnt give this film a lower rating was because it was pretty short for a feature and also one of. Were looking forward to the latest films from clio barnard, jenna bass, greta gerwig, lynn shelton and annemarie jacir. The film, shot entirely on iphone 7s, offers a different take on the conventional bodyswap movie. Sep 10, 2019 color out of space has long been one of h. Oct 18, 2018 four friends on a camping trip at an isolated farm wake up to discover theyve all swapped bodies, in the second feature from awardwinning south african director jenna bass.
An epic fantasy romance created by one of the most innovative contemporary filmmakers, guillermo del toro. Sep, 2017 high fantasy, from director jenna cato bass and cowritten by just about all the actors that appear throughout, is that movie in 2017, at least thus far. Short film, high fantasy, uses body swapping to explore race relations in south africa the saying dont judge a person till youve walked a mile in their shoes has never been more true than in. Nonetheless, there are always some films that linger in the mind and in the heart just a little bit more than others. The 42nd annual toronto international film festival was held from 7 to 17 september 2017. It looks like we dont have a synopsis for this title yet. Its all an exercise of telling versus showing as this talky film doesnt skirt around issues. While that subtext is certainly present in the film. What bingewatching bloody movies at tiff taught us about. The globes guide to tiff 2018 movies the globe and mail. Sep 12, 2017 four friends on a camping trip wake up to find they have all switched bodies in high fantasy, the latest film from south african director jenna bass. Abigail film alice in wonderland 2010 film alice through the looking glass 2016 film amazons 1986 film arthur 3.