Echo Chamber - Fantasia 23 - Day 4 (Transylvanie)
As well as feature films and documentary's, the 27th Fantasia International Film Festival (20th July - 9th August 2023) also has a great Shorts programme.
So today our @EchoChamberFP coverage looks at our first Short!
As well as that, we also have the director / co-writer stop by, and hit us with how this project got off the ground. What issues he came up against, his move from music videos to film, and a lot more!
'Transylvanie' is directed by Rodrigue Huart and he co-wrote with David Alexander Cassan & Axel Würsten. Ewa (Katell Varvat) is 11 years old. She lives in a small abandoned town. She is a child apart, isolated. And for good reason, she is convinced of being a vampire. Fascinated by 16-year-old Hugo (Lucien Le Ho), she dreams of making him a vampire too, and thus overcoming her loneliness. When she reveals herself to him, she is ridiculed by the neighborhood teenagers. Wounded in her flesh, she is ready to do anything to prove her identity...
Watch the conversation HERE!
Today we have:
Transylvanie - Poster
Transylvanie
Watch Review: Here.
Fantasia International Film Festival
Wednesday, 2nd August 2023 at 21:30pm, World Premiere
Part of Small Gauge Trauma 2023 screening.
Salle J.A. De Sève
Buy Tickets: Here.
Off-Courts, Trouville, FR, 3rd September 2023 - Info: Here.
Court Métrage, Rennes, FR, 28th September 2023 - Info: Here.
Festival Européen du court métrage de Brest, Brest, FR, 9th November 2023 - Info: Here.
Director: Rodrigue Huart
Cast: Katell Varvat, Lucien Le Ho, Emma Gautier, Marylou Sampeur, Théodore Laloe, Djack Hazan-Guéguin
Credit: Qui Vive !
Genre: Horror, Short
Running Time: 15 min
Cert: 15
Trailer: Here.
Website: Here.
Watch the conversation HERE!
Rodrigue Huart
Rodrigue Huart
Writer, Director, Editor, Actor, Cinematographer
After directing music videos for several years for artists like Fishbach, We Have Band, Gims, Juveniles, Siboy or Las Aves, Rodrigue self-financed and directed his first documentary « Is It Punk Music? » (2017), about two brothers escaping their British countryside to make punk music in London. Following that, Rodrigue directed other musical documentaries including « Are You Still Here? » (2018, Canal +), which tells the story of the French band Her's last tour, held after the untimely passing of co-founder Simon Carpentier.
When it comes to fiction, Rodrigue likes it when it gets dark and tense. One can see this in « Transylvanie » (2023), his first short film, about a 10-year-old girl, living in a quiet little town, who’s convinced of being a vampire and behaves in the creepiest, sickest way to prove it to the world. Since then, Rodrigue produced and directed two short films combining digital horror and found footage, soon to be released. And he’s currently writing several feature films, from a revenge movie set in the punk rock scene of a small French town, to a pure horror film telling the story of two teenage girls taking orders from the boogeyman of a creepy pasta, an internet lore.
Follow Rodrigue via:
IMDb: Here.
Linkedin: Here.
Website: Here.
Facebook: Here.
Instagram: @rodhuart
Vimeo: Here.
27th Fantasia International Film Festival
Echo Chamber Intro: Here.
Since its beginnings, the Fantasia International Film Festival has explored the diverse realms of genre cinema, creating bridges between the cutting edge and the mainstream, and providing a festive but professional environment where emerging artists are given exposure alongside their more established counterparts, both locally and internationally. We showcase the best in Canadian and world cinema, discovering and nurturing exciting new talents and offering a platform through which artists and audiences can connect.
Information
Festival Information: Here.
Film Programme: Here.
Short Film Programme: Here.
Tickets & Venue Info: Here.
Panel + Special Events: Here.
Website: Here.
Twitter: @FantasiaFest
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*(Music)
'Fantastic Voyage' by Coolio - 1994