Fantasia International Film Festival [SEP] inception
Fantasia International Film Festival
Fantasia International Film Festival (also known as Fantasia-fest, FanTasia, Fant-Asia) is a genre film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996. Regularly held in July of each year, it is valued by both hardcore genre film fans, and distributors, who take advantage of the eclectic line up to select foreign and domestic films for release across North America. By virtue of the reputation developed over the last 15 years, this festival has been described as
. Takako Fuji joined the production after director England saw her performance on the set of the 2004 movie "The Grudge".
Shooting took place over 10 days in August 2005, filming around Shimokitazawa, Shibuya, Shiba Park, Tamagawa River and at the Tokyo Film Centre School of Arts.
Distribution.
"The iDol" first premiered at the Fantasia Festival in Montreal on July 16, 2006.
Other festival screenings have included The Festival of Fantastic Films (Manchester, England - Sep 2006), Lyon Asian