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Super Deluxe’s The Passage Wins at Fantastic Fest

It is the fifth festival win for the modern-day silent comedy. The Passage has previously won the Grand Jury Prize at the Nashville Film Festival, Best Late-Night at SeriesFest, Best Director for Comedy at the New York Television Festival, and Best Comedy at Aspen Shortsfest, making it an Oscar-qualifying live action short film. The Passage follows Phil, a sweetly mysterious and childlike wanderer, as he adventures across a surreal multicultural landscape in order to escape the clutches of two bumbling pursuers – all without uttering a single word. Through a comedic lens, The Passage deals with resonant themes of immigration, the longing for human connection, and the tragedy of never being able to find peace. “Philip Burgers is one of a kind. He’s a true artist whose physical comedy not only reminds us of brilliant performers from another era, but also conveys genuine emotion. Making projects like this is what Super Deluxe was founded to do,” says Wolfgang Hammer, president

Fantastic Fest 2018 Announces Final Wave of Programming

Below is the press release announcing the final wave of programming for this year's FANTASTIC FEST!!! With everything from TENACIOUS D to Terry Gilliam's long-awaited THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE , 2018 promises to be one of the festivals strongest to date. Fantastic Fest promises an explosive grand finale with the Texas Premiere of Drew Goddard's outrageously entertaining mystery-thriller BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE. Seven strangers, each with a secret to bury, meet at Lake Tahoe's El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past. Over the course of one fateful night, everyone will have a last shot at redemption... before everything goes to hell. Jeff Bridges, Chris Hemsworth, Jon Hamm, Dakota Johnson and Cynthia Erivo lead an all-star cast in BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE. Karyn Kusama will be in attendance alongside screenwriter/producer Phil Hay to present their gritty noir thriller DESTROYER starring Nicole Kidman in an astonishing role as detective Erin Bell

Fantastic Fest 2018 Announces Second Wave of Programming

Blasting off the festival in its 14th year will be the U.S. Premiere of David Gordon Green's razor-sharp new contribution to the HALLOWEEN canon with legendary actor Jamie Lee Curtis-along with HALLOWEEN producers Malek Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block in attendance! Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.  Also showing at the festival is the U.S. Premiere of FF alumni Jeremy Saulnier's gripping new psychological thriller HOLD THE DARK starring Westworld's Jeffrey Wright. A brutal, beautiful excursion that pits nature versus man's heart of darkness, the film also boasts electric performances from Alexander SkarsgΓ₯rd and Riley Keoug h THE ANGEL Argentina, Spain, 2018 US Premiere, 120 min Director - Luis Ortega In 1971 Argentina, Carlitos is a baby-fac