John Hopewell

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‘Mother of Flies’ Becomes First U.S. Feature to Win the Top Prize at Fantasia Film Festival

“Mother of Flies,” a small independent film from Fantasia regulars the Adams family, has won the jury-selected Cheval Noir award for best film at the 29th Fantasia Film Festival. Acquired by...

‘Fur,’ The Story of History’s First Bigfoot Abductee and Reluctant Romancer to Star Frank Mosley (EXCLUSIVE)  

Actor-filmmaker Frank Mosley, star of Sundance Jury Prize winners “Upstream Color” and “The Procedure,” is set to play the lead in “Fur,” taking on the part of Albert Ostman, history’s first...

Canadian Genre Filmmaking Sharpens its Edge, Cutting Deep Across Programming Strands at Fantasia’s 29th Edition

While the oeuvre of Toronto director David Cronenberg, the maestro of body horror, has inspired generations of Canadian filmmakers (including his progeny) and continues to do, Montreal’s Fantasia Festival and its...

Fantasia’s Frontières Market Titles Plumbs Real-World Horror, from War Zone Trauma to AI, Hellish Maternity and the Restaurant Business, Plus Bigfoot Romance

Anouk Whissell’s “Holi Womb,” Talal Selhami’s “The Shelter” and Hannes Baumgartner’s “Insect World” bid fair to prove standouts at Fantasia’s 2025 Frontières Co-Production Market, one of the world’s biggest, widest-ranging and...

John Hopewell

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