“In particular I’d like to highlight Anomalisa, Tikkun and Son Of Saul. “I love the diversity and breadth of programming that the team delivered this year,” said Tim League, Fantastic Fest and Alamo Drafthouse founder.

Taking place in Austin, Texas, from September 24-October 1, the festival will include Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s Anomalisa and Hou Hsiao-hsien’s The Assassin. As it plays out, Zoom gradually unveils the connections between these at first disparate storylines.įantastic Fest announced its final wave of features and events for the annual celebration of all things genre.

Zoom – the first English-language feature (and second overall) from director Pedro Morelli ( Entre Nós) – follows a trio of main characters played by Alison Pill ( Milk), Gael García Bernal ( The Motorcycle Diaries) and Brazilian star Mariana Ximenes, all of whom play individuals faced with an intensely personal and professional crossroads.

While Zoom isn’t quite as ambitious as that sprawling 2012 film, it deals with some similarly intriguing concepts, albeit in a less impactful way. The Wachowskis’ underrated Cloud Atlas dealt heavily with the complex relationship between art and life as well as the influence that the former can have on subsequent generations, ultimately inspiring a movement that can change the shape of the future. History has certainly shown that storytelling is a circular concept, both simultaneously affecting society and (of course) inspired by the world around it.

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