As the Marché du Film approaches, the Fantastic Pavilion returns to Cannes for its third and most ambitious edition yet, unfurling a freshly sharpened slate of horror, fantasy and genre titles from across the globe.
With six films featured in this year’s Fantastic Galas, the Pavilion not only reasserts itself as a vital hub for international genre cinema – one of the hottest commodities at any major market in recent years – but also promotes a diverse range of talent and hosts regional spotlights and cross-border collaborations that continue to redefine how horror travels.
Among the most talked-about entries is “Turkish Coffee Table” (“Cam Sepha”), a Turkish psychological thriller directed by Can Evrenol. The film is a remake of Caye Casas’ controversial breakout Spanish original “La Mesita del Comedor” (“The Coffee Table”) and it serves as a full-circle moment for the Pavilion; the project’s remake rights were acquired during last year’s IP Remake Showcase.
With six films featured in this year’s Fantastic Galas, the Pavilion not only reasserts itself as a vital hub for international genre cinema – one of the hottest commodities at any major market in recent years – but also promotes a diverse range of talent and hosts regional spotlights and cross-border collaborations that continue to redefine how horror travels.
Among the most talked-about entries is “Turkish Coffee Table” (“Cam Sepha”), a Turkish psychological thriller directed by Can Evrenol. The film is a remake of Caye Casas’ controversial breakout Spanish original “La Mesita del Comedor” (“The Coffee Table”) and it serves as a full-circle moment for the Pavilion; the project’s remake rights were acquired during last year’s IP Remake Showcase.
- 5/2/2025
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Un thriller de terror sobrenatural protagonizado por Mariela Garriga y Blas Polidori. © Selecta Visión
Selecta Visión ha anunciado la fecha de estreno del thriller de terror sobrenatural Maleficio (La Regla de Osha), dirigido por Ángel González (Compulsión) y coescrito junto a Sara Vicente Laguna (Tierra de lobos).
En Maleficio (La Regla de Osha), para ser ascendido en su banda, para ascender en su banda, un joven pandillero es iniciado en un ritual ocultista de Santería por el jefe de su clan. Desde entonces, tanto él como su hermana pequeña son acosados por una entidad sobrenatural. Cuando una trabajadora social se da cuenta de esta situación, lo arriesgará todo para ayudar a los hermanos a escapar del fatal destino al que parecen condenados.
La película está protagonizada por Mariela Garriga (Misión Imposible: Sentencia mortal), Blas Polidori (La sociedad de la nieve), Edgar Vittorino (Cien años de soledad), Noakis Salazar (La familia...
Selecta Visión ha anunciado la fecha de estreno del thriller de terror sobrenatural Maleficio (La Regla de Osha), dirigido por Ángel González (Compulsión) y coescrito junto a Sara Vicente Laguna (Tierra de lobos).
En Maleficio (La Regla de Osha), para ser ascendido en su banda, para ascender en su banda, un joven pandillero es iniciado en un ritual ocultista de Santería por el jefe de su clan. Desde entonces, tanto él como su hermana pequeña son acosados por una entidad sobrenatural. Cuando una trabajadora social se da cuenta de esta situación, lo arriesgará todo para ayudar a los hermanos a escapar del fatal destino al que parecen condenados.
La película está protagonizada por Mariela Garriga (Misión Imposible: Sentencia mortal), Blas Polidori (La sociedad de la nieve), Edgar Vittorino (Cien años de soledad), Noakis Salazar (La familia...
- 3/4/2025
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
Berlin-based sales agency Picture Tree Intl. has acquired the supernatural crime thriller “The Osha Rule,” and will start seeking distribution partner at the Cannes Film Market. The film will start principal photography in August 2024.
“The Osha Rule” blends crime with supernatural horror and revolves around a young Latino gang member forced into a Santería ritual after recovering stolen goods from a rival gang.
Soon after, he and his little sister begin to feel the harassment of a supernatural entity. A traumatized social worker risks everything to help the siblings escape their seemingly doomed fate.
The film will star Mariela Garriga in a leading role under the direction of Ángel González, whose debut “Compulsion” premiered at the Sitges Fantastic Film Festival and was licensed globally to Amazon.
Garriga is best known for her work in “Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.” She also stars in the film’s second instalment, currently in post-production.
“The Osha Rule” blends crime with supernatural horror and revolves around a young Latino gang member forced into a Santería ritual after recovering stolen goods from a rival gang.
Soon after, he and his little sister begin to feel the harassment of a supernatural entity. A traumatized social worker risks everything to help the siblings escape their seemingly doomed fate.
The film will star Mariela Garriga in a leading role under the direction of Ángel González, whose debut “Compulsion” premiered at the Sitges Fantastic Film Festival and was licensed globally to Amazon.
Garriga is best known for her work in “Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.” She also stars in the film’s second instalment, currently in post-production.
- 4/30/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
by Cláudio Alves
Appearing on 77 ballots, Spike Jonze's Her was the most voted film.
Two years ago, Sight & Sound released the results of their polls, voted by critics and filmmakers, on the best pictures ever made. Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles topped the former, causing various reactions that ranged from ecstatic to outraged. In total, the 2100 participants voted for 4366 unique titles. And yet, much great cinema was left without a single vote. In response, Ángel González devised another project for They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?, focusing on all those films the Sight & Sound voters ignored. A new list was devised based on the ballots of 839 critics and cinephiles. This time around, 4336 films received at least one vote - think of it as an alternative canon.
Nathaniel and I were among the lucky voters, with a few of our picks making the A-List of 1030 titles.
Appearing on 77 ballots, Spike Jonze's Her was the most voted film.
Two years ago, Sight & Sound released the results of their polls, voted by critics and filmmakers, on the best pictures ever made. Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles topped the former, causing various reactions that ranged from ecstatic to outraged. In total, the 2100 participants voted for 4366 unique titles. And yet, much great cinema was left without a single vote. In response, Ángel González devised another project for They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?, focusing on all those films the Sight & Sound voters ignored. A new list was devised based on the ballots of 839 critics and cinephiles. This time around, 4336 films received at least one vote - think of it as an alternative canon.
Nathaniel and I were among the lucky voters, with a few of our picks making the A-List of 1030 titles.
- 4/12/2024
- by Cláudio Alves
- FilmExperience
While it was fascinating to see the results of the 2022 Sight & Sound poll, we’re just as curious to see what lies outside the established canon. As part of a comprehensive project at the essential resource They Shoot Pictures, Don’t They?, Ángel González polled nearly 839 critics on the best films that didn’t receive a single vote on the Sight & Sound poll, which they’ve now compiled into a massive Beyond the Sight & Sound Canon, which initially features 1,030 films but expands to a whopping 14,558 total films.
As a preview, we’ve collected the films that received at least 20 votes in this new poll, which is 263. It’s led by Spike Jonze’s Her, and they’ve also noted the directors that were most represented. Fritz Lang leads the pack with eight films mentioned, while François Truffaut has seven, and Anthony Mann, Clint Eastwood, Eric Rohmer, John Ford, Samuel Fuller,...
As a preview, we’ve collected the films that received at least 20 votes in this new poll, which is 263. It’s led by Spike Jonze’s Her, and they’ve also noted the directors that were most represented. Fritz Lang leads the pack with eight films mentioned, while François Truffaut has seven, and Anthony Mann, Clint Eastwood, Eric Rohmer, John Ford, Samuel Fuller,...
- 4/8/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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