2 Sold-out shows @ Fantasia for The Killer, Interviews and Reviews!

On July 18th ans 21st, The Killer (Le Tueur) could be seen by the Fantasia Audience. Screening twice in the J.A. DeSève Theatre, the film enjoyed sold-out rooms both times.


Grégoire Colin, the actor playing Dimitri Kopas (aka the killer) was present at both screenings to introduce the films and answer questions from the crowd afterwards. We would particularly like to thank Simon Laperrière, programmer at the Fantasia Festival, who added Le Tueur to the Fantasia line-up.

Photographies (c) Pierre Roussel 2008

The screenings of Le Tueur were preceded with the screening of the excellent Hungarian short With a Little Patience, a breathtaking 14-minutes long sustained shot. That film actually just won the Best Live-action Short Prize, ex-aequo with I Love Sarah Jane, from Fantasia’s International Short Films Official Jury.
To see the news on the Fantasia website

In-between screenings of Le Tueur, Gregoire Colin gave a good amount of interviews. Here are links to a few that have already been published, other are saved for the theatrical release this fall…
Liz Ferguson’s interview for The Gazette’s Ciné Files blog
Aleksi K. Lepage’s interview for La Presse
Frédérick Maheux’s interview for Canoe.com
Kevin Laforest’s interview for his Voir blog

Reviews were also made for the film…
Liz Ferguson’s review for The Gazette’s Ciné Files blog
Al Kratina’s review for The Gazette’s Ciné Files blog
Aleksi K. Lepage’s review for La Presse
Jeremy Knox’s review for Film Threat
Yves Tremblay’s review for Le Lien Multimédia
Pierre-Alexandre Buisson’s review for Nightlife Magazine

Posted in In the Press, Special Screenings

ADRIFT IN TOKYO wins 2 Jury Awards at Fantasia!

ADRIFT IN TOKYO (Tenten) won 2 awards from the Feature Film Jury at the Fantasia International Film Festival! The awards are Best Script for the scenario by Satoshi Miki and a Special Mention for the duo of actors composedof Jô Odagiri and Tomokazu Miura.

The Jury was presided by Pierre-François Legendre (Actor) and composed of John Anderson (Film Critic, Variety), Martin Bilodeau (Editor-in-Chief, Mediafilm.ca), Frédéric Ouellette (Scriptwriter), Podz (Director) and Jérôme Rougier (Acquisitions Executive, Wild Bunch Distribution).

The Jury’s other Awards were the following:
Best Film: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN - Tomas Alfredson (Sweden)
Best director: Tomas Alfredson - LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (Sweden) Best Photography : Hoyte Van Hoytema - LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (Sweden)
Best Actor: Ben Siegler - RULE OF THREE (United-States)
Best Actress: Jin-Hie Park - SHADOWS IN THE PALACE (South Korea)

Needless to mention that we are thrilled that a film Evokative just acquired for Canadian distribution won these 2 awards from such a prestigious jury!

ADRIFT IN TOKYO played at the Fantasia Festival on July 10th in the Hall Theatre and on July 11th in the DeSève Theatre, both times to a sold-out audience.

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Evokative Films acquires the Canadian rights of ADRIFT IN TOKYO!

Evokative Films just made a deal with Stylejam for the Canadian distribution rights of the Japanese film ADRIFT IN TOKYO (TENTEN)! After two sold-out screenings at Fantasia (including one in the Hall Theatre and another one in the J.A. DeSève Theatre), ADRIFT will soon see a limited release in theatres, before streeting in DVD in a few months. I’m extremely happy to have added this charming film to Evokative’s budding catalogue.

Nicolas Archambault, one of Fantasia’s programmers, perfectly described this film: “Funny, touching and devilishly smart, this pedestrian road trip reveals another side of Tokyo…”
Todd Brown from Twitchfilm also called it “a meandering, quirky and surprisingly beautiful piece of work that perfectly balances humor and emotion.”
And Russell Edwards at Variety called it a “droll charmer”.
For more information, please visit the film’s page on Fantasia’s web site! Fantasia’s web site.

The film also previously had its North American Premiere at the New York Asian Film Festival. You may consult their description of the film here.
ADRIFT IN TOKYO also played at the Neufchatel International Fantastic Film Festival, in Switzerland, at the beginning of July.

To see the trailer on YouTube
And to visit the film’s amusing Japanese website

Todd Brown at Twitchfilm (the website that will soon rule the world in genre film news) is happy the film will come to Canada. We’re happy he’s happy!

We also have a new friend at The Toronto J-Film Pow-wow!

Posted in Acquisitions, In the Press

Le Tueur @ Fantasia!

You’ll be able to see Le Tueur (The Killer) at the Fantasia Festival on July 18th at 7:45pm and on July 21st at 7:30 in the J.A. De Sève. What's more, You’ll be able to meet Gregoire Colin, the actor who took on the role of Kopas the killer!

Simon Laperrière's take on LE TUEUR in the Fantasia program (translated by Rupert Bottenberg): “The spirit of the great Jean-Pierre Melville permeates this unforgettable film noir, the feature-film debut for director Cédric Anger. Modest in action, LE TUEUR is rich in suspense, inciting a state of red alert in its audience, captive to its constant twists and ricochets. Carrying over the example of the likable PETIT LIEUTENANT, which he co-wrote with Xavier Beauvois, the director zooms in on the troubling psyches of his larger-than-life characters. To inhabit them, Anger sought out a host of grand figures of current French cinema. Gilbert Melki, as Leo, conjures a character as tortured Daniel Day-Lewis of THERE WILL BE BLOOD. He’s contrasted perfectly against Grégoire Colin as the assassin whose sentiments are threatening to overwhelm the glacial front his line of work demands. Between the two is Mélanie Laurent, the femme fatale, bringing a feminine luminosity to this somber world of men. The perfect blend of genre flick and auteur cinema, LE TUEUR finds Cédric Anger reaching for the ranks of Olivier Assayas.”

Posted in Special Screenings

EVOKATIVE FILMS Announces its Acquisition of the French Film THE KILLER

Evokative Films, a new film distribution company based in Montreal, is very pleased to announce its first acquisition: The Killer (Le Tueur) a French Film Noir written and directed by Cedric Anger and starring Gilbert Melki (Angel-A, Intimate Stranger, Monsieur Ibrahim), Grégoire Colin (In the Arms of my Enemy, The Intruder, Sex is Comedy), and Mélanie Laurent (Paris, Don’t Worry, I’m Fine, The Beat that my Heart Skipped).

Christmas Eve in Paris. Leo Zimmerman is a businessman who lives for his beloved little daughter’s smile. Outwardly, his life is exemplary. However, when Dimitri Kopas walks into his office, pretending to be a normal client, Leo understands that a contract is out on his head and that the young man has come to town to kill him. Overcome with anxiety and paranoia, no longer able to sleep, Leo decides to meet the killer face to face and to broker a strange deal.

The Killer will have its North American Premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival next July, before its limited theatrical release in the fall. The film was previously part of the programming of this year’s Rotterdam Film Festival, the City of Lights, City of Angels Festival of Los Angeles and the French Film Festival of Athens. It is also part of Variety’s Critics’ Choice at the upcoming Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

Posted in Acquisitions

Introducting Evok!

This is Evok.
Evok likes to evoke Evokative Films.
 

Sometimes, Evok watches a spooky film and he gets scared.


Some other times, Evok finds films can be really funny.


Evok is really proud, because he’s now a star. He’ll be in Evokative Films’ first ever ad, in this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival Official Program!


Wow!
Evok asked us to evoke Antonin Brault at Upperkut, because he comes from his brains.

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